Do you think that england deserved to win against austraila if not why
2007-10-06 06:17:32 · 13 answers · asked by Edward C 2 in Sports ➔ Rugby
From a South African point of view England played a great game. Their tight 5 were great against the Aussies. England were committed in the loose with only two Aussies competing for the ball most of the time. Great game and well done England.
2007-10-06 06:34:20 · answer #1 · answered by The Blue bull 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Indeed we did deserve to win. It was the finest England performance since we played in the last world cup. Everyone stood up to the challenge and showed that English rugby is not dead. What a great, but fairly obvious choice, by Ashton to bring in Mike Catt to replace that donkey Farrell. If anyone knows how to play the 'big' matches it's always gotta be Catt. He and Wilko work so well together. An extra shout out should go to Sakey after an absolute world class tackle in the 2nd half to stop what would've been a definate try.
2007-10-06 14:41:41 · answer #2 · answered by knowtheone 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not only did they deserve to win, the Aussies deserved to lose. They constantly buckled under English pressure and gave away silly penalties. They even tried a few underhand tactics that were spotted by the referees. A great game a great result and a poor display of sportsmanship by the Aussies. Even if we lose in the semis, I'll still be smiling.
2007-10-06 14:56:46 · answer #3 · answered by Jay 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They definitely deserved to win - I don't think Australia played very well at all, but England DID by consistently applying pressure to the Aussies in their weakest area (the scrum), and forcing them into errors.
2007-10-06 15:35:20 · answer #4 · answered by brownbug78 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes of course they deserved to win, they played a full 80mins of rugby however in saying that aussie played poorly, so whether aussie gave them a helping hand or johnny kick englands way into the semis they deserved the win and im sure they'll take it with pride.....
2007-10-06 13:40:30 · answer #5 · answered by ashar/97 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we deserved to win. It was a game played profesionaly under strict conditions with all the right governing personel in the right places. if Wilks had scored with the missed kicks we'd have won by more points. its not a case of who deserved to win. we played by the rules and won , simple as that.
2007-10-06 13:38:17 · answer #6 · answered by daniel s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
england played outstanding rugby. best of the world cup so far
2007-10-06 17:05:07 · answer #7 · answered by shaneyboy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely. Although Australia had a couple of good chances, they played poorly.
2007-10-06 13:20:09 · answer #8 · answered by T4_b 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I didn't watch it !
I nearly fell over when it came on the news !
But I'm sure we deserved it old bean !
2007-10-06 13:34:37 · answer #9 · answered by blan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep. The lads ground em down. Go Jonny go go go.
2007-10-06 13:21:57 · answer #10 · answered by Barry K 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