Vickery trips up!

God, does the humiliation get any worse. Not for the rest of the world, they never tire of seeing England shame-faced, which is surely what this furore over Vickery's trip is all about.
Mark you, setting our paranoia aside for a moment, what a complete and utter plank. He now faces a ban of anything from one match to 30 days. The latter would almost certainly rule him out of the tournament as I can't see England getting past the quarters, IF we beat Samoa + Tonga.
But before the whole world jumps on the England bashing bandwagon, let's just examine the crime. Centre runs inside prop, prop trips him up, prop should be yellow or red carded depending upon the position of the game - a penalty try and a yellow card would have been the right medicine here. This is not an unheard of crime in rugby circles and hardly the grotesque foul play some people are making it out to be. Are the IRB over-compensating for weak refereeing?
On a more positive note, I expect our scrum to now be stronger with the addition of Matt Stevens who also likes a rumble with the ball. To be honest, big Phil has not been justifying his place in the side as a player, and we cannot see any evidence of inspirational captaincy either. Not so much of the "Raging Bull", and rather too much like Daisy the Cow for my liking.

P.S. Have just looked at the picture again, and it all comes clear to me now. His tripping leg is wearing a Welsh sock! That explains everything.