Rugby: Wales win yet again, Ireland Lose and England are about to!

TheScarlets



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Message Posted:
20/03/2010 21:01

Despite the bad luck experienced this championship Wales finish on a high, even the referee couldn't stop us today. If only we'd had a fair ref against England, Ireland and France it would have been so differentScotland winning is a great result, sorry Liz but was well deserved. To finish off the perfect day France to win well. Just put a £ on the lottery.



Bet Liz is filling up a large one now



Looking forward to getting out to Cyprus in less than two weeks, hope the weather will be good



Ian

loulouis


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Message Posted:
20/03/2010 22:12

France 6 England 7 32 minutes gone . Well done Wales well done sheep sh--gers ian hope your as lucky on the lottery.

Loui.

TheScarlets



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Message Posted:
20/03/2010 22:18

Bob if you haven't tried it don't knock it



I believe you are behind at the moment

TheScarlets



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Message Posted:
20/03/2010 22:24

12 - 7

loulouis


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Message Posted:
20/03/2010 22:27

Ian im not expecting a miracle . enjoying the game though.

TheScarlets



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Message Posted:
20/03/2010 22:38

I agree not a bad game despite the conditions

Lilli



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Message Posted:
20/03/2010 22:52

Hiya Ian Im si very happy wales won, sad for ireland how did scotland get that one and at crooke park. i only wish i could have been in cardiff today to see the victory. well done wales, cant even phone home as my son is now celebrating in town xxxxx

TheScarlets



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Message Posted:
20/03/2010 23:00

Hi Liz, two good games so far today and France are winning 12-7 at the moment. Having a good slurp at the moment have you filled your glass now?

Ian

Lilli



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Message Posted:
20/03/2010 23:10

Ian just poured my first glass now a nice chilled chablis to celebrate wales, guido not too happy though. im so proud of the squad xxxx oh just to let you know my oldest grandson is joining the scarlets junior team , so its watch this space . from the age of 5 he told me he will be playing for wales or ireland xxxxx

loulouis


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Message Posted:
20/03/2010 23:18

Now 12 10 lets spoil the party.

TheScarlets



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Message Posted:
20/03/2010 23:23

That is fantastic news Liz, playing for the most famous club in the world. Glad you are joining me for a drink. Will be with you in two weeks

Ian

TheScarlets



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Message Posted:
20/03/2010 23:27

Bob don't get too excited

TheScarlets



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Message Posted:
20/03/2010 23:30

France win Grand Slam

loulouis


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Message Posted:
20/03/2010 23:55

Well done France you deserve it ?. errrrrrrr tongue in cheek

Lilli



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Message Posted:
20/03/2010 23:59

ian cant wait shame we cant get brains dark, do they still make the drink in llanneli was it felin fol or something like that,ben away too long, but not long enough to remember my daYS AT THE STAdium , le monde after, then caroline street, god do i miss them xxxxxxxxxx

Lilli



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Message Posted:
21/03/2010 00:48

france got the grand slam, who the hell has the spoon, my mind after two or three glasses of chab please tell itaLY I SAY XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

vincent1


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Message Posted:
21/03/2010 07:01

Scarlets.



What a very disapointing 6 Nations for poor old Wales.

Played 5. Won 2. Points for 113. Points against 117.

Position 4th ( behind ENGLAND !!)



Don't get too drunk boyo !

Groucho



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Message Posted:
21/03/2010 07:17

Yeah, I must say gloating about the team that came higher in the table is a bit daft... but then they are Welsh.



In the end the France- England game was very close and Wilkinson had a glimmer of a chance at the death but only made about 20 yards with the penalty kick and England could not rescue the game but it was mighty close.

Groucho



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Message Posted:
21/03/2010 08:07

Match report from the BBC



France completed their ninth Grand Slam but they were pushed all the way by a much-improved England side in Paris.



A Francois Trinh-Duc drop-goal gave France the lead but England went in front when Ben Foden finished off a fine move to claim his first Test try.



Toby Flood converted but three Morgan Parra penalties gave France a 12-7 half-time lead.



England dominated the second half but could only manage a Jonny Wilkinson penalty and France held on.



Based on the tournament overall France were clearly the best side in the 2010 Six Nations, but they were a pale shadow of the team which powered through the first four matches of the championship.



