Watching Sarries-Wasps idly while doing odd jobs. Farrell just had yet another rush of blood to the head and gone in with an atrocious tackle on a Wasp. First time I've ever seen a ref run in instantly to stop a player from being beaten half to death by absolutely furious team-mates of the guy he just totally poleaxed. Red card, obviously.I recognise it's an instant reaction, but he has to be binned from the England team. He just doesn't learn.
Quote from: luke:lamf on September 05, 2020, 02:05:54 PMWatching Sarries-Wasps idly while doing odd jobs. Farrell just had yet another rush of blood to the head and gone in with an atrocious tackle on a Wasp. First time I've ever seen a ref run in instantly to stop a player from being beaten half to death by absolutely furious team-mates of the guy he just totally poleaxed. Red card, obviously.I recognise it's an instant reaction, but he has to be binned from the England team. He just doesn't learn.I'm sure I'm on record here for saying I don't like Farrell very much. It's never been about talent though, he's always seconds away from being a nasty fucker for no reason. Today he showed himself up to everyone, fucking awful attempt at a tackle.
5 match ban for Farrell.
As was alluded to on here the other day, if he'd been punished severely for this sort of thing earlier in his career it would have been in everyone's best interests. There's no doubt he's been indulged.
https://www.rugbydump.com/news/disciplinary-panel-manipulated-as-farrells-reduced-ban-raises-serious-questionsSo the length of the ban halved from a much more realistic 10 weeks based on testimonials from his club manager, his international manager and a random charity that he's worked with. Does the idea that he's a twat because he's indulged and enabled need any further evidence?
I've mentioned on here a few times that I've been loosely involved with a club again for a couple of years, today we had the fantastic news that we've been voted as club of the year - https://www.premiershiprugby.com/news/erdington-rfc-announced-as-winner-of-gallagher-rugby-club-of-the-season-award - My part is tiny, I've played a few games and helped out with training the kids a few times but the people running it deserve massive credit.