Originally Posted by Jamesp84:
“True. Though he only went to the TMO for the disallowed try because Warbuton told him to.
Cracking stuff from England in that 2nd half. Feared for us a bit at 10-0 down after 10 minutes, but they hung in until half time and then stepped up a couple of gears afterwards and Wales had no answer. I'd have given MOTM to Youngs, but Kruis and Haskell were both excellent too.”
Yes Youngs outstanding
Haskell had some great carries but his role in the Wales try and messing up a try down the other end has to rule him out
Joe Marler had a very solid game too
Originally Posted by Jamesp84:
“By the way, what was all that nonsense at the start about?
It's an international rugby match, not a bloody One Direction concert!”
Fully agree
Originally Posted by itsashrubery:
“Wales fitness needs looking at, they looked dead on their feet coming out of the tunnel second half.
16-8 up and then giving that level of second half performance is not good enough
Decision not to sub a clearly concussed North and keep him off also needs addressing, Liam Williams should have been on.”
Apparently they've been hitting the weights very hard and doing less on the pitch, with one eye on the RWC
Could be paper/pub talk but it might explain it a bit
Originally Posted by irishfeen:
“Of course the French can never be discounted either - either unreal or pure tripe... all about their mentality.”
Yep, very worried about next weekend in Dublin
Beating France, England and Wales all in a row is too much an ask for ireland I have to say. Even Scotland at Murrayfield, last weekend, is one hell of a banana skin
England's to lose for me. Italy and Scotland at home is some advantage they'll really pile on the points which should mean they'll easily get the best points difference. They've often put big scores on France at home in recent times too