Rugby Union

[Mark Connolly]

Wales in full shootfooting mode against SA.

Penalty try for slapping it into touch beside the try line, immediately followed by an insane offload to no-one in their own in goal area, snatched by the Boks for another try

[Illgresi]

This is a painful watch. Wales are all over the place. Totally outclassed.

[Wee-Bey]

Fair play to West England here for continuing to try and chuck it about despite being brutally punished almost everytime.

 

[GAD]

Some of the refereeing in this England game is actually embarrassing, especially at the scrum. He's so obviously wrong, surely the TMO or someone has to intervene because he's handing the game to Ireland.

[GAD]

Absolutely crazy from Vunipola. Obviously doesn't fancy the World Cup.

[Jamie_B]

1 minute ago, GAD said:

Absolutely crazy from Vunipola. Obviously doesn't fancy the World Cup.

Surely that’s getting upgraded? Again, no attempt at an actual tackle, just blasted the guy in the face with the shoulder.

[Ignoramus]

And there’s the red. Do England actually try to play any rugby or do they just fly about trying to blitz people?!

[Jaggy Snake]

Should never have needed reviewed. They may as well say on field referees no longer give red cards.

[Savage Henry]

2 hours ago, Illgresi said:

This is a painful watch. Wales are all over the place. Totally outclassed.

Painful is one word. Joyous is another. 

[GAD]

It's such a pisser England and Wales have basically been given a bye to the quarter finals when they are such horrendously bad rugby teams.

[Savage Henry]

Ireland getting away with a blatant obstruction on that try.  Perfectly good try, I say. 

[Salvo Montalbano]

1 hour ago, Savage Henry said:

Painful is one word. Joyous is another. 

No when we have to play the Springboks it isn't!

[Dunning1874]

England being made a marginally less terrible team by accident, as their biggest liabilities who are being picked on a past reputation alone all get themselves banned.

[Savage Henry]

13 hours ago, Jaggy Snake said:

Should never have needed reviewed. They may as well say on field referees no longer give red cards.

This is right.  That should have been a straight red which the officials could have decided on the field.  Blatant.  I guess the default is to give yellows and shift the burden - and speed up the game.  But I quite like the deliberation process - it’s refereeing out in the open. 

[Mark Connolly]

36 minutes ago, Savage Henry said:

This is right.  That should have been a straight red which the officials could have decided on the field.  Blatant.  I guess the default is to give yellows and shift the burden - and speed up the game.  But I quite like the deliberation process - it’s refereeing out in the open. 

That's effectively what the protocol is.

If the ref sees it live right in front of him, he'll give a red. Anything that requires TMO intervention is a yellow with a bunker review.

As much as Fat Billy's effort yesterday was a clear red on the first replay, the fact it wasn't clear to the officials live meant he couldn't show the red card there and then

[honestly united]

Just heard Miotti is away to France, a couple of months after signing a new contract. Glasgow seemingly not going to bring anyone else in at this point, and will run with Thomson and Jordan with Weir and however's in the academy (is Toonies son still there?).

[Donathan]

Have any of those off field reviews actually not been upgraded to red yet? Each of Fagerson, Farrell and Vunipola were all upgraded.

[Mark Connolly]

10 hours ago, Donathan said:

Have any of those off field reviews actually not been upgraded to red yet? Each of Fagerson, Farrell and Vunipola were all upgraded.

Don't think so.

There were plenty in Super Rugby that remained as a yellow though

[topcat(The most tip top)]

1 hour ago, Mark Connolly said:

Don't think so.

There were plenty in Super Rugby that remained as a yellow though

Which suggests that Test level refs are using it when they're pretty sure it's red and just want someone to check their working

While in Super Rugby they're using it for things that they think are probably just yellow but someone else may as well have a quick check just in case

But it's a small sample so it might not mean anything

 

[honestly united]

1 hour ago, topcat(The most tip top) said:

Which suggests that Test level refs are using it when they're pretty sure it's red and just want someone to check their working

While in Super Rugby they're using it for things that they think are probably just yellow but someone else may as well have a quick check just in case

But it's a small sample so it might not mean anything

 

There were at least 2 over the weekend that went to bunker review and remained a yellow. The one in the wales game I didnt even think it was a yellow as the player was already being tackled and fell into his shoulder and he was already fairly low