Farrell cleared

[NellyWellyWaspy]

The committee that came to this conclusion should at the least be open to a charge of bringing the game in to disrepute.

By rescinding the red card, they have opened the iRFU up to lawsuits relating to not doing enough to minimise head injuries.

[Bloke in North Dorset]

+1

And they've done it on a technicality when the  person who ruled in the bunker was looking at the incident considering the iRFUs position on player safety and their tackle guidelines.

If Farrell is picked in the first couple of games and commits another one of his reckless tackles and seriously injures a player that player might also be wanting to have a word with a lawyer. It probably won't go anywhere but it will make the authorities sit up.

[Neils]

There are rumours that World Rugby are to appeal the decision.

[Neils]

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/tonights-rugby-news-world-rugby-27532855

[Neils]

Oops

England captain Owen Farrell could still miss start of the World Cup as World Rugby confirm they WI? https://mol.im/a/12416745 via https://dailym.ai/android

[coddy]

Good, some common sense prevails somewhere in Professional Rugby Governance.

Lets hope the right outcome is shortly forthcoming.

[Chunky24]

Interesting where they manage to find 3 independent committee members from given all the recent coverage.

[Neils]

Interesting where they manage to find 3 independent committee members from given all the recent coverage.

Pacific Islands?

[WonkyWasp]

Mars?

[westwaleswasp]

Interesting where they manage to find 3 independent committee members from given all the recent coverage.

Pacific Islands?

PI a good shout, especially as has been alluded to elsewhere, if Farrell's name was  Farellannamu and he was an Islander the book would have been thrown at him for the same tackle, instead of being used as toilet paper by the independent committee. I don't doubt he has been treated favourably as an established nations skipper, and I think that Islanders would feel the same way. 

[St Bruno]

FWIW Shaun Edwards has come out as agreeing with the decision to rescind the red card, arguing that the other tackler (Jamie George) affected the height of the tackled player and OF had nowhere else to go.

[Trevs Big Tackle]

It's very disappointing from Shaun. Jamie George barely lays a hand on him. Farrell has nowhere to go? He's stood practically upright! He just has to bend his knees.

[Bloke in North Dorset]

Minor rant  .....

BBC headlines:

"Farrell defends son..."

Well he would wouldn't he, what's newsworthy about that?

"Farrell ban could be reinstated."

He didn't get a ban.

I know its traditional that the B team is left in charge of newsrooms during August but jeez, that's an appalling standard of journalism.

We pay a licence fee so we can have a higher standard of journalism.

/rant

[westwaleswasp]

FWIW Shaun Edwards has come out as agreeing with the decision to rescind the red card, arguing that the other tackler (Jamie George) affected the height of the tackled player and OF had nowhere else to go.

He has, but Shaun always favoured defenders, even when they were opposition ones and guilty!

[Chunky24]

Interesting where they manage to find 3 independent committee members from given all the recent coverage.

Apparently this case hasn't reached NZ, Singapore or Ireland (??)

The player will attend a hearing via video conference before an independent judicial committee consisting of Nigel Hampton KC (chair, New Zealand), joined by Shao-ing Wang (Singapore) and Donal Courtney (Ireland). The hearing will take place on Tuesday, August 22.