[2025 Six Nations] Ireland vs France - 8/3/25

[Reiser99]

French captain has been in his ear every break in play and went to have a moan about Dupont which had already been reviewed 5 minutes before.

Yeah, but he was right.

 

[Yulia]

Prendergast rehabilitated.
Disappointing game. Got distracted at the beginning and didn't get what was wrong with that first try (or it wasn't a try), anyway pretty boring game ,both teams are poor today

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Im surprised more teams haven't come a cropper using it. The law of averages says it shouldn't work out.

How many teams have used it though?
South Africa, Bath and France? For a cumulative like 6 games?

 

[Jimbo]

Prendergast rehabilitated.
Disappointing game. Got distracted at the beginning and didn't get what was wrong with that first try (or it wasn't a try), anyway pretty boring game ,both teams are poor today

riddled with errors and stupidity, as a spectacle it's been great, edge of the seat even as a neutral, with a slight favouritism towards a French victory, purely as it opens up the tournament, it's had a bit of everything.

 

[ShropshireAllBlack]

French tackle count is huge.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Lol at the ref talk in here is all.

 

[dirty harry]

Im surprised more teams haven't come a cropper using it. The law of averages says it shouldn't work out.

The problem is it regularly is working out. Until there is a calamity game coaches will still use it

 

[dirty harry]

Lol at the ref talk in here is all.

Sadly it's the nature of rugby, I'll whinge about the game all day long, and criticise decisions, but a refs job has been made impossible

 

[Jimbo]

How many teams have used it though?
South Africa, Bath and France? For a cumulative like 6 games?

People will just blanket apply it as ran absolute risk with no nuance of what may or may not have been trained for or if the pack contains players with experience and familiarity playing in the backs.

 

[Lé Ddanno]

Lol at the ref talk in here is all.

Gardner gonna Gardner

 

[big ginger 8]

France making sure to follow through if Prendergast does a late release.

Easterby master HT adjuster?

 

[Jimbo]

Terrible when a knock on is given with blatant contact in the air with RH making no realistic attempt to win the ball.

 

[Bluemoon]

Hahaha that was a clear French penalty for holding / an acrobatic squeeze ball.

 

[dirty harry]

Hahaha that was a clear French penalty for holding / an acrobatic squeeze ball.

How did Ireland get that call?!

 

[Jimbo]

Harsh getting pinged when you were pulled there.

 

[big ginger 8]

Flament?

 

[TommiG88]

Hmmm PoM take out needs to be checked. Feel he was taken past the ruck

 

[IT157]

What a response!

 

[Lé Ddanno]

Hmmm PoM take out needs to be checked. Feel he was taken past the ruck

Karma

 

[Jimbo]

That's consistent with the current laws they are just wrong, there isn't a lot more the defender can do, he doesn't initiate the contact and is as low as he can get.