6N - France v Ireland

[akan004]

Rugby sucks these days. Another yellow/red for an innocuous rugby incident.

[stodders]

@sparky Cane got a red for less. In a World Cup final.

[sparky]

@sparky said in 6N - France v Ireland:

Game over after 8 minutes. Marseilles crowd left silent.

@akan004 said in 6N - France v Ireland:

Rugby sucks these days. Another yellow/red for an innocuous rugby incident.

There needs to be something in between a Red and a Yellow Card. Otherwise no one will watch this game in ten years time.

[stodders]

@sparky there is. Red card, 20 mins without the player, then allow a new player to come on.

[Billy Tell]

A whole 10 minutes to get the bunker and a card. Plus ça change…

[sparky]

@stodders said in 6N - France v Ireland:

@sparky there is. Red card, 20 mins without the player, then allow a new player to come on.

But not in the Six Nations, other northern Hemisphere Rugby or the World Cup.

[stodders]

@sparky I’m sure the wailing will get louder the more red cards there are. They either move to a higher threshold for red cards, or they allow replacements for the dismissed players.

Outright thuggery can be dealt with via a very long ban.

Rugby needs to be 15 vs 15.

[sparky]

It remains a Yellow Card. Good news but it makes me wonder why Sam Cane got a Red Card in the World Cup Final?

[stodders]

Hahahahahahaha

[akan004]

It remains a yellow luckily but it's a fucking lottery. A different ref and it's a red.

[Billy Tell]

First game of rugby I watch since the RWC. Watch way more soccer these days. The idea that cards = less head contact is patently false.

[stodders]

@sparky bullshit decision. Rugby kills itself once again.

[sparky]

Gibson-Park scores for Ireland. Aki set it up. A try made in New Zealand.

[sparky]

@Billy-Tell I've not watched any Rugby since the World Cup final either. Football's more fun these days.

[sparky]

France 0 Ireland 10.

France look shit.

[stodders]

@akan004 inconsistent rulings. You can’t ref games with such wild inconsistency. It is a farce.

[stodders]

@akan004 a different guy in the bunker you mean. Refs will be sending guys to the bin with a bunker review forever more now. They don’t want to make the decision.

[sparky]

I'm bored.

[akan004]

@stodders said in 6N - France v Ireland:

@akan004 a different guy in the bunker you mean. Refs will be sending guys to the bin with a bunker review forever more now. They don’t want to make the decision.

Yeah meant to say the bunker guy.

[stodders]

@sparky it is dull. Crowd noise is good though