6 Nations 2019
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Wales didn't really offer much, did they? England made 210 of 223 tackles - that's an incredible defensive performance. I think the amount of tackles just made England tired in the end. Even when Wales did score, they needed over 30 phases to do it and a very good take. England looked a lot more dangerous with ball in hand and their defence great. I'm still a lot more worried about them than the Welsh.
Wales showed an incredible amount of grit though. For the first 65 minutes I thought they had no chance of winning that.
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Welsh half back absolutely taking the piss the whole game with playing the ball to the back of the ruck so it's in a perfect position. Which he does by using feet then hands, until it's half a metre out of the ruck, then places both hands on it for aaaaaages before picking up.
Got to stop. Ref's should start calling it out.
@Bones said in 6 Nations 2019:
Welsh half back absolutely taking the piss the whole game with playing the ball to the back of the ruck so it's in a perfect position. Which he does by using feet then hands, until it's half a metre out of the ruck, then places both hands on it for aaaaaages before picking up.
Got to stop. Ref's should start calling it out.
It was bloody bullshit. One time he actually moved the ball forward with his hands - should have been done for knock on.
There was another time Wales had no half back so their player actually pulled the ball back into the ruck. Vunipola I think came around but was penalised. Wales got rewarded for shit organisation.
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This BBC interviewer is a fuckwit.
Fair point but....
I know it's easy to be gracious in defeat and hard to hide your disappointment when you lose, but fark me, Owen Farrell was so effing graceless in the post-match interview. Don't they do media training?
@Victor-Meldrew said in 6 Nations 2019:
This BBC interviewer is a fuckwit.
Fair point but....
I know it's easy to be gracious in defeat and hard to hide your disappointment when you lose, but fark me, Owen Farrell was so effing graceless in the post-match interview. Don't they do media training?
It's Owen Farrell, you can't have been expecting much else? * cue incerpt about Anton Oliver *
It's that silly bird Sonia someone who was an absolute dick to dc all those years ago.
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Wales didn't really offer much, did they? England made 210 of 223 tackles - that's an incredible defensive performance. I think the amount of tackles just made England tired in the end. Even when Wales did score, they needed over 30 phases to do it and a very good take. England looked a lot more dangerous with ball in hand and their defence great. I'm still a lot more worried about them than the Welsh.
Wales showed an incredible amount of grit though. For the first 65 minutes I thought they had no chance of winning that.
@hydro11 said in 6 Nations 2019:
Wales didn't really offer much, did they? England made 210 of 223 tackles - that's an incredible defensive performance. I think the amount of tackles just made England tired in the end. Even when Wales did score, they needed over 30 phases to do it and a very good take. England looked a lot more dangerous with ball in hand and their defence great. I'm still a lot more worried about them than the Welsh.
Wales showed an incredible amount of grit though. For the first 65 minutes I thought they had no chance of winning that.
Not sure I follow that logic. England appeared supremely dominant yet still couldn't beat a rather limited Welsh side? Not hugely worrying from my perspective.
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@hydro11 said in 6 Nations 2019:
Wales didn't really offer much, did they? England made 210 of 223 tackles - that's an incredible defensive performance. I think the amount of tackles just made England tired in the end. Even when Wales did score, they needed over 30 phases to do it and a very good take. England looked a lot more dangerous with ball in hand and their defence great. I'm still a lot more worried about them than the Welsh.
Wales showed an incredible amount of grit though. For the first 65 minutes I thought they had no chance of winning that.
Not sure I follow that logic. England appeared supremely dominant yet still couldn't beat a rather limited Welsh side? Not hugely worrying from my perspective.
@Bones said in 6 Nations 2019:
@hydro11 said in 6 Nations 2019:
Wales didn't really offer much, did they? England made 210 of 223 tackles - that's an incredible defensive performance. I think the amount of tackles just made England tired in the end. Even when Wales did score, they needed over 30 phases to do it and a very good take. England looked a lot more dangerous with ball in hand and their defence great. I'm still a lot more worried about them than the Welsh.
