The Rugby Thread

[ostrov]

Absolutely brilliant if you support England. Sensational defence.

 

[Yid-ol]

@Barmy_in_Palmy u ok mate?!

 

[E17yid]

Only way England don’t win the final is if they think they’ve already won it

They have.

 

[SugarRay]

Curry, Itoje and Underhill in particular were sensational.

Itoje gave an ATG lock performance. He’s in the top bracket already at 24. Curry was great and Underhill better than both. He learnt his trade well @E17yid didnt he?

Fingers crossed it isn’t a case of England playing their final today. That was as good a performance from an England team as I’ve ever seen

 

[cider spurs]

Itoje gave an ATG lock performance. He’s in the top bracket already at 24. Curry was great and Underhill better than both. He learnt his trade well @E17yid didnt he?

Fingers crossed it isn’t a case of England playing their final today. That was as good a performance from an England team as I’ve ever seen

Itoje was my MOTM.

 

[Gb160]

Spurs should sign Itoje.

 

[SugarRay]

Spurs should sign Itoje.

Make a decent centre half

 

[E17yid]

Itoje gave an ATG lock performance. He’s in the top bracket already at 24. Curry was great and Underhill better than both. He learnt his trade well @E17yid didnt he?

Fingers crossed it isn’t a case of England playing their final today. That was as good a performance from an England team as I’ve ever seen

That line out aside he was very good. It was a team performance though. Curry and Underhill were outstanding too.

 

[Sandros Shiny Head]

SA better win tomorrow. A final against Wales is too soon after Liverpool in the CL

 

[teok]

I'm completely exhausted after watching that. That was amazing performance. Sounds dumb but that was like winning a final. Beating NZ is such a rare thing. I was looking at the stats before the game. I think NZ have won the the last 15/16 between us.

I need a lie down.

 

[E17yid]

SA better win tomorrow. A final against Wales is too soon after Liverpool in the CL

I think the players would rather play us than SA. Could be wrong. You’ll beat either anyway.

 

[spurs mental]

By my reckoning, Ireland softened up the All Blacks for England last weekend

 

[DiscoD1882]

Absolutely stunning performance.

 

[mpickard2087]

Mighty performance. I would say from 1-15, but then the bench didn't let up either when they came on - whether planned subs or reshuffles due to injury. Proper team effort that.

Still think we can play better than that, after 15-20 mins we lost most of our fluidity to the attack. It didn't matter though with the defensive shift we put in.

You can single out individuals, deservedly so, but in particular makes such a difference to now have a proper pair of flankers that set standards and command respect.

Hopefully no injuries that mean players miss the final, but didn't look great for Farrell and May in particular.

 

[SugarRay]

I'm completely exhausted after watching that. That was amazing performance. Sounds dumb but that was like winning a final. Beating NZ is such a rare thing. I was looking at the stats before the game. I think NZ have won the the last 15/16 between us.

I need a lie down.

Other than maybe South Africa, nobody beats them regularly anymore. Look at their overall record against everyone, only the Saffas can hold their heads up. Weirdly, I think France are 2nd best

 

[SugarRay]

I think the players would rather play us than SA. Could be wrong. You’ll beat either anyway.

You’ll be secretly delighted we won. All Blacks would take you apart in the final, you match up better with us and it’s a lot closer for various reasons ( history, England have pressure of favourites, familiarity etc etc )

 

[DaiT]

Absolutely great England performance. Going to be great day for me in NZ tomorrow.

 

[carmeldevil]

I looked at the past 10 match ups between NZ and England. Sure NZ has won pretty much all of them but many were close games. Now with England looking good, I rate their chances high to pull off an upset. Either way it’ll be a cracking game for sure.

Great game.

 

[E17yid]

You’ll be secretly delighted we won. All Blacks would take you apart in the final, you match up better with us and it’s a lot closer for various reasons ( history, England have pressure of favourites, familiarity etc etc )

So,if NZ would’ve beaten by 50 points how many are you going to put on us if we get to the final? 100?

My brother, who’s a twat, says he’s buzzing as if we get to the final against England it’s 50/50 but I can’t say I’m as optimistic

 

[DaiT]

You’ll be secretly delighted we won. All Blacks would take you apart in the final, you match up better with us and it’s a lot closer for various reasons ( history, England have pressure of favourites, familiarity etc etc )

Nòooooooo

We would rather have played the AB's.

Good to see Itoje win MOM .

He was outstanding.