Australia vs England - First Test

[Raggs]

I'd not have been against 2 reds, Hill deserved a yellow earlier for the slap to the face.

[Oakboy]

If we don't win this by a big margin now it will be a disgrace even if it won't be that honourable.

[Banquo]

And.. it's been spotted.

Yellow for idiocy

Reaction always be harsher punishment, but shouldn't be that harsh IMO

not sure how can let a deliberate head to head go much as i sympatihise

[Which Tyler]

Give them both yellows. Hills lucky not to have one by himself.

both reds if going that route- cant allow head butts

Agreed.
Not sure I'd call it a headbut, but as soon as an official says that, then it can only be a red.

Will also say that I missed most of the replays as wife needed me for work

[Raggs]

Give them both yellows. Hills lucky not to have one by himself.

both reds if going that route- cant allow head butts

Agreed.
Not sure I'd call it a headbut, but as soon as an official says that, then it can only be a red.

He butted his head into Hills head... what else can you call it?

[Oakboy]

Itoje swapped sides. Interesting in terms of debate a few days ago.

[Banquo]

I'd not have been against 2 reds, Hill deserved a yellow earlier for the slap to the face.

aye but you cant have deliberate head to heads not redded when accidental ones are.
poor pass and option from faz

[Mellsblue]

Safe to say Farrell chose the wrong option there.

[Banquo]

Itoje swapped sides. Interesting in terms of debate a few days ago.

only lock we had so obvous swap

[Oakboy]

Itoje swapped sides. Interesting in terms of debate a few days ago.

only lock we had so obvous swap

Lawes not a lock?

[Raggs]

Itoje swapped sides. Interesting in terms of debate a few days ago.

only lock we had so obvous swap

He means Itoje moved from loosehead lock to tighthead, like I said, I've never seen Lawes play tighthead lock.

[Raggs]

That's harsh on Curry in my mind. The Aussie was in squeezeball position basically lying on the ball, Curry doesn't have to be on the ball in that situation, the fact he got the ball anyway should just be proof he was good at first.

[Stom]

That's harsh on Curry in my mind. The Aussie was in squeezeball position basically lying on the ball, Curry doesn't have to be on the ball in that situation, the fact he got the ball anyway should just be proof he was good at first.

He was lying on the floor. It was idiotic.

[Which Tyler]

He butted his head into Hills head... what else can you call it?

As said, I call it "something I didn't see"

[Banquo]

we looked ok for a while.
Hill is a nob.
given the disruptons to oz and the red should win comfortably ya' d think

[Raggs]

That's harsh on Curry in my mind. The Aussie was in squeezeball position basically lying on the ball, Curry doesn't have to be on the ball in that situation, the fact he got the ball anyway should just be proof he was good at first.

He was lying on the floor. It was idiotic.

He believed he'd already fairly won the ball, not an unreasonable belief in my mind, especially without the ref giving any warning/info etc.

[Banquo]

Itoje swapped sides. Interesting in terms of debate a few days ago.

only lock we had so obvous swap

He means Itoje moved from loosehead lock to tighthead, like I said, I've never seen Lawes play tighthead lock.

i understood that part- forgot lawes was on tbf- andItoje has more of a tighthead lock build

[Scrumhead]

@Banquo agreed. The big pause from the injury to Banks took all the energy out of the game. Until that point England were clearly on top and playing pretty well. Second quarter was scrappy and crap from both sides.

[Banquo]

Itoje swapped sides. Interesting in terms of debate a few days ago.

only lock we had so obvous swap

Lawes not a lock?

id missed lawes tbf, but see above re itoje

[Mellsblue]

we looked ok for a while.
Hill is a nob.
given the disruptons to oz and the red should win comfortably ya' d think

Yep. Great first 20mins but error strewn ever since.
As you say, with the red and second choice 3, 10 & 15 you’d hope for a strong second half.

[Mellsblue]

only lock we had so obvous swap

Lawes not a lock?

id missed lawes tbf, but see above re itoje

Lawes isn’t a lock anymore. Especially at scrum time given the weight he’s lost.

[Mikey Brown]

Someone needs to get Hill off the pitch, he's completely lost his head with that Aussie lock with the hair. He's slapped in the face, now grabbed his hair/ear and yanked his head back in the maul.

Ah. Missed the build up to that. Only saw the headbutt which looked incredibly dumb, but does sound like Hill was asking for it.

I guess job done. Cynical as it is.

[Banquo]

hartley has it right, doing well at the tackle line just need to do summat withit

[Banquo]

Someone needs to get Hill off the pitch, he's completely lost his head with that Aussie lock with the hair. He's slapped in the face, now grabbed his hair/ear and yanked his head back in the maul.

Ah. Missed the build up to that. Only saw the headbutt which looked incredibly dumb, but does sound like Hill was asking for it.

I guess job done. Cynical as it is.

fraid so

[Raggs]

Still liking the look of our attack to be honest, it's flowing well, even with the errors, they're adjusting to the system/players errors in my mind, the system itself seems very effective.