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 Post subject: Re: Six Nations
PostPosted: Sat Feb 05, 2022 16:41 
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Not saying that I'm finding Ireland v Wales dull, but I've just descaled my kettle and accomplished more than the boys in red have this afternoon.


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 Post subject: Re: Six Nations
PostPosted: Sat Feb 05, 2022 16:57 
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I've decided the real match is whether I'd put Hugo Keenan or Dan Biggar on my fantasy ["Only Connect" team - Ed.].


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 Post subject: Re: Six Nations
PostPosted: Sat Feb 05, 2022 17:07 
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Q. What's the connection between that Welsh try and my newly descaled kettle?

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A. They're both things we've been putting off for ages.


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 Post subject: Re: Six Nations
PostPosted: Sat Feb 05, 2022 17:42 
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Right, Calcutta Cup Time!


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 Post subject: Re: Six Nations
PostPosted: Sat Feb 05, 2022 18:31 
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Half-time: oh, this is tense.

Think the Scots have the upper hand but England could still swing it.

Ireland v Wales was clearly the warm-up act, happy just to be on the bill.

Secretly hoping for a drop goal


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 Post subject: Re: Six Nations
PostPosted: Sat Feb 05, 2022 19:40 
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Scotland v England

You know that thing about how England's going to blow it away, going to throw it away?

Well, today was a clear example of that. They could have done so much better.


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 Post subject: Re: Six Nations
PostPosted: Sat Feb 05, 2022 20:52 
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Quite a good game until the last 5 minutes, which were bullshit.


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 Post subject: Re: Six Nations
PostPosted: Sun Feb 06, 2022 16:01 
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France v Italy time.

Via the ever-excellent Guardian live sports blog, here's Dupont clearing loving his dressing gown:

https://twitter.com/GQ_France/status/14 ... 2503524356




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 Post subject: Re: Six Nations
PostPosted: Sun Feb 06, 2022 16:45 
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I own smaller tents.

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 Post subject: Re: Six Nations
PostPosted: Sun Feb 06, 2022 16:47 
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Half-time.
Enjoying this far more than I was expecting.


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 Post subject: Re: Six Nations
PostPosted: Sat Feb 12, 2022 17:51 
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France v Ireland

I'm now convinced that Dupont is an advanced rugby playing robot.


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 Post subject: Re: Six Nations
PostPosted: Sat Feb 12, 2022 18:32 
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Half-time.

This is an excellent game. Hansen's try was awesome.


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 Post subject: Re: Six Nations
PostPosted: Sat Feb 12, 2022 18:35 
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Yes!

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 Post subject: Re: Six Nations
PostPosted: Sat Feb 12, 2022 20:13 
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Really enjoyed that.
Tense throughout.


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 Post subject: Re: Six Nations
PostPosted: Sat Feb 12, 2022 23:33 
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Kern wrote:
Tense throughout.


The present, I reckon.


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 Post subject: Re: Six Nations
PostPosted: Sat Feb 26, 2022 16:14 
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Scotland v France

Half-time: Hogg's fumble with an open field is the stuff of nightmares.

A few French mistakes but watching the current squad play remains a thing of beauty.

Really enjoying this.


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 Post subject: Re: Six Nations
PostPosted: Sat Feb 26, 2022 17:08 
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Excellent game.


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 Post subject: Re: Six Nations
PostPosted: Sat Feb 26, 2022 18:39 
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England v Wales- Half-time

What a mess. Not a good mess, not an exciting mess, but the kind that makes me wonder why I watch this. In short, it's the rugby equivalent of a terrible episode of "Doctor Who".


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 Post subject: Re: Six Nations
PostPosted: Sat Feb 26, 2022 19:45 
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Second half was a vast improvement.
That first English try, snatched from the line out, was awesome.


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 Post subject: Re: Six Nations
PostPosted: Sun Feb 27, 2022 7:55 
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That was a tense finish. Wales should have got that, if they had managed to keep their penalty count down.

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 Post subject: Re: Six Nations
PostPosted: Sat Mar 12, 2022 9:35 
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Wales got so close to breaking France's defences yesterday but never quite managed it. I think it's the toughest game France have played in a while.


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 Post subject: Re: Six Nations
PostPosted: Sat Mar 12, 2022 14:34 
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I watched the first half, and I wasn't really sure how the score was so low on both sides (if that makes sense).

