England down brave Georgia
18 Sep 2011
England claimed a 41-10 win over Georgia, but it was not as convincing as the scoreline suggests.
Martin Johnson will be concerned after England’s start to this World Cup campaign. It took a late try from scrumhalf Ben Youngs to snatch a win against Argentina in their tournament opener. They achieved the goal of a bonus-point win in their next fixture against Georgia, but the manner of their total performance will be worrying.
England’s overall display against the rapidly improving European minnows was substandard – a contrast of the 84-6 drubbing achieved the last time these two teams met in 2003. In the first half, Georgia had an 80% territorial advantage while England were far too errant on defence. England performed better in the second half, but it took a while for them to hit their straps. If it wasn’t for the poor goal kicking from flyhalf Merab Kvirikashvili (who missed five from seven, including three in front of the posts) and Georgia’s poor finishing, the scoreline would’ve been far more respectable and a more accurate summary.
Three of Kvirikashvili’s misses came in the first stanza, which could’ve secured an early lead and a huge psychological boost. But instead, Georgia found themselves 14-0 behind after inside centre Shontayne Hape grabbed a double in the first quarter – both converted by pivot Toby Flood.
After Flood and Kvirikashvili traded penalties, the rest of the half belonged to Georgia. They spent majority of that period in England’s red zone, and were only restricted by their own lack of composure on attack and the ill-discipline of their opponents. Referee Jonathan Kaplan eventually sin binned hooker Dylan Hartley for a professional foul, and No 8 Dimitri Basilaia capitalised from the following scrum for the half-time score to read 17-10.
Georgia continued their brave display in the second half, but England’s superior individual quality was enough to see off their fight. Tries from Delon Armitage, Manu Tuilagi and Chris Ashton (2) sealed victory, but Johnson will know a similar performance against a stronger team could’ve very well ended in defeat.
By Gareth Duncan
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18 Sep 2011, 14:22 pm
Oh yes I will.
18 Sep 2011, 14:22 pm
@cane(cane)-198:
Judge for themselves. Is that the best you can do cane. Come on big boy, man up and give it horns.
18 Sep 2011, 14:23 pm
@Great White Shark(Predawn)-194: @Johan_Goosen_best_nr10_the_world_will_ever_see(p0ppa69)-193:
What the phuuck has Malema got to do with YOUR stupidity?
18 Sep 2011, 14:23 pm
Takes more than a couple of racist bigoted pigs to keep me away.
18 Sep 2011, 14:25 pm
@Dawn(Dawn)-201:
Hi Babe,
8)
18 Sep 2011, 14:25 pm
@cane(cane)-203:
Man up cane. Stop sidestepping.
18 Sep 2011, 14:27 pm
Dawn will you please accept my friend request on fb?
18 Sep 2011, 14:27 pm
@Great White Shark(Predawn)-206: Listen, whether you posted her details here or Fern did, you both had a good old chuckle at her expense, discussing her Facebook pic like the “men” you are. That’s there for all to see. And I know you’re embarrassed about this now, but just be a man and say sorry. This defensive ploy only makes you look worse.
18 Sep 2011, 14:29 pm
@Great White Shark(Predawn)-202:
“Come on big boy, man up and give it horns”.
Man up.
Give it horns.
Big Boy.
Is that really what makes a man.
Really.
Really.
18 Sep 2011, 14:39 pm
@cane(cane)-209:
Do you want the obvious answer?
18 Sep 2011, 14:41 pm
@>^..^< katman(katman)-208:
Hey did I leave my webcam on because you clearly can see my expression..duh.
Did I say hahahaha and lol.
18 Sep 2011, 14:42 pm
@Johan_Goosen_best_nr10_the_world_will_ever_see(p0ppa69)-207:
Fark that was funny.
18 Sep 2011, 14:48 pm
@Great White Shark(Predawn)-212: There you go again, you little arsewipe. Chuckling along. If you’re part of the conversation, part of the “joke” it matters not which bits you posted and which bits that Fernturd did. The lot of you (including this Goosen guy) are equally low class.
18 Sep 2011, 14:53 pm
@>^..^< katman(katman)-213:
I love it. This is what makes blogging so great. Little pisswillies that fluff themselves up and push their sunken chests out on a blog..getting all flustered over tripe.
Johan Goosen has a sense of humour and you whiney girls are all so full of your own sense of false importance and false bravado that you won’t see it. Careful you might fall off your chair from the excitement.
18 Sep 2011, 15:21 pm
scum like this piece of white trash will never own up to anything .., let alone the fact that he rode shotgun on riot police vehicles proud of his superior white trash heritage aiming at maiming innocent people because they have different shape noses or different color skin to him and attempting to ethnically eradicate this country of her own indigenous inhabitants whilst marveling at the pseudo sense of humor of one of his likewise limited halfwitted racist white brotherhood broerders in the stryd at attempting to keep this country racially divided by scum white **** like these…
Piece of trash scum the lowest rung of ANY human are these feeble little runtcunt snakes at the bottom rung of humanity, idiots like Malema put moron fucked up white scum faced garbage like these in the shade when it comes to comparing any level of moral humanity,.
18 Sep 2011, 16:39 pm
@ashampoopaloo(joel1yahoo)-215:
Trolls are everywhere. This one seems the worst. There are signs of a dysfunctional personality there.
