Well Dil lets hear it then !!!

Paddy Power current odds:

New Zealand 6/4
England 4/1
South Africa 5/1
Australia 8/1
Ireland 10/1
France 18/1
Wales 20/1
Argentina 66/1
Scotland 100/1
Italy 300/1
Fiji 600/1
Samoa 750/1
Japan 1000/1
Georgia 1000/1
Tonga 1000/1
Canada 1000/1
Romania 2500/1
USA 5000/1
Russia 5000/1
Namibia 5000/1

Yes.

The standard of Rugby in the whole competition has been brilliant.


It makes you wonder what they could do if they were really fit?



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An amazing weekend of Rugby, can it get any better?


M

RFU have announced their England review panel, how on earth did Ben Kay get chosen his first name is not Ian:-)


The five-man panel features:
Ben Kay, ex-England forward with 62 caps and 2003 World Cup winner
Sir Ian McGeechan, former Scotland and British and Irish Lions coach
Ian Ritchie, RFU chief executive
Ian Metcalfe, Professional Game Board chairman
Ian Watmore, England Rugby 2015 board member and former Football Association chief executive

That is the three-quarters.

Where are the forwards?

No shit Sherlock! - Referee Joubert 'may have sensed hostility'

well, the crowd were throwing bottles at him but they couldn't see to aim properly through their tears of despair.

Scotland led Australia 34-32 with two minutes to go when Joubert ruled Jon Welsh was deliberately offside, awarding a penalty that Bernard Foley kicked to earn the Wallabies a place in the last four.

However, replays suggested Australia's Nick Phipps touched the ball back to Welsh and Joubert could have awarded a scrum rather than a penalty.

Scotland coach Vern Cotter and captain Greig Laidlaw believe Joubert should have consulted the television match official, although tournament regulations only allow the officials to use video replays to rule on foul play, or whether tries and kicks at goal are legitimate.

Here's a clip of added explanation about some of what you might not yet know about:



The ref' sprinted off the field at the close of play. Perhaps it was actually a 'bottling out'?

I'm particularly looking forward to the play-offs for fifth place.

Or, as its more commonly known, 'the six nations'.

If you go back a minute or two, before the said "infringement", there was what I think a deliberate shoulder charge late tackle on the Scottish full-back after he made his kick.

It would have been a sending off offence.

That incensed the Scots crowd and started the booing.

I thought the linesman would have drawn attention to the deliberate foul.

C'est la vie!

Obviously, you didn't watch the video clip above.

Exec,

When I posted I hadn't looked at or listened to the video you posted.

I have now and it reinforces what I recalled.

As far as the referee is concerned, he has to act on what he saw.

If he was blind spotted, it is a pity.

I thought his management of the game as a whole was good, as has the refereeing in the other games I watched.

Escaping from the field as he did seems wise, rather than sticking around and inflaming the crowd to other "daftness".

It is only a game!

Perhaps, he could have walked instead of "running".

Perhaps, he wanted a pee, like I did.

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But, what exactly was the point of your post?

Think the Scots should get over it, we are already over the fact we lost to the cheating forward passing offside Welsh and we are not bitter :-)

Too true Mike. I have been willing our friends from the 6N to go on and win. No smug satisfaction at their misfortune from me. Did you get the chance to give Dil's plaque a washing down whilst you were at Twickers?

I was musing at what would have happened if that poor ref had been English. I suspect the delectable Nicola would have seized her chance and demanded an immediate in/out referendum and probably won!

Bully,

Pop along to the Opticians and have your glasses changed.

You may see the pass from a different angle!

I thought it a bloody marvellous pass.

Known as playing the refs rules.


8-)))))))))

Bully,

Pop along to the Opticians and have your glasses changed.

You may see the pass from a different angle!

I thought it a bloody marvellous pass.

Known as playing the refs rules.


8-)))))))))

Fred

Pop along to the Opticians and have your glasses changed.

You may see two posts above, where one post was already one too many.

8-)))))))))

Well done the All blacks ......fantastic ....by far the best team......

England 26-12 New Zealand in the Rugby.

I knew we could do it.

Was that at Ludo or Tiddly Winks?

Here's a proper try by one of the boys who works with my kids in the pub when he's not in uni. I keep offering to race him over 50 yards up the lane outside the pub but he always reckons he's injured.

2nd try on clip and it won try of the week. He scored a better one in the first half but they couldn't have caught it on cam.

Ebbooo

Are you known for your biting sense of humor? Would your friends call you caustic? Is irony the highest form of verbal art (in your humble opinion)? Then you can also be considered something else besides “sarcastic”: intelligent.

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In two studies, they found that the sassy among us were causing more conflict, but were also demonstrating “enhanced creativity” after following a mock sarcastic conversation or recalling a sarcastic exchange.

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So, our suggestion is not to flee from the most sarcastic person in your work life. They may be good for your brain and enhancing your creativity!