Official Rugby Thread

[Spark]

Zero posts during the game is basically what that deserved.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Another arm wrestle.

Have to give credit to the Wobblies coming back from seven down with 14 men though.

Felt for Hodge, think that was the first shot he'd missed all game.

 

[Flem274*]

Zero posts during the game is basically what that deserved.

'winning rugby' these days is awful. i walked away when the catepillars came out.

the northern hemisphere has much to answer for.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Don't know if it's available outside of the People's Republic of Brit, but Georgia v Fiji has had more attacking play in one quarter than we saw in 80 minutes earlier.

Fiji giving the Georgians a bit of a touch up so far, 19-3 with three tries already.

Real pity the coronavirus has meant this is their first outing.

EDIT: 19-8 now, with kick to come. Typical Georgian push over from the maul.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Jeez, some game the Autumn Nations final.

England just nick it 22-19 in sudden death extra time against an incredibly game French side lacking most of their starting XV because their club sides wouldn't release them.

French lead by 7 with a minute to go but a Cowan-Dickie try and a Farrell conversion took it to extra time.

Not pretty, but completely enthralling.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

I don’t follow rugby but was intrigued by the possibility of a penalty shoot out. What sort of angle or distance do they take them from?

 

[wpdavid]

I don’t follow rugby but was intrigued by the possibility of a penalty shoot out. What sort of angle or distance do they take them from?

I guess it would be central to mitigate against any right footed / left footed factor. Maybe moving back 10 metres for each kick once in sudden death would be fun.

 

[weeman27bob]

Going back a little bit, but this is what they had a while ago

 

[James]

I saw England/France went to extra-time. Probably time for the Rugby Championship to follow with all the draws happening.

 

[weeman27bob]

I saw England/France went to extra-time. Probably time for the Rugby Championship to follow with all the draws happening.

It was only extra time because it was the final though. If it was any other game it would have ended as a draw. It would be like having a "no draws allowed" final round of the RC only.

 

[Flem274*]

the rugby championship and then the mitre 10 cup having all these 85-90 minute games was one of the best bits.

did they really used to do goal kick shootouts in the NH? that's disgusting, go play football. at least it wasn't a rolling maul contest.

 

[weeman27bob]

the rugby championship and then the mitre 10 cup having all these 85-90 minute games was one of the best bits.

did they really used to do goal kick shootouts in the NH? that's disgusting, go play football. at least it wasn't a rolling maul contest.

To be fair it was after 20 minutes of extra time and I think it's the only time it's ever happened.

 

[James]

RTS coming across to Rugby, awesome!

 

[wpdavid]

England seem to be trying to set a record for the number of penalties conceded. I really thought that Jones had knocked that crap out of their system.

 

[BoyBrumby]

We've looked genuinely awful.

Billy V gets ten minutes to ponder our collective direness as I type.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

RTS coming back to Rugby, awesome!

FTFY

 

[Fuller Pilch]

We've looked genuinely awful.

Billy V gets ten minutes to ponder our collective direness as I type.

Didn't realise the 6N had started with so much cricket on. C'mon Scotland

 

[BoyBrumby]

Didn't realise the 6N had started

A misapprehension shared by the England XXIII, clearly.

Scotland have been better in every dept.

Hate to single one man out, but Jonny Hill isn't a test lock's arsehole. Done well with the Chiefs, but desperately short (ironically for a bloke of 6' 9") at this level.

 

[Furball]

Yaaaaas

 

[BoyBrumby]

Thoroughly merited. 11-6 flatters England.

Played the Sweaties.