Watch it back yourself I’m back watching football now.
I've already seen it. It looked fine to me, apart from latching on and elbows on the floor POM.
So, onto England. Fun and games with a fire alarm at 5am in the hotel this morning, yet, can they tighten up and bring the win. Shields should outplay Robshaw and snuffle de Klerk, plenty of fire on the bench. Weakness is 9/10 and 13/11 channels IMO.
England to win by 6.
Itoje is going to get an old school ****ing soo if he's not careful!
Penalty after penalty.... ffs
One of those too-painful-to-watch England performances.
Oh well, looking forward to the U20s tomorrow.
Good grief. Poor . SA doing whatever they like.
What a mess . On the plus side, Cips was electric for 5 minutes. Should start next week and cement his place as a number 2 10. We need an effective centre outside Farrell also .
Itoje and Maro V hero's to zeros .
Oh Ben Young's, what a ****. Grow up man, you know better .
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=guiy0xwFQ08
Still got a lot to learn from the england interview coach!!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fuSQEsVgnWE
Geez! What a completely brain dead performance.
SA are not that good a side but we just handed it to them.
No leadership, no decision making and almost a complete lack of basic skills such as catching a ball or even holding on to a ball.
Ben Youngs - honestly, what can you say. Idiotic choices. He always fails to deliver when the chips are down.
Nathan Hughes - obviously far from the sharpest knife in the draw.
Mako - when he's good he's great but when he's not, he's abysmal
Jamie George - never quite filled Hartley's shoes has he?
Brown - pish
The rest look like they've played too much rugby because they have.
Profoundly glad we're not touring NZ......
Jamie George – never quite filled Hartley’s shoes has he?
I admit I only half watched it whilst bike fettling but George looked better than Hartley to me.
George looked better than Hartley to me.
Maybe but England's set-piece has always seemed more solid with Hartley present.
Besides, he's a better captain than that mouthy little gobsh*te.......
I listened to it on the radio and they were talking a lot about Englands decision to be based at sea level when first 2 matches were at altitude. ie players not used to the altitude and get knackered really quickly.
Where in sweet merry hell have they found this 'singer'?!
That was painful.
I listened to it on the radio and they were talking a lot about Englands decision to be based at sea level when first 2 matches were at altitude. ie players not used to the altitude and get knackered really quickly.
TBF its established practise if you dont have time to acclimatise
....and on the subject of England..... we're ****ed! Properly ****ed, Slade isn't up to scratch internationally, neither is Hughes. So many issues throughout the team though, we went over an hour today without scoring. We'll be lucky to get out of our group at the RWC!
Happy with that, not great, but hey a wins a win.
And more importantly a series win.
Let’s hope we make it 3 out of 3 in Cape Town. 🤙🏻
[i]Slade isn’t up to scratch internationally[/i]
Thought that last week, but he was even worse today. Looks like a kid out there.
Here, how much better are SA without that dodgy haircut at no.10?! Always wondered how he got in the squad.
Good start from the welsh kids.
And then Argentina get a try. Still 5:19 @ half time
Someone call the AA. One chariot, on the hard shoulder. Borked.
https://twitter.com/DuncanBech/status/1008066569711341573?s=19
That Josh Adams try, though!
First time I've caught the Rugby on Channel 4....how crap is their coverage?! Also, how shit are Argentina?! Impressed with Ellis Jenkins though.
Marler needs a ban if the swearing thing is true, that Saffa crowd did look like a pretty rough bunch though!
Impressed with Ellis Jenkins though.
He's quality.
Tips
Warbs (we hope)
Navidi
Jenkins
Davies
Young
Not bad
A lot of top 7s in Wales at the moment.
Not a patch on either Robshaw or Haskell! Jesus
Well this summers kids have done so well, all so positive...not the welsh way!
Did the arg physio just punch moriarty?
Thank god we finished with a red card! Some gloom at last!
Looks like Mako is heading home for "personal" reasons. Genge has already left apparently.
Russia have just given Canada another hammering, although at least Canada put a few more points on the board.
A few red cards today too, the choke hold was pretty special, especially the refusal to instantly let go when the ref is right there.
Falls unlucky (more so Barrett), but also a bit reckless, can't be having players land on their heads, even if the intent and 'challenge' were not malicious.
Just saw the Moriarty thing. Disgusting, I hope he gets a f***ing long ban for that.
And Daniel Hourcade has quit as Argentina coach. He'll see out the Scotland game next week then step down.
Just saw the Moriarty thing. Disgusting, I hope he gets a f***ing long ban for that.
Games gone soft, what should an outside half expect when he punches an 8?? 😉
There seems to be a lot of wailing coming from the north.
Not sure I agree with this red card. Just because BB jumped higher?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jXuYqN2sUzI
This on the other hand is a stone cold red, think the 10 should have got a yellow too for his first to the face in clear out.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=r49xuqctSco
Physio should have been carded too, collapsed a maul in the first half too the ****!!
Hopefully this works. When backs have a brawl... 🙂
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<h1 class="">Challenging players in the air - Law 10.4(i)</h1>
<p class=""><b>Play on</b> – Fair challenge with both players in a realistic position to catch the ball. Even if the player(s) land(s) dangerously, play on</p>
<b>Penalty only</b> – Fair challenge with wrong timing - No pulling down
<b>Yellow card</b> – Not a fair challenge, there is no contest and the player is pulled down landing on his back or side
<b>Red card</b> – It’s not a fair challenge with no contest, whilst being a reckless or deliberate foul play action and the player lands in a dangerous position
https://laws.worldrugby.org/index.php?domain=9&guideline=8&language=EN
Looking at that and the videos on the link I think Fall is a yellowat worst, goes for the ball but gets beaten. He doesnt attempt to tackle or pull down BB but the "contest" is very one sided.
Things seem to change so quickly in rugby, only 3 months ago tjagain said:
Wales are below Scotland in the world rankings and have been for a while. They are not a better team Scotland will finish this 6N higher than Wales. Aus have a higher ranking but Scotland beat them home and away. do not make the mistake of thinking England played badly. They met the real scotland and scotland made them look bad by outplaying them, out thinking them and being better coached with better tactics
Its a classic – scotland only win because the opposition were rubbish!
I’m not scared of Ireland like I was of England. Sure an away win is hard but I think we have the players to beat them
I refred to the rankings as I think it shows the true strength of teams. England are rightly clear of the rest in second place although I don’t know what this will do to the rankings
Will Scotland beat Argentina?
Wonder if Sanchez will be cited?
Still I doubt he will try and cheapshot a forward again!!
Not sure I agree with this red card. Just because BB jumped higher?
I agree. I don’t see that anyone can get a red card for trying to play the ball. If he had looked to see where the jumper was before going for the catch he would have got a red for deliberately taking him out. No way of winning that situation unless you can jump higher.
Who is the Irish ex-player commentating? The one who thinks any penalty offence in the 22 is a yellow, and doesn’t understand the subtlety of a deliberate knock-on in open play compared to slapping the ball out of the 9s hands while in a ruck. He’s slightly more biased than Nicol.
Farrell - “We’re trying to play rugby.” Just after Vunipola had slapped the player on the floor. Stay classy Owen. 😂
And yes a_a, the physio did punch Moriarty.