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bayonet · 03-02-2008, 08:27

Well if England had taken their chances first half they would have been out of sight and Wales would have been looking at a 50 point stuffing. Strettle was a prime example where he had Sackey tearing up on his outside and he chose to go inside and kick. Can't afford to do that in international rugby these days. As far as insulting the Welsh team it's called reality sit back and look at the game again and see the difference 2nd half. The Welsh seemed to have self belief 2nd half got a bit more ball and added to some abysmal decision making by England pulled the game around. The expression "bossing the game" did not come to mind about the Welsh team. Read Gatland's comment on the bbc this morning here http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugb...sh/7224562.stm Problem with us Welsh is we're world beaters after one game and that's our Achilles heel. We start talking about another golden era and then we go and lose to Italy or Outer Mongolia. This is where Gatland and Shaun Edwards earn their coin by keeping the Welsh team's feet on the ground. The Scotland vs France game is going to be interesting today as Scotland might spring a few surprises. Can't understand how they didn't start with Chris Paterson still Nicki Walker is another Osprey...............we're everywhere these days.

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bayonet cf.addict Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Swansea Age: 71 Services: 152Mb 2AC Superhub XL TV with TIVO Posts: 420	Re: Rugby Union Well if England had taken their chances first half they would have been out of sight and Wales would have been looking at a 50 point stuffing. Strettle was a prime example where he had Sackey tearing up on his outside and he chose to go inside and kick. Can't afford to do that in international rugby these days. As far as insulting the Welsh team it's called reality sit back and look at the game again and see the difference 2nd half. The Welsh seemed to have self belief 2nd half got a bit more ball and added to some abysmal decision making by England pulled the game around. The expression "bossing the game" did not come to mind about the Welsh team. Read Gatland's comment on the bbc this morning here http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugb...sh/7224562.stm Problem with us Welsh is we're world beaters after one game and that's our Achilles heel. We start talking about another golden era and then we go and lose to Italy or Outer Mongolia. This is where Gatland and Shaun Edwards earn their coin by keeping the Welsh team's feet on the ground. The Scotland vs France game is going to be interesting today as Scotland might spring a few surprises. Can't understand how they didn't start with Chris Paterson still Nicki Walker is another Osprey...............we're everywhere these days.