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JessM Sat 03-Dec-11 08:18:15

Wales - Australia at 2pm today in the Millennium Stadium.
Shane's last international match!!! I suspect he will get a bit of applause...
Wales have a few injuries, and Australia have played their way through S Hemisphere season, followed by World Cup. Should be interesting.

mrshat Tue 28-Feb-12 11:12:13

True Jacey and we have the pleasure(!) of France v Ireland this Sunday - let's hope it is a fine sunny day! I would so love Ireland to beat France hmm

Jacey Sat 25-Feb-12 20:35:40

At least you got to see Ireland play and win this time mrshat

Hope Scotland get their act together tomorrow!

mrshat Sat 25-Feb-12 20:29:49

Yes, a good afternoon's rugby. Delighted with the Irish result altho' not a very inspiring match but England v Wales was nail biting in parts. I thought England did exceptionally well and I'm disappointed for them. Unfortunately their lack of experience shows and maybe a few of the old faces with experience under their belt could have just nudged a win - but hey ho! I'm not the manager!!!! grin

Ariadne Sat 25-Feb-12 18:12:08

That WAS exciting, I have to admit!

Jacey Sat 25-Feb-12 17:46:33

Wow ...what a game!! So much closer than I had hoped for.

Wouldn't have wanted to watch it with anyone with a weak heart.

mrshat Mon 13-Feb-12 19:32:48

I think you're right Annobel but this England team should mature well and be ok in a few years hmm

JessM Mon 13-Feb-12 18:30:57

Yes England squeaked a win against a Scottish side that kept dropping the ball. England squad have had a bad 12 months. Not many familiar faces left!
heartened that Wales is doing so well despite some of the normal squad being injured. Hope big george gets better soon!

Annobel Mon 13-Feb-12 12:32:15

jeni was that a deliberate mistake?

mrshat I am not a betting woman but would put my money on Wales - more experience and great defence.

mrshat Mon 13-Feb-12 11:54:29

A reasonably exciting second half - so Wales or England for the Triple Crown?

jeni Sun 12-Feb-12 22:57:12

On that note
Night night!

Seventimesfive Sun 12-Feb-12 22:27:29

Yes, and he did seem to go on and on! grin

jeni Sun 12-Feb-12 22:17:18

I remember him.he used to have a big leak?confused

Seventimesfive Sun 12-Feb-12 21:55:37

Yes! Oggie oggie oggie as Max Boyce used to say! (Don't ask me what it means, haven't a clue)!

jeni Sun 12-Feb-12 21:16:42

I gather the welsh won?

Jacey Sun 12-Feb-12 20:58:18

Can anyone tell what a 'professional' foul is and why it is different to any old foul?? confused

I think that any foul is an intentional way to cheat with the aim of preventing the other team from succeeding. hmm

They certainly cost Scotland dearly today

Annobel Sun 12-Feb-12 14:39:46

At least they have a roof!

mrshat Sun 12-Feb-12 14:28:37

Well, here we go again. Down to the Millenium stadium in Cardiff. Hopefully this will be an exciting and thrilling match to make up for my loss last night. Somehow, I am not so sure ............................hmm

Annobel Sat 11-Feb-12 22:07:31

Me too, only it was a large mug of tea. I suppose this is such a rare event at the Stade de France that it wouldn't occur to them to take such elementary precautions.

gracesmum Sat 11-Feb-12 21:16:06

Like Mrshat I was settled down, glass in hand and VERY CROSS that the match was cancelled. Can't Stade de France cope with cold weather? How about learning from Murrayfield where in the days before the famous "electric blanket" they used to put down straw and thaw the pitch out with what the immortal Bill described as "brassieres"

mrshat Sat 11-Feb-12 20:20:16

Yes, a decent enough match between Italy & England, but there was I, all settled, snug and warm, a nice glass of red wine at the ready and they postponed the France v Ireland match at 2 minutes to kick off! How is a body supposed to cope with that pray? sad

Annobel Sat 11-Feb-12 18:42:45

Horrid conditions for the England/Italy match, but they managed a better game than I expected. England, free from the influence of Martin Johnson, are trying to play more open rugby. Long may it last!

jeni Sat 11-Feb-12 18:26:47

And why not pray?

Jacey Sat 11-Feb-12 18:17:37

Snow in Rome?? Why hadn't I expected that? hmm

So England manage another win ...partly thanks to Italy's poor penalty kicks,

Oh well, lets make the most of it ...unlikely to beat Wales or France confused

mrshat Sun 05-Feb-12 19:47:29

Yes indeed. A cracking match and a nail biter for those of us who were cheering on the Irish - what a disappointment. At least it was the best game of rugby over the weekend. Now, is it France or Wales for the Grand Slam? sad

JessM Sun 05-Feb-12 18:36:15

Well if you were Welsh it was a nail biter. And far better rugby than the Scot/Eng match yesterday. Both sides played really well despite all the gloom about Welsh injured before hand. Lots of newish internationals, bloodied in NZ, stepping up to the plate.
BUT
Lee Halfpenny was just lining up his final kick, last one of the day, a potential match winner when the blooming Freesat box decided the programme must be over and stopped recording. So we did not see it. That is what I call an anticlimactic moment.