Missed the sending off which was very early on, but England really dominated the match despite being a man down!What a game. Easily our best performance under Borthwick.
George Ford, take a bow.
As a Scotland supporter, I feel very nervous indeed right now...
Good first half for Scotland restricting it to 6-3, but they fell away badly after the break. South Africa look good!We’re doing not too badly at all just now!
Good first half for Scotland restricting it to 6-3, but they fell away badly after the break. South Africa look good!
Sadly, they certainly did!Let’s not talk about the second half! Where that South African team emerged from was a mystery but they deserved the win
I expect Fiji will be seething with that result. Between knocking on over the tryline twice, several calls going against them from the referee, and then Radradra fumbling the ball in clear space near the tryline on the final play.Another fantastic game, Fiji very unlucky at the end.
Wales deserved the win though. Dan Biggar on fine form.
England 34 Japan 12. Quite scrappy at times, but England took control towards the end! A fourth try, in the last minute, produced a bonus point.
Lawes seemed to think it had been knocked on, and hesitated before touching down!Great assist from Joe Marler for Courtney Lawes' try though.
Several of us were watching it in the pub, and we all thought it had gone forward!Lawes seemed to think it had been knocked on, and hesitated before touching down!
Well, as a Scotland supporter, we've been shafted from the get-go in this pool!I'm finally back down off the ceiling after the Ireland-SA match last night. We proved our mettle against the best once again but all it probably means is that, if we beat Scotland, we would face the ABs in the quarters instead of France. And we've never been beyond the quarters before...
THC
We don’t need four tries against Ireland if we can prevent them getting the losing bonus point. Both teams would be on 14 and the first tie breaker is head to head.Well, as a Scotland supporter, we've been shafted from the get-go in this pool!
We've got to beat Tonga with a BP, Romania with a BP and then Ireland with a BP (denying them a losing BP) to stand any chance of escape...
England beat Chile 71-0 to reach the Quarter Finals of the World Cup! They cannot now finish below second place in their group, even if they lose their final group game against Samoa.