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Everyone's offering to teach James Haskell the laws of rugby

Everyone's offering to teach James Haskell the laws of rugby
Everyone's offering to teach James Haskell the laws of rugby Everyone's offering to teach James Haskell the laws of rugby

James Haskell made a bit of a boo boo in the first half of England’s winning test against Italy on Sunday.

The Italians had a strategy not to commit players at the breakdown, thereby not forming a ruck and enabling their players to run rings around a confused England.

Haskell and others were a bit confused about the tactic, and so decided to ask the ref what to do about it. Not a great decision as Romain Poite retorted “I’m the referee, not the coach”.

This little verbal tussle led fans to feel like they should help Haskell out with the rules a little.

It looks like all the tweets paid off as Haskell and the wider England team had a much better second half…

… and they ended up winning 36-15.