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Are all the England games on itv then, not home games on sky?
Yep, all terrestrial this year:
That’s great news.
Six Nations has always been terrestrial, what has changed is that its split up amongst bbc and itv, which is arse because itv has the england games and their coverage sucks.
This is a great site for finding out whats on when and where.
http://www.wheresthematch.com/live-rugby-union-on-tv/
Sad and inspiring stuff from Dafydd James, hope he comes through his dark times.
Neath RFC now free of Cuddy.
<AA – now now. don’t kick a man when he is down you utter cad. this is rugby you know not soccer>
Says the man who pointed at me and Flash and laughed 🙄
Tuilagi stating for England, hope Daly,Nowell and May have been practising high balls!!
Amazed that Daly is starting at full back. He was bollox there in the autumn and has been shit for Wasps this season. That’s a big call. I’d have thought that Saturday was tailor made for Brown because despite being a bit grumpy, he’s pretty good under the high ball.
The Irish team look very good and I can’t see much passed them winning well at home. I’m prepared for a pisspoor performance from England. Ireland are the form team in the northern hemisphere coming off the back of a very impressive autumn and a good European tournament. Plus they have a coach who has a game plan, knows his best team and how to execute the win.
Mind map+1
England do not have a full time full back even on the bench. Wtf. Trial of the century for Daly.
Pigface - that was different! 😉
Scotland team out
15. Stuart Hogg VICE-CAPTAIN (Glasgow Warriors) - 65 caps
14. Tommy Seymour (Glasgow Warriors) - 46 caps
13. Huw Jones (Glasgow Warriors) - 19 caps
12. Sam Johnson (Glasgow Warriors) - uncapped
11. Blair Kinghorn (Edinburgh) - 7 caps
10. Finn Russell (Racing 92) - 40 caps
9. Greig Laidlaw CAPTAIN (Clermont Auvergne) - 66 caps
1. Allan Dell (Edinburgh) - 17 caps
2. Stuart McInally VICE-CAPTAIN (Edinburgh) - 22 caps
3. Willem Nel (Edinburgh) - 26 caps
4. Ben Toolis (Edinburgh) - 14 caps
5. Grant Gilchrist (Edinburgh) - 28 caps
6. Sam Skinner (Exeter Chiefs) - 3 caps
7. Jamie Ritchie (Edinburgh) - 6 caps
8. Ryan Wilson (Glasgow Warriors) - 41 caps
Substitutes
16. Jake Kerr (Leicester Tigers) - uncapped
17. Jamie Bhatti (Glasgow Warriors) - 11 caps
18. Simon Berghan (Edinburgh) - 14 caps
19. Gary Graham (Newcastle Falcons) - uncapped
20. Josh Strauss (Sale Sharks) - 17 caps
21. Ali Price (Glasgow Warriors) - 19 caps
22. Adam Hastings (Glasgow Warriors) - 7 caps
23. Chris Harris (Newcastle Falcons) - 6 caps
A mighty front 5 that will take on anyone and give a good account of themselves. Nelly the scrumephant back to his destructive best.
A somewhat makeshift and lightweight back row ( relativly!) I fear that will be out undoing. NOt enough power to get over the gainline ball in hand, not enough guile to steal and slow opposition ball. Without those two things we are in trouble
Backs - the best we can do pretty much. Nice to see Kinghorn get a start - he is a very dangerous runner and excellent under the high ball. Expect to see Hogg coming into the line a lot and taking ball at first receiver with Kinghorn dropping back to cover. Thats a back division to score tries if the forwards get us some decent ball.
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1. Jefferson Poirot - 123 kg (6ft, 19st 6lbs)
2. Guilhem Guirado - 109 kg (5ft 11in, 17st 2lbs)
3. Uini Atonio - 152 kg (6ft 6ins, 24st 6lbs)
4. Sebastien Vahaamahina - 126kg (6ft 8in, 19st 12lbs)
5. Paul Willemse - 135 kg (6ft 7ins, 21st 4lbs)
6. Wenceslas Lauret - 103 kg (6ft 2ins, 16st 2lbs)
7. Arthur Itturia - 107 kg (6ft 6ins, 17st 6lbs)
8. Louis Picamoles - 116 kg (6ft 4ins, 18st 4lbs)Pack Total = 971 kg
Run fat boys run!!
