England V New Zealand On Saturday

[ToraToraTora]

Can England repeat last years performance?

[Zacs-Master]

I'm sure they 'can'. Whether they 'will' or not is debatable.

[carrust]

I was offered a ticket. A snip at £276-00......

[jno]

maybe. NZ looked wobbly against France. But England only performed for 40 minutes each against the Aussies and Argies.

[doctordb]

England by a point.

[ChillDoubt]

NZ by 4/5 try's to 2. They'll be smarting from last year plus England aren't as on fire as they were 12 months ago and haven't been all that impressive this autumn IMHO.

[Rosetta]

wow carrust. would love to see the match live but ot at that price

[Tilly2]

What did the referee have up the back of his shirt? He looked deformed.

[Sipowicz]

A camera crew!

[Tilly2]

Is that normal?

[ChillDoubt]

He had the pack for the camera and also a small GPS data recorder for his own and the IRB's purposes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pou4eVs-5K8

[ChillDoubt]

Fair play, England did far better than I expected. They gained parity at the breakdown, which was ferocious throughout and that is no mean feat against the AB's.
It all augurs well for the 6 Nations, which I'm thoroughly looking forward to.

[ichkeria]

If Ireland defend as they did against Australia yesterday next Sunday's showdown will be embarrassing.

[jno]

England had most of the possession but didn't do anything with it. Their backline couldn't run through an open gate. Forwards were good, though. It's a pity they aren't playing South Africa.

[ToraToraTora]

they scored 22 points jno, I think that counts as something.