International Rugby

[cheltenhamlion]

Our back row looks too inexperienced to me. Haskell should have started and Itoje at lock. Unsurprisingly all of the Taff injury doubts are fit enough to play. Make them close the roof?

[peter w]

It really doesn't matter about the Welsh, their players, their roof, their great singing. If we play well we win.

[Jon Crofts]

Our back row looks too inexperienced to me. Haskell should have started and Itoje at lock. Unsurprisingly all of the Taff injury doubts are fit enough to play. Make them close the roof?

Ride out the first 30 minutes and stay in touch or better still equal or ahead and we'll win, our back row will be a big concern for the sheep botherers.  I really don't get this Welsh fixation with the roof, you've got a roof, so what.

[nigel]

It really doesn't matter about the Welsh, their players, their roof, their great singing. If we play well we win.

This.
I hope their injury 'worries', if they really are worries,  play because it will f**k them up as the game goes on.

[paul_e]

Wales - England women's is on right (sky sports 3) and is the most painfully 1sided game I've seen for a while, 0-31 on half hour and we've been toying with them. Touch more precision and we'd have 2-3 more tries, we've butchered 2 when it was easier to score.

[paul_e]

Wales - England women's is on right (sky sports 3) and is the most painfully 1sided game I've seen for a while, 0-31 on half hour and we've been toying with them. Touch more precision and we'd have 2-3 more tries, we've butchered 2 when it was easier to score.

Finished 0-63 and that flatters the welsh.

I missed the u20 game live but I've caught up now, Mercer at 8 was superb again, as were Randall and Umaga an 9 and 10.  The 2nd try showed why I think Cokanasiga will be special,  he got the ball with very little space and smashed through to make 10 yards and turn them and we just exploited the space.

[nigel]

Going to be an interesting Lions selection for the wing places. There are 8 who could have a good claim to go.

Normal service for the Irish,  but, God, Italy are woeful today

[paul_e]

If everyone is fit i suspect watson, north and hogg will be the first choice back 3. I'd be shocked if jj isn't the first choice at 13 as well.

[PaulWinch again]

Disappointing need to up our game. We dropped off badly for last 15.

[Jon Crofts]

Ford kicks it away with 10 seconds on the clock and kicked it away all last week, needs to cut it out or he'll be as bad as Toby Flood.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Amazing game.

[paul_e]

I thought England were very good. We nearly got done by individual errors at key times and they were from Youngs and Brown.  I'd be looking at replacing both next round.  I'm also far from convinced by Itoje at 6.

Our front 5 were immense though, and teo from the bench is a massive advantage.

2 weeks in a row we've been off our game against teams who've given it everything and we've won both, that is the impressive thing with this squad.

[UK Redsox]

Howley made a mistake by taking Moriarty off that early.

I know that the Welsh game plan involved kicking the ball in field but the players in the pitch should have ignored that and go pen row z with the kick that lead to the England try.

Also, what was my fellow Forester, Alex Cuthbert, doing by showing Daly the outside. Cuthbert's not got the pace to do that. He should have funnelled Daly back inside in the hope that cover was coming accross

[Villafirst]

England had 5 players out, but still had the strength in depth to see it through, and were certainly fitter and stronger than Wales in the last 15 minutes.

[Jon Crofts]

Joe Launchbury was immense, can't wait to see Haskell in from the start, I fear for Italy, I really do!