Welsh midgets need to hit the pies.
Rob Evans - 116 kg
Ken Owens - 109 kg
Tomas Francis - 135 kg
Adam Beard - 120 kg
Alun Wyn Jones - 118 kg
Josh Navidi - 105 kg
Justin Tipuric - 102 kg
Ross Moriarty - 106 kgTeam Total = 911
What’s 60 kilos between friends...!
When do they weigh them all then? How up to date are the weights?
When do we hit the one tonne scrum? Has anyone ever done it?
In on a layover in Glasgow Saturday, so looking for somewhere to watch the 6N matches. Any recommendations for a good rugby pub in Downtown?
Thought France had a 1ton scrum a few seasons ago.
Anyway Ryan Wilson and Gary Graham in the same pack. It'll be like 2am on Sunday morning on Lothian road. Fists swinging everywhere and puffed up chests.
Aye yes - Ryan Wilson - that epitome of the beautiful game - a silky runner with great ball handling skills and the likeliest player to win the sportsmanship award 😉
Some predictions of things that shouldn't happen in the game but will do
Wilson will get into a fight in every match but so sneakily he never gets penalised He and Itoje will set up a boxing ring on the centre spot to get it out of their systems before the match
Gilcrest will give away a really stupid penalty either pulling down a maul or lying on the ball right on our line and cost us a try
Russell will completely mess something up. He is not allowed to take penalties to touch nor kickoffs nor goal kicks anymore but he will still find something to get wrong
Someone will call Toolis a big girl and pull his hair
Interesting interview with Nowell. I think many were in awe of his comeback match for Exeter where he appeared everywhere to great effect although officially played at FB. He’s stating licence to do the same on Saturday which could make things interesting, but more so he says he may play off the forwards - I’m guessing Eddies asking him to get over the ball in the ruck as an extra/quick player into contact.
Didn't Jones say he's the best 7 in Europe .
Will probably play FB as 11, Daly wing as 15, ' cos Jones is orsumz tactical genius.
He’s stating licence to do the same on Saturday which could make things interesting, but more so he says he may play off the forwards – I’m guessing Eddies asking him to get over the ball in the ruck as an extra/quick player into contact.
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*hides behind sofa*
Jeepers thats scary!
Nowell getting involved rucks isn't going to work well, he will just be doing the job much less effectively than an experienced international forward and will also leave a gap for those handy tactical kickers Ireland have and 9 and 10 to exploit...But Eddie Jones, eh?
I imagine what they intend is Nowel picking and going round the fringes or playing direct of 9 in broken play.
Nowell getting involved rucks isn’t going to work well, he will just be doing the job much less effectively than an experienced international forward
You forget we don’t have an experienced international 7 in our team... But yes he’d get battered to pieces. England will need to get behind Ireland and I guess what AA describes is one way of attempting to do it.
England will keep giving the ball to Billy V and occasionally his brother, Tualingi
or Itoje and then will run hard at the irish defenders until eventually they suck in enough defenders to create space out wide. It is a tactic that despite being predictable has had some success against Ireland and Irish teams (Saracens V Munster in Europe)
This could be a tough day at the office for us.
England ladies setting the tone with a 50pt win over Ireland.
Nervous now!!
Wine or beer?
Jesus shitting christ that Willemse is ****ing huge!!
Nervous now!!
Wine or beer?
Brains?
I am not a sports fan, rugby is the only sport I make a point of following (and then mainly the 6nations). I don’t know how people who love sport cope with the ‘stress’. I normally support the underdog - so this weekend Wales, England and Italy [ are Italy the underdogs? 😉 ].
Let’s hope it’s a great game and no injuries.
Only got a few bottles of peroni in the house, gone for that!
Some big boys in that French pack. They’ve even managed to look like a team in the first few minutes.
The conditions look pretty grim tonight as well. Makes me glad to be sat indoors with a few Speckled Hens.
Teetol spectating just feels wrong 🙁
Wales look drunk!
Just as well France have missed a few kicks.
