Gallagher Premiership 2020/21

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That's not a high tackle. Heyes initial contact is the chest. If you're going to review it, review it properly. It's a legal tackle.

How did the assistant miss that the LI player knocks the ball out of JVP's hands and into touch before the Joseph break. It was right in front of him FFS. Lineout Tigers.

Anyway, Tigers blow what should have been a straightforward win and only get 4 instead of 5 points. LI manage to snatch 2 league points with a TBP at the death. Probably a fair result as LI were the better side in the first half but didn't really show up in the second. Hassell-Collins is looking like a really classy player, shame Parton went off.

Who's the TMO - he keeps trying to overturn Bristol tries?

Excellent try bu Northampton..Mitchell and Freeman combining brilliantly with Mitchell scoring

2 late tries again for Bristol - making a habit of this.

Meanwhile it sounds like another potential red card against a team playing LI not given - although I'll reserve judgement until I've seen it myself.  If true that would be at least 3 this season

Oooh chris Ashton could be on a red here.

Chris Ashton given a red for a ruck clear out where he smashed Tom Freeman shoulder to head

Would have been a yellow if they were playing LI or maybe not even a pen ....

Ollie Lawrence trying a little to hard today...made a few wrong decisions when to pass or run it.

Wuss are as bad as rhe falcons for finishing off moves.

They've had a lot of possession in this game and are losing heavily.
Efficiency lacking...

Total horse Poopie for Tom Dunn's red card. Rugby is losing its way.

Harrison off now with a yellow for Saints.

Not sure what more he could do...your now putting a tackler in a position where its more dangerous for them as they are going low in head on tackles...that's going to be dangerous...

GeordieFalcon wrote:Wuss are as bad as rhe falcons for finishing off moves.

They've had a lot of possession in this game and are losing heavily.
Efficiency lacking...

Did you see the stats for their LI match? - you won't believe they still lost.

The commentary on BT sport extra for the he Bath LI game is awful, why the token woman stating the bloody obvious time after time.

2nd red for Bath, looks like the ill discipline in the England camp is catching. Ewels and Dunn off.

Heaf wrote:

GeordieFalcon wrote:Wuss are as bad as rhe falcons for finishing off moves.

They've had a lot of possession in this game and are losing heavily.
Efficiency lacking...

Did you see the stats for their LI match? - you won't believe they still lost.

They've got a good powerful pack so they do get lots of ball...they just fail everytime they get in rhe 22.

Saints have some good young players though...Mitchell, Freeman, slightholme looks a cracking young winger after his dad..Grayson Jr aswell

TightHEAD wrote:2nd red for Bath, looks like the ill discipline in the England camp is catching. Ewels and Dunn off.

Did you see the first yellow? I haven't but some suggesting that could have been red too - is there an issue in technique?

Worcester getting tonked

Interesting definition of a flat pass in the Wasps match ...

4 tries for Ollie Slightholme

GeordieFalcon wrote:

Heaf wrote:

GeordieFalcon wrote:Wuss are as bad as rhe falcons for finishing off moves.

They've had a lot of possession in this game and are losing heavily.
Efficiency lacking...

Did you see the stats for their LI match? - you won't believe they still lost.

They've got a good powerful pack so they do get lots of ball...they just fail everytime they get in rhe 22.

Saints have some good young players though...Mitchell, Freeman, slightholme looks a cracking young winger after his dad..Grayson Jr aswell

Probably the most complete match Saints have played in a couple of years. I'm still not convinced by Mitchell, but Jon Sleightholme's son Ollie has a big future and is a chip off the old block but even faster. I have a jersey from Jon and I think I will wear it all afternoon. Just earned his hat trick. Tommy Freeman as well, a kid with massive upside.

Also helps Worcs are down to 13 men, here at the end.

Ollie just scored his fourth (this is garbaaage time, and garbaaage time scores shouldn't count too much).

Ribbands had a big fame for saints in the engine room.

Brooks would have been red carded there if shields were an opposition player. Given the law is there for safety reasons and it was clearly reckless I think its a bit of an oddity its not a red anyway.

Doc

I would say Ribbands, Freeman and Slightholme impressed me the most talented kids. Jones or whoever is England manager must have a good look at them.

