RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1)

Chris

@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 opinion

Presuming South Africa get through, we may just be too tired and sore in comparison.

No I reckon we will win the final

pakman

@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.

NTA

I want WR to make an exception for appointments this game:

Skeeny for TMO.

You know it's right.

Kruse

@NTA said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):

I want WR to make an exception for appointments this game:

Skeeny for TMO.

You know it's right.

Burn.
(in hell... if that wasnt obvious from context)

sparky

Perfect chance to avenge our defeat in the 2003 semi final against the coach who was responsible for that defeat, John Mitchell.

junior

@NTA said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):

For the record: I'm supporting you guys.

just threw up in my mouth a little

ABE

canefan

@sparky said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):

Perfect chance to avenge our defeat in the 2003 semi final against the coach who was responsible for that defeat, John Mitchell.

First Ireland, now England. It's Shag's ABs payback tour!!!

MajorPom

Looking forward to a week of media here.

Haka-gate, refs in pocket gate, poaching gate, arrogant gate, cheat gate.

Bring it on!

Billy Webb

@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

Mokey

@MajorRage How could you forget Aura?

Catogrande

@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.

Bones

@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!!"...

booboo

@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.

Billy Webb

@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.

Snowy

@Billy-Webb said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):

quickly stuff them

I can make some other suggestions where they should "stuff them".

kiwiinmelb

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

Crucial

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

Gunner

@Billy-Webb 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!

Going to be fun reading the expert opinion columns.

I get sick of seeing these bloody columns....

Joe Bloggs thinks England will beat All Blacks and here's how they'll do it... Whipdee blimmin do!

Chris B.

@booboo said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):

So refs ...

Let's assume the top four refs got the QFs. That's the model they've used post 2007 when they tried to develop a couple of younger refs.

Backfired slightly.

On that subject we can't get Barnes for this match which, nowadays, is a bit of shame.

Leaves Faeces, Nige and Peyper.

Distinct preference not to get Faeces.

I'll allow Nige his few indiscretions yesterday but either of Nige or Jaco would be ok.

I wrote a bit on the other thread about this.

I reckon they won't give either us or England Owens and Garces twice in a row and Barnes can't do it - so that means Peyper.

On the same principle, Owens can't do Wales-SA and they won't give SA Barnes again - so Garces to get that one.

Leaving Owens and Barnes to fight out the final unless both Wales and England get there.

Nevorian

Attack at Farrell - he is bound to make a shoulder tackle eventually

The Silver Fern

RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1)