I'm looking forward to a resurgent Scotland.
A knock-on occurs when a player loses possession of the ball and it goes forward, or when a player hits the ball forward with the hand or arm, or when the ball hits the hand or arm and goes forward, and the ball touches the ground or another player before the original player can catch it.
Bloody hell Scotland. You're doing it yet again. >:(
What is the point of giving 3 bonus points to the team that wins the grand slam? How will that affect the final table?
To be fair I think he was insinuating that before today everyone thought it was likely to be a Grand Slam showdown, he said the price of tickets will have dropped now.I didn't. If you do an accumulator on the bookies' odds of both Ireland and England winning all 4 matches leading up to the last one, I think you will find that for that to be the showdown would be relatively unlikely.
Was that last French pass for the try a smidge forward?
Is it a knock-on if it comes off the player's chest?
*googles*QuoteA knock-on occurs when a player loses possession of the ball and it goes forward, or when a player hits the ball forward with the hand or arm, or when the ball hits the hand or arm and goes forward, and the ball touches the ground or another player before the original player can catch it.
So, in my book, that was a bad decision by the referee.
Commentator makes remark about the win making the game beautiful.
Eddy Jones: No, it was still ugly, mate, but the result was beautiful.
Wows, rugby's been going to ITV for ages, at least where the mercenary English are concerned.
Commentator makes remark about the win making the game beautiful.
Eddy Jones: No, it was still ugly, mate, but the result was beautiful.
Wows, rugby's been going to ITV for ages, at least where the mercenary English are concerned.
But the Six Nations? I don't recall that being on ITV before.
The mercenary Welsh will be on ITV tomorrow :demon:
On the other hand, this is the first time for several years that I have not bought any tickets for Murrayfield, so they are bound to win all their home games.
Did I hear John Fecking-Inverdale talking about the final fixture between Ireland and England being a Grand Slam showdown?That seems like rather inappropriate language to describe a sports presenter who is merely commenting on predicted outcomes for the tournament. This is what presenters do.
Not now it isn't, dick-features.
Did I hear John Fecking-Inverdale talking about the final fixture between Ireland and England being a Grand Slam showdown?That seems like rather inappropriate language to describe a sports presenter who is merely commenting on predicted outcomes for the tournament. This is what presenters do.
Not now it isn't, dick-features.
Lovely tyop on the Graun website: "Liam Willaism". At least it wasn't a Williasm.
1 New Zealand 18 (15 Aug 2015 - 22 Oct 2016)
2= New Zealand 17 (18 Sep 1965 - 14 Jun 1969)
2= South Africa 17 (23 Aug 1997 - 28 Nov 1998)
2= New Zealand 17 (8 Jun 2013 - 21 Jun 2014)
5= England 16 (10 Oct 2015 - )
5= New Zealand 16 (9 Sep 2011 - 6 Oct 2012)
7= South Africa 15 (8 Oct 1994 - 2 Jul 1996)
7= New Zealand 15 (13 Aug 2005 - 26 Aug 2006)
7= New Zealand 15 (19 Sep 2009 - 11 Sep 2010)
10 England 14 (23 Mar 2002 - 23 Aug 2003)
Nah, England made their own luck*... ;)
Head coach Eddie Jones said England had used up all of their "get-out-of-jail-free cards"BBC
Nah, England made their own luck*... ;)
There is a very strong inclination for me to disagree with you on that point!
However, winning teams have a habit of winning. It doesn't matter if they scraped through with a single score at the end or romped it. Right now, England are a winning team.
Will they get the three wins needed for the record? The next two should be meat and drink, but I think they will need to up their game for the third. Interesting hearing Rory Best talk about the Scotland defeat. They were just caught napping. I can't see that happening at home with a chance to stop England getting a record!
Looks like it could be the end of this year's 6 nations for Laidlaw. That will be a real bugger for Scotland.
On the other hand, this is the first time for several years that I have not bought any tickets for Murrayfield, so they are bound to win all their home games.