Paul Hill has made some crazy carries since he's come on...

Should mention Ted Hill has been huge in a well beaten side...

Just caught the end of Irish v Bath.
Good win for London Irish. Having a good season.
Bath with a couple of reds.

After the Sale match last week that win was unexpected ... although they nearly threw it away with a couple of yellows so it ended up 13 v 13

TightHEAD wrote:Total horse Poopie for Tom Dunn's red card. Rugby is losing its way.

After seeing it I think you need to listen more to the commentators so you can learn something, anything about rugby.

That is not a yellow.

Game is going down a dark path.

When the kids are back playing and being yellow/red carded week after week, they will walk away from the game, some for good.

It's complete Love sacks.

Harsh YC for Sale - ironic when they get away with worse normally ...

Tell you what, if you don't want your head getting knocked go and play volleyball or something else.

That's defo a YC though ...

I think the officials TMOs are going have to be former players, at least then there would be understanding of what it's like to play the game.

Too many Refs have never played the game, rugby tots and tag does not count. Just look at this joker in the Sale v Wasps game.

Sale players playing tag with the YCs now - as soon as one comes back another goes off ...

TightHEAD wrote:Tell you what, if you don't want your head getting knocked go and play volleyball or something else.

I take it you played rugby for many years?

Wasps will be gutted to lose that after all those YCs against Sale ... luckily I had Sale by 1 on Superbru

Heaf wrote:Wasps will be gutted to lose that after all those YCs against Sale ... luckily I had Sale by 1 on Superbru

4 yellows in the second half and Wasps lost? I wouldn't have thought that was possible.

Not as bizarre as the LI v Bristol result from the stats ...

GeordieFalcon wrote:Doc

I would say Ribbands, Freeman and Slightholme impressed me the most talented kids. Jones or whoever is England manager must have a good look at them.

Paul Hill has made some crazy carries since he's come on...

We were having a big laugh at Paul Hill making those big runs trying to score and just not making it.  He clearly had no desire to pass at all.  Ribbans is playing really great (he had a Borthwick nose day today).  Freeman and Sleightholme are, in my opinion, the goods.  Furbank ain't clotted cream either, but had a mediocre start with England.  It's a shame Isiekwe has to go back to Saracens, because he has been terrific for us lately.

I feel bad for Ted Hill.  Played great in the first half when Worcester was quite good.  Also had to do the post match interview which he carried off with class.

GeordieFalcon wrote:Ribbands had a big fame for saints in the engine room.

I think Ribbans has a big game for Saints every week GF.

Some crazy stuff today. Cards coming down like confetti. I got dragged away and missed the second half of the LI Vs Bath game and I seems I missed quite a bit.

Well I'm expecting quite a heavy defeat today...tigers look too strong for us on paper

Genge winding up Jon Welsh before the game....not wise..

Welsh known for being a very good boxer..

GeordieFalcon wrote:Genge winding up Jon Welsh before the game....not wise..

Welsh known for being a very good boxer..

something went on before that, so could have been Welsh winding Genge up

No foul play? It's a side entry!!

Can't believe Welsh is off now because of that blatant foul play

Straight in at the side from Wiese. Not sure how it was missed in real time.

A well taken try but I've got to feel for Falcons a bit. They lose Welsh from that clearout without Tigers being penalised and from the resulting scrum their replacement prop gets absolutely minced leading to a try. If the boot were on the other foot I'd be seething there.

Deliberately knocking the lineout forward...??
Is this ref making it up as he goes along?

GeordieFalcon wrote:Deliberately knocking the lineout forward...??
Is this ref making it up as he goes along?

Should have been called a knock on

Wilson knocked that on before the side entry.

Think we are due a Dean Richards whinge. I'm going for something like "it's expected at Welford Road"

GeordieFalcon wrote:Deliberately knocking the lineout forward...??
Is this ref making it up as he goes along?

It's Karl Dickson he's not very good.

Speaking of not very good Wigglesworth is having a shocker. Get JVP warmed up and then on at half time. The inaccuracies and pedestrian tempo is killing our attack in a game we're dominating.