Fuller Pilch
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A young (B) England team lost 76 nil to Australia in 1998, but even weaker England teams have always been incredibly hard to beat at Twickenham (a bit like the Boks at Ellis Park or Wallabies in Brisbane).
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Official Rugby Thread
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Brook's side
International Regular
Yeah that had completely slipped my mind.
ashley bach
Cricketer Of The Year
Wow that was something else from France. They're now the clear favourites for the world cup without a doubt.
Niall
International Coach
Group with NZ then play either Ireland/South Africa in the quarter final!
As Furball said the draw is absurdly lop sided, all the top teams on one side and then Wales, Australia Argentina or England in the other!
RossTaylorsBox
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
ABs to get punked in the QFs I feel
Brook's side
International Regular
Superb game between Scot and Ire here.
How the f the winger got that ball down in the corner no idea. Normally call those right and was sure he was out.
How the f the winger got that ball down in the corner no idea. Normally call those right and was sure he was out.
Brook's side
International Regular
Such a shame that the 5 best teams are in 2 groups in the same half. Travesty.
(saying that, maybe a cheeker tenner on Australia @9/1 whose Autumn results in hindsight do not look too bad at all bearing in mind their injuries, wouldn't be the worst bet)
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Brook's side
International Regular
I read somewhere that the chances of Aus, Wales and Fiji being drawn in the same group in each of 9 of the first 10 world cups, is in the millions to 1.
Brook's side
International Regular
that incident with Ringrose might change this joke idea the RFU has come up with for next season. Hope he gets well very soon.
Brook's side
International Regular
Jamie Ritchie lucky he's not had a card all his ****ing moaning.
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
I'd rate Ireland favourites against NZ in a 1/4 final. They are better man for man with great loose forwards and strong midfielders. Their backline passing is a lot crisper than ours and they are very well coached. A lot depends on how Jordie Barrett goes for the ABs at 12, and whether ***ton is fit and in form for Ireland.
Molehill
Cricketer Of The Year
The biggest issue is the back row where they were missing the likes of Curry (T), Lawes, Underhill, Simmonds etc. The likes of Ludlam, Willis and Dombrandt are just half decent club pros, but not International Class at all. This told on Saturday as France absolutely dominated the break down, and showed what they do with quick ball. They were on fire, not sure England could've played any worse. It's one thing being outplayed, but dropping unchallenged catches which happened at least 3 times is unforgivable.
The stupid thing is they'll probably makes the semis in the World Cup given the kindness of the draw.
I fear for what Ireland will do to them on Saturday though.
Strange World Cup stat, Ireland have never won a knockout match....
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Van der Merwe is jarring to watch. You know the reality is that he’s very good, but it looks like defenders just randomly turn into pumpkins every time he runs at them. It’s like the start of Harry Kane’s career where he was scoring shitloads of amazing goals while somehow still looking like an absolute plodder.