ANOTHER Owen Farrell High Shot | The Rugby Pod React to England's Comeback Victory against Wales 

The fact that World Ruby have overturned a blatant red card involving a head injury is an absolute disgrace. No one saw the incident being reversed. These inconsistencies will only harm the game and there’s no doubt they have set the cat amongst the pigeons with the RWC only weeks away. Shocking!

Disgraceful! Farrell has been let off and his red card overturned. I have lost all respect for the rugby authorities, Farrell gets away with it again! Just shows what you can do with an expensive legal team!

“There’s no defending it, it’s a red card.” Except World Rugby have overturned the card… shameless and spineless from World Rugby.

If you're going to reduce for apology and admitting guilt, then you should increase for previous and not setting an example as captain.

The fact Farrell sees himself as undroppable *and* as a coach, is the biggest problem england have had with evolving. He cannot play the game we need to play and we are building a squad around him, instead of accepting he hasn't been Test quality since 2020 and should not be in the team as of last year.

Can’t believe his red was rescinded, World Rugby is in the gutter

Farrell has had 5 years to adjust his tackle technique since he hit Esterhuizen and almost threw the game vs the Springboks. He appears to have done nothing. The 'ultimate competitor' would have worked on his technique to stay within the law. Questions should also be asked of coaches at club and country as to whether they made it mandatory for Farrell to work on his tackling. England and Farrell only have themselves to blame.

Apart from Earls, the biggest winner in the England team was Ford, because England were much better when he was fly half.

Say a word for Taine Basham; concussion is no laughing matter. This may be the one that knocks him off from playing for ever; may be the one that tips him in MND. It's a very sad indictment of where England rugby is (premiership and national team) that the only way England can win is...to the play the laws. England's most powerful club, Saracens were demoted, Faz keeps sloshing people round the head. Something rotten at the heart of English rugby 😞

Excellent video guys. If Farrell hasn't learned by now, he'll never learn. As a neutral fan, I can see England not getting out of their group. As for next weekend, if Ireland play the WC first team, they will wallop England. I hope they go with the more "junior?" squad players and not risk the big players against a team that won't be in the reckoning in this world cup. The 2nd string Irish players are probably good enough to push England all the way.

Red card has been overturned. Committe cited Jamie George's interaction with Basham caused a change in direction as mitigation. Absolute bollocks.

No ban for Farrell. We asked for consistency and they answered with consistently not banning OF. Cheers from Argentina!

I'm surprised that they didn't mention how poor England's most experienced team were against a Wales B+ experimental selection. The only reason England won was because of a welsh catastrophic lineout error. Something is very wrong in the England camp! As for Farrell, that was seemingly completely idiotic considering the circumstances, they may extend the ban above 6 weeks.

and the card has been rescinded. Surprise surprise. Yet world Rugby wonders why some coaches are up in arms about the inconsistencies of decisions

It's not a bug with Farrell, it's a feature. He intends to hurt and if possible stretcher the guy he's tackling (Darcy Graham, Calcutta Cup 2019), with one eye on the ref for whether it's not quite too high, not quite too late. The calculation is that a yellow may be worth getting rid of a dangerous opponent. So give him a red, a long ban, rule him out of the World Cup and let England move on from his era. He was never Ntamack or Russell or Sexton. He's a one-speed international player with a decent boot (which he always used too often) and an obvious inability to change gear when the gameplan isn't working. England will be better off without him.

Please give us an update to the podcast in light of Farrell being let off AGAIN!!!! I'm an avid England fan and even I think World Rugby's reaction is utter, utter, BS. Does he have dodgy photos of members of the disciplinary committee, do you think?

Farrell is nowhere near the best #10 in the world. Hell Johnny Sexton led his team to a series win in New Zealand, a Grand Slam win and an Autumn series win too - Oh and that's just in the last 18 months. What did Farrell accomplish other than getting himself a red card?

If any player deserved a massive ban it is Farrell.

6 weeks at the minimum Anything less and World Rugby do not give a shi* about player welfare

'shoulder-charge farrell' deserves nothing less than 8 weeks. it's gotten to such a point that if you tell *anyone* remotely knowledgeable about rugby, 'that guy got owen farrell'd in the tackle' you know *exactly* what happened. the thug deserves to miss the world cup.

This is hilarious considering the red was reduced to yellow by independent judiciary committee. Completely undermined player safety protocols.

Farrell did'nt get the height slightly wrong by hal an inch Goodie. He intentionally went in and dangerously dumped the guy with no regard for safety. He is a serial menace. I really dont understand that you guys woukd consider him the best 10 over the last year. Thats beyond believable. Russell, Ntamack, Biggar.

