Pretty dull so far. Von Poorfeet hoofs it directly into touch again and the Pom scrum gives free kicks and a penalty. All the feeling good in the world is not going to help if you can’t scrum.
England/Wales
Yet another scrum free kick.
And then the unlucky Poorfeet is gone with what looks like a serious injury…these games are really a two edged sword. I would be tempted to keep Etzebeth and Willie on the sidelines after the half in out two remaining warm ups.
Another totally baffling ref call after calling advantage to Wales…hope this guy doesn’t call any of our matches at the WC.
AI can be hacked like US voting machines...
I hope they throw the book at Farrell and give him an 8 week ban. Didn’t even attempt to wrap his are our go down, shot strait up with the shoulder.
Also noted that with him off the field, England finally started to perform better. They managed to use their pack to drive for a try.
So I hope this is a lesson that Ferrell should go near the England team. He just have a really bad impact on the team with his attitude
And I used to like you, Saffex
Johnny Sexton ? Liam Williams ? Dan Biggar ?
There’s quite a list.
See, it’s a more complex choice than one might think.
De Allende, Steph, Kolisi, or Lood. It's bad enough knowing they don't deserve anything, but having to sift through the excrement frame by frame is soul destroying. The others are not South African therefore I don't care enough to be invested in who or what they are. Farrell cannot tackle. He has the exact same flaw as $onny Bill Will.i.ain't, though the latter reveled in it. It's more shocking that no coaching staff or senior rugby head raised the issue or sought it necessary to correct the flaw. In that regard, I could list Erasmus as my main target for wanting to punch. If he knows the game as well as many think, then he knows very well what these players are doing wrong, but does nothing to correct it. That's the worst offence of all!
I know quite a few people who want to punch Faf ( including my mother ) and Willie le Roux.
Hahahaha.. I was so bored with the first half I went off to play golf. But the second half…who doesn’t like a good comedy. Play after asinine play. The Wallies overthrowing their lineouts, the Poms being carded….and handling errors galore.
But here’s the really hilarious thing. These are the only two sides of consequence Harrassmiss beat at the WC.
Different game, different challenge. That England side was our best possible match up, as they don't have the set pieces to play trench warfare. Most people called the final wrong on the basis of the nature of the England-All Black test.
Saddex, are you really this clueless? England did not possess the tools to assert their game the way they did against New Zealand. This isn't anything other than a plain fact. Your feelings are a problem, they are always a problem. You draw conclusions entirely upon your feelings. This is why you are almost always wrong.
What happened at scrum time Saddex? They lacked the platform.
Deus reveals his amazing pathological hatred of some Bok players and the coach. Uses terms like excrete ment and punch in the face etc.
The poor guy after years of being made to look foolish by the said coach and players has become completely unhinged.
You can't take this biased oak seriously when he discusses the Boks.
There are arguments both ways Saffex.
However, when you watch the two games side by side, there is a notable difference in the English.
To me, they seemed less willing to get on the front foot with some bravery.
Could be nerves along with some fear of the Bok reputation in finals.
Perhaps, that pass early on into noman's land is a sign of where England was mentally.
Regardless, I see a difference.
JVP out of the World Cup needing ankle surgery.
Sorry to hear that….must be awful to get injured in a warm up.
Yes I think you’re right, Mozart. It’s a shame for him.
Alex Mitchell has been called up.
One the goal line stand, thank you Mostert and oddly Malherbe.
Two the Rassie on Larkham tactic of having Dud Toit charge at George Ford. A simple side step would have ended that ploy but Ford was a deer in the headlights and master coach Eddie couldn’t find an answer
Three and most crucially the scrums. Now I ask you with tears in my eyes, did the scrum that was at parity with the Wallies become supermen in a week…..or were the Poms just awful. Given the drubbing the Beast gave Old King Cole it’s incredible he is still a Pom stalwart.
It was a strange affair, but I put it down to those specifics and complete lack of warrior spirit from England. They thought they had won the WC when they beat NZ. Eddie probably thought he could unlock the Boks after Japan in 2015….the Boks got the sweetest revenge. Incredibly inept coaching.
Not a fact….ESPN reported no Mostert missed tackles in the entire test. So if Harrassmiss was so brilliant, how come it took a Francois Louw turnover the week before to save us from a possible Welsh loss. Did he reserve his ‘brilliance’ for the final while taking a significant risk of not even making the final?
The logic is laughable Dave. Nobody is disputing we played a great second half….but the Poms simply didn’t show.
no side would EVER think they had won a WC final before even playing it
Is this Bozo real? He talks like some AI chat bot troll.
Well we could always give Dave one of those ‘name the squares with bridges’ tests. But I think his language might be a bit advanced for a troll.
> Dave…..No missed tackles by Mostert . One could almost call him the man who delivered the WC.
