[2015 RWC] Warm Up Match: France vs England (22/08/2015)

[TRF_Olyy]

Binny's tackle was clearly high, but the exact same happened to Nowell just after he caught the ball in our 22 and the ref wasn't interested at all :/



Edit: If this is a card then I'm gonna kick the **** off. He grabbed his shoulders!

Is this stiffness or what?

The only stiffness is in French fans' pantaloons

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Tough call Olyy, do you back up your threats or do you keep the only user you know you can trust to break into someone's home and ejaculate over their possessions?

I know now you don't care what these putas think of you but me, me? I'm an asset to you, with me you can achieve great things, a man with no shame, no loved ones, completely psociopathic and loyal to anyone who wants to wreak havoc. That's what you want, nay it's what you need to become great. You know you need me, you know you'd just be a mediocre gringo without me, so I'm gonna stay and the rest of this shower of bacalaos will know their place.

 

[91jmay]

Ben Youngs looking like a headless chicken now as well. Can't blame though the entire pack has been destroyed here.

 

[bazwaz]

...welcome to our world of rugby in NZ where we suffer at the hands of the Napoleonic Jaco Peyper on a regular basis...to think he will be refereeing yr game against Fiji must be most disconcerting...

 

[Patchey]

Patchey: everything has gone wrong so far, good you're not watching it. We've had zero possession compounded with lots of penalties at the breakdown and a poor lineout. Some bad handling too. Worrying

So I should open a second bottle of wine and start crying now?

My mate just sent me that tackle stat. Damn.

 

[ncurd]

...welcome to our world of rugby in NZ where we suffer at the hands of the Napoleonic Jaco Peyper on a regular basis...to think he will be refereeing yr game against Fiji must be most disconcerting...

See this where us English differ look at the comments we blame our team entirely for this...

 

[goodNumber10]

So many people having shockers...

 

[The Jones Boy]

Vunipola gives away a silly penalty for a head high tackle, that could have been a yellow with a less level headed referee.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Should of played more of these players last week.

 

[ShonH]

At least Dylan Hartley is not out there. The most important thing about the World Cup is that you make a statement about discipline. You never want the best players and then fool around and win.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

It is a crappy pitch.

 

[bazwaz]

So many people having shockers...

Get back to me after Fiji kicks yr butt..

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Tough call Olyy, do you back up your threats or do you keep the only user you know you can trust to break into someone's home and ejaculate over their possessions?

I've got cyRil on Facebook, I'll be fine.

 

[91jmay]

At least Dylan Hartley is not out there. The most important thing about the World Cup is that you make a statement about discipline. You never want the best players and then fool around and win.

Yeah this is true, it would be really awful to not have a number 2 throwing the ball on the ground and giving the French line-outs.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Get George on, put Youngs @6 (he has made the most tackles).

Bring Cips on @ 10.

Sorted.

 

[goodNumber10]

England are giving Ford zero options here. No depth to this attack at all, very narrow as well.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

At least Dylan Hartley is not out there. The most important thing about the World Cup is that you make a statement about discipline. You never want the best players and then fool around and win.

This'd be true if Hartley was our best player.
Fact of the matter is all of our hookers are **** at something or other. Youngs is occasionally good at the lineout, Hartley is never good at the ruck, or in workrate, and not really in the scrums (his props have helped his career massively, here - in the days of Mujati/Soane, their domination over the other teams props hid him popping out of every single scrum).

Don't get me wrong, I'd have Hartley in the RWC squad (over Webber, on his recent form) but he's not the great saviour of English rugby like you're making him out to be. He's Mr Average. Does all right at everything (bar the ruck) while not really being particularly good at anything.

 

[ncurd]

Slowly finding our way now but that first 30-35 minx was really really poor.

 

[ShonH]

I have never seen Hartley look as pathetic as what we have seen in this game and the last game. He is the best and he would be out there doing better if it were not for trying to make a point about discipline.

 

[The Jones Boy]

Ford kicks his goal and England are still hanging in there on the scoreboard