Aussie tv former players going mental about the referee at the end of that half, the word disgrace being used a lot.
As someone that doesn't understand rugby so well, and watching with Japanese commentary (of which I understand about half), why was the Samoan chap sent off and Scotland given 7 points? Illegal tackle?Anyway, well done Scotland.
Quote from: UK Redsox on September 26, 2019, 02:22:52 PMQuote from: paul_e on September 26, 2019, 01:26:07 PMRed card coming here, fucking awful shot but the US 7, clear shoulder charge to Farrell's face.Did you see the Francis hit Paul ?I haven't yet but BBC text commentary suggests a possible citing and banI think a ban would be harsh but a yellow at the time wouldn't have been a terrible decision, there was another US player who made a similar hit and I'd say the same for him as well but in both cases they had their arms down and wrapped properly and there was no intent to hurt the opponent. The one that was a red had absolutely no mitigating factors, it was fucking awful, I've seen a broken jaw from a similar hits so he gets absolutely no sympathy from me for seeing his tournament over after 3/4s of a game (he'll get a 5-6 week ban I suspect).
Quote from: paul_e on September 26, 2019, 01:26:07 PMRed card coming here, fucking awful shot but the US 7, clear shoulder charge to Farrell's face.Did you see the Francis hit Paul ?I haven't yet but BBC text commentary suggests a possible citing and ban
Red card coming here, fucking awful shot but the US 7, clear shoulder charge to Farrell's face.
Quote from: Axl Rose on September 30, 2019, 01:16:53 PMAs someone that doesn't understand rugby so well, and watching with Japanese commentary (of which I understand about half), why was the Samoan chap sent off and Scotland given 7 points? Illegal tackle?Anyway, well done Scotland.He illegally stopped a try being scored, which meant a Penalty Try was awarded. Teams no longer have to convert a Penalty Try, it's just a straight 7 points.Normally this would also just be a 10 minute Sin Bin offence but because the player had already served one Sin Bin period, he was sent off.
I've gotten worked up about it here before, but there is literally no point in any other team turning up in the refs aren't going to call forward passes against NZ. Ten minutes in, and at least two blatant forward passes with no sanction. Their running game is good enough, without favours from the officials.