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Re: Japan vs England - Sat 6.50am
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2024 8:19 am
by Mr Mwenda
I suspect if he lay over them they'd be pretty safe from the rain.
Re: Japan vs England - Sat 6.50am
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2024 8:20 am
by Mr Mwenda
Reduced to the grain's updates. It'd be nice if Japan got some reward for their efforts
Re: Japan vs England - Sat 6.50am
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2024 8:22 am
by Puja
Dan Cole just abusing the young player at that scrum. Age and treachery beats youth and energy.
Feyi-Waboso is just ridiculous.
Puja
Re: Japan vs England - Sat 6.50am
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2024 8:24 am
by Puja
Mr Mwenda wrote: ↑Sat Jun 22, 2024 8:20 am
Reduced to the grain's updates. It'd be nice if Japan got some reward for their efforts
England counter-drive at the lineout forced the knock-on, then Cole brutalised the scrum to get the penalty. We kicked for touch and then Randall skied a box-kick, but IFW regathered in traffic, bounced off the floor to run again and we got quick ball to attack wide. Randall looked good and got the ball away well over a multi-phase attack, and got rewarded when Japan overfolded and left him a massive hole to just dive over the line.
Puja
Re: Japan vs England - Sat 6.50am
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2024 8:26 am
by Which Tyler
Earl and Randall shouldn't be disappointed. We dominated after ref had told us to use it.
Re: Japan vs England - Sat 6.50am
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2024 8:27 am
by Puja
KADAB from Lawrence.
Puja
Re: Japan vs England - Sat 6.50am
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2024 8:28 am
by Which Tyler
Puja wrote: ↑Sat Jun 22, 2024 8:24 am
Mr Mwenda wrote: ↑Sat Jun 22, 2024 8:20 am
Reduced to the grain's updates. It'd be nice if Japan got some reward for their efforts
England counter-drive at the lineout forced the knock-on, then Cole brutalised the scrum to get the penalty. We kicked for touch and then Randall skied a box-kick, but IFW regathered in traffic, bounced off the floor to run again and we got quick ball to attack wide. Randall looked good and got the ball away well over a multi-phase attack, and got rewarded when Japan overfolded and left him a massive hole to just dive over the line.
Puja
Good gods. He's starting his minute-by-minute already!
That's dedication for you.
Re: Japan vs England - Sat 6.50am
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2024 8:35 am
by Which Tyler
How the hell did he take that?
Re: Japan vs England - Sat 6.50am
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2024 8:37 am
by Renniks
Great step by Roebuck
Re: Japan vs England - Sat 6.50am
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2024 8:39 am
by Renniks
Maybe this will be enough to keep Ewels out for the NZ tests…
Re: Japan vs England - Sat 6.50am
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2024 8:39 am
by Which Tyler
Ewels doing Ewels things.
At least it's not a high contact, I guess...
Really, really hate targeting a knee like that.
Re: Japan vs England - Sat 6.50am
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2024 8:39 am
by p/d
What an idiot
Re: Japan vs England - Sat 6.50am
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2024 8:47 am
by Mikey Brown
Haha. Fucking hell. Has anyone in history received two consecutive reds at test level?
Re: Japan vs England - Sat 6.50am
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2024 8:48 am
by Which Tyler
Glad it's red.
He's been a man transformed this season, but if he's still doing shit like that, this should be his last cap.
Re: Japan vs England - Sat 6.50am
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2024 9:03 am
by fivepointer
Idiotic from Ewels.
Thought the backrow went very well. Some bright moments from most of the players. A satisfactory result.
Re: Japan vs England - Sat 6.50am
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2024 9:03 am
by Puja
As far as results go, that could've gone a lot worse. Morale-boosting victory, hopefully knocking a bit of rust off, and no injuries. Not really a lot that could be learned from it, but it was a good team-run and a decent warm-up.
