Rugby

[Rog]

well england did ok on saturday..........

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wales didn't

[Rog]

......thats right

[Dunwho]

Ireland did good... not great... but they are getting there!!!!!

I am hoping we do the double... but it aint gonna be easy with France and England away!

[Rog]

should be an interesting few weeks

[matt]

Originally Posted by Rog

well england did ok on saturday..........

Not really - they were piss poor. Wales played badly and still could (and perhaps should) have won that match. If we'd have had a half decent scum half we would have done. Plus losing 2 of our Lions front row 2 days before the game really didn't help. I'm not saying Wales deserved to win, they clearly didn't, but England didn't exactly play well.

However I fully expect them to put 40 points on Italy this Sunday and then watch the English media have a jizz fest about how they're going to win the Grand Slam and then enjoy seeing them come badly unstuck against France, Ireland and maybe even the Scots in Murrayfield if it's raining.

[Rog]

*Yawn* any excuse! i admit we weren't the best but wales were also piss poor. i am not getting carried away and saying we are going to win the grand slam because we are a very long way from that. Even if we lose the rest of our games we still beat ya - and that's what you hate more than anything else

here, have a lemon to suck!

[matt]

Originally Posted by Rog

*Yawn* any excuse! i admit we weren't the best but wales were also piss poor. i am not getting carried away and saying we are going to win the grand slam because we are a very long way from that. Even if we lose the rest of our games we still beat ya - and that's what you hate more than anything else

Actually no. That 'As long as we beat the English...' mentality is long gone. Our sights are set somewhat higher these days - I mean who cares if we beat a mediocre team that's in decline

France head & shoulders above the rest at the moment but not that surprising as they've won every single Six Nations the year after a Lions tour. Expect them to win the GS now although that's not to say they'll have another one of their inexplicable mindfucks against the English.

Wales are missing Phillips dreadfully - hopefully Peel will be back for the French game but we could really do with Phillips in the team for the trip to Croke Park. And we need to cut out the basic errors we are making - both of the Scottish tries came from Welsh mistakes rather than Scottish creativity.

Originally Posted by stimpee

Why did the ref allow Wales to kick off with the scores at 24-24 when the time was already over the 80mins? seems harsh on scotland.

Maybe because they'd tried wasting so much time in those last few minutes? Besides, it was Scotland's own fault for not having the nous to kick the restart straight into touch and thus end the game. Fantastic last 5 minutes though

[Rog]

Originally Posted by matt

. Our sights are set somewhat higher these days - I mean who cares if we beat a mediocre team that's in decline

that's rich! you should be 0-2 down and deserved nothing from either game.

[Dunwho]

Oh dear... I think we need to pull our thumb out of our asses in Ireland... piss poor weekend. France were amazing.

Poor Scotland! They totally deserved it but a lack of depth in their squad ultimately was their undoing!