The Rugby Thread

[talkshowhost86]

Bit embarrassing how one-sided this is as a World Cup semi-final.

The authorities should rightly be criticised for this.

As should Wales.

 

[talkshowhost86]

Mexican waves

Says it all

Shambles

 

[talkshowhost86]

Turning off now. Waste of time of a semi-final unfortunately.

 

[Yid-ol]

Turning off now. Waste of time of a semi-final unfortunately.

Might just want to keep it turned off tomorrow also

 

[talkshowhost86]

Might just want to keep it turned off tomorrow also

Yeah I think it might go very similarly tomorrow and again it's a bit of a mockery of the tournament.

I hope England make a game of it, but if they don't...what a complete waste of a World Cup semi-final weekend.

 

[jolsnogross]

Strong AB performance there and predicted wash out compared to last weekend. More of the same tomorrow would be fine for an epic final.

 

[Barmy_in_Palmy]

I’ll bet my hat on it, if it wasn’t for Joe Schmidt, we wouldn’t have made the quarterfinals.

 

[IfiHadTheWings]

This was what i meant when i said the gloss was taken off the tournament with the draw.

Tomorrows game will hopefully be a lot more of a spectacle than that was tonight.

 

[TheHoddleWaddle]

This was what i meant when i said the gloss was taken off the tournament with the draw.

Tomorrows game will hopefully be a lot more of a spectacle than that was tonight.

Some.of us have a feeling it most definately will be a spectacle.

And depending on how it's going. I may end up taking mine off so I can't see the score.

 

[BorjeSpurs]

For someone that is very new to Rugby, can anyone tell me how South Africa are such big favourites today when these teams played in the last Rugby final against each other?

Have England lost many good players to retirement and SA have taken big steps since then or something?

 

[Yid-ol]

For someone that is very new to Rugby, can anyone tell me how South Africa are such big favourites today when these teams played in the last Rugby final against each other?

Have England lost many good players to retirement and SA have taken big steps since then or something?

Think of Leicester almost going down and then winning the league the year after, well England have gone the other way!

England struggled to win any games before the world cup, and even though they have won their games here, they still don't look great.

 

[TheHoddleWaddle]

For someone that is very new to Rugby, can anyone tell me how South Africa are such big favourites today when these teams played in the last Rugby final against each other?

Have England lost many good players to retirement and SA have taken big steps since then or something?

Simply put. The Eddie Jones effect. Look at negative man management in any work place. Spurs are a good example of late. Whilst he took England to a final, the squad has crashed under his tenure and there were signs before. All in all an odious man.

Borthwick is actually (I'm not a fan) doing a very good job since he had next to no world cup preparation time. Squad have responded well.

 

[TheHoddleWaddle]

Excellent work, then rather than going to ground kick away possession. Infuriating.

Good start though.

 

[Glasseye]

England fighting so far, but starting to see a few errors slipping in now

 

[TheHoddleWaddle]

Marler, doing marler things.

You know what. Brilliant start by England.

 

[TheHoddleWaddle]

Farrell is losing his cool too much.

That was a shit decision though

 

[talkshowhost86]

Farrell is a bad captain

 

[midoshairband]

ref loves being centre of it all, but Farrell just shut up man.

 

[Glasseye]

Farrell is a bad captain

Has lost his head far too early

 

[TheHoddleWaddle]

Pointless kick.