Most first half points conceded by England at home.
28 v New Zealand, 2006
27 v France, 2023
23 v Italy, 2001
22 v Ireland, 2026
England
Match thread
Ireland 2026 6N
@W32 said in England v Ireland 2026 6N:
Haha Pillock
So dumb he forgot he was sin binned.
Genge bumped off like a child.
@W32 said in England v Ireland 2026 6N:
Ok who replaces borthwick next week. The old fart’s won’t stand for this
Wasn't it only a couple of years ago they were this bad? Admittedly probably with a less capable group of players.
@Bones said in England v Ireland 2026 6N:
@W32 said in England v Ireland 2026 6N:
Ok who replaces borthwick next week. The old fart’s won’t stand for this
Wasn't it only a couple of years ago they were this bad? Admittedly probably with a less capable group of players.
A bit like the NZ situation 
It’s scary though we all know they have talent but it’s like they’ve never played together before with some of the basic errors
Shocker by Smith, giving up against a guy that's played the whole game who wasn't even catching him. Yuck
England have done a great job of picking the wrong option on many crucial attacking plays. Unreal, could have scored that try many phases before.
@game_film said in England v Ireland 2026 6N:
@W32 we must ask ourselves, against whom did they look good? Therein lies the answer
Well they must of looked ok against a few, they had quite the winning run going, but they seem to of fallen off a cliff this last couple of weeks!
By the powers though the Irish who perhaps have looked decidedly average a few times, looked a million bucks didn't they? That was a very good performance by whole team.
@Dan54 when you look at England’s winning run last year (which began when France choked it up in the 6N and Dupont couldn’t catch a cold, but that’s another story for another day)…. They didn’t beat anyone of consequence until arguably the Razor-coached ABs, upending their grand slam attempt.
They beat an Argie team in the summer that was in the middle of its usual ‘which game shall we get up for?’ mindset between beating the Lions and preparing for the RC.
In the Autumn they beat an Oz team who were falling apart by then, the Razor ABs and finished with a tight one over Arg again.
As they say, the signs were there.
I think one of their problems at moment is they just crumbling when it not going to plan. When they get stressed they seem to struggle to find answers!
@Dan54 said in England v Ireland 2026 6N:
I think one of their problems at moment is they just crumbling when it not going to plan. When they get stressed they seem to struggle to find answers!
England or the ABs?
@nzzp said in England v Ireland 2026 6N:
@Dan54 said in England v Ireland 2026 6N:
I think one of their problems at moment is they just crumbling when it not going to plan. When they get stressed they seem to struggle to find answers!
England or the ABs?
Poms, but could work for both
Quality players, poorly coached into a team.
England fans are pretty upset, rightly so, as they played so far beneath the sum of their parts.
Axe will fall.
England are dogshit. How did this team pump us?
Ford was really poor. The midfield is porous and has no lateral movement. Genge ran around missing tackles and dropping ball. Lineout was shit.
Ireland just flogged fuck through them. Same game plan as the last 8 or 9 years but today it worked because England were completely disconnected on defence. JGP looks a million bucks when the game opens up like this, such a good decision maker.
@W32 said in England v Ireland 2026 6N:
Ireland are a different side with Crowley at 10 and Osborne at 15
Admittedly Ireland look better against terrible defence and an invisible backrow, but even then Crowley is miles ahead of Prendergast.