ENGLAND v WALES - Match Thread / Build up - 7/3/2020

by TightHEAD Mon 24 Feb - 16:29

First topic message reminder :

England rose

v Wales

- 07/03/2020 - 16:45pm - the HOME of Rugby.

England XV

Daly; Watson, Tuilagi, Farrell, May; Ford, Youngs; Marler, George, Sinckler, Itoje, Kruis, Lawes, Wilson, Curry

Replacements: Cowan-Dickie, Genge, Stuart, Launchbury, Ewels, Earl, Heinz, Slade

Wales XV

Halfpenny; North, Tompkins, Parkes, Williams; Biggar, T Williams; R Evans, Owens, D Lewis, Ball, AW Jones (capt), Moriarty, Navidi, Tipuric.

Replacements: Elias, Carre, L Brown, Shingler, Faletau, Webb, J Evans, McNicholl.

Overall - Played 134 - Eng 63 - Wales 59 - Drawn 12

by yappysnap Sat 7 Mar - 6:11

Why are we playing an irish back in our backrow Lost?

by TightHEAD Sat 7 Mar - 12:53

Sad to hear the news about Matthew Watkins.

Condolences to all.

by No9 Sat 7 Mar - 12:56

Right off to the club to watch the game now.... taking Fly’s advice, that copious amounts of Guinness protects you from Coronavirus

by No9 Sat 7 Mar - 12:58

Agreed.... rip Matthew, I’ll raise one of those Guinness to you...

by Guest Sat 7 Mar - 13:04

One of my favourite players towards the end of the Newport rfc pro era. RIP Matthew. guinness

by Guest Sat 7 Mar - 14:43

lostinwales wrote:
We can argue the merits of Faletau another time but I am not sure if he's going to add much off the bench.

That could come back to haunt you (hopefully!)

by **RiscaGame** Sat 7 Mar - 15:07

TightHEAD wrote:Sad to hear the news about Matthew Watkins.

Condolences to all.

Nice one

by **BigGee** Sat 7 Mar - 16:48

A little rib tickler for Biggar to check that he really is fit.

Passed with flying colours by the looks of things!

by **BigGee** Sat 7 Mar - 16:50

England have come flying out of the blocks, Wales need to weather this storm

Unfortunately they could not do it

by Duty281 Sat 7 Mar - 16:52

Great intensity to start off, Tuilagi getting in some strong early hits.

Fine finish from Watson.

by formerly known as Sam Sat 7 Mar - 16:54

Manu seems to be keen to smash the entire Welsh team. Not often you see George North hammered like that. Great read by Manu and North was stopped dead and then sent into reverse. Biggar was always likely to get smashed at the first opportunity.

Hopefully May is ok.

by king_carlos Sat 7 Mar - 16:55

A trademark of England under Jones as they engineer an early attacking line-out then launch a pre-planned move.

Cracking try by Watson. He adds so much to this England side.

by **BigGee** Sat 7 Mar - 16:57

Much better from Wales, that was close

by mikey_dragon Sat 7 Mar - 16:57

Marler just groped golden balls.....

by **BigGee** Sat 7 Mar - 16:58

May off for a HIA

by Heaf Sat 7 Mar - 16:58

How did Wales get the throw-in when May got a slight knock - I though 1/2P had knocked it on?

by **BigGee** Sat 7 Mar - 16:59

Farrell gets penalised for starting off the scrap, seems fair enough

by king_carlos Sat 7 Mar - 17:00

So dumb from Farrell. There's a lot of it in the game now but there shouldn't be.

by **BigGee** Sat 7 Mar - 17:00

Halfpenny kicks the pen

7-3 England

by formerly known as Sam Sat 7 Mar - 17:01

Good bit of reffing from O'Keefe. Silly from Owen Farrell but I doubt that was what actually started things. Nice to see the ref setting his stall out early and trying to keep the niggle out the game.

by king_carlos Sat 7 Mar - 17:01

Heaf wrote:How did Wales get the throw-in when May got a slight knock - I though 1/2P had knocked it on?

I think the TMO must have looked at it and decided it came off May not Halfpenny. I wasn't watching closely on the replay to be honest.

by formerly known as Sam Sat 7 Mar - 17:04

Another push from Owen and then a trip from Biggar. Leaders need to calm their teams. This just after AWJ holds down Curry off the ball completely pointlessly. Neither captain really leading by example.

by mikey_dragon Sat 7 Mar - 17:06

It’s just a tough and physical game. You need to play that way to negate guys like Itoje and Lawes, they always do it. Curry looks fired up.

by **BigGee** Sat 7 Mar - 17:07

AWJ finally gets done for offside!

