Hi Paks
Hi Paks
Howzit Plum.
Ramos misses a pretty straight kick. Not something you see every day.
LOL, GOAT Anton Dup drops it with an open tryline. By Ou Maaik's Esterhuizen standards that disqualifies him from ever being considered good again.
And now Penaud knocks it with the tryline beckoning. France cutting England some slack.
Same as last week, England hanging in there against a superior team.
been a tad lucky though
England's scrum looks better than France's
Two handling errors by two of the top players in the world stop French tries.
Great try by France.
It was coming for a while.
I'm not liking how England are allowing an open game.
They need to be playing the set piece game and frustrating France, but instead they seem to want to out-skill France...not gonna happen
Smith again the catalyst for England, just couldn't get the pass to his man with the French dude interfering.
England almost there, but as always, not quite.
Nice game so far to be fair.
Lawrence through at last! Should be 7.
YES!!!!!!!!
A pure heart try.
Go England!
Smash the stupid frogs!!!
And all of that came from the break by Smith.
That handoff on Ramos, haha.
And now England can kick a deep penalty and take a lineout
Penaud blocking the porn stache and that is definitely worth a penalty. Should have been red. Nobody obstructs The Stache.
England absorbed a ton of pressure in that half and managed to end it even with France.
But now it's whether they will be able to find that 5th gear in the last 20.
France don't look rattled but they look far from comfortable.
Yeah this is England's crunch period where they tend to fall away. I'd venture they need to score first in the second.
They almost kept up with Ireland last week but for Murley...lol
That was some funny stuff
BTW, Pakie...I think we watch more rugby than anybody on this site.
Lol that was crazy!
End to end with plenty of mistakes but France are gonna punish England if they keep doing that.
Smith isn't a 15.
He's made a few suspect kicks that have just handed possession to France.
I like how Itoje has matured over the years.
Yes this idea that 10 and 15 is automatically interchangeable is nonsense.
Fuck, scrum penalty France.
BTW, Pakie...I think we watch more rugby than anybody on this site.
Not sure, I don't watch that much. Only the really interesting stuff. I get bored quickly with an iffy game.
13-7, France now drawing clear. England need to score.
Dumb option from Fin back inside to Curry, he had a wall ahead of him.
Try England! The kick up by Fin gathered by Freeman, steps Antontjie, scores.
YES!!!!!
England hits right back after going 6 point behind.
If they slot the conversion they'll take the lead!
Smith misses it.
12-13 to France with 20 to go
Eish, Marcus badly hooks the conversion.
Another penalty coming for France. England need more discipline. Advantage may have cancelled it now as France attacks near the England line.
And Penaud in. Easy in the end. Phase phase score.
And it's Frances turn to score.
stupid frogs.
Well worked score in the corner though.
Ramos misses the conversion
12-18 France
Ramos misses, 18-12
The Stache definitely should have stayed wide on Penaud there, the inside man was tackled.
Some great lines by England as they rumble towards the line before a misunderstanding between Marcus and Mitchell tanks it.
Another hoist by Marcus Smith goes too deep. Had that come down just outside the 22 it could have been a bit of good.
Fin Smith is not looking bad at 10. Quite crisp and some good timing on his passes.
England showing so much dog here.
Love it.
Cumon Poms!!!
Smith misses a sitter of a penalty.
Maul was the right call here
Penalty England. Marcus misses again.
At least they're back on France's 22 now.
England perhaps just booting the ball a little too much. It's like pass, grubber, collect, pass, grubber.
Scrum penalty for England this time, Fin for touch. Lineout 5.
And they crawl it over, Baxter in.
And England score!!!
They need the conversion to take the lead...and they do!
England lead by 1 point with 10 to go!
Fin with the 2, England 19-18.
The Stache makes the hit on Ramos and takes him for a walk (with a bit of help but who cares).
Smith slows it down nicely with a mark.
Take your time boy
A try for France but there was a big forward pass there
Fuck, The Stache drops an easy pickup and France score. That's the kind of lame ass weak play that costs you games.
And England trail by 6 again...
A guy not willing to put his body on the line for his team needs to go.
Why is Lawrence kicking!!!
KEEP THE DAMN BALL IN HAND!!!
And again England grubber the ball away while attacking.
This grubber seems like it has become a reflex for the England backs.
England get a penalty and will go to the corner for a final lineout...
And they kick it away again. Unbelievable. Lucky to get the penalty.
Last chance now.
Try! The line from Daly sublime and he scores.
French defense didn't read that at all.
FUCK YEAH!!!
England take a move off the back out the lineout and touch down under the posts!!!
England win by 1 point!!!
Converted. 26-25. We will have a kickoff.
What a game
Dang I'm glad I watched that one!!!
England win. They deserved it, fought hard for it.
Yep it was a good one.
This'll do wonders for England's confidence and I hope the Frogs and their crappy fans cry all night
Borthwick looks 10 years younger up in the box.
Great game, well done England.
Nice interview with Itoje after the game.
Seems an honest chap.
never used to like him but he's grown on me.
lovely job England
Scotland v Ireland is gonna be a good one!
Thanks for the company Pakster
Likewise Plum.
Haha, I just realized that The Stache was played by Sleightholme today and not Murley. No matter, completely interchangeable.
That was a rollercoaster but we got the result in the end.
Glad you enjoyed it, chaps.
Happy that you're happy becs
Thanks blob :)
Haha Becs...and were it not for Murley, last week could have gone similarly for you.
Thanks stomping the frogs for us.
We'll return the favour in November ;)
Great win for the Poms!...and yes Plum, France used to be one of my favorite teams, but now I can't stand them...they robbed us of a RWC in South Africa and then they were poor sports when we kicked them out of their own RWC...poetic justice.
Well done ENGLAND for hanging in there and showing true grid….
Congrats Becs I am happy and relieved for you guys….may there be many more:)
Exactly, Draad.
If a team has cheats and bad sportsman in it, that one thing.
But when all the fans act like assholes, that tells you about the nature of the country.
I'l cheer for literally anybody to beat those a-holes.
To be fair, I have a soft spot for England and cheer for them and Ireland over other teams anyway.
Thanks chaps :)
I knew you loved me really Plum ;)
I don't like the Poms really, and most South Africans don't, but I like balance. That's why I'm rooting for the underdog teams and those that are there but not quite there to improve. The more really good test sides we have, the better. I take no joy in the woes of Wales and Australia, for example. It's a big loss to the world stage.
Oh I know you don’t like us, Pakie :( It’s very upsetting.
I’m just glad you’ve given credit where it’s due :)
Well Becs, you lot have briefly become rather more palatable without that Farrell chappy :)
Phew ! ;)
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No score after 10. Bit stormy over here to I may have to log off if it gets worse.