6 Nations - Prediction Fun (or misery, if you're Scottish)!

[swee'pea99]

I'm not sure who Jiffy or Pitbull are, but thanks for the info!

When I played at school I was taught that you had to "be in control of a grounding". I had been playing a lie!!

I played a lie once - the lie being that anyone at my school knew anything whatsoever about playing rugby. Some fool had agreed that we'd take part in a 10 mins each way tournament - we, representing a school of some 1900 kids - played a small Catholic school of a hundred or so in our first match. They beat us something like 84-nil. The only limiting factor to their total was how long it took us to bring the ball back to the centre after each score. One way traffic doesn't even begin to describe it. I'd never come across a hand-off. Them boys wus big, and hard.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

[QUOTE 2907033, member: 1314"]Club me and mine kids are at since, oooh, 2008, is a Catholic Club. Ok, it's secular as it's rugby but the critical mass of the parents and kids who founded it and play are from the local Catholic Schools. There's a lot of rich, independent Catholic Schools in my part of London alongside a couple of state ones, with a couple of the kids at the Oratory - the international non British lot get their kids into the private schools then play rugby for the club for the community thing and that team spirit makes it a tough cohesive club - the kids are fully committed and realise their potential. (Pleased to say my oldest more than holds his own in the side!)[/quote]
60's and 70's. Lots of Catholics, of Irish descent, in the valleys and further west, across to Llanelli. Lots of bright boys who went to Uni, qualified as teachers and moved east. To teach, typically, RE or PE or Maths or any combination thereof, and most importantly, RUGBY UNION in the Catholic sector. Some of the values are complimentary.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

I'm not sure who Jiffy or Pitbull are, but thanks for the info!

When I played at school I was taught that you had to "be in control of a grounding". I had been playing a lie!!

Didn't you hear Nigel Owens yesterday ask one of the England players after the ball bounced off the corner flag post padding "You didn't know that? How long have you been playin'?" That's an international professional at the top of his trade displaying his ignorance of the game he is paid to play.

If players and coaches actually bothered to learn the Laws they could take all sort of advantage from them on the park. My fave is "Sir, they've got to let him up" after a player dives on the ball on the floor. They haven't "Play on!"

Jiffy

Pitbull

Best performer on the park y'day was wearing orange...

 

[Aperitif]

Didn't you hear Nigel Owens yesterday ask one of the England players after the ball bounced off the corner flag post padding "You didn't know that? How long have you been playin'?" That's an international professional at the top of his trade displaying his ignorance of the game he is paid to play.

If players and coaches actually bothered to learn the Laws they could take all sort of advantage from them on the park. My fave is "Sir, they've got to let him up" after a player dives on the ball on the floor. They haven't "Play on!"

Jiffy

Pitbull

Best performer on the park y'day was wearing orange...

One of the best ref interchanges I know of was Nick stringer, sometime full back of Wasps - in the good old days at Sudbury. Wasps were under the cosh - can't remember who - and they felt hard done by. Stringer asked the ref "Sir, if I called you a (c-word), would that get me into trouble?" - something like that.
Nigel Owens is a good ref. I like Alain Rolland too, although he sometimes gets the sharpened stick. Berdos, garces and Poite all work well with their touch teams too, not forgetting Waynetta Barnes
That pleb Kaplan and the other one, Dickinson (emphasis on the Dick) can go and play with each other rather than 30 grown men..

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Utter shíte from Scotland again. I'm just trying to work out whether England will get 50 or 60 or 70 points next week before I submit my predictions

 

[Aperitif]

Utter shíte from Scotland again. I'm just trying to work out whether England will get 50 or 60 or 70 points next week before I submit my predictions

Scotland work bloody hard usually - especially this latest crop of talent. I haven't seen the game yet but am surprised at the scoreline.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Scotland work bloody hard usually - especially this latest crop of talent. I haven't seen the game yet but am surprised at the scoreline.

Don't bother watching, it was terrible. First half was dull, and Scotland wasted the advantages they had - second half was dire from a Scottish perspective; no imagination, no leadership, errors all over the bloody place, tackles missed, forwards not working as a unit, I could go on, and on, and on.

I just hope no schoolboys take any tips from them!

 

[Aperitif]

Don't bother watching, it was terrible. First half was dull, and Scotland wasted the advantages they had - second half was dire from a Scottish perspective; no imagination, no leadership, errors all over the bloody place, tackles missed, forwards not working as a unit, I could go on, and on, and on.

I just hope no schoolboys take any tips from them!

I thought devolution was afoot - not practice for joining Dave, Gideon and Mick Gove et al.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Utter shíte from Scotland again. I'm just trying to work out whether England will get 50 or 60 or 70 points next week before I submit my predictions

Not a chance. Once the Scots see the whites of their shirts they will raise their game and play for a bit more than an hour.

 

[AndyRM]

Well, a poor Scotland, a woeful referee and a typically cynical Ireland ruined my Sunday afternoon! Just as well I was with a fellow Scot, otherwise the taunts from our English wives would have been too much to bear!

Current standings:

@biggs682 - 6
@Brandane - 6
@GrumpyGregry - 6
@User1314 - 4
@Marmion - 4
Me - 2
@Bangers - 2
@Schmilliemoo - 2
@Lullabelle - 0

Predictions for next week before kick off please.

Ireland 10 - 28 Wales
Scotland 15 - 9 England
France 20 - 7 Italy

In the event of a tie at the top, the winner will be decided by who got closest to the correct score.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Well, a poor Scotland, a woeful referee and a typically cynical Ireland ruined my Sunday afternoon! Just as well I was with a fellow Scot, otherwise the taunts from our English wives would have been too much to bear!

33 people on the park and you blame 31 of them for the fact the 15 boys in blue don't have what it takes to compete on the day against that opposition for the full 80 minutes.

Still there is always next week. I'll be keeping my predictions until the weekend.

 

[AndyRM]

33 people on the park and you blame 31 of them for the fact the 15 boys in blue don't have what it takes to compete on the day against that opposition for the full 80 minutes.

Still there is always next week. I'll be keeping my predictions until the weekend.

At least we looked hopeless for the whole match, rather than giving our supporters hope for 36 minutes...

 

[Brandane]

OK, previous forecast deleted, as I just cannot bring myself to forecast an England victory over Scotland. So even if it costs me points on here, my predictions are:

Scotland 21 - England 17
Ireland 24 - Wales 21
France 34 - Italy 9

 

[GrumpyGregry]

At least we looked hopeless for the whole match, rather than giving our supporters hope for 36 minutes...

11 - 6 after 46 minutes is an odd definition of hopeless for the whole match.

 

[AndyRM]

11 - 6 after 46 minutes is an odd definition of hopeless for the whole match.

It was 18 - 6 after 46 minutes, a fair reflection of how poor we were

We missed opportunities, lacked discipline and paid for it. That's pretty hopeless in my book.

Things may have been different if Maitland had stayed on the park. Or if Joubert hadn't wanted to give Ireland everything.