Eddie Jones and England accused of moaning after World Rugby law amendment
England boss Eddie Jones has been accused of complaining to get his way after a law amendment was made this week by World Rugby.
Jones was critical of referee Pascal Gauzere for allowing play to restart for Wales on Saturday, despite England scrum-half Willi Heinz still making his way off the Principality Stadium pitch for a head injury assessment.
With Anthony Watson already in the sin bin, and Ben Youngs not yet on, England were temporarily playing with 13 players in the build-up to Wales’ only try in a game the hosts went on to win 13-6.
World Rugby have since acted, making a law amendment which stipulates that “a match cannot restart until a player leaving the field of play for a blood injury or head injury assessment (HIA) has been temporarily replaced”.
Jones has received some flak on social media for whinging in order to get his way, with many also accusing World Rugby of bowing down to England.
It'll be of little consolation for @EnglandRugby fans, but @WorldRugby have moved quickly to ensure the silliness doesn't occur in the World Cup.https://t.co/OLY7UaKL4X #WALvENG
— RugbyPass (@RugbyPass) August 22, 2019
However, far more people have said that this was the right decision, and moreover, they were surprised that a law was not already in place regarding this.
Saturday’s try by George North was not the first instance that something like that has happened and it is therefore surprising that England have received criticism regarding their complaints, as ultimately many feel the right decision has been made.
“It is what it is. As long as it’s ironed out and doesn’t happen in the future” #rwc2019 🥀 https://t.co/mdmzdTskdC
— RugbyPass (@RugbyPass) August 18, 2019
However, the speed in which World Rugby has acted perhaps suggests England have slightly more clout when it comes to making changes to the laws of the game.
Then again, Jones has not shied away from voicing his opinion over the past few years and putting his neck on the line. While he may have been accused of moaning, it has now facilitated a beneficial law change. This is what has been said about England and Jones:
England been moaning?
— Andrew hatch (@Hatch3231) August 21, 2019
Amazing how fast WR move when it's England that have the problem.
— Riccardo Ball (@rikdog72) August 21, 2019
England get their way again 😂
— Dan Peate (@Dan_Peate) August 21, 2019
English what more do I have 2 say. Never happy
— Sam Frost (@SamFrost2017) August 21, 2019
Eddie Jones' hissy fit strikes again
— David Conway (@MrMonteytheCat) August 21, 2019
Confirmation, if it were needed, that Pascal Gauzere was spot on with the so called quickly taken penalty by Dan Biggar against England. And confirmation that the English media have whinged loud enough. https://t.co/MRqMWPzOxK
— Peter George (@peteclase) August 21, 2019
Eddie really is very effective at lobbying law changes at World Rugby…. https://t.co/sUb7Yd0QkZ
— Ian Price (@goatteeboy) August 21, 2019
Why is it that it happens to everyone else and nothing changes. It happens to England and the law gets changed so that they can't be fooled again. Why bother holding a World Cup, let's just give the thing to England and tell them they can keep it. https://t.co/01u1RPtIFY
— TheGhostsOfMerthyr (@ghostsofmerthyr) August 21, 2019
What makes this decision particularly interesting is that the incident on Saturday led to Wales scoring a try that was decisive in winning the game and the victory ultimately enabled them to become No1 in the world rankings.
Of course, this was in the first half, so it is foolish to say the game would have ended 6-6 without the try being allowed as there was a lot of play.
However, some All Blacks fans are not too happy on social media as something that is now outlawed led to them losing their spot at the top of the rankings.
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1 Go to commentsAn on field red (aka a full red) in SRP must surely carry a bigger suspension than a red card given by the bunker as that carries a 20 minute team punishment. Had Damon Murphy abdicated his responsibility as a ref and issued both Drua players a yellow, which would have been upgraded to a 20 minute red by the bunker, that would have killed Australia and New Zealand’s push for the 20 minute red to be trialled globally from July this year.
11 Go to commentsEver so often you all post a Danny Care story that isn’t the announcement that he has finally re-signed for one more, victory tour season at Quins and I’m just like, “well you fooled me again!” My absolute favorite player ever, we need to make his final year at the Stoop (and Twickers) official already. I know he supposedly snubbed France but I won’t feel better until he signs.
1 Go to commentslate hit what late hit it wasn’t at all late and can clearly see he was committed before the tackle
1 Go to commentsChristian Lio -Willies 2 try perfomance was a standout. As was captain Scott Barrett. Up front was where the boys won it.They are a great team and players. Fantastic Crusades , you can keep going.
