Wales will only win 2 of the A I’s and that will be tough 😕 lucky for me I keep telling myself they dont matter and its a money making exercise for the WRU

@pigface if you cannot beat the Southern Hemisphere in the friendly AI’s you are never going to beat them in a tournament which matters, i.e. the RWC. Hopefully the Lions success will install a winning mentality for Wales.

@Ijs you have a point

england could win the World Cup if the ref helps them like Saturday 😉

jambayla I cant see Wales turning over New Zealand ever, The Boks are very strong at the moment, I think we can beat them if our first choice are all on the pitch together the astral alignement is correct and the seer of Tonypandy deems it so.

That is not going to be this Saturday.

england could win the World Cup if the ref helps them like Saturday

Jeez, Tondu could win the RWC with that sort of help! 😉 (@ Saes, that’s a joke ok? )

That’s the ridiculous thing though, isn’t it – Wales could win on Saturday. They have a team strong enough to do it. But having beaten SA, a team that regularly beats NZ, Wales would be totally unable to kick on and compete against NZ. All in the head!

Jings;the English supporters are all turning into Celts!
Look at it this way,Sat will be a chance for 12T,Ashton and Tomkins to ram the negative press right down everybodys throats when they face Nonu,Smith and Dagg.Likewise Robshaw and V-P will be able to show that the hype surrounding McCaw and Reid is just paper talk.
Cheer up guys;Dilly Dally will no doubt have a piece (including diagrams) on how England can beat the AB’s in at least one of the papers. To do this, his diagrams will involve a drone strike during a certain dance.

A_a; do you think that the regionalisation of the clubs has messed things up further in this regard?
Only 4 pro teams, limiting the amount of talent which can be developed?

Top five rugby tough nuts…
Absolutely brilliant. Why can’t our rugby coverage be that FUNNY?! I’m laughing so loud I think I’ve upset the neighbours 😆
Lima’s hit on Hougaard was so funny. Looked like he was saying “Someone call this guy an ambulance” after!

Chabal?!? 😆

Funny clip though. Thing is, football gets that kind of funny stuff as well as serious stuff here. Why can’t rugby do the same? It’s so bloody serious all the time (apart from Internet forums of course).

Gents;Being new to twitter,any funny rugby feeds I should be following?

This whole concept is very interesting. Consider England Vs Wales – Our record is nigh on 50/50 over the past 100 years. But England vs any southern hemisphere team compared with Wales vs any other southern hemisphere team and England come out on top. If only Wales could channel their hatred elsewhere they would be world beaters..

Really? QF, RU, 4th, QF, Champs, RU, QF – record that suggest and merits high expectations, surely. But….

….partly true although I am not sure about your causation!!! We were v conservative on Saturday for sure. I long for the days when we will see an England 3/4 line attacking the ball at pace, using the correct angles and executing some exciting moves. But am resigned to more flat balls, and attempts to muscle across the gain line….yawn.

The original Total Rugby thesis had much to admire in it, but the way Eng and others interpret this – usually having the from rows playing in the centre positions in the 2 phase onwards – is a backward not a forward (excuse the pun) step IMO.

On Gatland I can’t decide is he:

1. Very astute and a master of gamesmanship or
2. Thick, rude and just a bit of a ****?

Either way, he gets results!!!

Edit: I get the swear filter thing now!! Sounds like cat!!! Can’t be bothered to edit the damn autocorrect stuff though!!!

Have england ever played total rugby? I think you dont see england players hitting the line at speed and running angles is because 1 it is coached out of them, 2 they are not good enough to play that kind of game, physically yes but not in speed of thought.

england have always played the same way grind them to pulp at the front and then let the show ponies exploit the gaps, that and a kicker won the world cup. It can put pay to the majority of teams but with South Africa and New Zealand playing the way they do then everyone is playing catch up.

Pigface – no.
I quite like your assessment

Its a succinct way of describing what really annoys me about english rugby, we have too many show ponies who think they are going to crash the line and score from halfway, instead of drawing the man and making an excellent offload.

To my basic way of understanding the game – if you examine your average All Black – he appears dedicated to making space for his team mate to score – one excellent way of doing that is to draw as many men into tackling you and then release the ball to the next player – sooner or later you get a massive hole in the defence and you score. Our backs seem to think that they should physically bore the hole in the defence..

Unattached – 😉

I hope spikey has a good game, pished or not!

At RWCs, yes. That’s not the point though. The games which are not RWC games are opportunities to test and develop new players and tictacs, but the pressure to win every game(as demonstrated by the comment I mentioned) makes the coaches stick to what they know (aptly described by pigface). If we want to score more tries and play some running rugby; we will lose a few games on the way which doesn’t seem to be acceptable, even in low consequence matches (like the AIs).

Is getting to the QF of the world cup a great result for a team with the resources of england.

No not really, but then you are squaring wrecker’s circle!

wrecker, you think the coaching sucks? I’m not doubting it btw, well, I really have no idea, anyway, how so?