heart_of_oak says...

Ulrich, nice to hear someone who isn't English say something genuine, worthwhile and which isn't intended to provoke. You could also have mentioned the fact that England have lost some key players e.g. Wood, Croft and Lawes - the latter being arguably our best scrum player and 2nd row. We need Courtney back !

APV1, I haven't been able to watch any of the games, been snowed under at work. The scoreline of the 1st test suggested a close game but all the rightups seem to indicate a comfortable victory for the Boks, with England not able to cope with the 2nd half physicality.

What's your take on it ?

Posted 17:05 13th June 2012

objetive says...

SA will up their game too

Posted 16:04 12th June 2012

ArmchairGeneral says...

Would be a bit of a dilemma if Wood Croft and Armitage were available now. And don't forget Fourie. He's been unlucky but he's in the same mold as Armitage. I think finally England are getting a back row that is not worse than everyone elses. So I also expect improvement. But South Africa will play 80 minutes of how they played the 2nd half. Should be an exciting game. We should not expect a lot re the scoreboard until 3rd test up there. I will be happy with parity until the 65th minute. Then expect win in 3rd test

Posted 08:47 12th June 2012

melkdave says...

Very good interview from Robshaw ,and i echo@ NHsaints even though his not a natural 7 his doing an outstanding job as one..If only S.Armitage was playing (sigh!).Our backrow could be posativly outstanding with Robshaw Armitage and Morgon.England seem to have learnt quite a bit from the 1st test concerning test match intensity and passion ect .Lets hope they can improve for this Saturday ,and ,keep developing in the comming years .so far i havent been disappointed with England at all which is unusal to say the least LOL,and our best is still to come ,as they continue to improve every match by the looks of it so far .The long term goal is still the RWC in 2015 .But England i feel could be a force in world rugby maybe even in 2013 Looking at the U20s ect you can see a cohesive England style developing including our tradtional strong forward play with exciting skillfull backplay ,The big question is can we successfully combine the 2 ala New Zealand if so then watch out world

Posted 17:19 11th June 2012