Puja
Re: Japan vs England - Sat 6.50am
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2024 9:12 am
by Scrumhead
Which Tyler wrote: ↑Sat Jun 22, 2024 8:48 am
Glad it's red.
He's been a man transformed this season, but if he's still doing shit like that, this should be his last cap.
100%. If it had been a misjudged tackle with accidental head contact, I’d be sympathetic, but that was a real grub move. Hard to see how it wasn’t malicious?
Re: Japan vs England - Sat 6.50am
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2024 9:19 am
by loudnconfident
Replacements guilty of trying too hard? Randall's box kicking was awful - all straight up in the air. Less said about Ewels the better.
Enjoyable start to the weekend tho.
Re: Japan vs England - Sat 6.50am
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2024 9:27 am
by Puja
Scrumhead wrote: ↑Sat Jun 22, 2024 9:12 am
Which Tyler wrote: ↑Sat Jun 22, 2024 8:48 am
Glad it's red.
He's been a man transformed this season, but if he's still doing shit like that, this should be his last cap.
100%. If it had been a misjudged tackle with accidental head contact, I’d be sympathetic, but that was a real grub move. Hard to see how it wasn’t malicious?
I think slow-mo does him a disservice and makes it look hugely deliberately targeted - at full speed, I think he's just clumsy and reckless rather than aiming for a joint. Definitely a red card, mind, but I don't think he's going out there to hurt someone.
Puja
Re: Japan vs England - Sat 6.50am
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2024 9:32 am
by Oakboy
How did Ewels end up being on the pitch in place of Freeman in the first place? Was Freeman injured or was it some tactical master-plan?
Re: Japan vs England - Sat 6.50am
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2024 9:34 am
by Beasties
Awful from Ewels. Leach and Ewels lucky he was just about lifting his foot off the ground before contact. Could’ve been an awful injury, which wouldn’t have been a great outcome for either player.
Re: Japan vs England - Sat 6.50am
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2024 9:55 am
by oldbackrow
Puja wrote: ↑Sat Jun 22, 2024 9:27 am
Scrumhead wrote: ↑Sat Jun 22, 2024 9:12 am
Which Tyler wrote: ↑Sat Jun 22, 2024 8:48 am
Glad it's red.
He's been a man transformed this season, but if he's still doing shit like that, this should be his last cap.
100%. If it had been a misjudged tackle with accidental head contact, I’d be sympathetic, but that was a real grub move. Hard to see how it wasn’t malicious?
I think slow-mo does him a disservice and makes it look hugely deliberately targeted - at full speed, I think he's just clumsy and reckless rather than aiming for a joint. Definitely a red card, mind, but I don't think he's going out there to hurt someone.
Puja
It was a pretty dumb and reckless move but tend to agree that don't think it's targeted, Leitch does move back and to the side meaning Ewels hits the knee rather than the thigh but a definite red card and hopefully his last opportunity for England.
Can he call up Ted Hill?
Re: Japan vs England - Sat 6.50am
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2024 10:03 am
by Epaminondas Pules
Enjoyed that game. Good test for the defence, and probably the attack most like the All Blacks.
Main thing that worried me was our scrum looked under pressure from Japan’s second shove. I know we won a good pen in the second half, but at most scrums we were holding on a bit. It helped that the ref wanted to play, otherwise that second shove from Japan could have caused much more problem.
Re: Japan vs England - Sat 6.50am
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2024 10:15 am
by Puja
Oakboy wrote: ↑Sat Jun 22, 2024 9:32 am
How did Ewels end up being on the pitch in place of Freeman in the first place? Was Freeman injured or was it some tactical master-plan?
I actually missed that was the case - had assumed he was on for a forward. Might've been a tactical choice to use a pressure-free environment to give Earl a chance to play centre, with an eye on potentially running a 6:2 bench in the future?
Puja
Re: Japan vs England - Sat 6.50am
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2024 10:49 am
by twitchy
I missed this, worth seeking out a replay?