6 Nations 2011

secretsqirrel

Starts tomorrow..............


Yey!

Drysuitdiver

Wales are not loking good for it either. we lost too many from injury. lts hope the wooden spoon can be avoided

fast as fupp

Fat men playing catch.

afx237vi

Drysuitdiver wrote:

Wales are not loking good for it either. we lost too many from injury. lts hope the wooden spoon can be avoided

As a Welshman it pains me to agree. Nowhere near enough strength in depth.

tlw1

Can't wait

cycologist

fast as fupp wrote:

Fat men playing catch.

Better hope they don't catch you !

gethmetal

afx237vi wrote:

Drysuitdiver wrote:

Wales are not loking good for it either. we lost too many from injury. lts hope the wooden spoon can be avoided

As a Welshman it pains me to agree. Nowhere near enough strength in depth.

+1 sadly. I think we're going to get munched.

cjcp

gethmetal wrote:

afx237vi wrote:

Drysuitdiver wrote:

Wales are not loking good for it either. we lost too many from injury. lts hope the wooden spoon can be avoided

As a Welshman it pains me to agree. Nowhere near enough strength in depth.

+1 sadly. I think we're going to get munched.

I'm holding out some hope. Going to the game so I have to really!

Great programme on Radio 5 tonight - on air at Pencoed Rugby Club. Gareth Edwards was on - had some fun stories.

mattsaw

fast as fupp wrote:

Fat men playing catch.

Fat men?

Tell that to Sebastien..........

cheaperholidays

Mattsaw wrote:

fast as fupp wrote:

Fat men playing catch.

Fat men?

Tell that to Sebastien..........

No not me lol

Drysuitdiver

fast as fupp wrote:

Fat men playing catch.

as opposed to overpaid primadonnas flouncing around then acting all hurt when they get "tackled" . they need to try a real tackle. one that makes your bones cruch

although rugby does have Gavin Henson.

northernneil

Obviously Rugby League is the more skilled and athletic version of the game

mattsaw

northernneil wrote:

Obviously Rugby League is the more skilled and athletic version of the game

That's the one that stops every 5 seconds so they can have a rest right

northernneil

Mattsaw wrote:

northernneil wrote:

Obviously Rugby League is the more skilled and athletic version of the game

That's the one that stops every 5 seconds so they can have a rest right

yeah, the one that used to have Chris Ashton, Lesley Vainikolo, Lee Smith, Henry Paul, Chev Walker, Shontayne Hape,

now they stand around with their hands on their hips as some men grunt 'Heave' or run after a ball which has been punted as far up field as possible, except Chris Ashton of course who still likes to show the union lot what happens when you play a league style game :- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6W0IqUcL60

:P will still be watching a cheering on england against those sheep botherers tonight !

Pross

I don't think Wales will get the wooden spoon but we really need to improve on last season's 4th place. We have a few injuries but then so do England, the problem is that regional rugby has killed our strength in depth with only 4 players getting regular game time in any given position (less when taking into account the elderly foreign players that are flooding into the regions now). I'm just hoping that Wales can show more of a cutting edge than they did in the Autumn where we had loads more possession than we usually get but couldn't find a way to break the opposition down.

fast as fupp

Mattsaw wrote:

fast as fupp wrote:

Fat men playing catch.

Fat men?

Tell that to Sebastien..........

is that neanderthall going to eat that baby or....................

Drysuitdiver

Pross wrote:

I don't think Wales will get the wooden spoon but we really need to improve on last season's 4th place. We have a few injuries but then so do England, the problem is that regional rugby has killed our strength in depth with only 4 players getting regular game time in any given position (less when taking into account the elderly foreign players that are flooding into the regions now). I'm just hoping that Wales can show more of a cutting edge than they did in the Autumn where we had loads more possession than we usually get but couldn't find a way to break the opposition down.

I am so glasd its not just me that saw this point in time coming when regions were introduced.

top flight rugby crapping on the lower tiers and look where its got them. nowhere.

you reap what you sow.

