Controversy in Twickenham
England held the advantage at half-time in their World Cup clash with Wales this evening but things could have been much worse for Warren Gatland’s side in the first half.
Dan Lydiate steamed into Tom Wood but the referee Jerome Garces didn’t see anything too wrong with the tackle in real-time.
However TV replays showed that perhaps the Wales man could have seen yellow-card for the tackle,
Lydiate tackle pic.twitter.com/DQgmbslbLY
— Kevin Mc Gillicuddy (@KMcGillicuddy86) September 26, 2015
Although most people seemed to enjoy it
#iamwales crowd don't like Dan Lydiate's tackle but ref happy. play on scrum white
— Welsh Rugby Union 🏴 (@WelshRugbyUnion) September 26, 2015
Dan Lydiate did something similar to Conor Murray at the end of last season, Munster were raging over it
— Rúaidhrí O'Connor (@RuaidhriOC) September 26, 2015
"Lydiate, there are other types of tackles besides the chop." "Why have burger when you can have steak?"
— Eoin McDevitt (@EoinMcDevitt) September 26, 2015
https://twitter.com/TomFowler6/status/647854999167475712
https://twitter.com/shanks16131/status/647855399295676416
