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tarbrush
Feb 7, 2011

ALL ABOARD THE SCOTLAND HYPE TRAIN!

CHOO CHOO
CLOWNBALL!!!!!

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tarbrush
Feb 7, 2011

ALL ABOARD THE SCOTLAND HYPE TRAIN!

CHOO CHOO
Wayne Barnes' attitude of 'gently caress it they're not paying me enough to blow the whistle' is an inspiration to me rn.

HappyCamperGL
May 18, 2014

Lol France

tarbrush
Feb 7, 2011

ALL ABOARD THE SCOTLAND HYPE TRAIN!

CHOO CHOO
This game is my everything

Aramoro
Jun 1, 2012




Lol France

HappyCamperGL
May 18, 2014

That was seriously loving retarded that pass.

Skarsnik
Oct 21, 2008

I...AM...RUUUDE!




Silly France

bessantj
Jul 27, 2004


France did so well loving that game up.

Aramoro
Jun 1, 2012




Yeah I mean I think generally France played quite well but just some absolute howlers in there.

oh no computer
May 27, 2003

Epic Francing.

stavros880
May 2, 2005
I like monkeys

HappyCamperGL posted:

That was seriously loving retarded that pass.

Worse than Anscombe's against Ireland last year :)

No idea how we won this game. It was a weird, oddly compelling combination of Wales being poo poo, France (mostly) playing well and Wayne Barnes doing whatever the hell that was for 80 minutes.

goatface
Dec 5, 2007

I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer
So fronch.

lenoon
Jan 7, 2010

stavros880 posted:

No idea how we won this game.

Begins with G and ends with concussion forced retirement H

MyChemicalImbalance
Sep 15, 2007

Keep on smilin'



:unsmith:
France are still France, Italy are still Italy, but I've still got a sneaking feeling England will come out and make a good go at things in the next one though.

Confident enough that Ireland will get a win if Murray and Sexton do their usual job, but with the world cup on the horizon I'd almost rather see Ireland go behind and dig themselves out of it.

Skarsnik
Oct 21, 2008

I...AM...RUUUDE!




Scotland doing their best to proper Scotland this up

Communist Bear
Oct 7, 2008

What a loving retarded ending. That could have been a 30 point margin win, but instead they did their very best to complete gently caress it up.

loving morons.

goatface
Dec 5, 2007

I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer
Easy but sloppy. Not what you want to see.

bessantj
Jul 27, 2004


Scotland really went to sleep in the last ten minutes, should be a good game v Ireland next week.

Skarsnik
Oct 21, 2008

I...AM...RUUUDE!




Well that was a pretty good start :toot:

Vaders Jester
Sep 9, 2009

:scotland:
The wrongfully called back Hogg try really messed up momentum. If he scores that, I reckon Italy get a hiding and not three tries.

kustomkarkommando
Oct 22, 2012

lol that try

tarbrush
Feb 7, 2011

ALL ABOARD THE SCOTLAND HYPE TRAIN!

CHOO CHOO
There've been some feckin weird tries so far

Skarsnik
Oct 21, 2008

I...AM...RUUUDE!




Not quite as bad as le fuckup yesterday but still not great

Sneaks McDevious
Jul 29, 2010

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN
What the gently caress happened there

bessantj
Jul 27, 2004


This is a very tough game, be interesting to see how the sides are in the last 15/20 mins.

Skarsnik
Oct 21, 2008

I...AM...RUUUDE!




Tough call that, great first half though

MyChemicalImbalance
Sep 15, 2007

Keep on smilin'



:unsmith:
England looking good tbh, bit unlucky for Stockdale on that second try but fair play to England chasing those sort of balls.

Skarsnik
Oct 21, 2008

I...AM...RUUUDE!




Naughty sweary Irish man

Sneaks McDevious
Jul 29, 2010

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN
Ireland have done nothing right and the ref has been fairly laissez faire. Not a good day

Skarsnik
Oct 21, 2008

I...AM...RUUUDE!




Well then

kustomkarkommando
Oct 22, 2012

Fair play to England here, they are really chasing down every opening they can get

Painkiller
Jan 30, 2005

You think the truth will set you free...
Wow. England have made Ireland look completely ordinary. Slade's been outstanding in defence and attack.

tarbrush
Feb 7, 2011

ALL ABOARD THE SCOTLAND HYPE TRAIN!

CHOO CHOO
What a try!

Sneaks McDevious
Jul 29, 2010

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN
loving garbagemen.

MyChemicalImbalance
Sep 15, 2007

Keep on smilin'



:unsmith:
Shows how fragile Ireland really are, when Sexton and Murray have an off day there's not much else to rely on.

Fair play to England though the best team won.

bessantj
Jul 27, 2004


England have been really good, strangling Ireland who have no answer to it.

edogawa rando
Mar 20, 2007

It's also clear England researched the poo poo out of Ireland and tailored a game plan to negate Ireland's approach.

And you know Hansen is furiously taking notes as we speak.

Skarsnik
Oct 21, 2008

I...AM...RUUUDE!




Great game, gently caress yeah

butros
Aug 2, 2007

I believe the signs of the reptile master


julian assflange posted:

the ref has been fairly laissez faire.

Completely agree, whatever that is in French

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sleep with the vicious
Apr 2, 2010

Vagabundo posted:

It's also clear England researched the poo poo out of Ireland and tailored a game plan to negate Ireland's approach.

And you know Hansen is furiously taking notes as we speak.

Yeah, Ireland couldn't get anything going on attack. In tight the blitz shut them down, out wide there was always cover, and England's backfield positioning must have been strong because a kick through never looked like a good option.

England also did a great job slowing down the rucks and lying on the ball to slow it down. They got punished in the first quarter but not after that.

Rugby is weird, how can these teams be so variable in performance all the time. Balance is clearly critical and adding one or two pieces at the international level can be all you need.

English players being exhausted after the lion's tour also probably played a major factor in their 2018 performance.

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