England 41 - 10 Georgia

"England ran six tries past Georgia for a 41-10 win, but were made to work overtime for their victory in Dunedin on Sunday.

Whilst England bagged maximum points against the brave Georgians, who never gave up until the final whistle, Martin Johnson will know there's still plenty of work ahead in what was another unconvincing display by his side." PR


Georgia:

Gigauri, Machkhaneli, Kacharava, Zibzibadze, Todua, Kvirikashvili, Abuseridze, Khinchagashvili, Bregvadze, Kubriashvili, Zedginidze, Maisuradze, Sutiashvili, Gorgodze, Basilaia.

Replacements: Giorgadze, Zirakashvili, Datunashvili, Chkhaidze, Samkharadze, Berishvili, Khmaladze.



England:

Foden, Ashton, Tuilagi, Hape, Armitage, Flood, Youngs, Stevens, Hartley, Cole, Shaw, Palmer, Wood, Moody, Haskell.

Replacements: Thompson, Corbisiero, Croft, Deacon, Simpson, Wilkinson, Banahan.

Penalty Georgia on half way, they kick for touch but misses

Good try by Hape for England. 7 - 0.

Oh jebus...Vickery's commentating...

Hape receives the ball at breakdown and runs in a try from half way.

7-0

The lads in red are big

The Scarlets you mean?

Blood sub for Georgia.

Good play by big Georgian forwards. Good carries, up to England line but knock on.

Georgia could get a score here - TMO...no try his feet were out by the looks.

No Try

Georgia rob youngster at scrum dive over the line

It goes to the tmo.

Looks like he's in touch though.

Well played Georgia

Ha look at this! Three Welsh fans keeping an England thread going...

These lads are here to take England on.

So much easier to follow the game when England play in white.

My name is Gregori.

Cari wrote:Ha look at this! Three Welsh fans keeping an England thread going...

Amazing lack of interest by England fans on 606...?

Second penalty to Georgia in the England 22.

Need to convert possession and territory into points quickly.

Na...too early for some on a Sunday I think! There are fans here.

Interesting, the commentator just said that in Georgia, rugby is taking over football.

I don't think this will be a massacre, these Georgians are a pretty good rugby team. Thus far England have got the early score but Georgia have all the ball.

I reckon fitness will be the difference and you won't see that coming into play untilled the second half.

Too many stupid bloody penalties already . 3 by the props already

Definitely not a massacre with the English discipline the way it is. Georgia could progress just by taking the points.

England giving away penalties in panic.

It's all Georgia...!

Georgia would progress faster that Italy if they were involved in the 6N

maestegmafia wrote:

Cari wrote:Ha look at this! Three Welsh fans keeping an England thread going...

Amazing lack of interest by England fans on 606...?

I think in part it's because it's a no win situation for us. If we win and it's tight we'll get slated, and if we run through them people will say it's only Georgia.

With all due respect to those commenting in here, there are plenty of wums on the site waiting for the chance to put the boot into England.

If England don't clean up their act they'll end up with players in the bin. Is vickey annoying anyone else or just me?!

Lovely touch finder by Georgian flyhalf into the England corner flag.

Pete that works both ways did you not say come on Samoa on the Welsh thread ?

LDCPete wrote:

maestegmafia wrote:

Cari wrote:Ha look at this! Three Welsh fans keeping an England thread going...

Amazing lack of interest by England fans on 606...?

I think in part it's because it's a no win situation for us. If we win and it's tight we'll get slated, and if we run through them people will say it's only Georgia.

With all due respect to those commenting in here, there are plenty of wums on the site waiting for the chance to put the boot into England.

COME ON GEORGIA!

That's true Pete. It's no win match for England as far as some are concerned. Some good tries could come for them though.

Radge - no you're not the only one. Vickery's a terrible commentator. Doesn't even have anything constructive to say.

no kick chase. penalties every other breakdown. this is not a team that should be number 4 in the world rankings. we will get destroyed by better teams. has johnno not thought to get a ref in training and really work on not giving away penalties. especially so many so early

RuggerRadge2611 wrote:If England don't clean up their act they'll end up with players in the bin. Is vickey annoying anyone else or just me?!

That's who it is, I was wondering..!

Good try poor defending

Another try for England, oh dear! Nice work from Hape though to wriggle through the Georgian defence.

they need sending to the bin if its the only way they learn

Anyone got any proplus? Phil Vickery is sending me to sleep.

Cymro, I genuinely wanted Samoa to win due to their London Irish connection. If people here want Georgia to win I have no issue with that, people are free to support who they choose.

I am talking more about barbed comments slating anything England do. In any case I was just giving a possible reason why some England fans are not here, and I do appreciate that the wumming goes both ways.

Commentators are raving about this being the best England performance of this world cup so far.

It's 20 mins into the first half and Georgia have played all the rugby.

I almost dropped my tea when I heard that.

Georgia make their third substitute.

It's a shame Georgia are missing their penalties. They should have nine points on the board now.

The bad weather's effing up my TV!!!!

thats not your tv mate. that sh*t on the screen is england at the moment

I don't want England to win. I do hope those reasons are obvious and not judged to be xenophobia

There was nothing wrong with that tackle

GangGreen wrote:thats not your tv mate. that sh*t on the screen is england at the moment

And as if by magic somebody proves my point Cymro.

14-9 would be a fair reflection.

England giving away loads of penalties in their own twenty two.

Ref needs to get a card out. He would if the pressure was the other way around I'm sure.

England are going to win. I don't think anyone truly believes they won't. What I want is for england to stand up and destroy Georgia

Agreed - harsh call. He didn't upend him.

Georgia get some points.

Vickery is doing my head in although he's not as bad as Andy Moore on ITV Wales earlier!

Who ever said that Hape should not be in the team, well 2 trys says he should.

perand25 wrote:There was nothing wrong with that tackle

Agreed, as vickery says you could see that done a dozen times in a game and nothing be said Bout it.

RuggerRadge2611 wrote:I don't want England to win. I do hope those reasons are obvious and not judged to be xenophobia

Radge, as I said, people are free to support who they want. Big one for your boys soon against the Argies, how do you see it going?

This will sound one eyed but it's a strange game so far, England have taken a big lead without having to work for it, 2 missed kicks by Georgia and a should be try (unlucky) and this game should be very close, and with the Georgian start they deserve it, but as said before it's the top 2 inches and England are there and there abouts, Georgia are a foot behind.

On another note, not sure if it's the opposition or not but wow Youngs makes a world of difference to this English team!!!

Nice one Splashton. HAHA