Farrell lets be honest is a THUG! He wiped out Darcy Graham, he put a cheap shot on Russell, wiped out the Gloucater guy, now he is at it again! Minimum 6 weeks perhaps even a 3 month ban?

Genge was destroyed in the scrum. When was that last time an England scrum pushed an opponent off the ball?

Farrell the best 10 in the world? Come on Jim. Maybe at a push 4th or 5th but a long way off 'best'.

As an Englishman I can't see a scenario where Farrell gets any less than 6 weeks, add to that Basham's failed HIA, he's done tackle school, and he had the incident against Gloucester in January, even with remorse, whatever the fuck that means these days other than a tame excuse to get a reduced ban, 6 weeks is the absolute best he could hope for, I reckon it might be more, there's no room for leniency anymore, he's a used all his get out of jail free cards by now. I know what he brings to the team and the field but it's not worth fuck all if he's sitting on the bench after a red card. Plus side is we won't have to worry about it happening again and Ford is easily good enough to be in the starting 15.

Also I don't agree with reducing any ban because Farrell apologised to Basham on the field. Of course he should apologise anyway. Of course he should admit his guilt. But those acts should not affect the length of his ban. Do you not think he hasn't done that in previous incidents. Any legal mind/disciplinary panel worth their salt will just say that the principle of mitigation clearly does not work with Farrell based on previous incidents of this kind.

I really want to hear you guys after the Committee decision today. I really worry that the decision will result in the bunker system (which i thought was positive) fail and how does it look if World Rugby Really do take player safety seriously!

The problem with Farrel is that he isn't very bright. He functions almost purely on instinct, which is not what you want in a captain. Ford would be a much better pick.

Ban the grub how many times has he used his shoulder in a tackle.

Interested to see the guys takes on this subject now...

How have we found ourselves going into a world cup with a disciplinary system that totally contradicts itself. This decision completely undermines the credibility of the bunker system. On a seperate note, should the panel not be made up of more than one country as lets just say the aussies are more willing to accept head hunting

Ban Owen Farrell entirely. Give him the full 6 week suspension. There is absolutely no way anyone can defend him any longer. Once was enough. Twice was really bad. But 3x times?? And all of this after he attended tackling school? The guy is an absolute liability now to his team. There can be no more of this 'he's a massive and great player' crap anymore. He has truly let England down with his stupidity and no amount of merit and reputation will change that. He should get exactly the same treatment as anybody else. A full on ban, and that includes the World Cup. He really should have known better, but I guess we were wrong about him.

Goodey could you please have a word with the England team stop the ridiculous celebration for any decision going your way it's so embarrassing ffs.

Best 10??? Farrell has not approached being the best 10 in the world at any point in his career, definitely not the last year.

Owen farrell is an absolute grub, it isnt just his natural tackle form its his mindset

The tackle technique that Farrell has been using all his career is patently illegal, there is not attempt to wrap, regardless of where he hits, it is at least a yellow.

If a player has previous for an offence (and there is a lot of previous in this case), then saying sorry and admitting guilt should not make any difference whatsoever. He said sorry last time ! But this is Owen Farrell and England and a World Cup is near .... A la Jonny Sexton. What will World Rugby do ?

Ben Earl was great and added energy to what has to go down as one of the worst games to watch ever... For next week, I'd go with Itoje & Lawes at 4 & 5 and a back row of Willis, Curry and Earl at 6, 7, & 8.

I think one of the worst things about Farrell's red is that Basham lost out on his full opportunity to put his name forward for selection

Totally agree with Goodey 6 weeks. That's where the sanction starts, it comes down a bit for apologising et al then goes back to 6 because of similar offence within the calender year. If that's what he gets then World Rugby has done the right thing but I get the horrible feeling there is about to be a huge delivery of fudge, despite the entire disciplinary commitee being Aussies. On a brighter note I think it could be a good thing for England, bit of seige mentality, which got us over the line on Saturday? There has to be a changing of the guard at some point, maybe for Owen Farrell this is his time to bow out? And for the record I've always been a fan and will thank him and his team for producing one of the best performances I've seen England give in 60 years when beating the All Blacks at the last RWC.

Farnell the England Capt loves his Stiff arm tackles. What an example for the rest of the team 👏 😂

Six weeks minimum for Farrell IMHO. If he does get on the park in the world cup there's every chance he'll get binned again. His technique and as the boys said the red mist virtually guarantees it.

red card rescinded to just a yellow car by an "independent" review board......what an absolute joke. Makes a complete mockery of the rules for players safety. Just boils my piss

A lengthy ban for Faz, and as much as I don't wish injuries on anyone, the one to JVP, are both events which are blessings in disguise for England. Forces a different 9 in compared to having 3 the same, and finally Borthwick doesn't have to have a spine to pick Ford over Faz

Best 10 in the world? Farrell is a robot. I hope he gets a 12 week ban so Ford or Smith can play.

