RWC Final: England v Springboks

[Damo]

@Kirwan said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

@chimoaus said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

So what is the rule re halfbacks hand on ball at a ruck? Do they have to pick it up before u can tackle?

Yep, and it’s a blight

Is it? The alternative is halfbacks have trouble clearing the ball and the backlines can rush up even more than they do now. There was a conscious decision from WR a few years ago to change this. Used to be hands on was enough.

[No Quarter]

Battle of the penalties.

Some brutal hits so far.

[sparky]

Daly knock ons. Big scrum to end the half.

[Machpants]

So funny, faf forced to pass and it was great. Dumb fluffybunnies would be a few tries up if they actually played!

[Kirwan]

@Hooroo said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

This is a fascinating watch

Feels like the Welsh game, Boks doing enough to win but no more.

[NTA]

@sparky said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

Daly with a comedy knock on.

Got the crowd in stitches.

Scrum penalty coming up

[sparky]

@NTA said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

@sparky said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

Daly with a comedy knock on.

Got the crowd in stitches.

Scrum penalty coming up

Spot on. Third one.

[NTA]

Poms went early on the engage and it STILL didn't help

[Damo]

If Boks scrum keeps dominance itnis hard to see how they lose.

[Victor Meldrew]

How crap is the Pom scrum.

[Kirwan]

@Damo said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

If Boks scrum keeps dominance itnis hard to see how they lose.

And the line out.

[Toddy]

Didn't green go down in that scrum?

[No Quarter]

England scrum in real trouble. Anything in their own half is a risk of 3 points.

[Kirwan]

England scrum is going to get worse too with that prop going early

[kiwiinmelb]

Boks about to win another wc through penalties the way it’s looking

[Billy Tell]

The ABs would be so much better with 1 or 2 panzer tank players. Cole is being found out in the scrum.

[MrDenmore]

Scrum penalties winning games. Yawn

[NTA]

@Victor-Meldrew said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

How crap is the Pom scrum.

Second row is the issue: itoje doesn't have the anaerobic power of the Bok second row.

Cole has always been a half-assed prop at this level unless he had a monster lock behind him

[sparky]

Kick over. England 6 RSA 12.

[MiketheSnow]