I still cant bring myself to watch that pooftahs game league though.

finchy

Drysuitdiver wrote:

fast as fupp wrote:

Fat men playing catch.

as opposed to overpaid primadonnas flouncing around then acting all hurt when they get "tackled" . they need to try a real tackle. one that makes your bones cruch

although rugby does have Gavin Henson.

What, you mean like these?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yo96cFitUFU

beverick

It was always going to happen when large amounts of cash were released into the game. It's now a commercial enterprise and with money dictating who and where the best teams are. To a lesser extent Sky's billions has sent soccer the same way with top clubs exchanging players for prices in excess of £50m whilst conference clubs like Farsley Celtic go out of business for the sake of 750K.

Perhaps more specific to Rugby Union in Wales, the social and commercial changes have also had an impact and I'm thinking of the decline in the coal industry and the fact that there's no longer the expectation that all schoolchildren will play rugby union and only rugby union.

It's been the same in West Yorkshire for Rugby League to a certain extent with the emphasis now being on a few large clubs rather than across a number of teams. Neither do I think that the entry of 'contrived' clubs such as Catalans, Crusaders and Harlequins (to a lesser extent) to exclusion of clubs such as Halifax, Widnes and Fev has done the sport any real favours.

On the other hand, you no longer see palyers like Gareth Chilcott or Fran Cotton lumbering around the pitch - as good as they were at the time.

Bob

Monkeypump

Drysuitdiver wrote:

Wales are not loking good for it either. we lost too many from injury. lts hope the wooden spoon can be avoided

Doubt Wales will end up with the Wooden Spoon. This particular England supporter would be happy to see them end up in 2nd (behind us, of course!) but I'm not sure either part of that scenario is reallistic...

Monkeypump

Drysuitdiver wrote:

although rugby does have Gavin Henson.

Thankfully the fickle tw*t has buggered off to Toulon, so we should see very little of him on the international stage.

what brakes

Its a good game! shame weve given wales so many penalties!

-spider-

I don't often agree with Brian Moore, in fact I've never agreed with Brian Moore, but Toby Flood was easilyman of the match. What a game he had. Tremedous insight, brilliant footwork and great kicking.

England deserved the win today, but Wales played well for a team tht was being branded as no-hopers. I think they did well and will cause an upset or four in the rest of the tournament.

As for pratt Guscott accusing Jonathon Davis of being blinded by emotion................!

Drysuitdiver

not the best i have seen either team play in the Wales England match.

the Ireland Italy match was fairly tediuos until the last 20 minutes. Italy need to work on playing that well for 80 minutes
Ireland were very very lucky in having johnny wilko , sorry Ronan O'gara save their ass.

the France Scotland match was very good and i think the french are trying to keep the grandslam .

Scotland Wales is going to be interesting next.

rick_chasey

what brakes wrote:

Its a good game! shame weve given wales so many penalties!

Steroids can cloud your judgement

ddraver

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyu ... farce.html

I apologize for it being Brian Moore, and even more for it being the telegraph but I think he makes an excellent point here!

afx237vi

Brian Moore is great... it's Eddie Butler who I can't stand!

secretsqirrel

Brian Moore gets better all the time. I find his comments fair.

I like Jeremy and Jonathan (legend :P ) Could do without Sonia McLaughlin (irritating interviews).

Ian Robertson on 5 Live, is alarmingly pro-English (for a Scotsman :shock:).

Inverdale...............anchorman :roll:

Pross

I can't stand Sonia McLaughlin, what is the point of her? She asks ridiculous questions and appears to have no sporting knowledge. She doesn't even pass muster as eye candy but even if she did it wouldn't overcome her complete failure to do the job she is being paid for properly. If the Beeb feel the need to be 'representative' in their broadcasting then stick with the likes of Gabby Logan, Jill Douglas or Claire Balding who may not be rugby experts but at least they have a good grasp of sports journolism and show some understanding of the game.

I'm going to make a u-turn and say there's every chance of a Welsh wooden spoon after that debacle on Friday. I'd be worried if I were English to as only winning by 7 points against that shower shows that they aren't brilliant either.

cjcp

Shane Williams comes from God.

That is all.

secretsqirrel

cjcp wrote:

Shane Williams comes from God.

That is all.

You sure it's not the other way around? :twisted: