England take an early 5 - 0 lead
Come on England, kill them off!
England score their second try, converted & lead 12 - 0
COYW!!
What nonsense wearing the 1986 football shirt colours.
England score their 3rd try, converted, leading 19 - 3
Same old Argentina, trying every trick in the book to rile, annoy, intimidate. Can't stand their sports teams.
Quote from: Jim© on July 18, 2026, 09:02:55 PMSame old Argentina, trying every trick in the book to rile, annoy, intimidate. Can't stand their sports teams.
Hoping Spain give them a good hiding tomorrow.
England holding on. Sound familiar?
Also, Argentina's kit is a replica of the 1986 football WC winning kit.
Fair play to the ref, he's not been swayed by the crowd or antics.
The crowd has gone very very quiet ::scarf::
I hope the ref & VAR officials have decent security with them.
England 31 - Argentina 24
that's the way to deal with the wretched upstarts
End of
Thank you & good night!
What a mad match that was?
I was hoping for a big punch up at the final whistle so we could win the fight as well!
Well done England, ended up with 13 players on the pitch and they still couldn't beat us. 🏴
It has been generally thought that rugby refs are better by the way that they discuss their decisions which can be heard by all. Perhaps it was because it was the Argies buts I thought that he was completely over the top last night especially with that final contraversial try which was finally disallowed denying Argentina a possible draw.either it was in play or not when grounded but the number of replays which were shown did not add to the evidence or alter the final decision. On the night some of our off the ball antics did nothing for our reputations and in fairness were picked up by sharp eyed VAR.
It was a very good game, some good tries, a little bit of niggle,
Ref. definitely wanted to give the last try,
but fair play TMO for sticking too his guns.
Handshakes between teams at the end, as it should be.
Quote from: john dempsey on July 19, 2026, 10:37:35 AMIt was a very good game, some good tries, a little bit of niggle,
Ref. definitely wanted to give the last try,
but fair play TMO for sticking too his guns.
Handshakes between teams at the end, as it should be.
I agree and we turned them over on their own patch.
They bring the worst out of opponents with their unsportsman like behaviour.
But the realised that they could not
Push us around as we gave them a rough physical
ride and slapped a few bottoms in the process.
That's how you deal with them, not turning the other cheek because they will come back for more.
They soon realised that if they try and front up against us they will get a sore face.
In the end it was men against boys.
Even when we were reduced to 13 after 2 of our guys got sin binned they still couldn't beat us.
Quote from: AnotherVicHalomLoveChild on July 18, 2026, 10:36:06 PMEngland 31 - Argentina 24
that's the way to deal with the wretched upstarts
End of
Thank you & good night!
Absolutely
Then their manager calls us disrespectful for celebrating the win, during press conference he asked England to make less noise, but didn't wait, he got up and walked out. Shame.
Quote from: alfie on July 19, 2026, 12:47:04 PMThen their manager calls us disrespectful for celebrating the win, during press conference he asked England to make less noise, but didn't wait, he got up and walked out. Shame.
Alfie,
They have no grace, no shame, no dignity.
Bad losers and bad winners.
They have always been like that since the year Dot, and they will never ever change.
They remind me of a Dog that keeps returning back to its own vomit.
Well I would humbly suggest that their Malvinas banner was seriously disrespectful. No class at all.
As someone said earlier, no class:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/articles/cn4nvx0zxzqo
To be fair lots of countries don't
have much time or love for the English.
Quote from: john dempsey on July 19, 2026, 02:42:02 PMTo be fair lots of countries don't
have much time or love for the English.
I've travelled widely and lived abroad and I have to say I can never recall encountering any anti-British sentiments. Not saying it doesn't exist, but "lots of countries"? I suspect that's slight exaggeration.
It is a pity that so many people conflate British and English.
Quote from: Southcoastffc on July 19, 2026, 09:02:11 PMIt is a pity that so many people conflate British and English.
I agree
I am English first and British second but every form I fill in says I am from the UK
No, I am not
I AM ENGLISH
The Welsh and Scottish can have their own Parliament, why cant we
Why cant we have a separatist movement?
I do not conflate English and British I am British and proud of it. However my post regarding lack of anti sentiment would apply equally to the English element of GB.
Quote from: sunburywhite on July 19, 2026, 09:27:16 PMQuote from: Southcoastffc on July 19, 2026, 09:02:11 PMIt is a pity that so many people conflate British and English.
I agree
I am English first and British second but every form I fill in says I am from the UK
No, I am not
I AM ENGLISH
The Welsh and Scottish can have their own Parliament, why cant we
Why cant we have a separatist movement?
No nationalistic intention here, but 'Jerusalem'., should be sung at English national team sporting events.
The Welsh and Scots have two great anthems. Nothing better than hearing 'Land of My Fathers' or 'Flower of Scotland' belted out on a cold winter Six Nations afternoon.
Quote from: Twig on July 19, 2026, 08:52:27 PMQuote from: john dempsey on July 19, 2026, 02:42:02 PMTo be fair lots of countries don't
have much time or love for the English.
I've travelled widely and lived abroad and I have to say I can never recall encountering any anti-British sentiments. Not saying it doesn't exist, but "lots of countries"? I suspect that's slight exaggeration.
Yet again you twist the post,
I stated English, not British.