Rugby thread (6 Nations, Heineken Cup etc)

[Stig]

6 minutes ago, footle said:

the TMO on the inside of the maul was...

 

Fair unfortunately. Frustrating as fuck, but he did drop the ball, the was caught by another player and then he grabbed it again.

 

I'm staggered at the amount of forward passes from NZ the ref missed though. One was dead obvious and in front of both the ref and touch judge.

[pastry]

Great win from England, we absolutely dominated and did not given them an inch. Total control - not often anyone achieves that against the Kiwi’s!

 

The team looked like they were well and truly up for winning, nothing seemed to knock their spirits. Fantastic energy.

 

I’m watching from NZ where I know they will be absolutely devastated. Rugby is everything to them!

 

(On that note... it may surprise you to know that the Aussies don’t actually give a shit about Union - League is their game)

[fat flatulent git]

Gutted All Blacks is one of the best sights in sort.

[footle]

15 minutes ago, Stigweard said:

 

Fair unfortunately. Frustrating as fuck, but he did drop the ball, the was caught by another player and then he grabbed it again.

 

I'm staggered at the amount of forward passes from NZ the ref missed though. One was dead obvious and in front of both the ref and touch judge.

fair, but how many of those have been missed historically? Or on a daily basis?

[McFly]

Bit of redemption for Tuilagi after all his injuries and off-field escapades. My parents are big Leicester fans and im glad he scored

[Stig]

4 minutes ago, footle said:

fair, but how many of those have been missed historically? Or on a daily basis?

 

What difference does that make? If the ref or tmo see something that needs reviewing they will do. If someone did that and got away with it in the past then that just means they got away with it because TMO or the ref didn't have a good view of it. Cant just go changing the rules because it happens in other games and is missed.

[McFly]

Games are bad enough with TMO inference and vague laws. We need less rules not more.

[Stig]

2 minutes ago, McFly said:

Games are bad enough with TMO inference and vague laws. We need less rules not more.

 

It's not vague, he dropped the ball.

[Matt Defis]

I was never in doubt I said last week they'd beat them and it'll be an England v Wales final with Wales winning by 5.

[McFly]

26 minutes ago, Stigweard said:

 

It's not vague, he dropped the ball.

I was meaning generally, sorry.

[neoELITE]

The TMO is great. Everyone knows what's happening (at home) and the ref vocalises that to the players. Football should simply replicate that.

[g wings]

England were immense in just about every aspect but their line speed in defence was insane. NZ just never had a chance to get to the gain line, let alone break it. 

[Matt Defis]

If Wales win tomorrow we'll have a final where the 2 best refs in the world will take no part.

[Starbreaker]

 

[neoELITE]

We don't want Wales do we?

[layten]

What I think of your silly dance.

[phresh]

56 minutes ago, neoELITE said:

We don't want Wales do we?

If the game was at the Millennium stadium I’d agree but England’s record away from there is really good. Pointing to the last WC didn’t exactly help Australia.

 

Id prefer to play SA as winning a WC beating all 4 rugby championship teams would be really impressive.

[neoELITE]

I'm just happy to watch the final now. That England performance was Herculean. One of the best sporting performances I've seen. Inspired and brilliant. Like beating Usain Bolt at the 100m

Every man played their part. A 110% effort. 

[Stig]

Btw how fucking good was Mora Itoje today. Absolutely unplayable.

[Matt Defis]

Fuck I'm nervous.

[Starbreaker]

Me too! As an England fan the amount I want Wales to win this is completely alien. 

[neoELITE]

That's a blow for Wales. North off is massive. 

[neoELITE]

Game over?

[neoELITE]

Game on 

[footle]

6 minutes ago, neoELITE said:

Game over?

 

Apparently not. Lets get some nice extra time going...

[kensei]

I'd like to see a penalty shootout, mostly because I'll probably never see one again. 

[Matt Defis]

Game over. 

[feltmonkey]

Bugger. A Wales-England final would have been brilliant. My son, who's half Welsh half English, was looking forward to supporting both sides, not minding who won, and just hoping everyone had a nice time. 

[MpM]

Shame, a Wales v England game would have been a far more entertaining, as a spectacle, final than SA vs England will be.

 

There would have been far less tactical play and much more typically 6 nations attacking style.

 

All we are likely to get now is a slower paced, more boring low scoring game.

 

[neoELITE]

I feel sorry for Wales as most English people don't give a shit about rugby but most Welsh people do. I only watch the big games and the odd Exeter Chiefs game on TV.