http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/rugby-union/38321692
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Forgot just how well that was finished off in the excitement - brilliant pass from Farrell
Todays giggle courtesy of Mr Lee. Big man. Big talent. Small face.
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The ref let go or didn't see a LOT. Late tackles, high tackles, robbing the ball on the ground, Liam williams being Liam Williams.
Did look like it was so far infield that he would never have meant it to go there,just one of those things,but if you keep giving the ball back to strong opposition its only a matter of time,seems a very weird tactic(from a casual rugby fan,wo has been watching rugby all his life)
It's all fine when it gets to the 25th phase and the stronger opposition still can't score. 😉
Hardly fair to criticise booting the ball infield when the stratergy has worked well, one failure doesn't make it wrong.
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That aside, what a great game. Moriarty was superb. Brutal in fact. Shame about the result, but a great game.
Odd to sub Moriaty when he was playing so well?
Yep, an odd substitution. He was having a hell of a game.
O Connell suggested he was killing himself for 60, knowing Faletau was coming on.
Just watched it.
Properly pissed off about that. Wales hugely improved over last year, I really wanted England brought down a peg or two. Plus that more or less nukes any chance Wales might've had at the championship, that and Ireland's bonus point. Someone has to beat England now, but who?
Odd to sub Moriaty when he was playing so well?
It's the old self-destructive capacity of us Welsh, isn't it. Take off the star player in favour of someone who hasn't played for months. Playing Cuthbert in any match falls into the same category. We always have to handicap ourselves by having at least one useless player and one broken player. 😥
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While waiting for the gif...
P'haps his image processing software license has expired ?
I agree to some extent that Webb should have taken a look and seen that it was Davies (left-footed and not a cultured boot) who was in the pocket. He probably ought to have kicked it himself or got the forwards to pod for another phase until Biggar was in position.
Still, a brilliant match and the intensity around the breakdown was frightening to watch.
Small margins - I thought Browns kick out on the full had cost us the game when we were behind.
If I was a Wales fan, I'd want to know why they can only seem to muster that intensity against England?
Look what these bastards have done to Wales. They've taken our coal, our water, our steel. They buy our homes and live in them for a fortnight every year. What have they given us? Absolutely nothing. We've been exploited, raped, controlled and punished by the English – and that's who you are playing this afternoon.
The great Phil Bennett OBE [b]1977[/b]
That's why!!
Yawn. Watch more rugby, folks. 2012. France in 2015. Etc.
As a lifelong rugby watcher but more of a Swansea city fan(yeah a know wendyball:),it's more of a 'oh well,better luck next time' thing,but it does wind me up that wales keep kicking to the opposition and giving the go forward to them,i'm sure its easy to say when you have given you're all and are knackered by why not just go for the gap and get run into touch ,its the same as kicking it back to them,at least you slow it down that way? as I said,i'm not anepert;)
I would agree - the premium placed on playing the game in the other half has gone too far. Much too much aimless kicking (not necessarily today) - and as an ex-forward it used to piss me off immensely. Work hard to get the ball, present it to the pretty boys on a plate and they kick it to the oppo for us to tackle again and repeat.... 😉
one failure doesn't make it wrong.
It does in that case.. I was too busy laughing at how illegal Williams turn over was...stopped laughing pretty quick though!
If I was a Wales fan, I'd want to know why they can only seem to muster that intensity against England?
Or Australia.
Edit: cant be bothered to get onto it, will remain arrogantly superior.
Failing to see racial/colonial vitriol. Most Welsh supporters are praising the quality of the game and/or criticising Wales for mistakes.
Still, let's not let that get in the way, eh?
*edit - and he's edited it away. Still not seeing sore losers, but you carry on, Kryters.
Good decision on the edit - that was too far. Plus remember Kipling
"if you can meet with triumph and disaster and treat those two imposters both the same..."
Great match, great teams - lets keep it the same.
Amazing game!
just as well as you're talking shit
Great match, great teams
Yep. A great advert for the game. Despite the fact the colonial overlords cheated their way to victory. Racists! 😉 😉 😉
Kryters-esque rants aside, it was a great game. Not the result I wanted, but a great game.
