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Anyone fancy some Ai score predictions? My record at this ishows a serious failure rate But here goes anyway

Italy Fiji - Fiji by 3
Scotland Samoa Scotland by 6
England Argentina england by 8
Wales Australia - Aus by 12
Ireland SA ~SA by 10
New Zealand France NZ by 20

*Gets flameproof suit out*


 
Posted : 10/11/2017 2:52 pm
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England Argentina england by [b]2[/b]8

Fixed. Argentina to score first, England to trounce them 2nd half.


 
Posted : 10/11/2017 3:30 pm
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Fiji by 5
Scotland by 15
England by 20
Australia by 10
Ireland by 3
NZ by 20


 
Posted : 10/11/2017 10:05 pm
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Italy by 6
Scitland by 15
England by 30
Aus by 26
Ireland by 12
NZ by 24


 
Posted : 10/11/2017 10:24 pm
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I think Wales have been storing up issues for the future not giving youngsters enough game time both pro 14 and international.

Pro14 is all kids, not sure you watch much or always habe one eye shut


 
Posted : 10/11/2017 10:25 pm
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Aus by 26 AA - you really do need private frazer!

The kids - thats the opposite way to you were arguing over Biggar. I said moving him on could allow a younger chap ( name won't come to mind now) to gain valuable experience. You want to keep all the older stars in wales

You can't have it both ways


 
Posted : 10/11/2017 10:32 pm
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I reckon Aus will win by more than two scores, if not significantly more. Not convinced Scotland will have the easy win some here seem to predict either.


 
Posted : 10/11/2017 10:39 pm
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I agree about Scotland although our weakness in the front row will be worse against teams with better scrums. It will be a tough game. Could go either way. Scotland could run riot if we get a purple patch - quite capable of scoring multiple tries in a short time but equally capable of getting caught out. Scotland will play a high risk high reward type game and when it goes wrong it goes wrong badly


 
Posted : 10/11/2017 10:43 pm
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Ireland SA is the one I can't call. SA getting much better - although that isn't hard!!


 
Posted : 11/11/2017 12:30 am
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The kids - thats the opposite way to you were arguing over Biggar. I said moving him on could allow a younger chap ( name won't come to mind now) to gain valuable experience.

Davies gets plenty of game time.
You wont attract crowds by getting rid of the best players and you wont develop younger players as well if they have no better players to learn from.


 
Posted : 11/11/2017 8:14 am
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I'll go for...

Italy by 3

Samoa by 3 .... sadly we have too many injuries!

England by 24

Aus by 16

Ireland to draw

NZ by 18


 
Posted : 11/11/2017 8:59 am
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Hmmph I'm Scottish I'll settle for a win of any description.


 
Posted : 11/11/2017 9:19 am
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given the matches overlap which will be the best to watch? Obviously I have to watch scotland - its a compulsory exercise in self flagellation so only get the last 1/2 hr of the england game but Wales / aus or ireland /SA?

Whats the best entertainment?


 
Posted : 11/11/2017 9:45 am
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I reckon Wales v Aussies will be the one TJ - lets hope hope Toony can work some magic with our depleted squad today.


 
Posted : 11/11/2017 10:56 am
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Reckon now Samoa ru is broke. We could offer a few grand for them not to break our players. We'll keep it close just don't hurt us.


 
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Admit I am disinterested in this weekend’s games. Have a lunch with friends so won’t be watching. Even when I had my debentures I didn’t bother paying £80 a ticket to watch this sort of laregly pointless friendly. Argentina always tough and its quite wet this moring. England will get the job done but its will be difficult as it usually is. A lot depends upon the reffing of the scrum.


 
Posted : 11/11/2017 11:40 am
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Just realised I'd got England's fixtures wrong.... we're playing Australia not Fiji next week.


 
Posted : 11/11/2017 11:47 am
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Tiggs - its not that depleted bar the front row.

Of first choices in their position who is missing? ( bar the front row)
Big Ritchie - pretty irreplaceable
Scott and Bennett in the centres - we have good quality replacements. Back 3 perhaps Maitland will be missed


 
Posted : 11/11/2017 11:57 am
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Whats the best entertainment?

If you want to see a close compeitive game netween two good side...I reckon the Ireland SA match.
I have my boys 7th b'day party sleep over starting at 4 so I dont have to watch Wales v Aus!!!


 
Posted : 11/11/2017 12:17 pm
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This may have been asked already but I can't see it - is the Ireland game on tv anywhere? I can't find it on my box!


 
Posted : 11/11/2017 12:20 pm
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England and Ireland games all live on Sky - England games have BBC highlights same evening.
Scotland and Wales games all live on BBC - Wales games also live on S4C and Scotland games also live on BT Sport
France and Italy games all live on Premier Sport - France games get a full replay on Freesports same evening

Stolen from gwlad


 
Posted : 11/11/2017 12:22 pm
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Plenty of steaming sites available if you want to watch.


