6 Nations 2015
Discussion
Harding91 said:
epom said:
Shirley even if ye were to get the required scores needed ye'd be too embarrassed to claim the trophy. Conceding such an amount of scores to a very very poor French side ?
Again... If you aim to score high, you have to play loose and aggressive, despite them being a poor French side they're still an international rugby team and will take trys from mistakes, the same way Scotland have and they've been crap this 6 nations.And dont call me Shirley.
What a superb game that was
Bloody hell, what a day...GET IN!!!
Absolutely nail biter at the end....if Hogg hadnt dropped the ball...Jesus!
Anyone else think we should have a rule change with points awarded for higher points wins? Bloody hell it made for exciting rugby today, what's the record for tries scored in a 6N day?
Absolutely nail biter at the end....if Hogg hadnt dropped the ball...Jesus!
Anyone else think we should have a rule change with points awarded for higher points wins? Bloody hell it made for exciting rugby today, what's the record for tries scored in a 6N day?
What a fantastic day of rugby from start to finish.
Slightly disappointed that England got so close and didn't quite make it, but it was always a tall order. Easily the best game of the tournament IMO, one of the best I've seen in years. At least we grabbed second place and put Wales into third.
Leading into a World Cup it bodes well for northern hemisphere rugby that we've got 3 decent sides, 4 if France keep improving.
It's going to take a huge amount of beer to counteract the adrenaline!
Slightly disappointed that England got so close and didn't quite make it, but it was always a tall order. Easily the best game of the tournament IMO, one of the best I've seen in years. At least we grabbed second place and put Wales into third.
Leading into a World Cup it bodes well for northern hemisphere rugby that we've got 3 decent sides, 4 if France keep improving.
It's going to take a huge amount of beer to counteract the adrenaline!
Congratulations to Ireland. Very good tournament this time round.
Slams are difficult these days it seems. I think this England team can go on a get a few titles over the next few year
I'm a bit annoyed that IMO the coaching team have not looked to play some in form players until forced to (in general) and this close to the WC this crop is relatively green. Nothing has changed though, it's at the very least a year too early to be credible challengers.
Said it before but I think in terms of potential the ceiling is higher for England than either Ireland or Wales.
Previous Lancaster teams have been more solid but lacked any creativity to score trys.
Notes
Dan Cole was unlucky to get pinged at least twice I saw-He's like having another backrow and is needed due to backrow imbalance.
JJ class, class, class. I can see MT playing 12 if he comes back and plays well, not like Burrell does much other than tackle and crash it up. I also think there's room for Brad Barritt, in tight games his organizing the defense, and won't let you down. I don't think Lancaster will go for a midfield that has JJ, Ford, and Eastmond but I'd like to have seen it.
Ford should be England's first choice #10. Fazzlet will be back I'm in no doubt. Cipriani should have had the Italy game and more in other games. Flashes that Lancaster might consider him as utility bench cover??
I'm a broken record on this but the backrow remains a point of concern. Binny has had a good tournament, due to him not having to carry quite as much. I don't think this is really much to do with having Haskell, Ford has moved the ball around so the point of attack has been varied. Lancaster likes utility back rowers I expect baring injury Wood will be back in. With Launchbury back in and Cole fit I don't think we need an out and out fetcher as much, Robshaw stays in at 7 but give Ewers a game at 6. Morgan and Ewers would be awesome.
Youngs did a lot very well to do but like Ford kicking was aimless-need to sort this out or just keep hold of the pill. We seemed to be the only team that don't seem to have got the restart down.
We're a couple of injuries and selections away from having a very good team. Probably 5-10% short of being world beaters, reckon our WC pool could go either way but home advantage will help no end.
Slams are difficult these days it seems. I think this England team can go on a get a few titles over the next few year
I'm a bit annoyed that IMO the coaching team have not looked to play some in form players until forced to (in general) and this close to the WC this crop is relatively green. Nothing has changed though, it's at the very least a year too early to be credible challengers.
Said it before but I think in terms of potential the ceiling is higher for England than either Ireland or Wales.
Previous Lancaster teams have been more solid but lacked any creativity to score trys.
Notes
Dan Cole was unlucky to get pinged at least twice I saw-He's like having another backrow and is needed due to backrow imbalance.
