wrecker - Member
Actually that is a very unflattering pic, isn't it. Still, better to lose your drugs than find hairs on your razor where he had been doing his bikini line.....And fake tan on your towels....
teamhurtmore - Member
What event are you doing Kryton?
This weekends Trailbreak ride in Surrey. Nothing special, just that its the prelude/warm up to my race calendar, the weather looks good and I want to see if my winter training/different bike combo will get me further up the leaderboard. Depends who turns up I guess.
...and also rushing home for the Rugby.
teamhurtmore - Member
What event are you doing Kryton?
Nothing special just the Trailbreak ride in Surrey. Its the prelude to my race season / test to see whether my winter training has worked. The weather is good so may as well go b*all out and try to get home on time for kickoff too.
eh?
again..?
Scarey stats;
The average age of England’s starting XV is 25 years and 157 days old, their youngest of the Six Nations eraWales will also put out their youngest starting XV. The Welsh average is 25 years and 93 days.
England: average caps 12.1
Wales: average caps 32.6Battle of the backline: The Welsh backline are an average two stone per man heavier than their English counterparts – and two inches taller.
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Sorry 'bout that. For a minute I though I'd broken the 6N thread, but it needed someone else to post... phew.
Krtyon, it's the Glitchybump problem. Sadly affects the good larger threads....
Most of the ARMAGEDDON threads thankfully get shut down long before they reach that point...
Kryton - good luck with that. Good blast and plenty of time for a beer and KO!!
Henson currently playing pretty well for the blues at the moment when released from the Wales squad. Still has more pasing ability and vision than all the other centre options combined. Set up gavin evans for a nice try last friday. But that doesnt fit the view of him many on here want to hold.
Playing well for the blues is not playing International rugby. Why did he not get called up to replace Hook? Actually you are unlikely to see this as you will be chaining yourself to the WRU's offices as we speak. 😀
Come on George slay the......... Oh hang on that doesnt work
Just run over a few orcs
Didnt replace Hook as he doesnt cover ten and doesnt get ahead of williams as he doesnt cover wing. He'd be starting for Scotland if he were Scottish. FFS you wanted Shingler!!!
Hits like a Samoan
Handles like a Fijian
Runs through people like a Lomu
Offloads like SB Williams
He's a bit special, isn't he?
I think you've gone a bit overboard there personally but that's just my opinion.
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Faster than Adam Jones
Taller than Shane Williams
Better looking then Mefin Davies
No, seriously he's a real class act. And according to my wife, who sat next to him on a long train journey, ever such a nice young man.
Edit : just making it clear I'm talking about GN here, not GH.
Faster than Adam Jones
Taller than Shane Williams
Better looking then Mefin Davies
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say what you want about him his off load to Checkeye is the work of pure class.
George North also likes cyclists a lot...well one particular cyclist anyway
Expand, if you please....
Marvellous! Good for him/them!
yep he's still shit
If any kids come from that relationship....they'll have a fair amount of genetic advantages
And lo, the day of the game dawned.....
Weather in London looks pretty clear and dry.
Fingers firmly crossed, very nervous already.
This is the kind of day I used to love playing Rugby on! Clear bright and just the right temperature.
Looking forward to the games later should be pretty interesting!
Ireland should show what they can do against Italy. I still cant decide which way to go with England Wales. Would like England to pull something off but I hope it will be a close game.
Nice piece with Shane on the Beeb news just now. Great tactic of focussing on the midriff of an attacker, as the piece that moves slowest, it's easier to pick out. Nice.
Good luck to all teams playing today.
I hope for great rugby and no injuries.
Henson currently playing pretty well for the blues at the moment when released from the Wales squad. Still has more pasing ability and vision than all the other centre options combined. Set up gavin evans for a nice try last friday. But that doesnt fit the view of him many on here want to hold.
Watched Munster vs. Blues last night and Henson (and about 12 other Blues players) was shocking for the first 40 mins - throwing hospital passes, forward passes and looking totally uninterested. Granted they picked it up in the second half and were unlucky not to get anything from the match.
He would definitely be starting if he was Scottish and I for one would welcome him with open arms - anything is better than Nick de Luca!!
They did get something. A loosing bonus point which considering the blues have only ever won two games against connaught in ireland thats not bad. Martyn Williams anf Henson were a class apart for the blues. The irish winger whos name i forget was excellent too. Munster front five were also very very good..
Forgot about the losing bonus point, sorry.
