The Rugby Union Thread

lloyd

Wow.

kjdowd

Owens needs to butt out and let Joubert run the game. Hilarious that both his interventions Joubert had given the other way!

koneguitarist

happy enough with Welsh score to be honest, as good as could be expected.

Good luck to England, seem up against it at moment. 

lloyd

Why are they turning the 3 down?

lloyd

Turned another shot down, crazy, it's gonna cost them the game.

koneguitarist

England non stop defence, amazing work, in stopping Aussies score!

lloyd

koneguitarist said:

England non stop defence, amazing work, in stopping Aussies score!

Exactly this, which is why they should keep the score ticking over-9 points of easy ones they've turned down now and they'll have to go for the try now with 10 to go. Awesome from England BTW.

lloyd

Game over.

koneguitarist

England superb, no false dawn this one. Congratulations on a first test win in Australia. @gassage

Fretwired

Great game .... great English defence with so few penalties .. :-)

earwighoney

Two great games this morning.  Really enjoyed watching both.

kjdowd

Fantastic from England. But what terrible game management from the Aussies.

Gassage

What a game.

A world class side is born.

Hask and Robbo utterly incredible.

Dan Cole magnificent

What standard from both sides,

Best defensive effort I think I've ever seen.

In tears.

digitalscream

Honestly, I don't think I've ever seen an England team defend so well - incredible stuff. To only have something like 30% possession in the second half and not concede a single point...wow.

Both games in this series have been amazing, for completely different reasons.

Oh, and whoever put that pitch together needs to be sacked.

kjdowd

Have a look at Hooper throwing mud at Haskell in the scrum on this page. Utterly pathetic

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/2016/06/18/how-did-england-beat-australia-who-was-the-hero-and-what-does-th/

digitalscream

kjdowd said:

Have a look at Hooper throwing mud at Haskell in the scrum on this page. Utterly pathetic

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/2016/06/18/how-did-england-beat-australia-who-was-the-hero-and-what-does-th/

Yeah, everyone in the pub noticed that. It sums up the dirtiness of the Australian game today, I think.

earwighoney

Gassage said:

Hask and Robbo utterly incredible... Dan Cole magnificent... Best defensive effort I think I've ever seen.

In addition credit is due to Mother Vunipola for giving birth to sons with such big balls.

kjdowd

Australia 71% possession and only 49 tackles to England's 169. Australia turned over 22 times. Sums up a massive England effort.

Gassage

Last English defensive effort like that was at the Battle of Britain.

octatonic

Rugby is a stupid sport.