USER1999
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Keith Earls, great heart, great try saving tackle. Needs to see a good dentist though. Manky teeth.
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Cracking game. Very asorbing and a tight affair. Ireland ruthless today will give England a stern test.
Old Skier
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Nothing tight about it, he got it wrong unfortunately.
bladeplayer
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The wales try ? I thought it was a good call . Off the knee but no downward pressure or not enough control for me ..
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Have to agree to disagree. I'll go with the opinion of the 3 ex players in the studio.
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Guess it’s all about if the player had it under control and with downward pressure
Very tight imo
Very tight imo
I didn't play rugby but to me there was no way the attacker had any control, apparently required as well as downward pressure which was also questionable. I was really taken aback then when the experts in the studio all called it a try. I'm confused.
One of those that could easily have gone either way. Happy to see it given though
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Funny how some agree with the experts on the footie thread but when their team wins ignore the experts when it comes to rugby.
And downward pressure is no longer mentioned in the rule I think you'll find.
And downward pressure is no longer mentioned in the rule I think you'll find.
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I thought he swiped the ball from the side (ball skids forward after he touched it) rather than pressing from the top. I don’t know the rules but as an England fan they got it spot on 😉
What is the rule then? Not being funny, happy to learn.
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Even as an Englishman I’d have given the try, but I’m glad the rub of the green went our way for once on a close call.
Great game, our tackling was immense, and we beat a pretty good team in nearly all areas of the Park.
I’m a happy English rugby fan.
Great game, our tackling was immense, and we beat a pretty good team in nearly all areas of the Park.
I’m a happy English rugby fan.
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fundy
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on tv they claimed the law had been changed saying it didnt now include the phrase downward pressure but now required the player to be incontrol of the ball
cant see that in the current version of the laws! so im assuming its a refs directive not an actual change to the wording of the laws
http://laws.worldrugby.org/?law=21
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It was a try. Thought England deserved to win based on first half control, but they seem to have a habit of losing intensity. Wales looked better after patchell went off
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England had the better first half and unfortunately Wales didn't get out of bed untill the last 20 min.
I think England will need to up their game if they want to beat Ireland.
Surely 1b is downward pressure? Pressing down is downward pressure. No mention of control though interestingly enough.
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Think you’re right. They do some really good stuff, first half was good. Started off the second well, then lost some precision.
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