To Be Fair Lee Byrne's Line That He Ran To Score The 1st Welsh Try Was A Fantastic Move From Wales...

England got exactly what they deserved on Saturday. Nothing.

Two pïss poor games, displaying all that is wrong with Union.

desperate!

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Wasps re-sign 13 players

while saracens fire around 14 off



what's the situation with andy farrell?

Wales make up for the defeat against France by becoming World Sevens Champions.

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total non-event. just a jolly for corporates abroad on business.

Of course they do.

Made me chuckle what Mike Catt has said after Danny Cipriani refused to shake his hand on Sunday.

"...I understand why Josh Lewsey knocked him out."

Saturday, 14 March 2009

Italy v Wales, 15:00
Scotland v Ireland, 17:00

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Sunday, 15 March 2009

England v France, 15:00

England have only made cosmetic changes to the squad. I foresee a hiding if France get their tails up.

Borthwick must be on borrowed time as captain.

couldn't give a monkey's about england, come on ireland! win and i promise i'll spend my winnings in a sensible and well deserving manner [size=59can't beat a weekend in the bars and clubs of Barcelona[/size

England were fantastic in the first half against the French. Great performance.

Well, that's an end to that prediction, for another week at least anyway.

Where, at any point, did I predict a French victory/English defeat? What I said was 'a hiding [iif[/i the French got their tails up.' They [ididn't[/i get their tails up, so your analysis is erroneous.

Having said that, the actual outcome was about as likely as Man Utd getting stuffed 1-4 at home by Liverpool, and Vidic having a 'mare. Which I'm sure you forecast.



< keithcun 'black is white', argumentative mode >

Stop living in the past.

read in the paper this morning that of the 28,500 at italy-wales yesterday only 10,000 were general public. anyone know if that's true or not?
the article in the spanish paper said that the majority of the tickets went to italina clubs and their players, staff etc, sponsors and guests.

I've seen the tries and I thought that it was another game. England were throwing the ball around and trying to play expansive rugby as opposed to trundling upfield with their forwards.

maybe they caught the rugby league on tv this week

There's nothing unusual in RU international tickets being distributed through clubs.

something to be looked at by the RFL then?

Saturday, 21 March 2009

Italy v France, 13:15
England v Scotland, 15:30
Wales v Ireland, 17:30

Crunch time. Do Ireland deserve to win the Grand Slam?

one thing i dont get.
ireland have a points difference of +46 and wales +21, so by my reckoning that's ireland ahead by 25.
however i've read this morning that wales only need to win by 13... how does that work?

Bear with me here Vorderman...



Because a Wales win by 13 will reduce Ireland's points difference to +33, but increase Wales's to +34.

As the meerkat says - simples.





As to whether the Irish deserve a Grand Slam, it's a tricky one. They've been the most consistent of an inconsistent bunch this year. I still regard the Irish side - much like Munster - as being the purveyors of anti-rugby based on hammering the ball into the corners and minimising mistakes. They do what they need to win, but I'd rather that honour went to someone like the Welsh or French who actually attempt to play with some flair.

that's what happens when you spend a week marking 110 exam papers

Not maths are they?