Woss goin on at Twickers then?
Should have been simple really, no offside line, use your back row and front row to pick and go repeatedly until the gap appears, then send through the fast boys. No need to ruck if the opposition don't want to play
Should have been simple really, no offside line, use your back row and front row to pick and go repeatedly until the gap appears, then send through the fast boys. No need to ruck if the opposition don't want to play
I was thinking much the same thing. If Italy had tried that tactic against New Zealand, say, they would have been massacred. England showed a lack of imagination in dealing with it, sticking too rigidly to the gameplan rather than using their instinct.
They worked it out eventually though.
Final score flatters England.
Bit harsh to say England couldn't think on their feet - does anyone think the Italian players just came up with that tactic out on the pitch??
But even as an England supporter, I loved seeing them scratching their heads, and deservedly losing the 1st half to a clever and bold strategy. I did start doing the calculation, of "What if England beat everyone except Italy ... ?
The problem is that it took England so long to realise that they could go through the middle if no-one is blocking the way. The rigid stupidity of professional rugby players is the problem.
If Eddie Jones wants to get angry about something it should be the scrums.
I know the refs try and make the game flow by calling 'tackle only', 'ruck', etc. but I wonder what would happen if they didn't, and make the players think about it a bit more? Would it just be stilted?
I know the refs try and make the game flow by calling 'tackle only', 'ruck', etc. but I wonder what would happen if they didn't, and make the players think about it a bit more? Would it just be stilted?
That was part of England's problem. The ref said to Hartley and Haskell that he would call "ruck" or "tackle" but then didn't for most of the breakdowns. I think he often struggled to make a decision on which it was in time to give a call. On a couple of occasions he called "ruck" when the ball had already reached the fly half's hands.
The article I read said that it started in the 1980's. THat's wrong - I heard it in the mid to late 70's.
It's a traditional Rugby song, the actions being the obscene bit.
English fans first sang the song on a large scale at Twickenham Stadium on March 19, 1988, as England recorded a memorable comeback victory over Ireland. Multiple people and groups since then have claimed responsibility for starting the chant.My bold - this seems to be where the 1988 origin story comes from.
The motivation is a matter of some intrigue. Over the years, English newspaper articles mentioning the chant’s genesis that day matter-of-factly tied its emergence to the race of Chris Oti, who was the first black player to represent England’s rugby team in almost a century, and who played a starring role in that game.
I've never really joined in with the singing - I have a natural aversion to mass chanting/clapping on the principle of just because everyone else is doing it, that doesn't make it right. I now feel vindicated!There's no obligation for things like this - mass chanting is for pleasure, not "because everyone else is doing it". Some don't enjoy it, in which case don't do it :)
Certainly it was sung with actions at bar nights when Mr Larrington and I were PSOs in the early 80s.I first met the actions in my first year at university when I ended up on a corridor with half the rugby team. That was '77 and it was obviously not new then.
I think it's premenance among English rugby fans post dates this.
Come on Scotland. A bonus point needed and then depending on results later today, second place could be yours.
Why was the Welsh match extended for so long? (I just came in from a bike ride...)
Hey hey hey, what a day! Ireland beat England, France beat Wales. :D :D :D
Particularly pleasing because the French commentators were all "if we beat Wales we end up second", as if England beating Ireland was a foregone conclusion. Well, I suppose it was that, for more than one.
Yes, but ref allowed it and Alun Wyn Jones didn't make any adverse remarks.
It's sports commentators' jobs to presents sports fixtures as foregone conclusions. Then, if anything else happens (it frequently does) they can say how incredible it was and sell more papers/attract more clicks/get more viewers. I posted something about this when Inverdale was touting yesterday's Ireland-England game as a "grand slam showdown" - by which he meant that both Ireland and England would be on 100% when the match kicked off.
Yes, but ref allowed it and Alun Wyn Jones didn't make any adverse remarks.
Remarks were made by one of the Welsh props "we're happy whatever, just get on with it"