International Rugby

[paul_e]

Held on by our fingertips. Ojomoh was exceptional, the only starting back who had a good game in my opinion. The other standout for me was Coles who is every bit a top level test lock.

[PaulWinch again]

To be fair beating Argentina with all the disruption of the injuries is no mean feat.

[paul_e]

To be fair beating Argentina with all the disruption of the injuries is no mean feat.

Oh I agree, I just thought the choices at 9 and 15 made it really clear that our plan was to not have very much possession and that was how it played out until Mitchell came on, and then suddenly we were getting through the phases and giving them trouble with ball in hand rather than just testing them under the bomb. That said the best player on the pitch by quite a distance was a guy who wasn't even in the 23 until Thursday.

We won so that's all that matters but 2 tries were individual brilliance from Ojomoh and the other (which he scored) was a fucking mess created by some really poor technical skills on their part. Argentina played poorly and yet, in my opinion, had a far more cohesive plan of attack.

[cdbearsfan]

I reckon Wales might lose this.

[Somniloquism]

Quite bold to call it when you did. It could have easily backfired on you.

[cdbearsfan]

I live on the edge.

[PaulWinch again]

When they were scheduling the autumn, it’s mental Wales ended NZ and then the Saffers.

[tomd2103]

When they were scheduling the autumn, it’s mental Wales ended NZ and then the Saffers.

Watched some of the chat after and apparently the fixture was agreed a few years ago.  Wales are stuck in a terrible place at the moment - playing wise they need to be playing the likes of Japan, Georgia etc. if they are going to build anything for the future, but the WRU are skint so need fixtures that are going to attract crowds like NZ and SA. 

With the domestic game set to explode into the full out civil war that has been threatening to happen.for a couple of decades now, it's hard to see a way forward at the moment.  It wouldn't surprise me at all at this juncture to see the players go on strike during the 6N. 

[nigel]

Hope Etzebeth gets a big ban the dirty b@stard

[dcdavecollett]

Apparently, the potential ban for what he did goes as high as 208 weeks.

[paul_e]

Rightly fucking so, it should be career ending because it potentially is for the victim as well.

[cdbearsfan]

What an absolute twat he is.

[paul_e]

What an absolute twat he is.

Yep, he's a twat, the amount of deluded bullshit claiming he's "not a dirty player" in the last few days has been annoying as fuck, he's always been a dirty fucker and not in a pushing the rules way but in a deliberately trying to hurt people way.

[dcdavecollett]

I accept in a vigorous contact sport, it's possible for things to get out of hand, but what is a seasoned player thinking when he does that in the dying minutes of a game in which his side are seventy points to the good?

[UK Redsox]

Deserving of a ban, which in the amateur days, would have been deemed 'sine die'.

I remember the term, because it was used when our winger head-butted a Ref thirty odd years ago