Wales vs England

dublinman1990

We're up & running in Cardiff. I expect this to be a great contest.

adam240610

Wonder if england will get a red card in this match now too keep the welsh streak going

razorblunt

Great seeing Itoje get penalised but the English offline is continuously offside, every single time.

almostover

Itoje with 2 penalties already. How he avoids yellow cards is beyond me. Great player but a penalty machine.

dublinman1990

Wales 3 England 0

ednwireland

dublinman1990 wrote: »

We're up & running in Cardiff. I expect this to be a great contest.

really thought England had been poor so far and wales well I guess they are hoping for a red card.
england gifted wales 3 points there

dublinman1990

That was a close call from LW.

Itoje some athlete all the same.

Quantum Baloney

bit more physical than the last game!

PTH2009

Was going to ask why Eddie Jones was singing GSTQ but remembered Australia is a commonwealth country

Its scary to think George North is only 28. Have a feeling this could be a draw

almostover

glasso wrote: »

Itoje some athlete all the same.

3 penalties after 13 minutes, if it was a drinking game you'd be p*ssed by HT

Three pens against Itoje already, surely should get a warning.

RugbyLover123

Surely there should be a law brought in about 1 players committing a certain amount of penalties regardless of what they are is a yellow? 3 against Itoje now inside 14 mins.

dublinman1990

Josh adams is on the board for Wales.

sydthebeat

Sympathy for farrell me hole

ednwireland

oops

jammiedodgers

you love to see it

theVersatile

Great heads up stuff - regardless of the questionable refereeing decision

Larbre34

Forget Farrell. If that happened against Ireland we'd be tearing down the wallpaper.

Not a sporting situation I would say.

Not sure about that tbh.

Podge_irl

That is poor form from the ref.

aloooof

I' m not a massive Farrell fan, but he had a point there...

Dave_The_Sheep

Jensen Victorious Bulb wrote: »

Not sure about that tbh.

The penalty itself was very very soft.

Clegg

Itoje is playing similar to 2018 where England had their mini meltdown. He plays on the bleeding edge of legality and if he's the slightest bit off his game he concedes truck loads of penalties.

Shelby Foote

Wales having a lucky campaign so far

RugbyLover123

England or not that is very poor from the ref

KH25

That’s baffling from the ref.

Turtwig

Larbre34 wrote: »

Forget Farrell. If that happened against Ireland we'd be tearing down the wallpaper.

Not a sporting situation I would say.

We did something like that against South Africa once iirc.

Carfacemandog

theVersatile wrote: »

Great heads up stuff - regardless of the questionable refereeing decision

It was, but how is it that these decisions always, always, always, always seem to go in Wales' direction down the years?

It's clearly not some magical bias and likely is just smarts and knowing how to play the ref, but going in to any game you're almost guaranteed to see Wales benefit from refereeing calls far more than their opposition.

Les francais n'aiment pas les anglais.

bilston

Terrible from the referee. Fair enough he says time on, but he has to allow England time to reset.

Absolute nonsesne

Shelby Foote

Turtwig wrote: »

We did something like that against South Africa once iirc.

2004 ROG

Quantum Baloney

Carfacemandog wrote: »

It was, but how is it that these decisions always, always, always, always seem to go in Wales' direction down the years?

It's clearly not some magical bias and likely is just smarts and knowing how to play the ref, but going in to any game you're almost guaranteed to see Wales benefit from refereeing calls far more than their opposition.

Ah jaysus. Just remembered the throw in that wasn't a throw in.

Podge_irl

bilston wrote: »

Terrible from the referee. Fair enough he says time on, but he has to allow England time to reset.

Absolute nonsesne

Whatever about resetting, he told Farrell to talk to his team, they were in a huddle doing just that with water carriers all over the pitch. It was utterly ridiculous.

Zzippy

Farrell's face! That is hilarious

Carfacemandog

RugbyLover123 wrote: »

England or not that is very poor from the ref

Also very poor that he kept on with "please please please please... let me talk first" and then just walked off the moment he was done speaking. Might have been a language issue, but would have definitely left an even more bitter taste if I were Farrell.

sydthebeat

Hate to see a player chewing gum during a game

Shelby Foote

Carfacemandog wrote: »

Also very poor that he kept on with "please please please please... let me talk first" and then just walked off the moment he was done speaking. Might have been a language issue, but would have definitely left an even more bitter taste if I were Farrell.

A younger Farrell wouldn't kick the long peno after. Impressive mental composure

Larbre34

Turtwig wrote: »

We did something like that against South Africa once iirc.

Yeah fair enough, you'll always try it, but whether it stands in the particular circumstances should be the subject of a refereeing call that considers all factors. Wales had staff all over the pitch, for England to be disadvantaged in that case is poor.

dublinman1990

I thought Josh adams try was good. But the way it was handled was not so great. It should have went ahead without the water carriers on the pitch. The ref was wrong to say that it should be counted once adams scored it. If any other team scored a try like that. Would it have been reversed?

OldRio

Shocking referee, awful game to watch at the moment.
How many penalties? How much kicking?

UAEguy2020

You know the saying “imagine everyone in their underwear”

England should imagine every team they play is Ireland, they seem to play like men possessed against us yet play like...this again lost the others.

almostover

4 penalties for itoje and still no YC.

Paul Smeenus

Is that a fourth penalty from Itoje?

Dave_The_Sheep

Ball was a ****ing mile out.

Podge_irl

dublinman1990 wrote: »

I thought Josh adams try was good. But the way it was handled was not so great. It should have went ahead without the water carriers on the pitch. The ref was wrong to say that it should be counted once adams scored it. If any other team scored a try like that. Would it have been reversed?

The try was technically good, but it was terrible from the ref to allow play to restart in the first place.

That went back.

prawnsambo

Interesting one this

Carfacemandog

On field decision try? :pac:

OldRio

Is this a piss take?

TomsOnTheRoof

This is hilarious stuff. Wales are gonna fluke their way to a grand slam.