Come on England 08:20 - Nov 2 with 5864 views | onlymehere | I’m not a great fan of rugby but as I get older I find it a good sport to watch on tv well explained and we could well be World Champions in a very competitive sport. | | | | |
Come on England on 08:35 - Nov 2 with 3238 views | Guthrum | Going to be a titanic battle up front, but we can match SA and, IMO, we have a better set of backs than them. | |
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Come on England on 08:55 - Nov 2 with 3203 views | Moriarty | Good luck England. Itoje is immense. Expect he will have a big, big game. | |
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Come on England on 08:57 - Nov 2 with 3203 views | billlm | If we don't get involved in a brawl with them, we will move the ball to fast for them, they will give a lot of penalties away, if it's a brawl it may be SA | | | |
Come on England on 09:00 - Nov 2 with 3186 views | Coastalblue | A lot is going to come down to the kicking today from both sides. SA have a game that can and could negate England's, England won't have the same advantage at the breakdown they enjoyed over NZ. It's a fascinating contest of contrasting styles. | |
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Come on England on 09:00 - Nov 2 with 3186 views | Guthrum |
Come on England on 08:57 - Nov 2 by billlm | If we don't get involved in a brawl with them, we will move the ball to fast for them, they will give a lot of penalties away, if it's a brawl it may be SA |
If we keep it anything like as clean as we did against the ABs, then that will give Eng a massive edge. | |
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Come on England on 09:09 - Nov 2 with 3159 views | Guthrum | Not an ideal start, losing one of our best ball-carrying forwards (even temporarily) at this early stage. | |
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big blow (n/t) on 09:11 - Nov 2 with 3154 views | Dyland |
Come on England on 09:09 - Nov 2 by Guthrum | Not an ideal start, losing one of our best ball-carrying forwards (even temporarily) at this early stage. |
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Come on England on 09:27 - Nov 2 with 3121 views | Steve_M | England pretty fortunate to be only three points down at this stage, struggling to impose anything on SA. | |
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Come on England on 09:39 - Nov 2 with 3095 views | Dubtractor | This ain't a classic so far is it? Speaking from the view of an occasional rugby watcher. | |
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Come on England on 09:39 - Nov 2 with 3090 views | Coastalblue | This could end up being a case of the last team with 15 still standing goes on to win. | |
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Nope, it's reminding me why I don't watch rugby union all the time (n/t) on 09:40 - Nov 2 with 3091 views | Dyland |
Come on England on 09:39 - Nov 2 by Dubtractor | This ain't a classic so far is it? Speaking from the view of an occasional rugby watcher. |
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Come on England on 09:50 - Nov 2 with 3049 views | BigManBlue |
Come on England on 09:39 - Nov 2 by Dubtractor | This ain't a classic so far is it? Speaking from the view of an occasional rugby watcher. |
I like that boring games are usually described as "intense", it's a better sell than when we have to describe crap football matches are "cagey/tactical". | |
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Come on England on 09:54 - Nov 2 with 3031 views | Steve_M | Better side six points ahead at half-time. | |
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Come on England on 09:56 - Nov 2 with 3021 views | WD19 |
Come on England on 09:50 - Nov 2 by BigManBlue | I like that boring games are usually described as "intense", it's a better sell than when we have to describe crap football matches are "cagey/tactical". |
This must be how it felt for attractive rugby sides In the past when England used to drag them into the trenches and beat them 12-9 In a penalty competition. | | | |
Nope, it's reminding me why I don't watch rugby union all the time (n/t) on 09:56 - Nov 2 with 3013 views | Dubtractor |
Nope, it's reminding me why I don't watch rugby union all the time (n/t) on 09:40 - Nov 2 by Dyland | |
Yep, just a bit dull. Well, a lot dull really. | |
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Come on England on 09:57 - Nov 2 with 3009 views | ThisIsMyUsername |
Come on England on 09:54 - Nov 2 by Steve_M | Better side six points ahead at half-time. |
Poor half. Summed up when they didn't score when only a metre from the line. | |
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Come on England on 09:58 - Nov 2 with 2992 views | Guthrum |
Come on England on 09:57 - Nov 2 by ThisIsMyUsername | Poor half. Summed up when they didn't score when only a metre from the line. |
Should have gone for the corner from that penalty. | |
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Come on England on 09:59 - Nov 2 with 2986 views | Guthrum |
Come on England on 09:54 - Nov 2 by Steve_M | Better side six points ahead at half-time. |
Least scruffy side, certainly. | |
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I've switched over to..... on 10:05 - Nov 2 with 2972 views | Bloots | ….Landscape Artist of The Year. They are painting the Gateshead Millennium Bridge. (to be clear, they aren't actually repainting the bridge, but painting a picture of it) I'm literally choosing to watch paint dry. | |
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Come on England on 10:15 - Nov 2 with 2911 views | m14_blue | My god this is dreadful. Such a shame after a great tournament. | | | |
I've switched over to..... on 10:16 - Nov 2 with 2905 views | BlueBadger |
I've switched over to..... on 10:05 - Nov 2 by Bloots | ….Landscape Artist of The Year. They are painting the Gateshead Millennium Bridge. (to be clear, they aren't actually repainting the bridge, but painting a picture of it) I'm literally choosing to watch paint dry. |
Yeah, but rugby players don't shout at the referee, or something. | |
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Exactly this, they're screwing us in the scrum on 10:17 - Nov 2 with 2900 views | Dyland |
Come on England on 09:56 - Nov 2 by WD19 | This must be how it felt for attractive rugby sides In the past when England used to drag them into the trenches and beat them 12-9 In a penalty competition. |
Very poor entertainment but you have to hold your hands up and say fair play to SA. Them's the rules. Their defence has also been proper, proper good. So quick to the ball. | |
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Yep, awful on 10:19 - Nov 2 with 2892 views | Dyland |
Come on England on 10:15 - Nov 2 by m14_blue | My god this is dreadful. Such a shame after a great tournament. |
Not really even watching any more. This is what England used to do to teams, as has been commented elsewhere in the thread. | |
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Come on England on 10:25 - Nov 2 with 2881 views | Trequartista |
Come on England on 10:15 - Nov 2 by m14_blue | My god this is dreadful. Such a shame after a great tournament. |
How can you tell the difference between a good rugby match and a bad one ?- they all involve chasing eggs, pointless scrums the thrower always wins, pointless throw-ins the thrower always wins, running into a wall of people and hoofing it 1980s Wimbledon style. | |
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Come on England on 10:29 - Nov 2 with 2850 views | GeoffSentence | I dont watch a lot of rugby, is it normally this crap? | |
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