[2018 6 Nations] Round 5 : England v Ireland (17/03/2018)

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

BTW we are all Irish on st Patrick's day .... Haha....

 

[Bluemoon]

Love the fact they extended the line and it's put them out of it hahaha

 

[Every Time Ref]

Can I be the first to congratulate Ireland on their Grand Slam

 

[Aristodemus]

Clearly knocked on again.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Seriously, what is happening?

We might as well call it here cause this is a joke.
We're terrible, This referee is beyond a joke. There's nothing to be gained from continuing this farce

 

[big ginger 8]

Literally the weakest penalty I've ever seen
Itoje swipes at the ball, misses and touches the arm. Doesn't hold the arm, grab the arm, drag the player down, isn't in contact for more than half a second
Yet it's a penalty

He's essentially saying it's an instant penalty to compete in the lineout

You don't help yourself when you've already done a very blatant one. As Schmidt coaches it's all about the picture you give the ref.

 

[Vieux Talonneur]

Didn't think this was going to be great, but Jeez.

 

[Groundhog]

Clearly knocked on again.

Hahahahahahaha. In the land of the blind the one eyed man is king

 

[Bada-Bing!]

So has the in goal area not been extended by 2 metres then that ball would have gone dead and we'd have had 22 drop out. Yep, what a way to hand a try to Ireland.

 

[ncurd]

Sorry lads its frustrating but there was no evidence of a knock in there for me. The first try I felt there was but that one was just bad luck.

 

[curtbob7]

That's a knock on all day long. Shambles. It gets worse.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

BTW we are all Irish on st Patrick's day .... Haha....

St Patrick is from England so technically everyone in green is English today

 

[Every Time Ref]

Not a knock on.

For the sake of balance after the first try ... with Watson at fullback that wouldn't have been a try

 

[big ginger 8]

St Patrick is from England so technically everyone in green is English today

If you count Wales as England then yeah.

 

[Groundhog]

St Patrick is from England so technically everyone in green is English today

Wales actually. Same thing essentially I know, but to be fair they have hot water and literacy in England.

 

[Vieux Talonneur]

No need to panic. Dan will win it for us.

 

[Every Time Ref]

**** this it's time for gallows humour.

What do you call a stupid ******* idiot in a white shirt? An England rugby player

OK I'm not very good at writing jokes

 

[martinspoonboy1]

Seems like Gardener wants to be known as the ref who reffed an Ireland Grandslam. It's beyond ridiculous! Ireland have been better, but maybe 3 points better. What's the point in turning up if the ref is aiming to get a certain result.

 

[General Melchett]

I thought it touched his finger on the first replay but the other angles showed no knock on.
England on track for 4th/5th place finish. If France beat Wales it'll be 5th. Who'd have thought. Did even Lancaster lose three in a row?

 

[Groundhog]

For the record I think it probably went forward off Robnoxious, but that one at half time went nowhere near his hand and he was being tackled early regardless.