Official Rugby Thread

[BoyBrumby]

Was hoping Best and Henderson would each break both their legs but I guess that was alright too.

Ha, wow. This an Ulster thing? Why does Stockdale escape limbs intact?

 

[Uppercut]

Ha, wow. This an Ulster thing? Why does Stockdale escape limbs intact?

I didn't think Stockdale went to the trial?

 

[Furball]

That was brilliant from Farrell.

 

[Furball]

Yesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyes

 

[wpdavid]

Yesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyes

Quite like old times, cba to show up when one of the celtic nations turns up the heat in their back yard. Ditto the ludicrous penalty count.

Great by the Scots, but we were so crap in the first half.

 

[Furball]

I love Finn Russell.

 

[ripper868]

Huw Jones for me. But that pass from Russell that sent Jones on a 75m run

 

[S.Kennedy]

Wonder if the wheels are beginning to come off of Jones's England? They looked creaky last six nations but then they wacked the Aussies. Probably too premature. This defeat might be a good thing actually, a kick in the arse ahead of the world cup.

 

[Furball]

Beating Australia at the moment really isn't any sort of benchmark.

 

[S.Kennedy]

Beating Australia at the moment really isn't any sort of benchmark.

3-0 out there is impressive. That was their peak. I agree with this article that England have been creaking a bit and scraping past teams,

England boss Eddie Jones must ditch the antics | Daily Mail Online

 

[StephenZA]

Well done to Ireland on the 6 nations trophy. Not unexpected, but Eng already starting to struggle after a good 18 months is surprising.

 

[wpdavid]

Well done to Ireland on the 6 nations trophy. Not unexpected, but Eng already starting to struggle after a good 18 months is surprising.

Tends to be what we do. The disregard for the rules of the game tells us something about the English attitude; currently running at 7 penalties conceded before we've even reached half time against the Irish who, unsurprisingly, are handing out the mother of all thumpings. Karma for Jones' ignorant comments of course, but he's only reflecting the arrogance that is rife around the squad.

 

[StephenZA]

Tends to be what we do. The disregard for the rules of the game tells us something about the English attitude; currently running at 7 penalties conceded before we've even reached half time against the Irish who, unsurprisingly, are handing out the mother of all thumpings. Karma for Jones' ignorant comments of course, but he's only reflecting the arrogance that is rife around the squad.

I honestly thought that England would be a good team for a decent length of time... and to lose this way at Twickenham is truly terrible. The Eng mid year tour to SA will be interesting. 2 teams trying to pick themselves up again, it appears.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Well done Ireland. Good effort. Super Rugby looks more competitive this year which is encouraging, although the Lions might've regressed.

 

[Furball]

Well done to Eddie Jones for leading England to 3 in a row.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

This is turning into a pretty good Super Rugby comp. The top 4 NZ teams are superb, as are the Jaguares, while the Lions and Waratahs might be hard to beat at home. Anyway, there will a hiatus for the June test window which should also be interesting.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

June tests starting this weekend. We should be too good for France but the other matches will be interesting.

 

[StephenZA]

I am not hopeful for the RSA vs Eng games after our performance against Wales. Its going to take Rassie and co awhile to sort out the issues in our structures.

 

[Mr Miyagi]

France were leading ABs.

All Blacks already in cruise control with over 20 mins left.

 

[Mr Miyagi]

ABs 30 Fra 11

17 mins left - this is over. Put a fork in them.