Match thread

canefan

@MiketheSnow said in England Vs All Blacks:

@canefan said in England Vs All Blacks:

@W32 said in England Vs All Blacks:

@canefan said in England Vs All Blacks:

@W32 said in England Vs All Blacks:

I watched the full 2019 semi final between these two teams for the first time. That was an incredible performance by England. Hoping for something similar this weekend. Cant wait

Fuck you bru!

Haha! Come on the poms!

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Jesus

How long are his fingers?

Must be AI

@brodean said in England Vs All Blacks:

Vaa'i was defensively poor at blindside. Both from a workrate point of view, positioning and accuracy. Also I dont think hes quick enough off the mark. That said I wouldn't be surprised if they went back to him

Some of that is likely owing to inexperience.

@canefan said in England Vs All Blacks:

Even if Scooter is back to near full fitness, why would you start him? Holland, Darry and Lord haven't let anyone down and seem eager for work

Bigger motor in scrum, solid cleaner, hard tackler. Need one of those in engine room against top teams.

canefan

@pakman said in England Vs All Blacks:

@canefan said in England Vs All Blacks:

Even if Scooter is back to near full fitness, why would you start him? Holland, Darry and Lord haven't let anyone down and seem eager for work

Bigger motor in scrum, solid cleaner, hard tackler. Need one of those in engine room against top teams.

I hope he's fit

ACT Crusader

@W32 said in England Vs All Blacks:

I watched the full 2019 semi final between these two teams for the first time. That was an incredible performance by England. Hoping for something similar this weekend. Cant wait

Love it.

I haven’t cheered for the Boks ever. Even during the time when my dislike for Aussie and the smug Aussie fans was at its peak (99-04), I would want them to win 3-0 against the Boks. I’ll even call on that 1/64th Irish heritage in 2 weeks…..

England were superb that night and they did have a core group of quality players that were capable of pulling one out of the bag.

canefan

@ACT-Crusader said in England Vs All Blacks:

@W32 said in England Vs All Blacks:

I watched the full 2019 semi final between these two teams for the first time. That was an incredible performance by England. Hoping for something similar this weekend. Cant wait

Love it.

I haven’t cheered for the Boks ever. Even during the time when my dislike for Aussie and the smug Aussie fans was at its peak (99-04), I would want them to win 3-0 against the Boks. I’ll even call on that 1/64th Irish heritage in 2 weeks…..

England were superb that night and they did have a core group of quality players that were capable of pulling one out of the bag.

And Eddie Jones outsmarted us that night

Dodge

@sparky said in England Vs All Blacks:

@ACT-Crusader He said he'd seen clips not the whole match. But it was obvious from his comments that he's very aware of England's recent pattern and style.

fair play, that's more than i am.

nostrildamus

@W32 said in England Vs All Blacks:

In the 19 WC win… it’s hard when the boks have won so many, I know 🤙

Well I ran into that one headlong...

CLW, Josh Beehre and Caleb Tangitau added to the squad as training cover.

Finau and Jacobsen are heading home

Victor Meldrew

@W32 said in England Vs All Blacks:

What was so impressive was the way they just refused to lose.

Helped by the ABs being determined to lose from team selection to the final whistle.

Victor Meldrew

@canefan said in England Vs All Blacks:

And Eddie Jones outsmarted us that night

I disagree. We were so fucking clueless the bloke running the West Looe Junior XV would have outsmarted us that night.

booboo

@DaGrubster said in England Vs All Blacks:

CLW, Josh Beehre and Caleb Tangitau added to the squad as training cover.

Finau and Jacobsen are heading home

Injured? Boo

booboo

@KiwiMurph said in England Vs All Blacks:

@booboo said in England Vs All Blacks:

@DaGrubster said in England Vs All Blacks:

CLW, Josh Beehre and Caleb Tangitau added to the squad as training cover.

Finau and Jacobsen are heading home

Injured? Boo

Illness in the family for Finau - not injury

Still. Boo. I'm a fanboi. Would like to see him get a few tests in a row.

But given unavailability I'm on the Parker bandwagon (still think Finau has more potential).

Torian

@DaGrubster said in England Vs All Blacks:

CLW, Josh Beehre and Caleb Tangitau added to the squad as training cover.

Finau and Jacobsen are heading home

Awesome that Tangitau has been brought into the environment 🙂 he has "it"

KiwiMurph

@Grooter said in England Vs All Blacks:

@DaGrubster said in England Vs All Blacks:

CLW, Josh Beehre and Caleb Tangitau added to the squad as training cover.

Finau and Jacobsen are heading home

Awesome that Tangitau has been brought into the environment 🙂 he has "it"

The Welsh shapes as the ideal test to debut him in

No need to risk Clarke getting another head knock.