No attempt to wrap with the arms, it was a straight red with no quibbles. England were poor and not out of trouble from the world cup. Wales have played poorly every game, England scrapping the win is no sign they are back on track.
Kind of disagree with this. His right arm never ever goes up, no attempt to wrap. It's the fact North is halfway to the ground that means it shouldn't have been a red. I do wonder if, given Norths history of concussion, that was taken into account? If so I guess you can't really complain.I have no problem with the yellow. England were warned so can't complain. The red though. It goes against the approach for the World Cup.
There was mitigating circumstances; the tackling player has to lead with the shoulder then wrap the arms. How else do you tackle someone from that angle? Manu was attempting that very thing.
The situation was exactly like the one against NZ in the World Cup. There was no red card then.
Completely disagree. I know we are not doing a "wordl cup" style protocol but the fact North was nearly on the floor is clearly a mitigating circumstance. People don't always get yellow carded for a no arms tackle. I can see why Manu should have in this case but a red? No, he didn't aim for the head.England controlled it but a clear red card with no attempt to tackle.
Agreed. The scoreline really flattered WalesEngland were in control, very good performance overall barring a couple of lax moments and poor discipline.
backrow were superb and shut Wales down.
He'll hopefully get a 6 week ban. Clearly thought it was a cheap shot because it was in the middle of a tackle but a shoulder barge into the head is not allowable under any circumstances, particularly as there was no excuse he was trying to tackle him.Completely disagree. I know we are not doing a "wordl cup" style protocol but the fact North was nearly on the floor is clearly a mitigating circumstance. People don't always get yellow carded for a no arms tackle. I can see why Manu should have in this case but a red? No, he didn't aim for the head.