"******* animal" - 5 things you might have missed this weekend
Rugby NewsSunday, 13 March 2022 at 17:29
On Friday, France won against Wales, while Ireland and Scotland were winners on Saturday's to complete the fourth round results.
However, we’ve almost certainly found a couple of things you missed from the fantastic action…
#1. Spain qualify
Spain have booked their place at next year’s Rugby World Cup after beating Portugal 33-28 in Madrid.
The crowd rushed onto the pitch at the final whistle to celebrate with the players as los Leones qualified for the men’s global showpiece for the first time since 1999 and only the second time in their history.
#2. Genge an animal
As well as being integral to the dominance of the home scrum, he was magnificent on both sides of the ball and when a player, who some fans thought was his opposite number Furlong while others believed it was Jamie George , could be heard on the ref mic saying “you’re a ******* animal Gengy”it was meant as a huge compliment.
#3. Clothesline from hell
With such an early red for England's Ewels, their fans have brought up an incident involving Tadhg Furlong that might have garnered a little more attention from the match officials. They might have a point.
RUCK verdict: Should have been looked at
#4. The return of Jarvo
Notorious pitch invader Daniel Jarvis almost struck again at Twickenham yesterday as England sung their national anthem against Ireland in the Six Nations.
Brian O'Driscoll was one famous name to slam his behaviour, tweeting: "This helmet had it coming. It wasn’t funny the first time. A couple of days in the clink would soften his cough."
#5. Pearce at his best
Referee Luke Pearce was universally praised for ordering a player off the field for an HIA following a nasty looking head knock in the game between Italy and Scotland.
The English referee stopped the game and told Italian centre Ignacio Brex to take the knee to be attended to by medics before he was withdrawn from the game for an HIA.
Considering the criticism referee's have had in recent weeks for their handling of head injuries, this was an exemplary piece of officiating.
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