Owen Farrell shuts down Richie Mo’unga right in front of Raynal
Luke Cowan-Dickie was pushing the tackling laws to the limit in the first half at Twickenham against the All Blacks on Saturday, and there will be many people who think he was guilty of some no arms tackles.
All Blacks fly-half Richie Mo’unga was one of those people, but Owen Farrell was having none of it. The No10 questioned the legality of the tackles to Mathieu Raynal, before being quickly shut down by Farrell with a “ah come on mate! Play!”
Raynal did say that the tackle was checked, but it was not the only one. Then again, in this day and age a player is not going to be able to repeatedly produce illegal tackles and not get spotted by the TMO. Then again, Farrell is maybe not the best arbiter on legal tackles.
The moment was captured and shared by Jared Wright, take a look at it:
Ofcourse Farrell didn’t think there was anything in Luke Cowan-Dickie’s no-arms tackle.#ENGvNZL pic.twitter.com/7Difa3s22l
— Jared Wright (@jaredwright17) November 19, 2022
England XV
15. Freddie Steward (Leicester Tigers, 15 caps)
14. Jack Nowell (Exeter Chiefs, 43 caps)
13. Manu Tuilagi (Sale Sharks, 48 caps)
12. Owen Farrell (Saracens, 99 caps)
11. Jonny May (Gloucester Rugby, 70 caps)
10. Marcus Smith (Harlequins, 15 caps)
9. Jack van Poortvliet (Leicester Tigers, 5 caps)
1. Ellis Genge (Bristol Bears, 41 caps)
2. Luke Cowan-Dickie (Exeter Chiefs, 39 caps)
3. Kyle Sinckler (Bristol Bears, 54 caps)
4. Maro Itoje (Saracens, 60 caps)
5. Jonny Hill (Sale Sharks, 17 caps)
6. Sam Simmonds (Exeter Chiefs, 16 caps)
7. Tom Curry (Sale Sharks, 43 caps)
8. Billy Vunipola (Saracens, 66 caps)
Finishers
16. Jamie George (Saracens, 70 caps)
17. Mako Vunipola (Saracens, 72 caps)
18. Will Stuart (Bath Rugby, 23 caps)
19. David Ribbans (Northampton Saints, 1 cap)
20. Jack Willis (unattached, 5 caps)
21. Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers, 119 caps)
22. Guy Porter (Leicester Tigers, 3 caps)
23. Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs, 50 caps)
All Blacks XV
1. Ethan de Groot (12)
2. Codie Taylor (75)
3. Tyrel Lomax (22)
4. Brodie Retallick (99)
5. Samuel Whitelock (142 – Captain)
6. Scott Barrett (57)
7. Dalton Papali’i (21)
8. Ardie Savea (69)
9. Aaron Smith (113)
10. Richie Mo’unga (43)
11. Caleb Clarke (14)
12. Jordie Barrett (47)
13. Rieko Ioane (58)
14. Mark Telea (1)
15. Beauden Barrett (111)
Replacements
16. Samisoni Taukei’aho (20)
17. George Bower (21)
18. Nepo Laulala (44)
19. Shannon Frizell (24)
20. Hoskins Sotutu (13)
21. TJ Perenara (79)
22. David Havili (24)
23. Anton Lienert-Brown (59)