QF3: France v Ireland, Saturday, 1.00pm, BBC2

[TRF_Olyy]

Feel for Ireland,
Really good game

 

[9215.]

Gutted for Ireland but from an England point of view that’s probably the semi we need. A really exciting game

 

[Quel Carreleur]

That was a great game.

Both teams will feel the ref was against them - I'd say France have the better claim for that, but really shouldn't be the story.

Ireland will be rueing only getting 13 in that first half when they dominated

 

[Jimbo]

Enjoyed that and think Ireland as a group will have learned a huge amount this tournament, Ireland played better today but France just know how to get it done, when you think the cards, the possession Ireland had and the slanted whether changes, and IMO a slight rub of the green, they had everything going for them and came up marginally short, depending on how they progress over the next WC cycle they could be in the mix next WC.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Ah shame. Just couldn't convert when you need to do that as Underdogs. Hell of an improvement in this cycle though.

 

[Jimbo]

Ah shame. Just couldn't convert when you need to do that as Underdogs. Hell of an improvement in this cycle though.

Age profile etc suggests a bright future and a WC too early.

 

[Quel Carreleur]

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

6 Months. Dirt.

Edit: vid not working:

 

[9215.]

A red card would have been very likely to change the outcome of that match. I wonder why they didn’t ask for it to be checked, Wafer was definitely looking at her forearm just afterwards.

 

[Jimbo]

A red card would have been very likely to change the outcome of that match. I wonder why they didn't ask for it to be checked, Wafer was definitely looking at her forearm just afterwards.

The Irish clearly did and I think the ref waved it off assuming if there was anything in it the TMO would say, no idea what happened after that, that certainly doesn’t look good not sure if it’s 100% proof but certainly looks extremely likely, probably need to assess the bite mark etc to fully validate.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

The Irish clearly did and I think the ref waved it off assuming if there was anything in it the TMO would say, no idea what happened after that, that certainly doesn't look good not sure if it's 100% proof but certainly looks extremely likely, probably need to assess the bite mark etc to fully validate.

The video is quite obvious. @Brettruganalyst has it on twitter but the link won't work here for some reason.

 

[Jimbo]

The video is quite obvious. @Brettruganalyst has it on twitter but the link won't work here for some reason.

fair enough no place for that in the game and she deserves everything she gets shame it didn’t help Ireland on the day.

 

[Quel Carreleur]

That does not look good

 

[pagliaccio_euforico]

TMO needs to catch that. The allegation alone of biting should get the TMO involved.

 

[Rinkadink]

Can anyone link the video? No tw@er account these days so cannot search or organise tweets by date.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

12 match ban.

Can anyone link the video? No tw@er account these days so cannot search or organise tweets by date.

I got this through the videos tab on Google. I do not frequent that site.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

2 red cards missed, I'd be fuming if I were Irish

I'd be really annoyed about this result, as well

 

[Quel Carreleur]

12 weeks now reduced to 9, as apparently they hadn't applied any reduction for good behaviour...
That's very lenient, IMO.
I was assuming that 12 weeks was after a 50% reduction for good behaviour - and was grinding my teeth about that

 

[pagliaccio_euforico]

Joe Marler got a 10 week ban for flicking AWJ’s dick. Nine weeks for multiple bites is insane.

https://www.rugbypass.com/news/longest-bans-in-rugby-union-history/
Just based off of this article, this ban is embarrassing.

 

[Ddanno]

Three deliberate goes at getting her teeth into Aoife's arm in an act of assault and she gets a reduction on appeal.

The disciplinary panel are a ******* joke.

 

[Jimbo]

Three deliberate goes at getting her teeth into Aoife's arm in an act of assault and she gets a reduction on appeal.

The disciplinary panel are a ******* joke.

The player safety, no room for it in the game etc, etc, etc just screams lip service at times…