England 41 - 10 Georgia

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"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.

Geargia are a very solid team and are getting better. Gone are the days of teams putting cricket scores past them

5 missed kicks, 3 of which should've been nailed on, Georgia still giving it a go, and deserving of a lot more than theyre getting at the mo, another penalty, Kaplan should have handed out another yellow by now!!!

Gatts wrote:

faraway wrote:

Gatts wrote:

faraway wrote:who's the English commentator on Foxsport? he's really annoying!

Is it STUART BARNES? You poor fecker

it turns out it is him

Hilarious...you're in Aus, I'm in Canada, one post and i know who you mean. The most self important commentator in world rugby.

he's very anti-English, which is weird cause the Australians commentators last night were convinced that the referee was out to get them and every penalty they conceded was wrong.

I was about to ask how Jonners would spin this. (not WUMMING)

Vickery finally praises Georgias labour.

England cynical in defence in their half, Georgian forwards have the measure of them in the tight, and the two Georgian halfbacks are very canny.

Unfortunately Kaplan is not refereeing this game with the impartiality he should. He can't see England struggling and is therefor not penalising their cynicism at the breakdown.

Respect to Georgia for not loosing their heads...! Though I guess they must be used to this, as it seems to be the trend for referees to favour the top ten ranked sides over the so called minows that they see as trying to spoil the big teams rather than letting them just play.

Kaplan is starting to become more aware of it as the game progresses but it is forty minutes too late.

faraway wrote:

Gatts wrote:

faraway wrote:

Gatts wrote:

faraway wrote:who's the English commentator on Foxsport? he's really annoying!

Is it STUART BARNES? You poor fecker

it turns out it is him

Hilarious...you're in Aus, I'm in Canada, one post and i know who you mean. The most self important commentator in world rugby.

he's very anti-English, which is weird cause the Australians commentators last night were convinced that the referee was out to get them and every penalty they conceded was wrong.

He likes to be definitive, superlative and authoritative and has a rather large chip on his shoulder

yes manu!!!!!!!

Is it me or is there a very anti English feel to this article + posts

MANU TRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

manu tuilagi scores

i can see england finally start to cut lose in final 15

faraway wrote:he's very anti-English, which is weird cause the Australians commentators last night were convinced that the referee was out to get them and every penalty they conceded was wrong.

Australians are always like that when their losing, listening to the commentators during their tri nations games i downloaded off fox sports was awful, i had to find a different copy of it in the end, because they whine like 5 year olds all the way through the game.

the new zealand game was particularly bad, for them moaning.

Am I the only one who'd like all four of the home nations to get to the knockout stages?

Ashton tryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

ash splash hahahah

splshdown! good stuff.

finally ashton!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thats more like it england. almost got me singing swim low

Well worked backline move for England.

Good try for tuialagi.

If England moved the ball around instead of taking on Georgias pack then the English backline would be on hat tricks.

England's backline look very very good Georgia can't live with their pace and passing...!

I can't understand why they have been so underused so far.

Fitness should tell now. Ashton doing what Ashton does and getting on the score sheet. Hopefully a couple more to come from the team.

that shut barnes up for a few seconds

What I wouldn't give to see that clown knock that ball on when he does that dive.

I want to see all the home nations get through. lthough from a purely selfish point of view I would have rather seen England lose this match, due to the fact it would have increaced Scotland's chances of going through.

Youngs looks off the pace .Must be time for Simpson to have a go

good shout about simpson. he would run rings around georgia

GangGreen wrote:i can see england finally start to cut lose in final 15

Yes Georgie have been brave and given everything but class is starting to tell now.

speak of the devil

here comes: oh Georgia is just a second tier team and they're tiring...is there nothing that pleases Barnes?????

perand25 wrote:Youngs looks off the pace .Must be time for Simpson to have a go

You think so? I didn't think Youngs had a bad game.

I';m glad that winger is ok, he face charged the england players shoulder, not a wise move.

RuggerRadge2611 wrote:What I wouldn't give to see that clown knock that ball on when he does that dive.

I want to see all the home nations get through. lthough from a purely selfish point of view I would have rather seen England lose this match, due to the fact it would have increaced Scotland's chances of going through.

Agree about Ashton, but I want to see him knock on in a Saints shirt!!!!

Cumbrian wrote:

perand25 wrote:Youngs looks off the pace .Must be time for Simpson to have a go

You think so? I didn't think Youngs had a bad game.

I thought he looked quite hesitant to be honest , not a bad game but not to his usual standard

Haskell proving once again that he's the best number 8 in the world.

Ah hell, Stevens is limping off now. Hope that isn't too bad.

C'mon boys two more tries and that would be a great result for England.

I need Manu too score more for my fantasy team

robbo277 wrote:Haskell proving once again that he's the best number 8 in the world.

He is playing well but to call him the Best in the world is taking things a bit too far

Great game from England, they have put Georgia away quite comfortably.

banahan take the easy pass!!! you are not sbw and you never will be!!!

eirebilly wrote:

robbo277 wrote:Haskell proving once again that he's the best number 8 in the world.

He is playing well but to call him the Best in the world is taking things a bit too far

Great game from England, they have put Georgia away quite comfortably.

It was a purposeful exaggeration. Before the tournament Dallaglio said this was his stage to prove he was the best 8 in the world, or words to that effect.

AlynDavies wrote:

faraway wrote:he's very anti-English, which is weird cause the Australians commentators last night were convinced that the referee was out to get them and every penalty they conceded was wrong.

Australians are always like that when their losing, listening to the commentators during their tri nations games i downloaded off fox sports was awful, i had to find a different copy of it in the end, because they whine like 5 year olds all the way through the game.

the new zealand game was particularly bad, for them moaning.

Barnes also always has to have the last word

Ok robbo, fair dues . He is a damn fine player though.

I gave up on the fantasy league it is stupid, you need to make the changes to your team before the countries actually announce the team, i couldn't change carter which is stupid.

His not the best No 8 in the Eng team yet! sure his quicker than Easter but is he really better around the park?

robbed

GangGreen wrote:banahan take the easy pass!!! you are not sbw and you never will b
e!!!

Twice he has tried that now and twice he has fudged it! what a useless lump

haskell or simpson try off the scrum?

tryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy ASHTON

Ashton in the fantasy team. Boom.

Nasty late hit on Ashton too

Well played England.

The Sweet Chariot rolls on, 41-10 is a great result against a very strong Georgian team and the performance was a step up.

second half was much better than the first. yes georgia would have been tiring but at least we showed that we can finish chances gain

Not too bad in the end ,just got to stop the front row from giving away so many penalties

Stuart Barnes: England performance is not as good as Ireland's last night, all the glory will go to Georgia, yeah yeah they got the 5 points but their performance wasn't good....

so England needed to perform and NOT get 5 points!!!!!!!

I'll take that, a hard fought win. Those Georgian's are a physical lot!