Yes, the Welsh were very good and obviously spurred on by the feeling of injustice. They missed Priestland as Hook was poor and Jones too negative.
However at this level the semi final of the World Cup for a team to be down to 14 men and the opposition to be as gutles as this French team were was disgusting.
It's an affront to the glorious history of running french rugby.
I hope they get thumped.
Missing post glitch.
Would agree the Welsh were fantastic. The missed Priestland as Hook was poor and Jones too negative.
However the French performance was an affront to the glorious history of running French rugby and flair.
I hope they get thumped in the final.
I also agree. Neither France nor Australia deserve to be in a final. Sad, really.
Glitchbumpyrumsozzledinthecaribbeanbumpity
Bumpy****socks!
But apply the process I have shared TJ, which comes from an elite ref,and it wasn't a red...which it wasn't anyway :D..."Flirting with red" is an issue when there is no video or citing panel. Ref could yellow, panel upgrade, that is the supposed back up we have. Rolland will be getting hammered,I have run touch on one Magners game, I got a DVD of how I had done,Imagine how they are going to go through him?
So what happens if breadman was only given a yellow, which was then upgraded to a red and a ban in the citing commission; and if Wales had won? Would France have lost to a team that should only have had 14 players on the field? Piennar tried to bring a sliver of balance back to the pundittery at the end of the match with this statement, which if you look at it5 objectively, is reasonable enough.
As ever with Wales (and certainly England - especially at football), it's always someone else's fault.
Nae-buzz depends on what you judge as intent and consequence, as I put above.
of course he would, no question. He'd have put down the winger properly too, like he did with Tait
Good to see he is a rock for you in times of trouble.
•"Rolland u've had a shocker.... Not the first time either!!! We're not here to watch u.... (England wing Mark Cueto)
•"Should have been a yellow but never a red, poor Sam he's been the heart and soul of Wales! (England full-back Ben Foden)
•" Yellow card, no one says another word. Sam Warbuton wrongly sent off. " (Scotland scrum-half Rory Lawson)
•"Really gutted for Wales - never a red card" (Ex-Scotland lock Doddie Weir)
•"Gutted for the Welsh lads been team of the tournament!" (England centre Mike Tindall)
Shit sympathy from HRH and Ben Foden, your right it is time to move on.
OK last word on this from me (I hope)
So what happens if breadman was only given a yellow, which was then upgraded to a red and a ban in the citing commission; and if Wales had won? Would France have lost to a team that should only have had 14 players on the field
The injustice is the lack of consistency by refs, similar tackles have gone unpunished or been yellowed with later bans, from the IRB directive the ref was most likely right although the wording of that is maddeningly inconsistant (what constitutes "a height"). Its certainly the softest straight red I've seen.
And finally what worries me is the Warburton tackle was a decent low down tackle, its these where you risk having the players momentum carry him up. It'll mean players will have to aim higher around the chest and go for the big smash, is this why we see so many high tackles go unpunished or even lauded as great hits, with a smaller area to aim for more will slip high. Apart from the odd real screamer like Rush on Lawes, when was the last time someone got a straight red for a high tackle?
as said earlier this pretty much sums up my view
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2011/oct/15/france-wales-rugby-world-cup?newsfeed=true
I don't blame Alain Rolland for Wales's World Cup exit against FranceThe tip tackle has been prioritised by Rugby World Cup authorities but other referees have failed to act
[url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/welsh/15323153.stm ]Well, here's one person who agrees it was a red...[/url]
Good to see he is a rock for you in times of trouble.
I luvs him 😆
just snaffled this from another site, assuming NZ beat Aus
If we beat Australia (by less than 15 points) then we will rise back to 4th place - ahead of Australia but behind South Africa and France. 😀If we beat Australia (by more than 15 points) then we will climb to 2nd place.
😆
If we lose to Australia then we will fall to 8th place - behind Ireland.
😕
so if wales loose the third place game, we will finish 4th at the world cup, having beaten Ireland but still go home with a lower world ranking then when we started and below a team we beat!
Which goes to show that the rankings are pants.
Reading the last half dozen "blame the ref" pages has been like reading a football thread.
I dont blame the red I blame the IRB and Paddy O'Brian.
As long as there's [i]someone[/i] to blame.
3 week ban.
[url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/welsh/15325714.stm ]Les Bleus head coach Marc Lievremont also reiterated he thought referee Alain Rolland had made the correct decision. "[People] can talk about injustice but I have seen the footage again and the red card is justified," he added. "The referee was consistent. I can't help it if their kicker was not as good as ours. I don't know if the best team won but France are in the final."[/url]
Morning deadly, good holiday?
DD I wonder how you would of reacted if the boot was on the other foot 😀
They dont like Quade Cooper 😀 did anyone see that Kiwi vox popped
What do you think of QC? He is a criminal. Thats a bit strong. He is Australian one and the same.
so - todays game?
He's a kiwi you twunt, born and bred in Tokoroa !
He is not liked because kiwis are one eyed and he kneed richie mcCaw in the head.
Nervous about this one...
Reading the last half dozen "blame the ref" pages has been like reading a football thread.
In fact, it's probably very similar to the thread that happened after England were dumped out of the footy WC last year "because of the ref"...
[url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b014b5j9/The_Lions_New_Zealand_1971/ ]71 Lions Documentary[/url]
Just thought I'd ping this iplayer link up in case anyone missed it. Really enjoyable viewing, that's some beautiful rugby.
Come on NZ!
Please don't choke ABs! Please!
And you can keep quade by the way
I hardly think making the semi's they can be labeled chokers.Lets face it some of the highly rated teams havnt even made it this far.TRY go Gag.
I think I want to inappropriately touch Israel Dagg
Well, looks like Wales will get to play Australia after all....
I think I want to inappropriately touch Israel Dagg
You see, you Kiwis actually differ very little from the Welsh, even in terms of your strange sexual fetishes 😆
Why are France having to play two games on the trot? I thought they were a top tier nation.
Quade cooper really is utterly sh1te
Bit harsh calling me a twunt 😐
I've often called you worse Pigface. 😀
THAT is what Wales should have done yesterday...
Sorry Pigface
What a game of rugby eh guys?!
Christ I hope next week the Blackness hit the French as hard as they're hitting the convicts!
None of the Aussies want the ball!
Cooper has put in some ok tackles, but he seems scared shitless when he gets the ball.
Job half done now to finish them off 😀
If Mcaw has a bad foot I wonder how good he would be at full fitness?
Its aint over yet.Shame its not the final
Good start shame we missed a couple of kicks. Hopefully Ted will get up them at half time and we will smash them in the second half. Imagine a France v Oz final - jeeeesus
You know,I actually wouldn't bother even watching it
NZ v France final will be fun for the ABs
bump
By the above, I take it you have only ever watched one final? A LONG time ago!
Glitchyagain
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