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81 kicks in that game and I'm surprised it was that few. Evidently you can play successful rugby that way but it will be terrible for the game if everyone copies it. Therefore I'll be supporting England in the final.

Chunks Baws wrote:Some proper melt downs from the Welsh on Twitter, it's all Garces fault.

plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose

Has there been a match yet this RWC where the losing fans didn't blame the ref?
Well, maybe some of the cross-tier matches, but outside of that?

Which Tyler wrote:

Chunks Baws wrote:Some proper melt downs from the Welsh on Twitter, it's all Garces fault.

plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose

Has there been a match yet this RWC where the losing fans didn't blame the ref?
Well, maybe some of the cross-tier matches, but outside of that?

I don't think any of us blamed the ref for our defeats. We were well beaten by Ireland and Japan. The only bitching we've done is about Townsend and his coaches.

I find blaming refs now pointless because they are ignoring so many laws, refs dont have bad games, they just ignore behaviours that unfairly affect a team more than the other.

Yesterday
Owens ignored the tackle area in the best traditions of french referees but thats just the state of international rugby,

Its mental watching the pro 14 , its like the refs have a bee in their bonnet about not going to the RWC so enforcing everything the showboaters at the RWC are ignoring

Clancey and Murphy have both been exellent so far this season (it burns)

switchskier wrote:81 kicks in that game and I'm surprised it was that few. Evidently you can play successful rugby that way but it will be terrible for the game if everyone copies it. Therefore I'll be supporting England in the final.

Wales Ireland South Africa all doing it to greater or lesser extents. Scotland trying to, unsuccessfully. This is not a golden age of rugby.

Donny osmond wrote:

switchskier wrote:81 kicks in that game and I'm surprised it was that few. Evidently you can play successful rugby that way but it will be terrible for the game if everyone copies it. Therefore I'll be supporting England in the final.

Wales Ireland South Africa all doing it to greater or lesser extents. Scotland trying to, unsuccessfully. This is not a golden age of rugby.

I'm not sure that is fair. Wales and SA (although yesterday was an extreme example). Ireland play keep ball more than kicking. Scotland trying to keep more but still trying to play an entertaining game.

Overall though I think there are a lot of successful attacking teams about

Cameo wrote:

Donny osmond wrote:

switchskier wrote:81 kicks in that game and I'm surprised it was that few. Evidently you can play successful rugby that way but it will be terrible for the game if everyone copies it. Therefore I'll be supporting England in the final.

Wales Ireland South Africa all doing it to greater or lesser extents. Scotland trying to, unsuccessfully. This is not a golden age of rugby.

I'm not sure that is fair. Wales and SA (although yesterday was an extreme example). Ireland play keep ball more than kicking. Scotland trying to keep more but still trying to play an entertaining game.

Overall though I think there are a lot of successful attacking teams about

There was a piece I read not long ago (can't remember where) that said Toony moved us to a kicking game around a year ago but it's been shite basically because our defence is rotten.

Chunks Baws wrote:

Cameo wrote:

Donny osmond wrote:
Wales Ireland South Africa all doing it to greater or lesser extents. Scotland trying to, unsuccessfully. This is not a golden age of rugby.

I'm not sure that is fair. Wales and SA (although yesterday was an extreme example). Ireland play keep ball more than kicking. Scotland trying to keep more but still trying to play an entertaining game.

Overall though I think there are a lot of successful attacking teams about

There was a piece I read not long ago (can't remember where) that said Toony moved us to a kicking game around a year ago but it's been shite basically because our defence is rotten.

It'll click eventually that poor ball retention and terrible defence isn't going to be compatible with any game-plan you could think of.

South Africa actually come to play. If they hadn't burnt through a couple of their forwards subs already I think they would be quite confident. England can score quick quickly though

Cameo wrote:South Africa actually come to play. If they hadn't burnt through a couple of their forwards subs already I think they would be quite confident. England can score quick quickly though

I don’t quite know what England were thinking about in the first quarter with all that ball playing in front of (and behind!) their posts. Terrible game management.

SA have got this, england have no answers at all

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So do the SRU know their fans or not? Some of these replies are hilarious.

hugh_woatmeigh wrote:So do the SRU know their fans or not? Some of these replies are hilarious.

Seems like theres at least as many scottish fans replying in agreement as not.

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hugh_woatmeigh wrote:So do the SRU know their fans or not? Some of these replies are hilarious.

Was a nice gesture IMO.

SA too good today. England never really got into the game. Jones probably should have taken Mako off after 30.

Big D wrote:

hugh_woatmeigh wrote:So do the SRU know their fans or not? Some of these replies are hilarious.

Was a nice gesture IMO.

SA too good today. England never really got into the game. Jones probably should have taken Mako off after 30.

Yeah, for all the stories about the players and where theyve come from, tbh the SA win was all about Erasmus and how brilliantly he's managed their WC campaign.

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hugh_woatmeigh wrote:So do the SRU know their fans or not? Some of these replies are hilarious.

Backed the wrong horse there, didn’t they?

Ive never understood why the 4 uk countries are so desperate for each other to support them.
Perhaps its because i see myself as scottish first, european second and earthling third.

It really smacks of some imperial requirement to be liked. I dont care if anyone supports scotland or not, i do and thats all i care about.

whatisthejava wrote:Ive never understood why the 4 uk countries are so desperate for each other to support them.
Perhaps its because i see myself as scottish first, european second and earthling third.

It really smacks of some imperial requirement to be liked. I dont care if anyone supports scotland or not, i do and thats all i care about.

I am of a similar mindset. However, I must take issue with the use of “earthling”. It really is quite condescending to use a diminutive form like “earthling”. We prefer the word, “human”, rather than the “e-word”. Therefore, on behalf of the human race, I demand that you apologise to all of humanity for your dismissive hate speech.

General Zod wrote:

whatisthejava wrote:Ive never understood why the 4 uk countries are so desperate for each other to support them.
Perhaps its because i see myself as scottish first, european second and earthling third.

It really smacks of some imperial requirement to be liked. I dont care if anyone supports scotland or not, i do and thats all i care about.

I am of a similar mindset. However, I must take issue with the use of “earthling”. It really is quite condescending to use a diminutive form like “earthling”. We prefer the word, “human”, rather than the “e-word”. Therefore, on behalf of the human race, I demand that you apologise to all of humanity for your dismissive hate speech.

Fuck you humans and the goo you crawled out of

General Zod wrote:

hugh_woatmeigh wrote:So do the SRU know their fans or not? Some of these replies are hilarious.

Backed the wrong horse there, didn’t they?

wishing some one well isn't the same as backing them to win. HTH

whatisthejava wrote:Ive never understood why the 4 uk countries are so desperate for each other to support them.
Perhaps its because i see myself as scottish first, european second and earthling third.

It really smacks of some imperial requirement to be liked. I dont care if anyone supports scotland or not, i do and thats all i care about.

Perhaps in these times of WR pushing for a stupid World League and we are seen as a major obstacle, and in these times when WR have taken offence for Dodson stating the fucking obvious, making friends is better than telling the other home nations to fuck off. Just maybe.

I'd rather they had wished their fellow 6N team all the best, a better still option