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Owen Farrell sprays England teammate and referee Luke Pearce agrees
By Kim Ekin
England star Owen Farrell has given international teammate Bevan Rodd a mouthful during Saracens match against Sale Sharks with referee Luke Pearce on the same page.
The incident occurred after a dominant Sale scrum had pushed Saracens off the ball, winning a penalty in the process.
Out of frustration, Saracens prop Christian Judge pushed Rodd who fell to the ground.
In Rodd's defence, he collided with another teammate, but his "dive" drew the ire of Farrell from the back line who marched over to give him a spray.
"Oh Bevan, you soft pr**k," Farrell yelled at Rodd.
"That's pathetic Bevan, that's pathetic, you diving git!"
Referee Luke Pearce cleaned up proceedings quickly, instructing Farrell he would "deal with it" before giving his own serve to the Sale prop.
“Bevan, listen mate, I know he nudged you, but I’m not sure it needed a Lionel Messi dive, okay?”
The original penalty to Sale stood while the heated exchange mellowed out quickly with Luke Cowan-Dickie throwing in a few words to end the exchange.
Farrell had a last question for Pearce asking, "so he's allowed to dive like that is he?" to which Pearce responded, "no he's not."
Sale would go on to build a comfortable 20-3 lead with a consolation try in the final quarter to Saracens Marco Riccioni closing the gap to 20-10.
Both teams finished the regular season in the top four, with Sale's win ensuring they finished third with Saracens one spot below in fourth.
Saracens will have to travel to Franklin's Gardens to play Northampton, while Sale will play Bath in the Gallagher Premiership semi-finals.
"You soft pr**k" - Owen Farrell took Bevan Rodd's dive well! 🤣 pic.twitter.com/LoGHQmIQHt
— Jared Wright (@jaredwright17) May 19, 2024
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They don't have any choice against Ireland when the Allblacks pick only two lineout jumpers.
They went short and to the over throw repeatedly against the English and this telegraphing of intent by Jason Ryan to repeat the dose may be a smokescreen.
What I'd do against the Irish is start Cane at seven to rough them up (legally) in a return to 2016 and start three locks with Tupou shifted to six.
Sititi at eight with Savea to lead the bench impact with a 6-2 split that includes Darry and Finau. Ratima and ALB to cover the backs.
Savea to replace Cane after thirty or so minutes with Cane instructed to empty the tank.
Go to commentsNah, that just needs some more variation. Chip kicks, grubber stabs, all those. Will Jordan showed a pretty good reason why the rush was bad for his link up with BB.
If you have an overlap on a rush defense, they naturally cover out and out and leave a huge gap near the ruck.
It also helps if both teams play the same rules. ARs set the offside line 1m past where the last mans feet were😅
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