By Mark Geenty
November 17th 2009 @ 3:04am
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Knives out for England as All Blacks arrive
For once, the All Blacks arrived in London with all the focus on the England rugby side who were booed off Twickenham and have been written off against the tourists next weekend.
The media knives were out for England coach Martin Johnson after his side staggered to a 16-9 win over a hastily-assembled Argentina on Saturday, [...]
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pothale said | November 17th 2009 @ 3:23am | Report comment
Typical KO – he’d do anything to get in a headline.
CraigB said | November 17th 2009 @ 6:55am | Report comment
I knew they had injuries but calling in KO against the AB’s sounds a little desperate
MarkR said | November 17th 2009 @ 8:30am | Report comment
Maybe he’ll teach them the finer points of ‘running rugby’ ?
PastHisBest said | November 17th 2009 @ 9:16am | Report comment
I’ve heard he’s going to savage them with his rapier-like wit and finally put them to the sword with some sharp back play.
MarkR said | November 17th 2009 @ 9:28am | Report comment
I wonder if Kaplan will let his barrow onto the field “that’s not a barrow guv, it’s a good looking prop”
Terry Kidd said | November 17th 2009 @ 9:54am | Report comment
Lol …. great posts guys …. methinks KO is silent because he is still trying to think of a cutting comeback.
Knives Out said | November 18th 2009 @ 12:01am | Report comment
You cheeky guys. I’m on holiday in Egypt and the internet server is most expensive, especially for a young man still paying off his student loan. England could do a lot worse than to get me on board! That’s for sure. I’m here, Johhno. Give me a bell.
Greg Russell said | November 18th 2009 @ 12:53pm | Report comment
Knives, my 75-year-old mother and her cousin (even older, in her 80s) have just today arrived in Egypt for a holiday. If something goes wrong I will call on you to be a(n English) knight in shining armour and come to their aid!
Matt0931 said | November 18th 2009 @ 4:27am | Report comment
LOL. Nice posts guys!
Unfortunately for England, I’m not so sure that any number of changes to the run on team with the current stock of England palyers will give them a hope in hell of beating the AB’s this weekend.
Johnny’s boots can only carry a team so far, and even then he at least needs a decent forwards platform to build on.
That said SOME FANTASTIC NEWS!
After a full on weekend of rugby with about 20 tests being played there has been some major movements in the IRB rankings. And the best bit…….
Japan has moved up to 13th place…..woops sorry, I mean, NZ ARE #1 dropping SA back to #2.
Sorry Pothale but Ireland have slipped to 5, one spot above England.