Wales v England

awec

Nonsense penalty

troyzer

Bizarre penalty.

kilns

Worst referee in the world bar glen Jackson referring this no doubt he will be controversial

England kicking everything again..

crisco10

Drives me mad that virgin media's feed is such poor quality. It's like being back in the 90s.

troyzer

These hits are absolutely huge.

Best result for Ireland here is for Wales to completely demolish England, right? Try and reduce their points difference as much as possible.

nordydan

What ideal from an Irish POV? 8-0 Wales??

mangobob

crisco10 wrote: »

Drives me mad that virgin media's feed is such poor quality. It's like being back in the 90s.

I miss the 90's.

troyzer

nordydan wrote: »

What ideal from an Irish POV? 8-0 Wales??

No, 50-0 to Wales would be ideal. It would destroy England's point difference.

irishbucsfan

Wales are lucky that was just a scrum, clearly squeeze ball?

troyzer

Gareth Davies. Holy ****

troyzer

The blocking on box kicks is getting ridiculous. How are England getting away with this?

Tipuric had to tackle Nowell THROUGH Wilson.

Amprodude

Cant see Wales winning this. They are a bit sloppy so far.

Thrashssacre

So realistic Wales need to beat England and without giving them a bonus Point of any sort and England also need to fail to get a bonus point against Scotland to even give us a shout of winning on points difference?

troyzer

Thrashssacre wrote: »

So realistic Wales need to beat England and without giving them a bonus Point of any sort and England also need to fail to get a bonus point against Scotland to even give us a shout of winning on points difference?

Yep. And even then, we'd need to get a TBP for all three games. Including Wales away.

Paully D

Refereeing is very generous towards England thus far.

stephen_n

Sinckler dropped that and England get the penalty, bizzare.

Amprodude

Englands slam to lose.

troyzer

Offside is being reffed appallingly.

A lot of England's recent great form has come down to routinely flouting rules that are badly enforced.

accensi0n

Byrne commentates like he's sitting on his couch sipping a pint.

blackwhite

Offside line appears to be an alien concept here

awec

Wales haven’t quite realised yet that England aren’t resourcing rucks at all.

stephen_n

awec wrote: »

Wales haven’t quite realised yet that England aren’t resourcing rucks at all.

England haven’t been resourcing rucks in any game so far

realhorrorshow

Pick and goes are a good counter to the linespeed/constant offsides.

PhlegmyMoses

Sloppy from Wales. Welsh heads will drop now

thomond2006

What on earth happened?

stephen_n

That was brutal defence from Wales

PhlegmyMoses

Weepsie wrote: »

Did he instantly call a Wales offside there while letting England be offside at every single phase?

Yeah, Wales are getting the shaft a little bit here

troyzer

What's the point playing when the referee is such a ****ing idiot?

Lawes wasn't even close to legal on that strip. England are getting away with murder so far.

Amprodude

Wales never believe they can beat England. No guts about them.

realhorrorshow

Wtf was Tipuric doing there?

ongarite

Dreadful from Parks there.

troyzer

Curry getting away with a hand in the ruck off his feet as well for that turnover.

thomond2006

Amprodude wrote: »

Wales never believe they can beat England. No guts about them.

You must have missed last year's game. Wales were robbed in Twickenham.

Paully D

Laughable officiating.

BoJack Horseman

Who knew that becoming an international referee was a matter of collecting cereal box tokens!

Simo08

Jaco Peyper having an absolute mare here

Farrell straight off his feet, can't understand the ref there

troyzer

I'm surprised he didn't let Vunipola away with that one.

crisco10

Ryker Wide Sociopath wrote: »

Farrell straight off his feet there can't understand the ref there

He went straight on top of him.

Peypers response to Williams was that he got the penalty anyway?!? Strange logic.

troyzer

Ross Kemp shown on the big screen for some reason there.

awec

Jamie George got bent in half the wrong way in that scrum. Absolutely smashed.

accensi0n

troyzer wrote: »

I'm surprised he didn't let Vunipola away with that one.

Yeah seemed like ruck finished, player on the ground should have been penalised for playing the ball no?

troyzer

What even is offside anymore?

baas baa

Where Lawes came in competing illegally there I don't know why the Wales players went to the effort of clearing him out, it's clear he's illegal and if you leave him alone he'll concede a penalty.

Larbre34

Great fitness from May there, did it all with massive energy

awec

Hadley Parkes runs in slow motion.

gooch2k9

troyzer wrote: »

What even is offside anymore?

Are they offside or is that by not committing to the ruck they move the offside line up quite a bit? BBC seem to go close up for every ruck so I'm having difficulty seeing.

techdiver

Simo08 wrote: »

Jaco Peyper having an absolute mare here

When does he not?? Consistently the worst ref in the world!

Amprodude

thomond2006 wrote: »

You must have missed last year's game. Wales were robbed in Twickenham.

Still they didn't beat them. They just never believe it and then they will play Ireland and have the performance of their lives.

fitz

baas baa wrote: »

Where Lawes came in competing illegally there I don't know why the Wales players went to the effort of clearing him out, it's clear he's illegal and if you leave him alone he'll concede a penalty.

That would require having confidence that he'll actually be penalised for it.