International Rugby

[PaulWinch again]

I don’t think you have to write Farrell off. At top form he’s a bloody good player - the problem is picking him irrespective of form.

[paul_e]

I don’t think you have to write Farrell off. At top form he’s a bloody good player - the problem is picking him irrespective of form.

I think part of the problem right now is that farrell, george, the vunipolas and a few others got dropped for poor performance and now they're all back despite the replacements doing a decent job and looking like they just needed to get more experience. It's like we've gone back to 2019 again.

[JD]

Yes, go Ireland, smashed the All Blacks tonight. What a great result.

[paul_e]

That England try is one of the best lineout moves ever, absolutely unstoppable.

[luke:lamf]

Forgot about the match entirely. Observation about that injury - the Aussie threw the ball away as he was injured, when play restarts it's an England scrum, but we didn't make any sort of sportsmanly gesture to give it back to Aus, just played on as if normal. Seems odd for a game which prides itself on sportsmanlike conduct. Is that the understanding ? Unlucky stuff happens but the oppo won't "even it up" ?

[Chico Hamilton III]

Adding nothing to the debate but I noticed that none of the adverts on the pitch are actually there. When you see behind the goal angles there are no adverts.

And Australia sponsored by Cadbury and Land Rover?

[ADVILLAFAN]

Well done Ireland

[paul_e]

poor second half from England again but this time we had enough on the board from our 'good half' to hang on. Papering over the cracks a little becuase a brilliant set piece try aside we never looked capable of threatening them.

[cdbearsfan]

Cheer up, they just beat Australia away. You make it sound like you've just lost to Samoa.

[Meanwood Villa]

Some right rubbish teams have beaten Australia away in recent years

[paul_e]

Cheer up, they just beat Australia away. You make it sound like you've just lost to Samoa.

Yes we won but mostly because of their poor discipline rather than because of anything we were doing. My biggest complaint is that we had Nowell and Freeman working their bollocks off to get on the shoulder of the carrier and the forwards went into contact instead, time after time, that's down to training and tactics because a lot of these players would be looking to move the ball on at club level.

[nigel]

World rankings
1 France, first time they’ve been top
2 Ireland
3 S Africa
4 New Zealand, lowest ever position
5 England
6 Australia
7 Scotland
8 Wales
9 Argentina

[paul_e]

Seems about right, I'd probably swap Ireland and SA but they're very close. England really should be up there as well but Jones seems to throw games every now and then so he can try a new tactic.

[nigel]

If Ireland hadn’t conceded that late try vrs NZ they would have been top.

I’m guessing Japan are 10th as Georgia and Italy are 11 and 12 respectively

[Hillbilly]

Don’t want to jinx it but Ireland are wiping the floor with All Blacks.