Both Irish centres made breaks. It was never going to be a day for flowing three quarter moves given the game plan and the conditions. Great that Ireland were able to play a totally different game to the one employed against NZ in the autumn. Top marks so far for Schmitt.
well there was the one with the disallowed try where they seemed to move upfield through the irish at will. Prior to that the quick taps from Phillips, or the clean break from Roberts where he brushed aside some old bloke 😉
It was more the complete lack of ability to come up with a different game plan. Wales weren’t great but they weren’t that bad – Ireland had a plan to beat them and it worked, well.
Scotland have got the same out of this game as they have offered it. Bugger all. Duncan Weir – another one from the proud Scottish production line of gash fly halves. England have won in every department.
I also think Scott Johnson is very culpable. He seems to have set his side up solely on the basis of a wet ball and crap pitch. Zero ambition yields zero points.
Scotland were very poor again no attacking threat and poor discipline led to easy points for England. If England can keep first choice players fit they can still win the championship. Though it depends on someone else beating France and Ireland.
Oh god that was awful. Scotland have to improve our discipline as it was the final nail in the coffin tonight. How bad has our line-out become that we can lose almost as many as we win.
Just a bit of a mess of errors that snowballed. Not much positive to be taken from it. On to Italy for the wooden spoon decider ( if we are lucky and the Italians don’t turn over the French tomorrow?)
It’s hard to see how Scott Johnson earns his pay. That was dire. Scotland have good players but seem to have no ideas of how they want to play, felt sorry for the ever eager Denton! why take the best player off?
I guess England could have kicked a lot more points, but sad that they didn’t really push on and score more tries (perhaps they didn’t want to give their moves away 😉 for when it matters). At least we know want the call “ninja” means!!!!!!
Jake Ball over Coombs
Tips at 7 and Warbs at 6
Shit or bust with Lee at 3 and Rhodri Jones at 1? No idea why they keep putting R Jones at 3 when he seems to play 1 for Scarlets.
Who can we have in place of Liam Williams, he’s and honest trier but lacks class.
Maybe Charteris will return.
yes Farrell up to his usual petulance, its repulsive isn’t it. But don’t just single him out, plenty of other players are just as bad, eg you often see Phillips doing this, its just as repulsive..
I am an England support through and through, but I would quite like to see someone twot Farrell at some point. It’s the same old thing, no one likes people acting like arseholes, and it is good when they get their comeuppance. I’m thinking some hairy backed boer farmer playing for South Africa might get hold of him and spark him out.
Seems to be a lot more aggro this year. Maybe people think it ‘pumps’ them up and helps their performance. You want rugby still to have the physicality and aggression to it but the off the ball stuff is just niggly. Possibly since the advent of video refs people are looking for a reaction and getting an opponent carded.
Anyway my money is on spikey Mikey and Farrell having handbags as neither of them is actually going to properly **** the other.
yes Farrell up to his usual petulance, its repulsive isn’t it. But don’t just single him out, plenty of other players are just as bad, eg you often see Phillips doing this, its just as repulsive..
do you, dont get me wrong he’d start a fight in an empty phonebox but he’s usually the stand in front and have a go type. Not the push the smallest guy on the pitch over when he’s not looking type. Oh and he’d wipe the floor with Farrel but I doubt Farrel would be stupid enough to try that with spikey. Many much bigger and tougher guys than Farrel have had a pop at spikey, he takes it well. He was acting like a **** today but at least it shows he cares.
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