RWC warmup - England v Wales

[GibbonRib]

Well that was some ludicrously bad rugby. Both these teams deserve to get absolutely rinsed in France

[Duluth]

[Bones]

@MiketheSnow said in RWC warmup - England v Wales:

@KiwiMurph said in RWC warmup - England v Wales:

If this Georgian ref gets a knockout game.... fuck me dead.....

Why?

Aside from one dubious YC I thought he had a great game

I only watched until half time because it was pretty fucken dire, but I was extremely impressed by the ref and had meant to find out who it was.

Now the players make the game a shit show and we're blaming the ref again are we?

[Tim]

From reddit:

Tackle school are really sweating about their next Offsted inspection

[Stargazer]

@Mattasaurus said in RWC warmup - England v Wales:

Its going to be very interesting to see how that "hit" is minimised to the minimal sentence they can get away with - considering his record and a suspension earlier this year , and attending "tackle school" this grub should be gone for a minimum of 6 weeks

Considering all the factors that are taken into account, it will probably be four weeks, if he's "unlucky" five. That's assuming he apologised at the earliest time possible and an early guilty plea.

[taniwharugby]

@Stargazer haha apologising, that like when my mum made me apologise to my brother after he taunted me and I smacked him...I didn't mean it, but did it to keep the lawmaker happy...

[Stargazer]

@taniwharugby Yeah, there's nothing genuine about it, but that's how it works.

[Billy Tell]

Can you replace someone in your squad for suspension or is injury the only way out?

[Kruse]

Was thinking about this earlier... In this day'n'age... RWC warmup games are not just a risk re: injury, but also cards/citations.

[Bones]

@Billy-Tell said in RWC warmup - England v Wales:

Can you replace someone in your squad for suspension or is injury the only way out?

It can also be for "personal reasons".

[game_film]

England’s warm up schedule is a bit silly, no? They’re gonna have to bring a lunch against Ireland next week to avoid getting tasted and then Fiji can soften them up plenty the following week. Might not be too many left before they play Arg.

[Machpants]

@Billy-Tell said in RWC warmup - England v Wales:

Can you replace someone in your squad for suspension or is injury the only way out?

I am pretty sure you can

[taniwharugby]

@Machpants well you can't in a game...

[MiketheSnow]

@Victor-Meldrew said in RWC warmup - England v Wales:

@MiketheSnow

One for the team

I went back

I was wrong, the ref was right

Overextended, forearms on the floor momentarily

Penalty, and in context a deserved YC

[antipodean]

[Victor Meldrew]

@MiketheSnow

He didn't communicate that well and the penalty when Wales had an advantage was weird, but apart from that the ref was pretty good overall. Particularly as he's stlll young and relatively inexperienced.

[MiketheSnow]

@Victor-Meldrew said in RWC warmup - England v Wales:

@MiketheSnow

He didn't communicate that well and the penalty when Wales had an advantage was weird, but apart from that the ref was pretty good overall. Particularly as he's stlll young and relatively inexperienced.

100% this

Massive improvement since his debut

[nzzp]

[MiketheSnow]

I sincerely hope not

[chimoaus]

The team I feel sorry for is Scotland, they are likely to exit at the pool stage whereas one of these two will likely make a semi-final.