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Originally Posted by iadom
To be honest it was a very poor performance from England, lots of handling errors, countless turnovers, lost line outs etc. A far worse display than the England football team put up against Turkey. 
Samoa did play very well though.
Cannot see England getting past the All Blacks or the Wallabies. |
Agreed. I saw Martin Johnson afterwards and he clearly recognised the team fell short of expectations. It seems the first half, though I didn't see it, was appalling, many errors, maybe they underestimated the Samoan team. Francis Pinnaer thought the Samoans did play well and might indeed give the Springboks trouble.
Nevertheless, the English team won and it really was hard work, can't compare it to the England v Turkey soccer match, no way, it was movement and possession, the English had the possession for most of the game but made too many errors.
Australia or New Zealand, who knows? Perhaps if a game comes they may play much better. Certainly, English rugby team can do it.
http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/
