Didn't watch the England match "live" as I don't have Sky, but caught the 1hr highlights at 7pm this evening.
Well what can I say. The same old England,turning good possession and field position over to the opposition with bad mistakes. Too many dropped balls,knock-ons and yet another try given away with an intercepted pass.
Robinson must be going crazy watching this. I still say his backline isn't right, his reserve No10 isn't good enough. Hodgson had a dreadful game before he was pulled off for his own good. His kicking from out of hand was terrible again,wrong options taken...........just awful.
I know the English supporters keep on harping on this,but we still haven't replaced Wilkinson,Johnson and Back with anywhere near as good players. Its going to be a long road,and on todays showing,we'll be lucky to get out of the group stage of next years W' Cup with much.
Wales today? Good first half,but faded in the second period and the Pacific Islands looked a tough match for them. A good win nevertheless.
I enjoyed the Irish game today and thought they played really well. Fine performances all round, and beating SA will give England a bigger task next weekend.
Didn't see the Italy v Australia game, but Italy must have done pretty well to hold the Aussies to a 25 - 18 win.
France v NZ ? Must check the teletext
Scotland v Romania I didn't see,but Scotland did the job and put 40+ points on them. Romania are hardly good opposition though.