England V All Blacks

Crucial

Hope Stephen Jones is alright...

He'll be biting the pillow for an angry Ian Ritchie tonight. Hope it bleeds.

taniwharugby

Is sharing a record with England any better then losing it to them?

All seriousness, I think it adds to the intrigue of when we play them next year, especially if England can maintain a high level of success until then.

Crucial

Had to laugh at the comments that it was the pressure of back to back Grand Slams that got to them.
Lucky they didn't have the pressure of RWC knockout games in their run then considering the pressure of the pool games was too much.

taniwharugby

@Crucial look at how well we had been playing then had that 18th at EP, against a struggling Wallaby team, the pressure is real.

They can talk about how it isn't a focus or they hadn't spoken about it, but it will affect them, and let's not forget most of the abs had failed against Aus the last time the record was on the line

Without talking about how we approached the Chicago test.

jegga

@Virgil said in England V All Blacks:

Hope Stephen Jones is alright...

unfortunately I saw part of an article featuring his trolling this week, so to him and his fanbase i say

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canefan

schadenfreude

/ˈʃɑːd(ə)nˌfrɔɪdə,German ˈʃɑːdənˌfrɔydə/

noun

noun: Schadenfreude; noun: schadenfreude

pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune.

MajorRage

Hats off to the Irish. You really do have to applaud them for their some of their recent feats.

Kiwidom

Who cares about playing England in November, we should be playing Cyprus on the end of year tour!

Catogrande

Aaaand it's off.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/39357540

taniwharugby

@Catogrande listening to Steve Tew, it was never really on the cards, and the beat up about Ritchie vetoing the Baabaa game was just that, a media beat up.

Supposedly the England option was made available by the RFU when the Baabaa fixture was supposedly in doubt.

The Silver Fern

England V All Blacks