cazzyy Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 (edited) 1 hour ago, Malinga the Swinga said: Impossible to be more unbearable than Ireland. At least England got to semi final of world cup, Ireland choked in quarter finals again (never won a quarter final) yet still believe they are best team in world. Thank goodness they are bottlers. World ranked number one team believe they are the best team in the world. What a shocker that is. 😄 Edit: not ranked number one anymore, number two isn't too shabby though. Edited March 9 by cazzyy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxy Hearts Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 Ooooffftt O'mahony sinbinned! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxy Hearts Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 Well done England. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWL Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 1 minute ago, Roxy Hearts said: Ooooffftt O'mahony sinbinned! It really was that blatant that the ref had no option. About feckin time that prick was sin binned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EH11_2NL Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 England are transformed this week. Not giving Oirland an inch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamboj Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 1 minute ago, JWL said: It really was that blatant that the ref had no option. About feckin time that prick was sin binned. Second only to Owen Farrell in the current list of rugby wankers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxy Hearts Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 1 minute ago, EH11_2NL said: England are transformed this week. Not giving Oirland an inch. They deserve to win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EH11_2NL Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 7 minutes ago, Roxy Hearts said: They deserve to win. Aye. Haven't let the Irish get any rhythm at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxy Hearts Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 Undeserved! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 That's the 6th game with losing bonus point plus the draw. Wins by 3, 1, 4, 2, 2, 1 points Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liam11 Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 Ireland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 Fantastic. Game for the ages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckies1874 Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 England thoroughly deserved that win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilnunb Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 Haha up ye Ireland 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 George Ford feeling better. Very well deserved win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizmo Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 At least it was won with a kick rather than a referee decision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartgarfunkel Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 That was a brilliant game, what a finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxy Hearts Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 Brilliant. Well done England. Totally deserved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 Just the 39 points win over Ireland needed by Scotland to catch them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudi Skacel Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 The best scottish team for years are also the biggest bottlers. nearly threw away the win v wales after a big lead. No BP threw away a win v france easy win v england though declined to go for a bp when the game was won threw away a win v italy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 (edited) No one still able to win Grand Slam (edited) twice in a row. Edited March 9 by Mikey1874 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWL Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 Just now, Mikey1874 said: No one still able to win Six Nations twice in a row. Take it you mean Grand Slams? Thing is, if we win next week and capture a Triple Crown, Townsend will be hailed as a master tactician. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 6 minutes ago, JWL said: Take it you mean Grand Slams? Thing is, if we win next week and capture a Triple Crown, Townsend will be hailed as a master tactician. Yes, cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mighty Thor Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 Just seen the score. 😂 Townsend. Absolutely ruined the golden generation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
periodictabledancer Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 I'm not too seriously into rugby but feck me, what a catastrophe that was. A massive Scots crowd, easily 10 000, literally walking out. with a lot of chat about sacking GT ( not happening) to no chat at all. So many Scots fans leaving without any intention of saying "thanks". Now reverting to wooden spoon contenders next season. Three more years of this shit from Townsend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 (edited) 1 hour ago, periodictabledancer said: I'm not too seriously into rugby but feck me, what a catastrophe that was. A massive Scots crowd, easily 10 000, literally walking out. with a lot of chat about sacking GT ( not happening) to no chat at all. So many Scots fans leaving without any intention of saying "thanks". Now reverting to wooden spoon contenders next season. Three more years of this shit from Townsend. It would take an interesting combination of results and 5th is more likely. But the wooden spoon is still on this season. Edited March 9 by Mikey1874 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All roads lead to Gorgie Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 So Scotland have fecked up a great chance of winning the six nations. Thanks for that Gregor 😠 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redjambo Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 57 minutes ago, All roads lead to Gorgie said: So Scotland have fecked up a great chance of winning the six nations. Thanks for that Gregor 😠 My take as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 5 hours ago, Roxy Hearts said: Brilliant. Well done England. Totally deserved. It was a well-deserved win, even if I found it sore to watch, especially at the end. In reality, England should have had it wrapped up earlier, and the margin didn't do justice to their performance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
