RWC QF: England v Fiji

[Bones]

Lucky not to see yellow, I guess he tucked the shoulder under, which probably saved him.

[sparky]

@MiketheSnow Yep, the Toffs are terrible.

[sparky]

Fiji 3 England 8

[Bones]

@Damo said in RWC QF: England v Fiji:

How did ref not see that live?

I'm hoping he just had word it was being looked at, so he could play on.

[Bones]

We all know if Botia had done that to Tuilagi - red all day.

[Victor Meldrew]

Nice touch from Tom Curry to the Fiji player after that "tackle". No malicious intent.

[sparky]

Merchant scores England second try.

[Bones]

Here we go. Don't need to look, it's red.

[sparky]

Red card coming for Fiji.

[Gunner]

Rugby is fucked when a blatant no arms tackle like that is not carded, yet Nuggie had 10 in the bin for ‘deliberately’ knocking the ball on with a fingertip.

[bayimports]

I suspect this is going to be a blood bath, Fiji going to get smashed

[sparky]

England 15 Fiji 3

[Dodge]

England look sharp. Mitchell with quick ball is a different player and some lovely long passes into midfield

[bayimports]

Clearly accidental but also clearly head contact, I wouldn’t be surprised if it gets upgraded to red. Not much mitigation

[Bones]

@bayimports said in RWC QF: England v Fiji:

Clearly accidental but also clearly head contact, I wouldn’t be surprised if it gets upgraded to red. Not much mitigation

Especially with the flag he plays under.

[Damo]

Why no advantage again?

[sparky]

Fiji with a shot at goal.

Missed.

[Bones]

@Damo said in RWC QF: England v Fiji:

Why no advantage again?

We don't give advantage to "tier two". They should have no advantage over the opposition.

[Damo]

@bayimports said in RWC QF: England v Fiji:

Clearly accidental but also clearly head contact, I wouldn’t be surprised if it gets upgraded to red. Not much mitigation

I think the mitigation is that the English player stopped suddenly. Fijian was just coming across and wasn't expecting to tackle right there.

Could go either way.

[sparky]

Fiji in need of a miracle.