Rugby World Cup 2019 aka Squishy McSquish goes into a meltdown thread

Occupied the tackler though when he had no chance of getting the pass, no?

Yeah, like I said it was irrelevant, foul is a foul. More of a point that it was poor play from Curry and completely pointless.
 
They can get fined??
Absurd isn’t it? I don’t understand why this clear act of favoritism is enforced. It’s one thing if the All Blacks are on tour, but in a WC setting, teams should be allowed to challenge the hala back.
 
Just some friendly banter, read our conversation a bit earlier. Nothing personal on you, you were just the first one to give me an opportunity :D

Haha I swear I satisfy that to the tee, don't know shit about Rugby but just feels like England should be ahead by more
 
Feckers couldn't have put in a performance like this last week, could they? Had to decide to turn it on against Ireland and then be way off the pace against England :D
It's not England's fault Ireland decided to roll over to have their belly tickled. ;)
 
I’ve seen the All Blacks lose matches before, but never seen them being outmuscled like this.
 
I’ve seen the All Blacks lose matches before, but never seen them being outmuscled like this.
Just thinking ive never seen an AB pack look like they’re gonna lose every set piece
 
England have been brilliant, but should have more points on the board. The All Blacks look a bit under cooked? Maybe they’ve had it too easy this tournament and are not quite as battle hardened yet as England. Still expect the All Blacks to come back in the 2nd half, I think it’s too tight to predict the outcome of this very high quality match.
 
NZ have to bring Sam Cane on, the experiment with Barrett in the back row hasn’t worked.

Sonny Bill in the back line should be considered too.
 
Oh yeah, no doubt we were diabolical. Beauden Barrett is having a very poor game today though.

That's what happens when you put them under pressure though. The England pack are winning everything so NZ can't get anything going.

It could all turn on a moment of magic though and if NZ get their noses in front it's a different game.

England don't have enough points on the board and need the first score to have a chance of winning it.

Its like when Ireland beat them you've to keep your foot on their neck all game.
 
England’s bench is very strong, NZ need to get their running game going and avoid the forward battle.
 
That's what happens when you put them under pressure though. The England pack are winning everything so NZ can't get anything going.

It could all turn on a moment of magic though and if NZ get their noses in front it's a different game.

England don't have enough points on the board and need the first score to have a chance of winning it.

Its like when Ireland beat them you've to keep your foot on their neck all game.

Oh sure, it's amazing how not having front-foot ball can make you look poor. England are rushing up very effectively too like they did against us in the 6N. NZ are dealing with it a bit better than we did but still have only broken through it once or twice in the whole game.
 
NZ are playing exactly the same as the first half. Shocking.

England are going to win this comfortably