Rugby (union) June Internationals 2016

[StephenZA]

Never seen a Rugby (union) thread... but here we go.

Sat 11 Wales tour New Zealand v Wales, Auckland 19:35 local, 07:35 GMT, 08:35 BST
Sat 11 England tour Australia v England, Brisbane 20:00 local, 10:00 GMT, 11:00 BST
Sat 11 Ireland tour South Africa v Ireland, Cape Town 17:00 local, 15:00 GMT, 16:00 BST
Sat 11 Italy tour Argentina v Italy, Santa Fe 15:10 local, 18:10 GMT, 19:10 BST
Sat 11 Japan tour Canada v Japan, Vancouver 15:00 local, 22:00 GMT, 23:00 BST

Sat 18 Wales tour New Zealand v Wales, Wellington 19:35 local, 07:35 GMT, 08:35 BST
Sat 18 England tour Australia v England, Melbourne 20:00 local, 10:00 GMT, 11:00 BST
Sat 18 Scotland tour Japan v Scotland, Aichi 19:20 local, 10:20 GMT, 11:20 BST
Sat 18 Ireland tour South Africa v Ireland, Johannesburg 17:00 local, 15:00 GMT, 16:00 BST
Sat 18 Italy tour United States of America v Italy, San Jose 18:00 local, 01:00 GMT +1d, 02:00 BST +1d
Sun 19 France tour Argentina v France, Tucuman 18:10 local, 21:10 GMT, 22:10 BST

Sat 25 Wales tour New Zealand v Wales, Dunedin 19:35 local, 07:35 GMT, 08:35 BST
Sat 25 England tour Australia v England, Sydney 20:00 local, 10:00 GMT, 11:00 BST
Sat 25 Scotland tour Japan v Scotland, Tokyo 19:20 local, 10:20 GMT, 11:20 BST
Sat 25 Ireland tour South Africa v Ireland, Port Elizabeth 17:00 local, 15:00 GMT, 16:00 BST
Sat 25 France tour Argentina v France, Tucuman 15:10 local, 18:10 GMT, 19:10 BST
Sun 26 Italy tour Canada v Italy, Toronto 15:00 local, 22:00 GMT, 23:00 BS

 

[StephenZA]

Interested to see how the teams go, big weekend for just about everybody. NZ lost a few big names. Wales look like a team building well. SA with new coach against a strong Ireland. But the most interesting looks like the Aus vs England.

Hoping for some great international rugby this weekend.

 

[vogue]

Interested to see how the teams go, big weekend for just about everybody. NZ lost a few big names. Wales look like a team building well. SA with new coach against a strong Ireland. But the most interesting looks like the Aus vs England.

Hoping for some great international rugby this weekend.

Watching alongside the football.. Busy time sports wise, and will have to fit in Wimbledon too...lol

 

[vogue]

NZ v Wales just starting...

 

[StephenZA]

I know that Wales scored a try earlier... but kicking onto Ben Smith is a bad idea... the NZ backline is going you you apart.

 

[StephenZA]

Excellent from Wales.... NZ forgotten how to tackle..

 

[vogue]

Excellent from Wales.... NZ forgotten how to tackle..

Getting updates on my phone..15-18 Wales ... Sounds a good game..bodes well for the football later for Wales

 

[vogue]

Wales lost.... This had best not be a pattern for the football later...

 

[Howe_zat]

Kind of floored by the half time score, after 20 minutes I thought aus were going to take us to the cleaners.

Terrible discipline from the Australians and Maro Itoje is an absolute colossus

 

[Scaly piscine]

Suck it Aussies.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

What a great win that is. Not sure how good or bad the crime are these days but to win away is always some effort.

 

[StephenZA]

I expected England to beat Australia.... Eng playing good rugby at the moment and Aus are struggling. Not totally convinced of the ref... stronger better team won though.

NZ looked rusty, lots of missed tackles don`t think that Wales will get a better chance this June. Could see NZ played better second half and Wales ran out of oomph.. felt a little sorry for them cause you could see the effort they put in. 18 points differrnce was not a fair reflection.

Two good quality if slightly scrappy games..

Now hoping for SA to thump Ireland later....

 

[vogue]

Good stuff England

 

[Howe_zat]

Fantastic result, fantastic test match

 

[the big bambino]

Awful game. The match and the code itself. Gee both rugby codes suck. Never thought I'd ever prefer watching Aussie Rules or soccer and I get the impression the rugbys in Oz are getting lapped by the former and harried by the latter.

 

[Dan]

7 points down, 3 minutes to go, Australia kick a penalty.

...the ****?

 

[StephenZA]

7 points down, 3 minutes to go, Australia kick a penalty.

...the ****?

Looking for the bonus point?....

 

[Howe_zat]

7 points down, 3 minutes to go, Australia kick a penalty.

...the ****?

if they had gone for a try they could be accused of trying for a draw first. Even though they needed a try to get anything.

all the usual lose to win positive mentality intent intent ship in the harbour bull****

 

[StephenZA]

Tough break for Ireland but that was very reckless... maybe only a yellow instead.

 

[StephenZA]

Excellent from Ireland... to win a man down like that is impressive. Poor from SA, didn`t deserve anything more.