U20 6 nations 2024

[dirty harry]

Last 20 mins, I think the floodgates are gonna open and England are gonna score 4 or 5.

Theyve been surprisingly toothless out wide tonight, theyve kicked away good ball, and despite total dominance in the set peice they dont seem to have had too much of a platform to play off

 

[MattGaff]

I've watched u20s rugby for about 20 years and 3 of the biggest truths are...

Wales are always underpowered up front.

Wales develop the worst back 3 players at junior levels.

England always develop back 3 players great in the air. Both 15 and left wing have been superb in the air tonight

There was 1 freak year.. .2008 I believe. We had an u20s side consisting of Warburton, Tipuric, Rhys Webb, Dan Biggar, Leigh Halfpenny, Jonathan Davies. We did well around that time

 

[MattGaff]

Wales had a few chances of a turnover in the last play. Ref is not giving anything to Wales there

 

[MattGaff]

Ioan Jones has had a great game at Fullback. Is he Welsh by any chance? I know a fair few got to Hartpury. But not sure where he's from

 

[dirty harry]

Ioan Jones has had a great game at Fullback. Is he Welsh by any chance? I know a fair few got to Hartpury. But not sure where he's from

No hes a Stroud boy I think

 

[dirty harry]

English loosey is one hell of an athlete, even now 64 mins in he looks fresh and explosive. Hes raw, needs some work but massive engine.

Welsh kicking game has been awful tonight

 

[MattGaff]

English loosey is one hell of an athlete, even now 64 mins in he looks fresh and explosive. Hes raw, needs some work but massive engine.

Welsh kicking game has been awful tonight

Yeah. Theyve done slightly better with ball in hand but yeah, dont just give cheap ball away

 

[dirty harry]

This ref is an odd duck, shes murdered the Welsh boys with penalties, but hasnt even warned them, let alone yellow.

3 pens conceded in 30 seconds less than 5m out from their own line, nothing.

 

[MattGaff]

This ref is an odd duck, shes murdered the Welsh boys with penalties, but hasnt even warned them, let alone yellow.

3 pens conceded in 30 seconds less than 5m out from their own line, nothing.

Because at half time, the Welsh captain went to her room and said "Sorry Miss... I didnt wanna disappoint you".
The English captain said "Stupid bint"

So she like us too much now

 

[dirty harry]

Oh dear....
English players dont seem to want the BP lol

Butchered at least 3 tries in last 5 mins

 

[Saintjay]

Oooh terrible finishing. Two hands ffs.

 

[MattGaff]

Crazy - thats just part of the game. Im starting to hate the sport I love

 

[dirty harry]

Crazy - thats just part of the game. Im starting to hate the sport I love

Not allowed to look at your opposition wrong these days...

That wasnt foul play, it was 2 boys being passionate

 

[Reiser99]

Honestly, the longer Wales don't get any kind of card it makes the English one earlier look ridiculous. Even if he did swipe at the ball, Wales have had enough penalties for a team yellow and also had penalties for foul play.

 

[AlRums]

Dont know much about him tbh, I think I saw him ref 7s at one point? Should be fit then

Has done 3 England games , last one was eng v ita 6 nations last year

 

[dirty harry]

Honestly, the longer Wales don't get any kind of card it makes the English one earlier look ridiculous. Even if he did swipe at the ball, Wales have had enough penalties for a team yellow and also had penalties for foul play.

50% of them shouldnt have been given to be fair, she doesnt have the cohones to award a yellow for questionable infringements lol

 

[MattGaff]

Its been a really strange game

 

[dirty harry]

For all of Englands physical dominance in the set peice, they havnt half looked poor around the park.

Backlines offered nothing, handling has been average at best.

Odd game to watch, men against boys, but the boys have worked beyond themselves, the men have stuttered from penalty to penalty

 

[MattGaff]

For all of Englands physical dominance in the set peice, they havnt half looked poor around the park.

Backlines offered nothing, handling has been average at best.

Odd game to watch, men against boys, but the boys have worked beyond themselves, the men have stuttered from penalty to penalty

Agree with that. I was wrong about the floodgates. Scoreline doesn't quite reflect the dominance England had. Enjoyable to watch but for the wrong reasons

 

[dirty harry]

Agree with that. I was wrong about the floodgates. Scoreline doesn't quite reflect the dominance England had. Enjoyable to watch but for the wrong reasons

A bit like logging on to the hub... you know it's good, but it's all step sister stuff hahahahaha

 

[dirty harry]

Pollock has got to be careful, he hasnt played well enough to be pumping up the crowd, and acting the way he does..

Seems like hes believing the hype a bit too much.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Even his own teammates look sick of him, guy dragging him back onto the pitch didn't look happy

 

[pagliaccio_euforico]

if you have no risk of losing a bonus point and choose not to play out the game then there is clearly no dawg in the team

 

[MattGaff]

Well that's that done. Well done to England. Usual result in this fixture.
Enjoy the proper festivities tomorrow lads ... and ladettes. I promise I wont be insufferable should we snatch one.

 

[munstermuffin]

Ireland survive. Great game. Few nice gems in that Italian team.

 

[dirty harry]

Ye, it gets a bit tough watching the exact same match, with the exact same outcomes every single year...

But congrats to the English boys, well deserved win again.
I thought England loosey, hooker and obvs Polock all looked quality, and have a bright future.

Morse struggled today, 7 was lively, really attacked a lot of breakdowns. Hennessey looks quality but not his day today. Wales had to work extremely hard just to keep the score down.

 

[pagliaccio_euforico]

Scotland's try was such bullshit. Ref allowed them to refuse the advantage and take the quick PK.

 

[dirty harry]

Scotland's try was such bullshit. Ref allowed them to refuse the advantage and take the quick PK.

Ye that was awful reffing. If they refuse the advantage you have to hold them back from allowing that.

 

[dirty harry]

The state of the Scottish 9s legs then, he has road rash from the pitch ffs

 

[pagliaccio_euforico]

wow. la Rochelle's contribution to the u20s is the son of a former Fijian international. I'm sure they can take the credit for his development.