Originally Posted by Mike Teevee:
“On a whim I bought a ticket last week for the match, on the whole it just about worth it.
Pretty average match, with nothing special from either side. Wales led at half time, but that was only because of Ford's horror show on the kicking front. Much better from England in the second half, especially considering we were missing all the Sarries players.
As for the Clifford try nothing on the TMO showed a clear knock on (especially as the ball went backwards) so not sure how it could have been ruled out. Not sure why Biggar felt the need to throw his toys out of the pram, it was hardly the worst refereeing decision in the world.
One thing today's match did show was the quality of rugby was better than in 6N, which lends weight to those who favour moving the tournament back a month or so. This should encourage better running rugby, which is surely a good thing.”
TMO and Sky's magnifying gadget showed the ball went forward and hit the deck off Cole again, who had gone further forward by then so it was a clear knock on.
Evened up things slightly though as Liam Williams should've had a yellow card earlier on.
Dan Biggar had three kickable opportunities before half time which he opted to put on the corner, so I don't agree with your assessment of them going in at half time further up.England took half an hour to get going in the first half and we also messed up a few try scoring opportunities. After the break it belonged to one team
Predictably as ever, Sky's commentators mentioned The World Class tag about England players as soon as they had a sizeable lead.
Realistically, England have not had any hugely difficult games during the six nations and during today's chuck about. The opportunities brought by a new coach are still being thrived upon by the players.As they were when Gatland joined Wales and Schmidt took over with Ireland. I'd still take all the rugby championship sides to beat England with home advantage. At Twickenham they will be a tougher prospect as anyone in the years to come. Still , England are the best chance at a six nations team winning a test down under this summer. The series will belong to NZ, Oz and the Boks though