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la vie en rouge · January 2

The scrum is over here.

TheOrganist · February 7

Shocking conditions in Rome but Italy managed them better to beat Scotland 🇮🇹

I fear Wales are going to be put to the sword at Twickenham. A poor beginning already with Dede Davi (me neither) makinng a real pig's ear of Hen wlad fy nhadau to start the suffering early. 😡

Baptist Trainfan · February 7

I haven't been watching. The rain here in Cardiff is depressing enough.

Sandemaniac · February 7

It's carnage. Even as an English man, it's no spectacle.

Celtic Knotweed · February 7

TheOrganist wrote: »

Shocking conditions in Rome but Italy managed them better to beat Scotland 🇮🇹

Despite being Scottish, I have to agree with you

My predictions for the 6 Nations based on this weekend:
First / second France & England.
Third / fourth Ireland & Italy
Fifth / sixth Scotland & Wales

I hope to be proved wrong...

TheOrganist · February 8

@Celtic Knotweed
I agree that France should get top of the table. However, I don't think England beating Ireland is a given. Sure, they ran in 6 tries against us but, given our terrible indiscipline and shocking lack of invention, they should have scored more. As Josh Adams showed, the English defence is not 100%.

sionisais · February 8

Sandemaniac wrote: »

It's carnage. Even as an English man, it's no spectacle.

I agree, but England would have scored another thirty points had they been more careful and not suffered from White Line Fever. Whenever someone is held up over the line I reckon they should go down before the line and lay it back. Ok, 90% of the time.

Btw, anyone else think Maro Itoje has a chance of wearing the #19 shirt this year? Coles and Chessum look very effective.

Piglet · February 14

That's more like it.
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

sionisais · February 14

Congratulations to Scotland, I may exploit my claim to Scots nationality as dad was born in Edinburgh.
It really was a horror show from England but calm and fury in equal measure from Scotland. Set piece superiority counts for little if you have a poor defence and score just two tries from nine visits to the Scot’s 22 while Scotland scored four tries from seven visits. We butchered chances last week against Wales, only Scotland were far, far better and this time it mattered more.

Baptist Trainfan · February 14

There will be carnage in Cardiff tomorrow, I fear. Lots of tickets unsold, too.

sionisais · February 15

We are travelling to Cardiff and back from Zooport. Nothing to do with rugby, our usual Sunday church commute, hope the traffic and driving is better than usual.

TheOrganist · February 15

Yes, well done Scotland - I don't mind sayinng there was much rejoicing in our household
on the ABE principle ... 🤣😂

@Baptist Trainfan I fear you're right.

@sionisais The traffic shouldn't be too bad - kkick-off is at 3:10pm.

Piglet · February 15

TheOrganist wrote: »

... on the ABE principle ... 🤣😂

Baptist Trainfan · February 15

The rout in Cardiff has already begun ...

Baptist Trainfan · February 15

What are Wales doing? They get the ball and kick it ... the French get it every time. That last try was a gift for them. Totally Wales's fault.

Baptist Trainfan · February 15

Oh well - one didn't need the gift of prophecy to predict that.

Celtic Knotweed · February 15

Better play by most teams this week (especially Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿). But what were Wales doing?
@TheOrganist I take your point about the likely result of England v Ireland. You're probably right.

sionisais · February 15

Wales were definitely better today, against far more efficient opponents. France missed a couple of opportunities, but Wales were improved in the tight exchanges and they didn’t butcher chances, which is going to cost England the championship, if it has not done so already.

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