Rugby – 6 nations.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/16773386

Great news! Desperate DanJamie Roberts and Rhys Piestland both fit to play!

North/Roberts/Cuthbert on the crash ball…..Me likey!

Welsh team announced. Back line looks good, i am glad Byrne is not playing instead of halfpenny

Wales: L Halfpenny; A Cuthbert; J Davies, J Roberts; G North; R Priestland, M Phillips; R Gill, H Bennett, A Jones, B Davies, I Evans, R Jones, S Warburton (c), T Faletau.

Replacements: K Owens, P James, A Powell, J Tipuric, L Williams, J Hook, S Williams.

Sorry double post

glitchybump

I am putting a tenner on Scotland to win tomorrow – have you all seen the weather forecast ??

I’m liking the look of the Welsh team. It’s always a tough game in Ireland, but they could do it!

Ha! I have been phoned and asked to ref a Scottish Parliament v Westminster game at noon tmw in Edinburgh….I will be on pint 4 by then,pretending I am a young un’ again.

Cuthbert and north will be tested with kicks behind them and cuthbert is still very raw with poor defensive positioning and doesnt look too hot under high balls. That combined with wales missing 4/5s of the best front 5 leaves me hoping for a win but expecting a loss just hope its not a big loss.
I think scotland will beat england. England have neglected young talent for too long. Compare the experience of say jon davis with barrit, both are about the same age.

Scotland A 35 England Saxons 0 😀 Can we take an aggregate score from the A and full teams?

dont know if i can watch the welsh match!! the tension will be too much.

yes alot of youngsters in again due to injuries but i like this as the sooner we ‘blood them’ the better it will be for the future.

didnt everyone write wales off before the ireland v wales world cup match 😉

i think if wales have a sh*t game they will mix it right up selection wise which could be interesting.

looking forward to the england game, very intersting to see how they get on and the style of play.

That’s if they play! What’s the weather like in Edinburgh right now?

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That’s if they play! What’s the weather like in Edinburgh right now?

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Dunno,can’t see the window from our table, busy as well. burps and waves at STW rugby thread.

persistent snow here in Rochdale so hoping it hasn’t hit Edinburgh yet!

surely rufty tufty rugby men will be able to play in a bit of snow?

Not if they can’t see! Actually, England will be in white so…. 😉

France shit so far but italian defence even worse

Just to balance that Saxons result, England U20s won 59-3, with our friend Tom playing at lock…how did that little kid grow to be 6’9″ and 17 stone 😯

new french team don’t look so good.

Charlie Hodgson. :cries:

I thought France were quite good and they will get better.

This match is dire so far. And we could do without the booing, Hibs fans must be in

You’re not wrong.

Charlie Hodgson. :cries:

Robshaw looks a bit like Powell. Hope he’s a touch brighter. England look enthusiastic but rudderless so far.

Italy will be licking their lips thinking about next week

i nodded off midhalf.

scotland 8 is a good lad tho.

somewhat turgid so far but england proving better in the scrum that some had predicted. Eng defence doing reasonably OK, good to hear the lads warning shout ‘drop goal’ and storm at Parks…
no decent runs from the backs as yet, england to improve. DO IT.

This is so crap I spent a bit of time trawling the classifieds.I am cold,wet and too old for this sort of display.Nasty atmosphere, both sets of fans booing the anthems. I should have stayed in the pub.

Good job Strettle has learned to tackle.

Charlie Hodgson. :cries:
!!

They’l never drop him now!

😆

How much to have Parks kneecapped? Must be the only way to stop Robinson picking him and might encourage the others too.

Dear God Scotland are just pitiful awful shocking barley competent.

haha! I know next to nothing about rugby but I liked the little scuffle and the blue die they put on the grass! Is the English team made off teenagers, that superman dive for the try was good!

Bunch of arse!, how can we be so bad? At least we looked a little but better with Laidlaw on but how can we handle so badly and drop everything when needed.

Who is that little barrel that plays for scotland? I was surprised a tubby man could play international ruger. Yes I know he could kick my arse!

That was like watching two one legged men in an arse kicking contest!

France were much better second half. Scotland were utterly clueless and if england defend like that again against a proper team they will be murdered.

Out of interest which team do you support a_a? Scotland threw that away but the result will give those young England players bags of confidence

Well done England! Bit of a clear-out of old dross and a win! Sorted.

Kinda taking a liking to Stuart Lancaster too. As a Wigan boy it’s gonna be interesting to see how Edwards and Farrell square up to each other as international coaches.

Crikey

Great english defensive patterns and I much enjoyed the obvious improvement in enthusiasm. Lots to learn though, need to close the gaps and get some confidence in the backs going forward – the fact they’ve only played together for 80- mins was pretty obvious.

Horrible game, don’t rate our chances too much against France, Wales or Ireland. Could be a force this time next year with a years experience though.

I do reckon Ben Johnson outplayed Dowson within a few minutes though – I don’t remember Dowson going forward at all… I’d give Dowson 40 against Italy to improve or stick Johnson in.

Oh and Hodgson is only thier for the initial tactical experience, he’ll be giving that place to Farrell or Flood before the next world cup.

Ben johnson? Certainly gonna have pace. As for defensive patterns from england there defence was dire how many clean breaks did scotland make? They can tske confidence from a win but they wont be worrying france.

Meh, one of my kids was there – while I was stuck watching on the telly… 🙁