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 Post subject: Re: Six Nations
PostPosted: Sat Mar 12, 2022 18:39 
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This is going to be a tense game.

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 Post subject: Re: Six Nations
PostPosted: Sat Mar 12, 2022 18:46 
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A hell of a mess for both sides. That red card was justified however; a completely illegal tackle.

I did enjoy Gibson Park's look of confusion when he got the ball before he spotted Keenan however.


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 Post subject: Re: Six Nations
PostPosted: Sat Mar 12, 2022 19:31 
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It's getting quite a lot less tense now.


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 Post subject: Re: Six Nations
PostPosted: Sat Mar 12, 2022 19:38 
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That whistle when Steward nabbed the ball and got so far down the field was painful.

Neither side covered themselves with glory today but England did amazingly well with 14 players.


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 Post subject: Re: Six Nations
PostPosted: Sat Mar 12, 2022 21:12 
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Kern wrote:
That whistle when Steward nabbed the ball and got so far down the field was painful.

Neither side covered themselves with glory today but England did amazingly well with 14 players.


I was on my feet cheering at that point.

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 Post subject: Re: Six Nations
PostPosted: Sat Mar 19, 2022 17:07 
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Well done Italy. That was a great match.

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 Post subject: Re: Six Nations
PostPosted: Fri Feb 03, 2023 23:33 
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Sixmas Eve!

Of course, if France don't get the grand slam they deserve, everything I know about about rugby is wrong.

It'd be unsporting for other teams to give them an advantage by ditching established coaches on controversial circumstances so at least... Oh.. really? With a World Cup coming up? Seriously?


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 Post subject: Re: Six Nations
PostPosted: Sat Mar 11, 2023 18:12 
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It's been bugging me all tournament but I really don't like the current England shirt. It looks like they're all bleeding.


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 Post subject: Re: Six Nations
PostPosted: Sat Mar 11, 2023 19:14 
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Kern wrote:
It's been bugging me all tournament but I really don't like the current England shirt. It looks like they're all bleeding.


It would explain the scoreline


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 Post subject: Re: Six Nations
PostPosted: Sat Mar 11, 2023 19:33 
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That was painful.


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 Post subject: Re: Six Nations
PostPosted: Mon Mar 13, 2023 12:31 
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I don't like the shirt or that performance..

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 Post subject: Re: Six Nations
PostPosted: Mon Mar 13, 2023 12:33 
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From the first two minutes, I knew England were going to get steamrollered


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 Post subject: Re: Six Nations
PostPosted: Mon Mar 13, 2023 12:46 
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we (England) can only get better

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 Post subject: Re: Six Nations
PostPosted: Fri Feb 02, 2024 20:55 
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Here we go again!

France without Dupont and Ntamack will be interesting.


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 Post subject: Re: Six Nations
PostPosted: Sat Feb 03, 2024 11:55 
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Ooh that was a good match. Ireland look strong.

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 Post subject: Re: Six Nations
PostPosted: Sat Feb 03, 2024 16:39 
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Not very patriotic but it’s a shame that Italy seem to have run out of steam after the break.


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 Post subject: Re: Six Nations
PostPosted: Sat Feb 03, 2024 16:56 
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Yes, they started so well but since then keep fumbling or losing momentum.


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 Post subject: Re: Six Nations
PostPosted: Sat Feb 03, 2024 17:10 
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That final try though - proper edge of seat stuff!


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 Post subject: Re: Six Nations
PostPosted: Sat Feb 03, 2024 19:58 
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Wales v Scotland was an amazingly tense game!
Made up for Friday - France were battered and nowhere near playing as well as in previous years (although Penaud's try was nice, but then I've always been a fan of his).


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 Post subject: Re: Six Nations
PostPosted: Sat Feb 03, 2024 22:40 
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Kern wrote:
Wales v Scotland was an amazingly tense game!
Made up for Friday - France were battered and nowhere near playing as well as in previous years (although Penaud's try was nice, but then I've always been a fan of his).


What on earth happened. I guess 14 penalties did not help.

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 Post subject: Re: Six Nations
PostPosted: Mon Feb 05, 2024 15:55 
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In other rugby related news, the pitch my club uses for training ( I just turn up to training for an hour of touch rugby, too old and broken for the real thing ) has had to be closed as a leaky pipe has led o possible sewerage contamination :spew: :spew: :spew:


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