Did the English player taunt the French player by tapping him after the try?

Question

to me it was clearly a taunt, and was not cool, after i saw that i wanted england to lose. unfortunately that try was the difference in the game. now i will hope the springboks defeat them. i dont like cocky unsportsmanlike play.

Answer 1

I think he was just saying cheers mate, thanks for helping me cross the line with your tackle.

Nothing cocky about it. Nothing cocky about any of the Poms this time round - think they have even surprised themselves by being able to defend their title in the final. Great stuff really.

Answer 2

I'd say he Lewsey meant "Hard luck mate." Coz Traille was thrust in the number 15 jersey for only the 2nd time in his international career. If the fullback was a bit more exoperienced, Lewsey would never have gotten near the ball

Answer 3

Not at all - have now seen this several times and it was definitley more of an 'are you ok' than anything else.  After all he'd just skipped over the guy's head!  No one likes cocky unsportsmanlike play but I'm pretty sure you're wrong on this one.

Answer 4

He had just ran directly into the French player at full speed moron in an attempt to make the try, the tap was probably a gesture of

"no hard feelings"

Hey everybody, this is the kind of emails this Yankee prick sends to people

Message: a ****-sucking brit *** who is inferior to americans - have a nice day :)

I have reported him to Yahoo.