A full days cricket and not one post?

I guess nobody is all that interested in test cricket any more.

@Godder said in Cricket: NZ vs England:

While the batsmen are in, let them bat. There are still well over 2 days to go, so no real hurry. Declaring at drinks or so in the last session should give a good lead and plenty of time to bowl at them.

If that were true I would agree. Unfortunately this is day 4.

We should be looking to up the scoring rate now. Declare just after lunch, hopefully with a 150 - 180 Run lead.

@canefan said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

@gt12 said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

@pakman said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

@Damo said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

Second pass forward I think??

That was the view of many.

I still think it looked forward from the hands, but probably not enough to overturn. I haven’t rewatched the game yet though.

Watching on TV I thought it looked forward. I think it wasn't overturned because Garces told the TMO it was a try? Either way I am glad it did not decide the final

They only showed the one angle.

This was the time for Ben Skeen to shine and he didn't come through. I thought it was forward live, and on the replay they showed.

I would have been happy to be corrected by another angle but they didn't show another one.

@kiwiinmelb said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

@Kirwan said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

Goes to show back to back performances are tough. We couldn’t back up our Irish win, and England had the same problem

I think having an easy quarter and possibly semi is a massive help

Our mistake was beating the Boks in the first game.

Oh well, thems the breaks sometimes. They were excellent tonight.

Second pass forward I think??

I think that was a bad option. Low percentage chance of kicking that. Better to move downfield and wait for a better chance.

Why didn't ref keep playing. England might have scored a try from that scrum breakup. All Bok forwards were out of play.

@Stockcar86 said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

@Machpants said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

Have we ever seen a more dominant scrum in a tier 1 high level game?

Italy v Wyatt Crockett

Italy should have been PKed off the park though, so not sure it counts.

@Machpants said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

@chimoaus said in RWC Final: England v Springboks:

Who is the defence coach for the Boks? They really have been dominant.

Who's their scrum coach?

How crap are England? Or how good Boks? Have we ever seen a more dominant scrum in a tier 1 high level game?

Aus v England a few years ago from memory.