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Glad Wales seem to have stopped falling off tackles like the first 15 minutes!
How immense is Faletau?! 😀
Bit of a dodgy looking tackle by England on 20 minutes too 😕
Cracking game!
Looks like the ref is a big fan of League, tackle made, only the attacking side are allowed to be near the ball afterwards.
Who is that lass in the Welsh number 2 shirt?
Who is that lass in the Welsh number 2 shirt?
Why not go and ask him that yourself! 😉
Ford is really worrying me. He looks like a rabbit in the headlights at the moment. How the rest of the back line are supposed to play around that is beyond me.
Vunipola totally neutralised so far.
Ford is looking shaky, I'd agree.
But.....Waaay too early to call still!
Pretty it's Mel Gibson in the Welsh 2 shirt
Pretty [sure] it's Mel Gibson in the Welsh 2 shirt
😀
Ford is looking shaky, I'd agree.
Yes, but the knock-on uncertainty in the centres in particular could be costly.
Ooooooh.
Classy drop goal.
Hit that right out of the screws.
Well played Wales.
I fupping love drop goals!
Open play gambling!
I had Wales for 19 points on the predictor game at work. That's at risk at this rate.
England look more dangerous. Wales settled line up playing to advantage. If wales score first it will be a big ask for england.
Hahaaaa you go girlfriend jiffy 🙂
England need to get the ball, get down field and stick around. There are scrum penalties to be had here. The problem for me is that I'm not sure Ford is the right fly half to maneuver England into the money areas.
England being quite cute running warburton meaning he cant jackel. Makes tackle monkey Lydiate redundant too.
One thing about being harsh on Ford, though. His time is cut down by Youngs. He always, always takes a step to pass. I hate it when scrum halves don't whip the pass arms only sometimes, when an extra half yard could make the difference.
Lots of egg chasing but not much skill. The one moment was that clipped pass thru for the England try. Oh hang on that was footbalish!
Ref having a mare for me, penalising england for not rolling away, but not penalising wales, surely consistency is a given at this level
Top drawer by Joseph. From a standing start.......
What a ****ing try! Joseph has been mighty impressive
Yes!
Nice one JJ!!
Thats better
Game on
(Jiffy spot on about the panto at the start)
Game on, enjoying this as a neutral. Poor Wales defence
Finally ref.(throw in)
Both sides need to think at the breakdown
:-/ marler was have a stellar game
Mako Vunipola can't scrummage for shit
Wales are going to lose this now. 🙁
Alas you're right CFH
Not a great start to the campaign. England forwards excellent.
I hope the ref isn't going to win the match. That would be a travesty.
North is getting knocked out far too often 🙁
Big HT team talk, but agree with Sir C about subs.
Really don't like captains (or other players) saying, "Ref, ref, look at the replay!"
Regardless of what side they're on, by the way.
Reeks of soccer.
Get in
DanW - Member
North is getting knocked out far too often
Yup, that slow-mo looked nasty.
Cap'n I was thinking exactly the same. That and the constant appealing for infringements
Novice question, why do tacklers sometimes try to hold up the ball carrier?
oof!
To get the scrum
Is Lancaster going to take all our best players off?
FFS
YESSSSSSSSSS
Think I'll go to bed now.
Can't say I'm at all surprised, mind you.
Yes yes yes !!
TAKE THAT WELSHIES.
Don't. Get. In.
Fantastico!
also, thx thm.
Yes yes yes !!TAKE THAT WELSHIES.
Yep, because cheating means you don't get the try! 😀
Yeeeessss!
Wtf!!
NOOOOOOOO
Thats bullshit to be fair
Kryton57 - Member
Yes yes yes !!TAKE THAT WELSHIES.
Quoted for historical purposes
😉
Robshaw a little too desperate to have a chat with the ref there.
Jeez.
That's ****ing shit refereeing I'm afraid.
No try. One of those nebulous decisions that both codes suffer from too much IMO.
England are the better side, with a game surely won by their forwards.
But come on you boyos!
Was that the bit of pre-game briefing about dummy running doing its job then?
England have deserved it to be fair. Wales have made life very hard for themselves all second half
If that was crossing, then half the tries that are scored from 5-10 yards in the Premiership are also no try.
England have deserved it to be fair. Wales have made life very hard for themselves all second half
Spot on. England have deserved this, but Wales have really let themselves down. Badly.
TAKE THAT WELSHIES.
Take it easy...!
Have to say England fair winners.
Bloody brilliant!'!!!!! Great second half.
Even 36 played well when he came on!!!
Well done England.
Ace!
Good game chaps, great contest and a good advert for the worlds greatest sport.
See you at the world cup!
Good win that. Not the Wales I was expecting to see though. They were flattered by that scoreline.
You BEAUTY!
More like a guerrilla war than a brilliant campaign, but who cares.
Brilliant. England played the right game 2nd half. Nice.
Sorry about my enthusiasm. Nice to be proved right though. Not bad for a second string team. 😉
+1 DanW
English forwards made a great platform for excellent defending throughout. Welsh frustratingly unable to penetrate the three quarters and some suspect kicking from Biggar. Only Halfpenny really stood out.
Well played England.
Proper corker that. Great start to the tournament. A couple of bottles of nice welsh cider now seem like a fitting accompaniment rather than a terrible omen.
Not really sure what wales thought they were trying to do second half.
The team that scored the most tries won. No problems with that. Well done England.
Cracking start to the tournament.
Oof..
First half I thought Wales were cruising to a comfortable win.
England moved up several gears in the 2nd, faster at the breakdown, faster through the hands, bigger tackles. That last Welsh attack Wales were throwing the kitchen sink at the English line to no avail.
Now, can someone remove this sofa from my arse...
Finally we saw a promising set of backs in an England team.
Great to see some mutual respect amongst fans and players alike. Great crowd in the Millennium, and a good friendly vibe on here too.....*raises a glass to Welsh and England fans one and all*
Oddly enough at half time, it didn't feel that bad as were playing ok with strong set pieces. But still didn't expect to dominate 2H like that.
Still worried about sub strategy.
Who were the better centres?
Great to see some mutual respect amongst fans and players alike. Great crowd in the Millennium, and a good friendly vibe on here too.....*raises a glass to Welsh and England fans one and all*
*Raises glass*
That's one of the things I love most about rugby.
Wales suffered from being overly hyped up by the media! 🙂
If only Haskell hadn't run into the post lol.
I think Burrell had a poor game - almost as if he were told not to hang on to the ball. If he had he'd have mad us look a lot better. Watson looks good and needed policing by Wales, May got better I think maybe we have a back line that can score as well as defend. At last.
I don't want to point the finger at any one individual but it is frustrating to see North stutter for Wales. It is kind of all of nothing with him sometimes for Wales in attack and teams know he can't kick and can be found wanting in defense. It is a shame that the honest trier wasn't given more of a run out especially after North got knocked out twice. Jenkins scrumaging, Webbs kicks and the general slipping off tackles gave England all the momentum they needed. Everything else went downhill from there.
Fair play to the Bath boys and Youngs for England- playing what is in front of you will have the potential to run teams ragged. As soon as they had Wales turned everything looked possible and more often than not Brown made things happen. Not all teams will give them that freedom but the forwards did well to earn them that time.
Roll on the rest of the matches!