International Rugby

[paul_e]

Fantastic match, fantastic 6 Nations.

Today in particular is probably the best day in the history of the tournament, 3 incredible games.

[Meanwood Villa]

What was the last penalty for?

[paul_e]

What was the last penalty for?

deliberate knock on from Itoje, would've been a definite yellow card if it wasn't the last act of the game, I'm a little surprised it wasn't given anyway. That whole thing was pretty poor from the ref though because it was really unclear what the 2 options for the tee were and he did very little to clarify it, which added a minute of bullshit that wasn't needed.

[Dave Summers]

So essentially a vote of confidence in the 23 who achieved England’s first defeat to Italy!!

Looking at it, another evening of box kicking for us to enjoy with wingers who maybe tall and supposedly good in the air, but on grass I suspect will be exposed against the French back 3. A bit more heft in the pack with Chessum at 6 but I just can’t get on board with either selection or more pertinently the style of rugby.

If we have to suffer a 30-40 point drubbing to elicit a change of head coach, then I’m quite happy to sit through it. That said I’ve no faith that Bill Sweeney has the first idea what’s wrong sadly

Well, although we lost I’ve got a bit of humble pie to eat here. Ollie Chessum was an absolute monster tonight and my man of the match for England at least.

Far from box kicking ever minute we played some brilliant heads up rugby tonight, mixed in with a few head loss moments. It’s got Borthwick out of jail I’d imagine and when we play like that, I’ve no problem with it. I think the longer the winning run went on, the more we wanted to protect it and played not to lose rather than win.

Think Heyes has grown immeasurably this tournament, Coles has jumped a level and is a proper player. We definitely need a bigger 6 in our pack I’d imagine too. Fin proved that he should never have been sat behind Ford all this time and I feel Atkinson and Freeman showed a lot of promise tonight.

My biggest fear is our back 3 and the makeup of it. Roebuck’s USP is meant to be Ariel ability but I counted one he win tonight. If he’s not getting the kick returns he isn’t quick enough to waste time on as one of the wingers. And just please get Henry in the 15 shirt this summer, he’s clearly in my eyes the best full back in England, let’s use him.

So, although I didn’t expect to type this, I feel a lot more optimistic after tonight.

[ChicagoLion]

I thought we kicked too often and many times poorly. We bought pressure on ourselves unnecessarily.
This is a problem with Borthwicks Rugby by numbers.

[Brazilian Villain]

Imagine if I told you this morning that England would score 7 tries in Paris and still lose. Mental stuff.

[Brazilian Villain]

Fantastic match, fantastic 6 Nations.

Today in particular is probably the best day in the history of the tournament, 3 incredible games.

Yeah, the whole tournament has been brilliant. Rugby isn't played in my part of Ireland (the closest club is probably Creggs which is on the Galway border) but I've watched since the days of Ollie Campbell and Tony Ward. Seems daft not to, just because it's a 'posh boys sport'.

[nigel]

Great game.
Great performance from England, after ther previous 3 games makes it quite frustrating.
Can’t work out where the advantage went from our penalty to LB-B try number 4 (what a winger, by the way)
Once again, 1 min 30 seconds to go we kick the ball to them!!!
Inexperience from Pollock, should have held onto the ball

[PaulWinch again]

It was a much better performance, primarily because they showed intent and weren’t fixated on a single way of play. Discipline is still a problem.

[Meanwood Villa]

What was the last penalty for?

deliberate knock on from Itoje, would've been a definite yellow card if it wasn't the last act of the game, I'm a little surprised it wasn't given anyway. That whole thing was pretty poor from the ref though because it was really unclear what the 2 options for the tee were and he did very little to clarify it, which added a minute of bullshit that wasn't needed.

Has this been released as the official version of events?

[Rory]

Why didn't England hold onto it when they turned it over with 30 or so seconds to go?

To fuck us over on purpose.

Fucking England. Useless.

Thankfully I don't actually give a toss about rugby.

[Brazilian Villain]

Why didn't England hold onto it when they turned it over with 30 or so seconds to go?

To fuck us over on purpose.

Fucking England. Useless.

Very unfair, I haven't seen England try that hard since they gave President Trump a second state visit. I wasn't that bothered about the championship (the Triple Crown softened the blow) but England deserved a win on the night for their effort.

[Rory]

Why didn't England hold onto it when they turned it over with 30 or so seconds to go?

To fuck us over on purpose.

Fucking England. Useless.

Very unfair, I haven't seen England try that hard since they gave President Trump a second state visit. I wasn't that bothered about the championship (the Triple Crown softened the blow) but England deserved a win on the night for their effort.

I never trust anything in a white shirt apart from a Villa away side - and I don't trust them very much, either.

[Monty]

Why didn't England hold onto it when they turned it over with 30 or so seconds to go?

To fuck us over on purpose.

Fucking England. Useless.

Very unfair, I haven't seen England try that hard since they gave President Trump a second state visit. I wasn't that bothered about the championship (the Triple Crown softened the blow) but England deserved a win on the night for their effort.

I never trust anything in a white shirt apart from a Villa away side - and I don't trust them very much, either.

I'm sure you'll be proved right before too long.