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Saturday and The Six Nations.
- Thread starter Leekbrookgull
- Start date
How not to defend?
How to be so-near-and-yet-so-far?
I think they've both demonstrated great accomplishments in these areas.
portlander
Well-known member
Extremely harsh. A magnificent effort from England. For once in our lives we should be proud of our national team, who played the best game I can remember.
QUOTE=Bozza;6859799]How not to defend?
How to be so-near-and-yet-so-far?
I think they've both demonstrated great accomplishments in these areas.[/QUOTE]
QUOTE=Bozza;6859799]How not to defend?
How to be so-near-and-yet-so-far?
I think they've both demonstrated great accomplishments in these areas.[/QUOTE]
Geestar
New member
Perfect comment from the head of negative stand chat
It was. But the looks on the faces of the England players, particularly after the last French try, said so much. I would imagine they would say themselves that they let it slip when they were oh-so-close.
Great effort and great entertainment for sure.
I'm not the head of anything.
Negative? Not so much.
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Mackenzie
Old Brightonian
Excellent from a young England team. We'll be strong in the World Cup.
BensGrandad
New member
We will if we can stop the mistakes we made to allow France to score their tries.
This. Onwards and upwards. Brilliant effort, brilliant game.
somerset
New member
.....and all watched live by 200k people from 6 countries all mixed together all drinking like fish, even in their seats, and I bet you there wasn't a single arrest..........
Yes, your right, our cricket team were so close to getting out the group stage of the WC and our football team were out of the WC after 2 games - so near.......
maltaseagull
Well-known member
What a bizarre day! Italy and Scotland capitulated so much it was like a conspiracy
England knew what was needed and lost the plot for 20 minutes in the first half.
But we were so close. If only. But in fairness we lost the championship by allowing Ireland to play to their strength when we played them.
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Geestar
New member
Plenty of mistakes but when did a team last score more than 55 against France?
Yoda
English & European
To be fair, I bet a lot of that was down to us having to go for the points ourselves.
Although how the ref didn't spot their player offside at the ruck in the last minute I do not know.
Could've given us that last chance for they try we needed.Cian
Well-known member
2010 Australia put 59 past them, 2007 NZ put 61. Only times it has ever happened as far as I can tell.
Only been about 30 times anyone has got +26 on them though, so that was never going to be particularly easy.
Normal Rob
Well-known member
Not quite. We lost the championship when we spurned 4 or 5 golden try scoring opportunities against a terrible Scotland side.
Barrel of Fun
Abort, retry, fail
We also lost it in our inability to rack up a decent score against a languid Wales.
Just finished watching them all on catch up. What an amazing day. 221 points in total!
Pavilionaire
Well-known member
- Jul 7, 2003
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A great day's rugby, it must be the greatest in 6 Nation's history. Although England lost the championship they might never put 55 points on France in my lifetime, and I'm 46. It felt like they could score at will, a mere 6 points less than the score racked up by Wales who ran riot again a poor Italy side shawn of their kicker and captain.
Publius Ovidius
Well-known member
I watched the England game and most of the other two games and after the euphoria and subsequent crestfallen feeling, I marvelled at the skill on show. I then sat down to watch MOTD and stuck it until during the tottenham game, up to the point of the vicious unprovoked tackle that nearly chopped the player in half and could have caused him serious damage and left him writhing in agony.....I am talking about danny rose's penalty! If there is any examle of the difference between the pathetically soft powder puffs that play footy and the maniacs that play rugby here it was. The tackle yesterday from Courtney laws on jules plissen typified the violence of the game. Was there a sudden rush of all 15 french players around the ref screaming at him to send laws off? No. They had a few handbags, checked with the referee in the box and he said it was a fair challenge. The player was dusted down, made sure his head was still on the right way round and it all carried on.
Suffice it to say, I went to bed after that danny rose incident as I couldn't bring myself to watch any more of this play acting shite that goes on in so called professional football. After so many years, I am rapidly losing all interest in football.
Suffice it to say, I went to bed after that danny rose incident as I couldn't bring myself to watch any more of this play acting shite that goes on in so called professional football. After so many years, I am rapidly losing all interest in football.
KZNSeagull
Well-known member
Well said. And the other thing, which I have already alluded to in this thread, is the way that a man physically dwarfed by the players on the pitch can control them so well, no arguments, no complaining, just 'I have made my decision, live with it'. And the players do. Great to see.