Comments on: Rate the match: New Zealand v England http://www.therugbyblog.com/rate-the-match-new-zealand-v-england Rugby Union opinion and discussion, for the fans, by the fans. Fri, 24 Oct 2014 18:08:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0 By: Don Phttp://www.therugbyblog.com/rate-the-match-new-zealand-v-england#comment-355966 Thu, 12 Jun 2014 13:34:52 +0000 http://www.therugbyblog.com/?p=33484#comment-355966 Grundy

Well, it was the ‘nobs’ who scored @ the death, not Eastmond or Tuilagi.

]]> By: Don Phttp://www.therugbyblog.com/rate-the-match-new-zealand-v-england#comment-355965 Thu, 12 Jun 2014 13:31:37 +0000 http://www.therugbyblog.com/?p=33484#comment-355965 Tom

Could’ve, but (& according to Ian Robertson), England didn’t really threaten the AB line in the 2nd 1/2 . NZ did threaten England’s. It’s an 80 min thing.

]]> By: Don Phttp://www.therugbyblog.com/rate-the-match-new-zealand-v-england#comment-355956 Thu, 12 Jun 2014 13:17:51 +0000 http://www.therugbyblog.com/?p=33484#comment-355956 Geat

1 way is for England to tour the SH yrly.

I had suggested this on the Samoa ‘rant’ blog, but it didn’t appear.

They do usually play the SH up hear, so could also arrange top 3 each yr.

I understood (looked it up once) teams got pts for winning (the amount awarded based on the posi of the opposing team) & lost them for losing. Hence Oz temp went below England for a few wks last yr when they lost to OZ, SA, even tho England hadn’t played at that point. Oz regained them & place due later wins.

]]> By: charliebahhttp://www.therugbyblog.com/rate-the-match-new-zealand-v-england#comment-354370 Tue, 10 Jun 2014 15:14:08 +0000 http://www.therugbyblog.com/?p=33484#comment-354370 Quite agree. I know irony doesn’t translate well in print but I thought I’d done enough to carry it off.

]]> By: Don Phttp://www.therugbyblog.com/rate-the-match-new-zealand-v-england#comment-354368 Tue, 10 Jun 2014 15:12:59 +0000 http://www.therugbyblog.com/?p=33484#comment-354368 callum

‘…fans booing the English kicker every time’? Agree, but listen up @ Twickers nxt time. W wide I’m afraid.

Works both ways I’m afraid. Ask any NZer regds e.g. 07. Pen count 7 – 6 to NZ… & Owens should have, by law, given Cruden a retake of the conversion when England charged early.

]]> By: Don Phttp://www.therugbyblog.com/rate-the-match-new-zealand-v-england#comment-354365 Tue, 10 Jun 2014 15:07:02 +0000 http://www.therugbyblog.com/?p=33484#comment-354365 Boo, Dr Boo.

Yarde was so obvious when he lay in the ruck that he could have been mistaken for a drunk still asleep after a night out on the tiles!

]]> By: Don Phttp://www.therugbyblog.com/rate-the-match-new-zealand-v-england#comment-354362 Tue, 10 Jun 2014 15:04:48 +0000 http://www.therugbyblog.com/?p=33484#comment-354362 Boo, Dr Boo. Yarde was soo obvious when he lay in the back of the ABruck

]]> By: Geathttp://www.therugbyblog.com/rate-the-match-new-zealand-v-england#comment-354354 Tue, 10 Jun 2014 14:52:00 +0000 http://www.therugbyblog.com/?p=33484#comment-354354 England only had 2 chances to climb the rankings last year, against Australia (which we won) and New Zealand (which we lost, of course). You can’t climb them by beating teams lower-ranked than yourself. Does mean progress can be quite slow in that respect. A single win in NZ would do our ranking the world of good, such is the ranking difference.

]]> By: Don Phttp://www.therugbyblog.com/rate-the-match-new-zealand-v-england#comment-354345 Tue, 10 Jun 2014 14:45:22 +0000 http://www.therugbyblog.com/?p=33484#comment-354345 Simon Scantlebury

Isn’t that what the Irish said on their last tour?

Time will tell, but surely England ought to have won the 6N 1st before yr talk of ‘world class’ stuff. They haven’t moved in the ranking for yrs & certainly not under SL (apart for a few wks due to Oz having temp lost pts in the RC last yr).

Do you base yr opinion on the back of 1 swallow making a summer? Might you have been wiser to have waited til after nxt Sat before offering up this same old same old?

]]> By: Don Phttp://www.therugbyblog.com/rate-the-match-new-zealand-v-england#comment-354339 Tue, 10 Jun 2014 14:34:06 +0000 http://www.therugbyblog.com/?p=33484#comment-354339 Matt

Is this the team whom you think SL WILL actually go for (as well as it being yr pick)?

I think your team is likely to take the field… with prob Yarde & May to start again.

]]> By: Jacobhttp://www.therugbyblog.com/rate-the-match-new-zealand-v-england#comment-353711 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 15:18:08 +0000 http://www.therugbyblog.com/?p=33484#comment-353711 When people discuss the difference between having a NH or SH ref, it is normally in the context of interpretation of the breakdown, not incorrect knock-on calls and inconsistencies with issuing yellow cards.

]]> By: Jacobhttp://www.therugbyblog.com/rate-the-match-new-zealand-v-england#comment-353712 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 15:18:08 +0000 http://www.therugbyblog.com/?p=33484#comment-353712 When people discuss the difference between having a NH or SH ref, it is normally in the context of interpretation of the breakdown, not incorrect knock-on calls and inconsistencies with issuing yellow cards.

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