Don Fry Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 56 minutes ago, john stones 1 - Moderator said: England game drove me crazy, ref fussed over the scrum so much he killed much of the game. Yellow for Cheshum, his body and arms were good in the tackle, TMO said so, player came down to him, Yellow card ? Well there's head contact ? Later in the game Cheshums off for an HIA, think an elbow caught his head, no intent, no bad tackle, no card ? As Roy Keane (Man U, Ireland, hard,hard, man said, “sometimes you make the ref make a decision” and live with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 1 hour ago, john stones 1 - Moderator said: Later in the game Cheshums off for an HIA, think an elbow caught his head, no intent, no bad tackle, no card ? He tackled the Wales 10 (I think) and bashed his head into the other players chest..... poor tackle technique Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 Not bad games overall considering most teams are rebuilding for the next world cup... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Jenkins Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 I'll start the ball rolling today! Can't see Wales winning against Ireland so I think that should be a done deal. England/Scotland on the other hand is very difficult to call. Scotland always seem to play out of their skins when facing England and England seem to be tentative when they've played Scotland in the last few years as they've tended to lose. My feeling is that England will win this by a very narrow points margin but it could easily go either way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted February 24 Author Share Posted February 24 Ireland defence is excellent, very few handling errors and Aki is something special, thought Wales put a great shift in though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted February 24 Author Share Posted February 24 Could be chaotic at Murrayfield, get blitz wrong Scots will munch us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Jenkins Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 I think the outcome of the next match rests with how England perform. We know the Scots will be on the top of their form against the auld enemy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Jenkins Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Well, all to play for in the 2nd half. Who wants it most and will England cut out the handling errors? Van de Merwe's 2nd try was pure pace! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Jenkins Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 England were too inaccurate to capitalise on the many strong positions they held. Congratulations to Scotland on an emphatic win. Finn Russell and Duhan van de Merwe were the outstanding contributors to the score sheet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extra slim Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Englands backs were terrible and completely lacked any imagination. Ponderous.. and predictable.. Forward contest was fairly even. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extra slim Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Scotland have Messi, England were very messy!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted February 24 Author Share Posted February 24 Depressing. England deviod of an identity, unable to join up different aspects of the game, no play makers, no belief, can't pass, nor keep hold of it, everytime somethings looking good they screw it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 Well, lovely to see the joy on the Italian faces.... sorry Scots forumites! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zflyer Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 Best game of tournament, the Italy France game was tense as well. Glad Italy finally getting their act together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extra slim Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 Very happy for the English team, they went for it and it paid off. They deserved it. The refs needs to clamp down on Ireland always complaining. Chirruping away. It really annoys me.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Fry Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 Well, England Ireland was tense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted March 9 Author Share Posted March 9 Game flew by for me, ref was good, game played with very few tmo stoppages, England never froze when pressure came on. Happy Englishman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Jenkins Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 Two cracking games today where the underdogs came out on top. I just hope both England and Italy continue to play in that way. George Ford seemed to be having an off day on the kicking front but loss of 8 points (1 conversion and 2 penalties) rather made the game the exciting spectacle it turned into. Marcus Smith played a blinder with that very last kick in the red time zone. But well done to all 4 teams for the most exciting 6 Nations day. What will Wales-France bring tomorrow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff S Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 Not a great rugby fan (nearly 70 years since I played at school) but I've just skip watched England/Ireland game ending in the drop goal in the last few seconds. However, didn't England already have a penalty, and they were playing the advantage, so even without the drop goal, the chances were that they'd have won, as the penalty was in front of the posts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outrunner Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 Drop goals are much more exciting than penalty kicks though.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff S Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 1 minute ago, Outrunner said: Drop goals are much more exciting than penalty kicks though.... True 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted March 16 Author Share Posted March 16 What a day of Rugby, best 6 Nations for a long time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Jenkins Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 Just a shame that England indiscipline gifted the French the penalty to beat us. But, what a fantastic period of play to score 3 tries! Pity they weren't able to sustain that way of playing. Too msny mistakes cost Scotland a game they could have won. Ireland got away with a lack lustre performance. Pleased for Italy to get 2 wins and a draw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike T Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 22 hours ago, john stones 1 - Moderator said: What a day of Rugby, best 6 Nations for a long time. Well, it depends on your perspective, I suppose! 🏴 So - about this Wooden Spoon. Can I assume it will be come from either Ireland's or Scotland's extensive collection? Neither would miss one... 😈 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Fry Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 No mate. They are hewn by hand, from seasioned oak, by the coach, using worn out sandpaper, only lubricated by his tears of sorrow. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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