Why do you ask ton?

ton, I’m curious myself…why couldn’t you stop yourself coming on this thread to moan on about pass’n’struggle? There’s a bit of a code here isn’t there? Y’know…if you don’t really like the sport, then leave the thread alone. Same reason I stay off Motorsport threads. I have nothing positive to add so I don’t bother. Why not try something similar?

Catfight!!!!!

darcy………..have you ever played rugby league or rugby union.
simple question mate.
or are you one of those experts from the stands?

darcy, actually in ireland some league is played.
and to a pretty good standard.
a mate i played with at wakefield coached the irish national team too.

i did not think you had played.

pwn3d!

ton, just leave it now mate…you’re ruining a good thread.

Yup, seems I was wrong. Some is played. I can honestly say that growing up, I never once saw, or heard of a game of rugby league being played in Ireland.

Apparently they play cricket too, not that I ever saw any of that either.

darcy……….wtf, leave it……. 😆 😆

I apologise for mine and ton’s spat.

Heaslip in at no. 8 for Leamy. That’s a relief.

I hope so 😛

Yeah, I don’t disagree but if I don’t hope, there’s no point in watching it. We’ve beaten them before when they’ve been much better. And you never know, they might show a bit of French indifference. Head says France by 20+. Heart will always say the green machine.

At least we can afford to go overseas for our England players Captain, not just wander up to Blackpool to claim Welsh status… 😛

He’s got Jones on the bench, so it’s not much of a gamble. And at least we’ve got rid of that donkey Peel! For a player who supposedly is a technically good SH, he’s got a crap pass and his vision of the game is even worse.

France look good in attack, but their defence isn’t great is it? 3 tries from a Scottish team that iirc were actually created rather than scored from interceptions. Stop France from getting the ball and they can’t attack – should suit England well. (Wales are stuffed with their mistake rate at the mo….)

England v Italy should be good, even at Twickenham. I’m looking forward to a good technical (ie rather than ‘creative’) game of rugby with lots of steam rising from the scrum.

Scotland scoring three against Frnace doesn’t say to me that France are weak, more that Scotland are actually quite good. We’ve become conditioned to expect Scotland to be rubbish but at the moment they are looking good – they did win a series in Argentina after all.

As a bit of an aside, there’s some names to remember in here![/url]

Agree with muddydwarf here. Scotland have looked good in the run up (apart from the new zealand game!!!). We bested south africa, had a great run in Argentina CREATED 3 tries against France. Last six nations was stops and starts but looked stronger than we have for some time. If this years Scotland Wales game is half as good as last years it’ll be great!!

Should be another interesting weekend.

France were exciting last week but they did leak THREE tries to a side who’s only five pointer in recent memory was against Manu Samoa. This means that against an Irish side (who are clearly past their best) they may disintegrate, as they did against the Aussies, or win in a festival of running rugby.

Who can tell? I can’t……..

Scotland, at best, can only beat Wales which never seems to prove anything because Wales seem to be making a sow’s ear from a silk purse on a regular basis.

Which leaves England v Italy. I can’t ever remember ENJOYING an Italy game in the 6N (except the win at Murrayfield a few years back LOL) and I don’t expect to enjoy this one if it turns into the dogged bun-fight that the Italians will be looking for. There’s always hope that England might get ahead enough to have some fun but we’ll see.

If NZ were playing any of the six this weekend how would they fare?

Well the Welsh under 20’s beat Scotland hollow so lets hope this is a sign of things to come. Bit of biff as well 😀

Rogers was exonerated unlike Howarth and Sinkinson