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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: Time for positivity.
« Last post by Neils on March 24, 2023, 08:00:59 PM »Whose ground is in the backdrop. It it Gloucester?
He is the Donkey's CEO.
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: Time for positivity.
« Last post by Skippy on March 24, 2023, 07:53:17 PM »Whose ground is in the backdrop. It it Gloucester?
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: Time for positivity.
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: Time for positivity.
« Last post by Neils on March 24, 2023, 05:42:15 PM »Well next week would be apt - with April Fools Day upon us.
Come on Wasps tell us one way or the other!!!!
Come on Wasps tell us one way or the other!!!!
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: England today
« Last post by westwaleswasp on March 23, 2023, 04:10:06 PM »
Agree. If a player knocks the ball on and a player from the same team picks the ball up in front of where it was knocked on, he's offside and it's a pen.
He's only offside if he's in front of the player who knocks on which he wasn't. He ran to collect the ball from an on side position presumably to gather the ball to stop England gaining the advantage. No penalty, the correct outcome would have been scrum England as there was no advantage from the knock on.
I agree that the downgrading to yellow is just to save face, the mitigation is overwhelming. Very unfortunate incident but Rugby is a brutal old game even when is keeps within the laws, glad that common sense has prevailed.
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I agree he was not offside. But in trying to pick up the ball he obstructed the England player who could have played it. In this case by running into him.
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: England today
« Last post by baldpaul101 on March 23, 2023, 11:09:41 AM »Quote
glad that common sense has prevailed.
but too late, although I don't think it affected the outcome, the game had already been ruined.
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: England today
« Last post by Nigel Med on March 23, 2023, 10:55:22 AM »Agree. If a player knocks the ball on and a player from the same team picks the ball up in front of where it was knocked on, he's offside and it's a pen.
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He's only offside if he's in front of the player who knocks on which he wasn't. He ran to collect the ball from an on side position presumably to gather the ball to stop England gaining the advantage. No penalty, the correct outcome would have been scrum England as there was no advantage from the knock on.
I agree that the downgrading to yellow is just to save face, the mitigation is overwhelming. Very unfortunate incident but Rugby is a brutal old game even when is keeps within the laws, glad that common sense has prevailed.
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: England today
« Last post by Andywasp50 on March 22, 2023, 11:52:25 PM »I think it was a pen. To England. Irish player was attempting to gather a ball that was knocked on (and he had no right to play) and ran into an England player who could have legally played the ball. It was the Irish player's responsibility to move out of the way to avoid impeding the England player. Instead he dipped, collided and prevented the England player from any chance of taking part in the move.
Not a red.
Not a yellow.
No foul play.
And although downgrading is rare, the downgrade to yellow is face saving.
Agree. If a player knocks the ball on and a player from the same team picks the ball up in front of where it was knocked on, he's offside and it's a pen.
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: England today
« Last post by jamestaylor002 on March 22, 2023, 09:04:31 PM »I too don't think that the decision changed the result but I don't think the score is reflective of the game prior to Steward leaving the field.
Though I do think that the RC being rescinded shows that it was the wrong decision and perhaps influenced in some way by the occasion.
Though I do think that the RC being rescinded shows that it was the wrong decision and perhaps influenced in some way by the occasion.
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: Time for positivity.
« Last post by jamestaylor002 on March 22, 2023, 08:47:51 PM »Like others, still taking the view that nothing negative has come out so still hopeful. We'd have heard something by now if things weren't going to happen (either official or leaked), particularly with the heightened interest of Worcs and us coming back.