SF1 - Match Thread - ENGLAND v NEW ZEALAND - 26/10/19 - K/O 09:00 BST (PART 2)

by Guest Fri 25 Oct 2019, 2:08 pm

First topic message reminder :

Because everyone else is getting a bit excited and the first thread is going to spill over during the match.

ENGLAND

Team:Daly; Watson, Tuilagi, Farrell (capt), May; Ford, Youngs; M Vunipola, George, Sinckler, Itoje, Lawes, Curry, Underhill, B Vunipola.

Replacements: Cowan-Dickie, Marler, Cole, Kruis, Wilson, Heinz, Slade, Joseph.

NEW ZEALAND

Team: Beauden Barrett; Sevu Reece, Jack Goodhue, Anton Lienert-Brown, George Bridge; Richie Mo'unga, Aaron Smith; Joe Moody, Codie Taylor, Nepo Laulala, Brodie Retallick, Sam Whitelock, Scott Barrett, Ardie Savea, Kieran Read (capt).

Replacements: Dane Coles, Ofa Tuungafasi, Angus Ta'avao, Patrick Tuipulotu, Sam Cane, TJ Perenara, Sonny Bill Williams, Jordie Barrett.

Venue: Yokohama
Referee: Nigel Owens
AR1: Romain Poite
AR2: Pascal Gauzere
TMO: Marius Joncker

by No 7&1/2 Sat 26 Oct 2019, 11:05 am

I would recommend it Dave!

by mid_gen Sat 26 Oct 2019, 11:05 am

Awesome performance across the squad...NZ outplayed. Fantastic.

Curry, Underhill, Itoje were immense, but everyone else not far behind, huge defensive display.

by Geordie Sat 26 Oct 2019, 11:05 am

Englands back row is going to be scarily good...when you see how good they are now and how young!!
Itoje amazing aswell...

by **George Carlin** Sat 26 Oct 2019, 11:05 am

Stunning win. Nothing but congratulations.

PS - Didn’t see Phil Vickery much.

by **LondonTiger** Sat 26 Oct 2019, 11:05 am

I am literally in tears.

by BigTrevsbigmac Sat 26 Oct 2019, 11:06 am

Fantastic performance so proud!

by majesticimperialman Sat 26 Oct 2019, 11:07 am

Who would you select as Man of the Match?

From 1- 23 they all played brilliantly.

by No9 Sat 26 Oct 2019, 11:07 am

Well done England, completely in command and well deserved win...

What a woeful All Black performance. Never in the game, and I never expected that.

by **profitius** Sat 26 Oct 2019, 11:07 am

Ford my motm. Well done England. Looks like they will win it now.

by WELL-PAST-IT Sat 26 Oct 2019, 11:07 am

Ohhhhhh WOW

That was something else

by WELL-PAST-IT Sat 26 Oct 2019, 11:09 am

12 point margin with two tries disallowed for technical points against the best team in the world

by Geordie Sat 26 Oct 2019, 11:09 am

Well im sat in Majorca the sun blasting on my 4th can and its my lovely wifes 40th today...

What a good day

Have fun people....

by **RDW** Sat 26 Oct 2019, 11:09 am

Congratulations England - completely deserved. Should be odds on favourites to win it now.

I take it Ford will be moved back to the bench next week again? Laugh

by Dirtydave Sat 26 Oct 2019, 11:09 am

by No 7&1/2
I would recommend it Dave!

Already have the champagne breakfast spot booked, baby sitter is at the house for 05.30, taxi booked 05.45, will be in Cardiff centre, and at the table with a whisky by 06.30...

Tears due at the anthem and final whistle, whatever happens!

by **LondonTiger** Sat 26 Oct 2019, 11:09 am

majesticimperialman wrote:Who would you select as Man of the Match?

From 1- 23 they all played brilliantly.

Joint to Itoje and Underhill.

Massive shout out to George Ford who orchestrated things excellently and seemed to take over Captaincy reins even though Farrell stayed on. Additional props to Manu for his destructive ability in defence.

by TightHEAD Sat 26 Oct 2019, 11:12 am

Gutted we gifted them 7 points

by WELL-PAST-IT Sat 26 Oct 2019, 11:12 am

Underhill's tackling is beyond awesome

by No 7&1/2 Sat 26 Oct 2019, 11:13 am

Itoje or curry for me. May has definitely done his hamstring. Nowell or cokanasiga look set for next week.

by No 7&1/2 Sat 26 Oct 2019, 11:13 am

Dont be a dick maj.

by BamBam Sat 26 Oct 2019, 11:13 am

Honestly can't believe it

by Old Man Sat 26 Oct 2019, 11:14 am

Tuilagi did massive damage in the midfield

by Dirtydave Sat 26 Oct 2019, 11:14 am

Maj

That's well out of order, stating is for mid game, not taunting the defeated team and their fans!

by BamBam Sat 26 Oct 2019, 11:14 am

Maj don't descend to that level

by Heaf Sat 26 Oct 2019, 11:14 am

Think the ABs were surprised England could play at their pace too ...

by blindsided Sat 26 Oct 2019, 11:15 am

Wonderful performance England, well done from this Scotsman! clap

Special shot out to the back row. Curry and Underhill immense!

by Duty281 Sat 26 Oct 2019, 11:15 am

Will need to be far more clinical against South Africa or Wales. Only one try with all that dominance was the major drawback of the performance.

