Wales tortured at Twickers
4 Aug 2007
England gave their World Cup hopes a boost when they destroyed Wales 62-5 at Twickenham.
This “friendly” (sold to the public as a Test) told us nothing we didn’t know already. England’s pack can match any in the world, but their backs are pretty ordinary. Wales were awful in the Six Nations and judging by today’s effort they’ve spent the off-season improving their tans.
Wales’s pack was understrength, but they will still be embarrassed at how they were pummelled by the Poms. Six of England’s nine tries came from the forwards, who mauled like they were up against local club players called in to help at training.
The tone was set when England scored twice in the opening quarter through No 8 Nick Easter. The first came after a break by scrumhalf Shaun Perry down the blindside and the second from a 5m line-out and subsequent driving maul.
Wilkinson uncharacteristically missed two of his first three shots at goal, including an early penalty, but helped set up England’s third try when he broke two tackles inside Wales’ 22. The forwards cleaned up quickly and second-rower Steve Borthwick barged over. Wilkinson added the conversion and slotted a penalty soon after to make it 22-0.
England’s dominance continued after half-time when Easter was driven over for his hat-trick. Perry then finally claimed one for the backs, although it was the forwards who helped him across.
At this point England were leading 36-0, but Wales hit back when winger Daffyd James found himself on the end of a rare overlap and scored in the corner.
The biggest cheer of the day came when Lawrence Dallaglio replaced Easter midway through the second half, and the World Cup winner repaid the fans support with England’s sixth try.
Perry then scored his second to bring up 50 points, before Jason Robinson and Mathew Tait completed the rout with another two touchdowns.
England –Tries: Nick Easter (3), Steve Borthwick, Shaun Perry (2), Lawrence Dallaglio, Jason Robinson, Mathew Tait. Conversions: Jonny Wilkinson (7). Penalty: Wilkinson.
Wales – Try: Dafydd James.
By Simon Borchardt
600 Comments
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5 Aug 2007, 07:01 am
morning Pietman; gents; I see Big H is back; I predict the pom media will be all over themselves with this result; the favourite words being “brutal” and “unleash”
5 Aug 2007, 07:15 am
jb
Hello.
Yes,but come next Saturday, then they’ll be sipping cold tea again!
5 Aug 2007, 07:20 am
going 4 a surf now; catch up later; check out the webcam on magicseaweed; cracking conditions and good swell
5 Aug 2007, 07:26 am
jb
Enjoy!
5 Aug 2007, 08:16 am
#345 pietman good luck but every team is saying that.yes we have an ace up our sleeve or you aint seen nothing yet. What after the AB’s beat your A team at home from behind did the boks have some sort of revelation and now have come back with super extra ordinary powers over a couple of weeks. Jake maybe a wily fox, but Henrys the man on the horse with the bugle and the hounds on the scent are doing the Haka.
5 Aug 2007, 08:17 am
Talking about extraordinary powers does anybody know how the drug testing works under the IRB?
5 Aug 2007, 08:36 am
#310 – someone forgot Ireland altogether who have clearly got a better backline than Australia.
Lets not read too much into the result – England are ordinary at best and the Boks will crush them next month. Wales were a disgrace to the jersey and don’t even deserve to gain caps for what was nothing more than a glorified training run for the Poms. Sure they have a big pack but the Boks at full tilt will more than match them, plus we have a true playmaker at 12 not a league plodder who can only run straight and don’t forget Habana the ultimate game-breaker. The English are fooling nobody. Brian Ashton has been found out, he was the great white hope of English rugby, the man to end their stone-age forward-based game and turn their backs into wizards. Has he done that? No he’s reverted to type. Funny.
5 Aug 2007, 08:45 am
Aaaaaaaah ignore my first comment – have just read #310 properly!
5 Aug 2007, 08:46 am
jonnyman-never forget the Irish. If there is to be an upset this WC it will come from them.
5 Aug 2007, 08:48 am
#311 chch..it is difficult to be perfect all the time.
5 Aug 2007, 08:48 am
England play France next week as a warm up WOW
5 Aug 2007, 09:19 am
Now the english think they are going to win world cup
5 Aug 2007, 09:24 am
I was at the game – understrength or not wales got it up the *@# and england put in a very convincing performance whichis beginning to worry me forour pool game in just over a month
5 Aug 2007, 09:35 am
#347 – Something like the cob-webs in the AB WC trophy cupboard – No?