I hope you get the medical treatment that you richly deserve. Get well soon.
18 Sep 2011, 16:49 pm
@ashampoopaloo(joel1yahoo)-215:
I say, ashpoopaloo old bean, does the irony of you calling other people low lives or scum while using the kind of gutter language you insist on using continue to escape you?
I realise you’re quite a passionate chap and you seem to take yourself very seriously on these blogs . . .but you’d be well advised to ameliorate your language somewhat. Remember, profanity is the first sign of a limited vocabulary and a poor education.
Just some friendly advice . . . don’t go having a heart attack now.
18 Sep 2011, 17:05 pm
@Kitchener(Kitchener)-217:
Splendid post. I fear that your benevolent attempt to beacon the nebula of lubricity to a life of propriety will be lost on the ungrammatical irreligionist.
18 Sep 2011, 17:31 pm
@bulsemoer(bulsemoer)-218: huh !
18 Sep 2011, 17:37 pm
@Treehugger(Treehugger)-219:
18 Sep 2011, 20:17 pm
lol, old StM wins the gold medal at the special olympics hands down.
18 Sep 2011, 21:08 pm
don’t you go worrying yourself none about either my state of mental health nor my education status St Michael / Lord Kitchenerection old bean, I reserve my gutter trash vocabulary for those its most profoundly aimed and most pertinently targeted at, perhaps better you and this new online psychological expert bulsemoer stay out the line of fire
18 Sep 2011, 21:18 pm
@ashampoopaloo(joel1yahoo)-222: ” I reserve my gutter trash vocabulary for those its most profoundly aimed and most pertinently targeted at, perhaps better you and this new online psychological expert bulsemoer stay out the line of fire”
Chrissakes, your online ego is rampant. You take yourself far too seriously on keo… A real online “African” Warrior aren’t you…
Numbnut
18 Sep 2011, 21:22 pm
Looking back at all the “controversy” I must say there is a fair degree of “local” oh so superior hypocrisy going on here that is a bit pathetic… Some of you need to stop taking your online “lives” so seriously…
18 Sep 2011, 21:26 pm
@ashampoopaloo(joel1yahoo)-222:
The what? The “line of fire” did you say?
Gosh, that sounds a bit dramatic and over the top, old pip. I mean really, what’s the worst that will happen if we choose not to stay out of the “line of fire”. . . you’ll go all purple in the face and start screaming all the naughty words you heard on the playground today? Is that the “line of fire” we should be so afraid of?
Chap, the advice I gave you earlier was sincere and well-meant. If you choose not to follow it then that’s fine . . . but this tough-talking internet hard-man image that you’re trying so hard for is a not actually working . . . although it is quite comical.
18 Sep 2011, 21:58 pm
Good lord old chaps, anybody interested in blogging some good old rugger? After all, the poms, dragons or frogs are warming up to meet us in the final……..
18 Sep 2011, 22:12 pm
@bulsemoer(bulsemoer)-218:
most excellent.
But dont believe, for one minute, that Skop has either “limited vocab” or “a poor education”. His descriptive language is a choice, not one forced upon him through lack of opportunity. Im sure many of us would like to swear like a Marine just the once in our lives.
18 Sep 2011, 22:16 pm
@Heavens Game(Heavens Game)-224:
Ironyman
you fool noone; the most rampant ego here; speaking about yourself in the 3rd-person; a poster hero in your bedroom.
Sing us another one !
18 Sep 2011, 22:18 pm
on the first day there was st mickey, then there was the crooked crouching back viscount, now there’s kitchener in the flesh. Its a miracle.
18 Sep 2011, 22:23 pm
@Black Panther(Black Panther)-228: Ag, grow up, Carly…
As the song goes
“You’re so vain,
You probably think this song is about you”
Well its not… Its not about you… and considering your behaviour yesterday, no credibility whatsoever in any moralising stakes…
18 Sep 2011, 22:27 pm
@Black Panther(Black Panther)-227: Howzat for a lie wrapped in a fib.
18 Sep 2011, 22:31 pm
all i know is this is one splendidly effete englishman with all his tally-ho ramblings and public school floggings (le vice anglaise) – i picture a right royal dandy – quentin queercrisp. We aint seen the daffodil for over 5 years now, which has strangely coincided with a string of english beastings meted out at the hands of the chest-thumping yarpies. oh well, its good to see him back and in fine spirits, which might only last a couple more weeks, but still tally-ho old boy what what.
18 Sep 2011, 22:32 pm
@cab(cab)-232:
18 Sep 2011, 22:46 pm
I think he’s back because the Poms gave Georgia what for. Really made a statement there. The empire strikes back.
19 Sep 2011, 07:13 am
@ashampoopaloo(joel1yahoo)-222:
Cease and desist heathen. I would call you sir but you are no sir.
You are an ignominious little gamin with the social graces of a lazarus.
Your bent beau Master Black Panther plays footsie with a schizophrenic lunatic, who could possibly be a part time serial killer.
Master ashampoolapoodeepoo you are nothing more than offal on the underside of South African society, an underprivileged, mirthless philistine with delusions of self prominence.
Your upbringing was an unmitigated misadventure of the highest order.
To describe you as a deficiency would be singing your praises.
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