My pack is better than your pack...

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So, big game Saturday with alot of bragging rights on offer plus a chance to to see if certain players fit in the respective RWC squads.

Forwards win matches, the backs just decide by how many

How confident are English supporters that their pack can do the job ? Are Welsh players confident that their front row will survive without Smiler ?

What are the guesses for the Forwards selections and how they'll fare against their opponents ?

Munkian no I don't think the English pack will dominate but I think it will have the upperhand overall.

In terms of backrows it really depends on who each team picks.

A backrow of Lydiate,Warburton and Delve would be good though.

The front five of Stevens,Hartley,Cole,Lawes and Palmer would have the upper hand in my opinion.

TheGreyGhost wrote:
Your boys really are getting delusions of grandeur now. "Much like the AB's" You might be wearing all black and fielding a number of Kiwis, but that's exactly where the similarity ends.

OzT wrote:Nothing worse than forwards in the back line when on a good open attack.... except maybe for the last 2 yards crash ball onto the line.

For some reason from your username I had thought you were a saffa yappysnap, obviously from the profile you're English

Yea Smit showed when they can work on Saturday, sadly ours don't seem to understand getting a run up.

As to the name well i don't know where it came from, probably as i play scrummie a lot and talk more then the two teams put together, none of it's usefull though.

yappysnap wrote:
I will of course never liken any team to the AB's again.
Sorry.

I wouldn't go that far. If you could just avoid likening England to NZ, that'd be grand, thanks.

You're not seriously going down the "McCaw is cheat" road again are you? I thought we'd put this one to bed last week after half a dozen uneducated pops turned out to be nothing but hot air and the inability to distinguish McCaw cheating from various other ABs effecting ruthlessly efficient turn overs?

Jenifer McLadyboy wrote:

TheGreyGhost wrote:
Your boys really are getting delusions of grandeur now. "Much like the AB's" You might be wearing all black and fielding a number of Kiwis, but that's exactly where the similarity ends.

TheGreyGhost wrote:

yappysnap wrote:
I will of course never liken any team to the AB's again.
Sorry.

I wouldn't go that far. If you could just avoid likening England to NZ, that'd be grand, thanks.

You're not seriously going down the "McCaw is cheat" road again are you? I thought we'd put this one to bed last week after half a dozen uneducated pops turned out to be nothing but hot air and the inability to distinguish McCaw cheating from various other ABs effecting ruthlessly efficient turn overs?

You're not seriously looking to get upset at everything I say are you? You really are far too precious about your beloved Mccaw. I was merely saying that in jest, mainly because of all the over the top ranting at him by people.

I also never named Mccaw, that's just your guilty conscience working...

Obviously along with never likening any team to the AB's i will also never joke about the AB's or claim that they cheat.

Sorry again.

munkian wrote:Lying on the ball and waving at the ref only works if you are Rugby Jesus McCaw.

And 2 smilies ? Thats just decadent

Smileys are like a certain type of lady, you hate them for ages and then end up with two of them.

yappysnap wrote:As to the name well i don't know where it came from, probably as i play scrummie a lot and talk more then the two teams put together, none of it's usefull though.

For anyone who is familiar with even your recent posting history this is redundant information.

That's not very nice is it.

No. Sorry. I take it back.

Rees' absence will be a real blow, but with a pack of Geth, (a hooker), Adam, Bradley, Alun-Wyn, Lydiate, Warburton and Delve, we have a good chance of getting the better of them. It will be tough, no doubt, but that pack is pretty strong.

Dominic Dicoco wrote:Rees' absence will be a real blow, but with a pack of Geth, (a hooker), Adam, Bradley, Alun-Wyn, Lydiate, Warburton and Delve, we have a good chance of getting the better of them. It will be tough, no doubt, but that pack is pretty strong.

I completely agree, it'll be tough but I don't think our forwards are particularly below England's though it seems some English fans think otherwise which is fair enough and why I started the thread.