: Sun Mar 01, 2009 9:30 pm  

twas a crap game of rugby, and the scoreline flatters england as the irish flyhalf (Ronan O'Gara) should have landed 4 more penalties, which would have led to a 26-13 score, and a much better reflection of the balance of play.

On the other hand, Carnegie scored 2 converted tries in the last 5 minutes of their National Trophy Quarter Final against Birmingham-Solihull to take the match 26-24. They will now face either 2nd place Exeter, 3rd placed Nottingham or Moseley in the semi final for the opportunity of a trip to Twickenham in April.

Oh, and my grandfather used to talk about a 0-0 he'd seen back in the 50s-60s, IIRC Wigan-St Helens at Odsal or summat like that. End to end stuff, loads of brilliant play & superb defence from both sides. Says it was the best game he ever saw.

Re: Rah Rahs : Sun Mar 01, 2009 10:49 pm  

DoubleAone wrote:

Ireland 14 - England 13

Attendance 82,000

No Trys in 80 minutes.

Cant EVER recall a RL game at any Pro level with NO TRYS


or am I mistaken

How about Manly v Wigan in the World Club Challenge in 1987

8-2 to Wigan and no tries.

Unbelelievably, there was also a Challenge Cup game the same year when there was a nil nil draw between Hull and Halifax.

Halifax won the replay with the mammoth scoreline of 4-3

Re: Rah Rahs : Mon Mar 02, 2009 3:28 am  

DoubleAone wrote:

Ireland 14 - England 13

Attendance 82,000

No Trys in 80 minutes.

Cant EVER recall a RL game at any Pro level with NO TRYS


or am I mistaken

Hull KR 2 Featherstone 2 - about 2000 I think.

: Mon Mar 02, 2009 9:22 am  

Dave Heron's Moustache wrote:

To be moderately fair to the Union guys, tye do at least try to score try's these days. Worst games in history must be Calcutta Cup matches from the 1980's. There was an old joke at the time where someone at the after match dinner asked Dusty Hare to pass the salt and he kicked it.
This is what you can get though when you have RL defensive coaches, 2 extra forwards in the defensive line and you only have to retire the the back foot of the ruck (imagine how many tries would be scored in league under thos conditions?). I guess that's why RL evolved the way it did.
Ireland were made to look very ordinary by a solid English defense, shame that another South African ref again decided that England had too many players on the pitch to make it fair.

the only reason England lost players to the sin bin was stupidity on their part

Re: Rah Rahs : Mon Mar 02, 2009 9:57 am  

LeedsRL1994 wrote:

Leeds Academy beat Hull FC's academy 1 - 0 a few years backk...

Best game of Rugby i have EVER seen

: Mon Mar 02, 2009 9:58 am  

leicester_rhino wrote:

the only reason England lost players to the sin bin was stupidity on their part

Totally, how many sin binnings in this six nations is that now?

: Mon Mar 02, 2009 10:09 am  

Glenn Morangie wrote:

Totally, how many sin binnings in this six nations is that now?

6 in 3 games. Most of them stupid too. when the ref says to the captain next infringement like this and I'm sending someone to the bin, so what happens at the next breakdown?

The Times did a large piece on the sin bins, and broke down the number of points they have conceded whilst a man down. They would be on for the slam if it weren't for indiscipline. Still, Engalnd wouldn't have deserved a win on Staurday, they were aweful, and as were Ireland. The entertainment level of all the England 6 nations games I have seen has been near zero.

: Mon Mar 02, 2009 10:51 am  

leicester_rhino wrote:

Still, Engalnd wouldn't have deserved a win on Staurday, they were aweful, and as were Ireland.

True, it was an interesting contrast to the match on Friday night.

: Mon Mar 02, 2009 10:59 am  

Glenn Morangie wrote:

True, it was an interesting contrast to the match on Friday night.

In what way..... Warrington we're rubbish according to everyone bar Jimmy Lowes.

: Mon Mar 02, 2009 11:00 am  

tvoc wrote:

In what way..... Warrington we're rubbish according to everyone bar Jimmy Lowes.

I was referring to France v Wales.