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Horrible to watch and interviews are even worse.

Obsession with set piece, defensive patterns, cutting out errors etc, no chance of trying to play rugby with ball in hand

Expected 3-0 in the tests, cant see us even getting close in any of them with this approach sadly
 
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Last try was a belter but too many players playing their way out of a test game today.

Nowell - Not helped by others but got seriously caught out today
Biggar - very poor
Sexton - see Biggar
Williams - 2 tackles in the air in minutes???
Best - serious blunder at the death)

For me, only passmarks from starters were front 5 plus and Rhys Webb too. Expected more from Stander, 1/2P looks a shadow of the player he was before moving to Toulon.

It could be a long summer under Warrenball
 
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Val said:
Last try was a belter but too many players playing their way out of a test game today.

Nowell - Not helped by others but got seriously caught out today
Biggar - very poor
Sexton - see Biggar
Williams - 2 tackles in the air in minutes???
Best - serious blunder at the death)

For me, only passmarks from starters were front 5 plus and Rhys Webb too. Expected more from Stander, 1/2P looks a shadow of the player he was before moving to Toulon.

It could be a long summer under Warrenball
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Thought Tiperic had a very good game

Stander was solid as was Haskell

The pack gave the team a very good platform which was wasted from 10 with both Biggar and Sexton

Not giving up on Nowell yet because felt 1/2p didn't help him at all when he was isolated
 
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just watched the highlights

positives: organisation, defense, front 5, beating a very good side

negatives: individual errors (both sides really guilty), lack of creativity, one dimensional


I guess for a team under Gatland it should be seen as a step forward, but its a long long long way from whats going to be needed to win the test matches
 
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fundy said:
just watched the highlights

positives: organisation, defense, front 5, beating a very good side

negatives: individual errors (both sides really guilty), lack of creativity, one dimensional


I guess for a team under Gatland it should be seen as a step forward, but its a long long long way from whats going to be needed to win the test matches
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Have to agree with this - with much disappointment with the result! :whistle:

It's likely, though by no means certain, that the 'creativity' will come as players/combinations gel, but it needs to happen damned fast! There doesn't seem to be any 'stunning threatening' player in the lineup that was on display this morning, but they certainly nullified any Crusaders threat too - which may have been a high priority! A couple of opportunities went rather begging on the left, but it all seemed a bit too 'old style Rugby League-ish'
 
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fundy said:
stunning game between Argentina and England tonight, if you havent seen it try and catch the highlights, esp the second half, some brilliant tries
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It's been an outstanding game - some stunning rugby
 
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stunning game between Argentina and England tonight, if you havent seen it try and catch the highlights, esp the second half, some brilliant tries
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Knackered watching it, great advert for the game.
 
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So all the players have started a match now

What would be your starting 15 in the first test ?

Vunipola
Owens
Furlong
Itodje
Kruis
Warburton
O Mahony
Faletau

Murray
Farrell
Te'o
Jospeh
Seymour
North
Watson

Sinckler
Cole
George
Lawes
Stander
Webb
Sexton
Daly
 
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