The Rugby Union Thread

cj73

Nice to see johnny's ok after that....: shame about the footballer reaction

tbm

lloyd;1009085" said:

Play acting by Sexton not needed.

Yeah, I thought that. He held the top of his head. But, he did bang the back of his head. Could have been transferred pain.

cj73

Leapt up like a salmon to take the kick as well

tbm

Delighted for Toner though. Hilarious try.

cj73

tbm;1009094" said:

[quote="lloyd;1009085"]Play acting by Sexton not needed.

Yeah, I thought that. He held the top of his head. But, he did bang the back of his head. Could have been transferred pain. [/quote]

Managed to outstretch his arms in appeal as well... Probably delayed shock

camf

Doesn't surprise me... can't stand Sexton. Never have. I'd be pleased to see any team target him.

camf

Is there a rule against yellow carding Irish players?

camf

Thank f***!

tbm

cj73;1009099" said:

Managed to outstretch his arms in appeal as well... Probably delayed shock

Yeah. He has been targeted off the ball repeatedly this 6Ns though. Hardly an excuse though.

Is getting a bit nasty now. Tempers flaring.

camf

He's sneaky and whinging... what's not to target? I'm just surprised the Irish back row don't join in.

koneguitarist

Ref not carding Irish players so Scots taking law into their own hands, ref beat Scotland with the help of Ireland!

camf

^^^^ THis

cj73

And Joubert was on the line........,did he run that as well as he ran the 60 yard dash?

camf

Scotland didn't play well, other than a few special moments, but... not wanting to sound like @lloyd (kiddin')  ... what looked to me like pretty one-sided reffing spoiled what could have been a really good game. I think Ireland might still have won it, but it would have been good to see it remain open as a contest, bringing the best out of the Irish too.

tbm

Sexton sharing a few words with a Scottish forward at the end. Good deal of nark there.

From my POV Ireland played the ref better. He seemed to change how he viewed the breakdown in the second half. Irish deserved yellow at the end there, but we were the better team of the 80. Comfortably so.

Gassage

koneguitarist

@gassage have a good time mate, hope ref is better than the last one!

Gassage

I saw glimpses- what kicked off?

camf

Other the the useless ref, Sexton was to blame for everything... refugee crisis, IDS, famine, moral bankruptsy, the total decline of Western Civilization... everything. He's evil incarnate. Other than that, it was fine.

koneguitarist

tbm said:

Sexton sharing a few words with a Scottish forward at the end. Good deal of nark there.

From my POV Ireland played the ref better. He seemed to change how he viewed the breakdown in the second half. Irish deserved yellow at the end there, but we were the better team of the 80. Comfortably so.

For once I don't think Ireland were the better team, ref killed the Scott's, with yellow cards, when positions were reversed he would not YC the Irish. Irish didn't play the ref, the ref played along with them.

Scots had to take the law into their own hands which resulted in the fights, and with all that possession and territory and YC against Scotland the shoreline to me flatters you, and I would be happy if scots lodged an official complaint. 

Also Sexton is now being targeted by current and ex players on Twitter, and quite rightly so.