Six Nations

[BoyBrumby]

Big strong boy, North.

From King's Lynn, said the embittered East Anglian.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Oh no.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Penalty to Wales with a minute left. Huge. How's your arse, Mr Halfpenny?

 

[Scaly piscine]

Ah ****. ****. ****. Uber-****s win.

Absolutely dumb penalty to give away, England-esque. Might not have ended up being dangerous but he was trying to spear him.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Wow. Have to say fair play to the Taffs. Their jumbo size backs really made the difference.

Best game of the weekend by absolute miles.

 

[ripper868]

Fmd rugby's so painful to watch these days, it used to be my second-favourite sport. Not sure whether it's because the sport's changed so much since the rule changes or it's just the way I see it that's changed but it feels like penalties and sin-bins don't disincentivise cynically slowing the ball down anywhere near enough.

Watch some Super Rugby/Tri Nations....better yet, Just Youtube the Reds

 

[Scaly piscine]

Come on even I know that's a red card. If he was anywhere near the ball it would be a red card. That's just even worse, somehow.

Has been banned for the rest of the Six Nations now. Good.

Dan Parks has retired (from internationals) after the game against England. Slightly strange.

 

[Prince EWS]

Watch some Super Rugby/Tri Nations....better yet, Just Youtube the Reds

It actually sounds like he's in need of a league fix. That's the number one of criticism of union by leagueites.

 

[Uppercut]

League is just a bunch of fat people running into each other at high speed, it's like a Metallica gig without the band.

 

[BoyBrumby]

It actually sounds like he's in need of a league fix. That's the number of criticism of union by leagueites.

Did you see North's offload for Davies's second try? Lovely bit of skill. Thought it was a very "league" move. Took about four men out of the game. UToobz.

 

[Prince EWS]

Did you see North's offload for Davies's second try? Lovely bit of skill. Thought it was a very "league" move. Took about four men out of the game. UToobz.

Just realised how little sense my post made without the word "one" in it..

But anyway; no I hadn't seen that. That whole passage is extremely league-like. The in/out decoy play to create the hole originally is a textbook example of what they call the fruitcake in contemporary league coaching circles and North's offload was straight out of the Jamie Lyon playbook. Very nice.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Well there's the well earned lead chucked away at the end of the first half. ****'s sake.

 

[Scaly piscine]

And now ****ing thrown them the lead. FFS.

 

[vogue]

Go Italy!

 

[Scaly piscine]

And now we've regressed to ****wit penalty mode. Although that was one hell of a dive there, should play for the football team.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Get a big break with the try, grind into a 4 point lead and immediately try to lose the breathing space. What's wrong with them?

It's the same as last week, don't give them anything and you'll almost certainly win.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Another hard-fought win it is then. England looked more threatening with the ball in the second half, although they kind of messed up the few good positions they created with Scotland-esque errors. Certainly some signs of improvement anyway, the discipline has only been crap in small patches not the entire game.

 

[weeman27bob]

When Flood comes back, presuming he gets in the team, who kicks goals, him or Farrell?

 

[BoyBrumby]

I tell you what, if it was Owenaro Farelli playing 12 for Italy we'd have lost that. We essentially won because Botes is a comically woeful place kicker.

Dowson isn't international quality. Pains me to say it as a Saints man, but we looked so much better when big Ben Morgan replaced him at #8.

Meanwhile, how ghey was the postponement? Pitch in Paris looked a lot better than the one in Rome.

 

[Eds]

Scotland in try-line knock on after 20 phases shocker.