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@hikastags said in USA v England - Washington:

England 50+

I suspect you're thinking of the average age of the 2003 English team 🙂

@Mr-Fish said in Argentina v England II:

@Windows97 said in Argentina v England II:

How on earth did this happen? A weakend Argentina team beat the Lions at away and then proceed to lose at home to an England side sans-Lions players...

Make it make sense lol

Argentina rotated out a lot of their squad for this series. They didn't use a full-strength team.

More Latin disrespect.

Sorry ment didn't.
didn't seem to demaind the lime light

From a mate

Deb and me were there for the previous lowest point in Welsh rugby - the Debacle in Nantes in 2007. Yesterday’s nadir was more surreal.

Picture the scene. Having left the ground early we are on the train back to Aberdare, with one AirPod each, watching on my phone, as England rack up more points, and all hopes of Welsh British Lions evaporate.

The only consolation is that we have a £1 bet at 80-1 for England to score 5 or more tries in each half. But with 78 minutes gone England need to score 2 more tries. Impossible? No. Pollock scores and England hurry the conversion so the game kicks off again with about 20 seconds left. I nudge Deb and say “Deb, England need to score from this kick-off for us to win £80.” A few moments later Double-Barrelingham-Smith scores England’s 10th try and the near empty carriage erupts with me screaming with joy.

The guard comes up to us and says “What’s happened? Are Wales back in the game?”

An unenthused Deb replies “No.”

England 42 Italy 24. Not a great game but it's beautiful spring afternoon in London.

@Dodge said in 6N 2025 England V Scotland:

@MiketheSnow said in 6N 2025 England V Scotland:

@Catogrande said in 6N 2025 England V Scotland:

@Dodge

Sums up my view completely, just a complete hotch-potch of selections and tactics. If the plan is to box kick all bloody day, then pick a 9 that can execute it well but if you pick two running 9s then why play kick the leather off the ball for most of the match? And as you say if you are going to kick then
A. Kick well.
B. Chase well
C. Do not kick to big top class dangerous runners like VDM and Kinghorn with two thirds of your back three being midgets.

It's not fucking rocket science, everyone and I do mean EVERYONE can see the issues but not Borthwick and his team. How blind or deluded do you have to be?

Croeso i Gymru
Welcome to Wales

its always irritated me that you change the spelling of the name of your country based on the word before it.

Irritates you!

The most moronic thing

Local town to me

Penywaun
Pen-y-waun
Head or top of the meadow

In Penywaun

Ym mhenywaun

Closer to Chinese than Welsh

@Dodge said in 6N 2025: England v France:

They butchered some chances but by the same token, it was nice to see some dogged scramble defence - how Sleightholme got across to force the ball inside from BB is a mystery to me.

It was a mystery to Moefana, too

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Farrell is English isn't he? Might be a good coach for England. Ireland are apparently so good they don't need one.

@OomPB he’s been there since before RWC2023

@NTA said in England vs. Australia (2024):

I’ve never seen anyone shadow off loading before

@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks Vs England, Twickenham:

But is it?

Yeah, I think that attitude is there and is important to maintain, so good on England's players there. I think a bit of the PR is overdone, and some player (e.g.Sexton) don't seem to get the idea but it's a key part of the game.

@Windows97 said in All Blacks vs England 2:

I'm confused by the pod system we are using, from static ball our pods are standing deep and static and getting caught behind the advantage line

scrum halves passing to static ball carriers instead of in front of them is one of the most confusing things to me. when I played it was one of the first things we were taught when passing from the ruck to generally always pass in front and basically never to the man. so weird how professionals still get that wrong so often

@darylmitchell Ah, yeah, he wasn't available for selection for the first test as he was injured. I haven't heard anything more on that.

@Bones said in England v ABs July 2024 - Series related:

@Machpants and it blames the young rookie for the lineout issues. Also lists DMac and Perofeta amongst the losers... which despite the reasoning doesn't fit.

I thought the DMac/Perofeta “loser” choice was more about their dual playmaker thing and that Barret has maybe overtaken one of them? But certainly on an individual basis neither warranted that tag. Other than that though it seemed a rational article to me.

Oh and Ramos is a turnstyle

having this tournament where it is so easy and cheap for away supporters to travel makes me so envious. It's almost quicker (and significantly cheaper) for Scots supporters to fly to Rome than it is for me to fly to Brisbane FFS

@Billy-Webb said in 6N Scotland v England:

@Dodge said in 6N Scotland v England:

I am so so sick of us being shit and physically unable to actually play rugby - passing and catching seems to be beyond most of them.

Saw a tweet from Healey that summed it up for me, with all the time they’ve spent together why do they play like strangers, why is the timing so off? More simply though, why do they look as though they’re concentrating too hard to remember every action of a specific script rather than see a chance and play for it? These guys were presumably the best players at their school, the best players at their clubs, why can’t they pass and catch?!

I get the frustration. I completely empathise with it.
Life as a rugby fan eh?!

Depends on your timeline, but as a Bok fan I fear England in the next RWC.
Given the playing personnel, and importantly the coaching personnel which now includes Felix (bloomin genius) I believe England will be a real force. It will just take a bit of time to move on from Jones and learn new playing structures.
Patience... from fans especially, and you may well get rewards.

[Disclaimer: I hope I am utterly delusional and England sucks at RWC 2027] 😛

Dunno about this. They will always have players, I think they are lacking real leadership.

And I don't see the leadership coming through. That RWC winning team was chock full of them. Where is the next Johnson, Wilkinson, Greenwood or Dallaglio?

I'm just not seeing it.

@Bones said in 6N 2024 England v Wales:

@Dodge yeah but the ref shouldn't have to study Ford's kicking style. He stands and lines it up, then takes a step to the left, to what...line it up again? That's how most kickers begin their approach. If it quacks like a duck then go for it I say.

Yep, fair point.