England v Fiji, 18 September

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ENGLAND v FIJI
18 September 2015
KO: 20:00 BST
Twickenham, London

Live on ITV and BBC Radio 5 live

Referee: Jaco Peyper (South Africa)
Touch judges: John Lacey (Ireland) & Stuart Berry (South Africa)
Television match official: Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)

A. Head to Head

5 Played 5
5 Won 0
0 Drawn 0
0 Lost 5
210 Points 83

B. Recent Form

10 November 2012
England 54 - 12 Fiji
Twickenham

20 October 1999
England 45 - 24 Fiji
Twickenham

20 July 1991
Fiji 12 - 28 England
National Stadium, Suva

04 November 1989
England 58 - 23 Fiji
Twickenham

17 June 1988
Fiji 12 - 25 England
National Stadium, Suva

C. Teams

ENGLAND

Mike Brown (Harlequins); Anthony Watson (Bath Rugby), Jonathan Joseph (Bath Rugby), Brad Barritt (Saracens), Jonny May (Gloucester Rugby); George Ford (Bath Rugby); Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers); Joe Marler (Harlequins), Tom Youngs (Leicester Tigers), Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers), Geoff Parling (Exeter Chiefs), Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints), Tom Wood (Northampton Saints), Chris Robshaw (capt, Harlequins), Ben Morgan (Gloucester Rugby).

Replacements: Rob Webber (Bath Rugby), Mako Vunipola (Saracens), Kieran Brookes (Northampton Saints), Joe Launchbury (Wasps), Billy Vunipola (Saracens), Richard Wigglesworth (Saracens), Owen Farrell (Saracens), Sam Burgess (Bath Rugby).

FIJI

1. Campese Ma’afu
2. Sunia Koto
3. Manasa Saulo
4. Apisalome Ratuniyarawa
5. Leone Nakarawa
6. Dominiko Waqaniburotu
7. Akapusi Qera (Captain)
8. Sakiusa Masi Matadigo

9. Nikola Matawalu
10. Ben Volavola
11. Nemani Nadolo
12. Gabiriele Lovobalavu
13. Vereniki Goneva
14. Waisea Nayacalevu
15. Metuisela Talebula

16. Tuapati Talemaitoga
17. Peni Ravai
18. Isei Colati
19. Tevita Cavubati
20. Peceli Yato
21. Nemia Kenatale
22. Joshua Matavesi
23. Aseli Tikoirotuma

Okay donglewood you have made your point.

Fiji have a shocking lack of discipline.

England assured, as long they don't get dragged into a street fight.

I can see a few Fiji cards throughout this tourney.

Not the start I expected.  When Fiji played Canada they faded after the first 30 in particular so I expected them to be much more effective in the first period here.

trebellbobaggins wrote:Not the start I expected.  When Fiji played Canada they faded after the first 30 in particular so I expected them to be much more affective in the first period here.  

give it time, i'm sure we'll man sausage it up

Exceptional hands by Joseph, twice in a row. Honestly he is a revelation in that England midfield.

Brilliant hands from England. Game over.

Just to be clear, what Wood did there was illegal, he can't leave the lineout area until the ball has travelled beyond 15m. Should have been a Fijian penalty.

donglewood wrote:

trebellbobaggins wrote:

donglewood wrote:Ten minutes in and the partisan TV replay destroys the credibility of the World Cup. What a crock. What an absolute crock.

it was a penalty though?

Not a penalty. The rolling maul was truck and trailer, and suddenly a penalty try and yellow card? Just ridiculous.

look like offsides already before even that to be honest.

England are at the moment dominating them so it's hardly unfair.

nathan wrote:

trebellbobaggins wrote:Not the start I expected.  When Fiji played Canada they faded after the first 30 in particular so I expected them to be much more affective in the first period here.  

give it time, i'm sure we'll man sausage it up

Yes, very capable of it

Joseph has to be up there as one of the best centres in world rugby at the moment

um.... hoe about fiji getting some calls?

slartibartfast wrote:um.... hoe about fiji getting some calls?

