[RWC2019][Semi-Final 1] England vs. New Zealand (26/10/2019)

[pagliaccio_euforico]

Youngs giving England quick ball, for a change!

??????
His teammates have been playing half back and like a quarter of the rucks.

 

[Bruce_ma gooshvili]

why are the AB playing like the Springboks with all this aimless kicking?

Because Hansen believes England are potentially the better team if both sides play their natural game. Putting on 3 locks is a bit of an admission of that.

England have been a bit wasteful with their dominance. I suspect their backside is about to be bitten.

 

[ncurd]

England's dumb mistakes haven't hurt them yet but they need to stop coughing the ball up.

Keep doing it in scoring positions we've been in their 22, 4 times now and yieled one try. Could be more our undoing.

So much for the NZ lineout!

 

[Vieux Talonneur]

Lawes going very well so far

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Courtney - nice steal.

 

[Not Eddie Jones]

I thought we were supposed to struggle in the lineout?

 

[TRF_Olyy]

What a maul

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

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Beast work by Itoje

 

[Not Eddie Jones]

Itoje playing great!

 

[ncurd]

#keepthemaul

 

[TRF_heineken]

Lawes going very well so far

Itoje as well. He's being a nuisance

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Wonderful from Maro.

 

[james5000]

TJ would have pulled that ball out

 

[JonoCymru]

Itoje has been an absolute monster so far.

 

[Pom in Exile]

I'm knackered just watching. This is full on.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

The Itoje song in the crowd <3

Guy in charge of the PA is definitely a British/Irish fan, of at least went on the lions tour

 

[MattGaff]

English PA controller?!

 

[Reiser99]

Great game. Both teams though kicking now anytime it's near their 22. Not taking the risk.

 

[pagliaccio_euforico]

Needs to call England on the early engage or scrums are gonna be awful all day.

maybe hoping this is the only scrum of the game

 

[Jimbo]

Great game. Both teams though kicking now anytime it's near their 22. Not taking the risk.

yeah but we all know NZ can, they might be doing that for the first 50 mins or so lure England into a false sense of security.