Sofia Xx that’s true

@@mollypreen2481 you mean that WR finally allowed them into the public domain...

746 international matches in England's history. Probably 500 have footage somewhere in some archive. That's 40,000. 670hrs, nearly a month. Come on England Rugby make it happen.

Mother Nature must be loving it too mate!

100% true

@Ribeye Demon it's not though

It is the manliest sport, so to speak. Depends how you define Masculinity but by the typical definition it is a very manly sport.

Patrick Samphire Thank god it didn’t affect the outcome!

I know, his hand was so clearly underneath the ball. I think they spotted it in the commentary I watched at the time, but no one seemed to bat an eye in this

@@jackyarrow9442 Said this in the pub at the time, no-one agreed. Glad I'm not alone. Begs the question of what are people looking at.

clear knock on by the 11 in the build up to the penalty also.

Healy knew that as you can see not really celebrating the try.

I'd imagine how you're playing now helps haha. Grand slam 2023 I reckon. Good luck

Hey look at you guys now! I have you tipped for grand slam winners and perhaps a record best World Cup finish… good luck!

was late, as the commentator said, he only did it to rough earls up, he had no chance of getting the ball

@@Kennedy927 Nope, at normal speed, when he committed to the tackle, Earls still had the ball in hand so he had every right to attempt the tackle. Can't pull out of it in a fraction of a second. Everything looks late in slo mo. He wrapped his arms and tackled Earls below his shoulder. It looked worse than it was because Earls was on one leg cos he had just kicked the ball, so he went over like a tackle bag. Just a very good hard tackle and there's nothing against that in the rules even if you'd like there to be. Garces is just a home town ref and everyone knows it. Commentator saying he didn't need to make the tackle was just brainless. The same could be said of any offensive tackle. Oh and it wasn't an attempted charge down so he wasn't trying to get the ball.

England come on

Ribeye Demon No thanks. New Zealand Semi Final was a far bigger occasion.

It is on KZfaq!

Ribeye Demon We only seem to be posting matches we’ve won 😂🤷🏻‍♂️👌🏼

Definetely a thing of beauty

Just seen some of Englands games from 2003-2010, and the level of creativity then compared to now is absolutely insane. Nowadays England just plays with big forwards and capitalize on opposition mistakes- not creating anything themselves. That's why I don't watch England.

if a tad forward...

@@billbonnington7916 It wasn't, it's the momentum , both player were moving forward and Slade's pass goes backward

@@imanton_20 at no stage does the ball even appear to go backward - even under the new rules, Slades hands are not moving backward, he releases the ball between 3 and 4 meters behid the half way line, and May catches the ball slightly beyond it. If you play the tape from 1:27:26 and pause, then use the > key to move it frame by frame, I think you may change your mind.

Bill Bonnington Yes but the ball moves forward because of the momentum, slade’s intention is clearly to pass it backwards and you see it with his hands and hip movement. That’s why referees had no problem with it

The pass is looked at relative to the players not the ground. If the players werent moving and the ball was passed in the same way then it's fine. The pass is backwards relative to the players and therefore it's fine. If every pass was judged relative to the ground then half the passes ever made while running would be forward. The ref knew this straight away and decided not to check the pass. We'll all just have to agree to disagree as it appears everyone sees it differently.

And then completely bottled it in the Final against the Saffas. Still angers me to this day. Game was lost in the first 15 mins.

@@pattate1246 I dont know if they really bottled it but were rather emotionally spent and frankly SA saved their best game until the last.

... but a year later Henshaw on May was fine. Go figure.

Yep. Superb winger.Has all the skills . Excellent consistency, which is unquestionable.

And look at you now

George Stannett ikr its piss annoying ahah

Most English person on that commentary team is 50% Welsh. Says it all.

George stannett ikr it's so annnoying he does it most England games he commentates on

It's on KZfaq already

They don’t have license

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fctxebNzy7OXj5c.html

Good shout Margaret!

Great to see it on you tube. Thanks for that Douglas.

KEEP CALM AND BOX ON My condolences. Fantastic match to watch live.

May’s try was clearly grounded

Contrast to Henshaw's late hit on May this year.

Veets Geez yeah,but picture him jumping around yelling “it’s a-me,Mario!”

Saying names is pretty much all a commentator needs to do. He doesn't even need to memorise them. How someone can repeatedly fail with the single component of their job is beyond me.

@@darthmong7196 i fully agree that he should have got itoje's name right, but that's a ludicrous way to describe commentary.

OK it's not the sole requirement - Hearing Jiffy struggling after Andrew Cotter disappeared against France in 2013 kind of reinforces how it's more than just reciting names. But it's kind of like going to war with guns and the wrong ammo.

Awful commentary, far too much needless & irrelevant waffle, almost as bad as Miles Harrison.

Yep, in this game only. He does have the odd good game, but it doesn't make up for all the howlers. After nearly 100 caps he should be consistently good every game.

Limey Turtle or at least decent. The Boks at the WC read him incredibly well,managed to get under his skin and frustrate him enough that he looked like he would be in England rather than in a World Cup final.

Ben Youngs is quality but there's always competition for SH, he's been great for England for years IMO

Your Ma hahahahaha good joke

i think he'd be better as a centre, he hasn't got much of a look in against may and watson and with tuilagi out i think he could be our first choice 13 for a year or so

@Ribeye Demon xD not hard to work out

Earls is always like that. Constant Irish (and Welsh and Scots) ruining the international game. Once upon a time one word from a player and it was back 10 yds. With Biggar in the team Wales would never get out of their own half. But those days are gone.

When all else fails talk about last year!

I am going to show you where it went wrong. Check out this kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pa6kd7eTnL3VqoU.html

that’s on KZfaq just search up England Ireland full match 2019

Delighted 4 years on your pants got everything you deserve and more to follow

Bob Smith French ref,French refereeing. They let go stuff that would be carded by any other referee and card players for non existing infractions. And let’s not get started on rucks or scrums. No-man’s land really.

Diego Lepenne still don’t know how the first Irish try was given as well... Mako’s hand is so clearly underneath

Naah they're very good blokes after the whistle. For sure they're from jealous sheep shaggers.

I thought It was James Martin the tv chef and Dara o'brien the comedian commentating

I think this year was still overshadowed by it.

Slade was behind the ball when it was kicked.

@@stephenreeds3672 it’s a 50/50 call really but I think he’s offside

brandon :p you betcha

It's been the same since the beginning of sports. Referees are blind.