The Rugby Thread

[JCRD]

I really liked that try from the Aussies. Just though the kick and the run were quality

 

[TheHoddleWaddle]

The Aussies love playing a quick ball. When players go.to ground they'll pop it for a pass, or keep it up for a quick pass put to the backs. It makes them so much quicker in the attack.

 

[talkshowhost86]

Great game to watch as a neutral. Wales' handling has been superb.

 

[talkshowhost86]

Superb from Biggar there. Properly putting his neck on the line.

 

[E17yid]

Red card

 

[E17yid]

Fucking hell first Hooper now Kerevi. So inconsistent.

 

[E17yid]

We’ll get done second half for something exactly the same except we’ll get a man binned or worse.

 

[E17yid]

BOOM

 

[talkshowhost86]

We’ll get done second half for something exactly the same except we’ll get a man binned or worse.

Dude you're winning. Stop with the excuses ?

 

[talkshowhost86]

Genia has been awful.

 

[E17yid]

Dude you're winning. Stop with the excuses ?

I’m a wreck mate.

 

[talkshowhost86]

I’m a wreck mate.

They've looked great though. Line out and scrum aside they've dominated.

Only Karevi has really caused problems.

 

[Japhet]

Aussies should have had 2 in the bin. Weak from Poite.

 

[talkshowhost86]

Aussies should have had 2 in the bin. Weak from Poite.

They seem to have focused only on contact with the head rather than anything else.

The Hooper one in particular was definitely a yellow.

 

[E17yid]

Aussies should have had 2 in the bin. Weak from Poite.

The Hooper one was given as a late tackle but I don’t think is was that late. What it was was a no arm shoulder charge so therefore a yellow (and not a red as he didn’t hit his head)

 

[TheHoddleWaddle]

Aussies should have had 2 in the bin. Weak from Poite.

Baffles me how Hooper didnt get a yellow.

 

[Palmer Stoat]

Personally, didn't think either Hooper or Kerevi deserved yellow.

 

[Japhet]

The Hooper one was given as a late tackle but I don’t think is was that late. What it was was a no arm shoulder charge so therefore a yellow (and not a red as he didn’t hit his head)

I thought Hooper was very late and cynical but not to the head. The one on Patchell was down to camera angles. From the main angle it looks like contact to the chest because the elbow is low enough, but from the second angle, the forearm is straight into Patchell's throat. Not at all good from Poite.

 

[DaiT]

I’m a wreck mate.

That makes 2 of us.

 

[E17yid]

I thought Hooper was very late and cynical but not to the head. The one on Patchell was down to camera angles. From the main angle it looks like contact to the chest because the elbow is low enough, but from the second angle, the forearm is straight into Patchell's throat. Not at all good from Poite.

It was definitely cynical as Sam Warburton just said, he knew exactly what he was doing, and Hooper lives that kind of shit but if he had tackled him normally I think I would’ve said a pen was harsh. It was borderline, with regards to it’s lateness.