Rugby World Cup 2015

[Britkid]

England were just outplayed by a superior team. There is no shame in not qualifying from what has been the toughest group in a World Cup history. England have lost to two teams who everybody thought were at least a match for them, and who are ranked higher than they are too.

The whole England team will be hurting enough as it is, they gave it their best shot and have been very classy in defeat. I wish the fucking media would give them a break.

No, that is not good enough. England had the players to potentially win the tournament. That they did not, unlike the Football cannot be put down to unrealistic expectations. England has more players to pick from than anyone else and is richer than everyone else, that almost by default should with home advantage be a guaranteed place in the final.

So there has to be an inquest and results to make sure it does not happen again.

I Really don't think so. England haven't won the 6 Nations once in the four years Lancaster has been in charge, they were bombed out of the last World Cup in the quarter finals and they are ranked below both Wales and Australia .... How on earth could you possibly think they are potential winners of the Cup?? Home advantage should have been worth 10 points in each game, but actually I think the team buckled under the pressure and expectation, I've also seen the same thing happen in the 1990s with Wales playing at home, so it's not unique to England. The All Blacks were also wobbly at home in the last World Cup.

Yes, it's true that they have lots of players to choose from. I have lots of golf clubs, but none of them are any good! Not too many of that England side would have got into the Aussie XV

England are a proud rugby nation, with a national union run by old farts who don't understand the modern game. I really think that the coaches in the premiership, and at youth level, stifle talent and drive out player innovation especially with the current fixation with rugby league converts and coaches.

Exactly, it is not good enough something needs to be done. The English should be obliterating the opposition in the Six Nations year in, year out, they should be getting to World Cups and winning them, that is clearly not happening, and it is on the evidence of the last couple of weeks not even close to happening.

There needs to be Revolution, but I doubt it happens; Lancaster will take the blame and that will be the end of it. And that is wrong because Lancaster is an exceptional coach, who should be the head of all age groups but the seniors.