I’m surprised at how good France have looked and they’ve played the conditions better. If they balls this up, the crowd will not be happy...
If France start playing a structured game, they could be a big threat at the RWC
A few brain dead decisions by Wales's players in that half.
I doubt it will be pissing down and cold in Japan. Wales dont have the ball carriers to compete with the french pack.
Oh la la....
France are not unstructured here, quite the opposite. They aren't executing as well as the other big boys in the 6N will, so this is not a great sign for Wales. They all need to try an be as good as JD2, Then they'll be OK.
Too many handling errors by the men in red, Sanjay not shipping it as is his way and we’ve slipped back to terrible decision making - 20 second till red and you kick it back down the park 😳🔫 I is disappoint!
If Anscombe was half as good as he thinks he is he would be Wales best ever fly half!
47 mins for Wales to register a point. Jiffy finally has something to get excited about (not that that’s stopped home so far).
Boom, I’ll have that!!
A glimmer of hope. Next ten minutes are going to be super intense. If Wales score next, will France be rattled?
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Well. Couldn't happen to a nicer huget.
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What a monumental F up by Huget....ooops.
They French crowd will start to get restless now, especially if they blow a 16 point lead. The Welsh scrum has done well given the weight deficit.
I’ll fackin have that too - in north we trust!!!
Sorry - wasn’t saying France are unstructured. More that if they start playing proper rugby (after 5 poor years) then they have all the ingredients. For too long gheyve had players out of position, bizzare selection and awful tactics.
Is anybody else starting to wonder if the Welsh kicker is a replicant?
Le retour!
****ing stressed now
And we were singing hymns and arias,
'Land of my Fathers', 'Ar hyd y nos'.
And we were singing hymns and arias,
‘Land of my Fathers’, ‘Ar hyd y nos’.There’s a lot of bread of heaven going on in my livingroom at the moment
The piss poor French place kicking could well be their undoing tonight plus the fact that that appear to still be in the changing rooms following half time. The crowd is silent too.
If Wales win this, they will have done bloody well to dig themselves out of s pretty big hole.
That was high on Williams
Jiffy senior is a ****
The same Williams that was crouched down to 2/3 his height vs 6ft 4 Picamoles?
Opps pen France...
That was just France running round the outside
That pass- what an earth was he thinking! Jesus.
Merde
Oh my nerves!
Super George 😀
Non merde.... 😁
I put 40p on Wales to win and North to score try.
I'm in the money!
Also got all UK nations to win first games.
gutless **** bought them back. awful reffing.
Right now get the ****ing ball out youv****s!!
That was knocked on! Whatever. No one is going to be too worried by those two. The scots will beat both.
Oh my goodness! I could not take that very often.
Fair play to Wales for getting the first score in the second half and letting France implode while they cleaned up the mess. Huget will have to look at replays of that for the rest of his life.
Bit of a let-down of a game - normally expect a bit more from Wales v France. Can't believe quite how shite France were in the second half.
No one is going to be too worried by those two. The scots will beat both.
Played shit, won in Paris. I'll take that. Ireland struggled last season too and look what they did!
Just used the get out of jail free card....
It's an away win in Paris to start the 6N. I don't think it's a get out of jail free card. France lost that game - the same as they lost the game to Ireland last year, even if they played better than they did tonight. No team has ever come back from that far down in the 2nd half in the 6N, so fair play to Wales, they were helped by France being silly, but **** it, it's an away win in Paris in the first game. They can go forward with confidence after that.
Huget will be popular with his team mates as will the other chap. They blew a 16 point lead having looked pretty comfortable. The poor place kicking didn’t help them either. Another hit and miss 6N for France by the looks of it.
Guessing Wales will be happy it with that. Their scrum stood up well to a big old French pack and they had good composure when they looked to be on course for a loss and a very poor performance.
The French pack dominated until half time and then ran out of puff by the end the welsh were defending well and the French forwards went nowhere.
Hope Liam is fit for at least the week after next.
Gifted 2 tries is get out of jail.....
epic entertainment - liam’s a legend, that intercept is what north was born for, game on for the rest of the games
You lot are as bad as Jiffy - theres nothing legendary in the game at all!