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Captain18,570 posts
17 Sept 2023, 19:19
#1
17 Sept 2023, 19:19#1
Japan vs the Poms
Started by Just_win16 REPLIES1,080 VIEWS· 17 Sept 2023, 19:19
sharkbok
Captain23,224 posts
Captain23,224 posts
17 Sept 2023, 19:21
#2
17 Sept 2023, 19:21#2
Japan have looked good so far, but I expect England to pick up momentum as the match goes on
Captain18,570 posts
17 Sept 2023, 19:22
#3
17 Sept 2023, 19:22#3
Agreed. Japan will have to play out of their skin to win this ome.
Captain18,117 posts
17 Sept 2023, 19:25
#4
17 Sept 2023, 19:25#4
England stuttering a bit but I think they'll find their rhythm and put the plucky Japanese away.
Captain18,570 posts
17 Sept 2023, 19:30
#5
17 Sept 2023, 19:30#5
6-3 to Japan. It woul d be poetic justice if Japan wins on kicks.
Captain18,570 posts
17 Sept 2023, 19:32
#6
17 Sept 2023, 19:32#6
Poms get a try from a bad throw in by Japan.
Captain18,570 posts
17 Sept 2023, 19:37
#7
17 Sept 2023, 19:37#7
Ford misses. Poms will need his boot to be working.
Captain18,570 posts
17 Sept 2023, 19:51
#8
17 Sept 2023, 19:51#8
Get field position, draw a penalty. Happens too much in rugby these days.
sharkbok
Captain23,224 posts
Captain23,224 posts
17 Sept 2023, 19:59
#9
17 Sept 2023, 19:59#9
The pole kicking at this tournament has not been great so far.
Captain21,007 posts
17 Sept 2023, 20:04
#10
17 Sept 2023, 20:04#10
Fun game so far.
England not playing smart rugby atm. They need to slow things down but are instead getting sucked into the frantic game the Japanese want to play.
Scrum parity thus far...which I''m sure the Japanese are taking heart from.m
The more I watch the other sides the more it's clear how ahead of them our pack is. We'd be bossing both these teams. England turned over one solitary ruck ball in that entire half.
Thank heavens we're playing Ireland soon and will be able to gauge exactly where we are instead of knowing we're better than the rest but having the Irish variable monkey on our backs.
Still bussing from that Fiji game.
Captain18,570 posts
17 Sept 2023, 20:12
#11
17 Sept 2023, 20:12#11
That was a tense and exciting game Plum but not for the usual reasons.
sharkbok
Captain23,224 posts
Captain23,224 posts
17 Sept 2023, 20:24
#12
17 Sept 2023, 20:24#12
A header by Marler. What a lucky try.
Captain18,570 posts
17 Sept 2023, 20:25
#13
17 Sept 2023, 20:25#13
Now that's using your head, lol
Captain18,570 posts
17 Sept 2023, 20:29
#14
17 Sept 2023, 20:29#14
Some good running rugby from both sides.
Pro4,378 posts
18 Sept 2023, 14:54
#15
18 Sept 2023, 14:54#15
Strange game yet again.
Too much aimless kicking from my lot.
Massive improvement needed !
Captain21,007 posts
18 Sept 2023, 17:06
#16
18 Sept 2023, 17:06#16
They respected Japan too much, Becs.
The Boks do that all the time.
And it always gives lessers teams more confidence while eroding that of the better side.
The aimless kicking was evidence to the undue respect.
Perhaps it was recent performances or the the Japanese scrums, maybe both.
Pro4,378 posts
18 Sept 2023, 18:01
#17
18 Sept 2023, 18:01#17
Yeah you could be right, Plum.
We’re definitely struggling as a team though. The constant kicking is driving everyone mad !
They have said it was too humid to play as they wanted so they had to resort to kicking but we’ve been doing that a lot anyway.
At least it looks as though we will get out of the group now, something I was unsure of before the start of the tournament.
It’s stressful being an England fan, you know !
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