Japan vs England - 22/06/24

[Reiser99]

That should be the end of Ewel's England career. There are players just as good who don't do that ****.

 

[Scotty]

good upgrade to red, may as well send him home now

Agree with the red, hopfully that's the last we see of him in an England shirt

 

[Which Tyler]

Is that 2 consecutive red cards for Ewels at international level?

 

[BrokenWing]

Although I want Japan to get something from this game, I don't want Eddie Jones to get anything from this game.

 

[McTallshort]

Straight forward enough

 

[Reiser99]

Is that 2 consecutive red cards for Ewels at international level?

I think so.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Ewels has to have broken a record
Last two caps have been red cards, one he lasted 2mins and one he lasted 8mins

 

[Pieter Steph du Teague]

Ewels red card marks the beginning of the 'Tuima impact-sub' era

 

[BrokenWing]

Ewels has to have broken a record
Last two caps have been red cards, one he lasted 2mins and one he lasted 8mins

And the 2 minutes is generous.

 

[Reiser99]

Overall job done. After the frantic start England settled and never really lost control and tbh not really tested.

Probably the top 3 for me were Underhill, Earl and probably Mitchell.

1st Japanese try should have been avoided, but 2nd was just some fantastic handling skill.

Win is always good, but NZ will be a far tougher test.

 

[Scotty]

Overall very happy with that, japan threw alot at us and we kept them out in that first half, we took our chances well and looked decent.

By no means the finished article have alot to work on to beat NZ but we should be competitive and have a decent chance.

 

[Mumbles119]

Please can someone help? England had nine forwards on (before Ewels idiotic card). A forward replaced Freeman I think, but I missed why?

 

[Which Tyler]

Please can someone help? England had nine forwards on (before Ewels idiotic card). A forward replaced Freeman I think, but I missed why?

Presumably because we only had 3 backs on the bench - pretty standard.

Can't say that I noticed it though.

Surprised that neither coach is speaking Japanese. Eddie is certainly fluent, and Borthwick spent 4 years over there.
That sort of thing goes a long way, but I guess that have an eye on the English-speaking press.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Had we not used all our subs by that point? Did we go down to 13 when Freeman went off?

Marler came on just after halftime, definitely saw Dan out there, Ewels obv was on and Curry came on for Underhill (who somehow came back on for CCS and stayed on for the rest of the game, so not sure how that worked)
Unless Stuart came on for Freeman but pretty sure he was already on by then too

 

[Duck a l'Orange]

Thought he'd had at least 2 or 3 chalked off.

He had one denied against New Zealand in 2019 for Courtney Lawes being offside I thought. Absolutely blew Beauden Barrett's mind by jogging in his blind spot.

 

[Reiser99]

Had we not used all our subs by that point? Did we go down to 13 when Freeman went off?

Marler came on just after halftime, definitely saw Dan out there, Ewels obv was on and Curry came on for Underhill (who somehow came back on for CCS and stayed on for the rest of the game, so not sure how that worked)
Unless Stuart came on for Freeman but pretty sure he was already on by then too

Does Ewels count as coming on? I thought he just decided to be a *** again and get himself sent off.

 

[Pieter Steph du Teague]

Ewels came on for Freeman. Slade moved to wing and it looked like Underhill went to centre in defence and Earl to centre in attack. Was hard to tell what was really going on as it only lasted about 5 minutes before Ewels got carded but yeah, I'm pretty sure that's what happened.

 

[AngloScotsHybrid]

Looks like Marcus Smith had his best game for England. Agree?

 

[AngloScotsHybrid]

There's a lot to say about the rest of his game but you can't deny CCS's skill in contact

IFW getting ragdolled by the Japanese defence, though - not seen that before

I still think CCS is an 8 not a 6.

 

[Vieux Talonneur]

Not a lot to read into that bar job done against an overpowered, inexperienced team. Little more than a shakedown before the main event.

M Smith started v well but went a bit south, missing a couple from the tee and picking up his yellow.

Can't argue at all with the Ewels decision and glad Leitch wasn't badly hurt. On a personal level I do feel for him a bit having fought so hard to come back from a horrendous injury and the humiliation of the Ire red. But a stupid action that will almost certainly finish his Eng career on a real low.

Underhill really is in form. Pleasure to see.

Had no problems with the rugbypass coverage. Well done them.