That was Ireland & Munster hooker, Jerry Flannery Piggie. Can’t remember when it happened…maybe 09/10 season or 10/11…he got a month or two or somewhere in between. Shocking challenge and he was probably lucky to have got away with what he did…I remember the frothing tumescent outrage (particularly here) well.

Thanks Darcy, I can see why it might of provoked some frothing 😆

-anyone aware of a a viewing link to he Englang game?

What cricfree log in process? you don’t need an account to watch,even when pissed 🙂

So many pop ups on croc free i can’t work out what’s going on.

Just spotted this re Criminal Clark on the Beeb text commentary;

And then, from a gobby 9 (Is there any other sort?);

“Calum Clark knows one of his problems is discipline. The coaching staff will have a meeting with him and say ‘you can’t afford to do that’. You cannot hold a player’s neck like a reverse choke – it is very, very dangerous.”

Clark showing his class again, I see. (Haven’t seen the incident myself, I should say, but I have a very clouded opinion of the man because of this;
http://rugbylaw.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/calum-clark-citing-decision.html )

2 yellows cards would cost 10+ points add the missed tackles. I know it’s not the final squad but.

Question for the coaches / tacticians. Eng were getting battered after losing a flanker on the second yellow and were on the verge of conceding points big time. Why not temporarily switch up burgess to no.7 role to steady the ship, or is that not the done thing??

Well we found out some stuff, which was the entire point. I thought burgess had a good game, england know how to use him in the centre better than bath did (who wanted him to play like eastmond). Slade is every inch as good as billed; fantastic. Care is the best 9 we have, haskell should easily get the spot ahead of Clark. And I told you all about watson 3 odd years ago.
Undecided; LCD; errant throwing, May; in and out, Webber; seems a passenger, Kruis; not quite there yet.
Out; Goode; shit, 12trees; nonsense bloke,

just seen England game, looks like Lancaster is trying to choose between Goode and Cips as 3rd choice 10 and second choice 15.
Would be better to ditch them both and let Slade cover “3rd” 10 (and centre) and Watson cover 15.
don’t know if Slade’s ever covered 15, but could easilly believe he’d be at least as effective as Goode there too.

Another case of ditch them both – wouldn’t really want either in a starting 15 so don’t take them. Just the usual 3 BR and Morgan as back up.
Billy V can cover 6, so can Lawes. Wood could move to 7 and do a better job than either and not get sent off.
Even Burgess could step in if needed – yellow card today but he looks the sort that might take something on board and learn from it unlike those other 2. Know which one I’d trust more in a WC play off match.

Chances are that it wouldn’t be needed anyway: it’s Robshaw they’d be covering, not warburton.