England had been heavily criticised for a series of sterile displays but they were the more enterprising side at the Stade de France and if they had taken their chances in the second half they could have derailed the French march to glory.

ang1706


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Message Posted:
21/03/2010 08:24

What an enthralling end to another wonderful 6 Nations.



Everybody has said about Wales and England , but what about Scotland!



If the ref had checked his watch at Cardiff it would have been a draw, the Posts denied us at Murrayfield against England, how we lost to Italy is well (less not talked about haha!!). But Brian O'Driscoll said before the game yesterday

Scots are on the verge of something special and are vastly improving'

Next season 3 home games- Wales, Italy and Ireland- think the Bagpipes will be sounding louder next season!!

Hate to say it I think the Welsh will be scrapping with Italy for wooden spoon!

Hippo


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Message Posted:
21/03/2010 08:50

Good God the triumphant Jocks, I would remind our Northern Brethren that it was Ireland lost it rather than than Scotland won it, but as ever gracious in defeat, congratulations.

Why they didn't bring O'Gara on earlier i do not know.



Wales despite a win over a sadly depleted Italy should not rate their chances in the World Cup to highly on that performance.

James Hook scored two very good tries but again there is still very much work to be done.

Now we come to the England/France game, reading the papers this morning Johnston was watching a different game to me.

Sure there were glimpses of individual brilliance, there looked a desire to win, but still there is something lacking, and to me direction of how the game is to be won.



I sincerely hoped that England would get drubbed and it would be the demise of England management but no, that buffoon Johnston gets off the hook and looks like will stay for the WC campaign, well i certainly wont be buying tickets for an England final

Groucho



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Message Posted:
21/03/2010 09:45

Hippo, I think Martin Johnson (who is this Johnston bugger?) has forgotten more about Rugby than most other people knew in the first place.



He is in a difficult period with England with some star players nearing their career end and others in the ascendancy.



When England won the World Cup we were all at the top of our game and fit as a fiddle.



He's found out a lot about the team dynamics and damned near pulled off a surprise against a French team who looked nothing like as impressive as they'd been billed and who scored no points in the second half.



I say he's earned another period of tenure. If not him who would be your pick? I do think Mike Catt is England Rugby Coach material but as a London Irish fan I would say that....

Hippo


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Message Posted:
21/03/2010 10:16

Johnson what is in a name?

Qualifications to coach-nil

Qualifications in man management -nil

Success in game plan direction-nil



Famous for being captain in the WC- but i would say Dallaglio did more and Wilkinson's boot.

I regard Johnson as a bully and a cheat.

Who lost us a clean sweep in the Lions tour before the last in South Africa -Johnson

Who was the only player not to come out and meet the fans, have a drink with them-JohnsonWho was the only player to have a room to himself and wouldn't share -Johnson



Greatest Englishman ever not in the same league as Billy Beaumont , Fran Cotton Dicky Jeeps and a hundred more.

Rob Andrew has to receive as much criticism as him , because he put him there.

You ask for an alternative to Johnson- Richard Hill-Sean Edwards-even Malinder if of course the 'Old farts' wont consider an antipodean.

newscoop


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Message Posted:
21/03/2010 10:27

Ang1706;



If the daft Scots had kicked the restart into touch in Cardiff it would have been a draw.



Nowt to do with the referee.

ang1706


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Message Posted:
21/03/2010 11:23

Thats true Newscoop



But the 80 minutes were up even before the kick off was taken !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

loulouis


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Message Posted:
21/03/2010 12:34

Hippo , I guess you dont like Johnson then.

nurseawful



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Message Posted:
21/03/2010 12:38

Scoop,



Who are you calling 'daft Scots'. I am sure you have some Scottish blood in you!



Chris

mikelapta



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Message Posted:
21/03/2010 14:32

Well done Wales,and let's improve a little for next season!!!And England losing,such good news.But it's the way they lose,why,no "hiraeth?"

Meic



or



Mike

TheScarlets



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Message Posted:
21/03/2010 14:49

Liz you can still get Felinfoel in Llanelli



Guys can't believe you are such bad loosers. Remember you only beat us because of some poor refeering and an offside interception



Put your money on the taffs to win the championship next year

vincent1


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Message Posted:
21/03/2010 15:09

Scarlets.



