RWC Warm Up : Wales v England 05Aug23

[antipodean]

I see a lot of English "supporters" bemoaning the change in coaches and this performance, but I feel that England played with some expanse and enterprise, they just lacked accuracy, especially in the 22. Score could easily have been much closer.

[Catogrande]

@antipodean

Yes handling errors in the first half when we had some ball and a bit of ascendancy cost us, but come the end we looked bereft of of a plan or even any ideas. Wales deserved winners.

[pooler fan]

@MiketheSnow next week will be interesting in the return fixture just to see how both coaches approach the game.
Wales need to keep Jac Morgan & Wainwright out of the firing line now - both superb yesterday.

[MiketheSnow]

To hold any international team to no tries in this day & age is a bloody good effort

[MiketheSnow]

@pooler-fan said in RWC Warm Up : Wales v England 05Aug23:

@MiketheSnow next week will be interesting in the return fixture just to see how both coaches approach the game.
Wales need to keep Jac Morgan & Wainwright out of the firing line now - both superb yesterday.

Pick the others next week, then RWC starting 23 against SA on 19th

[Catogrande]

@MiketheSnow said in RWC Warm Up : Wales v England 05Aug23:

Oh and if Darcy’s try was a try, then LRZ’s should have been too
Consistency ffs

The reviewing of that was farcical. TMO saying “no separation” and “try”. Berry, watching the same replay can see clear separation and asks her to review it. “Yes. Clear separation “. She was useless.

Right decision in the end but only because Berry had the balls to call out the TMO.

[GibbonRib]

@Bones

Multiply 75,000 by 30 quid and you'll have your answer

[MiketheSnow]

@GibbonRib said in RWC Warm Up : Wales v England 05Aug23:

@Bones

Multiply 75,000 by 30 quid and you'll have your answer

And the money spent in the city

Great atmosphere around town

[game_film]

@MiketheSnow How many games has Marcus Smith played in his career when his lot never crossed over?

[MiketheSnow]

@game_film said in RWC Warm Up : Wales v England 05Aug23:

@MiketheSnow How many games has Marcus Smith played in his career when his lot never crossed over?

Not many I'm guessing

[Bones]

@GibbonRib said in RWC Warm Up : Wales v England 05Aug23:

@Bones

Multiply 75,000 by 30 quid and you'll have your answer

A couple of million well spent just to see Smith cry.

[Catogrande]

I have pondered much on the game. Plans, patterns, selection etc and also the wider squad and further back to the 6N and Leicester's winning season and my pessimistic conclusion is this:

England will fall back on "experience", and percentages in re the side who kicks more, wins more. We will pick guys who have been great servants to England in the past but are long past their sell by date. We will kick poorly and chase even worse. We will get out of our group and most likely be bundled out at the QF but dependent upon who we get, could make the SF. We will play dull rugby, we will be indisciplined and we will make no friends.

No. I am not drunk.

[MiketheSnow]

I don’t think you’re far wrong

But if England do make a SF then that’s a big achievement for Borthwick

[Catogrande]

@MiketheSnow

Looking at it short term, I sort of agree with you, in that if we made the SF it would be above immediate expectations. However, in truth, with our resources, a SF place should be a minimum. We have so much going for us, numbers, funding, support, but we seem to have this handbrake applied about 80% of the time and an acceptance that this is ok and “the done thing” 90% of the time. It ceased to be amusing some years ago.