Rugby World Cup Japan 2019

[Dinowolf]

FT 49-3

Italy were poor and South Africa were gifted their win.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Australia in cruise control against Uruguay, but they have been pinged for a couple of yellow cards for high tackles.

 

[Tredman]

Really good for Uruguay to get a try at the end.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Pleased for them. They deserved that.

Expecting a big England win today. Argentina are a shadow of four years ago.

 

[Tredman]

Jesus, that is a horrible hit to Farrel's head.

 

[sycophantia]

Deserved red card but its a shame for the match, been a good contest so far

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Stonewall red, you just can't do that now.

 

[Tredman]

That was really not nice to watch. It's got to be cut out or someone could get life changing injuries, or worse, with the strength of today's players.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

This is a seriously physical game. I don't blame Argentina for going down that road tactically but there's just no way you can allow that kind of hit.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Never a shadow of a doubt that was a red. However, surely from a player safety point of view England should be getting a temporary sub on to get a head injury assessment on Farrell?

 

[jd1981]

Yep second one he’s had in this tournament to.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Scrappy as this.

We aren't winning owt if we don't step it up attacking wise.

 

[Tredman]

Dunno, been a very tough first half as would expect against Argentina, no way they could have kept up this level of defence second half even with 15.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

England will streak away second half. Could do without leaving the kicking points behind later in the tournament. Those can be decisive

 

[Tredman]

Kicking is odd, Farrell took a hard hit, but didn't look too be in a place likely to cause an issue.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Second half less than convincing. England should see off France but after that they need to find quite a bit for the knockouts

 

[Tredman]

Looked a little bit like that slackened off, knowing the game was won. Certainly weren't chasing down kicks at full speed.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

A win is a win, we look a bit stunted going forwards though. Maybe hard to judge given the specifics of the game.

Ah well, we had to get it won and now it's a free hit vs France. I don't care which side of the draw we're on.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Japan v Samoa has been an interesting first half. Hopefully Japan can bang some tries over second half and make Scotland's task harder. For me, it is crucial for the tournament for Japan to make the knockout stages.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Now THAT is an impressive driving maul by Japan.