Rugby Union

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

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

Hope Scotland get their act together tomorrow!

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!!!!

That WAS exciting, I have to admit!

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.

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

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!

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.

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

On that note
Night night!

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

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

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

I gather the welsh won?

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

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

They certainly cost Scotland dearly today

At least they have a roof!

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 ............................

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.

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"

Yes, a decent enough match between Italy & England, but there was I, all settled, snug and warm, a nice glass of red 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?

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!

And why not pray?

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

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

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?

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.