Could well be missing May and Farrell too, plus Sinckler hobbled off.

by **BigGee** Sat 26 Oct 2019, 11:16 am

Its been a great thread guys, thanks to all those pointing out that we don't want it spoilt by crass comments. Enjoy your win England fans, your team were awesome

by WELL-PAST-IT Sat 26 Oct 2019, 11:16 am

and to think we did it with Youngs at 9.............

by Dirtydave Sat 26 Oct 2019, 11:18 am

As a wales fan it's terrifying to see how cool calm and collected the English players were right after the game of their lives...

You just know Farrell was brefiing the players on recovery and paperwork in the post match huddle, didn't even need to calm anyone down!!!

I wanted NZ to play Ireland and england and be too battered and bruised in the final to compete, this English pack scared me far more than the kiwi pack did all tournament!

by WELL-PAST-IT Sat 26 Oct 2019, 11:19 am

Evan Daly looked good at 15 for most of the game

by Duty281 Sat 26 Oct 2019, 11:19 am

One Englishman not happy about this result...Wayne Barnes.

by **BigGee** Sat 26 Oct 2019, 11:20 am

Duty281 wrote:One Englishman not happy about this result...Wayne Barnes.

Third/Fourth play off for him. The game no one wants to play in nor referee!

by WELL-PAST-IT Sat 26 Oct 2019, 11:21 am

Duty281 wrote:One Englishman not happy about this result...Wayne Barnes.

Oh dear, feel sorry for him really, retiring after the tournament.

Still prefer England in the final to Barnsie reffing it, lets hope Owens is excluded as well.

by Guest Sat 26 Oct 2019, 11:23 am

Collapse2005 wrote:
ebop wrote:Congratulations England, by far the better side today

No need for that thank you

Just gotta take the hits Guns

by **Pal Joey** Sat 26 Oct 2019, 11:23 am

WELL-PAST-IT wrote:
Duty281 wrote:One Englishman not happy about this result...Wayne Barnes.

Oh dear, feel sorry for him really, retiring after the tournament.

Still prefer England in the final to Barnsie reffing it, lets hope Owens is excluded as well.

So Garces or Poite?

by BamBam Sat 26 Oct 2019, 11:23 am

As long as we don't get that TMO

Garces is most likely I reckon

by Taylorman Sat 26 Oct 2019, 11:23 am

Men against boys, and Eddie knew it. Hansen went for youth and vigour instead of experience, and paid for it. We needed Crotty, Ben Smith, Cane to even have a chance, and I don’t think that would have mattered.

England should have scored more bar little mistakes, the knock on, Farrells dropped ball, missed kicks.

Totally outplayed and best thing is England played a good solid brand of rugby. Upbeat, positive. Curry, Underhill and Itoje were massive.

It takes the pressure off NZ for a while, while we change drivers for the next shift.

Very impressive England, deserve to win their second clap

by mikey_dragon Sat 26 Oct 2019, 11:25 am

Worst part of Wales making the final, if they do, is having to endure Garces again!

by WELL-PAST-IT Sat 26 Oct 2019, 11:28 am

19 turnovers against the ABs, unbelievable.

by Guest Sat 26 Oct 2019, 11:29 am

Yeah that was impressive

by Heaf Sat 26 Oct 2019, 11:30 am

mikey_dragon wrote:Worst part of Wales making the final, if they do, is having to endure Garces again!

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Nobody wants Garces ...

by stub Sat 26 Oct 2019, 11:31 am

Who was MOM in the end?

by gregortree Sat 26 Oct 2019, 11:33 am

mikey_dragon wrote:Worst part of Wales making the final, if they do, is having to endure Garces again!

Surely worst part will be meeting England,

by WELL-PAST-IT Sat 26 Oct 2019, 11:34 am

T-man, ebop, is this the end of the road for a number of the older players? Can we expect the new faces that played today plus some more now to come to the fore at the start of a new 4 year cycle or will the AB bring the new faces in slowly?

by WELL-PAST-IT Sat 26 Oct 2019, 11:34 am

Itoje, officially

by Poorfour Sat 26 Oct 2019, 11:34 am

Itoje was MOTM, according to World Rugby online.

Well, that was a very impressive performance, and it puts the Australia game and England’s pool performances into perspective. This is a team that’s capable of taking control of a game and holding onto it for 80 minutes. And I don’t think the ABs can have any complaints about the refereeing this time.

by Noble-Surfer Sat 26 Oct 2019, 11:36 am

Congrats England, dominated New Zealand all game! Really well played, and deserved winners. Hope we (Wales) meet you in the final!

by **George Carlin** Sat 26 Oct 2019, 11:36 am

Holy schitt - the NZ Herald live feed has gone into meltdown.

by Guest Sat 26 Oct 2019, 11:37 am

Eddie the hired gun

‘Show me the money beearches’

He’s a genius, god bless that farkin annoying Australian coont

by Poorfour Sat 26 Oct 2019, 11:37 am

Who was it said that Beauden Barrett already seemed to have picked his line before receiving a kick?

I think they forgot to mention that Sam Underhill had already decided where he was going to tackle him before the kick went up.

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