@RoninWC said in Black Ferns V England:

John Mitchell who took over as Head Coach of England coaches against his native country for the first time

Is that true? Maybe as head coach but I thought he was part of the England team for games against NZ in the late 90s.

clive @Bones said in Black Ferns V England:

@RoninWC said in Black Ferns V England:

John Mitchell who took over as Head Coach of England coaches against his native country for the first time

Is that true? Maybe as head coach but I thought he was part of the England team for games against NZ in the late 90s.

He was forwards coach for Sir Clive for 3-4 years during that period.

Is this our halfback's first ever rugby game? She's awful.

It's getting really ugly now.

England 24 Black Ferns 0.

BFs started well but dropped off in intensity when Leti'inga didnt score.

England lucky to get away with just a yellow card for a swing tackle right around the neck I thought.

Katelyn Vahaakolo has got a try back.

Who is this shit main commentator and is it in her contract to say "big tackles by England" twice a minute?

England love having props playing in the loose forwards in both the men's and women's game.

Katelyn Vahaakolo got another.

24-12 to England with 5 minutes to go.

Black Ferns have been got out by a lack of fitness in the forwards and some terrible passing at Half Back.

Like the All Blacks, the Black Ferns exit work is terrible.

NZR need to find a specialist kick and chase coach to work with their national teams.

One minute to go.

Black Ferns have fought okay.

But it is amazing to see the NZ national side so bad at elements at the game which are basic building blocks of rugby in the NH: clean passes from 9, kicking for touch, chasing kicks.

All over. England win.

The Black Ferns have work to do ahead of next year's World Cup Final at the same venue.

@Bones said in Black Ferns V England:

Who is this shit main commentator and is it in her contract to say "big tackles by England" twice a minute?

She was terrible.

@sparky said in Black Ferns V England:

@Bones said in Black Ferns V England:

Who is this shit main commentator and is it in her contract to say "big tackles by England" twice a minute?

She was terrible.

Fucking atrocious, sounded like she was commentating for 5 year olds, alongside the fucking pitch side interviewer who kept going on about it being a friendly.

Shithouse by BBC.

NZ punished for not converting early chances

@sparky said in Black Ferns V England:

One minute to go.

Black Ferns have fought okay.

But it is amazing to see the NZ national side so bad at elements at the game which are basic building blocks of rugby in the NH: clean passes from 9, kicking for touch, chasing kicks.

Oh. These are Northern Hemisphere things?

I'd never heard of these concepts at all growing up playing and watching rugby in NZ in the 1970s.

Imagine how good we'd be if we followed Europe's lead on innovation ...

@Bones said in Black Ferns V England:

England lucky to get away with just a yellow card for a swing tackle right around the neck I thought.

I've just watched the replay of the game. Yes, the reverse angle shows that a PT was justified as there was no covering defenders.

Despite the loss, there were some encouraging signs. The BFs needed to capitalise on those early chances and hold passes when line breaks were made (Brunt and Bremner, for example). They did manage to get the ball wide to beat the rush defence. Unlike England, they hadn't played for a while.

We got the BBC comms so the volume went down.