Wales v Georgia

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Very disappointing 2nd half by Wales this.

Well played Georgia they deserve that try they have played really well this half..

Well Georgia have certainly come to life a bit in the second half ...

No need to kick. The play is unbelievably sloppy now.

LordDowlais wrote:Very disappointing 2nd half by Wales this.

I agree but there are positives to be taken from a BP win and no injuries.

Tomos Williams looking better every game.

Playing the Wallabies will be a different sport altogether though.

OMG, Shingler throwing wild passes again, just has he did against Ireland, what is the matter with him ?

mikey_dragon wrote:No need to kick. The play is unbelievably sloppy now.

When structured at the start wales looked lethal but now it’s loose not looking great. Like I said though it will almost be a different sport playing Australia next.

LordDowlais wrote:OMG, Shingler throwing wild passes again, just has he did against Ireland, what is the matter with him ?

He is far from the only one LD

Just needs to stop forcing play. I am surprised he hasn't been told about that, after the last game.

You lot have taken your foot off the gas this second half.
But you got what needed to be done in the first 20.

The Oz game will be very interesting

Georgia are very strong, have to be up there as one of the strongest packs surely.

carpet baboon wrote:You lot have taken your foot off the gas this second half.
But you got what needed to be done in the first 20.

The Oz game will be very interesting

And so far it looks like no injuries too which is good.

What a try by Williams and north..!

Oh nice, forward pass from Parkes but Georgia had chances to clear and didn't.

Oh Tomos.

Great play by Tomos Williams, and a great finish by North.

mikey_dragon wrote:Georgia are very strong, have to be up there as one of the strongest packs surely.

To be honest I have been reasonably impressed with a few of their backs too.

The scrumhalf who can on and the number 14 winger too.

Red hasn’t had a bad game either but that said not too many controversial incidents

This finishes 43-14 and it's a result we would've taken all day before the game.

Important turnaround now. I hope Hill is ready, as I would swap him for Shingler on the bench.

mikey_dragon wrote:Oh nice, forward pass from Parkes but Georgia had chances to clear and didn't.

Yeh I spotted that too - but not the first of many so far in this tournament ... try taken well though.

Tuperic man of the match for me.

mikey_dragon wrote:Georgia are very strong, have to be up there as one of the strongest packs surely.

They are some units

Lovely dancing feet from Williams for that try

Friggin hell, where do Georgia get these beastly forwards from !!!!!

LordDowlais wrote:Friggin hell, where do Georgia get these beastly forwards from !!!!!

https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/chidaoba-wrestling-in-georgia-01371

I don’t often say this but I’m glad we didn’t try and run that last ball from our own try line.

BP win and no known injuries

I suppose the mass changes in the 2nd half did not help either.

maestegmafia wrote:I don’t often say this but I’m glad we didn’t try and run that last ball from our own try line.

BP win and no known injuries

Yes was good from patchell. The game is won no one is injured, just hoof it off the park

Very sensible indeed.

Ultimately, it did us no favours getting a BP so early. We were bound to have an eye on this weekend then.

LordDowlais wrote:Tuperic man of the match for me.

Turmeric spice of the match for me. Really good partnership with Patchell.

miaow wrote:

LordDowlais wrote:Tuperic man of the match for me.

Turmeric spice of the match for me. Really good partnership with Patchell.

I know that yours was a joke, miaow, but why do so many people still struggle with spelling Tipuric? It often seems to be Welsh fans, similar to the number of Quins who struggle with Sinckler.

LondonTiger wrote:

miaow wrote:

LordDowlais wrote:Tuperic man of the match for me.

Turmeric spice of the match for me. Really good partnership with Patchell.

I know that yours was a joke, miaow, but why do so many people still struggle with spelling Tipuric? It often seems to be Welsh fans, similar to the number of Quins who struggle with Sinckler.

Sounds like ALDI own brand correcting fluid. When the Welsh can spell David properly then we can worry about him. Personally I always get Sinckler mixed up with Kitchener.

Anyway more importantly the Welsh bandwagon trundles on. At some point people (me) will have to accept that they are more of a genuine threat than the side that kept losing heroically to good teams in 2011. Ireland and Wales seem to have turned up a touch sharper than England for the first fixture, and should be favourites for the tie with Aus as it stands. No evidence that the Howley situation has had an adverse effect yet and the mood should be strong. Qualification should be an absolute stroll for Wales.

So...Dawid?

Collapse2005 wrote:Dire refereeing decision.

Ball clearly goes backwards by about a metre. Great decision by the referee.

