2022 Six Nations
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After 8 minutes I thought the game was in the bag & so did the Ireland team unfortunately...
England responded excellently and had us under the kosh for most of the next hour, the last 15 minutes was how we should have played all game but I'll happily take the win...
The red card would have been a certain red if the tackle was made in the 60th minute instead of the first so no argument there, was surprised the ref gave it so early on though...
England responded excellently and had us under the kosh for most of the next hour, the last 15 minutes was how we should have played all game but I'll happily take the win...
The red card would have been a certain red if the tackle was made in the 60th minute instead of the first so no argument there, was surprised the ref gave it so early on though...
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What an effort that was from England. Ireland looked shellshocked second half, and intruth the final score flattered them with England running out of energy in the final 10 minutes.
Olay like that vs France and we’ll win.
Olay like that vs France and we’ll win.
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That was an outstanding effort from England.
Best performance since the world cup for me.
Best performance since the world cup for me.
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When an offence happens is irrelevant, a red card is a red card...first seconds of the game or at any point thereafter.DublinDave wrote: ↑Sat Mar 12, 2022 6:45 pm After 8 minutes I thought the game was in the bag & so did the Ireland team unfortunately...
England responded excellently and had us under the kosh for most of the next hour, the last 15 minutes was how we should have played all game but I'll happily take the win...
The red card would have been a certain red if the tackle was made in the 60th minute instead of the first so no argument there, was surprised the ref gave it so early on though...
Congratulations to Ireland though...took your boys the best part of 70 mins to get control, but you won it in the end.
Learnt a lot about England today...and mightily pleased with what I saw.
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England needed that kind of performance. Despite the defeat - to play that well against a team that is supposed to be all singing all dancing was a superb effort.
Well played Ireland - given how the 65 mins post red card generally went for them they could've panicked but they didn't. I think that performance leaves some questions for them though. They were absolutely marmalised by a scrum that had Jack Nowell packing down at flanker. Furlong's reputation was not enhanced today, and a more picky ref would've carded one of their front row for repeated infringements. A very high penalty count for a side that didn't receive a yellow card.
The red was a fair decision by the letter of the law. I've never rated Ewels as international class. Lawes back to second row next week and flanker at 6. Need more speed outside Smith and a balanced centre partnership. Slade and Marchant are cracking 13s but need a different option in there with more bulk. I'd also like to see Malins replaced with someone with more running threat. Radwan or Hassle Collins as someone who'll actually frighten the opposition wingers.
Here's to a proper ding dong in Paris next week. France deserve to win the 6 nations but who knows...
Well played Ireland - given how the 65 mins post red card generally went for them they could've panicked but they didn't. I think that performance leaves some questions for them though. They were absolutely marmalised by a scrum that had Jack Nowell packing down at flanker. Furlong's reputation was not enhanced today, and a more picky ref would've carded one of their front row for repeated infringements. A very high penalty count for a side that didn't receive a yellow card.
The red was a fair decision by the letter of the law. I've never rated Ewels as international class. Lawes back to second row next week and flanker at 6. Need more speed outside Smith and a balanced centre partnership. Slade and Marchant are cracking 13s but need a different option in there with more bulk. I'd also like to see Malins replaced with someone with more running threat. Radwan or Hassle Collins as someone who'll actually frighten the opposition wingers.
Here's to a proper ding dong in Paris next week. France deserve to win the 6 nations but who knows...
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Indeed, it would be easy for me to say it was our mistakes & silly fouls that gave England a foothold in the game but it was your fight & desire that caused our usual fluid play to be disjointed... Fair play..!simon hammer wrote: ↑Sat Mar 12, 2022 6:59 pm When an offence happens is irrelevant, a red card is a red card...first seconds of the game or at any point thereafter.
Congratulations to Ireland though...took your boys the best part of 70 mins to get control, but you won it in the end.
Learnt a lot about England today...and mightily pleased with what I saw.
You have a young team & the future could well be very rosy indeed... (pun intended )
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Reminds me of the loss to spuds in the great escape season. We learned a great deal about the team spirit there.France should not be polishing off their Grand Slam space in the trophy cabinet just yet.......
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Not under Jones. Until he’s gone, England will remain a disjointed and under-achieving team.DublinDave wrote: ↑Sat Mar 12, 2022 7:43 pmYou have a young team & the future could well be very rosy indeed... (pun intended )
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Indeed. He’s been around too long and has stunk the place out since mid 2020 and unfortunately it looks like we’ll pretty much waste an entire World Cup cycle.dasnutnock3 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 13, 2022 9:18 am Not under Jones. Until he’s gone, England will remain a disjointed and under-achieving team.
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Well done Italy, great defensive performance, especially in the last 20mins. A great try to win the game.
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I've been working in the garden and just seen the result , need find the match online now
As far as this evening goes, Allez Les Bleus, they deserve to win the championship from the rugby they played
As far as this evening goes, Allez Les Bleus, they deserve to win the championship from the rugby they played
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I want England to put in a good fighting performance like they did with the Irish last week, whatever the eventual result. However you can’t really begrudge the French if they win given how they have played.
Maybe then a Farrell/Edwards combo to manage England in the future … ??
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I was out gardening too and managed to replay the last 2 mins from the BBC website - it may be on there or on iplayer.
I want England to put in a good fighting performance like they did with the Irish last week, whatever the eventual result. However you can’t really begrudge the French if they win given how they have played.
Maybe then a Farrell/Edwards combo to manage England in the future … ??
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Found the highlights on BBC website, brilliant try to win itpablo jaye wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 5:12 pm I was out gardening too and managed to replay the last 2 mins from the BBC website - it may be on there or on iplayer.
I want England to put in a good fighting performance like they did with the Irish last week, whatever the eventual result. However you can’t really begrudge the French if they win given how they have played.
Maybe then a Farrell/Edwards combo to manage England in the future … ??
My concern with the future is that World Rugby (or the IRB as I still like to call them ) need to sort out the laws.
There are far too many red cards at the moment, Ewels last week for example wasn't malicious and wasn't even a high tackle.
They state that the harsh penalties are to educate players, but if that's the case why don't they practise that with all of the laws, rather than ignoring laws when it suits individual referees?
It's ruining the game for me.
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They seem to come up with a performance like this when people start talking about their purpose in the 6 Nations. Hopefully they can use this to really become competitive as it would be amazing for the competition to become a genuine six team tournament.dasnutnock3 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 5:35 pm I love it when Italy win a 6N game, more so when they’re away.
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Couldn't agree more. A truly competitive six teams would be far better for the tournament, the fans and rugby in general.
Congratulations to Ireland on winning the triple crown, played very well again today.
Pressure on France to perform now...will they step up or will they crack? Could play into Englands hands.