My head says Ireland will win a close game tomorrow as usual with Scotland there's more hope than expectation
Tom B - Member
Nasty from Di Luca. Sean Cox should be in the bin too for accumulating a seasons worth of penalties in a game.
Di Luca's spear tackle was a strange one wasn't it? Very obviously dangerous and very obviously intentional. But why? The only result could possibly have been a red card.
And a penalty count in the region of 20 against Edinburgh to 6 against the Ospreys should have meant more yellows against the Scots but the ref just didn't seem to care.
I think refs are taking pity on Edinburgh. As a Glasgow fan, even my schadenfreude with Edinburgh's woes has evaporated. Now I just look on amazed at how things continue to get worse just when they seem to have bottomed out.
NDL just had a complete and total brain fart. Tool.
I was absolutely cacking myself last night. Not often a game can still be in the balance with a try count of 4 to 1 and yet Glasgow still managed it.
Still, I guess being able to score tries but not kicks is preferable to being able to score kicks but not tries 🙂
Looking forward to the England game. Don't think they will have any trouble beating France.
Two cousins are coming to visit from London today, haven't seen them in ages.
Case of Hobgoblins ?
Three peri peri chickens to go on the BBQ ?
Watch game at 17h00 ?
Life is good 🙂
*leaves kids at home and pops round to Sputnik's house*
Currently freezing my nads off at Sowerby Bridge railway station waiting for a riding bud to arrive so we can ride back and watch the England game -christ's hairy nadgers its cold here!
Kryton57 - Member
*leaves kids at home and pops round to Sputnik's house*
If I wasn't working I'd be his brother from another mother!
Predictions for this weekend's 6N?
Wales by 2 scores
England by 2 scores
Scotland by 1 score
Hmmm, soggy in Rome. Should make it tighter. So, Wales by a score.
With the conditions, lack of parise and change of Italian FH, I reckon Wales are going to ditch out a pasta-ing. Sorry.
COME ON ENGLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND!
Class act, great try. Top tackling England.
Good to see Ashton fancies another game without any tackling 😀
**** me. Lawes is having a shocker.
That French 15 is a great player.
Bloody hell, robshaw is holding the team up by the pants! What a player.
Yep Robshaw has been excellent and everywhere! Goode has looked very solid too. Farrell is looking very average with ball in hand.
It seems like Farrell has a bit of an attitude problem. Lawes needs to go and have a rest. I'd like to see care come on. France are playing very cleverly (deep vs the rush defence), its a shame they've come to their senses and bought in trinh duc for this game!
Bien joue, Les Bleus (jusqua'a maintenant!). They have got under our skin and how the value if playing people (T-D etc) in position. Shocking ttackiling from Ashdon, Youngs, and Lawes. No 6 can miss this many in a test match. Thank goodness for Robshaw and OF's boot.
Schoolboy errors from England 2 for the second week running. They need to make the Line Out form up on the mark. Instead as in Ireland they merely throw down the line of the oppo's forwards. Crazy!
We need an early decisive score!
Agreed wrecker. Farrell isn't in the right mindset. Care would relish this type of game.
Where did that come from - and just as France make the silliest substitution of 6N so far! Phew!
Chuffed for Manu.
Interested to see that Lancaster has taken off a great athlete without a brain and put on a ........great athlete without a brain.
Haha at least the Hask is capable of tackling above grass height.
Cheers Freddie!!!
England rampant now!
Mmm, has anyone checked the French coaches pockets for betting slips. Sure he is basing his pension on a payout on France losing all their games this year. How can you substitute your most effective players and cock up the strong position you were in?
France seem determined to lose! Chinese betting syndicate watching this game intently? 😀
Woodward said it right... Frances decisions and subs are "criminal" 😀
Don't they just, French coach needs a talking too.
Flood should start the next match after that
I enjoyed that very much. Did you, Steve? 😆
Given how lame Farrell was for a while before they subbed him Flood may well have to start. Only saw the 2nd half but can't believe how badly the French deteriorated with their subs coming on. Michalak was appalling and cant believe he was brought on.
Ps what I saw confirmed Ashton is almost as bad as Michalak and a grade A bell end too.
What a clash!
Never doubted England for a second though.
Robshaw was a tower of strength , Tialagi brilliant throughout the entire game as well.
I thought care made a massive difference.vunipola too.
One average game from Farrell and you drop him?
Flood had an easier ride with a period of England dominance.
England win playing average they are improving learning and developing all the time. Given where they were a year ago I'd say the coaches are doing a lot very well therefore ill back their decisions rather than us armchair coaches.
Yep. Ashton is a knob. Freddie is shit. Care is the best English 9.
And Youngs in the loose Wrecker.
England have some very good players but still leave themselves open with guys like Ashton and Goode. I know they have their merits but England have so many other options who could offer more in attack (they wouldn't be loosing anything in defense!). I guess as it is at the moment they don't need to risk much in attack as playing average is a more than successful strategy at the moment.
The England forwards were immense and are making the England scorelines look more flattering than the overall performance deserves. That's rugby though and it is up to the other team to disrupt that!
Also it bothers me that most of the England backline look fresh out of One Direction 😀
Goode? He's played well and did his job.
Top flight sport is about doing your job for the team within a framework
I thought Goode had a very good game today. The weaker tacklers (Brown, Ashton and youngs) were horribly exposed by fofana.
Goode was excellent today. He does the bread and butter full back stuff very well.
I agree. Goode played well. The ronseal 15. Does the job well with minimum fuss. Very solid at the back.
The beauty of rugby, and to a lesser extent England, is how fortunes can change so quickly. Against Ireland, Youngs looked secure, Hartley better that Youngs and Laws looked like a good tackler. Today the rolese seemed totally reversed. Thank goodness for squad rugby!! No need to consider either of our wings for the Lions in that!
I thought T-D could kick? Why not just change the French kickers around but keep them in the field?
DanW, I don't get your point about forwards flattering the score. That's the opposite of when golfers say, "I played well today but couldn't put." Both are integral to their respective sport, so I cant see the point of making such a distinction personally.
Poor old Andy Nicoll. The old chipper must have been squirming. Soma least he could "HIGHLIGHT" two infringements. I hope he never watches the All Blacks 😉 !
You know, i find that appalling.
England's women are playing France in front of an empty stadium - the tickets were free for christs sake, how depressing must it be to run out for your country in front of 82'000 empty seats.
I despair sometimes. I would have loved to have been there for both games.
Trouble is muddydwarf, I can go watch a higher standard of rugby locally for free.
.....I'd guess that a large portion of the crowd booked travel package tickets and had coaches that were leaving soon after the end of the mens game.
....and what wrecker says. The bits that I've caught have been dire!