1 Go to commentsI don't know how the locals feel about that? I guess if you call yourselves the Worcester Wasps that might be appease. But really we need more teams in the Premiership in my view so they are not padding it out as they are at the moment. It might curtail so many players going abroad as well
5 Go to commentsNZ 😭😭😭is certainly rivaling England for best whingers cup!😭😭😭 !!!
25 Go to commentsYup. New Zealand won 3 out of 10 world cups played. SA 4 out of 8 attempts 30 Vs 50 per cent.🤔🤔
25 Go to commentsShould've done this years ago. Change Saturday kick off times to around 11am. Up and off and back home before 3pm, limit travel time too. Allows players to actually do something else with their Saturday that's family oriented or being rugby fans they could ‘watch’ pro rugby. Increases crowds etc. How can anyone that enjoys grassroots and pro rugby have to choose between the two on Saturdays?
9 Go to commentsI bet he inspired those supporters just as much.
1 Go to commentsBen Smith Springboks living rent free in his head 😊😂
67 Go to commentsGood to hear he would like to play the game at the highest level, I hadn’t been to sure how much of a motivator that was before now. Sadly he’s probably chosen the rugby club to go to. Try not to worry about all the input about how you should play rugby Joey and just try to emulate what you do on the league field and have fun. You’ll limit your game too much (well not really because he’s a standard athlete like SBW and he’ll still have enough) if you’re trying to make sure you can recycle the ball back etc. On the other hard, you can totally just try and recycle by looking to offload any and everywhere if you’re going to ground 😋
1 Go to commentsThis just proves that theres always a stat and a metric to use to justify your abilities and your success. Ben did it last week by creating an imaginary competition and now you did the same to counter his argument and espouse a new yardstick for success. Why not just use the current one and lets say the Boks have won 4 world cups making them the most successful world cup team. Outside of the world cup the All Blacks are the most successful team winning countless rugby championships and dominating the rankings with high win percentages. Over the last 4 years statistically the Irish are the best having the highest win rate and also having positive records against every tier 1 side. The most successful Northern team in the game has been England with a world cup title and the most six nations titles in history. The AB’s are the most dominant team in history with the highest win rate and 3 world cups. Lets not try to reinvent the wheel. Just be honest about the actual stats and what each team has been good at doing and that will be enough to define their level of success.
25 Go to commentsHow is 7’s played there? I’m surprised 10 or 11 man rugby hasn’t taken off. 7 just doesn’t fit the 15s dynamics (rules n field etc) but these other versions do.
9 Go to commentsPick Swinton at your peril A liability just like JWH from the Roosters Skelton ??? went missing at RWC
14 Go to commentsLike tennis, who have a ranking system, and I believe rugby too, just measure over each period preceding a world cup event who was the longest number one and that would be it. In tennis the number one player frequently is not the grand slam winner. I love and adore the All Blacks since the days of Ian Kirkpatrick when I was a kid in SA. And still do because they are the masters of running rugby and are gentleman on and off the field - in general. And in my opinion they have been the majority of the time the best rugby team in the world.
25 Go to commentsHaving overseas possessions in 2024 is absurd. These Frenchies should have to give the New Caledonians their freedom.
21 Go to commentsBell injured his foot didn’t he? Bring Tupou in he’ll deliver when it counts. Agree mostly but I would switch in the Reds number 8 Harry Wilson for Swinton and move Rob Valentini to 6 instead. Wilson is a clever player who reads the play, you can’t outmuscle the AB’s and Springboks, if you have any chance it’s by playing clever. Same goes for Paisami, he’s a little guy who doesn’t really trouble the likes of De Allende and Jordie Barrett. I’d rather play Carter Gordon at 12 and put Michael Lynagh’s boy at 10. That way you get a BMT type goalkicker at 10 and a playmaker at 12. Anyways, just my two cents as a Bok supporter.
14 Go to commentsThanks Brett, love your articles which are alway pertinent. It’s a difficult topic trying to have a panel adjudicating consistently penalties for red card issues. Many of the mitigating reasons raised are judged subjectively, hence the different outcomes. How to take away subjective opinions?
11 Go to commentsYes Sir! Surprising, just like Fraser would also have escaped sanction if he was a few inches lower, even if it was by accident that he missed! Has there really been talk about those sanctions or is this just sensational journalism? I stopped reading, so might have missed any notations.
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