International Rugby

[Meanwood Villa]

I'm really, really gutted. Which has surprised me.

[Jon Crofts]

Joubert on a par with Roland.

Boo fucking hoo.

[Dante Lavelli]

6 nations should be good next year.  I mean that genuinely.
England/France will be starting from scratch but with a great mass of players, whereas the other teams look more established.

Collectively they've all got to try new things as the southern hemisphere have the clean sweep of semi spots.

[cdbearsfan]

Scotland will still fuck up the Six Nations, they always do.

[Proposition Joe]

Well, one thing the SH doesn't do well is produce good refs.  I complain every year about the 6N being polluted by SH refs - what business do they have there?

[cdbearsfan]

Never heard of that. Do Europeans referee Four Nations matches?

[aev]

Never heard of that. Do Europeans referee Four Nations matches?

Richie McCaw referees the NZ games.

[PaulWinch again]

I normally think Joubert is alright. I think some of the reactions to the ref from former Scottish pros is well over the top. I get fans getting over emotional, but if you're working for the media you should be able to retain some sense of control

[cheltenhamlion]

The yellow card was iffy. Penalty for a late shot on Hogg on 76 hasn't been picked up. Plus the winning penalty.

The Sweaties have plenty to be pissed off about.

[PaulWinch again]

I agree, but those Scots working in the media should have more professionalism. Referring to the referee as a 'numpty' is out of order.

[cdbearsfan]

I'd say it's pretty conservative. They should have been more critical of the cheating bastard.

[Monty]

Having calmed down a bit, I still think there's absolutely no excuse for either of the decisions - the sin-binning was clearly wrong, and not to refer a big scramble like that upstairs at such a crucial time was, well, shall we call it 'hubristic'? It's gutting.

[spangley1812]

Having calmed down a bit, I still think there's absolutely no excuse for either of the decisions - the sin-binning was clearly wrong, and not to refer a big scramble like that upstairs at such a crucial time was, well, shall we call it 'hubristic'? It's gutting.

He couldn't refer the last penalty apparently as it wasn't foul play or have anything to do with a try

[cheltenhamlion]

I ended up supporting a team I don't like so well did the Jocks play. The ref fucked them over.

And so.....Come on you Puma's!

[cdbearsfan]

Having calmed down a bit, I still think there's absolutely no excuse for either of the decisions - the sin-binning was clearly wrong, and not to refer a big scramble like that upstairs at such a crucial time was, well, shall we call it 'hubristic'? It's gutting.

He couldn't refer the last penalty apparently as it wasn't foul play or have anything to do with a try

He could've reviewed their tries though. Or just, you know, actually bothered to pay attention to see if there was a forward pass.