International Rugby

[dave shelley]

'Manu Tualangi, Destroyer of Worlds!'...Brilliant.

[paul_e]

'Manu Tualangi, Destroyer of Worlds!'...Brilliant.

fair play to the guy getting up from that one, they really hurt.

Mitchell playing his natural game is having such a big impact here, we look sharper than we have for about 2 years.

[Brazilian Villain]

Well that’s game over.

Looks like it.

[john e]

I don’t even like rugby that much, but this is terrific stuff

[AV84]

It's good game management from England but Argentina are shite. It's been a really disappointing match.

[paul_e]

I hate to go on about the same thing but look at the difference in how well lined up the Argentina defence was in the last 2-3 phases because Care took a second or 2 to pick an option.

[paul_e]

I like Ludlam coming on at a time like this, the guy's a machine.

[AV84]

Absolutely abysmal from Argentina. They look like a team that have never met each other before. Error after error after error.

[paul_e]

Absolutely abysmal from Argentina. They look like a team that have never met each other before. Error after error after error.

I think a big part of it was the drop goals in the first half, they setup to outnumber us in defence so we'd wear ourselves out trying to break them down, by not doing what they wanted we build a bit of pressure on the scoreboard and it's led to them being very reckless in the breakdown. It's been a a weirdly perfect 14man performance from us that I don't think anyone saw coming.

[PaulWinch again]

England have been brilliant. So precise, well marshalled and accurate. Brilliant work.

[Brazilian Villain]

I don’t even like rugby that much, but this is terrific stuff

The good news is you're really going to enjoy the decent games in the tournament.

[Fasth56]

Absolutely abysmal from Argentina. They look like a team that have never met each other before. Error after error after error.

Sometimes its the opposition that creates that effect.

[paul_e]

That game hasn't addressed any of the problems in the England game around creating tries because it wasn't a game where we were even really trying but the defensive sets, the speed of the breakdown and the control from 10 was superb. Weirdly that result could well be enough to see us into the semi-finals because there's nothing much to face now unti lthen so long as we show the same attitude agianst Japan.

[AV84]

Absolutely abysmal from Argentina. They look like a team that have never met each other before. Error after error after error.

I think a big part of it was the drop goals in the first half, they setup to outnumber us in defence so we'd wear ourselves out trying to break them down, by not doing what they wanted we build a bit of pressure on the scoreboard and it's led to them being very reckless in the breakdown. It's been a a weirdly perfect 14man performance from us that I don't think anyone saw coming.

I think it's just Argentina being shit. They knocked on as many passes as they made. They gave away penalties. They never looked like scoring themselves until the 70th minute. Credit to England,  they took their points and slowly choked the life out of Argentina, but you can't overstate how awful Argentina were.

[PaulWinch again]

Absolutely abysmal from Argentina. They look like a team that have never met each other before. Error after error after error.

Sometimes its the opposition that creates that effect.

Yes England’s game management massively played a part. Those initial drop goals put doubt in Argentina and England’s accuracy (haven’t said that for a while) made Argentina force it. England still played the entire game a man down - it’s an incredible effort.