Oof, fair but... harsh
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Yeah. It hurt, but 50:50 between yellow or play-on. To be red, surely there has to be an angle we didn't see
What a tackle from Francesca McGhie!!!
The first card was far more blatant.
Red too harsh, although I disagree with card at all, yellow was sufficient.
For the love of whatever god you favour.
Please stop with the ref abuse.
If we don't have a board-rule on it, we should
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Sadly players are now taught to react to get the refs to do something, the tackle was below shoulder level and only went up as Scots player came down, nothing the Fiji player can do about that, so not even a yellow, very poor, wonder what they would have called if it was the other way round ?
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Well done Fiji, but let's wait for TMO to come up with something eh !
Can't say Scotland's defence hasn't had a workout today
FFS shut up, you're making Biggar and dirty harry look reasonable
Oof, that cover tackle
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Wales coach must be scared by this Fiji performance, and ex Wales coach is gonna love it 
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Pen try sadly
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Yeap i saw a winger on the otherside of the field who might have come over to cover ! It's just a joke now
Forward pass missed
Would that apply to the England whinging during the 6N?
Good win for the girls, and congratulations to them for qualifying through to the next round.
Now on to Canada.
Now on to Canada.
If abusing the ref - yes.
There's too much ref abuse on the pitch
There's too much ref abuse on the sidelines
There's too much ref abuse on twinstabooktok
There's too much ref abuse on fan forums
Too many refs, at all levels, quitting the game, as it's just not worth it.
Allowance in any bleeds into the others
No ref, no game.
ETA: I would note, there's a huge difference between "I disagree with the ref because XYZ" and "ref's on the take" "Learn the laws" "playing against 16"
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Just remember these guys are paid big bucks to do a job, and there is never a downside for them, but coaches can lose their jobs on the calls of a ref, so just like anyone who is paid to do a job, they should expect critics if they have a bad game
A] They're not paid big bucks
B] There are consequences, from losing their job (Changelang) through being punched in the face (McHugh) to death threats to their children (Barnes)
C] So can ref.s
D] Critism =/= abuse
E] I can only think of one match I've ever watched when I felt the ref was amongst the worst performances on the pitch. I self-censored after a quick chat by PM in here
F] The ref has no right to reply
G] No ref, no game
B] There are consequences, from losing their job (Changelang) through being punched in the face (McHugh) to death threats to their children (Barnes)
C] So can ref.s
D] Critism =/= abuse
E] I can only think of one match I've ever watched when I felt the ref was amongst the worst performances on the pitch. I self-censored after a quick chat by PM in here
F] The ref has no right to reply
G] No ref, no game
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