Australia v England Test 1 Sat. July 2 @1955

[dru]

Being down a man for more than half the game for that kills the spectacle.

Yeah look, understand what you are saying. But we've got to have faith, at this stage, that the boys can adapt. This is not the All Blacks, it's England, and not a great England.

Let's go WBs. Big task. So just f'n do it.

 

[LeCheese]

What happened to Ala'alatoa by the way? Will he play next week or are we without Tupou, him, HJH (Harry Johnson-Holmes) (Harry Johnson-Holmes)?

Looked like a pretty heavy concussion - I wouldn’t say the odds are in his favour

 

[Eyes and Ears]

He was never going to do anything about it until the play was stopped and the TMO wanted to have a look in slow motion.

We simply must fix the game, shit like this and the double handed push to the face of Swain misses earlier can be dealt with post game. Give them a fine for or a game if it warrants it and move on.

Being down a man for more than half the game for that kills the spectacle.

Personally I would give the referees more discretion and live with the perceived inconsistency.

 

[Rebel man]

I get where you are but you can't retaliate. End of

It sure is the end of the game as this is pathetic. If world rugby backs that they are woefully incompetent

 

[dru]

Porecki in the tram lines. Awesome.

 

[LeCheese]

No he didn’t get it right

This is what’s wrong with the game

You hear him warn the Pom as it happens thinks nothing more of it and goes back 5 minutes later to look at it with the TMO

It is terrible for the game. It’s pathetic. Why not blow the penalty at the time? Because he knows there is nothing in it.

Terrible officiating

Letter of the law the referee is spot on. If you’ve got an issue with it, direct it to the right place, not the bloke doing his job.

 

[dillyboy]

@dillyboy also let that go.

Yep blatant foul play but play the ref - still doesn't justify a headbutt (as be doing so he's likely fucked our chances).

Get your captain to get in the refs ear & let the ref/TMO/match officials do their jobs.

 

[Purce]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1543182464486481921

You've got to be a special piece of shit to take my most hated English player award from Farrell so congratulations you grubby, pinhead dipshit... you just did.

 

[Rugbynutter39]

Put it this way imagine with all these set backs we find a way to win….

 

[KOB1987]

I think the dirt these poms are dishing out will see them down to 14 too. Or 13.

 

[dillyboy]

I think the dirt these poms are dishing out will see them down to 14 too. Or 13.

Jones becoming Cheika mark II

 

[Rebel man]

Letter of the law the referee is spot on. If you’ve got an issue with it, direct it to the right place, not the bloke doing his job.

He obviously isn’t right as he has called it both ways champ.

If you want to go the soft TMO interpretation the ref is at fault as he saw it and only issues a warning instead of controlling the game and doing his job.

 

[dru]

Kellaway. Pretty good.

 

[Rugbynutter39]

We do have a recent history of playing well with 14 men so let’s see

 

[Marce]

Good kick by Kellaway

 

[KOB1987]

We do have a recent history of playing well with 14 men so let’s see

Red card the Aussie seems to be the norm these days, we’re adapting

 

[Dctarget]

Kellaway undoes his nice kick by letting that ball go through on the clean up

 

[LeCheese]

He obviously isn’t right as he has called it both ways champ.

If you want to go the soft TMO interpretation the ref is at fault as he saw it and only issues a warning instead of controlling the game and doing his job.

Champ, righto bud!

Hair pulling is a yellow with possible ban; a headbutt is a red. Doesn’t matter what you think, those are the facts.

 

[Dctarget]

Red card the Aussie seems to be the norm these days, we’re adapting

Feels like it’s almost 50% of the time now

 

[Rugbynutter39]

Can’t take a break at the moment