Rugby Union World Cup 2019

[Wretched Vengeance]

That's some defence by SA through those phases.

 

[Bluemoonie92]

Like a brick wall

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

Took us 20 minutes to remember how to play. Deserve to be level now.

 

[Wretched Vengeance]

England have been a shambles.

 

[Ric]

Dreadful first half from England. Up against it now.

 

[abu13]

I can't see us winning this today, we have not clicked at all.

 

[paulchapo]

After the Lord Mayor's show performance.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

That's some defence by SA through those phases.

This is the biggest thing I don’t get about Union; why keep trudging and trudging into the same packed defence no more than three metres away from where you last trudged in, close to the line, when there are a stream of players called backs waiting for the ball to come out?

The backs may as well sit down with their legs’ crossed and wait until the forwards bore everyone to death and make a mistake or live in the hope they might eventually trudge over the line.

PLAY SOME RUGBY! AND GET THE BALL OUT TO WHERE THE SPACES ARE!

All forms of football (association, both codes of rugby, Aussie rules, Gaelic, gridiron...) are all about exploiting space, not just just try and force your way through eight squashed in defenders from three metres out.

Jiffy said when he went back to Union that he forgot that you could get cold playing rugby, and I can see why he said it.

 

[brummie blue]

Going to need some team talk at half time, SA drawing us into penalties, and we are getting sucked in and giving them away. Ref is a bit of a worry, at least four infringements from SA during Englands best period of play and the ref didn't even warn them.

 

[fredmont]

Apart from our passing, kicking , catching and scrummaging it's been a great half. The nerves have deffinately got the better of them, so far.