Wales v England in the EGG

[old blue]

Absolutely gutting result. The difference in the end was that England didn't seem to make a single error while attacking so while we gave away good positions they seemed to score every time they came into our 22. This not strictly true due to some absolutely incredibly brave and skillful turnovers.

Sam, Moriarty, Biggar all had heroic games. Gutted for Cuthbert who made just two errors in such a big game when so many were worried about him being in the 6 nations squad. It's always uphill when they bring on 3-4 genuine try scorers and in return we bring on a number 8 who isn't up to full speed and a scrum-half.

Going into the game I think many were concerned that this would be revenge for 30-3 but it feels a little more like revenge for the World Cup game. There was a brief single moment where I felt like the cards were in our favour and 40 seconds later an incorrect decision made and the game is lost.

Thing is people like you will always look for a scapegoat, ie in this case Cuthbert, it happens in football where one player always seems to be at fault. We lacked today a footballing 12, where England didn't, the ball went to Jonathon Davies and he put a woeful kick in, if it had gone to touch we would have been organised, but lets blame Cuthbert?

[jon1959]

Thing is people like you will always look for a scapegoat, ie in this case Cuthbert, it happens in football where one player always seems to be at fault. We lacked today a footballing 12, where England didn't, the ball went to Jonathon Davies and he put a woeful kick in, if it had gone to touch we would have been organised, but lets blame Cuthbert?

I read surge's post as anything but scapegoating Cuthbert. Just the opposite.

[Eric Cartman]

Thing is people like you will always look for a scapegoat, ie in this case Cuthbert, it happens in football where one player always seems to be at fault. We lacked today a footballing 12, where England didn't, the ball went to Jonathon Davies and he put a woeful kick in, if it had gone to touch we would have been organised, but lets blame Cuthbert?

If Wales were coached to kick for touch in that situation then there wouldn't have been a left footer standing there. Not Davies fault. Not Cuthberts fault either. Reality is, Biggar had an amazing game, but the good things he does have almost nothing to do with being a fly half, just to clarify - not Biggar's fault either. We scored 16 points, when you score 16 points you lose, we were all over them the first 15 minutes of the second half and tied it 3-3 - the game wasn't lost there but it could have been won. Idiots on twitter are creaming their pants about Cuthbert's crap yardage of 3 yards on 7 carries but I am pretty sure he took 3 kick offs and went backwards which is hardly his fault.