periodictabledancer Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 (edited) 11 hours ago, Mikey1874 said: It would take an interesting combination of results and 5th is more likely. But the wooden spoon is still on this season. Well that's really cheered me up this morning. Funnily enough , the weather here is awful today so the wife suggested we go shopping. I said, for what ? She said, a wooden spoon ? 🙁 Edited March 10 by periodictabledancer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Findlay Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Sport is sport. Both Ireland and Scotland had bad days at the office yesterday. It wasn't a lot to do with either of the coaches of Ireland and Scotland, and everything to do with the players having below par performances. England will be the world champs in waiting.....again, and Scotland will be the worst rugby team in the world....... again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
periodictabledancer Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 17 minutes ago, John Findlay said: Sport is sport. Both Ireland and Scotland had bad days at the office yesterday. It wasn't a lot to do with either of the coaches of Ireland and Scotland, and everything to do with the players having below par performances. England will be the world champs in waiting.....again, and Scotland will be the worst rugby team in the world....... again. Scotland had another "bad day at the office" , following on from the Wales debacle. And then there's the poor tactics in the France game. Getting scudded by Italy , a team riddled with handling errors of their own is quite way to surrender your interest with a game to play. And Townsends post match comments are genuinely hilarious given that backdrop. Bleak times ahead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelly Terraces Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 1 hour ago, periodictabledancer said: Scotland had another "bad day at the office" , following on from the Wales debacle. And then there's the poor tactics in the France game. Getting scudded by Italy , a team riddled with handling errors of their own is quite way to surrender your interest with a game to play. And Townsends post match comments are genuinely hilarious given that backdrop. Bleak times ahead. Yeah, it's not looking good going forward, I think yesterdays debacle (2nd half was probably the worst rugby I've seen anywhere in years) will have a long term detrimental effect on the side, essentially they've blown the best opportunity any of them will have to win the 6 Nations as we should be going to Ireland who will be on a downer after their own defeat & we'd have nothing to lose, but now I wouldn't be surprised if we get an absolute doing. The self belief & confidence has been totally sucked out of this team, yesterday was a huge psychological blow, and as I said yesterday, we haven't progressed at all in 10 years. It's back to square one. Townsend is a really nice guy, but his time is done & hopefully he'll decide after next Saturday to step down from his role. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 (edited) 17 minutes ago, Nelly Terraces said: Yeah, it's not looking good going forward, I think yesterdays debacle (2nd half was probably the worst rugby I've seen anywhere in years) will have a long term detrimental effect on the side, essentially they've blown the best opportunity any of them will have to win the 6 Nations as we should be going to Ireland who will be on a downer after their own defeat & we'd have nothing to lose, but now I wouldn't be surprised if we get an absolute doing. The self belief & confidence has been totally sucked out of this team, yesterday was a huge psychological blow, and as I said yesterday, we haven't progressed at all in 10 years. It's back to square one. Townsend is a really nice guy, but his time is done & hopefully he'll decide after next Saturday to step down from his role. Urgently need a new captain too. The fun experiment hit reality yesterday. Watch Darge post match interview if you aren't sure. Its all very well making excuses but that ignores the point being is to wn. This Scotland team seem to shrink in adversity. On top they can be brilliant as in first halfs v Wales and mostly Italy. But when it starts to go wrong it becomes 10, 20, 30 minutes of going wrong and that demonstrates fundamental weakness and a lack of problem solving. Edited March 10 by Mikey1874 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
