I don't know what happened with the French try and a yellow card for Ireland. I was in the pub watching with the sound turned down. Well done Ireland, I hope the Irish lads on here have a great night.
Ireland are still, far and away the best team in the Northern Hemisphere and will take the Grand Slam this year. Possibly would have been closer had France not been reduced to 14 and unfortunately I can see red cards in most games until we end up with a version of touch rugby.
Hi Col the whole red card thing is very contentious as the game grapples with the new rules. Both sets of tabs will generally tilt towards their own team and player. A friend of mine who played the game ‘back in the day’ gave me a whole different perspective on it recently. He basically said “look on every tackle as if it was on your son”. Since he said that to me, I’ve definitely looked at these tackles differently. Last night for instance, the two tackles from Willemsea were completely reckless. No arms raised just the intention to hit hard anywhere. Those tackles have to be removed from the game……..think of your son
Yep, I get it mate. However, maybe it's time to simply ban rugby, boxing and every other sport where there's a regular impact to the head and neck? It's also hard to know what the actual intent is when a player gets a tackle wrong. Last night was a poor example from me as I think he deserved to go, but did he mean to cause damage or did he just get it wrong? Players absolutely need to form their bodies correctly when tackling, but I think we've seen far too many completely accidental collisions resulting in the officials deciding the outcome of the game.
Doesn't help calling it child abuse, but the basic point is valid... Rugby is a form of child abuse, claims new study
I smashed my head walking up to a pub toilet today harder than I ever did playing rugby. The most annoying thing playing rugby as a kid was the utter noncery of the referees compared to football. Some ****ing English teacher with a whistle demanding he was called Sir. Prick.
Unconvincing win for England who just did enough to beat an Italy side who played well in patches. We won't be challenging Ireland playing like that !
Wales getting tonked by Scotland.... One of the RTE analysts said this is the worse Wales team he's seen.....
