Slightly concerning at times but job done by the number 1 side in the world. Should have been by more. 😀
Shame Watson is back for England. He's quality
Shame Watson is back for England. He’s quality
pure class.
Time for LRZ to step up today. Adams is super reliable imho. Grady, Tshiunza and Hawkins to produce moments of joy and hope. Along with 1/2p reminding us of what he can still do. 🤞🤞🤞🤞
I have my rugby sofa acquired on the cheap, because Scotland fans don’t need them anymore, and am about to get safely and firmly behind it!
Yikes! Why do I have to listen to Pivac?!!
Good luck boys.
Come on Wales!
I’m generally neutral till I see them singing God Save The King, at which point they can **** off. 😂
got to ten mins without being behind!!
Just thought, shit Williams kicking is poor, then remembered 1/2p was playing!
England are so much the “nearly”team at the moment. 1/2p is going to aching in the morning, Englands kick chase is very good.
But “Nearly” isnt good enough.
Kryters, agree.
Wales are flattering England. Wales with no ruck support, the kicking is crap but a bit forgivable as both Steward and Malins are deadly, at least Englands defence seems better, but this is a quite a crap game from both sides.
The danger here is that Wales are much more likely to suddenly wake up, eg that 15 phase attack looked good, and we know England seem to trot along at the same pace.
I still think this is Wales game to lose.
Can't believe it took 37 mins for Wales to get into the England 22.
And then gave away penalties, twice. 🙄
And it seems v odd having Pivac as a pundit
Is that Pivac? And Johnson, at least he was a very good player....
Aaaaaand there you go. Sleepy England as usual.
If I was English I'd be quite annoyed
bah, LRZ well deserved try if you ask me.
If I was Welsh I'd be quite annoyed!
I love Carre, he just looks like a big lad dragged out of the crowd....can't scrummage though😥
Why do people rate Farrell at the moment, nothing much to show today apart from lost points
Eng will lose this. 5 points is not enough.
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Eng will lose this. 5 points is not enough.
My thoughts too. Pretty woeful stuff.
Well it was fun whilst it lasted!
Well done Englandshire.
Phew! COYE!
Fairly underwhelming game of rugby .......
God, that was awful.
Dissapointing from wales, you ran out of ideas in the last 10 mins, made it easy for quite a sedate effort from england. Sorry to do you down, but I was honestly expecting some fireworks.
England did get the defence mostly sorted, for me I think that was what won it really.
The england attack from kicking is the dullest thing in history and seems to have the lowest return rate of anything.
Wales were so slow and ponderous at the breakdown, one up runners getting exposed and turned over. Aimless, clueless and pointless in attack, England could just kick it to them without worrying about what was coming back.
Another miserable Wales game. Well done England.
How many points did Farrell miss. wiki says 2 x pens and 2 x conv? Thats 10 points?
The English defence a lot better, the breakdown is better, and we have a back line that can attack. If they could stop making mistakes they could be top-mid table. I wouldn’t put it past them to maybe beat France relying on France to have a bad game.
Farrell goal kicking has gone from a certainty to 72% putting extra pressure on the team. Steward is the real deal. Lawrence makes a huge difference being a proper ball fetching ball carrying
12.
Not sure what else.
Not sure what else.
World Beaters!
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I nearly gave up watching with 10 minutes to go. Only the hope Wales would produce a flash of inspiration kept me going. Welsh kicking game seemed to be designed to help England.
Listened to the Italian game in the car and they sounded like they continue to improve
Pretty sure I’m going to be behind the sofa at some stage tomorrow though. French have to raring for a good game at home.
Oh well, at least it was nice to see LRZ put the after burners on. At Kingsholm last weekend he was seriously rapid in front of a sell out. He seems to have developed the nack of running only as quick as he has to - that was a mere jog today. 😆
Dreadful game of rugby. Roll on France Scotland tomorrow
I thought Grady did well for a first cap, he's a keeper...maybe wing for a while. Tshiunza worked his arse off, he is here to stay. Carre and Lewis as props offer far more about the field than Francis and Thomas but can they hold their own at scrum time. Little Timmy Tompkins added value too. 1/2p is an empty shirt in attack. AWJ is pointless and Tips doesn't seem to have much left in the tank.
Steward is the real deal.
He can catch and he can bosh, but he is very one paced.
AA - not everyone can be like Gav…..
Not everyone can be no, although Henson was very one paced at 15 too. But the love of Steward I really don't get, on a fast track against a team with pace and the ability to put players in space I'm not sure he'd be what I want at 15. Against a brain-dead Wales team who just kept kicking poorly at him he was very good..
Dissapointing from wales, you ran out of ideas in the last 10 mins,
Ran out of ideas before kick off by the looks of it.
AA to be fair to AWJ from our point of view he was a pain in the arse. That is his job I think.
Wales were lucky that Farrell was having an off day or it would have been 30-10.
Agreed about Grady, and Christ. You do have some new talent and when they find the rest of the new squad you will back to all guns blazing. Reffell was good too.
Torygraph thinks Farrells tenure is limited.
The same could not be said of Farrell, who surprisingly was the weakest link in the England back line. His kicking at goal was well below par, missing four attempts and at times seemed every more uncertain with his kicking out of hand, knocking one cross-field effort straight into touch, and failing to put the Wales back three under enough pressure.
What would have encouraged Borthwick however was that a second game in succession for Lawrence and Slade proved to be much more effective. One wonders when George Ford returns to full fitness if the England captain could find his position under threat.
Well that's that after 6minutes.
Aye🙄
That's 2 reds surely?
Well that's the game ruined.
That’s 2 reds surely?
Would have thought a yellow and a red at the least but wouldn't have been able to argue against two reds either.
Not that it's going to make much difference. This is going to be a bloodbath.
That's a france red. Moaus leading with the head.