I suppose that you are good losers because you are now getting used to it. It happens so often!



You can't keep on blaming the poor old ref !



You are suffering with a serious inferiority complex ! Still you did just manage to scrape past Italy ! Well done !

Lilli



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Message Posted:
21/03/2010 17:24

vincent i have to tell you the welsh really do not mind about loosing, its only a game, its only when we lose to england that matters. I was lucky enough to know the great days when they played for boot moneyEdwards, Bennett JPR etc oh not forgetting my man BJ ray gravele etc. Those were the days my friend, we thought they would never end. If you have ever been to cardiff on an international day then you know what I am talking aBOUT. xxxxx

vincent1


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Message Posted:
21/03/2010 17:35

Lilli.



And there was I thinking you were Irish ! Make your mind up !

Lilli



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Message Posted:
21/03/2010 17:59

Hi Vincent I aM 100 PER cent irish and very proud to be., My dad was in the army and we moved from country to country. By the age of 13 I had been to 12 schools around the world. Our last posting was Bahrain wherby he became ill, he was flown back to a milatary hospital in london where he died aged 36. The army then flew us baCK AND PUT US IN a family camp in kidderminster where i stayed, i moved to cardiff with john players promotion team and loved it. There I stayed got re married had a family. So for 34 years the welsh have put up with me, im so glad as i haVE HAD 4 GRANCHILDREN BORN THERE sorry caps got thier own life, my eldest now is going to join the scarlets. He is also the welsh junior boxing champion, and captains the welsh juniors ski club, i know i have a split personality but my days were the bad days of ireland. However i haVE BEN BAck many times and i know im irish xxxxxxxxxxxxx

vincent1


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Message Posted:
21/03/2010 18:07

Lilli.



As you lived in Kidderminster once can't you give some support to England too ?

Lilli



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Message Posted:
21/03/2010 18:24

i do as i told you im split, wales will always be my second home as i spent more years in cardiff than any where, my two daughters were born in kidderminster, now my eldest grandson tells me how lucky he is as his paternal grandfather was scots, he claims he can chose ireland scotland wales england and now his stepdaddy italian and he has traced the family tree and it seems my mammys family are guess what french stock, 6 nations in one, hope no more nations join otherwise im a ministrone. Vincent i love the rugby and i miss my days there, i never ever missed one xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

teatime


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Message Posted:
21/03/2010 18:39

Msg 29 "Guys can't believe you are such bad loosers. Remember you only beat us because of some poor refeering"



Scarlets, and I suppose the refereeing in the France, England game was good was it? Stop being obsessed with thinking the ref is bad everytime you lose, just shows very poor sportsmanship.



I agree that the Scotish team has bags of potential (finding this hard to type being English ) I believe they only lost their first game because they were distracted badly by the awful injury on one of their players. Had that not happened I think it could have been a much different tournament for them.

TheScarlets



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Message Posted:
21/03/2010 18:46

Guys, chill out it's only a game. The excitement finishes with the referees whistle.



I think I'll join Liz with a drink or two this evening, hope Guidos bar's well stocked when I get there in a couple of weeks



Thought the refere had a good game last night, the only issue I had was Brian Moore's biased commentry



Let's set a date for an evening of reflection on the 6 nations in a couple of weeks



Time for a slurp



Ian

ang1706


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Message Posted:
22/03/2010 08:24

Well done the Scarlets very good idea.

This years 6 Nations was again an excellent advert for Northern Hemisphere Rugby. I work with Kiwis and they say they hate watching England with Wilkinson playing as its only 10 man rugby!!

France impressed in all but the last game- was it over confidence or well played England, but anyone who has watched every 6 Nations game will admit the French side on saturday were well below par.

Wales played poorly from what the Principality expected and were shown they do not have the strength in depth and one thumping win does not make a season.

Italians like the French were very lacklustre in the final game and yes Wales deserved to win but were made to look better than they really are.

Irish played well and are starting to show signs of creaking as a great record of a Grand Slam and how many Triple Crowns is coming to an end BOD and POC cant go on forever.

That leaves Scotland, whom I feel after the tournament were the most improved team