England vs Fiji - Sat 3.15pm

[16th man]

England are lucky to be leading. What else is there to say?

Cole is Cole and should be given his slippers and a pipe

Voluntarily playing with 14 men when we have the ball, and in defence when it goes more than 10 metres away from him.

[badback]

Wow

[Mr Mwenda]

Mitchell and Ford look good.

Good is very generous.

[Mellsblue]

Mitchell and Ford look good.

Good is very generous.

I suppose it’s all relative.

[16th man]

Was that down to Cole not being able to get over to cover and Earl not watching what was happening in front of him?

[Mr Mwenda]

Something is deeply wrong in the squad. So much of this is basic stuff.

[Danno]

Mitchell and Ford look good.

Good is very generous.

I'm mostly referring to a 10ish minute spell in the first half

[morepork]

Smith is the positive motivation counter to Faz .

[francoisfou]

Unable (no desire also!) to watch the game on tv, but am keeping an eye on the score. Wonder if the cameras have picked out the banned captain smirking in the stands?

[16th man]

Willis is not the man who should be making way for Ludlum.

[Mellsblue]

Should Shaved Backsackandcrack preemptively put the entire squad through tackle school?

[morepork]

Unable (no desire also!) to watch the game on tv, but am keeping an eye on the score. Wonder if the cameras have picked out the banned captain smirking in the stands?

Smith is worth a watch man.

[16th man]

I'm increasingly tempted to start singling Earl out as the poster boy for English Rugby's Gym Monkey tendencies

Another step towards it.

[Mr Mwenda]

Ford kicking attacking ball is as dull as anyone else.

[Mr Mwenda]

Nice hands, finally.

[Mellsblue]

Nice hands, finally.

This has not aged well!

[ad_tigger]

Disaterous Cameo
Digital Carelessness
Dodgy Catcher
Something like that

[Mr Mwenda]

What are Sinfield's qualifications as a defensive coach.

Fair play, Fiji. They are the better side.

[Buggaluggs]

Just tuned in. Holy cow!

[16th man]

Care's drop, then amplified by us giving up about 15 metres going for the choke tackle and just getting driven instead of putting the man down.

[badback]

Why do they keep on kicking the ball away. !!!

[Mr Mwenda]

Why do they keep on kicking the ball away. !!!

Ford is a tactical genius, pulling all the strings.

[16th man]

Sigh.

[Mellsblue]

You could see that turnover coming from a couple of phases beforehand…

[Mellsblue]

Why do they keep on kicking the ball away. !!!

Cos’ if we don’t we can’t resource the ruck beyond a handful of phases…