Marler likely to be back in the news again tomorrow.

Thug.

Not the point. Full swing or not, he kicked at another player’s head/face. Given the bans for gouging given out for any face contact, he’ll have to buy some REALLY good biscuits.

He’s a fool. A thuggish fool.

Perhaps he didn’t fancy the summer tour and wanted a rest ?

Marler is just attention seeking now 😆 dumb oaf.

Duckman, if the ref had seen it, would it have been a red card? ….genuine q, as in my eyes it is the action of an utter idiot, but isn’t really that vicious or ‘thuggish’. Doesn’t it have to be a red card offence for Marler to get cited?

Tom; yes…Anything that goes near the head is a red, and that includes a punch. I think Marler just tries to give him a wee shove with the side of his foot to wind him up. He has a previous red card for violent conduct, so to get away with 4 weeks will involve home baking of a significant quality, never mind biscuits.

Ah right….cheers for that…….yup better get preparing for another citing committee!!

So Sarries into the ERC final, didn’t see the game unfortunately.

I listened on the radio, Leicester never seemed to get going. I’m a bit surprised given what I saw in the QF and would fancy Saracens in the final (Lyon) but it will be a fascinating game and Carter v Farrell match up, from what I heard Carter played very much a kicking game today.

It was about Burns turning his ankle over in the tackle – Healey said the ‘smart’ thing to do would be to claim Burns banged his head so needed to come off for a HIA, therefore allowing Williams to come on as cover for ten minutes and give the physio time to work on Burns. Effectively condoning cheating is the claim.

Oh right. Suppose it is kinda condoning cheating.* What a cock.**

*I suppose he did spend most of his career at Leicester. ( 😀 )

**not news.

But if it’s the “deliberate knock on” in the second half. The player didn’t touch the ball it was a crap pass behind the receiver. The racing player picked and should have scored. I thought, given that tigers had lost possession, a tigers scrum was harsh on racing.

DD (despite being a hooker who played just on the wrong side of the rules) I stopped being a Tigers fan after the infamous Neil Back hand in the scrum incident. Even though the victim (Stringer) was perfect, there is cheating and then there is cheating! I agree with your crit of Healey, the cynicism has a pungent and unpleasant smell

Bristol gearing up for the play offs again. First round is against Bedford. A team which has won 12 out of 21 games this season, yet is still in contention for promotion 🙄

The only consistent thing about the reffing is the inconsistency.

I was suprised that Itoje didn’t get a yellow as well for his part in that.

Just watched Saracens Wasps – great match, but Poite was biased towards Saracens at crucial times. Penalty just before half time for “kicking the ball out of the ruck” – Itoje threw it out of the ruck! That gave Saracens the lead. Then the penalty try – Britts fell over and the maul tripped over him and his team get a penalty try. I’m neutral when it comes to those teams but Wasps fans mustve been doing their nuts!
The McIntyre yellow? Prob shouldve been red, but he came back on with 30secs to go, so wouldnt have made any difference.

Marler and Farrell both cited.

There is no probably about McIntyre, I was really suprised at the colour of the card,red for a kick in the head surely. I take it Farrell has been cited for the high tackle? That could be interesting as well as he has previous. Marler may as well just start browsing the Thomsons brochure, his season will be over.

Anyway, who was claiming that Super Rugby was boring because the defences are poor? I thought that Saracens v Wasps was pretty dreadful because neither attack had a clue, bar a few breaks by Wade. If the idea if good rugby is breakdown – pass one out – crash – breakdown – pass one out – crash – ad infinitum , then give me SR any day. It’s not even that the defences were so good – they simply weren’t tested.

And the Sunwolves won! 🙂