 
Posted : 11/11/2017 12:26 pm
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Ta a_a. Now down to the box to work out why I'm being blind!


 
Posted : 11/11/2017 12:27 pm
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I'll send you a recording Aa so you don't miss out 😉


 
Posted : 11/11/2017 12:28 pm
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I'll send you a recording Aa so you don't miss out

You are all heart!@!


 
Posted : 11/11/2017 12:29 pm
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Nel broken his arm...


 
Posted : 11/11/2017 4:14 pm
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Thats shit. What else did I miss whilst blowing up balloons?


 
Posted : 11/11/2017 4:32 pm
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confirmed? FFS we are now down to one TH!


 
Posted : 11/11/2017 4:34 pm
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Gawd save us from Stuart Barnes.


 
Posted : 11/11/2017 4:35 pm
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Lovely try from England


 
Posted : 11/11/2017 4:35 pm
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With the current player safety laws, and Brown landing on his head, the Arg 15 was sh@@ting himself as the ref went to his pocket. I think he "tried" to catch the ball but was never going to. The ref said he landed on his shoulder, but it was definitely head first.


 
Posted : 11/11/2017 4:40 pm
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I'm only following the txt of the SCO game, but the scoreline looks impressive. Consistently winning games that 5 years ago you didn't.

6N could be good this year!


 
Posted : 11/11/2017 4:53 pm
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Scotland getting the job done.

England game is t that exciting. Hughes took his try nicely though. Slade seems to have woken up a bit as the half went on.

Will be interesting to see how Daly goes at fullback. Brown past the ball once before we went off! Ford’s kicking is still a lottery though.


 
Posted : 11/11/2017 4:58 pm
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[quote=tjagain"]Scotland Samoa Scotland by 6

I got one right1

fantastic game - really exciting. Loads of tries, fightback from Samoa, Scotland hold on for the win.


 
Posted : 11/11/2017 5:25 pm
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With the current player safety laws, and Brown landing on his head, the Arg 15 was sh@@ting himself as the ref went to his pocket. I think he "tried" to catch the ball but was never going to. The ref said he landed on his shoulder, but it was definitely head first.

for me its either no penalty - the Argentinian went for the ball [b]or[/b] red - he landed on his head. If the ref thinks he didn't land on his head then its pen no card as he landed on his front / arm


 
Posted : 11/11/2017 5:39 pm
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Presumably Brown's head is considered equal to everyone else's shoulder in terms of potential for damage. Which seems reasonable.


 
Posted : 11/11/2017 5:43 pm
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Bit of a dull game. Eddie looks annoyed.

England at least not looking rusty and will build.

Underhill cemented his place today,but not a lot of go forward from anyone other than Hughes.

England v Aus? Money's on Australia at the moment.


 
Posted : 11/11/2017 5:54 pm
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I only saw bits of the England game but looking at the stats Argentina had all the possession and territory. Where did England win the game?

Again in the bits I saw England did not seem to be competing the breakdown at all. Is that right?

BTW - Scotland / Samoa had 11 tries 🙂 Now thats what I call entertainment! Samoa have some really dangerous runners and Scotland had no answer to the pick and go done at pace. Swinson remains a liability - what does he have on Toony to keep getting selected? Nice Cameo from Peter Horne - he is turning into a competent replacement for Russell

Big shout out to Samoa - they have learnt discipline. No horrid tackles. Very good display from the ref as well

NZ next - they are toast 😉 We are world beaters -
whats that you say Private Frazer - we're doomed you say?


 
Posted : 11/11/2017 6:08 pm
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Where did England win the game?

Twickers... 🙄


 
Posted : 11/11/2017 6:11 pm
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Wales win the anthems as always


 
Posted : 11/11/2017 6:16 pm
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When Argentina play it tight, they must be horrible to play against. Samoa offer nowhere near the same organised structure they do. We weren't great, but good enough. Solid scrum, great line out, tackled well. The back line looked unsettled, which it was. Next week will be Youngs Ford Daley, Farrell, JJ, Watson, Brown.


 
Posted : 11/11/2017 6:18 pm
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Kryton - very helpful 🙂

You know what I meant


 
Posted : 11/11/2017 6:35 pm
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This Wales/Aus game should be great if it carries on

Love Jiffy complementing Wales conceding a try. Trying to out do Andy Nicoll


 
Posted : 11/11/2017 6:42 pm
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Jiffy really does need to lay off the booze/crack pipe pre match!


 
Posted : 11/11/2017 6:44 pm
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Wales determined to do things the hard way today...


 
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