Rassie did warn you guys that there is a serious problem ... 🤷‍♂️ The odds that this WC outcome will be spoilt by officials is very high.

Well apparently saying you're sorry is enough to cancel red cards.. WR should be careful, it might become too obvious at this rate!

Nothing gave me greater pleasure than seeing his face when SA kicked England’s butt in RWC 2019. He got away with his cheap shot on Esterhuisen. A game that SA should have won. No way that red card would have been rescinded if he was a springbok. Nothing changes.

So disappointing from Owen. You can almost understand the errors made by Arundell and others keen to make an impression but Farrell is a locked in selection with years of experience playing in a warm up game. Just cynical and completely pointless.

Farrells been doing this for years! Surely it’s time for him to learn his lesson! Ban him for a solid period so that he learns his lesson! Trust me I hate seeing good player miss the World Cup through injury ect. But when it’s caused by someone that hasn’t changed their ways! Just think about the past 5 years, which player comes to mind when you think about dangerous/silly tackles?

Farrell knows what he's doing, are we supposed to believe he sometimes forgets how to tackle correctly? He chooses to do this. Shoulder forward, no arms, no attempt to get low. He's a dangerous player, and he does it knowingly, he's a scumbag and he deserves to be banned for the entirety of the World Cup at least.

Can you qualify best 10 in the world statement? Why the best 10?

If it was any other player in any other union/country what would the penalty be? say SA it would be a max penalty.

Given his history and the timeline or length of him continuing his illegal technique, this should be a top end or max level infringement. This means 10+ weeks or 52 weeks. He is a Cynical player. A danger to other players.

Can we get a update from the boys on this? Since the overturning of the card?

False alarm, boys. Farrell's tackle was apparently perfectly fine. What a fucking joke!

Ok, Rugby pod, please explain the result of the review and what it means. Looking forward to it.

The best ref in the world, retired, his quote red card no arguments from his farm in Wales.

Looking forward to the follow-up, now that Farrell’s red card has being rescinded.

Stop saying he is competitive. Start saying he is unskilled and dangerous. If the starting ban is 6 weeks, he deserves more than 6.

England just don't look right to me. Our scrum is pathetic which is surprising as it's always been one of our strongest areas but for some reason the new wave of props are not coming through. As good as Genge and Sinkler are they can't seem to scrummage together and against the better teams they just can't compete. Scrum half is also a problem and why they are sticking with the old boys I don't know when we have the likes of Randall and Mitchell waiting in the wings. The last issue is our discipline, we don't seem to have any!! The refs these days don't tolerate it, especially at test level and we're only making it harder for ourselves. England are so frustrating at the moment.

Lets just hope farrel is back for the worldcup, so we can see cheslin kolbe step him again.

After that illegal tackle on Basham he is out of the South Affica game and Fiji and possibly longer. Ban Farell for at least 8 weeks.

Agree with Goodey.. Farrel is his own worst enemy and should get that six week ban.. he needs to learn. but I have a feeling they will give him shortest possible because of the world cup.

Earl at 8 suggestion reminds me of Australia with George Smith at 8. Goody top impression of Borthers.

SA has complained about ref and rugby bias for years. This only fuels what they say. Why have they been soft on AF? Is it because he’s England captain? I think it’s obvious.

Best 10 in the world? Hahahahaha jesus christ that is an absurd statement. Farrell has never even been in the top 5 10's in the world. When was he better than Barrett or Mounga or Pollard or Mackenzie or Sexton or Ntamack or Finn Russell?

I’d love to see Goodies face when he sees Faz escaped Scott free

England are at best average. They are lucky to have an easy draw and will probably end up further into the RWC than their talent deserves. Farrell's tackle was poor and the opposite of brave. Deserves the full sanction, with no mitigation discount as he is a serial offender. Saying sorry again and again shouldn't count for diddly squat.

Disgraceful disgraceful disgraceful - How much of a hand does England need with Beaumont at the helm. You all know its the case too. He's done this numerous times and got away with it. Get him off

lol, red just been overturned. Unbelievable the bias in rugby

RFU still charging full price for that tosh. Embarrassing

Farrall should it at least 10 weeks for his tackle or it sends out the wrong message to clubsand players

'... I want to see Owen Farrel at the world cup...' I don't. As an England fan I'll be happy if he gets a 12 week ban. He's the emperor's new clothes. He provides nothing that isn't turgid and predictable and no team fears him or anything he can do against them. All they have to do is run at him enough times and you'll get what happened on Saturday - a yellow or a red. Some number 10 that is - and captain too. The mind boggles.. England looked much more fluid with George Ford on the pitch. And as for Farrell playing 12 or 13 ----- ffs. Tried, tested and a proven failure. With Borthwick in charge any worthwhile change will be forced upon him rather than decded upon through logic and nous. England need a miracle to get out of their group.

