6 Nations 2019
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@akan004 said in 6 Nations 2019:
How crucial will that Farrell miss be. Easy 3 points thrown away.
Just watching the last half hour at the moment. Lots of effort, lots of physicality, but not high skill levels from either side. Ireland grinding grinding grinding - yo'd think a try wins this.
Also Farrell - bad miss. Unexpected.
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Farrell is not helping his team with the kicking, c'mon England hold this out - Ireland can't play boring rugby now!
@Machpants said in 6 Nations 2019:
Farrell is not helping his team with the kicking, c'mon England hold this out - Ireland can't play boring rugby now!
Well that was a guest move to take that kick when they have Daly 25-13, just minutes left
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Sexton having a 'mare and Ireland have no plan B. Irish attack has been almost non-existent, unimaginative and lacking in pace - some of the passing has been awful.
Poms aggressive in defence and making few mistakes. Not pretty but effective.
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Slade's try sums the ineptitude of the Irish backline. They have been appallingly bad tonight.
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Sexton having a 'mare and Ireland have no plan B. Irish attack has been almost non-existent, unimaginative and lacking in pace - some of the passing has been awful.
Poms aggressive in defence and making few mistakes. Not pretty but effective.
@Victor-Meldrew said in 6 Nations 2019:
Sexton having a 'mare and Ireland have no plan B. Irish attack has been almost non-existent, unimaginative and lacking in pace - some of the passing has been awful.
Poms aggressive in defence and making few mistakes. Not pretty but effective.
and England intercept to win it... by reading the play and shooting up. Well played Eddy, well played England.
Hopefully the world cup has faster ball though - thi has been pretty stodgy stuff
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@Victor-Meldrew said in 6 Nations 2019:
Sexton having a 'mare and Ireland have no plan B. Irish attack has been almost non-existent, unimaginative and lacking in pace - some of the passing has been awful.
Poms aggressive in defence and making few mistakes. Not pretty but effective.
and England intercept to win it... by reading the play and shooting up. Well played Eddy, well played England.
Hopefully the world cup has faster ball though - thi has been pretty stodgy stuff
@nzzp said in 6 Nations 2019:
Hopefully the world cup has faster ball though - thi has been pretty stodgy stuff
England have been more effective at slowing things down...
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@nzzp said in 6 Nations 2019:
Hopefully the world cup has faster ball though - thi has been pretty stodgy stuff
England have been more effective at slowing things down...
@Victor-Meldrew said in 6 Nations 2019:
@nzzp said in 6 Nations 2019:
Hopefully the world cup has faster ball though - thi has been pretty stodgy stuff
England have been more effective at slowing things down...
Yup, but they also have some pretty lightning fast backs when required, so a step up from the worst ten man slow-rugby that could be on offer
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Clearly the world cup favourites are now
England
Wales
Ireland
South Africadaylight
NZ ... no chance
@nzzp said in 6 Nations 2019:
NZ ... no chance
That's what happens when you forget to look after your Aura.
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What a performance from England! Awesome defence and looking sharpe on attack.
As has been mentioned Ireland's issue is they have 1 game plan that they do really well...until they don't. They aim to be more physical than you but England picked a team that stood up to that and gave it back.
All Blacks need to look at that and learn from failings of last year, do they specifically pick a team to be more physical than them? -
Massive statement by England. Take a bow Cueball and Eddie. Spotted the gaps in the "impregnable" Irish defence and coached their team to executed moves to find them.
It takes a lot (or the opposition being Australia) to get me to cheer for the English Rugby team. But, my God, the hubris of this Irish squad and some of their fans in recent weeks has done it. Guess they shouldn't have spent so much time patting themselves on the back.
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That was seriously impressive from England. Their pack just pummelled and smashed ireland into submission. Behind a beaten pack, Sexton didn't look so world player of the year-ish.
Ah, it's (relatively) easy to get to 1 or 2 in the world rankings, it's a lot harder to stay there...
