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Ireland - Scotland will be closer I reckon. Can't see Scotland winning by 17. (But I can see them winning.) Think England will beat France, but they probably will need to be a good few scores ahead going into the last twenty (unless France are completely out of puff by then which is entirely possible). As for Wales Italy, I couldn't give a shit really. Italy have been woeful apart from the first game against France.
Wales by 25
Ireland by 5
England by 15
Wales get better and Italy worse as tournaments progress. 60 point win.
Ireland and Scotland to put on a bit of a show and share a few tries each with Ireland sneaking it by 5.
Billy smash France. 9-0
DD the noises coming out of ireland dont sound good with Schmidt considering his position in the summer
Yeah, been reading about that this week. Hard to know what exactly is going on there. Hope he stays till next RWC to be honest.
I'd like to see Schmidt coach the Lions.
Anyway, today....
Wales to win. Scrappy first half, then a 15 point win.
Scotland to win. Sorry, DD. Only by five or six.
England by twenty. Sadly.
Scotland to lose.
The mindset is we're winners and will win. In reality we'll sit back and let Ireland run at us. 10 will kick but not find touch. We'll all wish Horne was at 10 with hoggy kicking from hand.
I can see them winning.
Scotland to win. Sorry, DD. Only by five or six.
Naah. Ireland in Dublin? Irish win. Much as I'd prefer it the other way.
Well, Wales have certainly come to play!
My wife saw this ref in Krispy Kreme this morning buying a coffee.
Harsh yellow there. Right by the laws, but a bit of leniency at this stage of the game wouldn't have gone amiss.
Wales look like they're trying too hard - not playing well and only leading thanks to poor refereeing and a very poor Italian side.
edit: better now!
Piss poor from Italy
Wales21 italy 9 in an error strewn shit fest of dullness
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Wales21 italy 9 in an error strewn shit fest of dullness
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I think that this is worth going back to...
Amos is a quality very young player. I'm happy to see him start.
He played like a blind three legged llama. Completely out of place in that team. Over-running passes, being in completely the wrong place, dropping the ball.
Crikey: Toner! 😯 😆
Moriarty was excellent for Wales.
He played like a blind three legged llama. Completely out of place in that team. Over-running passes, being in completely the wrong place, dropping the ball.
Amos will come good he's only 12. Davies flapping the ball in his general direction all game didnt help.
Hogg can really light up a game, can't he?
Give him a shit kick and a bad defensive alignment and yes he can. Poor from Murray and no pressure with the chase.
Is Sexton auditioning for Dynasty with those shoulder pads 😆
And not before time.
Looks like a long afternoon for Scotland. They look flustered , scrappy and ill disciplined.
Can't decide how England will get on this afternoon. France have been poo for ages now but I wonder if we have the cutting edge / mental resilience to do the job needed.
good game so far
Do Scotland think they get points for running everything out from their 22?
**** all wrong with sexton the cheating ****
Ffs wendyballer behaviour from Sexton there.
I agree, he sat up to complain, then collapsed like a wendyballer.
Perfectly able to claim the penalty before rolling around.
You don't "claim a penalty".
Oscar worthy.
Card was the correct decision though.
* wendyball recerence 😉
It's one of my pet hates recently - players claiming things from the ref.
Haha I had to come on here to vent my anger about wendyball behaviour from Sexton. Glad to see others feel the same. Commentators didn't say anything.
Well deserved win. Should have been by plenty more I reckon, which is a worry.
Reckon Stander might be in the radar of some NFL teams after that performance. Was outstanding today. And Sexton will be on the radar of some EPL teams. 🙂 No need to milk it, penalty and yellow card were always coming after that.
Good win by Ireland - good game too.
Well France have as always won the battle of the national anthems.
That england guy should have been yellowed, blantant fingers in eyes
should have been yellowed, blantant fingers in eyes
Contact with the face and eye area....
Quite! 🙂
Bloody hell. They've done nothing really and they're ahead by seven.
Judging by recent events,he will say sorry and Eddie will unload on the French coach.
