Very good players trying to do it on their own outside the gameplan

Just don’t think England have the cattle. Dan Cole in 2024. Henry Slade in 2024. Not got the dudes.

Itoje has cost England this match

The English halfbacks making Finlay Christie look like the redheaded lovechild of Trapper and Joost VdV here.

@Bones said in England vs Springboks:

Very good players trying to do it on their own outside the gameplan

Yep, individually they are fine, as a team poor..

England should have won this

@Victor-Meldrew said in England vs Springboks:

@Bones said in England vs Springboks:

Very good players trying to do it on their own outside the gameplan

Yep, individually they are fine, as a team poor..

England should have won this

As last week

@game_film said in England vs Springboks:

Just don’t think England have the cattle. Dan Cole in 2024. Henry Slade in 2024. Not got the dudes.

You can carry those guys and ask them to do a job so long as the coaching is good and the other 13 players on the pitch engage their brains.

Time running out for England.

PSDT has been outstanding. Again. What a player!

@sparky said in England vs Springboks:

PSDT has been outstanding. Again. What a player!

Best in the world imo. Better than Dupont.

@Victor-Meldrew said in England vs Springboks:

@Bones said in England vs Springboks:

Very good players trying to do it on their own outside the gameplan

Yep, individually they are fine, as a team poor..

England should have won this

Based on what?

@W32 said in England vs Springboks:

@Victor-Meldrew said in England vs Springboks:

@Bones said in England vs Springboks:

Very good players trying to do it on their own outside the gameplan

Yep, individually they are fine, as a team poor..

England should have won this

Based on what?

Itoje cost them 2 tries

@Victor-Meldrew said in England vs Springboks:

@Bones said in England vs Springboks:

Very good players trying to do it on their own outside the gameplan

Yep, individually they are fine, as a team poor..

England should have won this

If they had Foster they might've.

@MiketheSnow said in England vs Springboks:

@W32 said in England vs Springboks:

@Victor-Meldrew said in England vs Springboks:

@Bones said in England vs Springboks:

Very good players trying to do it on their own outside the gameplan

Yep, individually they are fine, as a team poor..

England should have won this

Based on what?

Itoje cost them 2 tries

Woulda coulda shoulda

@sparky said in England vs Springboks:

Time running out for England.

As soon as the last try it was all over, England don't have the composure and bok defence to good for them to score ten in ten

Smartest team in intl rugby vs dumbest.

All over. England 20 South Africa 29.

@W32 said in England vs Springboks:

@MiketheSnow said in England vs Springboks:

@W32 said in England vs Springboks:

@Victor-Meldrew said in England vs Springboks:

@Bones said in England vs Springboks:

Very good players trying to do it on their own outside the gameplan

Yep, individually they are fine, as a team poor..

England should have won this

Based on what?

Itoje cost them 2 tries

Woulda coulda shoulda

2 neck rolls which nullified two try scoring opportunities

@junior said in England vs Springboks:

@game_film said in England vs Springboks:

Just don’t think England have the cattle. Dan Cole in 2024. Henry Slade in 2024. Not got the dudes.

You can carry those guys and ask them to do a job so long as the coaching is good and the other 13 players on the pitch engage their brains.

They are! They're trying to figure out what to do to get some shape because their coaching is terrible.

@W32 said in England vs Springboks:

@Victor-Meldrew said in England vs Springboks:

@Bones said in England vs Springboks:

Very good players trying to do it on their own outside the gameplan

Yep, individually they are fine, as a team poor..

England should have won this

Based on what?

Actually watching the game.

@MajorRage said in England vs Springboks:

Smartest team in intl rugby vs dumbest.

Wales says hold my beer

@MiketheSnow said in England vs Springboks:

@W32 said in England vs Springboks:

@MiketheSnow said in England vs Springboks:

@W32 said in England vs Springboks:

@Victor-Meldrew said in England vs Springboks:

@Bones said in England vs Springboks:

Very good players trying to do it on their own outside the gameplan

Yep, individually they are fine, as a team poor..

England should have won this

Based on what?

Itoje cost them 2 tries

Woulda coulda shoulda

2 neck rolls which nullified two try scoring opportunities

Not to mention two incredibly soft Bok tries

@Bones said in England vs Springboks:

@junior said in England vs Springboks:

@game_film said in England vs Springboks:

Just don’t think England have the cattle. Dan Cole in 2024. Henry Slade in 2024. Not got the dudes.

You can carry those guys and ask them to do a job so long as the coaching is good and the other 13 players on the pitch engage their brains.

They are! They're trying to figure out what to do to get some shape because their coaching is terrible.

If that's them engaging their brains, it doesn't say much about the English "public" school system.

Worst performance of the game: Austin Healey.. Gahh

@W32 Nah, Maro Itoje.

@sparky said in England vs Springboks:

@W32 Nah, Maro Itoje.

Poor old Maro

@junior said in England vs Springboks:

@Bones said in England vs Springboks:

@junior said in England vs Springboks:

@game_film said in England vs Springboks:

Just don’t think England have the cattle. Dan Cole in 2024. Henry Slade in 2024. Not got the dudes.

You can carry those guys and ask them to do a job so long as the coaching is good and the other 13 players on the pitch engage their brains.

They are! They're trying to figure out what to do to get some shape because their coaching is terrible.

If that's them engaging their brains, it doesn't say much about the English "public" school system.

Maybe shuffle Borthwick into a selector position, he's got that almost spot on. Then get some coaches, fuck any coaches. They can't be worse.

@sparky said in England vs Springboks:

@W32 Nah, Maro Itoje.

He'll get rated 8 in the English press

Scoreline flattered England in the end. Even though they went down to 14 men that was fairly comfortable for South Africa in the end.

@sparky said in England vs Springboks:

@W32 Nah, Maro Itoje.

Made George Bridge look like Cheslin Kolbe today.

Saffers never looked like losing that, they are a very good team, dare I say the current best team in the world. England looked like they always tried to find new ways of fucking it up

Holy shit this is awkward between Monye and Lawes

@Machpants said in England vs Springboks:

@sparky said in England vs Springboks:

@W32 Nah, Maro Itoje.

He'll get rated 8 in the English press

"Itoje stood alone, a gladiator in the arena, valiantly - and single-handedly - fighting the hordes of south africa's lions..." - Stephen Jones, tomorrow, in whatever shitty rag he writes for these days.

@Victor-Meldrew said in England vs Springboks:

@W32 said in England vs Springboks:

@Victor-Meldrew said in England vs Springboks:

@Bones said in England vs Springboks:

Very good players trying to do it on their own outside the gameplan

Yep, individually they are fine, as a team poor..

England should have won this

Based on what?

Actually watching the game.

SA played poorly. Not accurate and discipline let them down. England in with a real chance there

Monye is on my bandwagon

@Victor-Meldrew said in England vs Springboks:

@sparky said in England vs Springboks:

@W32 Nah, Maro Itoje.

Made George Bridge look like Cheslin Kolbe today.

He made Reuben O'Neill look like John Eales.

“We’re a very clever rugby team” George.

@Tordah said in England vs Springboks:

England looked like they always tried to find new ways of fucking it up

TBF, they exceeded all expectations.

Kolise walks over with his kids to Lawes and Monye to say hello. He is class

@W32 said in England vs Springboks:

“We’re a very clever rugby team” George.

I think they are. This is a team of individuals trying their best to work together and doing a bloody good job - all in spite of the coaching. They were in the running to beat everyone this season despite being given no direction.