Connect with us

Six Nations

Farrell’s lads passed test with flying colours

BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT

I think we have all watched enough rugby in the professional era to know that when a team goes down to 14 players early on in the game it can, in a strange way, be just as big a test for the team that keeps 15 players on the park.
When Charlie Ewels was rightly sent off after 82 seconds – admittedly particularly early in the game for such a dismissal – my mind straight away went back to just a few occasions when the shorthanded side somehow got away with the win.
There was that Ireland Test aainst the Boks in Cape Town in 2016 when CJ Stander wa...

Continue reading...

Access all our premium content from as little as 14p per day!

Already a subscriber to our website? Login

Click to comment
 

Tackle the News

- Sign Up for our weekly Rugby Newsletter
Your subscription could not be saved. Please try again.
Your subscription has been successful.

The Rugby Paper

The best betting sites

Globusbet

the best minimum deposit £5 casinos casinobonusesfinder

Full list of UK betting sites at BookiesBonuses.com kasyna akceptujące paypal

online casinoFill Your Boots

free bets

online bookmakerFull list of UK betting sites at BookiesBonuses.com

GGBetBanner Depicting Therealefl.co.uk an affiliate site for Licensed UKGC Football bookmakers.

More in Six Nations