No 6 Nations bickering?
Give them time 😁😁...Good game tonight, France are going to be a handful 🤔
Good start. Vive la France (except when playing Ingurlund, obvs)
Rugby, what rugby? No rugby here......
I am still hopeful a Welsh player strike can save us!! News out of the e Wales camp is that Duncan Jones is out injured and needs surgery on both knees.....you couldn't make it up!!
The Welsh team were always going to be outgunned by England but picking Mann and Macleod on the flank is ridiculous. Mann isn't big enough for an international 6 and Macleod is not good enough or big enough for 7. Mann and Botham could have worked, or Cracknell and Mann. As for Ben Thomas at 12, lovely player for Cardiff but hopelessly underpowered for an international 12...still at least the dwarf at 15 has been dropped...can Wales win a game this season.....doubtful tbh. England backs are "rapid" and big, going to be a long day...
Irish picked a backline of huge slow blokes and the french backs smoked them, of course it was built on the French pack demolishing the Irish pack in the first half
That’s better, just need TJ to return but no fighting……
Wow, I was actually going to write a post saying how I had drifted away from rugby since the Glasgow games were taken away from BBC Alba and the 6N was no longer free to air.
Now I find that not only is the 6N still free to air but there is an URC.tv where I can get all the games for 45 euros a year.
I guess folk in the UK are still stuck with a Premier Sports subscription. No way would I subscribe to that but a rugby only subscription that is actually reasonably priced has convinced me to get back into it (and no, it's not just because Glasgow are apparently doing well).
Now all I need is for someone to bring back GCN+ and I could spend literally all weekend on my couch watching sport.
However, one question. Why the **** was the opening game on a Thursday?
Winter Olympics opening ceremony is tonight.
Watched the Glasgow Saracens game recently, Glasgow very good, they are a side worth watching.
However, one question. Why the **** was the opening game on a Thursday?
Couldn't make head nor tail of this myself. It might make a bit more sense if there was also a Friday match (trying to make the most of the first round of matches), but no.
Maybe to avoid clashing with the figure-sledding-curl-jumping, which starts today?
Annoyed with the adverts mid game - that wasn't great. Ireland were disappointing, although they clearly missed some of their key injured players eg Porter. France are the team to beat - hard to believe they left out some great players too e.g Aldrit and Pennaud,
France were excellent despite leading a few players out
Ireland seemed a bit off the pace. Much better 2nd half but the result was never in doubt
Someone warned me they were going to ads during scrum formation... what a bizarre idea. They must actually think people are going to buy things from their crappy, irritating adverts - these aren't even "subscribe or be annoyed" ads! I guess the advertisers don't realise there are people who actively avoid their products due to their annoyance.
France are such a good watch. That also is annoying :S
It was an entertaining game. It will take a really strong team to beat France in Paris, the combination of a really powerful accurate pack with all the flair and skill they have in the backs will make them really hard to beat.
Ireland just looked a bit lost. They're on the 3rd choice player for half their pack. No Keenan, no Aki. Prendergast looked out of his depth, he had a couple of good little flashes, the cross field kick pass in the first half was good, but he was struggling with a defense that pressed so quickly and gave him so little time.
So Bielle-Biarrey for top try scorer.
Also mid game cutaways to ads can GTF.
France played a blinder. Non-stop movement and fast passes. Ireland just seemed slow and took too long to realise kicking wasn't going to work particularly well.
Dreading Saturday's match and hoping Wales don't get absolutely mullered by the Saes.
Dreading Saturday's match and hoping Wales don't get absolutely mullered by the Saes.
Don't hold your breath!
However, one question. Why the **** was the opening game on a Thursday?
Because of the potential clash with the Olympic opening ceremony. Interestingly it was the most watched opening match in 6N history. Maybe its what the people want.
I'd love to see a Wales win in Sunday but I'm realistic!
France absolutely smashed Ireland if we're honest...
England might trouble France a bit but I think it's very much a two horse race with France and England.
I predict France will win pretty easily overall.
I'd love to see a Wales win in Sunday but I'm realistic!
Yeah, winning on Sunday after being smashed tomorrow might be a game too far for this Welsh team. 😉
France made Ireland look very, very ordinary. It was a lot of fun for a neutral.
I shall be hiding behind the sofa during England v Wales. If wales can keep England below 50 points and score a try I’ll take it as a massive victory. I’m not holding my breath.
Ireland didn't play bad at all.. France just played on a higher level. They will walk this.
My prediction is a grand slam, they may lose one match to England but I wouldn't bet on it.
Ireland weren’t great, lost the physical battle, were second best in the air and had little shape in attack.
How much that was irelands fault or how much it was France stopping them is the bit that is always hard to know.
France on the other hand were very good, the young second row had a storming game.
Well what can I say about Scotland this year ? I think Townsend is right to drop Duhan and Darcy . Otherwise I hope for the best and fear for the worst.
It's the hope that kills ye...
Ireland looked ponderous not just in attack but also in defence which is unusual. Partly because of the French offloading in contact but Ireland didn't seem to be able to adapt.
Given how wet it was the French commitment to a loose offloading game was admirable.
Damp weather and damp Scotland today... Not great but, credit to Italy, who are coping better with the weather
Pray for TJ
Get in Italy!! Woop. Woop!!
Well today's game was good I'm off out on the bike!
Isn't modern turf technology amazing. Barely a patch of mud despite such horrific weather
Seen drier bogs in Ireland.
Stupidest team in the history of the universe
Could a sniper take out Lake please?
I thought we were bad in Italy today but Wales are setting new levels of mediocrity
mediocrity
Not anywhere near that good.
I thought England were average tbh, but then when the opposition hand them the game they need to do much!
Stating the obvious but Italy scoring a couple in the dry won that game - just a lottery after the heavens opened. Pity because I reckon both sides would have gone for a running game in the dry.
England were very England. Dominant, score easily then get arrogant and drop off.
Wales need to stop doing stupid stuff - not going to win the game but at least make it competitive.
Has anyone checked if LRZ has an Irish granny that pace would look good in a green shirt
I'm an England supporter who has always had a strong connection with N Wales.
I feel sorry for the Welsh supporters as their national game is going to shit with seemingly no route out.
(Falling participation at ground roots level, falling fan numbers and falling income to invest in new talent)
If it wasn't for RZ then they would have had nothing today - and he's only there because he can't do what he really wants to do.
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Zammit and Wainwright were excellent, Tomos serviceable the rest hopeless.
Still less than 50 was a win 😆
Well at least the hope flickered briefly, and then died with any luck it won't spark back into life next week and with the six nations being shorter this year it'll all be over in no time. If it's not all over already
Signed a Scottish Optimist
Yeah England will need to be better against Scotland, but that game doesn't really tell anything about how good they are or could be...
England average, don’t think arrogance was a problem though just don’t think they played that well, bit of a lack of cohesion at times but Wales were stupid
Wainwright is a fine player.
I'm not one to bay for the manager's head but I think it's time for Townsend to go.
I'm not one to bay for the manager's head but I think it's time for Townsend to go.
Would you like Tandy back?
Would you like Tandy back?
I don't know who I'd like in the post but I think it's time for a change.
It made me laugh how they were blaming some of the Scottish performance on the weather .....
It's not like it doesn't rain in Scotland and is constantly piss-wet in Italy!!
don't know who I'd like in the post but I think it's time for a change.
Franco for me. Shame to lose him at Warriors though
