6 Nations 2020

[Brandane]

They have more professional players and money than any other country.

However, similar to their EPL football teams, they (professional rugby clubs) are littered with foreign players (including a good few of the Scotland squad!) - to the detriment of the national football and rugby teams.

 

[LarryDuff]

England played well. Scotland played better. Simple as that.

You've half right

 

[Chislenko]

However, similar to their EPL football teams, they (professional rugby clubs) are littered with foreign players (including a good few of the Scotland squad!) - to the detriment of the national football and rugby teams.

To be fair most of the national teams appear to be littered with foreign players.

 

[Grant Fondo]

Enjoyed the Wal v Ire game more... thought a late win was on the cards... then the last kick OMG

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Enjoyed the Wal v Ire game more... thought a late win was on the cards... then the last kick OMG

Funny as hell. Good to see a ref standing up to the Irish bawbaggery - they seemed a bit nonplussed and Sexton was still whining about it at the end. Wales aren't very good though.

 

[matticus]

Aww come on, they weren't that bad. They weren't allowed to play because the Scots fought like, well, Scotsmen, for everything. It was an excellent game and highly entertaining - for us Scots! The score didn't actually reflect our domination of the game. Please don't grudge us our first Twickenham victory since I was a fresh faced 21 year old in 1983!

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[Chap sur le velo]

So Ireland welcome the favourites without Sexton (c), Murray, Ryan, (O'Mahony), all from the core of any team (with probably collectively 3x the no of Caps the Italian team will have on Saturday). If they can go one better than last weekend, against an excellent young team, it will be some game. I'm not betting on it.

Still some surprises in store particularly as Home advantage seems considerably reduced in these Covid times. I predict Italy surprising someone, they are better than their results (if such a thing is possible) and have a good young team still improving. Now is exactly the wrong time to 'relegate' them.

I love the 6 Nations, never disappoints and a real tonic at the worst time of year.

 

[Brandane]

ITV commentary team . This is what sets non English fans against England. Pre match discussion about last week's game v Scotland, all very much centred on how bad Enland played and not a single mention of how well Scotland played. Have just a wee touch of humility for once, you nobbers!

 

[Rusty Nails]

ITV commentary team . This is what sets non English fans against England. Pre match discussion about last week's game v Scotland, all very much centred on how bad Enland played and not a single mention of how well Scotland played. Have just a wee touch of humility for once, you nobbers!

Too often ITV and the BBC forget, on these occasions,that they are UK national and not English broadcasters.

First half Italy have done OK, but their experience and fitness/intensity levels will probably let them down in the second half.

 

[AndyRM]

What a game of rugby between Scotland and Wales! I thought the red was very harsh - yellow for sure, but he was on his feet, clearing out the ruck and not out of control. Looks a lot worse in slow motion, but then everything does really.

Still, it was fun to get a bit of Scotland grinding for a penalty for the last 15 minutes. I've missed that style in the last few years.

 

[Beebo]

What a game of rugby between Scotland and Wales! I thought the red was very harsh - yellow for sure, but he was on his feet, clearing out the ruck and not out of control. Looks a lot worse in slow motion, but then everything does really.

Still, it was fun to get a bit of Scotland grinding for a penalty for the last 15 minutes. I've missed that style in the last few years.

I agree the red looks harsh but we saw last week from Ireland that refs are taking unnecessary collisions seriously. I predict more red cards.

 

[Rusty Nails]

Being Welsh I‘m all for more red cards. We wouldn’t have won two out of two without them.

Another two against England and France would be good.

We probably won’t need one against Italy.🤞

 

[AndyRM]

I agree the red looks harsh but we saw last week from Ireland that refs are taking unnecessary collisions seriously. I predict more red cards.

O'Mahoney led with an elbow. Big difference I think.

It is good that head injuries are being more closely looked at.

0.5p looked totally out of it before he went off.

 

[matticus]

Too often ITV and the BBC forget, on these occasions,that they are UK national and not English broadcasters.

First half Italy have done OK, but their experience and fitness/intensity levels will probably let them down in the second half.

HANG on a minute. Whose match was this the build-up for?? I don't remember the Italian pundit praising the performance from France that trounced them!
Did i miss the announcement for Celebrate Historic Scotland Win Week?? 😂

 

[byegad]

Irrespective of individual results I think the 5 matches so far have shown that the players are far from fully match sharp. The number of errors in all the teams is a symptom of this.