England v Japan - Autumn International

[sparky]

Marcus Smith doing very well behind a dominant pack.

[sparky]

Jamie George scores England's third off a 5m lineout drive.

[sparky]

Can England avoid taking their foot off the gas?

[sparky]

Tommy Freeman scores England's 4th try.

[sparky]

TMO checking it even though the conversion's been taken and missed.

[sparky]

Benefit of the doubt should be given there surely?

[sparky]

No try, absurd call.

This sport is not helping itself.

[Bones]

@sparky said in England v Japan - Autumn International:

even though the conversion's been taken and missed

What's the issue with that?

[sparky]

Still 21-0.

[sparky]

@Bones The rule used to be if the conversion has been taken they wouldn't check it.

[sparky]

England score another of a line out drive. Jamie George has a double.

[Bones]

@sparky said in England v Japan - Autumn International:

@Bones The rule used to be if the conversion has been taken they wouldn't check it.

The rule also used to be no lifting in the line out. I'm not sure what you're trying to say.

[sparky]

@Bones I hate how much influence the TMO has these days. I hate that a game that used to be based on common sense is unfathomable.

[sparky]

Japan in. Excellent try.

[Dodge]

Woeful defence, one guy blitzing, rest drifting. What the fuck do they do in training?

[Dodge]

This team could be good if they got their coaching and training sorted out

[sparky]

Clever work by Borthwick arranging this game last so he can claim his squad is making progress.

[sparky]

England looking much more one dimensional in the second half.

[sparky]

Furbank scores the first try of the second half after great work by Tommy Freeman.

[Bones]

England are masters at getting away with being in the way of the opposition at the breakdown, "accidentally" ending up there in the tackle and/or rolling the wrong way. I wish refs would penalise it when the halfback is marginalised by having to take an extra step or two backwards or work his way around a player, rather than just ignoring it because the halfback got it out.