Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Fri Feb 04, 2011 11:48 pm  

Why do they bother with a ref for anything other than scrums and cuddles? Seems forward passes and knock ons are allowed, as are spear tackles. I feel dirty for watching about 15 minutes while eating me tea.

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Sat Feb 05, 2011 1:21 am  

I am glad England won, although I don't think Wales were that far behind.
I don't like Johnson .. why waste time ... just get rid.
His record is sh/te.

In more general terms , why is it that RU players don't have a clue about running at the defender, committing him and then passing ... rather than 'Oops! I've got a hot potato, get rid quick.'
It's fooking criminal the way they are incapable of forming a delta wing, running in fast and passing at the right time like rugby league players do as a matter of course.

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Sat Feb 05, 2011 2:22 pm  

I just caught the highlights of the match on BBC1 as they introduced this afternoons games

They showed the tries and then superstar Jonny Wilkinson kicking a penalty and I thought that penalty must have won the game but it ended Wales 19 England 26 so that last penalty was pretty much irrelevant

I know I should be bigger than this but the fawning that the BBC show to Wilkinson is simply ridiculous – I remember some super slow motion highlights of Jonny during a 6 Nations match one year that was close to soft porn – you could picture the producer reaching for the tissues!

On the question of handling and passing, I can honestly say I have never seen Mike Tindall successfully pass the ball... to anybody, never mind his winger. For an international Rugby centre (of any code) his skills are atrocious

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Sat Feb 05, 2011 4:58 pm  

An awful lot of knock-ons missed in Italy v Ireland, from what I saw.

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Sat Feb 05, 2011 4:58 pm  

littlerich wrote:

Put your best frist class stamp on it - let it be known that there is money up north.

I'll have it couriered

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Sat Feb 05, 2011 5:00 pm  

Dunbar wrote:

I just caught the highlights of the match on BBC1 as they introduced this afternoons games

They showed the tries and then superstar Jonny Wilkinson kicking a penalty and I thought that penalty must have won the game but it ended Wales 19 England 26 so that last penalty was pretty much irrelevant

I know I should be bigger than this but the fawning that the BBC show to Wilkinson is simply ridiculous – I remember some super slow motion highlights of Jonny during a 6 Nations match one year that was close to soft porn – you could picture the producer reaching for the tissues!

They've got to milk it. With Henson going dancing, Tindall being dull, and Cipriani going to Oz/looking like he wants to move to football, they've got no obvious new poster boy to focus their coverage on.

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Sat Feb 05, 2011 5:47 pm  

Scrums in Union are a joke... 1 in 10 actually gets the ball out to continue play without a penalty or free kick and some scrums take 4 or 5 minutes with all the re-sets... and Union fans have the cheek to take the p1ss out of League scrums!

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Sat Feb 05, 2011 7:25 pm  

Dunbar wrote:

Scrums in Union are a joke... 1 in 10 actually gets the ball out to continue play without a penalty or free kick and some scrums take 4 or 5 minutes with all the re-sets... and Union fans have the cheek to take the p1ss out of League scrums!

Did you see Scotland v France? One of those had nearly 4 minutes on the scrum count. Even Jonathan Davies was getting irritated by it.

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Sat Feb 05, 2011 7:50 pm  

Urmston Wire wrote:

Did you see Scotland v France? One of those had nearly 4 minutes on the scrum count. Even Jonathan Davies was getting irritated by it.

I saw one that must have been that long - ended in a penalty try for France

I gave up on the game though

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Sat Feb 05, 2011 8:32 pm  

A friend of mine actually watched the England v Wales game last night.
He said there where some good moments in the game and I just shook my head at him.
He is no longer a friend of mine anymore.