Farell deserves 6 weeks. The game has to show it takes safety and head injury completely seriously. Farrell is a dangerous player. And on the note, Goode criticising Adams on twitter, for "holding his head" after being taken out in the air, only shows that Goode knows nothing about how head injuries happen. Injuries to neck and head can happen in collisions without the head being actually hit. That's the way the spine works. Goode is acting like a football pundit, and there's no place in rugby for these kind of snide accusations.

Give him 6 weeks. Good for rugby, good for England.

Unbelievably bad decision today. Farrell has gone in to that tackle with no clear intent to wrap his arms round the opponent. How many bad tackles will he get away with by the end of his career?

I haven't been agreat fan of Farrell's game for some years. It's not even clear why he's captain. The opportunity to develop Smith's international standing must be grasped with both hands.

If Farrell was a South African, the disciplinary committee would give him more than 6 weeks. Just saying. . .

6 games minimum to make sure he misses the world cup completely. Rather than discuss reducing tackle height just enforce illegal tackling by making an example of a very high profile player and maybe others will start to take heed

Nowhere the best 10 in world ....ask any French, Scottish, Irish n SA oh and the Kiwi s might disagree

He does have a bit of a habit , knowing hes doing it and trys to pretend it was half/half by rolling around/lying on the ground. Its not the first time.

A decent set of referees will always catch Farrell out because he always does this type of tackle!!!!

"Definitely a red card." The whole rugby world feels the same way except World rugby. His card has been canceled. It is now clear for everybody that World rugby is biased. So much for the BS about player safety. Fark World Rugby, they have no credibility.

mitigation for saying sorry winds me up. Even my kids get told to show they are sorry too, surely rugby players can be held to the same standard as a 4 year old. On the red mist. I think Johnno was captain when he battered Robbie Fleck in a way that would result in a year ban or something now.

Am I the only one concerned with the amount of time in a game where the ball is actually in play? After 20 minutes of the England/Wales game I put a stopwatch on actual play time and the ball was only "in play" for 21 minutes of the hour. Isn't it time that the clock was stopped NFL style when play stops? We're supposed to be seeing the fittest, best players ever but how can they compare to an older generation who had to play for a full game and no impact subs? So, so, so, so boring.

Farrell's got away with it and been let off! Disgraceful.

The kick Gatland was talking about was from Keiran Williams

I have read a ton of comments since the announcement of the rescindment and I have NOT seen one person agree with the red card being rescinded and many of the comments can be summarized as "I am an English Rugby fan but WTF?"

Who would have ever said Scotland is the UKs most exciting team!! 😂😂😂😂

With new legislation looking at exactly this type of play and IRB clamping down on this dont see how there can be any more soft lefoffs for Farrell. A minimum 6 game ban surely, History of dangerous play, 2016 Ban, 2020 ban, 2023 a few months ago ban, same type of play, player also shows no remorse. Reply

i do not claim to be an expert and i 0nly ever coached up to colts level but our attack (i use that term loosely) is built around farrel and youngs in my humble opinion its bloody stale i think we need to build it around smith with a nine that trusts him and feeds him and a twelve that isnt a wannabe ten we have the players to have a world class back division but they are strangled by the tired coaching

Watch playback, Farrell crouched to tackle, Basham fends off George with left hand, and falls to right into Farrells tackle. Unlucky to get yellow.

Red card overturned, no ban, and we are supposed to suck this up?

Kia ora team, as a proud rugby (yes All Blacks) fan I'm left wondering with the overturning of the Farrell red card if World Rugby is serious about head injuries and perhaps the future of the game, not just the next few months. As a parent am I wanting my children to enter a sport governed by this type of care of their players? We're in the middle of a wonderful FIFA Womens World Cup here in NZ and Aus, there are plenty of choices and competition for players, volunteers etc. Congratulations to the officials on the field, shame on the "Independent Panel".

What is the betting that Farrell is sent off in the World Cup? Unbelievable!

Curry (6) and Willis (7) against Argentina (maybe Vunipola at 8 and Earl on the bench). England are not going to outmuscle Arg and some of their chop tacklers, so winning the turnover battle might be key for them. Lawes in second row for a good lineout option (Ribbans on bench).

Owen Farrell should receive a six week ban, be permanently removed as captain, loose his match fee, and be made an example of for existing players and new players joining the England team. I like Owen Farrell but enough is enough. Sorry Owen...

Owen is a disgrace for the game. Rugby board is shockingly corrupt.