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2024 Guinness Six Nations
[2023 Six Nations] Ireland v England - 18 March 2023
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<blockquote data-quote="Ragey Erasmus" data-source="post: 1125426" data-attributes="member: 56232"><p>Look back at the Willis one, I don't think it was as stupid as it originally appeared. When he began the tackle, Tuilagi was off to the side. When he started lifting his leg, Tuilagi have moved to be behind the player and was bent over, Willis ended up pushing the player over Tuilagi. Had Tuilagi not been there, the tackled player would have simply fallen backwards rather than rolling over the top of Tuilagi and it likely would have been a legal tackle or just a penalty at most.</p><p></p><p>However players by now should really know they should not be lifting legs beyond the horizontal and I am staggered at how professionals continue to make these stupid errors. They know the laws so why the hell do they keep doing it? I think a lot of England stuff goes back to a point I made some time ago, it's all very well talking about the physical characteristics of players but we tend to ignore the mental side, both in terms of how much fight they have but also just basic intelligence. How often do you see England or English players cleverly manipulating the laws by knowing where the boundary is between legal and illegal? It doesn't happen often. They've been on the receiving end a fair few times though and been made to look like fools. Unfortunately, I do think a fair chunk of the English players are actually pretty thick. We are one of the most penalised sides in the world and have been for years. You can argue unconscious bias from refs, the "everyone wants England to lose" mentality but ultimately the majority of the cases are just crass stupidity.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ragey Erasmus, post: 1125426, member: 56232"] Look back at the Willis one, I don't think it was as stupid as it originally appeared. When he began the tackle, Tuilagi was off to the side. When he started lifting his leg, Tuilagi have moved to be behind the player and was bent over, Willis ended up pushing the player over Tuilagi. Had Tuilagi not been there, the tackled player would have simply fallen backwards rather than rolling over the top of Tuilagi and it likely would have been a legal tackle or just a penalty at most. However players by now should really know they should not be lifting legs beyond the horizontal and I am staggered at how professionals continue to make these stupid errors. They know the laws so why the hell do they keep doing it? I think a lot of England stuff goes back to a point I made some time ago, it's all very well talking about the physical characteristics of players but we tend to ignore the mental side, both in terms of how much fight they have but also just basic intelligence. How often do you see England or English players cleverly manipulating the laws by knowing where the boundary is between legal and illegal? It doesn't happen often. They've been on the receiving end a fair few times though and been made to look like fools. Unfortunately, I do think a fair chunk of the English players are actually pretty thick. We are one of the most penalised sides in the world and have been for years. You can argue unconscious bias from refs, the "everyone wants England to lose" mentality but ultimately the majority of the cases are just crass stupidity. [/QUOTE]
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