Wales showed an incredible amount of grit though. For the first 65 minutes I thought they had no chance of winning that.
Not sure I follow that logic. England appeared supremely dominant yet still couldn't beat a rather limited Welsh side? Not hugely worrying from my perspective.
We struggle when an opposition is tough to break down though. We don't score tries after 35 phases. Our players just aren't good enough to hold the ball that long. Barrett will do a silly grubber kick.
England's problem was that they just didn't get enough ball in the second half.
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The patience and commitment Wales displayed for the duration of that 34-phase go-ahead try impressed the hell out of me. I was sure they were going to blow it. They proved me wrong.
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I'm watching the Wales vs England match on Kayo which is the beIN feed. The commentators are the most one-eyed Englishmen I've heard outside of a pub. Either that or my sarcasm meter is broken.
E.g. "just shows you England have no weaknesses"
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Really enjoyed that game, full credit to the Welsh team, a real solid victory against a very good side. Congrats on the winning streak and was good to see how emotional Gats got at the end. Make sure you watch the 1014 lads interview with Gatland, really shows his true personality and I for one look forward to having him back in NZ.
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Simple brutal game. High kicks and one off runners getting pumped. There will be some sore bodies today.
Is it weird that I still thought England were the better side?
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@Bones said in 6 Nations 2019:
@hydro11 said in 6 Nations 2019:
Wales didn't really offer much, did they? England made 210 of 223 tackles - that's an incredible defensive performance. I think the amount of tackles just made England tired in the end. Even when Wales did score, they needed over 30 phases to do it and a very good take. England looked a lot more dangerous with ball in hand and their defence great. I'm still a lot more worried about them than the Welsh.
Wales showed an incredible amount of grit though. For the first 65 minutes I thought they had no chance of winning that.
Not sure I follow that logic. England appeared supremely dominant yet still couldn't beat a rather limited Welsh side? Not hugely worrying from my perspective.
We struggle when an opposition is tough to break down though. We don't score tries after 35 phases. Our players just aren't good enough to hold the ball that long. Barrett will do a silly grubber kick.
England's problem was that they just didn't get enough ball in the second half.
@hydro11 said in 6 Nations 2019:
@Bones said in 6 Nations 2019:
@hydro11 said in 6 Nations 2019:
Wales didn't really offer much, did they? England made 210 of 223 tackles - that's an incredible defensive performance. I think the amount of tackles just made England tired in the end. Even when Wales did score, they needed over 30 phases to do it and a very good take. England looked a lot more dangerous with ball in hand and their defence great. I'm still a lot more worried about them than the Welsh.
Wales showed an incredible amount of grit though. For the first 65 minutes I thought they had no chance of winning that.
Not sure I follow that logic. England appeared supremely dominant yet still couldn't beat a rather limited Welsh side? Not hugely worrying from my perspective.
We struggle when an opposition is tough to break down though. We don't score tries after 35 phases. Our players just aren't good enough to hold the ball that long. Barrett will do a silly grubber kick.
England's problem was that they just didn't get enough ball in the second half.
I wish we'd done a few 'silly grubber' kicks during the match.
The English were allowed to camp offside, and a few grubbers would have been far more successful than the shit box kicks we were putting up.
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Really enjoyed that game, full credit to the Welsh team, a real solid victory against a very good side. Congrats on the winning streak and was good to see how emotional Gats got at the end. Make sure you watch the 1014 lads interview with Gatland, really shows his true personality and I for one look forward to having him back in NZ.
@chimoaus said in 6 Nations 2019:
Really enjoyed that game, full credit to the Welsh team, a real solid victory against a very good side. Congrats on the winning streak and was good to see how emotional Gats got at the end. Make sure you watch the 1014 lads interview with Gatland, really shows his true personality and I for one look forward to having him back in NZ.
Did he mix up a red sock when washing his whites?
