RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1)
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This one worries me a bit more England will be tougher nut to crack.
For This game The Ref whoever it is may have a big influence.
Eddie Jones will have targeted this game and how to beat us as soon as the WC draw came out.He has already done it to us before in a WC with Australia.
I still believe we will win but am on edge more for this game.
We win this game we win the WC in my opinion@Chris said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
This one worries me a bit more England will be tougher nut to crack.
For This game The Ref whoever it is may have a big influence.
Eddie Jones will have targeted this game and how to beat us as soon as the WC draw came out.He has already done it to us before in a WC with Australia.No doubt that's true, but we're playing a different game than we were a year ago. So a lot of his research and development will be for naught.
I still believe we will win but am on edge more for this game.
We win this game we win the WC in my opinionPresuming South Africa get through, we may just be too tired and sore in comparison.
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@Chris said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
Eddie Jones will have targeted this game and how to beat us as soon as the WC draw came out.
While I agree with you in the sense that last week, I wasnt worried about Ireland, but was with England....as to that comment, do you not think our coaches have been working on plans to beat England as well, or were we solely focused on beating Ireland, even though we were previously thought to only be hitting them in the final.
@taniwharugby said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
@Chris said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
Eddie Jones will have targeted this game and how to beat us as soon as the WC draw came out.
While I agree with you in the sense that last week, I wasnt worried about Ireland, but was with England....as to that comment, do you not think our coaches have been working on plans to beat England as well, or were we solely focused on beating Ireland, even though we were previously thought to only be hitting them in the final.
Of course I do As I said I believe we will win but this one has some real bite to it
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@Chris said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
This one worries me a bit more England will be tougher nut to crack.
For This game The Ref whoever it is may have a big influence.
Eddie Jones will have targeted this game and how to beat us as soon as the WC draw came out.He has already done it to us before in a WC with Australia.No doubt that's true, but we're playing a different game than we were a year ago. So a lot of his research and development will be for naught.
I still believe we will win but am on edge more for this game.
We win this game we win the WC in my opinionPresuming South Africa get through, we may just be too tired and sore in comparison.
@antipodean said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
@Chris said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
This one worries me a bit more England will be tougher nut to crack.
For This game The Ref whoever it is may have a big influence.
Eddie Jones will have targeted this game and how to beat us as soon as the WC draw came out.He has already done it to us before in a WC with Australia.No doubt that's true, but we're playing a different game than we were a year ago. So a lot of his research and development will be for naught.
I still believe we will win but am on edge more for this game.
We win this game we win the WC in my opinionPresuming South Africa get through, we may just be too tired and sore in comparison.
No I reckon we will win the final
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England Vs New Zealand in the RWC Semi Final. It's happened before.....
No one who saw Jonah's brilliant quartet of tries in Cape Town will ever forget them.
@sparky said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
England Vs New Zealand in the RWC Semi Final. It's happened before.....
No one who saw Jonah's brilliant quartet of tries in Cape Town will ever forget them.
Pakman certainly won't. As I walked up the stairs in the stadium I was thinking that English were getting too confident, and thus ultimately dangerous, and we needed to give them a good spanking to keep them in their place. Five minutes later Jonah did his thing!
He also scored in pool game 1999 (best atmosphere I've ever experienced at Twickenham) following which Dayglo dropped a knee on him. The big man got up angry then clearly thought, 'You're not worth it'!
For completeness, I was also at first game of 1991 Cup, the only other time the sides have played.
So 100% and doing the right thing by getting my ass to Yokohama to ensure the record remains intact.
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I want WR to make an exception for appointments this game:
Skeeny for TMO.
You know it's right.
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Perfect chance to avenge our defeat in the 2003 semi final against the coach who was responsible for that defeat, John Mitchell.
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Looking forward to a week of media here.
Haka-gate, refs in pocket gate, poaching gate, arrogant gate, cheat gate.
Bring it on!
@MajorRage said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
Looking forward to a week of media here.
Haka-gate, refs in pocket gate, poaching gate, arrogant gate, cheat gate.
Bring it on!
Going to be fun reading the expert opinion columns.
Even more so after the ABs dispatch them.
Brace yourselves -
Looking forward to a week of media here.
Haka-gate, refs in pocket gate, poaching gate, arrogant gate, cheat gate.
Bring it on!
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Looking forward to a week of media here.
Haka-gate, refs in pocket gate, poaching gate, arrogant gate, cheat gate.
Bring it on!
@MajorRage said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
Looking forward to a week of media here.
Haka-gate, refs in pocket gate, poaching gate, arrogant gate, cheat gate.
Bring it on!
I think you’ll find, arrogant-gate is one of ours. You’re welcome to the others though.
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@MajorRage said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
Looking forward to a week of media here.
Haka-gate, refs in pocket gate, poaching gate, arrogant gate, cheat gate.
Bring it on!
I think you’ll find, arrogant-gate is one of ours. You’re welcome to the others though.
@Catogrande said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
@MajorRage said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
Looking forward to a week of media here.
Haka-gate, refs in pocket gate, poaching gate, arrogant gate, cheat gate.
Bring it on!
I think you’ll find, arrogant-gate is one of ours. You’re welcome to the others though.
Get outta town! Fella at the club asked me a question about next week's game...I laughed nervously and went to say I'll be watching from a basement somewhere or something. Only thing is he jumped straight in after my laugh with "See it's arrogance like that!!"...
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@MajorRage said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
Looking forward to a week of media here.
Haka-gate, refs in pocket gate, poaching gate, arrogant gate, cheat gate.
Bring it on!
I think you’ll find, arrogant-gate is one of ours. You’re welcome to the others though.
@Catogrande said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
@MajorRage said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
Looking forward to a week of media here.
Haka-gate, refs in pocket gate, poaching gate, arrogant gate, cheat gate.
Bring it on!
I think you’ll find, arrogant-gate is one of ours. You’re welcome to the others though.
Let's agree to share that one.
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@Mokey said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
@MajorRage How could you forget Aura?
Good call. But I suspect it will be about missing / diminished Aura.
Mainly from the Sun, who tend to dust off their rugby scribes just in time every 4 years or so and then equally quickly stuff them back into hibernation for another few years. -
@Mokey said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
@MajorRage How could you forget Aura?
Good call. But I suspect it will be about missing / diminished Aura.
Mainly from the Sun, who tend to dust off their rugby scribes just in time every 4 years or so and then equally quickly stuff them back into hibernation for another few years.@Billy-Webb said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):
quickly stuff them
I can make some other suggestions where they should "stuff them".
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Hope they play tuilagi at 13 , I know he is a handful carrying the ball, but I reckon we can expose him in defence, slow to move laterally
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Attack the strengths is usually the way to go when you work out what the other team will be planning for.
We know that linespeed is still a big part of the England defence and that we have been putting together ways to combat that.
With Ireland we know they would hope to put up a wall to stop our attack so gave them the ball and asked them to be creative. It was our defence that then caused their errors which we attacked off.
With England I think we will hold on to the ball a bit more, suck their back three up to fill holes in the line then plug the corners. Play them at their own game and take away their strength
