Rugby World Cup Japan 2019

[Paddingtonwolf]

That's a pretty generous yellow card. Plenty of refs would have called that a red.

 

[Dinowolf]

Good try by Furlong. Plenty of strength.

 

[Dinowolf]

Sexton gets the third try after 21 mins

 

[Newbridge Wolf]

Good passage of play by Samoa rewards them with a try

 

[Dinowolf]

Good powerful try from Samoa's forwards.

 

[Dinowolf]

Aki is in trouble here

 

[darlowolf64]

Straight red

 

[jd1981]

Blatant red that

 

[Donegal Wolf]

No complaints with that, ref had no choice

 

[jd1981]

Ireland will still win comfortably with the bonus point

 

[Dinowolf]

Sexton gets the bonus point try for Ireland.

HT 26-5

 

[Donegal Wolf]

Thank fuck for that.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

No doubt about the red for me, but it highlights a little inconsistency by tonight's referee. I really didn't see much mitigating either challenge, so thought the Samoan was VERY fortunate to get away with a yellow.

 

[Tredman]

As O'Driscoll has just said there wasn't really much place for the Samoa 2 to go to, whereas the Ireland player could definitely have gone lower and lifted in to the tackle too.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

They are going on about him bending his knees to try and keep lower, but he did then straighten them through the impact which made it look fairly bad. I think both were red for me.

Also, I should mention, on more viewings of the Ken Owens tip tackle against Fiji, I have absolutely NO idea how that isn't a red card. It made the 2011 Warburton tackle look like a friendly affair.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

the 2011 Warburton tackle

This is to you what Scott Taylor's disallowed goal at Bolton in May 2000 is to me. Never going to let it go!

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

You're not wrong!

Bloody Alain Roland - may he rot in the eternal fires...

Seriously, Warburton wasn't unlucky. It was dim. Probably cost us the World Cup as we lost by 1 point with 14 men, and then France got within a point of the All Blacks in the final.

Still VERY VERY bitter...

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Blatant block there. That should be penalty try and yellow card

 

[Dinowolf]

I think for the Samoan yellow, that a red would have been harsh as Stockdale dipped down for the collision, but I agree that Ken Owens should have been given a red for that spike tackle.

Tacklers will have to change tactics and lower their tackles in future. Get among the flying knees and boots while somebody else slows them down.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

I assume that because a yellow card was administered on the pitch, Owens can't be cited?