England penalty

10-3 England

by Duty281 Sat 7 Mar - 17:07

Blimey, AWJ gets penalised for once!

by king_carlos Sat 7 Mar - 17:07

Good reffing from O'Keefe so far in a scrappy game.

AWJ knows that he's rolling into the 9 there. Cheeky play and canny reffing.

by Geordie Sat 7 Mar - 17:07

mikey_dragon wrote:Marler just groped golden balls.....

That was class...wynn jones in the mix...and the clown prince marler started feeling his crown jewels...

Brilliant

by **BigGee** Sat 7 Mar - 17:09

May failed his HIA, Slade on the wing for the duration. Could cause problems if any more injuries in the backs

by Geordie Sat 7 Mar - 17:11

Whey no...just stick a lock on the wing aswelll

by **BigGee** Sat 7 Mar - 17:11

High shot on Navidi, another pen to Wales

by tigertattie Sat 7 Mar - 17:11

6-2 split ain’t fun if your backs get injured.

Could eve up with genge on the wing

by mid_gen Sat 7 Mar - 17:12

Curry has been absolutely immense so far, tackling like a demon.

by formerly known as Sam Sat 7 Mar - 17:12

BigGee wrote:May failed his HIA, Slade on the wing for the duration. Could cause problems if any more injuries in the backs

Slade's gone to fullback with Daly on to the wing.

by mikey_dragon Sat 7 Mar - 17:13

GeordieFalcon wrote:
mikey_dragon wrote:Marler just groped golden balls.....

That was class...wynn jones in the mix...and the clown prince marler started feeling his crown jewels...

Brilliant

It was kinda weird. Marler was very subtle about it, and AWJ didn’t know what to do

by Heaf Sat 7 Mar - 17:14

Perhaps he was enjoying it ...

by Geordie Sat 7 Mar - 17:15

Anthony watson really is a top class winger isnt he.

by Geordie Sat 7 Mar - 17:16

mikey_dragon wrote:
GeordieFalcon wrote:
mikey_dragon wrote:Marler just groped golden balls.....

That was class...wynn jones in the mix...and the clown prince marler started feeling his crown jewels...

Brilliant

It was kinda weird. Marler was very subtle about it, and AWJ didn’t know what to do

Marler had a smile on his face and Wynn jones was looking at the linesman...

by Heaf Sat 7 Mar - 17:16

Surely that was forwards

by **BigGee** Sat 7 Mar - 17:16

Wales coming back into this game, playing much better now

Halfpenny up to all the bombs, he has been immense

by mikey_dragon Sat 7 Mar - 17:22

GeordieFalcon wrote:Anthony watson really is a top class winger isnt he.

Nah he’s sh*te m8.

by **BigGee** Sat 7 Mar - 17:22

Welsh scrum got mashed there

by **RiscaGame** Sat 7 Mar - 17:23

Who’s Wynn Jones?

O’Keefe doing alright aye. Thought he let Youngs do the same as AWJ, before Farrell got unfairly pinged for being pinned though.

by formerly known as Sam Sat 7 Mar - 17:23

If that's May and not Daly on the left wing then it's a second try for England. Great kick by Ford.

by Heaf Sat 7 Mar - 17:24

Just what I was thinking too ...

by **BigGee** Sat 7 Mar - 17:24

Well worked try for Daley, they could take a shot as they had the penalty

by **RiscaGame** Sat 7 Mar - 17:25

Caught too narrow again.

by Duty281 Sat 7 Mar - 17:26

Great team try. Started by the forwards off the scrum, finished by swift hands from the backs.

by Geordie Sat 7 Mar - 17:26

mikey_dragon wrote:
GeordieFalcon wrote:Anthony watson really is a top class winger isnt he.

Nah he’s sh*te m8.

Sure he is....

by formerly known as Sam Sat 7 Mar - 17:26

BigGee wrote:Well worked try for Daley, they could take a shot as they had the penalty

The snipe from Youngs set the Welsh defence scrambling. If they had gone back for the penalty was their a case for the yellow card as the high tackle stopped a potential try. Seen that been given before.

by king_carlos Sat 7 Mar - 17:26

England have looked good with the ball.

Need to improve the discipline in defence but the backs are playing well.

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