Big lads bashing each other

Watching England v Tonga, if I was playing any of the tackles would break me in two.
In football players pretend they are hurt, in rugby they pretend they are not.

 

From the title of this thread I pictured something different. I clicked and was then disappointed.

 

Loved the game. Fantastic discipline from both sides and officiated by a superb referee.

 

Yep, I still think Farrell is our best kicker, but is not our best 10 or centre

 

Decent start from England, and I'm sure that Tonga will give the other teams in our group a tough challenge.

 

I had today down as a sort the garden out day... but as it is raining heavily I am watching some very hefty men from Samoa and Russia clatter one another, some proper handbags as well

 

Watched the Wales v Australia game.... absolutely superb game of rugby to watch. Game of 2 halves with the Welsh just hanging on. Can't wait for the knock stages to begin.

 

The fitness levels of rugby players these days are rediculous.
Skill levels from forwards and backs have improved hugely which games like todsy have shown.

Imagine footballers in the same environment, there would be 6 hours of injury time and you would need 70 subs

 

I also think the 'stopping of the clock" rather than adding it on at the end works well

 

Good point where did the Ref get eleven minutes of added time yesterday, wasn't at the game but didn't hear much being said about injuries etc. Think the Ref has us down as a draw on his coupon and giving MK every opportunity he could.

 

Also the Wales game was brilliant, the Aussies got what they deserved for their dodgy first half tackles....nowt.

 

It’s sad and frankly embarrassing seeing the way some professional footballers react to an innocuous challenge that, had it happened anywhere else, wouldn’t have warranted a second look. These people have absolutely no dignity or self-respect at all and certainly no morals. They are an all too common blight on the game today. Unfortunately nothing is being done to stamp it out.

 

Worryingly the respect to the refs seems to be diminishing from rugby. Hopefully it is stamped out sooner rather than later

 

Never seen anyone talk back to the Ref like the Aussie Captain did today.
Authorities need to cite him and deal with him now to stamp this sort of thing out.

 

Their second row did the same as they came out for the second half

 

Same old Aussies always cheating!

 

Watched the England game earlier and it was a dull fest but importantly we won Watched the Japanese batter the Samoans in an excellent game of rugby...the Japanese were Fu if passion and the game played quickly and with passion.

 

Missed the games this morning, sounds like I didn't miss much

 

I’m afraid to say that’s exactly what you are going to get if we head back to the prem again lads on £300 grand a week who can’t even hit the bloody goal but that’s the football we are stuck with

 

Nit exactly mate. The Japanese v Samoans was a cracking game.