5 Aug 2007, 09:56 am
Big Hit
Where ever you are. I hope you can read this and it helps shut you up until your lame team gets knocked out of the RWC. South African odds of winning the RWC 4/1; England odds 20/1. DEAL WITH IT!!!!
5 Aug 2007, 10:00 am
“JJ Harmse of Rapport says that the new quota will be a minimum of SIX quota nonwhites in the team, and than any quota nonwhite with three or more test caps won’t be part of the 6-man quota any more.
So, if a quota player is good enough to earn a fourth test cap, his quota place must be filled by a new black quota, meaning that the team will now have seven black players in it: the compulsory 6 quotas and the seventh, now “off-quotaâ€, former quota player.
There must be a minumum of 4 black players on the field at any point in the game.
In practice, this will result in a minimum of 12 black players.
Well, forget about the top 5 ranking”
Tackler.
Wonder when the rest of the Rugby playing nations will step in and stop this blatant NEW RASISM called transformation. Its not transformation its breaking down values that is dear to us, the once proud Springbok is on the altaar, for greedy , vindictive politicians.
What can the IRB do? Well FIFA didnt hesitate to suspend the current Euro champion Greece after thier government sticked his nose into soccer.
Its time for the Rugby World to stand up and be counted.
5 Aug 2007, 10:08 am
Tackler, you conveniently forget Henry won the 2005 Tri Nations on bonus points. Criticise him for that like you criticise White.
SB. They need to transform from the ground up and that has been acknowledged. I believe the “3 caps” nonsense is scaremongering by JJ.
5 Aug 2007, 10:25 am
england v france ….home and away over the next twoo weeks will give a better impression of englands strengths, that was a decidely understrength welsh side, let hold judgement till then, personally i hope england play well in both games it will stop any chances of south africa being over confident in the paris match.
5 Aug 2007, 10:26 am
#366 superBul– I’m with you on this one- what can we all do?
raven thank god the Webb Ellis is a small cup as there aint much room left in the AB cabinet and no room for cobwebs. Hows your Glamour Draw going?
5 Aug 2007, 10:27 am
dalek…..england soundly beat south africa in 2006 ……won by 3 points against our b team, puts a new perspective on the word soundly!
5 Aug 2007, 10:30 am
oops sorry it was 2 points ….23 – 21
5 Aug 2007, 10:41 am
wilkie is the Mardonna off rugby look at those cheeky kicks
5 Aug 2007, 10:43 am
Guys
you can look at it any way you wish but the draw certainly favours OZ, SA & England.
They’ll all make the semis without having played more than one decent game.
France, Ireland and Arg will all play at least 2 maybe 3 hard matches (depending on who comes second in group D and meets NZ in quarters)
Even NZ will have a decent quarter-final opponent
and could easily lose to any of the three.
(ok they’d be favourites but still very possible)
So form teams will not necessarily be the semi finalists. Kinda makes mockery of the whole thing?
But if France, Arg, Ire or even NZ lift the cup they’ll deserve it more than others
5 Aug 2007, 11:24 am
“This “friendly†(sold to the public as a Test) told us nothing we didn’t know already.”
South Africa will be facing Australia in the 1/4 finals based on England pomping SA in the groups.
5 Aug 2007, 11:25 am
USA v BOKS Montpellier. I have 4 tickets for sale. email; wjranderson@yahoo.se
5 Aug 2007, 11:52 am
Wallabie – it looks then your time will be up in the 1/4 finals.
Either or England or the Boks will smash you okes. When last did you play well in the NH?
5 Aug 2007, 12:29 pm
wallabie, running scared of the poms so much you would rather have the boks
5 Aug 2007, 12:30 pm
aussie or wales …..same result = win for boks
5 Aug 2007, 12:46 pm
Problem for Oz is they have no depth. One or two front line players get injured & that is it, competition over.
5 Aug 2007, 13:04 pm
You guys go on about your depth ****!!!
Your depth got beat on tour…lose the idea gents…shake out of that hallucination of yours/
5 Aug 2007, 13:09 pm
No Wallabie, our depth almost beat your first stringers…
But it is carte blanche at the RWC, looking forward to the games…
5 Aug 2007, 13:09 pm
wallabie,what have you done today to better the circumstances of the aborigine people?what are your thoughts on their bad treatment?
