That was a desperately poor lineout.
England. Threw it miles to his own side when they needed a response.From Samoa?
England. Threw it miles to his own side when they needed a response.
Disallowed try. They’ll be here soonWhere are the England fans at
Yep I think England were luckyIt's an interesting TMO because I don't think that it's a knock on, the Samoa's player pushes the ball toward his side, the ball is then pushed backward by Curry(?).
Buzzkill.Samoa will lose that game convincingly. These teams can't sustain physical play, if England plays no pass Rugby for 10 minutes Samoa are done.
Buzzkill.
I’m here mate, don’t panic. Here and available for barracking all afternoon, just had a few bits to do in the house but I’ll be watching our second half comeback in fullWhere are the England fans at
Fair play mateI’m here mate, don’t panic. Here and available for barracking all afternoon, just had a few bits to do in the house but I’ll be watching our second half comeback in full
It’s my firm conviction that United and England can’t win on the same day anyway, so after the hocus pocus at old Trafford there was no fecking way we had a chance hereFair play mate
All I've heard about is Borthwick being an extremely underwhelming choice. That's not much of a storyHave you guys heard side stories around England? I really struggle to understand how they managed to completely meltdown in a bit more than a year.
A big part of that is the surprise in how crap Argentina are. Still can't get over how absolutely diabolical they were in the first match.I still can’t quite believe that England can lose to Samoa (Samoa!) and still top their group. But Ireland have to beat South Africa and Scotland to avoid being knocked out of the tournament. WTF?!?
I still can’t quite believe that England can lose to Samoa (Samoa!) and still top their group. But Ireland have to beat South Africa and Scotland to avoid being knocked out of the tournament. WTF?!?
No, but let me give my 50 cents.Have you guys heard side stories around England? I really struggle to understand how they managed to completely meltdown in a bit more than a year.
The draw is so weird but I think everyone's sick of the moaning.
We'll just have to beat everyone.
Yeah definitelyDouble movement surely
I don’t even know if this particular moan is about the draw. Which has up until now been about an imbalance between the two halves. This latest head feck is more about all the weird permutations you get with bonus points.
No, but let me give my 50 cents.
The years after 2019 we basically spent by Eddie aiming solely for this World Cup. So much so that we completely ignored the development of a huge amount of players. You look at players like Willis, Earl, Mitchell…these are absolutely quality players, but they’re extremely undeveloped at international level. There’s a whole army of players a level below that that are even less so. Earl was premiership player of the season and destroying everyone week in week out, but couldn’t get a sniff for England because we had our favourites and that was that.
Add to that the timing of the Jones sacking was awful, Borthwick a poor choice, plus the English players are spread around a lot of different club sides (so the cohesion is harder to create) and you have an international team that is a lot worse than the sun of it’s parts