Martyn Williams was a class apart for the first 40 but Henson was brutal along with the rest of the lads. In the second half the blues were a different side - would have loved to have heard the team talk. Simon Zebo is the winger I reckon (or maybe it was Johnny Murphy) you're thinking of.
So you didnt ntice Henson banging it up the middle making yards or standing wide keeping width to the attack, hitting rucks, tackling locks ( munster were targetting him with the big men and he tookime them down everytime) and the short passes to Evans. Thats before we look at his offload to chekeye when he nearly scored. All in the first half.....
Zebo was the irish lad. Must be close to the irish squad soon, very impressive lines of running.
Any predictions for today
Here goes
Ireland win by 3
England win by 7 (fingers crossed)
France by lotto win
Brains SA Gold - two bottles for £3 at Waitrose!
Boots filled!
Going down the pub soon to get a good seat, hoping the u20's game is not an Omen for Wales!Plenty of real ale to be had either way.
So you didnt ntice Henson banging it up the middle making yards or standing wide keeping width to the attack, hitting rucks, tackling locks ( munster were targetting him with the big men and he tookime them down everytime) and the short passes to Evans. Thats before we look at his offload to chekeye when he nearly scored. All in the first half.....
totally missed all that except him tackling the lock, I'm not sure Cardiff actually produced a decent attack in the first half...
Hope Ireland stuff the Italians and likewise the Welsh versus the English!
So you missed Checkeye being tackled about a 1m short of the line and you expect me to value your opinion?
Back to the 6N though...
Ireland look scruffy at best.
Matchdaygiltchybumpy
And another....
FORZA ITALIA! Nice....b
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This game is getting interesting. Ireland dont seem to be performing as well as they can this year. Good to see Italy doing a bit better than normal
that could be costly
Italy are better each year. With a decent 10, they'd be a tough side to beat.
Karney looks very good though
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Agree on both points, transapp.
Ireland improved in second half, but still rather scruffy.
what a boring game
I fell asleep
result flattered Ireland
Agree, brakes.
Right...
*Warms up vocal chords......*
Surprised at how few caps and only one try for Strettle! It comes down to the injuries he has had but really thought he had more than that
Wales looked nervous coming out 😐
:looks for straws to clutch:
Strettle fell out of favour as well - not big enough or something. Banahan stole his caps.
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Make me proud, boys.
Strettle fell out of favour as well - not big enough or something. Banahan stole his caps
Think i would prefer Strettle in the team any day!
Oh no, Brian Moore commentating (when will they give these games to Sky?). I'll bet a tenner that he moans about crooked scrum put ins at least 3 times in the first half
Because he's right, agent! He knows his scrum-onions.
Farrell first touch...and he kicks!
North....so close!
He is gorgeous, isn't he?
That was a brutal passage of play. Great defending by England, but must be draining!
england defence looks pretty strong but they cant keep that up for 80 mins!
Dont think corbisero is going to have a good day against adam jones
Blimey are Wales making heavy weather of this...or is it just my nerves showing...???
OMG - let's hope that's not a sign of things to come...
seems odd that you can still get a penalty after a half-arsed attempt at drop goal
Could be a very long day for the welsh centres if Manu gets a lot of ball!
Good to hear comments on the 9-standing-on-the-ball-for-hours-at-the-back-of-a-ruck-gate! 🙂
That's better..
Good game. The standing around the back of the ruck with the 9 in the england 22 is getting annoying though
There's some hard tackles going in there. 😐
I'm loving it. 😀
Robbo, +1
Great nail biter of a game so far!
Since when did it become acceptable to slow play down so much.
The standing around the back of the ruck with the 9 in the england 22 is getting annoying though
Maybe. But tactically the right thing to do in the 40th minute.
This is good. Still Wales to win though. Really wouldn't want to try to put down Tuilagi. He's big yes, but so strong!
Maybe. But tactically the right thing to do in the 40th minute
Yeh I can understand that but it has happened every time England have had the ball in their own 22.
I think Dickson might get pinged for that second half. He is having a great game though, SO much quicker than youngs when we're in an attacking position. That was a first half of two halves, no? Still think Wales will wear us down then score tries late on though. Still, v. happy with the performance so far.
And Manu clearly wins the battle with Roberts 🙂
Good game so far. Wide open, which is great for us spectators. Encouraging signs from England. Still a bit rough but certainly an improvement. Big question mark over Botha though; he looks completely out of his depth.
I think Roberts has had enough!
I think Roberts has had enough!
He is going off. He looked like he struggled not his best game