2015 Posted February 8, 2022 Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 I'm not really a Rugby guy but do take a passing interest in any Sport when England play. It seems to me since the World Cup England have been woeful, and it's not English Arrogance to expect to beat Scotland and Wales at Sport but when you have more facilities and money spent you expect more than what has been put out in the six nations in the last 10-15 years. Thankfully our Football team is in a better position these days than Rugby which was never the case during the Golden Generation. There seems to me to be a lack of direction and hunger within English Rugby to truly dominate the 6 Nations unlike Wales or Ireland who seem to always have the bit between their teeth to not only beat us but to win the Grand Slam. The decisions being made on the Rugby field on Saturday has been happening for years as far back as when Stuart Lancaster was in charge, it's naivety, it happens every single time. I'd still rather be English though and have the better football side by quite a way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid in the Riot Posted February 8, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 1 hour ago, TonyTonyTony said: Another word is........excuses Injuries in Rugby happen all the time. Its not an excuse anymore What's the excuse for England losing to Scotland two years on the bounce? Five times as big a pool of players, all that money, high quality league, but can't beat Scotland?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyTonyTony Posted February 8, 2022 Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 2 minutes ago, Kid in the Riot said: What's the excuse for England losing to Scotland two years on the bounce? Five times as big a pool of players, all that money, high quality league, but can't beat Scotland?? Eddie Jones not picking in form players. Basically Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelRobartes Posted February 8, 2022 Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 To be fair I think Wales are in a bit of a transitional phase now. Of course everyone has to deal with injuries but missing the likes of AWJ, Owens, Tipuric, Navidi, Halfpenny and Faletau is a lot of experience left behind at the same time. Not ideal when you have Ireland in Dublin first up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILINFRANCE Posted February 8, 2022 Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 56 minutes ago, TonyTonyTony said: Eddie Jones not picking in form players. Basically Or perhaps, certainly this year anyway, picking in form players, watching them perform briliiantly, so well in fact that they score all your team's 17 points, and then taking them off with 20 minutes still to go. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Batman Posted February 11, 2022 Report Share Posted February 11, 2022 Bloke I used to play rugby with. His son used to be our waterboy.... He's currently on the bench for England u20's on iplayer. His name is Finn Thomas. We're 6-0 down to Italy with 15 mins to go. Finn will come on and win us the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BanburyRed Posted February 12, 2022 Report Share Posted February 12, 2022 Haha Scotland.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midred Posted February 12, 2022 Report Share Posted February 12, 2022 Getting interesting. Only France or Ireland can win the grand slam now and only Ireland the triple crown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityexile Posted February 12, 2022 Report Share Posted February 12, 2022 Thought Ireland were dead at half time. Back in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midred Posted February 12, 2022 Report Share Posted February 12, 2022 France hold on to win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Batman Posted February 12, 2022 Report Share Posted February 12, 2022 2 great games today. Guessing tomorrow will be a bore fest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted February 12, 2022 Report Share Posted February 12, 2022 Just now, The Batman said: 2 great games today. Guessing tomorrow will be a bore fest. England playing their joker...............Italy ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midred Posted February 13, 2022 Report Share Posted February 13, 2022 Any ideas why the bbc website doesn't give the same service to rugby games, ie match stats, live reporting etc? They just give the bare minimum, not even minutes played! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted February 13, 2022 Report Share Posted February 13, 2022 Bit turgid that second half in Rome, but we did what we had to. I always wonder what Italy get out of Six Nations. It must be almost as depressing for their fans as it is for those following City away. Georgia are above Italy in the world rankings, so wouldn't it make sense to make it the Seven Nations? Then at least there will be some contest over who gets the wooden spoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid in the Riot Posted February 13, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2022 Great day out in Cardiff yesterday and a cracking game too. Certainly an interesting decision by Biggar to take the drop goal, but ultimately paid off! Cymru am byth! