I have England by 100 here

@voodoo said in RWC QF: England v Fiji:

I have England by 100 here

If you're being held hostage just type "Clive Woodward is my hero"

@Bones said in RWC QF: England v Fiji:

@Dodge hah yeah popped up on my Facebook feed yesterday after someone mentioned about AB ones...60% off or something at Lovell.

DM me your address and i'll send you an England one

@Dodge said in RWC QF: England v Fiji:

@Bones said in RWC QF: England v Fiji:

@Dodge hah yeah popped up on my Facebook feed yesterday after someone mentioned about AB ones...60% off or something at Lovell.

DM me your address and i'll send you an England one

I'm not falling for that again.

Oh you mean a jersey?

England team to face Fiji

England: Smith; May, Marchant, Tuilagi, Daly; Farrell (capt), Mitchell; Genge, George, Cole, Itoje, Chessum, Lawes, Curry, Earl.

Replacements: Dan, Marler, Sinckler, Martin, Vunipola, Care, Ford, Lawrence.

So Borthwick has finally realised what everyone else has known since RWC final 4 years ago - the Ford-Farrell axis does not work. Consequently he dumps the best game controller we have got, to select not the best attacking threat we have but the guy who is the second best game controller and has no attacking threat. Well at least we have a proper centre partnership now. Next step - give them some ball in space.

Not. Holding. Breath.

We continue to pick wingers with no pace, signalling that they will be there as kick chasers only.

Marchant aside (and Smith to a degree), where is our pace?

Vunipola the busted flush. The five year busted flush, is on the bench again. For the life of me I cannot see why. As much as I rate Underhill, why not pick an out and out 8 as a replacement? Good flankers, we have. No 8s not so much.

Arundell's reported fracas with Farrell seems to have been the excuse to cast him to the wind. He's off to France next season and there is yet another real talent for England that will get nowhere near his potential.

It's criminal.

@Catogrande I thought May was quick...or is "was" the important word there?

Bizarre borthwick just can't let Fozzie get the limelight on his own. But hey at least the bench looks like it will have more impact than the starters.

@Bones

Whilst he’s no slouch, he has lost that out and out speed he had. Not frightening pace anymore unfortunately.

@Catogrande said in RWC QF: England v Fiji:

@Bones

Whilst he’s no slouch, he has lost that out and out speed he had. Not frightening pace anymore unfortunately.

That was pretty much all he had to give him an edge, so yeah I see your concern.

@Catogrande said in RWC QF: England v Fiji:

@Bones

Whilst he’s no slouch, he has lost that out and out speed he had. Not frightening pace anymore unfortunately.

He's more furious than fast nowadays

This is a very distant memory unfortunately

@MiketheSnow it's fucking not for me. That's the last time I went down the club to watch the ABs.

That Fijian team looks weaker than the one that played Portugal. Matavesi >> Ikanivere.

@Bovidae said in RWC QF: England v Fiji:

That Fijian team looks weaker than the one that played Portugal. Matavesi >> Ikanivere.

Matavesi only just returned from his Dad’s funeral

He’ll bring it from the bench don’t worry

@MiketheSnow I've noticed that the Fijian lineout turns to shit when Ikanivere comes on.

An Irishman, Welshman and Scotsman walked into a bar, the Englishman wasn’t there, he was still at the World Cup

(Have a few hours at least)

And they’re off…..

Anyone know the reasoning behind red in the Fiji strip?

Raynal straight into his work. Lawes clearly on his own feet levitating horizontally a millimetre above the players lying on the ground.

Stuck on a bus in rural Wales with too weak a signal to watch live

Got the radio at least
Radio 5 Live
Abysmal
Two toffs and Matt Dawson
Orgasming every time England has the ball

They have looked way better to be fair so far

Fucking hell, Raynal plays a two second advantage before awarding the penalty, with Fiji looking to spread it wide.

Curry is a moron.

How did ref not see that live?

I would be looking at YC here. Those tackles can break kneecaps.

Lucky not to see yellow, I guess he tucked the shoulder under, which probably saved him.

@MiketheSnow Yep, the Toffs are terrible.

Fiji 3 England 8

@Damo said in RWC QF: England v Fiji:

How did ref not see that live?

I'm hoping he just had word it was being looked at, so he could play on.

We all know if Botia had done that to Tuilagi - red all day.

Nice touch from Tom Curry to the Fiji player after that "tackle". No malicious intent.

Merchant scores England second try.

Here we go. Don't need to look, it's red.

Red card coming for Fiji.

Rugby is fucked when a blatant no arms tackle like that is not carded, yet Nuggie had 10 in the bin for ‘deliberately’ knocking the ball on with a fingertip.

I suspect this is going to be a blood bath, Fiji going to get smashed

England 15 Fiji 3

England look sharp. Mitchell with quick ball is a different player and some lovely long passes into midfield

Clearly accidental but also clearly head contact, I wouldn’t be surprised if it gets upgraded to red. Not much mitigation

@bayimports said in RWC QF: England v Fiji:

Clearly accidental but also clearly head contact, I wouldn’t be surprised if it gets upgraded to red. Not much mitigation

Especially with the flag he plays under.

Why no advantage again?

Fiji with a shot at goal.

Missed.