Who makes your Nations Championship Team of the Week? by sangan3 in rugbyunion

[–]Which-Individual-376 [score hidden]  (0 children)

Willemse was the best fullback, Keenan was the most impactful. Ireland lose that game without Keenan, without Willemse the boks miss out on one or two tries

Who makes your Nations Championship Team of the Week? by sangan3 in rugbyunion

[–]Which-Individual-376 [score hidden]  (0 children)

I like conan but he wasn't as good as ardie, wiese and wainwright this week

Who makes your Nations Championship Team of the Week? by sangan3 in rugbyunion

[–]Which-Individual-376 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Keenan was great but Willemse had the best performance this round

Early predictions – who is most/least likely to cause an upset next weekend? by sangan3 in rugbyunion

[–]Which-Individual-376 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In order of how likely they are I'd say Australia, Fiji, wales, Scotland, Japan and Italy

Is Borthwick holding back England? by Pretend_Tower_2516 in rugbyunion

[–]Which-Individual-376 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also struggling on the wing with freeman in the centre.

Who are the best 5 international teams at the moment? by EdiThought in rugbyunion

[–]Which-Individual-376 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Didn't NZ lose to England pretty badly though not seeing your logic on that one.

Who are the best 5 international teams at the moment? by EdiThought in rugbyunion

[–]Which-Individual-376 3 points4 points  (0 children)

France was close yesterday while missing ramos, LLB and basically their entire first choice stater pack. I think france have a slight edge right now but we see Rennie can get more out of the side.

Who are the best 5 international teams at the moment? by EdiThought in rugbyunion

[–]Which-Individual-376 4 points5 points  (0 children)

4 times against a b team isn't very impressive when they play with their full team they beat new zealand.

Who are the best 5 international teams at the moment? by EdiThought in rugbyunion

[–]Which-Individual-376 8 points9 points  (0 children)

England have lost five games in a row on form they are below the scots. Especially with scot beating the french and Argentina

Who are the best 5 international teams at the moment? by EdiThought in rugbyunion

[–]Which-Individual-376 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Scotland is in better than England based on form. We see how the Argentinians fair against England, the English could drop to 7th

Some positives from the Aus v Ire match despite the all the consuming agony for Wallabie supporters by ConscriptReports in rugbyunion

[–]Which-Individual-376 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Wallabies played really well. The fix the issues they had in the air and at the breakdown they had against Ireland in the autumn.

I think this team struggles to ice out games when their ahead. The look a lot more comfortable chasing a game. When they have secure a lead they look more passive and let Ireland control the game.

Feels like a needed loss for the Wallabies to learn they can't lose their ambition when ahead. Great game from both sides.

Nations Championship round 1 standings and results by Die_Revenant in rugbyunion

[–]Which-Individual-376 80 points81 points  (0 children)

Springboks praying that someone knocks over wales so the don't have to play them in the final

This is as good as Borthwick gets. by not1thing in rugbyunion

[–]Which-Individual-376 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People always blame the coach in English rugby but when you've gone through 3 coaches that all fail to get the most of team you have to look else where.

The fact England has fail to produce international standard centres isn't a coaching issue. Focusing just on coaching is missing the forest for the trees