England v South Africa

[Crucial]

Itoje very ineffective. He has gone ruck shy after a couple of hard hits and can’t get niggly after his YC

[sparky]

@crucial Most overhyped Rugby player of the last thirty years....

[Crucial]

@sparky said in England v South Africa:

@crucial Most overhyped Rugby player of the last thirty years....

You don’t remember Andrew Sheridan?

[sparky]

@crucial okay since him.

[Stargazer]

Boring first half. Not impressed.

[sparky]

Owen Farrell has kept England in this with two long-range penalties. South Africa should be more ahead.

Neither of these teams are great entertainers but they are effective enough at set piece, the breakdown and in defence.

[Crucial]

@sparky said in England v South Africa:

Owen Farrell has kept England in this with two long-range penalties. South Africa should be more ahead.

Neither of these teams are great entertainers but they are effective enough at set piece, the breakdown and in defence.

I thought that SA were streets ahead in scrum, ruck and moving forward. A couple of dumb decisions and poor line outs have equalised things
If scoring was done by a judge I’d have it at about 15~6

[Crucial]

Eztebeth hobbles off after holding Itoje up and creating a maul turnover

[ShadowTrooper]

@crucial Likewise with Curry for England

[Crucial]

Another England back rower injured

[ShadowTrooper]

England's midfield look horrible

[ShadowTrooper]

WTF is up with Marx's throwing

[ShadowTrooper]

Jeez cheap metres made through Te'o

[sparky]

Should be have been a card there for a high tackle by Itoje. Still 6-8.

[sparky]

England have a penalty from 50 metres to take a lead. If they take this, it would be winning ugly.

[sparky]

Daly hits a long range goal. 9-8.

[ShadowTrooper]

@sparky Think it would be SA conspiring to lose as nuch as England winning ugly

[sparky]

England finally get into the South African 22 with the ball. The Twickenham faithful sing their song about a chariot.

[Stargazer]

The Springboks that beat, and almost beat, the ABs, I haven't seen them today. England even more average, although getting a bit better these last few minutes.

[sparky]

Boks missing Faf De Klerk.