That average team haven't lost a game for a year to this day and made England look one dimensional.
Quote from: Tuscans on February 24, 2019, 08:37:24 PMThat average team haven't lost a game for a year to this day and made England look one dimensional.England made themselves look one dimensional, Wales had nothing to do with that aspect of the game.https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/wales-havent-beaten-anybody-note-15822630
Its unfair to say Wales didn't influence the result at all. It was noticeable that during the build up to their first try, their forwards wised up to the English tactic of committing no one to the maul, and picked and rolled from the base of the maul numerous times. They also realised that England had zero intention of keeping ball in hand, so adapted their defence accordingly.I will say that I think for how shambolic France were against us, in the 2nd half on Saturday we were not far off that level of ineptitude and point blank refusal to adapt to what the opposition was showing us. Jones, the coaching staff, Farrell and other established players have to shoulder a lot of the blame for that.Overall? I think Wales are a decent side that equate to greater than the sum of their parts. England, besides the odd performance here and there equate to lesser than the sum of their parts. It's been systemic in English rugby for years. One grand slam since 2003 with the player pool and resources of the RFU is a woeful return.
Its unfair to say Wales didn't influence the result at all. It was noticeable that during the build up to their first try, their forwards wised up to the English tactic of committing no one to the ruck, and picked and rolled from the base of the ruck numerous times. They also realised that England had zero intention of keeping ball in hand, so adapted their defence accordingly.I will say that I think for how shambolic France were against us, in the 2nd half on Saturday we were not far off that level of ineptitude and point blank refusal to adapt to what the opposition was showing us. Jones, the coaching staff, Farrell and other established players have to shoulder a lot of the blame for that.Overall? I think Wales are a decent side that equate to greater than the sum of their parts. England, besides the odd performance here and there equate to lesser than the sum of their parts. It's been systemic in English rugby for years. One grand slam since 2003 with the player pool and resources of the RFU is a woeful return.
Quote from: taylorsworkrate on February 25, 2019, 05:05:50 PMIts unfair to say Wales didn't influence the result at all. It was noticeable that during the build up to their first try, their forwards wised up to the English tactic of committing no one to the maul, and picked and rolled from the base of the maul numerous times. They also realised that England had zero intention of keeping ball in hand, so adapted their defence accordingly.I will say that I think for how shambolic France were against us, in the 2nd half on Saturday we were not far off that level of ineptitude and point blank refusal to adapt to what the opposition was showing us. Jones, the coaching staff, Farrell and other established players have to shoulder a lot of the blame for that.Overall? I think Wales are a decent side that equate to greater than the sum of their parts. England, besides the odd performance here and there equate to lesser than the sum of their parts. It's been systemic in English rugby for years. One grand slam since 2003 with the player pool and resources of the RFU is a woeful return.I'm not sure on the last point, I think grand slams are going to be a lot rarer going forward because the intensity of the games is so high that every team can have an off day.On the specifics of that try, live i thought Liam Williams should've been penalised (and the game taken back for a Welsh penalty) about 3-4 phases before they scored. Watching it back I'm certain of it.About 10-11 seconds in, Nowell tackles him and the tackle is clearly completed, Williams gets back to his feet, then places the ball on the floor and picks it back up again before rolling forward a few yards. He has to release before he gets to his feet not after, it's piss poor that the everyone ignored it. It might not change the result as they'd have had a penalty right in front of the posts but it's the sort of error that happens far too often from some referees.
Quote from: paul_e on February 25, 2019, 05:22:27 PMQuote from: taylorsworkrate on February 25, 2019, 05:05:50 PMIts unfair to say Wales didn't influence the result at all. It was noticeable that during the build up to their first try, their forwards wised up to the English tactic of committing no one to the maul, and picked and rolled from the base of the maul numerous times. They also realised that England had zero intention of keeping ball in hand, so adapted their defence accordingly.I will say that I think for how shambolic France were against us, in the 2nd half on Saturday we were not far off that level of ineptitude and point blank refusal to adapt to what the opposition was showing us. Jones, the coaching staff, Farrell and other established players have to shoulder a lot of the blame for that.Overall? I think Wales are a decent side that equate to greater than the sum of their parts. England, besides the odd performance here and there equate to lesser than the sum of their parts. It's been systemic in English rugby for years. One grand slam since 2003 with the player pool and resources of the RFU is a woeful return.I'm not sure on the last point, I think grand slams are going to be a lot rarer going forward because the intensity of the games is so high that every team can have an off day.On the specifics of that try, live i thought Liam Williams should've been penalised (and the game taken back for a Welsh penalty) about 3-4 phases before they scored. Watching it back I'm certain of it.About 10-11 seconds in, Nowell tackles him and the tackle is clearly completed, Williams gets back to his feet, then places the ball on the floor and picks it back up again before rolling forward a few yards. He has to release before he gets to his feet not after, it's piss poor that the everyone ignored it. It might not change the result as they'd have had a penalty right in front of the posts but it's the sort of error that happens far too often from some referees....on the other hand you were awarded a pen after 2 minutes for a perfectly good tackle ( with arms ). Peypar makes strange decisions every time I see him.
The version of this which is currently proposed is fucking shit, it's nothing more than a cash grab by the bigger unions and world rugby at the expense of player welfare and developing nations.
Quote from: paul_e on February 28, 2019, 02:39:57 PMThe version of this which is currently proposed is fucking shit, it's nothing more than a cash grab by the bigger unions and world rugby at the expense of player welfare and developing nations.Strikes me as similar to the way that the ICC has excluded developing nations from competitions