England v Wales ... 6 Nations

[Niigata Jack]

Ref failed to pick up on three clear forward passes Dyer bumped whilst in the air causing him to land in touch and the Ref's failure to pull them up for clear offsides at ruck time, Genge turning his head into Assiratti head which caused him to pop up.

I think Chessum's yellow should have been upgrade to red as well, he clearly went in to contact with his shoulder with no attempt to tackle with his arms, never mind any mitigation it looked clear as daylight.

Our set pieces need serious work though, lineout and the scrum and why continually kick to Steward, Tomas Williams looked quality last week, but he had a platform didn't have that luxury today and suffered for it, his Gary Owen at the last knocking's killed us, if there was a time to kick it long it was then.

Young inexperienced squad will learn from that, played two lost two, by a point last week after a superb second half and lost by two today at Twickers, Gats knows what he's doing its there for all to see in my opinion, next generation is being groomed in earnest by a canny Nez Zealander the wily old fox that is Warren Gatland and long may it continue.

Swans won away as well, the future is red and white

 

[waynekerr55]

Inexperience cost us. Jac Morgan and Faletau to come back so not all bad

 

[Niigata Jack]

Inexperience cost us. Jac Morgan and Faletau to come back so not all bad

England were up in our faces fast, offside more often than not to in my opinion, Humphries needs to earn his corn and get the scrum sorted and our set piece in general Tomas Williams had a tough time Saturday, it was a tough day and a tough ask, but there were times when we could have moved the ball a bit quicker out to the wings, massive learning curve for the new team, which can only benefit them.

Thought Wainwright proved his worth at 8 and Reffell and Mann were superb, be a shame if any of those three were replaced IMO.