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[EOYT] England vs New Zealand 16/11/13
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<blockquote data-quote="Patchey" data-source="post: 606635" data-attributes="member: 61403"><p>The ref officiated the break down pretty badly for both sides. It just so happens that England got the penalties going their way in better positions.</p><p></p><p>Still it was a cracking game of rugby, England really raised their game (why can't we do that all the time??) and New Zealand shower why their World Champions etc by being clinical when it counted and grinding the game down at the end.</p><p></p><p>If I had to highlight one area that England lost the game in it would be the 13 channel. Botched line outs and some uninaginitive work from Farrell played a part but it was Tompkins' inability to pass that really stifled the backs. Every time he took the ball (when he caught it) he put his head down and ran at the defense. No passing and none of his much talked about offloading game. We replaced Manu 'cant't pass' Tuilagi with Joel 'won't pass' Tompkins.</p><p></p><p>/Rant</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Patchey, post: 606635, member: 61403"] The ref officiated the break down pretty badly for both sides. It just so happens that England got the penalties going their way in better positions. Still it was a cracking game of rugby, England really raised their game (why can't we do that all the time??) and New Zealand shower why their World Champions etc by being clinical when it counted and grinding the game down at the end. If I had to highlight one area that England lost the game in it would be the 13 channel. Botched line outs and some uninaginitive work from Farrell played a part but it was Tompkins' inability to pass that really stifled the backs. Every time he took the ball (when he caught it) he put his head down and ran at the defense. No passing and none of his much talked about offloading game. We replaced Manu 'cant't pass' Tuilagi with Joel 'won't pass' Tompkins. /Rant [/QUOTE]
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