Rugby thread (6 Nations, Heineken Cup etc)

[Matt Defis]

This is an absolute slaughter, France are beyond terrible and England look amazing. 

 

I'm not looking forward to the Wales v England game in 2 weeks as much as I was at the start of the 6 nations now. 

[Tourist]

Yeah England are frightening. Annoying.

[Starbreaker]

I always love the Wales game but this year it's got that extra buzz to it. Lots of good handlers and a cracking backline against 4 England backs who are all excellent footballers and will be able to exploit any space behind and a whole team looking hungrier than they have in ages. I think if England score a quick early try then it'll be much the same as the last two games but if Wales can stifle us for the first 10 or so I think they'll win it. No disrespect to Scotland or Italy but a potential GS decider in the Millennium Stadium on week three should be some match. Hope the roof is closed. 

[Tourist]

I love Nick Evans's columns.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2019/feb/18/wales-england-six-nations-breakdown-key-rugby-union

[Matt Defis]

I'm really enjoying the house of rugby podcast but this episode with Joe Marler is fantastic, they barely get a chance to talk about rugby. 

 

 

[footle]

I've watched two minutes of france versus scotland. And during that five minutes I've seen more attacking play from France than in eighty minutes against England.

[Matt Defis]

The fucking French, you just never know. 

[the_debaser]

The music on the build up sounds like Gangstas Paradise. 

[McFly]

2 hours ago, footle said:

I've watched two minutes of france versus scotland. And during that five minutes I've seen more attacking play from France than in eighty minutes against England.

The try that was disallowed where they kicked over the top was lovely. Scotland looked tired or something to me

[Matt Defis]

Brutally physical game so far. 

[Matt Defis]

Oh fuck yeah. 

[Fry Crayola]

Shaping up to be a lovely final day.

[kensei]

Can Enand hypothetically win the title even though Wales get a grand slam if Wales get no bonus points? Or would they have needed a losing BP here?

[Matt Defis]

No, you automatically get 10 points for a grand slam. 

[phresh]

It’s possible but unlikely. Wales were great in the second half, England returned to just playing to a set of rules rather than what was actually in front of them. I think Wales left a couple of tries on the park too. Looks like Wales/Ireland will be the decider as you’d expect England to pick up at least one bonus point in there last two games.

 

Edit : Didnt know about the 10 point thing!

[layten]

Those recent England performances were too good to last. Well played Wales. 

[Stig]

Completely different England team in that 2nd half and Wales turned it up. Can't complain at all.

[Matt Defis]

Biggar made a huge difference, 

[fasteasyfree]

The good: Go Wales!

The bad: My daughter may be permanently scarred by my enthusiastic shouting.

 

Anyone else expecting AWJ to roll all the way to to the touchline?

[g wings]

24 minutes ago, fasteasyfree said:

The good: Go Wales!

The bad: My daughter may be permanently scarred by my enthusiastic shouting.

 

Anyone else expecting AWJ to roll all the way to to the touchline?

 

My kids also think I’m a bad daddy for shouting so much! 

 

What a game though. So many great players on both sides. Liam Williams rightly MoM but thought Parkes did so much well too. Chuffed for the team and Gatland.

[Tourist]

Good job Wales! I was asleep. My brother in law reckons England were robbed by the ref. My dad reckons Wales were the better team and sinckler was lucky not to be carded. Love the six Nations.

[g wings]

The ref was poor but thought he was harsh on Wales in the first half. He certainly went with Wales’ momentum in the second.

 

We beat England at their own kicking game and were very patient, that’s what won us the game. 

[Matt Defis]

2 minutes ago, Tourist said:

Good job Wales! I was asleep. My brother in law reckons England were robbed by the ref. My dad reckons Wales were the better team and sinckler was lucky not to be carded. Love the six Nations.

 

Regards to Sinckler, they took him off the second they could see he was losing his head, high emotion has no place at this level of rugby. 

[fasteasyfree]

The ref made some bloody odd decisions that match. Though I suppose at least he was consistently odd...

[Fry Crayola]

4 hours ago, Matt Defis said:

No, you automatically get 10 points for a grand slam. 

 

Three, I think. That's all you need to confirm the title in the worst possible case.

[Purin]

Fantastic day. Will have a monumental hangover later

[Matt Defis]

Just got back to my hotel in Jersey, I'm wankered ..

[Tourist]

Ireland continue to look pretty unconvincing. Hope they get this out of their system before the World Cup.

[Tourist]

And it gets worse...

[Tourist]

And worse.