Big cheer from the Manchester crowd for the Harlequins man, and I suppose that’s deserved: he’s been one of England’s better performances at this tournament. Using this tool will set a cookie on your device to remember your preferences. All rights reserved. Launchbury the man with the good work. Want an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium. Let’s hope eh? Get a summary of the England vs Uruguay, Rugby World Cup 2015 10 Oct, 2015 rugby match. Berchesi puts it in the corner as Uruguay change their props – Klappenbach and Corral on for Sanguinetti and Sagario. The match may look like a mismatch, with one sides having some of the best resources in world rugby and the other being dominated by amateurs, but that shouldn’t take away from what will be a fantastic occasion. So well done to Los Teros for defending heroically, if a little haphazardly. Jack Nowell celebrates with Henry Slade after scoring one of his three tries against Uruguay, No consolation against Uruguay as England rue missed chance, You may not agree with our views, or other users’, but please respond to them respectfully, Swearing, personal abuse, racism, sexism, homophobia and other discriminatory or inciteful language is not acceptable, Do not impersonate other users or reveal private information about third parties, We reserve the right to delete inappropriate posts and ban offending users without notification. That wasn’t great. You could easily argue that they didn’t need to wait that long, and you’d be right, but there’s little point in discussing it now. Uruguay has competed in four Rugby World Cup tournaments: 1999, 2003, 2015 and 2019. Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile. Please continue to respect all commenters and create constructive debates. It comes back inside and, after a good carry by George, Kruis powers his way through a tackle. Brown plays on the left, Nowell on the right. England vs Uruguay match report: No consolation as England rue missed chance. It’s a walkover and Nick Easter has his second England hat-trick. England work it back inside and look to push their way over again, Easter ignoring the massive overlap in pursuit of his fourth. Josh Lewsey scored 5 tries. 47 min Penalty to Uruguay at the scrum though and they put it in the corner again, but Parling steals it. They play the patient game, but then Ormaechea’s high kick is well taken by Goode. 46 min It’s taken 10 metres out by Gaminara and Uruguay try to form the driving maul, but England get in there and collapse it legally, earning the turnover and the put-in to the scrum. Take from that what you will. He turns and gets support, but there’s a knock on. They go back inside and go through the forwards, but Robshaw knocks on. Due to the sheer scale of this comment community, we are not able to give each post the same level of attention, but we have preserved this area in the interests of open debate. Haskell, who has been terrible in butchering overlaps, is replaced by Wood. We would also like to use cookies to continually improve our sites, offer you a better experience and deliver personalised content to you. Uruguay will be keen to show how they match up to England’s stars, while the match also offers a rare chance for England fans to see the side play away from Twickenham. Beer does well to rip it back, but then the scrum-half is left exposed by his back row and Slade charges the box kick down. The most insightful comments on all subjects will be published daily in dedicated articles. Our use of cookies is described further in our. He can’t find Ford in support, but it’s recycled by Care and Brown puts Goode over in the corner. England’s scrum is all over Uruguay’s and they get a penalty for illegal wheeling. The match may look like a mismatch, with one sides having some of the best resources in world rugby and the other being dominated by amateurs, but that shouldn’t take away from what will be a fantastic occasion. England look to run from their own with Nowell, but he loses it forward. Heaven knows, we’re miserable now. England 94 - 13 Uruguay. England v Uruguay: Rugby World Cup 2015 – as it happened. Sign up for the latest news and ticket information. The cynics’ debate was whether this was Manchester’s third most appealing sports event of the day, after the Super League Grand Final and Terry “Turbo” Flanagan defending his world lightweight boxing title. Eventually they decide to throw it out and the defence can’t drift quickly enough. The cookies collect information in a way that does not directly identify anyone. 64 min Uruguay get the driving maul going and they crab to within a couple of metres, under the posts. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited these sites and will not be able to monitor their performance. It was England’s second Test meeting with Uruguay, not that “Los Teros” would remember the first fondly: a 17-try 111-13 beating in Brisbane in the 2003 World Cup. Maybe in this half we might just see them hold on to the ball for long enough to give themselves a scoring chance. In the 57th minute Nowell had his career fifth, on the end of a counter-attack by Goode and Care, and before the hour Easter completed his hat-trick for 43-3. Slade kicks it ahead, controlling well with his boot, and goes over wide on the left unopposed. … England should be able to play some attractive rugby in these last 20 minutes and stretch a tiring Uruguayan backline to breaking point. Wide it goes to Nowell, who looks to step inside but is brought down. Rugby World Cup Limited © 2007 - 2020. The clock is in the red now. 65 min Berchesi goes to the corner again, but Kruis gets highest and steals the lineout ball. This includes using previously collected information about your interests to select ads, processing data about what advertisements were shown, how often they were shown, when and where they were shown, and whether you took any action related to the advertisement, including for example clicking an ad. They won’t get it like that, though, as they look to run from deep and Brown pops a pass behind his man and into touch five metres out from his own line. Gaminara has a dart, then Ormaechea goes wide to Berchesi. Robshaw was asked if he thought this was his last act, captaining his country. Available for everyone, funded by readers. Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Anyone asking for The Smiths, though, would have been directed to the All Blacks with Conrad, Aaron and Ben leading them through as predictable winners of a different pool. This category of cookies cannot be disabled on our sites. 69 min Agustin Alonso comes on for Nieto, the impressive No8. Nowell dots down from close range. England 60 Uruguay 3 . You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of these sites will not then work. Create a commenting name to join the debate, There are no Independent Premium comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts, There are no comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts. But … Necessary cookies enable basic functionality on our sites such as page navigation, access to secure areas, authenticating logins, and the delivery of other core functions. With Vilaseca back on, Uruguay allowed England to do as they pleased at a lineout yet when Care made a break, James Haskell flopped on to a ruck that was barely being defended to continue the irksome English habit of conceding silly penalties. Ford chips over the extras. Find out all the scorers and match details for England v Uruguay in the World Cup on BBC Sport. Are you sure you want to delete this comment? The ball went forward off the new man though. Nowell is taken out, but it’s another penalty. Penalties were immediately kicked to touch instead of for points – no rancorous controversy over these for the captain - and a quick attack to the wide channels brought the opening try after six minutes. We use cookies to help make our sites function properly. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited these sites and will not be able to monitor their performance. Fun fact: if England had drawn with Wales they would have qualified for the quarter-finals now. Jack Nowell – one of six England players making their first appearances of the World Cup in a much-changed team – received the ball via Henry Slade on the left, booted it ahead and Anthony Watson showed his lightning pace to outsprint the cover. We have seen throughout this tournament that World Cup routs are not what they used to be in terms of points, but this was a rout, all the same, completed by a penalty try. 51 min England lineout 40 metres out and they go right, with good hands from Ford and Slade getting it out to Watson, who takes it up. There’s a huge amount of potential in that squad.”. 3 mins: Straight from the off, England are marauding all over the Uruguayans, spreading the play in either direction with swift, simple rugby. Certainly Uruguay, unlike their soccer counterparts, are no draw, ranked down in 19th, which in world terms is almost nowhere. Haskell comes charging in, off his feet despite there being no one in the ruck. Rubbing salt into England’s open wounds, yesterday’s other Pool A result at Twickenham had left Wales on 13 points to England’s 11 after this win. Sat 10 Oct 2015 22.03 BST England had four fly-halves in all in their back division (counting the full-back Alex Goode at a stretch), and Pool A’s makeweight opponents at their mercy.