RWC Week 5: France v Italy

[Damo]

That is rubbish. That was a cleanout to the chest. It was an illusion that it was foul play.

[Bones]

@Mattasaurus said in RWC Week 5: France v Italy:

@Bones said in RWC Week 5: France v Italy:

I see we're just going to ignore France being 2m offside at every phase.

and they are coming in to the rucks at 3 and 9 o'clock too... pretty poor

And yet we get a France penalty despite multiple offsides and this ruck bullshit.

That's a ruck clearout, play on or penalise the French halfback for clearing out the Italian around the head first .

[Gunner]

Can’t believe that’s a penalty.

It’s like they keep looking in the hope they can pull out a YC.

[gt12]

That stupid kick won't help you though Italy.

[booboo]

That's made me mad

[Bones]

English refs at RWCs can fuck the fuck off.

[taniwharugby]

hate scrumming for penalties

[Corkscrew]

The game is fucked if a clean clear out at a ruck is penalized

[Gunner]

Too easy

[bayimports]

@Bones said in RWC Week 5: France v Italy:

English refs at RWCs can fuck the fuck off.

Pretty sure he doesn’t even make that call if Yonker as TMO doesn’t look for it

[MajorPom]

I’m turning it off.

If Jonker wanted to, I’m sure he could find something similar in that maul to penalize France.

[Bones]

@bayimports said in RWC Week 5: France v Italy:

@Bones said in RWC Week 5: France v Italy:

English refs at RWCs can fuck the fuck off.

Pretty sure he doesn’t even make that call if Yonker as TMO doesn’t look for it

He wanted to make it worse until he got talked down!

[Bones]

@MajorRage the halfback was already clearing out an Italian around the head. Muppets

[bayimports]

@Bones said in RWC Week 5: France v Italy:

@bayimports said in RWC Week 5: France v Italy:

@Bones said in RWC Week 5: France v Italy:

English refs at RWCs can fuck the fuck off.

Pretty sure he doesn’t even make that call if Yonker as TMO doesn’t look for it

He wanted to make it worse until he got talked down!

My point was, Eng ref didn’t see it and shouldn’t even have been brought to his attention

[Victor Meldrew]

If World Rugby can't see the monster they've created with the TMO and the head contact rules, they can fuck right off.

[Mattasaurus]

What a load of shit - I now hate France more than Ireland and England.

No TMO intervention to look at the maul .. something smells

I have had enough I am not watching anymore of this match - its a farce and the fluffy commentators are treating it like champagne rugby.... hope there are considerable French tears in the finals

[Corkscrew]

Whats worse the two assistant refs seemed to be pleading with him not to call it.

[taniwharugby]

@bayimports I guess the issue there is, the TMO is there to rule on foul play, he saw somethign worthy of foul play, pretty sure he wanted a card, so I guess thats what he is there for?

Problem is, he was wrong.

[akan004]

The French crowd are a bunch of fluffybunnies, just as bad as the Irish.

[taniwharugby]

@Victor-Meldrew I guess with the huge French market, large crowds, WR will think there is nothing wrong.

Odd the comms are creaming themselves over anything the French do.