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Shadow Posted February 13, 2022 Report Share Posted February 13, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Red-Robbo said: Bit turgid that second half in Rome, but we did what we had to. I always wonder what Italy get out of Six Nations. It must be almost as depressing for their fans as it is for those following City away. Georgia are above Italy in the world rankings, so wouldn't it make sense to make it the Seven Nations? Then at least there will be some contest over who gets the wooden spoon. Or would it be better to go back to the five nations? At least every game is competitive then, ie the result could go either way. At the moment it's merely a training exercise for whoever is playing Italy. Alternatively perhaps relegation for the bottom team could be introduced, with that team being replaced by whoever is the highest ranking European team? 1 minute ago, Red Shadow said: Edited February 13, 2022 by Red Shadow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted February 14, 2022 Report Share Posted February 14, 2022 On 12/02/2022 at 22:01, The Batman said: 2 great games today. Guessing tomorrow will be a bore fest. You were right. A game full of mistakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyTonyTony Posted February 14, 2022 Report Share Posted February 14, 2022 France by far the best team. Strong up front, creative and Dupont a total beast. Cannot wait for England Wales in a couple of weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelRobartes Posted February 14, 2022 Report Share Posted February 14, 2022 3 hours ago, TonyTonyTony said: France by far the best team. Strong up front, creative and Dupont a total beast. Cannot wait for England Wales in a couple of weeks. Agreed. They won almost every collision on Saturday. We made a lot of errors and indiscipline in the first half cost us in the end but don't think we played particularly badly and did very well to hang in there and get a LBP in the end. Most teams would have probably lost that by some margin considering how well France played. The only part of their game which looked below par was the lineout which came as a bit of a surprise with Woki and others there but I suppose you can't have it all. Can't see past France for the Grand Slam now with Scotland and Wales away and England at home, but you never know. I wouldn't be dissatisfied with finishing second on the basis that we have to go to Twickenham. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Batman Posted February 23, 2022 Report Share Posted February 23, 2022 On 11/02/2022 at 20:31, The Batman said: Bloke I used to play rugby with. His son used to be our waterboy.... He's currently on the bench for England u20's on iplayer. His name is Finn Thomas. We're 6-0 down to Italy with 15 mins to go. Finn will come on and win us the game. Team news just come out. He makes his first England Start tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelRobartes Posted February 24, 2022 Report Share Posted February 24, 2022 Teams named for England - Wales: England: Steward; Malins, Slade, Tuilagi, Nowell; Smith, Randall; Genge, Cowan-Dickie, Sinckler, Ewels, Itoje, Lawes (Capt), Curry, Dombrandt. Replacements: George, Marler, Stuart, Isiekwe, Simmonds, Youngs, Ford, Daly. Wales: L Williams; Cuthbert, Watkin, Tompkins, Adams; Biggar (capt), T Williams; W Jones, Elias, Francis, Rowlands, Beard, Moriarty, Basham, Faletau. Replacements: Lake, G Thomas, Brown, S Davies, Morgan, Hardy, Anscombe, J Davies. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted February 24, 2022 Report Share Posted February 24, 2022 Quite like that team. Good to see Randall start Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyTonyTony Posted February 24, 2022 Report Share Posted February 24, 2022 5 minutes ago, Super said: Quite like that team. Good to see Randall start Randall/Smith axis looks potentially very good. With Tuilagi smashing open a few holes it could be an entertaining game - i think it will be quite an open game. Cannot wait. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted February 24, 2022 Report Share Posted February 24, 2022 Tuilagi injured in training this afternoon and has withdrawn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted February 24, 2022 Admin Report Share Posted February 24, 2022 No worries, the Bristol boys will win it for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted February 24, 2022 Report Share Posted February 24, 2022 1 minute ago, phantom said: No worries, the Bristol boys will win it for us. Not knowing much about egg chasing, which are the Bears contingent ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slacker Posted February 25, 2022 Report Share Posted February 25, 2022 3 hours ago, slartibartfast said: Not knowing much about egg chasing, which are the Bears contingent ? Randall and Sinckler starting against Wales. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted February 25, 2022 Admin Report Share Posted February 25, 2022 Was part of the filming of BBC Wales' Sin Bin TV show last night, was an entertaining recording. Max Boyce has many an amusing anecdote, and Gareth Thomas is hilarious, just a shame most of what he said won't make the cut 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted February 26, 2022 Report Share Posted February 26, 2022 Really scrappy game so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BanburyRed Posted February 26, 2022 Report Share Posted February 26, 2022 Lack of fluency, scrums are a disaster area......we look better when Dombrandt is in the game, Marcus Smith clever, Jack Nowell missing a few tackles. Overall England in control, but Wales dangerous in broken play. Next score could be key. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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