Northampton - blind faith or rose coloured spectacles

[Soggypitch]

Soggypitch.
Glad my comments amused you, but his tackle wasn't legal, and imho it was a red card.He had missed him once already.

You are entitled to your opinion of course, but if that was a red card tackle then following that logic through, most games of rugby union would finish up about 5 a side.

[teds]

Lawes' head is generally on the wrong side. The net result is his tackling technique is basically a flying headbutt to the guts. It makes him more likely to injure the player he is tackling or often himself.

[Bowden Tiger]

Soggypitch, As you live near me we must meet up for a pint sometime. I think we would have a lively debate.
However, I believe that if referees clamped down on these dangerous late tackles, the ultimate would be that they would reduce, and Rugby would be the better for it.
I also don't believe that I was the only one who thought it should have been red- ask Mr. Cockerill!

[SilebyTiger]

The officials got it right. If Dan Cole hadn't have been there then nothing would have been made of it.