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Sometimes I get upset about people hating England but then I remember Matt Dawson exists and I'm like nope, carry on.
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Sep 17, 2015 13:26
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Wayne Barnes is a good ref.
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Sep 20, 2015 17:34
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Also Argentina have beento a world cup semifinal people
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Sep 20, 2015 17:35
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Frankston posted:I am an Englishman and I am cheering for the bloody argies (because we really don't care about the Falklands all that much) bugger the falklands what about Maradona
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Sep 20, 2015 17:56
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Miles Harrison still a terrible commentator. Michael Hooper seriously good rugby player
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Sep 23, 2015 18:08
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I hope Australia get eliminated on bonus points
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Sep 23, 2015 18:48
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I don't have a problem with Robshaw going for the win. The lineout execution was terrible and we had no midfield throughout the game anyway
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Sep 28, 2015 10:39
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South Africa forced by injuries into playing their best 15
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Oct 1, 2015 19:04
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Matawira and Delindy
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Oct 3, 2015 17:20
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HappyCamperGL posted:Australia changed their rules so they could pick Gitau. While Armitage and Abendanon sit in France watching the game with a nice glass of wine because the RFU are idiots. Makes you think Lol nobody wanted Abendanon. Aussies were good today, England showed a number of flaws we already knew they had, so it goes
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Oct 3, 2015 22:22
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Australia changed the policy for guys with sixty caps who have paid their dues, not for a guy with no caps who might fill a positional weakness. Half this England twam turned down French contracts because they wanted to play for England and I wouldn't have blamed them for being furious if Armitage got picked after loving off. And Nick loving Abendanon is not better than our current back three. If he were an inside centre, maybe England's coaches shat the bed this world cup but not because of Steffon Armitage
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Oct 4, 2015 08:36
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Lest we forget, the beloved All Blacks would not in a million years pick a guy who hosed off to France. for the money
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Oct 4, 2015 08:37
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Woden posted:Idk, beating minnows like England doesn't really show if they're any good. Need to see how the Wales game goes to get a real idea. True this. But I still remember Lancaster turning the worst England team I've seen into something watchable. He hosed this world cup but he probably helped us in the long run and I hope the RFU enjoys paying off the remaining five years on his contract when they sack him.
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DickEmery posted:It's not even Monday and the in-fighting has started... You know, every dogshit decision they've made makes perfect sense if you assume Farrell was calling the shots.
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Oct 4, 2015 21:28
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The Clit Avoider posted:Hmmm. Has to have been Rowntree and Farrell? Doesn't mention that he dislikes rugby league so not the "Full Jones"
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hitchensgoespop posted:I wonder what the over/under is on Farrell moving upto Number 1? 7!
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Oct 6, 2015 13:31
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Wales win that game if Rhys Webb plays. Their 9 made multiple poo poo decisions when they were two men up
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Oct 10, 2015 20:07
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Plucky Brit posted:So if England had drawn against Wales they would have qualified now. If Wales had drawn against England they would have kicked for the bonus point against australia.
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Oct 10, 2015 21:48
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French anthem needs to change to Do You Hear the People Sing from les mis
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Oct 11, 2015 16:46
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What a brutal game
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Oct 11, 2015 18:19
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Sean O Brien gonna eat a big ban after that one. Still, good job Ireland. And good job Saint Andre for making GBS threads up French rugby.
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Oct 11, 2015 18:40
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Well France has Celts in it I suppose
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Oct 11, 2015 18:50
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France played exactley as they have for two years.
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Oct 11, 2015 18:51
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poo poo. Well played Wales but you had one too many Cuthberts on the field
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Oct 17, 2015 17:52
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Robot Mil posted:Poor Scotland Picked up by a teammate who was in front of him, so it was offside
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Oct 18, 2015 17:48
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I'm a bit of a rugby novice, can someone explain to me why the last knock on (I'm sure I saw the ref say it was a knock on?) led to a game winning penalty kick instead of a scrum? I thought knock on = scrum?
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Oct 18, 2015 18:11
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HappyCamperGL posted:What the gently caress are you on about? Nel was immense and destroyed the Aus loose head perfectly legally. Nope he folded in half like a penknife on multiple occasions
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Oct 18, 2015 21:04
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Rugby is a great game because it's so complex and hard to tell what's going on that people who know gently caress all about the game can act like experts. Not aimed at anyone particular in this thread, just something I've noticed. Especially when I stand in front of That Guy in stadiums. This goes especially for journalists
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Ahahahahhaaaahaha http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/nov/08/england-world-cup-stock-farrago I'm an England fan through and through but this is hilarious
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Nov 9, 2015 11:44
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Dallaglio has a snowplough for a chin
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Dec 6, 2015 08:40
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No-one liiiiikes us, we dont caaaaaaaare
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tarbrush posted:England: Mike Brown, Anthony Watson, Jonathan Joseph, Owen Farrell, Jack Nowell, George Ford, Danny Care; Joe Marler, Dylan Hartley (captain), Dan Cole, Joe Launchbury, George Kruis, Chris Robshaw, James Haskell and Billy Vunipola. Yeah but who the hell else would you pick? Slade would be the 12 but he's injured. Kyle Eastmond is five foot seven and you can't have him next to George Ford in an international defense. He gets run over at club level already. Meanwhile we have a creative fly half and the most exciting 13 in the tournament. Wings are decent, full back is solid to great. I don't know what else you can ask for with who's available. At 7 there just isn't a good fetcher in England (and Armitage aint coming back just now). Doesn't matter how much you want a proper number 7, Matt Kvesic just isn't that good and Haskell is leagues ahead of him as a rugby player.
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goatface posted:Farrell at 12. Hilarious. Who is available and better?
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Vaders Jester posted:brad barrit is probably a better centre and less likely to throw a shitfit when he doesn't get his own way. Are yoy trying to traumatize me
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Rugby special had great analysis of how every time Scotland had a scoring opportunity there were two loving big forwards standing in front of Finn Russell. Which means either they planned that for some reason or Russell is just not organizing the line (not helped by glacially slow service from Laidlaw). I think Russell did play like poo poo and Scotland's halfbacks just hosed them in general, but it might be a coaching issue too. England showed more creativity and awareness than I've seen for a while, even if the execution was bollocks outside of Nowell's nice try. It's going to take time to teach our guys to play with their heads up and look for space but it seems we're going in the right direction after many years of mostly lovely rugby.
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Feb 8, 2016 13:24
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Also Priestland played pretty ok in the circs
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Painkiller posted:There's been plenty worse performances from Scotland. Conclusion: Finn Russell actually a bit of a liability. Aramoro posted:I'm not sure really. I mean we've played worse than that for sure. But in terms of the experience in the Scotland side and total lack of play making made it a true dirge of a match. We were poor under the high ball which you could put down to first match jitters, fair enough. But when we were going though the phases is never looked like something was going to happen. Compare that to Italy against France, Campagnaro and Garcia always looked dangerous and you could see that even if it didn't work they were looking for an edge. We had 51% of the possession in that match but I'm not sure anyone watching it would have picked it that high, it's criminal to come away from a match with that much possession and so few points. We were so slow and ponderous on the attack that I'm sure England have harder training ground routines they work through every week. Nah, Scotland had three great chances and butchered them (Seymour got stripped by Joseph, Russell threw away the interception, Laidlaw went wrong way from an attacking ruck with Hogg and Maitland outside him). They had some decent attacks and just terrible decision making.
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Vaders Jester posted:The PE teacher they asked in the report sounds like a total fuckwit more likely to put parents off letting their kids play than assuring them that they won't get injured. Pretty representative of English PE teachers in my experience
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