Weekend thread - Ita v NZ 1p | Eng v Ton 3.15p | Wal v SA 5.30p | Fra v Arg 8p | Sco v Aus Sun 2.15

[Ymx]

France looking like they are in control of this, at this point.

[Torquemada 1420]

Bye bye. Give Dupont an inch.

{EDIT} Oh, do f**k off

[Ymx]

1 or 2 forward passes??

[Tichtheid]

Why did he let it go at the time if he thought it was a knock on?

[Tichtheid]

That's a bit shit to be honest

[Torquemada 1420]

Good call: Ntamack off.

[Ymx]

Why did he let it go at the time if he thought it was a knock on?

Assume he clocked it but wasn’t sure, so didn’t stop play as it wasn’t obvious in real time. But it became material

[Tichtheid]

Why did he let it go at the time if he thought it was a knock on?

Assume he clocked it but wasn’t sure, so didn’t stop play as it wasn’t obvious in real time. But it became material

How so material?

To me that's a bean counter chalk-off of a brilliant try, it wasn't even clearly forward as opposed to straight down, it had no impact on what happened after it

[Torquemada 1420]

O'Keefe shouts "fine" and then penalises Aldritt

[Tichtheid]

Edinburgh legend Boffelli has had a great couple of minutes

[Tichtheid]

See, that to me is card, the ref is shouting "release" but they don't within 5m of the line, far more cynical than a knock on that gets carded

[Torquemada 1420]

Ridiculous. Told to release and refuse to do so. F**king yellow O'Keefe.

[Torquemada 1420]

See, that to me is card, the ref is shouting "release" but they don't within 5m of the line, far more cynical than a knock on that gets carded

Yes.

[Ymx]

Why did France not take those points

[Sandstorm]

Ridiculous. Told to release and refuse to do so. F**king yellow O'Keefe.

You guys finally catching onto how bad O’Keefe really is.

[Torquemada 1420]

Why did France not take those points

You not heard? It's called being dumb. And now they are taken,

[Tichtheid]

That was a great shot of the French loosehead in the scrum, great power

[Ymx]

That looked nasty that tackle

[Margin__Walker]

That looked nasty that tackle

Was a real car crash, but looked legal to me

[Raggs]

Huge legal tackle. Surprised they've not taken the player off for that, whiplash motion is just as likely (if perhaps not more likely) to cause a bump in the brain.

[Torquemada 1420]

FINALLY Macalou.

[Tichtheid]

What a pass off the deck!

[Tichtheid]

FINALLY Macalou.

MacAlou sounds Scottish to me

[Ymx]

That’s sealed it.

[Ymx]

That looked good, but I think we will not see

[Tichtheid]

I think that's held up

[Torquemada 1420]

And this time he goes back for the pen.

[fishfoodie]

French directory found that footage very quickly; compared with the knock on for their disallowed try

[Tichtheid]

That Argentinian shirt is a classic, isn’t it?

[Torquemada 1420]

That Argentinian shirt is a classic, isn’t it?

Yes.

[Margin__Walker]

Why are they wanking about 100 tackles? That's normal.

[Ymx]

That looked ok

[Torquemada 1420]

I remain unconvinced by Jaminet. You can't have a FB missing those.

[Ymx]

It’s a try then

[Tichtheid]

I think Argentina got a bit lucky there, especially wrt the earlier French one being disallowed

[Torquemada 1420]

Jalibert is an 85% kicker. Picking a FB purely for taking dead ball kicks is retarded.

[Ymx]

And that’s the game

[Torquemada 1420]

When is a deliberate trip not yellow?

Ans: when it's Ben O'Keefe.

[Ymx]

Congrats to France. Loved the tackle from the kick off. Cemented the game.

[Ymx]

Good evening gents!