RWC: England - Georgia (18-09-2011, 18:00)

[Colin]

I reckon Flood will start vs Romania too

Other than that it's hard to say - Possibly Armitage, Cueto may not be fit, and if he is they might rest Foden and start Armitage at FB


Tuilagi is most likely to come away with tries, but having started the first two games he may not start the next - Same goes for Ashton too, we may see Banahan play instead of him against Romania

So you fancy Tuilagi to get the most tries .. Was looking at Ashton myself , but he seems to be a bit out of form , havent seen enough of him lately though , maybe he l sring to form tonight

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Will be one of the two - both very good open field runners, Ashton runs better support lines off of the flyhalf so with Flood back (if he's on form) we might see him pick up a couple of tries (he doesn't work as well with Wilkinson because it's a lot slower play)

Both can score from anywhere on the pitch though, so who knows what will happen - they way England played vs Argentina though, we might not get any tries

 

[Colin]

Will be one of the two - both very good open field runners, Ashton runs better support lines off of the flyhalf so with Flood back (if he's on form) we might see him pick up a couple of tries (he doesn't work as well with Wilkinson because it's a lot slower play)

Both can score from anywhere on the pitch though, so who knows what will happen - they way England played vs Argentina though, we might not get any tries

Hopefully we dont have to endure another game like that one

 

[psychic duck]

same lineup we had 2 days ago :| this doesn't look good. and why on earth didn't Dixon take at least two hookers on the wc... our scrum is strong but not almighty for chrissake!!

I agree with you Toko, think Georgia could struggle in this match, I would have made as many changes as possible to the side without weakening it, started Giorgadze, Chkhaidze, Shvelidze Urjukashvili and Gugava maybe

regarding hookers, there are two hookers, Giorgadze and Bregvadze, would you have had Natriashvili in the squad as a third hooker ahead of Berishvili or Nemsadze perhaps?

 

[Toko_11]

regarding hookers, there are two hookers, Giorgadze and Bregvadze, would you have had Natriashvili in the squad as a third hooker ahead of Berishvili or Nemsadze perhaps?

Natriashvili is definitely the best hooker Georgia has I was very disappointed when he was left out. Giorgadze played as number 1 many times so I'm not sure he's the best hooker... although he is a quality player. I also hoped to see malaguradze I have no clue why Khmaladze has been chosen over him. I think we're going to see a different lineup after England game (with malaguradze and nemsadze)

 

[TRF_Ezequiel]

vBookie England - Georgia

Added the vBookie for the gambling addicts

 

[Toko_11]

Returning from injury against Georgia is not the smartest move Lewis Moody!

 

[TRF_Olyy]

That's what I was thinking as well - I wouldn't be surprised at all if he re-injured his knee

 

[RuckinGoodStats]

Pre game stats for England v Georgia .
Kickers: England Wilkinson 38% (3 from 8), was 7 from 8 in 2011 6 nations with the same ball. Georgia Kvirikavili 2 from 2.

Concerning RWC2011 England stats: Missing, on average, 1 in 4 tackle attempts, 10 lost possessions/turnovers (1 at the ruck, 4 handling errors), 12 penalties awarded (3 in possession, 3 at the ruck). RWC2011 stats England want to continue: 6 linebreaks, 4 offloads, broke 14 tackles (4 in the opposition's 22).

Concerning RWC2011 Georgia stats: Missing, on average, 1 in 5 tackle attempts, 12 lost possessions/turnovers (1 at the ruck, 7 handling errors), 14 penalties awarded (3 in possession, 10 at the ruck). RWC2011 stats Georgia want to continue: 4 linebreaks, 2 offloads, 2 charge downs, broke 6 tackles (0 in the opposition's 22).

Ref Kaplan in RWC2011: 2 scrum resets, 5 scrum infringements, 21 penalties awarded (12 at the ruck) 1 offside penalty. 6 penalties awarded were inside 22. 6 penalties awarded resulted in kicks at the posts. Kaplan's RWC2011 ranking from 10 refs (1 most/highest): 5th for scrum infringements and penalties awarded, 3rd for ruck penalties, 7th for offside penalties. Kaplan in 2011 average per game: 4.2 scrum resets, 4.4 scrum infringements, 18.6 penalties awarded (11.1 at the ruck) 1.8 for offside.

 

[Izzoard]

Hi all,

If anyone has a internet feed, can you please PM me?

Cheers!!!

 

[Seaton]

To paraphrase a post on another thread, Georgia have come to play

Oooof, miss from straight in front by Georgia

Nae one else with anything to say? Been a good game so far.

 

[Mrs. Peter Quinn]

Can we please stop trying to play from our own 22? Flood please kick for territory.

 

[Wally]

Can we please stop trying to play from our own 22? Flood please kick for territory.

 

[Seaton]

About time Kaplan, England have been asking for a yellow with all these penalties


YAAaAaAaAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!

 

[McTallshort]

Painful!

 

[callsign.springbok]

dylan hartley's brain is somewhere else... again... probably thinking about chucking midgets.

tidy eighthman move in any case! simple and effective

 

[gingergenius]

stevens must have conceded about 4 penalties so far...

 

[TNT88]

Come on Georgia!

 

[Toko_11]

Holy S*** We're kicking Englands Butt!!!

 

[RuckinGoodStats]

Halftime: England 17 (2 tries, 1 pen, 2 cons) v Georgia 10 (1 try, 1 pen, 1 con) #RWC2011
Concerning #England 1/2time stats:6 lost possessions/turnovers (inc 2 hand errs) 6 missed tacks, 25% terr, 11 pens #RWC2011
Concerning #The Lelos 1/2time stats:8 lost possessions/turnovers (inc 3 hand errs) 12 missed tacks, 3 pens #RWC2011
Halftime - 1st 5/8 options kick/run/pass from set piece/recycled ball Flood 3/2/12 Kvirikashvili 1/3/6 #RWC2011
Halftime - Tactical kicks from the hand #England = 9 #The Lelos = 9 #RWC2011
Time the ball was in play/contestable in the first half was 16:58 mins from refs time of 40:23 mins #RWC2011
#England inside #The Lelos 22 in 1st half: broke 3 tackles for 0:34 mins
#The Lelos inside #England 22 in 1st half: broke 4 tackles 2 lineouts 1 scrums lost 1 rucks1 hand errsfor 4:39 mins
1st half charts are done and up (charts take longer to create), www.ruckingoodstats.com. More stats to follow #RWC2011
Halftime: If #England lineout calls predictable, next attacking lineout throw goes front
Halftime: If #The Lelos lineout calls predictable, next attacking lineout throw goes middle
Halftime: Stats #England will want to continue:5 linebreaks, 8 offloads, broke 12 tackles #RWC2011
Halftime: Stats for #The Lelos will want to continue:3 linebreaks, 3 offloads, broke 6 tackles #RWC2011
40 min: 3 scrums reset so far(time wasted) 1 on ENG's feed (0:29 min 1.2%) 2 on GEO's feed (0:49 min 2%) #RWC2011