England v New Zealand - Test 2 (14 Jun 2014)

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NEW ZEALAND v ENGLAND
Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
Saturday 14th June, KO 19:35 local, 08:35 BST

TEAMS
New Zealand
1: Woodcock, 2: Coles, 3: O Franks, 4: Retallick, 5: Whitelock, 6: Messam, 7: McCaw (c), 8: Kaino, 9: A Smith, 10: Cruden, 11: Savea, 12: Nonu, 13: C Smith, 14: Jane, 15: B Smith
Bench: 16: Mealamu, 17: Crockett, 18: Faumuina, 19: Tuipulotu, 20: Vito, 21: Perenara, 22: Barrett, 23: Fekitoa
England
1: Marler, 2: Webber, 3: Wilson, 4: Launchbury, 5: Parling, 6: Wood, 7: Robshaw (c), 8: Morgan, 9: Care, 10: Farrell, 11: Yarde, 12: Twelvetrees, 13: Burrell, 14: Tuilagi (what was he thinking?), 15: Brown
Bench: 16: Hartley, 17: Mullan, 18: Brookes, 19: Lawes, 20: Vunipola, 21: Youngs, 22: Burns, 23: Ashton

OFFICIALS
Referee: Jaco Peyper (SARU)
ARs: Nigel Owens (WRU) & Jérôme Garcès (FFR)
TMO: George Ayoub (ARU)

Feck sake That came from Twelvtrees¡!!!!!!!!!!

lovely try!

Please get 36 off the field please, Manu back to centre

beautiful nz try set up by twelvetrees

yehoo. masterclass.

Thought the half I watched would be the one we get humped. Too easy for the Abs. Our narrow defence was always going to crack at some point sadly

Kia will be pleased Cruden slipped that pass.

Ben Smith MOTM already, no matter who wins

We'll lose by 2 scores now I think.

England look dead in the water... Changes NOW players are knackered.

england lose this it will all be about selection of manu on wing, huge Frak pas

Get Twelvtrees off the pitch Burrell to 12 Manu 13 and Ashton on

No, England are not dead in the water.

Hood83 wrote:We'll lose by 2 scores now I think.

god i would hate to play rugby with you!!

Scratch wrote:england lose this it will all be about selection of manu on wing, huge Frak pas

no it won't

GeordieFalcon wrote:I expect MUCH more from the midfield this half. Otherwise twelvtrees day is gone and work with Eastmond.

Well we he hadn't helped himself with that pass that led to the try

Scratch you are special mate.

ebop wrote:No, England are not dead in the water.

no not over yet. fat lady aint singing yet.

Scratch wrote:

Hood83 wrote:We'll lose by 2 scores now I think.

god i would hate to play rugby with you!!

Not if i was on the other team, I'm hopeless   

What can I say, I have a Gallic approach to sport. I'm now sulking.

whats with the defeatist england fans, ffs

Just heard the commentator sigh at that kick from Yarde. Our kicking is going down hill

Boom boom boom!!!

You knew NZ would do it.  They just looked too dangerous.  Eng just not penetrating the line like they are.

I think it unlikely eng will get a win but if they can have three decent games I hope and develop ahead of the World Cup.

Maybe they can be semi finalists or so next year.

Their one chance as last week and they didn't take it.

Game over.

Savea!!

subs now please, we look knackered

We need subs now

Scratch wrote:whats with the defeatist england fans, ffs

and thats what people who have a clue say

Well England if you think your a genuine challenger you now have to raise the level.

Scratch is supporting/against both sides. He'll be celebrating at the end no matter who wins.

Inevitable...

New Zealand step it up a gear, England look knackered.

I know I'll be seen as a Welsh WUM, but seriously, England have looked very good on tour, but end of season and I think they are now struggling. Where as start of All Black season showed them a little under cooked last week, but showing that they are building nicely before the Rugby Championship.

Good attempt, but All Blacks are just unbelievable.

Ok maybe not close. Different league now.

nathan wrote:ah i take it back with the smith turnover.

He did have his hand on the floor but then lifted it when grabbing the ball.

clued in did we?

about 4 forward passes, pathetic linesman

decisions starting to go NZ way now. no knock on call by owens...

ebop wrote:No, England are not dead in the water.

Which game are ywatching

Youngs/Care
Ashton/36
Lawes/Parling

NOW

Ben Smith playing a masterclass.

Good, that would have been a travesty after the forward passes

Scratch wrote:

nathan wrote:ah i take it back with the smith turnover.

He did have his hand on the floor but then lifted it when grabbing the ball.

clued in did we?

do everyone a favour mate.... urine offf

gaww...just playing with them at the mo...england need to show what theyre made of.

SecretFly wrote:Scratch is supporting/against both sides.  He'll be celebrating at the end no matter who wins.

no i'm not, i'm very much supporting england. who do you support fly?

Taylorman wrote:gaww...just playing with them at the mo...england need to show what theyre made of.

I don't think we will be able to, NZ massively on top here

Taylorman wrote:gaww...just playing with them at the mo...england need to show what theyre made of.

They're decent but they're outmatched. Not sure they can get to this level before the World Cup but they can improve a bit.

Time to regroup. Sort this out. We have been here before in 2012.

Composure and get some ball. AND GET Twelvtrees off the pitch!!

nathan wrote:

Scratch wrote:

nathan wrote:ah i take it back with the smith turnover.

He did have his hand on the floor but then lifted it when grabbing the ball.

clued in did we?

do everyone a favour mate.... urine offf

classless comment really from a poster who dishes it but can't clearly take it, btw if you need a clue as to who pinged you let me know

trebellbobaggins wrote:

Taylorman wrote:gaww...just playing with them at the mo...england need to show what theyre made of.

They're decent but they're outmatched.  Not sure they can get to this level before the World Cup but they can improve a bit.

Can improve?

Are we back to rubbish again?

Scratch wrote:

SecretFly wrote:Scratch is supporting/against both sides.  He'll be celebrating at the end no matter who wins.

no i'm not, i'm very much supporting england. who do you support fly?

New Zealand. Since I was a kid, New Zealand have been my second team...possibly a natural choice when a kid considering how they played even then. But England have impressed me. It's been a good encounter so far.

Boys are fire now, hello ABs, where ya been?

To be honest I feel this is just down to conditioning. England look knackered

yep...said he was blocking it as he went down

Game over. A two score game I'm afraid Scratch. Poor selections I think this game but ABs just too good.

FFS stop knocking Owens for England's failure to win...

England have done well, better than I expected. But all this Owens knocking is just underlining the "whinging poms" tag...