Yeah that absolutely makes sense after re-reading the laws. It was definitely an interesting scenario that highlighted some of the more nuanced aspects of rugby

Yeah, I mean ultimately that’s fair. I always struggle with reffing on intent, just because I always think it’s impossible to know.

But then again, Pearce is a very good ref with lots of experience, so if anyone’s gonna know, it would be him

Tbh I didn’t notice LBB get a touch on it, if he does then yeah that’s a fair call. Either way, ultimately Pearce sees it how he sees it, and with so little in it (for me) it’s a fair interpretation

I disagree slightly with this, the definition of forward in the laws is ‘towards the opposition dead ball line’ and the ball isn’t moving in that direction, despite travelling forward relative to the players

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The boks tend to prefer the 5-3 split against England, I think 3 from the last 4 games against them we’ve gone for 5-3

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The prevalence of sports betting is generally horrifying. And I say this as someone who’s dream job is sports analysis (unfortunately the only real path as a relatively recent graduate is betting)