RWC: ENG v WAL (Twickenham): POOL A

[waiopehu oldboy]

Ref: Garces
AR's: Poite & Raynal
TMO: Veldsman

 

[Cardiffblue]

Garces best ref so far.

 

[RugbyReg]

Burgess to start apparently.

 

[Shelts89]

JJ is in a race to be fit for England apparently. Poo!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/34324696

 

[Bairdy]

The Telegraph is reporting that Farrell, Burgess and Barritt will combine at 10-12-13.

Gatlandball v Lancasterball

 

[Cardiffblue]

JJ is in a race to be fit for England apparently. Poo!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/34324696

My heart bleeds! You think you've got problems!!

This late rush for underdog status doesn't fool anyone.

Injury list envy is new phenomenon! Mine is longer than yours!

 

[Cardiffblue]

The Telegraph is reporting that Farrell, Burgess and Barritt will combine at 10-12-13.

Gatlandball v Lancasterball

You mean they will be on the field together. Whether they combine will be the question. Real glad they've gone for Farrell.

 

[boyo]

Will Farrell implode under pressure?

 

[Cardiffblue]

Will Farrell implode under pressure?

Well he's gonna have Dr Jaw, Biggar and Faletau running straight at him so he will have some tackling to do

 

[Dewald Nel]

Garces best ref so far.

He didn't have a bad game first up, but I'm interested to know why specifically you say this.

 

[ChargerWA]

He didn't have a bad game first up, but I'm interested to know why specifically you say this.

Because the rest were poo, basically.

 

[Dewald Nel]

Because the rest were poo, basically.

Right.

Didn't see much wrong with Peyper and Barnes.

 

[Braveheart81]

Pretty big news. Will be even more telling how the new centre pairing of Burgess and Baritt goes.

 

[qwerty51]

Who's going to name their team first? Cat and mouse game going on here I reckon.

 

[Relance]

If Lancaster goes with Farrell, Burgess & Barritt that would be completely incoherent with the game plan he's been trying to push for a few years now. The pack looks vulnerable, yet he's ready to revert to 10-man rugby. Odd.

 

[qwerty51]

You didn't really think they wouldn't revert to that style in the RWC did you? Because there's no way they'll beat Aus playing attacking rugby and I reckon they know that.

 

[Cardiffblue]

Who's going to name their team first? Cat and mouse game going on here I reckon.

Mark my words this will be Tim Cymru for Saturday and to be honest it's pretty much the team I'd pick cept for cuthbert. Not rocket science. Last men standing.

Williams, Cuthbert, Williams, Roberts, North, Biggar, Davies; Jenkins, Owens, Lee, Charteris, AWJ, Lydiate, Faletau, Warburton

James, Baldwin, Francis, Davies, Tipuric, Phillips, Priestland, Amos

 

[Cardiffblue]

Right.

Didn't see much wrong with Peyper and Barnes.

Think garces managed advantage well and helped make the game a classic. Barnes got better but he was all over the place for first 30 mins. Didn't see peyper. Clancy was pants as usual

 

[Marcelo]

You didn't really think they wouldn't revert to that style in the RWC did you? Because there's no way they'll beat Aus playing attacking rugby and I reckon they know that.

I agree. The boring game is the only way for the Pommies, they did it in the last games with good results. Our piggies must hold up the battle and then our backline will destroy them but is easy to say

 

[qwerty51]

You don't think they will do Tipuric and Warburton together at all?