Would it have been called forward at Twickenham?

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When you look at the luck England seem to generate for themselves at twickenham versus the lack of luck Wales seem to cop at the MS it makes a truly staggering comparison.

Against Australia, England benefited from a contentious "not quite enough" obstruction ruling and scored a 100 meter turn around when all four match officials missed Brown's feet being clearly in touch.

Wales on the other hand got a "benefit of the doubt" decision against them which probably cost them the game.

Reverse those calls and you'd have an English defeat and welsh victory, and how different the landscape would look with no changes to coaches or team selections or game plans.

Such fine margins.

Is it possible for Wales to get to the bottom of this apparent English "luck" and create some for themselves?

Ireland too might feel aggrieved at their lack of such apparent luck. We've seen some fairly shonky decision handed down to touring teams at the old cabbage patch and frankly I wouldn't be surprised to see the All Blacks last gasp try against Ireland having been called forward by an errant linesman it tmo.

Biltong wrote:and the defensive team of the autumn iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiisssssssssss: SA

Not bad effort that... what more can Meyer ask for??? Well other than a win vs. NZ.

What a turd of a thread

HammerofThunor wrote:

Biltong wrote:and the defensive team of the autumn iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiisssssssssss: SA

That's what happens when you play teams ranked 5th and below  

Well, we played England, Scotland and Ireland last year and also only conceded one try.  

Sgt_Pooly wrote:What a turd of a thread

As opposed to the polished platinum of your post pooly?

fa0019 wrote:

Biltong wrote:and the defensive team of the autumn iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiisssssssssss: SA

Not bad effort that... what more can Meyer ask for??? Well other than a win vs. NZ.

 

Biltong wrote:

fa0019 wrote:

Biltong wrote:and the defensive team of the autumn iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiisssssssssss: SA

Not bad effort that... what more can Meyer ask for??? Well other than a win vs. NZ.

 

Yes, I think we can infer that beating South Africa wasn't a motivation for Sam Warburton either, apparently.

Biltong wrote:

HammerofThunor wrote:

Biltong wrote:and the defensive team of the autumn iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiisssssssssss: SA

That's what happens when you play teams ranked 5th and below  

Well, we played England, Scotland and Ireland last year and also only conceded one try.  

Stop living in the past

Biltong wrote:

fa0019 wrote:

Biltong wrote:and the defensive team of the autumn iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiisssssssssss: SA

Not bad effort that... what more can Meyer ask for??? Well other than a win vs. NZ.

 

Music "Someday... over the rainbow"

On 'that' forward pass. If you look at the pass that G North took for the first try you will see that it too was just as forward as the Aus one that Gatland is whinging about. No Welsh complaints about that one though.