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Escaped the yellow, will be interesting to see what comes of this
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Escaped the yellow, will be interesting to see what comes of this
@MiketheSnow said in 6 Nations 2019:
Escaped the yellow, will be interesting to see what comes of this
looks like he's performing the Heimlich manoeuvre
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@hydro11 said in 6 Nations 2019:
@Bones said in 6 Nations 2019:
@hydro11 said in 6 Nations 2019:
Wales didn't really offer much, did they? England made 210 of 223 tackles - that's an incredible defensive performance. I think the amount of tackles just made England tired in the end. Even when Wales did score, they needed over 30 phases to do it and a very good take. England looked a lot more dangerous with ball in hand and their defence great. I'm still a lot more worried about them than the Welsh.
Wales showed an incredible amount of grit though. For the first 65 minutes I thought they had no chance of winning that.
Not sure I follow that logic. England appeared supremely dominant yet still couldn't beat a rather limited Welsh side? Not hugely worrying from my perspective.
We struggle when an opposition is tough to break down though. We don't score tries after 35 phases. Our players just aren't good enough to hold the ball that long. Barrett will do a silly grubber kick.
England's problem was that they just didn't get enough ball in the second half.
I wish we'd done a few 'silly grubber' kicks during the match.
The English were allowed to camp offside, and a few grubbers would have been far more successful than the shit box kicks we were putting up.
@MiketheSnow said in 6 Nations 2019:
@hydro11 said in 6 Nations 2019:
@Bones said in 6 Nations 2019:
@hydro11 said in 6 Nations 2019:
Wales didn't really offer much, did they? England made 210 of 223 tackles - that's an incredible defensive performance. I think the amount of tackles just made England tired in the end. Even when Wales did score, they needed over 30 phases to do it and a very good take. England looked a lot more dangerous with ball in hand and their defence great. I'm still a lot more worried about them than the Welsh.
Wales showed an incredible amount of grit though. For the first 65 minutes I thought they had no chance of winning that.
Not sure I follow that logic. England appeared supremely dominant yet still couldn't beat a rather limited Welsh side? Not hugely worrying from my perspective.
We struggle when an opposition is tough to break down though. We don't score tries after 35 phases. Our players just aren't good enough to hold the ball that long. Barrett will do a silly grubber kick.
England's problem was that they just didn't get enough ball in the second half.
I wish we'd done a few 'silly grubber' kicks during the match.
The English were allowed to camp offside, and a few grubbers would have been far more successful than the shit box kicks we were putting up.
Sure, kick in behind on half way. Don't do it on attack.
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Sinkler is undoubtedly talented. But he's dumb as a sack of hammers.
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Interesting in the presser Gatland said they swapped wings second half.
Worked a treat.
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@Bones said in 6 Nations 2019:
@hydro11 said in 6 Nations 2019:
Wales didn't really offer much, did they? England made 210 of 223 tackles - that's an incredible defensive performance. I think the amount of tackles just made England tired in the end. Even when Wales did score, they needed over 30 phases to do it and a very good take. England looked a lot more dangerous with ball in hand and their defence great. I'm still a lot more worried about them than the Welsh.
Wales showed an incredible amount of grit though. For the first 65 minutes I thought they had no chance of winning that.
Not sure I follow that logic. England appeared supremely dominant yet still couldn't beat a rather limited Welsh side? Not hugely worrying from my perspective.
We struggle when an opposition is tough to break down though. We don't score tries after 35 phases. Our players just aren't good enough to hold the ball that long. Barrett will do a silly grubber kick.
England's problem was that they just didn't get enough ball in the second half.
@hydro11 said in 6 Nations 2019:
@Bones said in 6 Nations 2019:
@hydro11 said in 6 Nations 2019:
Wales didn't really offer much, did they? England made 210 of 223 tackles - that's an incredible defensive performance. I think the amount of tackles just made England tired in the end. Even when Wales did score, they needed over 30 phases to do it and a very good take. England looked a lot more dangerous with ball in hand and their defence great. I'm still a lot more worried about them than the Welsh.
