Rugby World Cup 2019

[paul_e]

I doubt it, there were a couple of marginal penalties in a fairly long defensive set. It wasn't a sign that the discipline was going and there wasn't a warning, it was just some tiring players making small mistakes.

Any other team and no one would talk about discipline but because England have had problems before it's something people come out with far too quickly. The truth is that this has been a supremely disciplined performance despite some provocations by the Aussies.

[Villan For Life]

Game over!

[Meanwood Villa]

Fantastic stuff. Well done England.

[PaulWinch again]

Brilliant effort

[Villan For Life]

Job done, what a fantastic performance. Defensively strong and disciplined, we let the Aussies have the majority of pressure but they weren’t able to do anything with it. At crucial moments they made the wrong calls and could not cope with our discipline.

[paul_e]

Superb performance, excellent defence, clinical attack and stuck to the game plans perfectly. Hard to call a motm because the whole team were excellent. At a push I'd go for curry i think but it really is one from about 10.

[taylorsworkrate]

Says a lot about the defensive effort when the opposition has 64% of the ball and is nulified to that extent. The line speed was exceptional and highly encouraging that we didn't tire despite the high tackle count.

Was genuinely funny the way Garces basically called the TMO an idiot for not thinking the pass was forward on the disallowed try at the end.

[PaulWinch again]

Really hope May isn’t injured.

[taylorsworkrate]

Not seen anything about him being injured. He appeared fine

[luke:lamf]

Was genuinely funny the way Garces basically called the TMO an idiot for not thinking the pass was forward on the disallowed try at the end.

Personally I think all the refs, linesmen and TMOs are idiots for not spotting the repeated forward passes during a game. I'm vaguely aware the law has changed since my days of not enjoying playing rugby at school, and it's now some fluff about a "backwards motion" (?). Still, the amount of plain old forward passes that players pretend are flat and refs turn a blind eye too is enormous. And is one of many markers of me turning into an old man ranting at the telly.

[Proposition Joe]

Says a lot about the defensive effort when the opposition has 64% of the ball and is nulified to that extent. The line speed was exceptional and highly encouraging that we didn't tire despite the high tackle count.

Was genuinely funny the way Garces basically called the TMO an idiot for not thinking the pass was forward on the disallowed try at the end.

The TMO was from New Zealand - we all know how the Harlem Globetrotters are regarding forward passes.

As for England, that was such an encouraging performance because every time Australia got a foothold and we had "watch us bottle it from here" moments, we held our nerve and struck back.

[luke:lamf]

Wow, during the haka (massive indulgence that it is), it sounded as if pretty much the entirety of Ireland is present in the stadium.

[Proposition Joe]

Wow, during the haka (massive indulgence that it is), it sounded as if pretty much the entirety of Ireland is present in the stadium.

Ruspict the haka!

[luke:lamf]

Ruspict the haka!

No.

It's a massive indulgence which allows NZ to try and intimidate their opponents, who also cool down whilst standing still, and they piss and whine about it like little babies if the opposition don't react exactly how they like (standing still, doing nothing, mentally and physically passive).

I'd love a team to do what the Irish did years ago and just walk right up to them and tell them to fuck off. Or what Campese did and just kick about in the in-goal and ignore it completely.

[Risso]

I always just remind my NZ mate of the 1970s version:

https://youtu.be/emJyEa4z2Ec