That was tense but well done England. Brilliant break from Earl to set up the drop goal opportunity and some solid defence to slow down their offloading.

what, like worse than being knocked out of two consecutive world cups by South Africa?

Systematically dragged down by the lawmakers

That’s a good point, as if the French arn’t arrogant enough towards us.

I wanted the South Africans to win, simply because the only rugby World Cup game I’ve ever been to was at West Ham’s ground in 2015 against the USA and we were surrounded by South Africans and it was a great night, lovely people and e great atmosphere.

well I must say, a thoroughly enjoyable weekend of Rugby. the big teams appear to have arrived at the tournament. Missed the Wales Argie, but the three games I saw were all exceptional spectacles, with good levels of skill on show (even England upped their game).
The France RSA game was immense, with RSA outsmarting the French and really exploiting their strengths over them. Ireland NZ, equally immense (although the Irish seemed to lose their heads and make some questionable decisions) and even England Fiji managed to produced a corker.
Bring on the semis... although looking like A RSA vs NZ final...

"It was a Team effort, I guess it took all players working together to lose this one"

Pretty impressive the way the South African winger Kolbe ran out to block Ramos' conversion last night.
Arguably it won them the match.

We could do with his speed on our left wing.

Crikey, there'll be some sore and tired bodies this morning. The France v S Africa game was painful just watching on the telly. It was fast paced and tough although I still don't understand the rules. Very pleased France were knocked out on their own ground. They thought they were invincible.

Whilst I agree with some of the negative points made on here about the commentaries, the one bloke I do think who does a good job is Nick Mullins. Clearly knows the game well and makes amusing observations.

As much as I prefer football to rugby, I can't help comparing rugby players to footballers who fall over and roll about for ages after getting a slight nudge. I do wish this play acting element in our game could be eliminated.

Dad and I watched games standing on the muddy slope of the Holmesdale Road end. He cheered and I rattled.