3-6

Half time:-

England 6-12 South Africa

It is just a touch one-sided in Yokohama. I hope Derby enjoy such an advantage at PP.

Thinking of the Keogh sacking - I imagine there is an insurance policy to cover the costs of player injury which would be invalid in the case of misconduct - hence Keogh's sacking? He has been a great player for us and our defence is missing him no-end. But he has only himself to blame. It is a great pity all-round.

Why do England keep giving away penalties from SA scrums?

............... and why do referees ALWAYS allow the scrum-half to put the ball in to the scrum on their side. When I played, if the ball wasn't straight, the ref blew-up?

FFS they've done it again, are they stupid?

Great advert for Rugby this game. Like if in football we just eschewed the 90 minutes and went straight to the penalty shoot out.

The saffers appear to be tiring. All that chemically enhanced muscle quickly builds up lactic acid.

….and then they score again. 6 3 in the penalty shoot out.

Eng 12-18 SA

6 4

That's it. No world cup again. England only win football and rugby world cups if there is a Labour government. Think about that when you place your cross in December.

It's a rout
12-32

comment by I'm not Spartacus, hope springs eternal (U4603)
posted 7 minutes ago
That's it. No world cup again. England only win football and rugby world cups if there is a Labour government. Think about that when you place your cross in December.
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And cricket world cups?....England the only country to win world cups at footy, rugby and cricket.

OK Guys (and Gals). Back to the round ball game. Surely Derby will get 3 points today??

Let's pretend Derby are England and Middlesbrough are South Africa.

No.

comment by Let Me inRamdini (U21882)
posted 5 minutes ago
OK Guys (and Gals). Back to the round ball game. Surely Derby will get 3 points today??
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Yeah, we can always rely on the Rams to cheer us up

Well done SA.

England knew exactly what to expect. South Africa played exactly how England expected they would play but despite this they couldn’t do anything about it.

SA played to their strengths and didn’t allow us to get our game going.

It’s not pretty but it’s effective. The Rugby equivalent of route 1.

Let JA606 be a haven for you.......

Not going to lose any sleep because we lost a rugby match. Eddie Jones must feel like Arsene Wenger used to when he left Stoke on the proverbial cold night. .

Right off to PP. Guess what, it's pouring with rain in Thorne.

George Thorne's heart.

Ok, off to PP

Derby County: Roos, Shinnie, Bielik, Lawrence, Marriott, Clarke, Martin, Holmes, Davies ©, Bogle, Malone.

Substitutes: Hamer, Wisdom, Paterson, Dowell, Waghorn, Evans, Lowe.

Concensus of opinion is generally good (on paper)

Was going to say hello but after the rugger and hectors inspirational post I think I will just slip back into oblivion ☹️
Ps she’s here at the moment 😡