Wed 2 Nov: Women's RLWC: New Zealand v France KO 17:00

[kiggy]

4 hours ago, StandOffHalf said:

I don't know whether that's the reason for the geo-blocking of the iPlayer outside the UK.

iPlayer is geo-locked for something-something-or-something-rights-problems. We get the Red button OK, but it depends on your receiver. Sky and Humax boxes are OK.

[JohnM]

Does this help? https://www.horsesportireland.ie/how-to-watch-bbc-red-button-in-ireland/

[Dunbar]

France have been pretty gutsy.  New Zealand just too big and too strong though.

[Chrispmartha]

Hope to get to Yorks stadium at some point, looks s cracking little venue

[kiggy]

Are you allowed to drag players into touch when they are on their knees?

[Dave T]

14 minutes ago, Chrispmartha said:

Hope to get to Yorks stadium at some point, looks s cracking little venue

It would have been an excellent location for some of the men's games too. 

[Chrispmartha]

2 minutes ago, Dave T said:

It would have been an excellent location for some of the men's games too. 

100% i would have definitely gone to a mens game there

[Fevrover]

13 minutes ago, Dave T said:

It would have been an excellent location for some of the men's games too. 

Yeah it would have looked fuller then Coventry and Middlesbrough and kept money in RL. Nice ground just don't like the colouring of the seats but looks great when it's nearly full. 

[RayCee]

35 minutes ago, kiggy said:

Are you allowed to drag players into touch when they are on their knees?

Dragging is part of modern RL. Players going in with a genuine tackle should be allowed to drive someone into touch or over the try line. Someone coming in with no genuine tackle technique but simply to drag someone is something I'd like to see stopped. It's hard enough to run the touchline or fight your way off the try line as it is. 

[Ullman]

Enjoyed that. Some high level skill on show, particularly considering the conditions.

[Padge]

25 minutes ago, RayCee said:

Dragging is part of modern RL. Players going in with a genuine tackle should be allowed to drive someone into touch or over the try line. Someone coming in with no genuine tackle technique but simply to drag someone is something I'd like to see stopped. It's hard enough to run the touchline or fight your way off the try line as it is. 

If the ball or ball carrying arm hits the deck then dragging is a penalty, once coaches got wise to that they use one player to hold the ball carrier up while another drags them to touch. I'm with you, dragging should be outlawed, it isn't tackling.

[kiggy]

20 minutes ago, RayCee said:

Dragging is part of modern RL. Players going in with a genuine tackle should be allowed to drive someone into touch or over the try line. Someone coming in with no genuine tackle technique but simply to drag someone is something I'd like to see stopped. It's hard enough to run the touchline or fight your way off the try line as it is. 

Did seem a bit harsh to be honest. If the player is on their feet then fair enough, some skill is needed from the tackler(s) to keep the player up. On their knees is a bit rough though. A couple of the other "stripping" decisions were a bit off too. Wouldn't make much difference to the result though, NZ are a very good side. I do have a soft spot for the French No4, Lauréane, she came over for a weekend to help chop logs

[unapologetic pedant]

4 hours ago, jacksy said:

We do ourselves no favours do we?

She just said "a simple passing move".

There is more to that try than simple passing.

Lucky it wasn`t, "simple simple". Faye`s said that on Our League commentary on more than one occasion. One day she`ll go for the hat-trick.

Only a matter of time before Kyle Amor blurts out "so so simple simple".

[StandOffHalf]

4 hours ago, JohnM said:

Does this help? https://www.horsesportireland.ie/how-to-watch-bbc-red-button-in-ireland/

Thanks for that, John. I'll give it a go.

Edited November 2, 2022 by StandOffHalf