JJ class, class, class. I can see MT playing 12 if he comes back and plays well, not like Burrell does much other than tackle and crash it up. I also think there's room for Brad Barritt, in tight games his organizing the defense, and won't let you down. I don't think Lancaster will go for a midfield that has JJ, Ford, and Eastmond but I'd like to have seen it.
Ford should be England's first choice #10. Fazzlet will be back I'm in no doubt. Cipriani should have had the Italy game and more in other games. Flashes that Lancaster might consider him as utility bench cover??
I'm a broken record on this but the backrow remains a point of concern. Binny has had a good tournament, due to him not having to carry quite as much. I don't think this is really much to do with having Haskell, Ford has moved the ball around so the point of attack has been varied. Lancaster likes utility back rowers I expect baring injury Wood will be back in. With Launchbury back in and Cole fit I don't think we need an out and out fetcher as much, Robshaw stays in at 7 but give Ewers a game at 6. Morgan and Ewers would be awesome.
Youngs did a lot very well to do but like Ford kicking was aimless-need to sort this out or just keep hold of the pill. We seemed to be the only team that don't seem to have got the restart down.
We're a couple of injuries and selections away from having a very good team. Probably 5-10% short of being world beaters, reckon our WC pool could go either way but home advantage will help no end.
I'm not really a rugby fan but I enjoyed that.
Perhaps someone can tell me why France kicked it into touch to end the game, and therefore gave the overall win to Ireland? Presumably this is what etiquette dictates, but I can't help thinking that they object of the game is to score points, and although they couldn't win, attempting to reduce the margin would have given England hope of a turnover and that elusive try.
This is a serious question, I'm not some kind of troll.
Perhaps someone can tell me why France kicked it into touch to end the game, and therefore gave the overall win to Ireland? Presumably this is what etiquette dictates, but I can't help thinking that they object of the game is to score points, and although they couldn't win, attempting to reduce the margin would have given England hope of a turnover and that elusive try.
This is a serious question, I'm not some kind of troll.
budfox said:
I'm not really a rugby fan but I enjoyed that.
Perhaps someone can tell me why France kicked it into touch to end the game, and therefore gave the overall win to Ireland? Presumably this is what etiquette dictates, but I can't help thinking that they object of the game is to score points, and although they couldn't win, attempting to reduce the margin would have given England hope of a turnover and that elusive try.
This is a serious question, I'm not some kind of troll.
They surrendered, the traitorous white flag waving onion munching bPerhaps someone can tell me why France kicked it into touch to end the game, and therefore gave the overall win to Ireland? Presumably this is what etiquette dictates, but I can't help thinking that they object of the game is to score points, and although they couldn't win, attempting to reduce the margin would have given England hope of a turnover and that elusive try.
This is a serious question, I'm not some kind of troll.
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budfox said:
I'm not really a rugby fan but I enjoyed that.
Perhaps someone can tell me why France kicked it into touch to end the game, and therefore gave the overall win to Ireland? Presumably this is what etiquette dictates, but I can't help thinking that they object of the game is to score points, and although they couldn't win, attempting to reduce the margin would have given England hope of a turnover and that elusive try.
This is a serious question, I'm not some kind of troll.
In rugby after 80 mins you keep playing until the ball goes dead (among other scenarios)Perhaps someone can tell me why France kicked it into touch to end the game, and therefore gave the overall win to Ireland? Presumably this is what etiquette dictates, but I can't help thinking that they object of the game is to score points, and although they couldn't win, attempting to reduce the margin would have given England hope of a turnover and that elusive try.
This is a serious question, I'm not some kind of troll.
Unless you're the team trying to win the done thing is usually to bring a game to it's conclusion by kicking the ball out of play.
budfox said:
I'm not really a rugby fan but I enjoyed that.
Perhaps someone can tell me why France kicked it into touch to end the game, and therefore gave the overall win to Ireland? Presumably this is what etiquette dictates, but I can't help thinking that they object of the game is to score points, and although they couldn't win, attempting to reduce the margin would have given England hope of a turnover and that elusive try.
This is a serious question, I'm not some kind of troll.
Because it would be be sweeter to them to deprive England of glory if they themselves can't win.Perhaps someone can tell me why France kicked it into touch to end the game, and therefore gave the overall win to Ireland? Presumably this is what etiquette dictates, but I can't help thinking that they object of the game is to score points, and although they couldn't win, attempting to reduce the margin would have given England hope of a turnover and that elusive try.
This is a serious question, I'm not some kind of troll.
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