Nations cup November 2020 GENERAL THREAD

UAEguy2020

England are so so lucky to have this lineout.

England scoring that try is a total injustice.

fitz

That, instead of a scrum near half way to France. Don't know what the AR was looking at.

UAEguy2020

Although im happy it was scored as we get more rugby!

I really hope I heard incorrectly and its not a golden point rule, both teams will try not lose it than try win it.

turned out an interesting game.

England still there

bilston

Thought there were two English knock ons in the build up to that penalty.

Great end to a pretty rubbish tournament

errlloyd

That's poor from the officiating team.

razorblunt

To be fair France should have been penalised for the screaming at the conversion there.

griffinlee

Here comes the kick tennis

LuckyGent88

That last penalty was never one for England. Pity for France. Had battled so well. Little naive in those last 5 mins

Utah_Saint

razorblunt wrote: »

To be fair France should have been penalised for the screaming at the conversion there.

Is there a law for that? Is it different from England screaming at lineouts

awec

That is nonsense.

And golden points in rugby is such a silly notion.

champchamp

Thought France won the toss?
Looked like the ref wouldn't let them kick off

eigrod

awec wrote: »

That is nonsense.

And golden points in rugby is such a silly notion.

It’s crazy. And the team who get kick off get a ridiculous advantage.

Kraftwerk

Ridiculous decision. Clear holding on before he went off his feet.

UAEguy2020

Utah_Saint wrote: »

Is there a law for that? Is it different from England screaming at lineouts

Happened to Steyn v Northampton in 2016, the kick is retaken if missed and the charge down is void.


Mathewson for Toulon vs Munster when Conway scored, we got the kick but Owens told Mathewson that the kick would have been re-taken if missed.

Bazzo

Utah_Saint wrote: »

Is there a law for that? Is it different from England screaming at lineouts

The team must not shout during a conversion attempt.

Sanction: If the opposing team at a conversion attempt infringes but the kick is successful, the goal stands. If the kick is unsuccessful, the kicker retakes the conversion and the opposing team is not allowed to charge.When another kick is allowed, the kicker may repeat all the preparations. The kicker may change the type of kick.

It didn't make any difference but if he'd missed he would have just got to retake it without a chargedown.

UAEguy2020

This is why the golden point is so stupid, after all the effort of restarting the match its going to be over after 2 minutes...

Absolutely appalling officiating.

No intended bias - but they've still handed the competition to England.

Clegg

WOW
O
WOW

fitz

awec wrote: »

That is nonsense.

And golden points in rugby is such a silly notion.

Two of them over the ball for plenty of time while on feet. Never a penalty.

Justice from the upright.

scenes

Utah_Saint

awec wrote: »

That is nonsense.

And golden points in rugby is such a silly notion.

It looks like the every itoje turn over

UAEguy2020

Thankfully its missed.

LOL

UAEguy2020

Deleted User wrote: »

Absolutely appalling officiating.

No intended bias - but they've still handed the competition to England.

As of last week you are allowed tackle in the air I heard.

MaddChris

That was brain dead from the French. Take the drop

fitz

Couple of rucks there where England didn't roll away. Ref doing his best to give this to them

swiwi_

This ref has been fairly one eyed the last ten minutes.

Unless it’s me who’s one eyed...?

Bridge93

Officials have really let themselves down the last 10 minutes. Had done very well up to then

griffinlee

When was the last time Farrell missed so many kicks

UAEguy2020

The big issue I have with France is they really do rely on moments of individual brilliance and a rock solid defence, they attack structure is actually quite defendable.

Having said that, France generally arent like other teams so im torn.

Clegg

Do they not realise time is up?

Bridge93

Put the ball off the pitch for **** sake

fitz

Farrel in late hit shocker.

UAEguy2020

It feels like the French need to ride the refs ass to get a kickable pen whereas England dont have to do much to get one.

Bridge93

Is this bloke taking the piss? France never touched that

MaddChris

TMO gone home early?
Another shocking call

fitz

Didn't touch that at all.
But if he didn't call it back, he'd have had to give France a penalty on England's try line.
Ridiculous.

swiwi_

Once again. No French knock on there

fitz

swiwi_ wrote: »

Once again. No French knock on there

And a brilliant jackal just afterwards on the England line.
Robbed.

Bridge93

I hope there are 4 spare winners medals

Bazzo

If I was French I'd be fuming

errlloyd

Brace has made some very visible very high profile mistakes.

Bridge93

Total robbery. What a farce

Bazzo

Turnover good... But should surely have also been a penalty for Billy holding for a good 5-6 seconds before be eventually managed to rip it??

French dude should have passed

swiwi_

Abysmal reffing. I hate whining about refs but this has been diabolical the last 15 minutes or so.

Bridge93

What a shameful officiating performance

The ref to me gave completely confusing instructions at that last breakdown.

Dave_The_Sheep

Surely the French player protecting the ball is supporting his weight just as much as Itoje, so how can Itoje go for the ball there? Bizarre.