RWC 2011 - Pool B - Scotland, Romania, England, Georgia, Argentina

[#1?]

Georgia = Respect.

Kaplan seemed to handle the game (the 1/2 I saw) OK. :fishing

Troll bait for the Kaplan haters.

 

[AngrySeahorse]

Aside from thinking he should have warned & sent an England player to the bin earlier I thought Kaplan did ok. Hell really has frozen over.

 

[#1?]

Lots of stats in Georgias Favour

Missed Tackles G=20, E = 6. Hard to win missing so many tackles, regardless of the possession, territory, 7+ phases stats being in your favour.

Consequently Poms scored 6 tries. History will record this as a big win to England. Cold facts on the scoreboard do not always tell the full story of the game.

 

[AngrySeahorse]

Not surprised by whats gone on between Eng v Rom. Watching mainly out of interest to see how Chris Ashton & Steve Thompson go as they are both in my fantasy team.

 

[Nusadan]

Same here, got Youngs, Moody and Foden from England and then two frontrowers from Romania...hope to have them score points from their two games in that round, second game being against Georgia!

 

[AngrySeahorse]

The Romanians should at least have plenty of points for tackles made.

EDIT: Marius "We play Rugby for happiness". Love that quote. Now I'm off, will be back for NZ v FRA, looking forward to it.

 

[AngrySeahorse]

Wouldnt mind seeing the Argies win, just want a good game, but still...come on the Scots!

 

[tigerland12]

Felipe Contepomi is one of the toughest bastards around. The way he is running the ball and tackling is amazing. Credit to him, world-class player.

And we saw it with Ledesma against England and Fernandez-Lobbe tonight, they breed em tough in Argentina.

 

[AngrySeahorse]

The argies are copping a few injuries already this game but they keep getting up, I thought their No.8 was slowing the game down but on replay he def had a good reason to be hurt his knee didnt look too good in that little exchange.

Edit: I think the Scots have looked good in the open though.

 

[tigerland12]

Also the Argentina's work at the breakdown is brilliant, alot of steals and legal attempts at pilfering.

 

[AngrySeahorse]

Gawd, even if the Argies go through they are going to have some sore & battered bodies by the looks of how many of them are going down at the moment. Scot now level at 3-all.

Scots 6-3 now HT.

 

[tranquility]

Why is Amorosino not in the starting XV? They badly need some creativity to match all the guts, and toil of the forward pack.

 

[light]

Hernandez at 10 would have made a huge difference to the Argie attack, they are going to be one to watch when he returns.

 

[Scarfman]

Agree. Argentina don't want to play rugby. I wanted them to progress, but having blown it again England by refusing to go for a try, and now look like stuffing it up against Scotland, I hope Scotland go through.

 

[Scarfman]

15 minutes in the 2nd half and all we have is 2 missed field goals. You feel like slapping these teams, don't you? Do you want to be in the top tier or not? Then play!

 

[Scarfman]

This is what I'm talking about. Penalty on the 40m - kick for touch, MAUL a try? No, kick for goal into the wind and rain and come away with nothing.

 

[tigerland12]

I think Scotland is atleast trying to play some footy, but given the conditions it's a bit hard to.

They should be up by way more then 3 points.

 

[AngrySeahorse]

6 all.

 

[AngrySeahorse]

awesome drop goal & Scotland take the lead again 9-6

 

[Scarfman]

Droppie 9-6 Scotland.

By the way, did anyone else get fucked up by New Zealand starting daylight savings today? I missed the first half Fiji v Samoa, but didn't figure it out until now.