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Rugby World Cup 2015 |OT|
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LiquidSolid
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Another nail in the coffin.
yodathesoda
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Need one back before the half boys.
CyclopsRock
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Fucking fuck. That was an excellent try and I want to cry. Really hope we can get a try before half time.
At this point all I can do is revel in the Ashes victory. But that is a little petty and is feeling more hollow as the time rolls on in this game
Haha, you're Welsh?
yodathesoda
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Dirty Aussie play.
Yes. Only supporting Aus because it's good for our table standing.
Yep. Pretty silly stuff.
Agreed. They are just so fast with the ball. Constantly running and hitting to get those extra few meters.
Disgraceful but understandable. You'll make it, but you'll be calling up the reserves in the late stages. Unfortunately after last week I can't fight the desire to see you guys crash and burn in the latter stages
Just a shame it's not closer. This could get ugly. If England come back it'll go down in history.
By contrast England's timing is all off in the back line. Not hitting the ball at speed, dropping passes - they've had some good moves but far too much disorganisation leading to too many errors.
Don't Jinx it.
If we do, my Australian extended family would never speak to me again. After the last few World Cups and the recent Ashes I have given them a metric tonne of shit. I did have to witness the MCG Boxing Day test live during the 5-0 whitewash tho..
SomedayTheFire
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I'll be honest, I don't think I'll ever understand the rules at scrum time (collapsing etc.)' I think I've called every single one wrong during that half.
Being someone who enjoys Rugby but never played, I find this does happen often to me and I get called out immediately by my mates
I played prop for a bit and I never have any idea what the ref has called. I always wonder if the players know / are in total control of whether they avoid giving one away.
30yearsofhurt
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England look dangerous but they're not getting close enough to do damage.
Foley is looking the goods. 2nd try was superb.
Foley is looking the goods. 2nd try was superb.
Half of the referee's scrum calls didn't make sense anyhow. I haven't seen any other referee at this world cup making similar calls.
I feel filthy about supporting Australia too, but strange things happen in The Group of Death and you don't talk about it afterwards.
I don't get the point of Brad Barritt. He's there for defensive solidity at the centre, but it's not like he's an impassible wall. He's a good defender but nothing more. Was very poor against Wales last week in that. regard. He's a terrible carrier of the ball, makes no metres or gain line breaks, a poor passer of the ball with no creativity. He's a black hole. When you have a genuine talent like Jonathan Joseph at 13 it's criminal that you put a cart horse like Barritt as his centre partner. Give him a creative 12 or a gainline buster and he'd be a world beater. As it is he's making a great go of things but he can't do it all himself.
30yearsofhurt
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The english loose head is causing all the problems. He keeps getting side on which is a pretty simple penalty. But he's getting side on because the Aussie scrum is pushing the rest of the english scrum around.
I always look as the two halves of a match as two separate matches as so much cab change from one half to the next.
Still have my money on Australia winning the championship as they're the only team that looks worthy of that so far. As a Welsh supporter an Australia win is what works for me although I'll be dreading what will happen next weekend, particularly with us being on second and third choice players already.
It's good to see that Joe Marler is finally getting called out for what he does in the scrum. Really not sure why it took so long and needed the press to get involved in it as it's a standard issue for him recently.
Still have my money on Australia winning the championship as they're the only team that looks worthy of that so far. As a Welsh supporter an Australia win is what works for me although I'll be dreading what will happen next weekend, particularly with us being on second and third choice players already.
It's good to see that Joe Marler is finally getting called out for what he does in the scrum. Really not sure why it took so long and needed the press to get involved in it as it's a standard issue for him recently.
CyclopsRock
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Ditto but flank. The commentators say "that was a smart twist of the shoulders" and I just think "was it bollocks."
Aaahhhh come on England, come back and smash their disgusting balls off.
As an Englishman, this is all I deal in. Hell, I'd support Germany in football for 95% of a World Cup if it meant a Cup final or win
The early push is fair enough, although it's rarely called as it's easy for one side to game by taking a mini step back on the engage, but pretty much everything else is entirely dependent on the refs positioning and his tendencies. This is ref is notorious for calling fouls at scrums.
SomedayTheFire
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Good to know I'm not alone, even amount players ha!
That last one "Aussie prop has clearly collapsed there" - ref gives a penalty to England! Only one I got right was the early push which was obvious.
And my point about Barritt goes for Farrell too. He's a decent 10 for when your pack has control of the game. He kicks well from hand and kicks his goals. But he's not a playmaker. He doesn't have the ability to put his outside backs into space and for a fly half he takes contact far too much instead of looking to facilitate backplay. George Fors needs to come on. He's a genuine talent.
English scrum almost never pushed forward, it's like the simplest and most often seen scrum penalty.
SomedayTheFire
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Ford is a football player, he's smart and has a great brain. No idea why England don't play him more, though as an Irishman I'm happy about it! Farrell is too by the numbers and a bit safe.
I had to spend roughly 5-10 years constantly asking my Dad questions while watching Union to even have a slight grasp, then rules change often. All I really took away from it was:-
As long as the ref is consistent, it's probably ok
I have sympathy with your predicament. Extra embarrassing as you're host, but table maths trumps all, sorry!
Technically you're also hosting. So good luck in the end (not really tho)
30yearsofhurt
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Pocock is the new George Smith.
30yearsofhurt
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Numbers... that's amateur hour.
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