periodictabledancer Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 It's a sign... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 I'm sorry. Had another look at it. As Wales play Italy last game, looks like worst we can finish is 5th. So all is well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewB Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Question for those who follow rugby more than me. Why did Ireland kick to touch with 65 seconds left - and give England possession and one last chance? 65 seconds is three or four rucks which Ireland are good at. Is it the fear of dropping the ball or getting penalised? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 (edited) 41 minutes ago, AndrewB said: Question for those who follow rugby more than me. Why did Ireland kick to touch with 65 seconds left - and give England possession and one last chance? 65 seconds is three or four rucks which Ireland are good at. Is it the fear of dropping the ball or getting penalised? Hope you get a few answers. Basically I think the answer is Ireland are very confident in their defence. In the clip below they would have expected to stop England by the second pass and disrupt the attack. Hopefully win a penalty. And they would not be thinking at all they would themselves concede 2 penalties. But it is true there is a tendency to kick. If Ireland had been in the England 22 they would have gone through phases. So it really didn't make sense to kick. They gave England the game. Edited March 10 by Mikey1874 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leginten Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 46 minutes ago, AndrewB said: Question for those who follow rugby more than me. Why did Ireland kick to touch with 65 seconds left - and give England possession and one last chance? 65 seconds is three or four rucks which Ireland are good at. Is it the fear of dropping the ball or getting penalised? It was a big risk, and I remember at the time feeling slightly surprised that they had done it. Normally Ireland are so good at grinding through the phases relentlessly that you would have thought that would be the preferred route. But as you say, maybe the fear of conceding a penalty in kickable range was the deciding factor. That said, you almost factor in not winning the opposition line-out at international level, which means you’re highly likely to be defending again immediately, and this time with a higher risk of infringing - just a bit further out initially. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxy Hearts Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 13 hours ago, Ulysses said: It was a well-deserved win, even if I found it sore to watch, especially at the end. In reality, England should have had it wrapped up earlier, and the margin didn't do justice to their performance. Ireland couldn't get a proper foothold at any time. England kept on forcing things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Potter Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 4 hours ago, John Findlay said: Sport is sport. Both Ireland and Scotland had bad days at the office yesterday. It wasn't a lot to do with either of the coaches of Ireland and Scotland, and everything to do with the players having below par performances. England will be the world champs in waiting.....again, and Scotland will be the worst rugby team in the world....... again. A bad day at the office, far too kind, total nightmare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 (edited) 1 hour ago, AndrewB said: Question for those who follow rugby more than me. Why did Ireland kick to touch with 65 seconds left - and give England possession and one last chance? 65 seconds is three or four rucks which Ireland are good at. Is it the fear of dropping the ball or getting penalised? I think it was the fear of conceding a penalty in kicking range. But that's a good example of how well England played. They disrupted Ireland and made them play a different game, and that's why they won. Saying Ireland had a bad day at the office doesn't give credit for a very good England performance. At the outset I thought they'd finish second to France (ah well), and even have a chance of nipping in and winning the tournament. They've been too inconsistent, but they got their act together yesterday. Edited March 10 by Ulysses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxy Hearts Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 3 minutes ago, Ulysses said: I think it was the fear of conceding a penalty in kicking range. But that's a good example of how well England played. They disrupted Ireland and made them play a different game, and that's why they won. Saying Ireland had a bad day at the office doesn't give credit for a very good England performance. At the outset I thought they'd finish second to France (ah well), and even have a chance of nipping in and winning the tournament. They've been too inconsistent, but they got their act together yesterday. Ireland will have as easy win over Scotland without getting of 3rd gear! We have good players but our execution is poor most of the time. Give away too many penalties. Once Ireland are in your 22 they invariably score. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leginten Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 France once again looking bereft of ideas in attack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 This is chaos. Good to watch though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PortyJambo Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Jonathan Davis saying that Le Garrec didn't know where he was throwing that big reverse pass, even though the replay showed him looking behind himself to where the pass went to....if he was Welsh, it'd be "brilliant!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Just now, PortyJambo said: Jonathan Davis saying that Le Garrec didn't know where he was throwing that big reverse pass, even though the replay showed him looking behind himself to where the pass went to....if he was Welsh, it'd be "brilliant!" Davis is a squeaky wee shite. And that’s the nicest thing I can think to say about him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 End to end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewB Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Good to see forward passes getting called. I thought they’d been abolished (sarcasm, by the way). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 (edited) If anyone wonders why they kick, watch this. Wales going nowhere. Edited March 10 by Mikey1874 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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