Irel;and v France

[Carr07]

Is the whole "hands going forward" thing new this season. Have IRB issued a clarification or new law?

Never came across it before this season and now its cropping up everywhere!

[BaggyTrousers]

Did anyone else think the (English) TMO was going to bottle the call on the forward pass before Steve Walsh, the world's best straight referee, made the call himself?

They dwelt on that "hands going forward" aspect for a worrying period.

Yes, it was as if Walsh wasn't happy that the ball was clearly forward that he want an excuse to allow it anyway.

Had if been allowed it would have been an altogether bigger scandal than

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[BR]

Was it not 'out-f*cking-standing'?

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It was! And it was!

[breakdown]

Couldn't find the one with Trimble in it too but this will do - great photo

[big mervyn]

Was it not 'out-f*cking-standing'?

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It was! And it was!

The linguistic phenomenon to which you refer is Tmesis - for all his grandiose, bombastic, bullshitting, Brian Moore obviously didn't know that or he would have delighted in enlightening the masses.

[big mervyn]

.... Or more specifically in the example above; expletive infixation.

You have been linguistically helped

[mid ulster maestro]

Was it just me or did anyone else think the french try against the post was knocked on?

[Cap'n Grumpy]

(Does this require a seperate thread elsewhere?)

If France had a T20 cricket team you might just have got away with it

Not T20, but France were the last silver medalists in the summer olympics

(albeit their team was mostly made up of ex-pat Engerlish)

[Cap'n Grumpy]

Was it just me or did anyone else think the french try against the post was knocked on?

YES!

Called that at the time, but ref didn't go upstairs. It was as if he was simply concerned with where it was grounded, but in the melee, forgot to consider how it came to be there.

[shamalicious]

On another note, thought it was a nice touch that he (the French hooker whose name I can never remember or pronounce) gave Jonny Sexton a pat and a handshake as he was stretchered off. One of the small things that make me love rugby.

[Snipe Watson]

Was it just me or did anyone else think the french try against the post was knocked on?

It was.

[damianmcr]

On another note, thought it was a nice touch that he (the French hooker whose name I can never remember or pronounce) gave Jonny Sexton a pat and a handshake as he was stretchered off. One of the small things that make me love rugby.

Team mates at Racing Metro.

[shamalicious]

On another note, thought it was a nice touch that he (the French hooker whose name I can never remember or pronounce) gave Jonny Sexton a pat and a handshake as he was stretchered off. One of the small things that make me love rugby.

Team mates at Racing Metro.

Ah that'd explain it. Still a nice gesture though.

[davejohnston]

Sorry if it's already been discussed; after last weeks game a few people had raised the question / suggestion that BOD blanked Andy T. Anyway when the final whistle went yesterday those two certainly weren't shy about celebrating together. A fairly warm embrace followed by bouncing up and down. http://youtu.be/1soGf0ofmcg. About 38 seconds again

[Deraless]

Did anyone else think the (English) TMO was going to bottle the call on the forward pass before Steve Walsh, the world's best straight referee, made the call himself?

I was yellin FORWARD FORWARD at the TV and when I heard Walsh come of with something about did the hands go forward or did the ball drift forward I near keeked myself.

Call me simple but I think if the ball goes forward in any way it should be a forward pass.