Jonathan
@gleesol.bsky.social
Irishman abroad, Law Talking Guy. Hockey and rugby fan. My tweets are the views of my imaginary friend.
Translation: Nobody wanted to give us the chance of playing the World Cup so we’re just going to stick our heads in the sand for now and hope the problem solves itself when the World Cup is over.
November 28, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Translation: Nobody wanted to give us the chance of playing the World Cup so we’re just going to stick our heads in the sand for now and hope the problem solves itself when the World Cup is over.
Where did you go to uni? You never struck me as the intellectual type😉
November 27, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Where did you go to uni? You never struck me as the intellectual type😉
Think he’s quite lucky only to get 3 weeks.
November 26, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Think he’s quite lucky only to get 3 weeks.
When will this be available following pre-orders?
November 25, 2025 at 9:59 PM
When will this be available following pre-orders?
You make a lot of sense but I’m not sure Ireland’s lineout could get much worse 🤦🏻
November 25, 2025 at 9:57 PM
You make a lot of sense but I’m not sure Ireland’s lineout could get much worse 🤦🏻
Clearly the Johnny he’s talking about is Johnny Sexton 😉
November 25, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Clearly the Johnny he’s talking about is Johnny Sexton 😉
There were go….day long Bluesky discussion where we can’t agree and at the end of it, we’ve fixed rugby. 🤣
Bluesky Social? Completed it mate.
Bluesky Social? Completed it mate.
November 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
There were go….day long Bluesky discussion where we can’t agree and at the end of it, we’ve fixed rugby. 🤣
Bluesky Social? Completed it mate.
Bluesky Social? Completed it mate.
Maybe Carle is the problem 🤣
November 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Maybe Carle is the problem 🤣
Anyway, enjoy the rest of your day and hopefully we’re better in the six nations.
November 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Anyway, enjoy the rest of your day and hopefully we’re better in the six nations.
And if you’re already being killed in a scrum it’ll be penalty on first engagement infringement. Easily. If a ref thinks it’s cynical, it’ll be a card.
November 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
And if you’re already being killed in a scrum it’ll be penalty on first engagement infringement. Easily. If a ref thinks it’s cynical, it’ll be a card.
My point still remains you can’t call a maul after a penalty in a maul. That’s the difference with scrums. If you keep calling scrums on scrum penalties and where a referee has already decided the infringing party, you will get cards.
November 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
My point still remains you can’t call a maul after a penalty in a maul. That’s the difference with scrums. If you keep calling scrums on scrum penalties and where a referee has already decided the infringing party, you will get cards.
Compared to other set piece, the scrum gives a great opportunity to manufacture cards.
In a set piece that is so difficult to officiate and requires such subjectivity, I personally think the scrum is open to abuse going forward.
You’re very welcome to disagree. 🙏
In a set piece that is so difficult to officiate and requires such subjectivity, I personally think the scrum is open to abuse going forward.
You’re very welcome to disagree. 🙏
November 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Compared to other set piece, the scrum gives a great opportunity to manufacture cards.
In a set piece that is so difficult to officiate and requires such subjectivity, I personally think the scrum is open to abuse going forward.
You’re very welcome to disagree. 🙏
In a set piece that is so difficult to officiate and requires such subjectivity, I personally think the scrum is open to abuse going forward.
You’re very welcome to disagree. 🙏
Again, I appreciate your point but I don’t agree.
1) your suggestions re the scrum likely result in a penalty; and
2) of course its reactionary, if nobody reacted to anything in the sport the laws would stagnate.
1) your suggestions re the scrum likely result in a penalty; and
2) of course its reactionary, if nobody reacted to anything in the sport the laws would stagnate.
November 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Again, I appreciate your point but I don’t agree.
1) your suggestions re the scrum likely result in a penalty; and
2) of course its reactionary, if nobody reacted to anything in the sport the laws would stagnate.
1) your suggestions re the scrum likely result in a penalty; and
2) of course its reactionary, if nobody reacted to anything in the sport the laws would stagnate.
With anything else, there are opportunities for teams to get themselves out of a hole (winning a lineout, forcing a knock on) but if a team has a really dominant scrum, within the current laws, they can keep resetting until you’re playing against 14 men.
November 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM
With anything else, there are opportunities for teams to get themselves out of a hole (winning a lineout, forcing a knock on) but if a team has a really dominant scrum, within the current laws, they can keep resetting until you’re playing against 14 men.
I appreciate your point, I just don’t agree with it.
You can’t just call a maul after a maul penalty. You have to get the lineout, successfully win it, set up the maul and then cause the pressure.
You can’t just call a maul after a maul penalty. You have to get the lineout, successfully win it, set up the maul and then cause the pressure.
November 25, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I appreciate your point, I just don’t agree with it.
You can’t just call a maul after a maul penalty. You have to get the lineout, successfully win it, set up the maul and then cause the pressure.
You can’t just call a maul after a maul penalty. You have to get the lineout, successfully win it, set up the maul and then cause the pressure.
Ironically, I think the springboks would’ve beaten Ireland by a much bigger margin had they taken kicks, gone for the corner and just tried free plays.
November 25, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Ironically, I think the springboks would’ve beaten Ireland by a much bigger margin had they taken kicks, gone for the corner and just tried free plays.
Repeated maul infringements and 5m taps are illegally pulling the maul down or being offside because you’re under pressure.
I think it’s absolutely fair play to SA for exploiting the laws as they are.
I think it’s absolutely fair play to SA for exploiting the laws as they are.
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Repeated maul infringements and 5m taps are illegally pulling the maul down or being offside because you’re under pressure.
I think it’s absolutely fair play to SA for exploiting the laws as they are.
I think it’s absolutely fair play to SA for exploiting the laws as they are.
I don’t have a problem with breakdown penalties. If you’ve taken the ball into an isolated area and you chose to hold on, that’s an action and think the penalty is fine.
November 25, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I don’t have a problem with breakdown penalties. If you’ve taken the ball into an isolated area and you chose to hold on, that’s an action and think the penalty is fine.
I agree with this. I don’t mind it being a strong set piece whereby if you dominate you get a chance to have 3 points, a kick to the corner or a free play. But there are no other facets of the game that allow a team to manufacture cards by forcing repeated passive penalties.
November 25, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I agree with this. I don’t mind it being a strong set piece whereby if you dominate you get a chance to have 3 points, a kick to the corner or a free play. But there are no other facets of the game that allow a team to manufacture cards by forcing repeated passive penalties.
Given the Leinster bias in the Ireland squad, I suspect that’s a fairly clear contributor
November 25, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Given the Leinster bias in the Ireland squad, I suspect that’s a fairly clear contributor
Would be interested to see Leinster’s stats over the same period. Feels like they’ve become much more comfortable taking penalties and cards under JN
November 25, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Would be interested to see Leinster’s stats over the same period. Feels like they’ve become much more comfortable taking penalties and cards under JN
For all other cards players have control. Upright tackle - technique. Offside - an act. In the scrum there isn’t much you can do if over powered. Teams aren’t risking cards for being bad at other set piece. I’d either scrap scrum cards or restrict a team from calling back to back scrum penalties.
November 25, 2025 at 11:03 AM
For all other cards players have control. Upright tackle - technique. Offside - an act. In the scrum there isn’t much you can do if over powered. Teams aren’t risking cards for being bad at other set piece. I’d either scrap scrum cards or restrict a team from calling back to back scrum penalties.
POM used to push Porter’s arm up in scrums
November 24, 2025 at 11:42 PM
POM used to push Porter’s arm up in scrums