All Blacks v England

AFKABartram

Anyone watching?

Decent half by England here. NZ look poor by their standards

Algarveaddick

If England do well (in any sport) why must it always be down to the oppo being poor? ;-)

Kap10

Same with charlton

chester_conrad

England more than holding their own. I suspect it may be a different story in the 2nd half.

SantaClaus

Good to see England regularly breaking the Kiwi lines but I think Conrad is right about the second half.

Covered End

I thought England played really well. They looked so powerful.

NZ as expected, turned up the heat & won it at the death.

They're just like Germany at football.

PeanutsMolloy

Terrific performance. Little bit hard done by with a couple of decisions, especially re the sin-bin. Might just have held out with 15 on the field or scored a few more if he'd have binned their fella when he should have.

stonewallpenalty

World cup 2015 tickets go on general sale/ballot from september 12th-29th 2014. Plenty games at twickenham, olympic stadium and wembley. I think it will be a great tournament over here.

PeanutsMolloy

Wakey wakey, a long day ahead but could be off to a brilliant start. England on top and 10-0 up.

chester_conrad

England started well, but mistakes now creeping in. NZ starting to get on top now.

Hastingsaddick

13-13.

Covered End

13-13. Another great game.

I'm a bit of a glory boy when it comes to RU. I only watch the big games.

But, considering England haven't been outstanding in the 6 nations, I'm taken aback at how good we are.

I've never seen us look so big, powerful & quick.

Edit 18-13 to NZ :-)

AFKABartram

Different class here

TelMc32

Awesome display now from the All Blacks. You can just never get your hopes up against these guys. You think you've got close one week and go for it the next but, doesn't matter who you are, 99 times out of 100 the All Blacks just crank it up and blow you away.

guinnessaddick

TelMc32 said:

Awesome display now from the All Blacks. You can just never get your hopes up against these guys. You think you've got close one week and go for it the next but, doesn't matter who you are, 99 times out of 100 the All Blacks just crank it up and blow you away.

The last few games they have been trailing, only to step it up in the last 1/4. Ireland were within a whisper of Beating, drawing only to get beat with the last retaken kick.

ThreadKiller

Funny old game.

Covered End

I would describe NZ as like a force of nature. Like trying to stop the tide coming in.

It doesn't matter how hard you try, it's impossible.

Still, a great effort by England and they never gave up. Another teriffic game.

TelMc32

They just seem to play with you. Even if they give you a brief glimpse of glory, they seem able to step up a few gears and do exactly what they need to do to win games. Another good game to watch though. The decent sporting weekend carrying on well after last night...Wallabies v France though is bringing down quite a bit!!

TelMc32

I spoke too soon...French player pulling Shirley Temple's hair for a first bit of excitement in the Aussie game ;-)

Ormiston_Addick

We had our best chance last week, both teams were rusty - but the ABs have more gears to move into....

Decent effort from England though, gets no harder than Kiwis in NZ.

PeanutsMolloy

oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. Cricket score in prospect for the Kiwis and we're not yet at half time.
This has definitely been a week to forget.