Wales showed an incredible amount of grit though. For the first 65 minutes I thought they had no chance of winning that.
Not sure I follow that logic. England appeared supremely dominant yet still couldn't beat a rather limited Welsh side? Not hugely worrying from my perspective.
We struggle when an opposition is tough to break down though. We don't score tries after 35 phases. Our players just aren't good enough to hold the ball that long. Barrett will do a silly grubber kick.
England's problem was that they just didn't get enough ball in the second half.
Was at the game so not had the opportunity for replays and an overview but the problem looked to me that we just kept on kicking the ball away. When you're not getting much change out of that tactic it's criminal to kick away what little possession you do get.
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A pop-up Chariot Repair shop has opened in Cardiff ahead of the crunch Six Nations game on Saturday,Thousands of England supporters are expected to attend the game, and city officials are concerned that thousands of chariots without wheels will cause gridlock in Cardiff.
Shop manager Gordon Skidgrits told WalesOnCraic:
“We are anticipating thousands of English toffs to descend on the city this Saturday. God knows where they are going to park them all but we are very worried that once Wales put them to the sword, we’re going to end up with chariot wheels all over the place. The aim of the shop is to get them fixed and on their way as soon as possible.”
Posh English fan Tarquin Smyth-Peacock told WalesOnCraic:
“Anyone for a cucumber sandwich?”
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@hydro11 said in 6 Nations 2019:
@Bones said in 6 Nations 2019:
@hydro11 said in 6 Nations 2019:
Wales didn't really offer much, did they? England made 210 of 223 tackles - that's an incredible defensive performance. I think the amount of tackles just made England tired in the end. Even when Wales did score, they needed over 30 phases to do it and a very good take. England looked a lot more dangerous with ball in hand and their defence great. I'm still a lot more worried about them than the Welsh.
Wales showed an incredible amount of grit though. For the first 65 minutes I thought they had no chance of winning that.
Not sure I follow that logic. England appeared supremely dominant yet still couldn't beat a rather limited Welsh side? Not hugely worrying from my perspective.
We struggle when an opposition is tough to break down though. We don't score tries after 35 phases. Our players just aren't good enough to hold the ball that long. Barrett will do a silly grubber kick.
England's problem was that they just didn't get enough ball in the second half.
Was at the game so not had the opportunity for replays and an overview but the problem looked to me that we just kept on kicking the ball away. When you're not getting much change out of that tactic it's criminal to kick away what little possession you do get.
@Catogrande said in 6 Nations 2019:
@hydro11 said in 6 Nations 2019:
@Bones said in 6 Nations 2019:
@hydro11 said in 6 Nations 2019:
Wales didn't really offer much, did they? England made 210 of 223 tackles - that's an incredible defensive performance. I think the amount of tackles just made England tired in the end. Even when Wales did score, they needed over 30 phases to do it and a very good take. England looked a lot more dangerous with ball in hand and their defence great. I'm still a lot more worried about them than the Welsh.
Wales showed an incredible amount of grit though. For the first 65 minutes I thought they had no chance of winning that.
Not sure I follow that logic. England appeared supremely dominant yet still couldn't beat a rather limited Welsh side? Not hugely worrying from my perspective.
We struggle when an opposition is tough to break down though. We don't score tries after 35 phases. Our players just aren't good enough to hold the ball that long. Barrett will do a silly grubber kick.
England's problem was that they just didn't get enough ball in the second half.
Was at the game so not had the opportunity for replays and an overview but the problem looked to me that we just kept on kicking the ball away. When you're not getting much change out of that tactic it's criminal to kick away what little possession you do get.
Both sides were guilty of it. Neither had much of a plan of what to do with the ball.
But that really carried in my impression if both teams the Feb. Wales have looked dire in attack, and have struggled to create points. England have been using big bodies in close and then a heap of tactical kick and chase. Both styles ran in to each other and created a stalemate that Wales managed to come out the right side of.
