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<blockquote data-quote="ncurd" data-source="post: 783811" data-attributes="member: 72205">Lets not forget Walsh having a go at Youngs at not setting up at the mark to the extent as soon as he was making it in the ground Youngs was already crouched with his head over it.&nbsp; Then Walsh had a go at Youngs for taking the ****.&nbsp; Not saying we were saints or we deserved a win (because we weren&#039;t and we didn&#039;t) but Walsh clearly went into that game with a certain mindset and it didn&#039;t matter a single bit what England actually did.There&#039;s a reason why Crouch, Touch, Pause, Engage, Collapse was radically changed and Walsh&#039;s clear ineptitude in that match showed refs were just guessing and going by mere reputation alone.&nbsp; Something had to be done times to lost to scrums resets was getting ridiculous and it all really came to ahead that Six Nations.Whilst there are still issues scrum wise it still feels like they are a lot better than they are currently.EDIT: Sorry scrums hit a nerve anyone who think scrums were fine back then has to be kidding themselves.&nbsp; In addition that game is one of the worst I&#039;ve ever seen from biased refereeing from England perspective that I can remember (and that includes the second half of 2003 RWC Final).&nbsp; Still don&#039;t think we would of won that match but the scoreline was helped by Walsh.Luckily I think Walsh had a damn good look at himself after that and he seamed a perfectly competent referee after that which he wasn&#039;t before.&nbsp; I always wonder what was said behind closed doors after that much in terms of referee committee&#039;s.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ncurd, post: 783811, member: 72205"] Lets not forget Walsh having a go at Youngs at not setting up at the mark to the extent as soon as he was making it in the ground Youngs was already crouched with his head over it. Then Walsh had a go at Youngs for taking the ****. Not saying we were saints or we deserved a win (because we weren't and we didn't) but Walsh clearly went into that game with a certain mindset and it didn't matter a single bit what England actually did. There's a reason why Crouch, Touch, Pause, Engage, Collapse was radically changed and Walsh's clear ineptitude in that match showed refs were just guessing and going by mere reputation alone. Something had to be done times to lost to scrums resets was getting ridiculous and it all really came to ahead that Six Nations. Whilst there are still issues scrum wise it still feels like they are a lot better than they are currently. EDIT: Sorry scrums hit a nerve anyone who think scrums were fine back then has to be kidding themselves. In addition that game is one of the worst I've ever seen from biased refereeing from England perspective that I can remember (and that includes the second half of 2003 RWC Final). Still don't think we would of won that match but the scoreline was helped by Walsh. Luckily I think Walsh had a damn good look at himself after that and he seamed a perfectly competent referee after that which he wasn't before. I always wonder what was said behind closed doors after that much in terms of referee committee's. [/QUOTE]

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