[RWC2023 SF2] England vs South Africa (21/10/2023)

[Yulia]

Ref was fine tbh

He was definitely better than in Fra:RSA game.
Yes, that's not a rocket science

 

[Rinkadink]

I'll be real for second though; if you think Bristol cost England that world cup or caused the injuries Bristol props have been struggling with then you don't have a clue. They didn't select themselves either.

 

[dirty harry]

In the wet the footwork is useless. I played wing in the Cape during my school years and those types of wingers need firm footing otherwise you monster them.

TBH I think if England didn't make any forward substitutions they'd have hung on.

Fair play to Marler and Cole, I think I've written them both off about 10 times each in the last 4 years, they just seem to keep going!

 

[Wichita]

Wanna bet 1 euro?

I am already putting my formidable reputation at risk, how much more can you gamble?

 

[Mrs. Peter Quinn]

Billy Vunipola let England down big time unfortunately. He fumbled for a SA penalty and he was asleep at the edge of the maul allowing Fourie acres of space to attack.

Hope that's the last we see from him for England
Never liked the guy and his foray into homophobia didn't do anything to help that. I could put up with it while he kept his trap shut and looked like a decent international level 8 but those days be long gone

 

[McTallshort]

Look, it was a loss but at least we got to a semi final. There are some teams who have actually never been in a semi final! I know right

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Ref was fine tbh

I'd like to see the mark again but really that was incredibly marginal at most

Seen people giving out about the final scrum but considering how the previous ones went I'm willing to believe SA won it more than we suddenly turned the tides

 

[ncurd]

TBF to Borthers I still don't see that game happening under EJ. He's absolutely done what was required of him.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Billy Vunipola let England down big time unfortunately. He fumbled for a SA penalty and he was asleep at the edge of the maul allowing Fourie acres of space to attack.

Yeah, saw on twitter his contributions:
3 points from a knock-on while the blood sub
Lazy off the lineout for the try
Knock on at the end to end the game

Not the best highlight reel

 

[Atmavictu]

I am already putting my formidable reputation at risk, how much more can you gamble?

I thought my reputation is worth less than 1 euro...

 

[stus768]

TBF to Borthers I still don't see that game happening under EJ. He's absolutely done what was required of him.

Poor selection of squad tho. And props coming on lost us.

 

[Zac_ETNZ]

Here's the thing Farrell's DG was a better peice of rugby than SA's try.

 

[Don't Skip Leg Day]

Englands tactics and bench lost us the game. Once we had that lead we sat back and sweet FA. Really angry because we could have won that and we threw it away.

Also Billy is ****, I've said it for years and he proved me right once again. SB will hopefully learn a lot but he's really let us down today.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Mathieu Raynal is unmistakably French.
You mean Barnes as TMO?

True, but Barnes deserves it more. Given it is in France wouldn't be surprised if they do give it to a Frenchman.

 

[ncurd]

Poor selection of squad tho. And props coming on lost us.

Who else do we pick for props? BV the big blunder really.

I'd have kept Cole/Marler on until they were gasses but I don't think we could of expected Steward and Sinckler to **** the bed the much.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

What was the point of Underhill?

 

[stus768]

Englands tactics and bench lost us the game. Once we had that lead we sat back and sweet FA. Really angry because we could have won that and we threw it away.

Also Billy is ****, I've said it for years and he proved me right once again. SB will hopefully learn a lot but he's really let us down today.

Vunipola being on bench and coming on instead of chessum was a travesty. If we were going to play that game should always have been ludlam on bench.

 

[General Melchett]

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TBF to Borthers I still don't see that game happening under EJ. He's absolutely done what was required of him.

We'll never know. People wrote off England v NZ in the SF four years ago.

 

[ncurd]

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Who is that Indint even get this memeyou think is funny and posted twice.

 

[BPM]

Yeah, saw on twitter his contributions:
3 points from a knock-on while the blood sub
Lazy off the lineout for the try
Knock on at the end to end the game

Not the best highlight reel

Dreadful. What a wasted selection. He should never have been in the squad, let alone playing in this game.