Congratulations to Wales getting to play one more game than England 😉

If the Wales result against England had gone the other way I don’t think there’d be a cry of “Henry must go” and it it wan’t for the obsession with Farrell Jnr and Burgess I’d be happy for Lancaster to stay.

SL would still have to carry the can for letting AF walk all over him even if he’d done nothing else wrong. He was supposed to be in charge. However, he did almost everything else wrong too. In 4yrs he has created nothing and still had no idea who his best 15 or 30 or even 50 were going into the RWC.

Lack of leadership both on and off the field has hurt England the most. Continuity is all very well but only if the thing being continued is any good – which it isn’t.

Ian Ritchie must go too. A good businessman but sadly lacking any understanding of rugby. He’s the clown who appointed Lancaster and if he stays then he may appoint another total failure.

Eddie Jones reported to be “…open to offers from the RFU…”

Yes please Eddie, when can you start?*

Eddie Jones reported to be “…open to offers from the RFU…”

He wrote a byline for the Daily Mail saying just that this morning, which was pretty quick off the mark, i thought.

Lancaster appointed himself really. He had a very good run of results as caretaker, and the media and the public got behind him. The irony.
I’d still go for either Malinder or Baxter.

A Farrell did the talking at the press conference. Looks like someone’s packing. Mind you AF sounded like an unrepentant man made to apologise.

Indeed, but I’m sure there’s a buy-out clause. Money talks.

Mind you, if the RFU had to buy him out and pay the fired coaches another year’s salary they’ll be paying a lot of money for nothing – which some might say they’ve been doing for the last 4 years anyway. 😉

Farrel Snr has a vid up on Facebook. The comments are pretty scathing to salt the least!

Fatty Gibbs?

I think that’s how he was referred to in Mickey Skinners wonderfully bad Out to Munch video.

Tait changed and changed back of course.

RU wing, RL full back, RU centre as I recall

So did Gibbs, he went from Swansea to League and back and was better for it. Ditto quite a few Welsh players – Paul Moriarty was awesome when he came back from League. The interesting player was Jiffy – he was rubbish when he came back. His heart wasn’t in it and he was just playing until he earned his money. He was even dropped into the Welsh team for a while and was dreadful.

The problem is that the bulk of RL players who come over to RU just take too long to learn the game. It may be based around the same shaped ball and all that but they really are two distinct sports.

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Thanks for your contribution,now best get back under your rock,eh?

…and now Jake White throws his hat in the ring for SL’s job.

Hooper one match ban misses Wales

That’s a few of them out then and Folau is a doubt as well, maybe just maybe.

Wales cannot beat Australia if both sides play like they have been doing. As such Wales should save themselves for the QF. Hooper deserves the ban, no point asking how that might have impacted the game as the loss to Wales was the killer.

I know I said no more England 😳

England side who cares really, just give some of the squad a run out. Farrell junior Lancaster cannot drop as that would make him look even more ridiculous.

I think there is a comparison of sorts to be made between Catt and Farrell. Catt was not an international quality flyhalf but excelled when moved to centre. Farrell jnr has not developed as a 10 and his passing is nothing like thank of Catts but IMO he needs to reinvent himself.

I’ll be in Germany…do they even know what rugby is?
Really want to see us do the Aussies…for England 😉

+1

Just shows how much the Aussies had England rattled. I actaully think there is a decent England team somewhere (unfortunately) but right now they aren’t beg game players.

So Warburton vs Pocock should be some turnovers and space to counter attack. And England did show that at times you can get around the Aussies, so if Wales are to win they need to execute well and take their chances. Not sure how Wales will manage in the scrum, i.e. manage not to give away a lot of penalties.