Other Fixtures 25th to 27th March 2022

[Tiglon]

Just seen the Farrell “tackle”.Shoulder on shoulder….no arms….penalty…correct decision. And the player was falling having been tackled.

Mentioned in today’s commentary that Farrell has been slaughtered on social media

He’s the only player who has an alleged bad tackle technique….haha…others who do the same are called “committed” or “competitive”, but when you’ve got a dad in the game and you’re driven like Farrell is and don’t trust or give much away in the media, people don’t like it. Then there’s the Saracens thing.

It was a long way from being the worst tackle seen this weekend, let alone this season, yet it's the most talked about tackle so far. I'm not the biggest fan of Farrell but it really wasn't a bad enough tackle to warrant much discussion.

[jgriffin]

Mentioned in today’s commentary that Farrell has been slaughtered on social media

He’s the only player who has an alleged bad tackle technique….haha…others who do the same are called “committed” or “competitive”, but when you’ve got a dad in the game and you’re driven like Farrell is and don’t trust or give much away in the media, people don’t like it. Then there’s the Saracens thing.

It was a long way from being the worst tackle seen this weekend, let alone this season, yet it's the most talked about tackle so far. I'm not the biggest fan of Farrell but it really wasn't a bad enough tackle to warrant much discussion.

Watched it on TV and reversed it to watch again, penalty or marginal yellow, BUT thought it was a gratuitous ribtickler (no attempt to wrap) that hit higher as the player was falling. Rib ticklers were of course expected in rugby before TMOs.

[Tiglon]

He’s the only player who has an alleged bad tackle technique….haha…others who do the same are called “committed” or “competitive”, but when you’ve got a dad in the game and you’re driven like Farrell is and don’t trust or give much away in the media, people don’t like it. Then there’s the Saracens thing.

It was a long way from being the worst tackle seen this weekend, let alone this season, yet it's the most talked about tackle so far. I'm not the biggest fan of Farrell but it really wasn't a bad enough tackle to warrant much discussion.

Watched it on TV and reversed it to watch again, penalty or marginal yellow, BUT thought it was a gratuitous ribtickler (no attempt to wrap) that hit higher as the player was falling. Rib ticklers were of course expected in rugby before TMOs.

Yeah definite penalty, probably not yellow but I wouldn't be outraged if it was. I thought Genge's late hit was worse, and I'm still baffled as to how the ref thought he tried to wrap an arm.

[OakhamTiger32]

Might have already been mentioned on here so apologies but Hughes charges in to the Sale players head and Simmons does the same for Irish against Saints and both get just yellows Hughes was probably mitigated by the fact the player was low but for me he started low and stayed low and Hughes just comes motoring in and smashes him in the head. Simmons was just a simple ruck clear out but seemed pretty obvious head contact but both got away with a yellow. Had either of those been Wiese you can guarentee it would have been a red and a lengthy suspension. Have the laws changed, did I miss something with these incidents or is it just the usual lack of consistency?

[Scott1]

Might have already been mentioned on here so apologies but Hughes charges in to the Sale players head and Simmons does the same for Irish against Saints and both get just yellows Hughes was probably mitigated by the fact the player was low but for me he started low and stayed low and Hughes just comes motoring in and smashes him in the head. Simmons was just a simple ruck clear out but seemed pretty obvious head contact but both got away with a yellow. Had either of those been Wiese you can guarentee it would have been a red and a lengthy suspension. Have the laws changed, did I miss something with these incidents or is it just the usual lack of consistency?

3 none yellows for Sarries too which have all been given in other games for the same incidents. 2 of those for us with Nadolo yesterday which was nowhere near as blatant as Billy Vs slap down and the other for Muris late hit on the try scorer which wasn't as bad as the Sarries player who dived on top of the Bristol late disallowed try scorer. Poor all round and happening week in week out!

[TigerFeetSteve]

https://twitter.com/timoconnorbl/status ... YK-Ug&s=19


Talking about inconsistency in referee's.

Southern Hemisphere seem to get away with more head contact before cards. Here's one that was given as red, but has now been overturned...

[wigworth]

https://twitter.com/timoconnorbl/status ... YK-Ug&s=19


Talking about inconsistency in referee's.

Southern Hemisphere seem to get away with more head contact before cards. Here's one that was given as red, but has now been overturned...

They seem to play by different rules down there, like when they let Jordie Barrett off of his red card when Paolo Odogwu had a almost identical incident and his red card and ban were upheld and he was banned for 6 weeks.

I fail to see what really mitigates anything to overturn that red.

[TigerFeetSteve]

Well it appears Worcester have dug out some players from somewhere now that it's a competition they can get to the semifinals in...

In other news Sports resolutions UK is investigating the Worcester cancellation vs Gloucester, so it's definitely not a simple 4-2 points split...

https://twitter.com/premrugby/status/15 ... Boubw&s=19