[RWC2019][Pool C] Round 1 - England vs. Tonga (22/09/2019)

[TheSaffycen]

Good to see our breakdown work has stepped up a gear now....

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Tongan 9's calves are ridiculous.

I was thinking the same about Tameifuna’s belly.

 

[ncurd]

Pretty typical game against Pacific islanders they come out hard and no push overs but will be blowing at some point.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Finally kicked to the line rather than the fullback

 

[spartan32]

We just need to calm this down. Giving away silly pens, not going through phases.

 

[Reiser99]

Looks like we're at risk of getting on the wrong side of the ref at the breakdown.

 

[Jashay]

So that's 5 penalties in 20 mins?

 

[Iron Lion Zion]

3 weeks ago the All Blacks beat this same Tonga team by 92 - 7

Just to put some perspective as we know the All Blacks have lost their aura.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

The amount of blocking going on would impress NFL sides

 

[HenryChinaski]

Why does every single ruck have to feel like Youngs is extracting the ball from the worlds stickiest cowpat..

 

[Bada-Bing!]

He got it down surely.

looks like he didn’t.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Billy tuilagi?



We deserve that after the referee knocked the ball down and didn't stop play

 

[ncurd]

How could the ref not give that in real time? In completely wrong position.

 

[TheSaffycen]

That's lovely by Sinkler, can see he used to play 10

 

[ratsapprentice]

Nice.

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

So ref blocks a pass and does nothing...

 

[Jimbo]

God Young’s is so **** plenty of time to mop up the loose ball but would rather ignore it and flap to the ref wtf.

 

[bushytop]

On-field ‘No Try’

Edit. Looks the right call actually, great defence!

 

[TommiG88]

3 weeks ago the All Blacks beat this same Tonga team by 92 - 7

Just to put some perspective as we know the All Blacks have lost their aura.

and we put 50 points on Ireland... your point?

 

[ratsapprentice]

Held. Scrum.

Great lines.