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The International Barbarian Team based at Twickenham known as England have been very, very poor in this match. Scotland should be out of sight. Poor Scottish attack and the referee are keeping Eddie's mob in this.
@sparky said in NH International Rugby:
The International Barbarian Team based at Twickenham known as England have been very, very poor in this match. Scotland should be out of sight. Poor Scottish attack and the referee are keeping Eddie's mob in this.
Dunno. Think the Ref has been fine - Scotland have nullified England at the breakdown and their defence has been outstanding, as has their kicking out of hand.
Too many missed opportunities & kicks from Scotland have made this closer than it should be.
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@sparky said in NH International Rugby:
The International Barbarian Team based at Twickenham known as England have been very, very poor in this match. Scotland should be out of sight. Poor Scottish attack and the referee are keeping Eddie's mob in this.
Dunno. Think the Ref has been fine - Scotland have nullified England at the breakdown and their defence has been outstanding, as has their kicking out of hand.
Too many missed opportunities & kicks from Scotland have made this closer than it should be.
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@Victor-Meldrew and a possible choke...
@Bones said in NH International Rugby:
@Victor-Meldrew and a possible choke...
They made bloody hard work of it, didn't they?
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Congratulations to Scotland. They thoroughly deserved that. It felt like they had got a massive monkey off their back at the end.
England were woeful. Clearly their worst performance since Eddie Jones took over. They made lots of mistakes and created very little. The Saracens boys all looked a long way below peak fitness.
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Congratulations to Scotland. They thoroughly deserved that. It felt like they had got a massive monkey off their back at the end.
England were woeful. Clearly their worst performance since Eddie Jones took over. They made lots of mistakes and created very little. The Saracens boys all looked a long way below peak fitness.
@sparky said in NH International Rugby:
England were woeful. One of the worst performances I can remember from a Tier One side.
The margin could easily have been 30 points.
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It will be interesting to seen if Eddie Jones can turn things around in the coming weeks. France already massive favourites for the title?
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Owen Farrell's post-match interview was one of the weirdest I've seen. Looked utterly stunned - almost spaced out.
Actually felt some sympathy for him.
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Hee hee hee
Thoroughly deserved for Scotland
How a Scottish forward didn't get MOTM beggars belief
Eddie needs to start watching, and more importantly listening, to Squidge.
It was like watching NZ lose.
A close enough margin that it feels like it's just a matter of time before things click and England win ugly.
And then they don't, and there's a quiet, numbness.
Then a smirk.
Then jubilation.
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@sparky said in NH International Rugby:
It will be interesting to seen if Eddie Jones can turn things around in the coming weeks. France already massive favourites for the title?
Italy next, so chance to get back up to speed.
@pakman said in NH International Rugby:
@sparky said in NH International Rugby:
It will be interesting to seen if Eddie Jones can turn things around in the coming weeks. France already massive favourites for the title?
Italy next, so chance to get back up to speed.
Dead cat bounce?
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@pakman said in NH International Rugby:
Sarries types off the pace.
Fatty Billy even fatter than normal.
@sparky said in NH International Rugby:
@pakman said in NH International Rugby:
Sarries types off the pace.
Fatty Billy even fatter than normal.
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@sparky said in NH International Rugby:
@pakman said in NH International Rugby:
Sarries types off the pace.
Fatty Billy even fatter than normal.
@Machpants saw a post from an English mate saying that Saracens needed to be returned to the Premiership for the good of English rugby :face_with_tears_of_joy:
Where was Swing Low over the PA system?
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Just watched England v Scotland. Well-deserved win for Scotland, although the margin should have been much bigger!
It's a terrible cliche, hearing commentators, coaches or players say "the ... (winning) team wanted it more", but in this case, the English really played like they didn't want to win, while Scotland made a huge effort. Glad it paid off.
How bad was Owen Farrell? Geez. And Itoje, how didn't he get sent off for multiple infringements? England could, and probably should, have lost more players to the bin with that penalty count. And yes, several players looked unfit and/or disinterested. Awful.
I'm a fan of Hogg, and I thought he played very well. I particularly liked some of the rookies, no. 8 Matt Fagerson and left winger Duhan van der Merwe. Experienced Jonny Gray was good, too.
France for the grand slam?
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For those teams that actually play games, England and NZ will swap places in the world rankings with this loss.
