[Six Nations 2018] Round 2: England vs Wales (10/02/2018)

[Lé Ddanno]

I dunno, seven missed tackles

 

[Mrs. Peter Quinn]

And Wigglesworth showing why he was such a **** poor sub. England subs are supposed to up the tempo, he actively slowed it down all the time.

Agree, with Robson on we could have killed that game off.

 

[Which Tyler]

Is it worth remembering that if the TMO decision had gone in Wales' favour, they'd have lost by 4 instead of 6

 

[Mrs. Peter Quinn]

And Wigglesworth showing why he was such a **** poor sub. England subs are supposed to up the tempo, he actively slowed it down all the time.

Agree, with Robson on we could have killed that game off.

Just noticed how much makeup Wilkinson's wearing.

 

[bushytop]

Good contest with the English power showing for the majority of the first fifty and the Welsh fitness in the last 30. Felt the Anscombe effort should've been given and if so, there's a conversion chance for the W. Not so shabby for a largely inexperienced group who probably wouldn't have made the squad if everyone had remained fit for the last 12 months.

Well played England... that Underhill dive and roll was box office stuff.

 

[Pieter Steph du Teague]

And Wigglesworth showing why he was such a **** poor sub. England subs are supposed to up the tempo, he actively slowed it down all the time.

Yeah; would've actually made more sense to start him and bring Care off the bench.

 

[The5thOfficial]

Hahahaha!

England not scoring after the first 15 or so minutes of the game! I didn't expect that tbh!

 

[TRF_Olyy]

YES

I had England to win with two trys didn't think it would be like that though.

Garces was just ****.

I bet on England not conceding
#lads

 

[TommiG88]

It's not like Wales was the only one to get away with it. Robshaw was often offside, Itoje dived over the ball constantly and not to mention staying on the line at the lineout.

The penalty count says differently.

 

[MarkyH]

I'm about to read the last 15 pages of this shitshow!

England won, cause they were better.

Wales have moments of brilliance, but that doesn't win games.

Fierce defence from both teams

Anscombes try should of been allowed, but that's not a deciding factor, if could've galvanised either team. AWJ class in his interview.

England's kicking was great for 75% of the time, the rest of the time it was pointless. When we built phases we looked good. Lacking a carrier, but we can still win games.

Finally, Engands penalty count is embarrassing. We need a breakdown specialist in there...

 

[MarkyH]

ALSO. YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSs !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[The5thOfficial]

I'm about to read the last 15 pages of this shitshow!

England won, cause they were better. IN THE FIRST HALF

Wales have moments of brilliance, but that doesn't win games. ENGLAND FAILED TO SCORE AFTER 15 MINS

Fierce defence from both teams

Anscombes try should of been allowed, but that's not a deciding factor, if could've galvanised either team. AWJ class in his interview. YES IT SHOULD HAVE!

England's kicking was great for 75% of the time, the rest of the time it was pointless. When we built phases we looked good. Lacking a carrier, but we can still win games.

Finally, Engands penalty count is embarrassing. We need a breakdown specialist in there...

 

[Which Tyler]

Good contest with the English power showing for the majority of the first fifty and the Welsh fitness in the last 30. Felt the Anscombe effort should've been given and if so, there's a conversion chance for the W. Not so shabby for a largely inexperienced group who probably wouldn't have made the squad if everyone had remained fit for the last 12 months.

Well played England... that Underhill dive and roll was box office stuff.

Huh?
How would Anscomb's try have given Wales the win?
Subtract 3 and add 7, and Wales still lose.

It should have been given, but doesn't change the result, not even enough to say the match position would have changed etc etc.(IMO)

 

[Mrs. Peter Quinn]

According to espn wales only conceded 2 penalties.

..........

 

[MarkyH]

@The5thOfficial

I think we predicted Welsh fans would claim moments of the game as mini victories. But I give in, you can have the 4 points

Does it matter when you score? Are scores in the first 20 worth more than that last 20? England were better, Wales had their moments.

 

[Mrs. Peter Quinn]

Huh?
How would Anscomb's try have given Wales the win?
Subtract 3 and add 7, and Wales still lose.

It should have been given, but doesn't change the result, not even enough to say the match position would have changed etc etc.(IMO)

And thats assuming they get a very tough conversion

 

[Pieter Steph du Teague]

Huh?
How would Anscomb's try have given Wales the win?
Subtract 3 and add 7, and Wales still lose.

It should have been given, but doesn't change the result, not even enough to say the match position would have changed etc etc.(IMO)

And that's assuming they convert it, which considering how far out it was is far from a given.

Edit: Ye what he said ^

 

[Fuzzy du Plessis]

Huh?
How would Anscomb's try have given Wales the win?
Subtract 3 and add 7, and Wales still lose.

It should have been given, but doesn't change the result, not even enough to say the match position would have changed etc etc.(IMO)

Subract 3 and add 5 surely. Wales would've turned down the conversion because Patchell couldn't handle the pressure.

 

[MarkyH]

Huh?
How would Anscomb's try have given Wales the win?
Subtract 3 and add 7, and Wales still lose.

It should have been given, but doesn't change the result, not even enough to say the match position would have changed etc etc.(IMO)

It might of changed Englands game plan enough for us to win by more. It matters, but it doesn't define the game.

 

[bushytop]

I'm about to read the last 15 pages of this shitshow!

England won, cause they were better.

Wales have moments of brilliance, but that doesn't win games.

Fierce defence from both teams

Anscombes try should of been allowed, but that's not a deciding factor, if could've galvanised either team. AWJ class in his interview.

England's kicking was great for 75% of the time, the rest of the time it was pointless. When we built phases we looked good. Lacking a carrier, but we can still win games.

Finally, Engands penalty count is embarrassing. We need a breakdown specialist in there...

Nah it's been a nice break up of the regular for us Welsh to feel positive about the way things seem to be going. Someone had to fill the Scottish positivity vacuum around here for the last week.