Australia V England

LordSutch

Less than 24 hours to go before the game and the Aussies are beginning to bad mouth the English team in the press, are they scared? a little worried? or just trying to psyche-out the opposition?

Aussies will probably win "but I shall be rooting for England all the way" good luck to Scotland also on Sunday ................

PeadarofAodh

Really hope this one turns out to be a decent game, England should be a bit more of a force to reckon with now they have a bit of momentum and Wilkinson in the side

Endurance Man

England are gonna get owned in the shizzay.

daveirl

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Steffano2002

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We lost that game by putting Yachvili at SH... Had we left Mignoni we would have hammered them! Thanks again Bernard! You big balloon... :rolleyes:

Anyway, hope England gets owned by Australia! 57 - 6 would be a nice score!

muboop1

Steffano2002 wrote:

We lost that game by putting Yachvili at SH... Had we left Mignoni we would have hammered them! Thanks again Bernard! You big balloon... :rolleyes:

Anyway, hope England gets owned by Australia! 57 - 6 would be a nice score!

got a bet?

MooseJam

johnny to kick england to victory

dc69

england - 15
Australia - 43

Steffano2002

muboop1 wrote:

got a bet?

I don't gamble (anymore).

fatboypee

I reckon England wil lbe within 15 of Australia at the end... Dunno why just have a "feelin"... Australia are, imho not as strong as either NZ or SA, so if England had / have ANY hope at all it would be against them...

Lets see... Sadly, I'm feckun working so can't watch it :mad: (anyone know any good streaming TV sites ???)

FBP.

philstar

some people say the english are cocky and arrogant, but the aussies are far worse.

i hope england beat them

kleefarr

philstar wrote:

some people say the english are cocky and arrogant, but the aussies are far worse.

i hope england beat them

Totally agree!!! Come on England!!

Marshy

This England side is not at all good enough to make the semis. They carry far too many passengers to be a decent force in reality.

They have a reasonable pack but the backs haven't shown anything really that indicates they'll be able to compete with the likes of Latham, Mortlock, Giteau and Tuqiri. They're only chance IMO will be if they bully the aussies up front which is unlikely going on what we've seen already.

Australia by 15-20 for me.

davyjose

Australia's centre's will own Catt and the othe guy (cant even think of his name). Losing Farrell is quite a blow for them IMO. I can see Giteau and Mortlock (the NEW BOD and D'arcy :P) getting 4 tries between the two of them.

nacho libre

some of the sledging has been excessive. it just goes to show how worried the Australians are,they could lose this match beacuse of that. which would be a shame because Australia are far stronger than this current English team. they should watch the videos of when france's back row battered Wilkinson in Paris.
Wilkinson can only do damage when the English forwards dominate the physical exchanges.

zAbbo

Mike Catt was getting trampled by Lomu in 1995, and on the lions tour in 97, thats a hell of a lot of top level rugby he's played in, no-way is he capable of playing for more then 50 minutes.

It should be an interesting game, I think the creativity in the Aussie backline will see them through, Mortlock, Giteau & Latham are all possibly the best players in their position in the world.

kleefarr

England playing the better. Some silly frees given away and some strange decisions by the ref during the scrums.

bugler

It's amazing that out of all the scrums in the world (the good, the bad and the ugly), the Aussies seem to be the only ones who consistently fold like deck-chairs when pressured.

bugler

Aussies look like they're mentally imploding. This will be bizarre if a team as bad as England get to the semi-finals.

*EDIT* Jonny misses!

Lote in in the corner after sustained pressure.

bugler

Half-time: Aus 10-6 England.

Who'd have thought Jonny would have missed two kickable penalties?

I was very relieved to see Australia score a try, I have money on 3 tries or more in this game.

mike65

England playing some snappy football, two poor misses from Wilko. Had that early inside pass been clean England might be romping clear by now.

Mike.

Stev_o

England to win if they forwards continue at ruck and scrum time. Aussies are desperate to get a platform from something and are very rarely getting that. Some great runs by England. Moody=Bravest player in world rugby. The amount of times he's just dived in to get the ball when others would stand of is really inspirational if not a bit mad!

besty

Aussie set piece is under serious pressure. England could do something here if the right substitutions are made up front after an hour if you ask me.

bugler

He should be binned for that. He never made any effort to get back on side. I hope Eng go for a pushover.

mikeruurds

Both sides aren't looking worthy of a semi place at the moment to be honest.

It's definitely looking like a Bok v NZ final.

Come on bokke!

besty

Here's the English changes I was waiting for, Stevens, Worsely etc. I think the English pack might just pull this out of the bag.

dobsdave

how long is left ?

JeanClaude

dobsdave wrote:

how long is left ?

12 mins.

Shzm

12 mins

dobsdave

Thanks guys (Come on England!)

besty

Dallaglio on. Easter off.

Marshy

10 mins left, England on the verge of the semis. Who'd have thought! :eek:

mikeruurds

Both sides are playing incredibly poor rugby. I can't believe that England are going to make it through.

Cannon fodder for New Zealand next week.

kleefarr

Will JW miss???

Marshy

Jonny misses pen from halfway. Will it be costly?

kleefarr

He did. Not good. Still a pen or drop for Aus to win.

Marshy

Mortlock now with a very difficult kick, surely a must for Australia.

He misses. 2 mins left, can't see any way back now.

bugler

Gregan knocked that on (?) Where was the TJ?

Amz

Oh God, I'm so depressed

Marshy

Its over, unbelievable!

mike65

Rofffffffffffffffffffffles!

Bad luck to all the locals who betted a tonne of money of an Aussie win.

Mike.

dobsdave

Amz wrote:

Oh God, I'm so depressed

Royale with Cheese

Fair play to England. Deserved to win that.

Shzm

wow. just wow.

mikeruurds

Oh my how the Aussies have fallen. I guess this is what happens when you come through the group stages not having been tested.

kleefarr

Good enough for the cocky Aussies!!!! Well done England!!!

darkskol

yeah great result for england

bugler

I'm delighted to be honest.

A couple of things came home to roost for Oz:

1/ Their scrum is utter toss. Why it's only England who seem to be able to exploit this fully is a mystery.

2/ Mortlock probably isn't a top class kicker. It doesn't matter when you're playing in a side racking up the points. It does matter when you get dragged into a dog-fight.

LOLz at Neil Francis.

mike65

C'mon France! (can't belive I said that).

Mike.

Marshy

Aussie pack didn't turn up and it seemed there was no leadership on their side. England did their basics well and 4 kicks off Jonny was enough in the end.

davyjose

Shzm wrote:

wow. just wow.

+1 - England done a great job though! Fair play!
I have a funny feeling there'll be no triple crown for Ireland next year!