5 Aug 2007, 13:11 pm
At least the English have meaningfull opposition (Wales and France)in these final weeks before the WC.
NZ have nothing.
SA have Namibia.
I think their preparation is more desirable.
5 Aug 2007, 13:13 pm
So what does this tell us?
Exactly what i have been saying all along,
lets not go into the WC thinking we will beat England, coz we all know that Saffas being the favorites is never a good recipe.
Their pack is still strong, as ours.
their backs are still plain, as ours.
I think this was good for us, had England narrowly won we would have walked into the WC overconfident and have lost.
Least now we know we have to put in a big game to whip the poms, and that our forwards will have to be super agressive.
good game tho, thought the poms have made good strides in getting better, still dont think they can challenge for the cup tho
5 Aug 2007, 13:18 pm
The Bill #379.
Aussie have never had real depth in Rugby. Their Elite Athletes get spread over 4 codes of footy………………still hasn’t stopped them being the most successful WC Team ever has it!.
They will be there or thereabouts come Q-finals and finals. And whoever plays them will know they will have to at their best to prevail.
5 Aug 2007, 13:25 pm
Was watching the telly with the GF when I saw the new Springbok RWC advert.
Whoever approved that advert needs to be shot at dawn. Talk about embarrassment!
I nearly fell off the chair LOL. We couldn’t decide which super hero they resembled so we settled on teenage mutant ninja turtles.
Cowabunga dudes
5 Aug 2007, 13:25 pm
The fact is, England are back and the pool of players available to them is amazing.
5 Aug 2007, 13:25 pm
382
What have guys done for the betterment for the black population…the same people you tortured, killed and abused in the past.
Some would say that this abuse continues on SA farms.
I would say you have done nothing….the majority government has been dumped with this problem and the whities are resisting this change.
I am not including sport here.
5 Aug 2007, 13:26 pm
384
Our backs aren’t average
9. Perry – excellent
10. Wilkinson – excellent
11. Robinson – excellent
12. Catt – excellent Farrell – ****
13. Hipkiss – needs more ball
14. Strettle – good, Lewsey – excellent
15. Cueto – excellent
Our backs just need the ball and a good 12.
5 Aug 2007, 13:28 pm
381
“Almost” does not take the candy home…mate!
It was 17-0 and then it was one way traffic….jake white employed a game plan to limit damage…he cannot do so at WC time….winner takes all!
This is where SA will struggle because there whole game plan till now has been defensive (keep scores low) but the problem will be once the Boks go behind on the scoreboard.
5 Aug 2007, 13:31 pm
wallabie actually a lot.i am busy in the creation of lowcost housing about 3 days a week.i also donated some money for some black kids from soweto to go and play rugga in bethlehem.click my nick and check it out.
truganini
namatjiro
5 Aug 2007, 13:31 pm
#387 Big Hit,
Why does England have so many geriatrics in the side. I mean your No8 Dayglo is 36 years old!!
5 Aug 2007, 13:35 pm
329 Lions,
only 7 teams have a realistic chance
5 Aug 2007, 13:36 pm
#389 Quote of the day
“Hipkiss – needs more ball”
Hahahahaha.
5 Aug 2007, 13:43 pm
Princess and Fantial,
Just found the site … ‘old friends’ .. been out of NZ for 9 years so very handy
cheers
5 Aug 2007, 13:46 pm
Wallabie
This is uncalled for mate. I don’t go on Australian sites and remind Australians about the killings of Aborigines…
I respect your knowledge about the game and appreciate the banter in good spirit, but leave such political concerns out of the equation please.
5 Aug 2007, 13:50 pm
Hello Varing
Vertel hom my maat!!
5 Aug 2007, 13:52 pm
Willie
Hoe gaan dit ou Kleinbaaier?
Dankie dat jy gister bygestaan het met Jet, jacaranda en daai ander lot van Pta- VerWes!
5 Aug 2007, 13:54 pm
373 Flametop,
The mere fact that someone can talk about deserving it more shows how much the World Cup has become an over rated event which apparently decides who is the greatest. The winner of the World Cup will be the winner of the world cup tournament.
Save rugby … value all games
5 Aug 2007, 13:55 pm
376 The Bill,
Do Either have a stonger yeam than England?
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