Fine besides the block and double movement :/
France look puffed already!
My wife asked how the refs decide what colours to wear. Then we noticed they are sponsored by Emirates, which doesn't seem to tie in with anything else. But the officials all have the same Emirates tops. So do they have their own deal? Don't think poite or whatever his name was in the Wales was wearing this same shirt.
Refs wear a shirt that is significantly different from the shirts worn by both teams. So, if one team is in red, the ref probably won't wear orange. If one team is in dark blue, he refused won't wear black, etc.
mol, they used to wear the shirt of the country they came from. If you look back to old 5N games, you'll see the two teams and then one other guy who looks like he's got lost on the way to one of the other games. That'll be the ref. But otherwise, what O'Flashearty said for modern day shirts - there will be a set of colours for refs and they'll be chosen according to what teams are playing.
Respect the kicker....
French ****s!
That ship sailed years ago wrightyson. There's even a bit of booing in Dublin these days - and that was the last bastion of silence for kicks (although still maintained in Thomond Park - if you've ever heard of it). So shut your whinging up and get with the program. 🙂
No worse than the Scots
Re the colours, that's sensible, but what about the sponsors? Not sponsored by RBS.
They'd wear ISIS on the shirts if they paid enough money. Doesn't really matter.
Sorry dd, I'm sure I saw it on the bill boards the other week. Anyway cmon England as it's not allowed on any other threads!
However it would appear my half time stw check in is being plagued by "respect the ****ing maserati"
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(Don't mention that on this thread! It'll be closed.)
So, France have turned up this week 🙁
Still think England will do it. France are coughing up possession constantly. Losing attacking lineouts in the manner they have is suicidal.
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As opposed to that bastion of polite behaviour( and fans calling Owens a "poof" and the local residents asking for changes to licensing during games) Twickenham?
I dunno duckers, I stopped worrying about all the shite at the grounds a while back. There's a bit of it everywhere these days. It's not going to stop anytime soon.
Agreed,Lezzer and the Munsters are exceptions. But points scoring by members of the self styled master race?
Back to the rugby......
Squeakybumtime for England yet?
Ouch. Kiwi down.
Hope it's nothing more than being just out cold. 😐
Ooof...great tactic that chop tackle isn't it?
To be fair to the Scots and the Irish, they managed to scrummage quite well. The scrummaging in this game has been a joke.
Well done England. Well deserved Grand Slam!
Hello everyone. I do hope you enjoyed that. England fans are rejoicing. Thought you'd want to know
Bravo, England. Well earned!
Great to see England making turnovers all game!
Well done lads - win in Paris! Not a classic, but I don't really care.
French defence was fierce today. We looked pedestrian at times, but hell, we still scored 3 tries!
Good to see Hartley up & about too.
Well done England best team over the whole competition
Aa aah piss off to the nay sayers!!!
Definitely the best side won, much as it pains me to admit.
I think next years competition will be a good one. Wales & Ireland starting to play more, Scotland improving and France too.
France coughed up way too much possession out there today - turnovers galore and their line-out was very poor, but England were by far the better side out there and possibly should have won it by more.
Good to see Hartley up & about too.
Yep. Nice to see the French players asking if he was OK, too.
Is Farrell doing his interview in a Vic Reeves club style?
And, fair play to Hartley. He shouldn't be walking around after that knock to the head. Seems to have grown into his job and behaved himself very well over the championship.
Best team did indeed win, congratulations.
Cheer up lads...there's always next year. 😀
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And, fair play to Hartley. He shouldn't be walking around after that knock to the head. Seems to have grown into his job and behaved himself very well over the championship.
This pains me for two reasons.
One, I'm agreeing with Dai Darcy.
Two, it means I've got to praise Hartley.
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Congratulations england
Two, it means I've got to praise Hartley.
Ah look, I was dubious about the choice of him for captain, but not much we can say now is there? Unless he goes and does a naughty for Saints at some stage, after which we can all jump on the haterz bandwagon again.