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43-8 at FT

Men against boys

 

I think tomorrow will be tight for quite a while. You can see good patterns in this young Welsh team and they will be formidable in a few years

 

Friday night in Swansea

 

Difficult ask tomorrow.

I’d take a 15pt defeat now

6 years since I was in the Aviva for Ireland v Wales. Stayed in the Gibson Hotel.

 

impossible to get tickets here

 

Not surprising given the team/squad that you have

 

Really poor game

 

Have to admire wales. Balls like a Bengali tiger. Ireland awful.

 

Ffs England are thick as **** and just keep gifting the Scots points. From 10 up to behind with 2 gift tries ! Spastic play. Hardly been in our 22 but getting points every time they're in it. Poor poor execution from us. 17-10 jocks now

 

Long drop goal Ford ! 17-13

 

England's defence has holes right through it. Really poor

 

Scotland making England look the poor side they are.....

 

Not great from England.
Refreshing to see England try to play a passing game, but unfortunately they're not up to it.

 

Their South African is very good.

 

Awful from England.... so one dimensional...

 

So a Welshman scores for England and a Tipperary man comes on for Scotland.....

 

And a South African gets a hat trick.

 

Given the resources of both rugby unions that shows how poor England are performing.... on commentary it was said that the combined ages of the England scrum halves was 68 years.... no younger blood coming through in the Premiership.....

You can change the coach but the talent isn't there....

 

Watched about an hour of the England game in the pub after our game. By ****, England are poor. So many loose passes and missed tackles.

One thing, though. When Van De Merwe went over for his second try, he seemed to hit the corner flag at the same time as touching down. Doesn't that count as being in touch, or is that just in League?