Rugby 2023-24 World Cup Year!

I’ve actually moved from the back of the sofa to the front! For now! Not the the mullering from the off I was expecting, though I know there’s plenty of time for that. C’mon England!

Big call to put Pollard on – probably right though, but why the hell not start with him??

What a thriller.

Itoje interfering with a player going forward from the ground.

Well that’s a surprise. It’s the hope that kills you. 

I’m fearing for my finger nails!

Well **** my old boots, who’d have thought?

Well I i wasn’t expecting that score at half time!

Not exactly exciting but SA not being allowed to play they probably want to.

It’s the hope that kills you. 

Very much this. 😳😬😬😬😬😬

It’s a lucky sofa now !! 🫣 but for how long? 🥴

Little tense but not a great first half. Still we’ve finished the first half  in the lead, England can never been ruled out completely. 

How smug are all the predictors feeling now? 🤔

Not over yet

This game is **** dire.

Stick it up the jumper lads

How smug are all the predictors feeling now?

Easy now.   They’ve just learned our game plan, likely a very different 40 mins to come. 

Big call to put Pollard on – probably right though, but why the hell not start with him?

They’ve always had a habit of not knowing what to do at no.10… remember when they always picked Elton Jantjies and he was hopeless!

They usually make substitutions in batch too, don’t they? Ol Razzy seems to be having a mare 😁

Shittest game of the tournament, easily.

I landed in Paris this afternoon, it was 40mph winds and pissing down.

If we can get another 3………..

Well, that’ll do!!😎

Can someone who knows about rugby explain why SA are always kicking the ball away when it’s clearly not working?

South Africa obviously still not recovered after the brutal physical pounding they took from Scotland a few weeks ago. Well that’s what my glass of whisky has just told me. 😀

English scrum beginning to creak

Aren’t SA just really terrible today?

Edit: just noticed how much it’s raining.

Dull yes. Six penalties and a drop goal FFS.

Like watching paint dry for a neutral this. Good on England though but **** my boots it’s dull.

Where’s that **** sofa!!!

Bugger. 

Oops

Fair enough, SA are clearly the better side. If England pull this off it will be a hard fought – and deserved – miracle.

Hold it together lads!

Now it’s interesting.

Double bugger!

Bugger ☹️

Brave from England, but felt inevitable once the English scrum started to struggle. 

Ah Bollocks

Unlucky England.  Won in the front row replacements

“It’s the hope that kills you”…

Why did they go down the blind side on that last play?

And the commentators still only talking about England… It’s the disrespect that really annoys me.

Bollocks! Well played England.