Gooseberry wrote:
Anyway more importantly the Welsh bandwagon trundles on. At some point people (me) will have to accept that they are more of a genuine threat than the side that kept losing heroically to good teams in 2011. Ireland and Wales seem to have turned up a touch sharper than England for the first fixture, and should be favourites for the tie with Aus as it stands. No evidence that the Howley situation has had an adverse effect yet and the mood should be strong. Qualification should be an absolute stroll for Wales.

Are you trying to hypnotise them to sleep, Goose?

Nothing to worry about. Go to sleep. Sleeeeeeeeeep. Close your eyes as I slowly count to three.

Nice to win a game after loosing two on the bounce too.

WOL player ratings are pretty overly generous but a few players did some great work out there today Tips (see what I’ve done there LT) in particular looked superb after a couple of matches that were average at best during the warm ups.

RugbyFan100 wrote:

Collapse2005 wrote:Dire refereeing decision.

Ball clearly goes backwards by about a metre. Great decision by the referee.

You'll have to level with Guns. He still thinks illegally pulling down a scrum is 'amazing scrummaging.'

These ‘match threads’ are great. Pity you have to go somewhere else to then find what any of the scoring or result was. Can I suggest the ‘starter’ of the thread occasionally puts a score up?

mikey_dragon wrote:

RugbyFan100 wrote:

Collapse2005 wrote:Dire refereeing decision.

Ball clearly goes backwards by about a metre. Great decision by the referee.

You'll have to level with Guns. He still thinks illegally pulling down a scrum is 'amazing scrummaging.'

Should have been a yellow card. Ludicrous decision from the ref. The only reason, if that really was the case, that the ball didnt go forward off his hand was because of the momentum of the players and the ball. He slapped the pass down, thats always a yellow.

Thought Luke Pearce was good today. Too often we see incidents like the non-knock on given because it's easy - the French refs are the worst for this. Navidi's 'high' tackle against Ireland, Dee throwing a 'forward' pass in the same game. Can't remember Pearce getting anything wrong, really, and wasn't particularly prominent in the game, which is always a good sign.

Mixed reffing so far then.

Ball has to go forward to be a deliberate knock on, Guns.

miaow wrote:Ball has to go forward to be a deliberate knock on, Guns.

Ball also has to go forward for it to be a forward pass but everyone knows that momentum comes into play and backwards passes can travel forward.

Its no different here in cynically slapping the pass down. Logical decision is a yellow. Blatantly stupid decision.

It's been discussed on here before but it's perfectly legal to slap the ball backwards towards your own try line. In this case very lucky as you say collapse due to the momentum however nothing the ref can do unless he ignores the laws.

The refs constantly ignore the forward pass laws because they are written the same way, the ball must travel forward.

It is pretty obvious the slap down in this case was exactly what the laws were written to prevent even if they werent written precicely enough to account for momentum.

should have yellow carded him for dissent then, slapping the ball down forwards but allowing the ball to travel backwards is taking the pi$$

It's been pointed out before as I said but it is how it's meant to be interpreted.

mikey_dragon wrote:

RugbyFan100 wrote:

Collapse2005 wrote:Dire refereeing decision.

Ball clearly goes backwards by about a metre. Great decision by the referee.

You'll have to level with Guns. He still thinks illegally pulling down a scrum is 'amazing scrummaging.'

I dont know Mikey the very little I watched of the game today Wales' scrum didnt look that solid, again.

Collapse2005 wrote:The refs constantly ignore the forward pass laws because they are written the same way, the ball must travel forward.

It is pretty obvious the slap down in this case was exactly what the laws were written to prevent even if they werent written precicely enough to account for momentum.

So he tried a slap down and missed, and the ball went backwards. So no offence. As the ref said at the time after he watched the replay.

It’s a bit like someone planning to do a spear tackle, not quite having the strength and ending up just doing a standard tackle within the laws of the game. So no offence.

Thats a bizarre take on the incident. He didnt try a slap down he did one. Refs are given leeway to interpret the laws and anyone with basic common sense can see slap down was exactly what the law is there to prevent.

Collapse2005 wrote:Thats a bizarre take on the incident. He didnt try a slap down he did one. Refs are given leeway to interpret the laws and anyone with basic common sense can see slap down was exactly what the law is there to prevent.

He messed up a slap down, if it went backwards (which it did). So I’ll stick with ‘tried’ rather than ‘did’. So no offence. Players are allowed to slap the ball sideways or backwards. He lucked out here that putting his hand out, which looked a bit instinctive, resulted in the ball not going forward.