They got away with the knock on

I am not having a go at England but they are getting more than the rub of the green here with the referee's decisions. First try was T&T ans second one Wood left the lineout area early. Both Fiji penalties in my mind.

That said, Fiji look very disjointed and I am very afraid that they may get overly frustrated and resort to the Fiji of old when they tried to physically hurt the opposition.

WHAT A TRY!!

nathan wrote:

slartibartfast wrote:um.... hoe about fiji getting some calls?

They got away with the knock on

they have just been gifted that one!

ah there it is, lightening pace and individual brilliance.

Knock on, but i hate that ref's can change their minds before the kick

Nice try by Fiji. Not sure how they didn't tackle him.

Oooooh. The big screen may be his undoing...

Notch wrote:WHAT A TRY!!

I'm actually gutted he knocked it on.

But he's already awarded it. Can he change his mind???

well he dropped it but he did a great job of turning a lost scrum into a brilliant attack. Brown saved that.

What a shame... he skinned May. That would have been such a sensational try.

Can the ref go back to the TMO if he's already allowed the try?

nathan wrote:Knock on, but i hate that ref's can change their minds before the kick

If it isn't a try I think that is fair play.

Moral of the story, take your conversion as quick as you can

This refereeing is a little embarrassing.

Griff wrote:But he's already awarded it. Can he change his mind???

yeah happened against England the other week

Notch wrote:Oooooh. The big screen may be his undoing...

They don't show controversial replays on the big screen in football. Maybe a little be cheeky by those in control.

RDW_Scotland wrote:Can the ref go back to the TMO if he's already allowed the try?

Yes, they have done it quite a bit recently. It has happened in the Pro 12 already.

Rory_Gallagher wrote:

nathan wrote:Knock on, but i hate that ref's can change their minds before the kick

If it isn't a try I think that is fair play.

yeah i understand that, i just think it looks embarrassing for the game

Griff wrote:But he's already awarded it. Can he change his mind???

I think as long as the conversion hasn't been taken, a try can be reviewed.

Would that replay angle have been shown if England had just scored that try and were lining up a conversion? The big screen should never come into play.

Correct decision but I was certain the ref awarded the try. Can he change his mind like that and go to the TMO after awarding a try?

Gutted for Fiji as that would have been a superb individual try.

sportform wrote:

Notch wrote:Oooooh. The big screen may be his undoing...

They don't show controversial replays on the big screen in football. Maybe a little be cheeky by those in control.

?

It always happens in Rugby

Gutted, I have a bet on Nico to get a try too!

RDW_Scotland wrote:Can the ref go back to the TMO if he's already allowed the try?

I remember seeing Clancy go back to check whether a try was scored in the last play of the game, after he had blown the final whistle...


And that is a try, and that is deserved.

Englands scrum is very poor. cannot see how they can progress in this tourney too far with such poor scrummaging.

surely Wales and Aussie have to have a big edge there.

ah bloody hell, just give him the try and move on!

nathan wrote:

Rory_Gallagher wrote:

nathan wrote:Knock on, but i hate that ref's can change their minds before the kick

If it isn't a try I think that is fair play.

yeah i understand that, i just think it looks embarrassing for the game

It wasn't like they showed a replay. It was like they showed an un-requested TMO, if that makes sense. Or did the referee request it?

Awful scrum control by England carrying on from the Irish game

doh duplicate

I have to say though, if you use a magnifying glass on absolutely everything, rugby is going to be a very difficult game to watch.

Well I can tell you who the real star of the World Cup is so far, it's the TMO. I very much preferred it when they could only check the grounding of the ball.

Rory_Gallagher wrote:I have to say though, if you use a magnifying glass on absolutely everything, rugby is going to be a very difficult game to watch.

very true

Yeah England's scrum is a concern.

GeordieFalcon wrote:Yeah England's scrum is a concern.

very much, i can't understand why it's gone backwards so much - i can't remember the last time it wsa like this!

All we want is consistency, but that means that EVERY try for EVERY team in EVERY game not only needs to be replayed on the big screen but needs to be show the grounding from every angle like the Fiji disallowed one. Will it happen? I hope it doesn't or it will ruin the game. But that would be consistency.