Rugby World Cup 2019

[PaulWinch again]

Brilliant Curry.

[PaulWinch again]

Brilliant Underhill.

[PaulWinch again]

Brilliant effort. Somehow need to sustain it.

[Jon Crofts]

Scored more than Leicester in 40 minutes

[luke:lamf]

Wow. How often are NZ held to 0 at HT, with close to bugger-all rugby in the opposition 22. Very impressive so far.

[Jon Crofts]

So far our pack has destroyed them. Brilliant

[PaulWinch again]

They’ll come back hard in second half.

[Richard E]

Scored more than Leicester in 40 minutes

Against 5 more men as well.

[paul_e]

Worse than VAR. Why on earth was that disallowed?

Because the dummy runner was in front of the ball carrier when he would have been in a position to receive the ball. Had he been legally playable they would have given it.

If Whitelock doesn't tackle Curry then the dummy line he ran is fine (and something you see all the time). By commiting to tackle him he forced Owens to make a decision but for me it was harsh.

[Jon Crofts]

Big first 10 minutes now England

[Axl Rose]

I'm watching this with a couple of New Zealand mates and they thought it was very harsh, too. They're very subdued thus far, but win or lose, they'll be cheering on the Villa later. Definitely adopted Villa fans now after 6 years of my bullshit.

[taylorsworkrate]

Got to expect NZ to up their game. We've been immense so far, but how we handle it when the onslaught comes defines the game. They are capable of putting 20 points on the board in 10 minutes.

I think we have the edge up front, so will be interesting to see what happens when the front row is changed.

[paul_e]

The english front 5 are far better in the loose than NZ and that's making the difference.

[PaulWinch again]

Farrell doesn’t look great

[PaulWinch again]

This kick is a big ask.