Plus two excellent tries from either side.
I don't care if England won,the super furry animals and gorkys are still welsh:),but I hate all that wear a welsh top and hate the English crap,makes us seem like idiots,support your team through sport but if you want to slag England off at least learn a bit about your own country besides wearing a rugby top
mikey3 - MemberI don't care if England won,the super furry animals and gorkys are still welsh:),but I hate all that wear a welsh top and hate the English crap,makes us seem like idiots,support your team through sport but if you want to slag England off at least learn a bit about your own country besides wearing a rugby top
Do go on. 8)
We've been exploited, raped, controlled and punished by the English
You can moan about me all you want, but dont pretend what THM posted isnt inflammatory and unecessary in this context.
Why not just admit we watched a great game of rugby and unfortunately the team he supports lost, rather than quote all that shite?
Anyway i move on thankfully.
Have you had too many ales my friend?
Don't ruin a good edit.
FWIW: (1) I was giving some historic context to a genuine question with a well known anecdote (nb, source); and (2) my team won. But apart from that...
Would you really like to "move on" now?
teamhurtmore . . . "Work hard to get the ball, present it to the pretty boys on a plate"
You've probably seen this before, but just in case http://ealingrugby.co.uk/?p=14008
😀 Thx hadn't seen that before
You can moan about me all you want, but dont pretend what THM posted isnt inflammatory and unecessary in this context.Why not just admit we watched a great game of rugby and unfortunately the team he supports lost, rather than quote all that shite?
Everything THM posts is inflammatory and unnescessary but I'm a bit lost with the rest of your post.
Still, onwards come on Scotchland TJ deserves it!!
#jesuisTJ
Just finished watching that. I particularly enjoyed the way the ref let things go when it didn't matter.
AA, I take It that means you and me in Brokeback Mountain 2 is a non-starter or are you just playing hard to get?
Great game proper test match.
For me a case of giving mom to someone on the losing side as thought Tipuric was immense.
Tipuric was immense.
On current form, I'm struggling to think of a game when he wasn't. He's the best centre in the northern hemisphere. Just happens to play on the flank. A glorious rugby player.
Agreed it was quality rugby, and had we been chasing the game for 40 mins I'd have been more or less ok with that. Just gutting from a partisan point of view that's all.
But still good to see such ambition and more creativity from Wales, even if they couldn't make it count often enough.
I enjoyed that. Watched the Wales / England game after my shift.
Standouts Itoje and 1/2p for me with mention for Liam Williams who looked dangerous all game, Launchbury for 23 tackles. Two great last ditch tackles from 1/2p and good with the ball all game. and Itoje was everywhere. I see why he is so rated from that performance
18 years since we won in Paris. Maybe I could hope to dare to dream but................ 18 years!
We will have to be better than we were against Ireland to win. Expect much the same from Scotland. Aggressive defence going for turnovers and interceptions. High risk / high reward attacking play mainly thru Russell with Hogg and Maitland given a lot of license to roam. Scrums are going to me tough since still no Nel and Dickinson but apart from that its pretty much a full choice team. Scotland will score 3 tries - but will that be enough to win?
Wales England stand outs?
Moriarty?
aye - him as well - couple of real momenteum changing tackles
That was some game,couldn't pick a winner until the last try. But games as close as that are always going to be decided by the thinnest of margins.
18 years since we won in Paris. Maybe I could hope to dare to dream but................ 18 years!We will have to be better than we were against Ireland to win. Expect much the same from Scotland. Aggressive defence going for turnovers and interceptions. High risk / high reward attacking play mainly thru Russell with Hogg and Maitland given a lot of license to roam. Scrums are going to me tough since still no Nel and Dickinson but apart from that its pretty much a full choice team. Scotland will score 3 tries - but will that be enough to win?
Despite yesterday's cracker, I wonder if this might be the game of the w/e. Two teams billed as resurgent means neither side can afford to loose. Didn't watch much of France last week but think if Scotland can score first and build on the confidence of last week they can do it. Agree scrums will be hard but hopefully not too decisive
