RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1)

Victor Meldrew

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

It’s going to be tough to get up twice to that level, look at us with Ireland. Boks have to be favoured

I've always thought this RWC would be the Boks to win.

Never thought we'd win the thing, but had some serious hope after we mullered Ireland. That hope disappeared after 50 minutes

ACT Crusader

@Entertainer15 I think we have a Fern first that a new poster has quoted their first post for their second post.

Machpants

Pissed, got in CoD MW, took it out on the bad guys and top scored by miles. BBBR got nothing on my killing rage

Bovidae

Stats can be misleading as the ABs tackle success was much better than England's (89% vs 82%). Where England were much better was in their dominant tackles.

Victor Meldrew

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

Pissed, got in CoD MW, took it out on the bad guys and top scored by miles. BBBR got nothing on my killing rage

That just went way over my head...

Kirwan

@Victor-Meldrew said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):

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

It’s going to be tough to get up twice to that level, look at us with Ireland. Boks have to be favoured

I've always thought this RWC would be the Boks to win.

Never thought we'd win the thing, but had some serious hope after we mullered Ireland. That hope disappeared after 50 minutes

I was more optimistic than that, I am a Blues supporter after all, that helps. I know a few that have been predicting exactly what happened tonight, and picking the Boks to take it out.

antipodean

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

Stats can be misleading as the ABs tackle success was much better than England's (89% vs 82%). Where England were much better was in their dominant tackles.

If only we had such a player...

sparky

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

We didnt lose because of our backs. Our forwards got monstered. In the scrums, in the lineouts and at the breakdowns.

This is the most comprehensive defeat my middle age brain can remember

Haven't seen us smashed like that since the RWC Semi in 1991.

Kirwan

@Victor-Meldrew said in RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1):

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

Pissed, got in CoD MW, took it out on the bad guys and top scored by miles. BBBR got nothing on my killing rage

That just went way over my head...

Call of Duty Modern Warfare.

Paekakboyz

@Victor-Meldrew gaming catharsis

sparky

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

How come we were struggling in the lineouts

Looked to me live like Codie Taylor was off with his throws.

ACT Crusader

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

We didnt lose because of our backs. Our forwards got monstered. In the scrums, in the lineouts and at the breakdowns.

This is the most comprehensive defeat my middle age brain can remember

I agree we lost the collisions, but thought we were okay at scrum time. There was one penalty which I thought was one of those 50/50s because England’s bind slipped and Owens ruled against us.

Kirwan

Where’s Stargazer to explain how great Bridge is and how Richie wasn’t a defensive liability?

Victor Meldrew

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

Call of Duty Modern Warfare.

Ahh.

I've never graduated from Candy Crush myself.

Kirwan

Surprised how many England fans live around me. Bloody fireworks at one point.

Duluth

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

I was more optimistic than that, I am a Blues supporter after all, that helps. I know a few that have been predicting exactly what happened tonight, and picking the Boks to take it out.

I got some good odds on the Boks too

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Awwww guys, commiserations.
I'm chuffed though, wasn't expecting England to play that well after NZ game last week, thought you guys had it wrapped up already!!
Nevermind, drown your sorrows or...
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MrDenmore

Wind back 24 hours, start Cane instead of SB; Coles starting instead of Taylor; Bender on the bench instead of Jordie. Would it have made a difference?

Tim

@Kirwan I'm going to the pub later, and half of the people there will be brits. I'm gonna take a lot of shit.

Billy Tell

Forwards just outplayed. Sure, we should have started Cane ahead of Barrett, but I doubt that changes anything. Discipline was poor, cost us a faint chance at pulling the game out of the fire. Biggest error though was not having Ben Smith on the bench - should have been BB into 10 and BFA into 15 after about 30 minutes. I like RM, he's come along in leaps and bounds, but he was lost today.

Need to give the reserves a run out for 3rd/4th and make sure we don't lose to Wales (I will be genuinely surprised if Wales beat SA).

The Silver Fern

RWC: England v New Zealand (SF1)