Reply With QuoteDidn’t see this first half coming. France were favourites but haven’t shown anything so far.
Still plenty of time to go.
Ireland looking powerful, France down to 14, idiotic from Willemse but Ireland dominating.
Too early to call this the Slam decider?
Didn’t see this first half coming. France were favourites but haven’t shown anything so far.
Still plenty of time to go.
Absolutely tremendous start!
France fight back to keep it to a try difference at the break.
Cracking match!
Any Zombie action ce soir?
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Game on!
No chance I'm getting an early night's sleep!
Squeaky bum time for the next 27 mins!
That's the storm weathered, France really need to pull something special out of the bag now.
Ireland dominant be what a brilliant game. French looking worried but after that last second of the first anything could happen!
Another cracker. Ding dong
Irish maul and breakdown play is superb.
What a result!
Was always going to be a cracker, good game. France were inconsistent, brilliant at times but couldn't keep it up.
I love the French game but that was a lesson in rugby by the Irish. Slaintè! Brilliant game.
a good start but against a poor france.
too early to get all worked up for me.
still the saxon foe to grind under foot (the only match we really give a toss about) not to mention the jocks with ther tails high for some reason at the mo.
got to love the taffs - someone has to ( lived ther for a long time - its a good place )
and the italians make a lovely place to eat at the end of the night.
game on!
Absolute bilge from England. Lucky to flop over the line against Italy and being outscored 3 tries to 2
England Grand Slam this year? They are on course.
Maybe not......
Some signs of things yet to come from most of the England debutants though. There is hope.
A win is a win and all that. Very poor performance that won't matter if England do well this year, will matter of its an omen of things to come.Originally Posted by ryanb741
Loved watching kids interviewing Dafydd Jenkins just now, "do you think you'll be good enough to play for Porthcawl again?", "who's scarier? Gats or your mam?". Classic.
England were awful but Wales are dire.
No ideas, lacking in basic execution, no structure.
England should have been better, Wales also but very very young. Hoped they'd pull something out of the hat but that is gone.
Wales have turned up for the 2nd half
Not quite! This is getting exciting!
Good grief what heart from Wales!
Soooo close, an amazing comeback and a great day in school for those young lads, can only do them good. Well done Scotland.
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That was one of those rare games where both teams won!
Well done Scotland but equally well done -1 point Wales.
BBC commentary: "a moral victory for wales"? One team builds up the lead in one half, the other builds up the score in second half.
A bit like the commentators/fans who think that points scored late in the F1 season are more significant than those built up in the early stages.
Great comeback from Wales
Poor discipline from Scotland
Agree moral victory is the wrong term, but what I think they mean is when a team squanders a 27-0 lead they have won yes, but its a fairly hollow victory with more questions than answers.
Of course, a victory is all that ultimately matters at the end of the championship.
Ireland were fantastic, champs again. France look lost without Dupont. England showed signs of change of intent but then the usual fear of failure kicked in and they reverted to type. Scotland lucky to hold on and poorly disciplined and it was refreshing hearing Russell avoid the usual platitudes and holding his team accountable. Wales yet again showed that you can never count them out of any 6N match despite the game being on its knees in the Principality. Plucky Italy to have a big wooden spoon decider in Cardiff last weekend.
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No not really.
Can’t see Scotland troubling them, same with England. So it’s looking good for the Irish.
Some interesting match ups this weekend. First things first, Ireland should steamroller Italy on Sunday but it will be interesting to see if Italy have improved or if England were just poor last week.
Tomorrow's games should be more evenly matched. Wales come to Twickenham probably smarting from their defeat to Scotland but also buoyed by their fightback. Tough game to call for me even though the bookies have England as huge favourites, I guess home advantage gives England the edge but they'll need to start well.
Murrayfield is never an easy place to go and I can see Scotland throwing the kitchen sink at France for the first 20 minutes. Whether France will bounce back from a poor showing against Ireland we will find out - clearly not having Dupont in the side has weakened them and I thought they looked quite one dimensional against an admittedly superb Ireland side last week.
Currently watching Wales v England from 1993 on bbc1.
How the refereeing has changed! Wales get over the line amidst a pile of bodies, ref instantly (and correctly) signals ball held up, play restarts without five minutes of slow motion replays from every possible angle while the officials upstairs make a decision. Sure mistakes were regularly made without the new technology and extra officials, but by God the game flowed better, I'd assume for the players but definitely for the viewing public.
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How the devil can you say that was not grounded! The only way that wasn't grounded is if the ground wasn't there!
Strange 2nd half
I think Scotland lost it during the kick tennis, it’s almost as if they stopped playing.
Re the try. It’s the refs wording (stupid I know)
He said “on field decision was no try”. This means the the video ref has to have proof the ball is grounded and that did not exist. If there is any doubt it cannot be given.
Indeed, this rule regarding the referees wording is ridiculous. If he can't make a decision on the field he can stand by and hands it over to the tmo's, then their decision should be the one that counts. He's effectively dismissed himself from the process in my view. I think Scotland can feel very aggrieved.
This is coming from a proud Welshman, these tackle laws regarding height have got to be looked at.
No way did that English player deserve to be sin binned
It’s rugby ffs
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I shall disagree with the first part.
The ref is part of the game. Yes, he can make mistakes but it is his call that must stand.
The TMO is there to reverse evidenced mistakes. The wording is such that if they can’t evidence it, the ref’s initial decision must stand.
Having said that, yes, Scotland can feel aggrieved. But they wasted too many opportunities to put themselves in a position where the ref’s decision wouldn’t have mattered. THAT is what they should most feel aggrieved about.
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'Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain' - Schiller.
England score vs Wales despite being down to 13 players!
2nd half will be key.
The TMO called it as grounded then probably thought, hang on, I’m Irish and this could work against my home nation so I’ll not tell the ref to change his mind.
Ref hears him call it grounded and runs from field without waiting.
A la Jubert of few years ago.
Ref standards are a mess.
Wrong call. Bad decision. Weak refereeing
All with impunity.
Jim
Clearly grounded. Ref and his team bottled that call completely. Robbed
Indeed.
Quite.
Agreed
Once again Scotland manage to grab defeat from the jaws of defeat
Ah well, no complaints there. Fair result.
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Why is it so difficult to buy rugby tickets. I’ve usually gone with corporate hospitality but seem unable to be able to simply buy a ticket.
Anyone know if a way to buy tickets without buying a debenture ?
The RFU offer preference to rugby clubs. If you belong to a club you can buy from the club, however the number of tickets are limited. We probably get 10 tickets per game,
They offer a cash incentive to clubs to sell tickets. The club take a cut of every ticket it sells. It’s how our club makes a fair chunk of its money each year. (Grass roots club with 200 or so members)
Thank you. Only clubs near me are City of London Police and Milwall. I think I’d get playfully arrested either way.
Maybe I need to join a club away form London to increase the chance of buying tickets, assuming fewer people would travel in.
To be fair Milwall RFC are a good bunch of lads!
We have played them a few times and I know the 10 through work.
Milwall is not a large club and they would be grateful of the subs.
Hmm.. thank you. I’ll nip down and have a look. Is it just a case of joining and then monitoring for tickets being available ?
Each club is different, I would presume active members would take preference but no harm popping along of a beer and a watch to find out.
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