6 Nations

[Downhilldai]

Pearson must have interpreted that there hadn't been 'no regard to the player's safety'



..or he got it wrong.

[Bigmuz7]

Just to be clear .. I was referring to the second incident at the end

[kerny]

Originally Posted by Robox

Law 10.4(j) reads: Lifting a player from the ground and dropping or driving that player into the ground whilst that player’s feet are still off the ground such that the player’s head and/or upper body come into contact with the ground is dangerous play.

A directive was issued to all Unions and Match Officials in 2009 emphasizing the IRB’s zero-tolerance stance towards dangerous tackles and reiterating the following instructions for referees:

- The player is lifted and then forced or ‘speared’ into the ground (red card offence)

- The lifted player is dropped to the ground from a height with no regard to the player’s safety (red card offence)

End of.

[Robox]

Originally Posted by Downhilldai

..or he got it wrong.

YEP!

[Zippy]

well having watched the england game back after seeing it first hand from the stands i think we was lucky! Scotland should have had the game and but for their final phase, they had us much of the time.

Good performance from England considering everything and hopefully they can build. Owen Farrell looks a class act! be interesting to watch him develop.

I know there are plenty of Scottish people here so i choose my words carefully, but i was really disapointed by the lack of sportsmanship the crowd at Murrayfield showed. We were sat with a few other England fans but obviously the minority (as you would expect). i just put the abuse we got down to frustration at their team not finishing the game off when they had chance. i wont be going back to Murrayfield in a hurry thats for sure!

[Cookee]

Originally Posted by Zippy

I know there are plenty of Scottish people here so i choose my words carefully, but i was really disapointed by the lack of sportsmanship the crowd at Murrayfield showed. We were sat with a few other England fans but obviously the minority (as you would expect). i just put the abuse we got down to frustration at their team not finishing the game off when they had chance. i wont be going back to Murrayfield in a hurry thats for sure!

A few years back we went to Northern Ireland for a race (pre 2000) and had a fantastic welcome by every single person, the following weekend we were racing in Broughty Ferry and received nothing but abuse from anyone not associated with the racing - we were even warned that it wouldn't be safe to go into Dundee for a drink! I have avoided Scotland ever since wherever possible! I did have to go to Loch Lomond for a wedding last year and it does appear that tourist areas one is tolerated and even welcomed by most but I wouldn't go touring there ever!

[kerny]

Originally Posted by Cookee

A few years back we went to Northern Ireland for a race (pre 2000) and had a fantastic welcome by every single person, the following weekend we were racing in Broughty Ferry and received nothing but abuse from anyone not associated with the racing - we were even warned that it wouldn't be safe to go into Dundee for a drink! I have avoided Scotland ever since wherever possible! I did have to go to Loch Lomond for a wedding last year and it does appear that tourist areas one is tolerated and even welcomed by most but I wouldn't go touring there ever!

Give the sweaty's as good as you get and you will get along fine, especally when there taking money off yer Now the taffy's... there a different kettlle of fish they take yer money off yer while talking in a funny language

Then on the other hand!! just look at our boys in Afghanistan....they all become one

[Poly]

Originally Posted by Cookee

A few years back we went to Northern Ireland for a race (pre 2000) and had a fantastic welcome by every single person, the following weekend we were racing in Broughty Ferry and received nothing but abuse from anyone not associated with the racing - we were even warned that it wouldn't be safe to go into Dundee for a drink! I have avoided Scotland ever since wherever possible! I did have to go to Loch Lomond for a wedding last year and it does appear that tourist areas one is tolerated and even welcomed by most but I wouldn't go touring there ever!

Cookee - I'm sorry to hear that. I wonder if the problem was your association with the race (and it disturbing peoples Sunday morning lie in) rather than your nationality? Broughty Ferry seems like quite a nice place. I know a couple of people from round there and I'd have predicted that as one of the areas least likely to give you any hassle for being English.

Now the advice not to drinking in Dundee - especially in the 1990s - for your own safety was well founded. But that advice applies to anyone from outside Dundee: it is affectionately known by some as the armpit of Scotland!

Zippy - Sorry you didn't get the welcome you wanted at Murrayfield, I hope the rest of the city was better behaved. There has always been an atmosphere for the Calcutta Cup at Murrayfield, but I don't know if its just me getting old or Rugby is changing - but it doesn't seem as gentlemanly as it did 20 yrs ago.

[Downhilldai]

I've always had the warmest of welcomes in Scotland - tidy folk.

I'd had a few, mind.....

[jambo]

Originally Posted by Downhilldai

I've always had the warmest of welcomes in Scotland - tidy folk.

I'd had a few, mind.....

Cheers dai appreciated. Always said you cannot judge a country or its people by a small cross section theres good and bad all over! If I did I would stay at home with the door shut!

[tony t]

Originally Posted by Downhilldai

I've always had the warmest of welcomes in Scotland - tidy folk.

I'd had a few, mind.....

Err Carlisle ain't in Scotland Dai you know it when you get there all the men are in frocks

[Seabay]

Seen a guy in a "frock today."
10am this morning in a fuel station near Merthyr.. Falling out of a Leyland Daf Sherpa. Been traveling overnight with only cider for company asking the way to Treherbert rugby club......

Answer was. Top of the second hill it's on your Left on the way down Butt..... Welcome to Wales... Bring on Sunday

[Downhilldai]

Originally Posted by tony t

Err Carlisle ain't in Scotland Dai you know it when you get there all the men are in frocks

No, was definitely North of the wall. Loads of blokes saying 'murrrrrrdurrr' and 'hoots mon'

[Downhilldai]

Originally Posted by Seabay

Seen a guy in a "frock today."
10am this morning in a fuel station near Merthyr.. Falling out of a Leyland Daf Sherpa. Been traveling overnight with only cider for company asking the way to Treherbert rugby club......

Hell of a journey in an LDV - no wonder he turned to the Electric Lemonade.

I'm sure the boys in Treherbert topped him up

[jambo]

Originally Posted by Downhilldai

Hell of a journey in an LDV - no wonder he turned to the Electric Lemonade.

I'm sure the boys in Treherbert topped him up

Nope got it wrong! he was thier bulk delivery man

[tony t]

Well after getting last weekends results right my prediction for this week is wins for

England, Ireland, and Wales sorry jambo mate

[Zippy]

Im going wins for England, France and Wales....

[jambo]

Originally Posted by tony t

Well after getting last weekends results right my prediction for this week is wins for

England, Ireland, and Wales sorry jambo mate

It's okay Tony I have already said on here I fancy Wales for the LOT.
J

[Razorbill RIBs]

Originally Posted by jambo

It's okay Tony I have already said on here I fancy Wales for the LOT.
J

'twould be nice

Think it will be a good match.....

[jambo]

Originally Posted by Razorbill RIBs

'twould be nice

Think it will be a good match.....

Only if we can find and cross the whitewash!!
J