If he’d missed Lambie, then that would be a legal outcome.

Of course they do, yeah. 😀

Aye, agreed. I think like most of these things, we’ve all seen worse go unpunished and better get harsher treatment. I’m not whinging about the red…clumsy attempt at block leaves opposition player out cold…so a red was not surprising in the least. Hope he’s got nice biscuits for the panel…if he gets cited.

Anyone know what the sanction for the red would be in this case i.e. on a Summer tour? Will he be watching the rest from the sidelines?

At one point I thought Henshaw was going too!! It was a silly tackle just after the red card. I didn’t like Best arguing with the ref either.

With you on the red DD but were are out of date 😉 as dan says, player safety is (correctly) the key these days

But on that basis Henshaw should have gone too!!

Red did seem harsh at the time but not toooo surprising either. Can’t believe the Ireland result and I wonder if they can too 🙂

Don’t worry, we have a 5 foot nothing pup who hasn’t even had a Pro 12 game yet and Patchell flying in. As a kind of “all rounder” back Patchell has to be preferable to Anscombe (who may himself be injured along with Loopy Liam). The Kiwi is our own Burgess minus the bit where Burgess was actually good at a form of rugby. Any idea why Paul James and Lloyd Williams flew home? Injuries? Lloyd has been one of our more successful back up wingers of late so it would be a shame not to use him in this winger crisis 🙂

Straight red no doubt. Turned his back knee and -rse first. If you are trying to block the kick its hands high facing the ball. He knew the wasnt going to make it, he wasn’t even trying imho

@wrecker bound to be on youtube by now, some highlights here

Could be quite a ban @dd although I suppose as its the summer he’ll be back in time for the 6N

Personally I think a standard 2 match ban is quite sufficient, but I bet he gets 6 weeks

Despite being someone who spent much of his rugby career trying to do just what Stander did – I have to agree it was a red card.

The red wasn’t given because of the result. The high, late and dangerous challenge was still a red even if Lambie had bounced straight up again.

He must have arse-cheeks of steel.

^^^ very true

Not wishing to re-open the Ford/Farrell debate but it seems – from reading around a bit – that Burrell was pulled off so Ford could run things from 10 rather than (just) because he was rubbish.

So if EJ sticks with the Ford/Farrell combo is it coz he still sees Ford as the best 10 or he sees Farrell as the best 12 or he thinks Farrell can’t be left out as he’s the best kicker? (Like Neil Jenkins on the ’97 Lions Tour who was nobody’s idea of the best fullback)

I guess if Slade got in at 12 we’d see who EJ wanted at 10? Ultimately though, Farrell’s kicking makes him almost un-droppable whether he’s the best FH or not.

And Brown…He runs like he has forgotten to take of the resistance bands…

CJ’s adjourned hearing from yesterday now pushed back to 2pm local time. #FreeCJ doing the hashtag rounds on Twitter. 🙂

Jumping out the line, left a dog leg and an “open shoulder” to run at.

I guess a_a means Burrell can feel miffed at being replaced to accommodate the 10 who isn’t that great at the 10 aspects of the game. There doesn’t seem to be a lot of love for Burrell within the English commentators so I wonder if they know something we dont

The real problem (if it’s a problem) is that Farrell is a world class placekicker so you can’t leave him out of potentially tight games.

So where do you put him? He’s too slow for the back 3 (although Alex Goode is mysteriously still in the squad) and JJ is nailed on at 13 so 12 is the only option.

Indeed a_a, if Cipriani thought he was hard done by then he should have a chat with Burrell to lift his spirits 😀

On a different subject, did you see the interviews with Anscombe out in NZ? Literally looked like he couldn’t give a sh1t about playing for Wales… [sarcasm] such a difference to the attitude he shows on the pitch [/sarcasm]. I honestly believe that he is a mercurial reader of the game and of defensive positioning as he is strikes the perfect balance of always being just far enough away from the attacking opposition to not have to do anything but be just close enough to say he made a brave effort to cover

The issue was that the defence wasn’t keeping its shape, so they put the person who best understands Gustards defensive system into the position where he could have the most effect. We were still too narrow and it looked as if Aus could score at will out wide. In that respect, I actually think we’d have been better off with Goode playing and I wouldn’t be surprised if he starts the next game(!)

The people who actually won the game for england were the pack. Haskell, Itoge, Robshaw, Hartley and Mako were machines.