Rugby World Cup Japan 2019

[gumboots]

Wales 22 not 25. Rugby's been metric for years! Lol

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Just now, gumboots said:

Wales 22 not 25. Rugby's been metric for years! Lol

Once a teacher, always a teacher. Lol.

Edited November 1, 2019 by Tyrone Shoelaces

[gumboots]

Very true. Also someone who watches a lot of rugby nowadays

[Husky]

Damned this is sloppy. It's like 2007 so far.

[47er]

Looking like we played our final last week? 

[darrenrover]

Just now, 47er said:

Looking like we played our final last week? 

Yep, an error strewn half from England and a French ref favouring The Boks.

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

South Africa repelling everthing we throw at them...only one winner here.

[Husky]

It's all over now. South Africa's first ever World Cup Final try.

That bounce though. Lucky ****s! ?

[RTM08]

Game over now. England have been dreadful and barely deserve the points they have on the board. Well played SA, came in with a gameplan (however dire it is to watch) and England have nothing to offer in return.

[matt83]

Gutted. 

They beat us in all the key areas - defence, attack, set pieces. Such a shame as this could have been the best England world cup ever. Daly was v questionable at 15. Nowell on the wing, Watson at 15 for me. Oh well.

Faf is such an irritating little shit. But highly effective. He dictated the tempo and it pissed us off. Even his hair irritates me.

So England lost, gbl lost vs New Zealand. Step forward Rovers...

[philipl]

England made so many mistakes but South Africa dominated in all aspects and every phase of the game. Could easily have lost by a lot more than 20.

Delighted for my South African friends and great to see that magnificent beautiful country get a positive boost like this.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Mm, a game to forget I'm afraid.  We looked very nervous right from the off and losing Sinckler in the first tackle was a blow. Having said that we never got to grips with their old fashioned style of scrum and line out dominance followed by a kick based rugby. I'm not sure I'd want to watch that every week, they nearly won today without scoring a try. Incidentally I thought there were two little forward passes in their first try but they don't bother about things like little forward passes in Rugby Union.

I don't think the ref did us any favours either to be honest, George Ford got clattered off the ball at one point and nothing happened. No real complaints though, we were a poor second today. Well done South Africa.

Edited November 2, 2019 by Tyrone Shoelaces

[gumboots]

It was youth v experience and experience won in the end. Most of our lads will still be there next time and some the time after that and they'll have this defeat to look back on and spur them on. Delighted for de Klerk and cant wait to see him back at Sale but gutted that England couldn't get going and give them more of a game. I think Sinklers going off so early took so much away from our scrum and just knocked us back a bit where we needed to be on the front foot. A different early start might have made a difference. 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Just now, gumboots said:

It was youth v experience and experience won in the end. Most of our lads will still be there next time and some the time after that and they'll have this defeat to look back on and spur them on. Delighted for de Klerk and cant wait to see him back at Sale but gutted that England couldn't get going and give them more of a game. I think Sinklers going off so early took so much away from our scrum and just knocked us back a bit where we needed to be on the front foot. A different early start might have made a difference. 

Yeah, I like De Klerk. He's what a scrum half should be like. Having said that anybody can play there when you're playing behind a dominant pack.

[gumboots]

He plays differently for Sale. More passing game. 

[47er]

9 hours ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

I thought there were two little forward passes in their first try

So did I. I was amazed that they didn't think the video confirmed It.

Wouldn't have made any difference though. The comparison between the first 2 minutes of the semi-final against NZ and this game could not have been more stark.

We were on the back-foot from the very beginning. Never really got going did we?

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Just now, 47er said:

So did I. I was amazed that they didn't think the video confirmed It.

Wouldn't have made any difference though. The comparison between the first 2 minutes of the semi-final against NZ and this game could not have been more stark.

We were on the back-foot from the very beginning. Never really got going did we?

No, we looked nervous right from the off, especially when Sinckler had to go off. Several wild passes early on when calm heads were required. I thought the ref gave us nothing and the Welsh ref would have been a better bet. Having said that the best team won. 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

8 hours ago, gumboots said:

He plays differently for Sale. More passing game. 

I hope so, the ball was crying at the end.