Argentina v England (1st test)

[Catogrande]

@MN5 said in Argentina v England (1st test):

You guys are thinking Harry Mallinder. He's strawberry blonde.

Yep, good player. Plays at Northampton (Midlands club not SW, that's what threw me). Sone of the head coach Jim Mallinder.

[MiketheSnow]

Really enjoying this match.

Great intent and pace from both sides.

Difficult watching at times with all the shadows, especially at the breakdown. It's like Rorke's Drift.

Argentina 17 - 13 England at half time.

Some good tries from both sides.

Launchbury having a stormer.

[MiketheSnow]

What a match.

Three tries this second half.

Best game in ages

Argentina 31 - 23 England

56 mins gone

The crowd is magic.

[Bones]

@MiketheSnow how beautiful was that last try. Silky handling and fantastic lines from the Argies.

[MiketheSnow]

Bit of a lull the past 5 mins. Monster scrum from Argentina. Destroyed England.

Crowd doing the Mexican Wave. Not because they're bored, because they're going bananas

[Bones]

That scrum was outrageous, absolutely crushed. Odd that the penalty was for holding on though.

[MiketheSnow]

Cracking kick from Ford.

Send him to NZ to replace Biggar.

Argentina 31 - 26 England

64 mins gone

[MiketheSnow]

Brilliant from Ford. Turnover ball converted to a try.

This is a corker of a match.

Argentina 31 - 31 England

[Bones]

@MiketheSnow Francis with the assist. Is one of them at inside centre?

[MiketheSnow]

@Bones Francis I think

[MiketheSnow]

Superb defensive turnover from England. That could have been the match

[MiketheSnow]

Breathless stuff.

And that's why Brown is in Argentina not NZ

[MiketheSnow]

Argentina pounding the English line and Hernandez slots the drop goal

Argentina 34 - 31 England

77 mins gone

[Bones]

That's dumb from Argentina. Quick drop goal with 3 minutes on the clock and penalty advantage?

That'll cost them. They have a habit of losing like this.

[Bones]

@Bones said in Argentina v England (1st test):

That's dumb from Argentina. Quick drop goal with 3 minutes on the clock and penalty advantage?

That'll cost them. They have a habit of losing like this.

Bingo.

[MiketheSnow]

Shit tackling, but brilliant finish from Solamona. That's the match.

Argentina 34 - 38 England

Fuvking brilliant match.

If you wanted to show a newbie what rugby is all about then this match is it.

[MiketheSnow]

George Ford. Legendary post match interview

[Margin_Walker]

That was some game. Well worth a watch if anyone missed it and is at a loose end. Shame one team had to lose.

Crazy decision taking the DG at the end and keep that much time on the clock, but it was that kind of frantic game.

[nzzp]

@MiketheSnow said in Argentina v England (1st test):

George Ford. Legendary post match interview

any link?

[Disgusted of TW]

Most enjoyable match I've seen in ages. Youngsters all went well, very well. Of the "older" players, Ford played the best I've seen him in ages, Slade had a good game, and Yarde. Against that, Brown looked as unlikely to pass as ever, and Hartley was the weak point in two promising England attacks in the second half, getting thrown back like a ragdoll to end one multiphase movement, and spilling the ball in contact to end another. Argentina's handling and offloading was top drawer for large chunks of the game, but their pack didn't consistently dominate as anticipated, despite it being, literally, men against boys on occasion. Speaking of boys, 18 yr old Tom Curry, take a bow. Another great performance to back up his showing against the Baabaas. The lad shows real potential.

Eddie's got a fun couple of years ahead.