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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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Yes for sure, thanks for sharing. I fully understand that both parties are better off, no one needs to lose, neither competition suffers, in fact both can be better as a result.
Too many true rugby fans (and analysts) don't understand that.
I wouldn't imagine there is a date aye. It was a long decline rugby in SA and Australia was going through, and was so bad it even effected NZ, caused them to argue to can a couple of teams. The nation of SA probably grew into it? I know I watch more of the NH now specifically because of the SR teams playing there. I actually had to mention to Nick Bishop (because of his stubborn perspective) the other day that I've never been a fan of Super Rugby, I don't think they chose the right way to go about professionalism back in 1995. Unfortunately, NZR was stuck between a rock and a hard place, because it had SA's and Australians that ran their unions by States, so we had to separate into "two or three" teams as a result. Our game is in the kak now because of it, they want to kill off the lifeblood of our National Provincial Championship. But now we might see a way out of it, so it's all good.
Go to commentsOh, so the Boks going back to half way means they definitely scored?
Don’t make me laugh…..
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