The red card was harsh, not sure what Tuilagi could have done as he had already started his tackle motion when the Welsh player was tackled and his body position lowered.
Quote from: taylorsworkrate on March 07, 2020, 11:21:20 PMThe red card was harsh, not sure what Tuilagi could have done as he had already started his tackle motion when the Welsh player was tackled and his body position lowered.I saw this differently. I thought that it was lucky that the Welsh player was falling out of the way when Tuilagi contacted him. Yes, Tuilagi was already committed to the tackle but it was one with no attempt to wrap his arms and could have been a lot worse
Quote from: UK Redsox on March 08, 2020, 11:58:49 AMQuote from: taylorsworkrate on March 07, 2020, 11:21:20 PMThe red card was harsh, not sure what Tuilagi could have done as he had already started his tackle motion when the Welsh player was tackled and his body position lowered.I saw this differently. I thought that it was lucky that the Welsh player was falling out of the way when Tuilagi contacted him. Yes, Tuilagi was already committed to the tackle but it was one with no attempt to wrap his arms and could have been a lot worse completely disagree, if North gets his foot loose the tackle is no different to ones you see all through top level rugby every weekend where the impact comes from the shoulder with the other arm wrapping and then the 'lead' arm coming round after the impact. I honestly thought the Parkes tackle on Manu was worse.On topic, think the ref in the scotland game did really well just, yellow card was spot on.
Quote from: paul_e on March 08, 2020, 03:09:53 PMQuote from: UK Redsox on March 08, 2020, 11:58:49 AMQuote from: taylorsworkrate on March 07, 2020, 11:21:20 PMThe red card was harsh, not sure what Tuilagi could have done as he had already started his tackle motion when the Welsh player was tackled and his body position lowered.I saw this differently. I thought that it was lucky that the Welsh player was falling out of the way when Tuilagi contacted him. Yes, Tuilagi was already committed to the tackle but it was one with no attempt to wrap his arms and could have been a lot worse completely disagree, if North gets his foot loose the tackle is no different to ones you see all through top level rugby every weekend where the impact comes from the shoulder with the other arm wrapping and then the 'lead' arm coming round after the impact. I honestly thought the Parkes tackle on Manu was worse.On topic, think the ref in the scotland game did really well just, yellow card was spot on.Surely in pretty much every tackle the shoulder will make contact first, then the arms wrap around. Any player using just arms is tackling very very wrong!!I think because Norths body position had lowered, Tuilagi didn't have anything to wrap his arms around. I think a yellow would have been fair as there was mitigating circumstances (yellow would have still effectively been red with the time remaining)
"Latest update:Summary and Health - The FCO now advises against all but essential travel to Italy, due to an ongoing outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19) and in line with various controls and restrictions imposed by the Italian authorities on 9 March."Surely you get your money back now, mate?
Quote from: cdbullyweefan on March 09, 2020, 11:17:01 PM"Latest update:Summary and Health - The FCO now advises against all but essential travel to Italy, due to an ongoing outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19) and in line with various controls and restrictions imposed by the Italian authorities on 9 March."Surely you get your money back now, mate?We should. BA have cancelled everything in and out of Italy for today, I've no doubt that will extend to Friday and beyond when we were supposed to fly.