RWC England v (the whole of) Samoa

[ASMO]

Borthwicks interview about as convincing and inspiring as a sloppy dogshit sandwhich.

[PCPhil]

Lol. Great title.

[C69]

Can people from American Samoa play for Samoa?

[PCPhil]

Pfft. Call that a scream. Itoje, "hold my pint."

[sockwithaticket]

This is dragging on a bit...

[Paddington Bear]

That was dragged out, a portent of things to come I suppose

[Chilli]

I stand with the rest of the World in support of Samoa.

[Hal Jordan]

I stand with the rest of the World in support of Samoa.

Eastern Samoa is rather larger than we suspected.

[PCPhil]

Is it my imagination or is Borthwick's nose getting longer after each press conference?

[ASMO]

Whats with the red socks?

[el capitan]

6 mins and a ton of stupid errors already

[Hal Jordan]

What is the point of Lawes' tattoos? He's filled the details in so much he may as well have taken a black Sharpie to his arms.

[Hal Jordan]

Nice from Marchant and Steward to open the defence up there.

[el capitan]

Ball through the hands, and the overlap gallops in down the touchline... what is this sorcery?

[S/Lt_Phillips]

Whats with the red socks?

Contrast with Samoa's blue ones

[petej]

What is the point of playing Ford not at first receiver? Great injection into the line by marchant in the lead up to that try.

Shit kicking all around.

[Hal Jordan]

And an immediate fuck up at the restart leading to a Samoa penalty.

Thank fuck he shanked that so horrifically.

[C69]

Criminal miss

[sockwithaticket]

What is the point of Lawes' tattoos? He's filled the details in so much he may as well have taken a black Sharpie to his arms.

At least one of his arms is just a blackout that covers up the previous sleeve.

It became a bit of a trend a few years back, first noticed it with AFI frontman Davey Havok who turned his sleeves from this:


to this:

[Hal Jordan]

What is the point of playing Ford not at first receiver?

I think we all know the reason for that.

[C69]

England get a scrum from a knock on then ......"YESSSSSSS"
Wtf I though this was going to e stopped?

[sockwithaticket]

What is the point of playing Ford not at first receiver? Great injection into the line by marchant in the lead up to that try.

Shit kicking all around.

Obviously Steve Borthwick's galaxy brain can see what 99% of other coaches don't - that the fly half isn't actually supposed to play in that channel.

[Hal Jordan]

What is the point of Lawes' tattoos? He's filled the details in so much he may as well have taken a black Sharpie to his arms.

At least one of his arms is just a blackout that covers up the previous sleeve.

It became a bit of a trend a few years back, first noticed it with AFI frontman Davey Havok who turned his sleeves from this:


to this:

Fucking hell, I'm not a huge tattoo fan but that went from well executed to total crap.

[PCPhil]

Farrell can pass.

[Hal Jordan]

What is the point of playing Ford not at first receiver? Great injection into the line by marchant in the lead up to that try.

Shit kicking all around.

Obviously Steve Borthwick's galaxy brain can see what 99% of other coaches don't - that the fly half isn't actually supposed to play in that channel.

In all fairness Farrell got the line moving for the try and put Tuilagi into space (to competely crowbar it).

[sockwithaticket]

What is the point of playing Ford not at first receiver? Great injection into the line by marchant in the lead up to that try.

Shit kicking all around.

Obviously Steve Borthwick's galaxy brain can see what 99% of other coaches don't - that the fly half isn't actually supposed to play in that channel.

In all fairness Farrell got the line moving for the try and put Tuilagi into space (to competely crowbar it).

Well, yeah, because he's a fly half. If coaches want him pulling the strings, just pick him at 10 and put one of Smith or Ford on the bench. We're the only team who pick a 10 and then have him hang around while the 12 does their job.

[C69]

Brace has a no empathy for the game at all

[Insane_Homer]

Power finish

[Simian]

Cracking score

[Hal Jordan]

Nice by Samoa. England at sixes and sevens all over the shop in defence.

[petej]

Obviously Steve Borthwick's galaxy brain can see what 99% of other coaches don't - that the fly half isn't actually supposed to play in that channel.

In all fairness Farrell got the line moving for the try and put Tuilagi into space (to competely crowbar it).

Well, yeah, because he's a fly half. If coaches want him pulling the strings, just pick him at 10 and put one of Smith or Ford on the bench. We're the only team who pick a 10 and then have him hang around while the 12 does their job.

We know why that is as the coaches accept Farrell as lone playmaker doesn't work but won't drop him.

[C69]

Wow

[Insane_Homer]

Lovely stuff

[PCPhil]

Samoa are now showing the world England's credentials

[Insane_Homer]

Did he get that down in time?

[Hal Jordan]

Not sure he was in there.

[Insane_Homer]

Try

[C69]

Nice

[Hal Jordan]

Holy fuck great skill!

[PCPhil]

Fantastic skill.