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Not seen Ireland dominated like this in quite a while.

Not seen NZ play like this in potentially even longer.

Nice second try for Wales, then 10-15 minutes off utter dross, and then massive power game for the rolling maul try

Flashes of quality in there.

Scott1 wrote: ↑Sat Sep 23, 2023 9:46 pm

Tiger_in_Birmingham wrote: ↑Sat Sep 23, 2023 9:45 pm Instability or Ireland refusing to take the pressure?

With a better kicker SA to beat Ireland in the final

I’ll back France to beat SA in the QF

Not without Dupont for me

Scott1 wrote: ↑Sat Sep 23, 2023 9:47 pm No release,terrible by OKeefe!

Aki totally in the side at the final maul, right in front of O'Keefe

If that was the final it wouldn't end at 80.

Great match, best of the tournament so far.

Instability or Ireland refusing to take the pressure?

With a better kicker SA to beat Ireland in the final

Scott1 wrote: ↑Sat Sep 23, 2023 8:21 pm Is there a player as unlikeable as Lowe? Not allowed to say Earl or Sexton

Hard to like him, but he's having a stormer tonight.

They were talking about Aki doing well but he's not been a patch on Lowe IMO. Several steals and penalties won, couple of big hits including lifting Etzebet.

How many cynical Wales penalties, just got to a warning... 1 penalty in the wrong area straight to yellow for Fiji Very harsh officiating! Come on, week in week out we see endless penalties for offside when defending near the try line before there’s a card. The difference here was there was a dynam...

OK, I understand the "Why" but an accidental clash of heads carrying a higher tariff than an assault on a fly half means the laws are daft. Mallia, the Argentinian full back, got banned for something similar against SA despite successfully making the charge down. How this was a yellow I'l...

It does seem to be part of Oz's job to look for things that might have missed by the other commentators and/or the officials. For example he knew which was the best angle to see Skosan's knock on, practically before any replay was shown on TV or to the officials. I always thought he was an exceptio...

OakhamTiger32 wrote: ↑Sat May 07, 2022 7:11 pm Assume the TMO had the day off today

Being ignored when they do speak so why bother?

As mentioned earlier in the thread, change the stupid maul law. The attacking team gets the scrum if it becomes unplayable. Maybe go as far to say the ball cannot be ripped in the tackle. See the change almost immediately. The way to sort this out (as with many of the game’s problems) is to apply t...

With Watson and Steward we would have a great kick chase game. Can see a lot of up and unders that we reclaim

Don't understand why everyone is naysaying Steward on the wing - whilst he's a fantastic fullback the tactic of having him be the lead chaser against their fullback was just about the only thing Eddie got right yesterday, it was the only attacking platform we had! Unfortunately England didn't have a...

TigerReggie wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 8:32 pm England selection feels off again. Furbank useless so far. Best fullback on the wing. Youngs too slow. Now Daly. Meh. Thanks Jones.

Fullback on the wing to lead the kick chase and expose their fullback. Following Wales' tactics from last week

Scott1 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 8:22 pm Well done TMO,and what was you all saying earlier about them?!

Don't think I've seen that interpretation before

Not saying I disagree, but doesn't seem to follow precedent