play wasn't over, we had the lineout.
I've heard several people say our second FK for early engagement at the scrum should've been a PK, and one person (when pressed) say there's a directive out that every repeat FK infringement should be escalated to a PK.
Have any of you heard of that being the case?
gouge...... 8 weeks, just makes it look even more stupid on the part of TMO on Saturday!
jM cited for striking an opponent, to appear before an independent disciplinary committee later this week.Just for notes at the moment, will try and find video clips tomorrow
1) Joe Marler elbow
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I have a question on the whole gouging incident that I don't think has been raised yet.
The sequence of events went like this:-
1) Dan Cole get's yellow carded.
2) From the subsequent penalty Wales opt for the scrum.
3) This forces England to sacrifice Robshaw for Brookes so that England has a full front row for that scrum.
4) The gouge incident then comes to the attention of the officials and the penalty is overturned so the scrum never happens.
My question is could England have asked to have the Brookes for Robshaw enforced substitution annulled (or postponed until the next scrum)?
If not, is that fair?
I have a question on the whole gouging incident that I don't think has been raised yet.
The sequence of events went like this:-
1) Dan Cole get's yellow carded.
2) From the subsequent penalty Wales opt for the scrum.
3) This forces England to sacrifice Robshaw for Brookes so that England has a full front row for that scrum.
4) The gouge incident then comes to the attention of the officials and the penalty is overturned so the scrum never happens.
My question is could England have asked to have the Brookes for Robshaw enforced substitution annulled (or postponed until the next scrum)?
If not, is that fair?
gouge...... 8 weeks, just makes it look even more stupid on the part of TMO on Saturday!
Wales assistant coach Rob Howley says Francis was unaware of what he was doing in the incident that led to him being disciplined.
"When you look at it, his [Francis'] eyes are closed and I don't think he knows what he's doing," said Howley.
"He went to clear someone out."
Wynne-Jones's apparent attempted stamp on Haskell's head (57:32 on game clock)?
Obstruction releasing Faletau for the third try?
gouge...... 8 weeks, just makes it look even more stupid on the part of TMO on Saturday!
Anyone want to bite on these?
To be fair, the TMO is under pressure to make a decision quickly. He may have 20+ angles to choose from, but he has to make a choice as to which ones to look at. He can't go through all of them (time constraints) and he may not necessarily pick the best angle
The Judiciary, on the other hand, can sit and watch all the angles as many times as they like, at their leisure.
isn't the important thing to get the decision right, regardless of how long it takes?