He didn’t come from the pretty parts of Toulouse. Not a “posh” man at all. A very, very down to earth, very humble man in person, but oh my days what a mercurial player!
And what about Fabien Pelous? That well known posh boy farmer’s son from the countryside outside of Toulouse?
Of course, beyond France, there’s the utter legend that is
You’d have to say Piggie, probably the top Northern Hemisphere side at the moment, wouldn’t you? Finally realising their potential. They’re going to rip the shit out of the 6N next year.
A-A shit the bed you are mean. I thought they looked good so far, couple of mistakes but the Aussies also made some mistakes. They are there for the taking (as they were last week).
wales played better second half, but again scrum reffing was awful, and as for that maul pen at the end that was shocking, at my most generous I would say the aussie’s had the ref in their pocket at worst it looked like blatent favouritism.
The All Blacks had so more intensity and physicality it was unbelievable. Ireland were just bouncing off them. A pretty embarrassing performance from them.
INTERMISSION
Two defeats for the home nations, but in two very different fashions. Wales have to learn to win close games, Ireland just have to learn to play like New Zealand – good luck with that.
I’ll be back for the build-up to the South Africa v England match, which kicks off at 16:00 BST. Why not send in your thoughts ahead of that game as England try to avoid the 3-0 series whitewashes suffered by Wales and Ireland – you can text on 8111, or tweet using #bbcrugby.
Why would they intentionally ignore the Scotland match/result?