Rugby World Cup 2019

[Proposition Joe]

Fucking Goodhue is handy.

Looks like a cross between a 70s porn star and US trailer trash!

[Proposition Joe]

Despite the good start, England playing open rugby makes me nervous, it's not in our nature, and the ABs are masters of it.

[paul_e]

This must be a great game for neutrals, there's been some brilliant play and Owens has let it flow.

[Proposition Joe]

Owens needs to get a grip of the all blacks obstructing

The refereeing in rugby is fairly transparent with the ref being miked up and having the TMO, I think we could all handle it if refs didn't have to be neutral and you could always put the best refs in the biggest games. Although I don't remember having all that many problems with Owens before.

I also think cricket doesn't need neutral umpires either, for similar reasons.

[PaulWinch again]

Urgh that’s annoying.

[paul_e]

Awful decision to disallow that.

[Axl Rose]

Worse than VAR. Why on earth was that disallowed?

[Proposition Joe]

Looked like a forward pass in the NZ break just now.

[PaulWinch again]

England have been brilliant. But concern is scoreboard is close.

[Proposition Joe]

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.

[PaulWinch again]

We need more points.

[Axl Rose]

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.

Ah, cheers mate.

[Proposition Joe]

Running out of steam a bit here. Need to preserve the 7 point lead going into the break.

[luke:lamf]

French commentatora banging on about how NZ haven't lost a scrum since dinosaurs roamed the earth.

Well, of course not. Most teams haven't because most scrum halves send it straight to the second row.

[olaftab]

Are New Zealand coached by Sam Allardyce? What’s with the ducking kicking😳