Six Nations 2023 General Discussion

fullstop · 25-02-2023 6:07pm

There was a forward pass in the lead up to that try, surely?

sydthebeat · 25-02-2023 6:11pm

England Wales throwing up the boring kick fest which was predicted

25-02-2023 6:19pm

Watson back for England adds a lot to them. I think when he's at his best, he's a starting Lion calibre winger and he's a big improvement over their alternatives.

25-02-2023 6:21pm

Something really frustrating as you watch this boring, Tier 2, kick fest between England and Wales here to remember that it's likely one of these two teams will be a Rugby World Cup semi finalist later this year.

bingobango12 · 25-02-2023 6:32pm

Some pretty terrible rugby on show. Owen Williams looking an upgrade on how Bigger has played in the past two weeks.

sydthebeat · 25-02-2023 6:40pm

Wales can't get their centres into the game at all.... And when the get within 10 meters of the English line they look brainless.

They're carrying AWJ as a passenger. Falateu is as class as ever

Xander10 · 25-02-2023 6:47pm

Wales try...game on

ednwireland · 25-02-2023 6:55pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120287999#Comment_120287999

England try

dastardly00 · 25-02-2023 7:09pm

Apart from the first 10 minutes of the second half, this is like watching paint dry

sydthebeat · 25-02-2023 7:14pm

Two coaches from the jurrassic age.

Turgid boring stuff

Dick phelan · 25-02-2023 7:17pm

Two poor teams awful boring game

Hodges · 25-02-2023 7:27pm

Strange penalty advantage call there; England kicked over for a long distance chase but the Wales grounding leads to advantage over and a drop out when a kick at goal would have their win sealed. A try resulted shortly after the restart; perhaps the ref just wanted to put the game out of it's misery 🤓

Dillonb3 · 25-02-2023 7:27pm

Another miss from Farrell. His kicking is miles off

Clegg · 25-02-2023 7:35pm

The final Wales and England attacks were brutal. Shipping from touchline to touchline with very penetration or gain line success. Not much in the way of subtlety or decoy work either.

25-02-2023 7:40pm

As poor as they've been, I still think England will be very dangerous for us on Day 5 of this championship and will be a force come RWC time.

They're playing an incredibly limited and boring style of play. But it's not remotely surprising given how little time their coach has had with the team.

They still have a lot of quality, and are playing a kind of simple, low risk knock-out style that will keep them in close games.

I'm not saying they've been remotely impressive in this Championship by any means, but I still wouldn't take them for granted.

awec · 25-02-2023 7:44pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120288141#Comment_120288141

I think this England team will cause us less problems than Italy did today tbh. We'll deal with their turgid play no bother.

Dillonb3 · 25-02-2023 7:46pm

Wales were bad. They're fortunate they have 2 favourable fixtures in their opening world cup pool games.

Lost Ormond · 25-02-2023 7:56pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120288158#Comment_120288158

They do have Fiji in one of them and would be quite welsh like if they lost to them....

Cosmo Kramer · 25-02-2023 9:24pm

It really was like going back in time watching that Wales v England game. Reminded me how many poor games there were in the 6 Nations 10 to 15 years ago.

The next round of games could be the best round of the Championship though. None of the fixtures look entirely clear cut, with Scotland and England both at home against Ireland and France. You can't rule out a home win in either game.

Italy v Wales is a massive game for both teams now, Italy may start as favourites for the first time in a 6 Nations game in who knows how long. It will feel like a big step backwards for them at this point if they can't beat that Wales team at home.

It will be interesting to see the reaction in Wales if they lose all five games. Especially after the way they went after Pivac last year (he seemed to be quite enjoying himself in the BBC studio today). Too much of the commentary in Wales is still about selection and setup, as though the players are there but are not being selected. The penny doesn't seem to have quite dropped yet in terms of where they have fallen to. They're quite an insular, parochial bunch at times so, despite his previous success, I can see them turning on Gatland at the latest outsider to scapegoat before the year is out.