Rugby Union Thread

PostRe: Rugby Union - Six Nations 2020 by **Curls** » Sat Feb 13, 2021 4:12 pm

Nervous about tonight. Scotland are inconsistent, but if they pay well then Wales may receieve a spanking. I recon it'll more likely be a close match and a bit of a grind though.

Curls wrote:Nervous about tonight. Scotland are inconsistent, but if they pay well then Wales may receieve a spanking. I recon it'll more likely be a close match and a bit of a grind though.

It's going to be close either way, and I fully expect Wales to pick up even more injuries today. A lot will hinge on who gets to execute their game plan, or can adapt to choke out the other side's. I definitely don't want to call anything.

That Jack Willis injury in the England Italy game. :dread:

I'm pretty sure the ref's mic picked up the sound of his leg breaking.

PostRe: Rugby Union - Six Nations 2020 by **Tomous** » Sat Feb 13, 2021 6:46 pm

You will not see many better performances in the Six Nations than what Rees-Zammit produced today.

His try to win the game was sensational. His kick out of defence in the 78th min to secure it was absurd.

Wow.

Rees-Zammit. :wub:

That scoreline flattered Wales, for sure, but there were some amazing individual performances, and coming away with a bonus point after spending so little time in the opposition 22 is jammy as could be. Happy with the result, but there's a lot of room for improvement still.

PostRe: Rugby Union - Six Nations 2020 by **Curls** » Sat Feb 13, 2021 8:35 pm

Nice to get the win. Gives us hope for the England Triple Crown match, but Wales are still massive underdogs. Here's hoping the Oirish can beat the French on the morrow.

France v New Zealand as the opening fixture for the 2023 WC!

https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/2023/matches

Not sure if Wales having Fiji as their first fixture will be a blessing or a curse. At least its not in Nantes like last time :dread:

Looking forward to getting strawberry float all in the ballots, but should make for a nice holiday if I can get tickets.

Followed by England v Argentina :datass:

Knoyleo wrote:France v New Zealand as the opening fixture for the 2023 WC!

https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/2023/matches

Not sure if Wales having Fiji as their first fixture will be a blessing or a curse. At least its not in Nantes like last time

Looking forward to getting strawberry float all in the ballots, but should make for a nice holiday if I can get tickets.

I'm hoping to get tickets for some of the Wales group stages also. Have good memories of Bordeaux from the Wales v Slovakia game in Euro 2016 so would be great to go back for the Fiji game.

Gonna be one of those days.

Edit: Wow, didn't think I'd have been proven right that quickly.

PostRe: Rugby Union - Six Nations 2020 by **Hypes** » Sat Feb 27, 2021 5:25 pm

How is that possibly a try?! :lol:

Can't get a more blatant knock-on

PostRe: Rugby Union - Six Nations 2020 by **Hypes** » Sat Feb 27, 2021 6:35 pm

Dumb players and ill discipline costing England here as it ever was

PostRe: Rugby Union - Six Nations 2020 by **Tomous** » Sat Feb 27, 2021 6:43 pm

England looked brilliant and dangerous in attack when they got going but just gave silly penalty after penalty.

Wales are going to win the Championship just by being disciplined.

England aren't going to win anything with their lack of discipline. Utterly moronic, Jones should give the likes of Genge and Robson the hairdryer on the way out and shut the door on them until they've smartened up.

Drumstick wrote:England aren't going to win anything with their lack of discipline. Utterly moronic, Jones should give the likes of Genge and Robson the hairdryer on the way out and shut the door on them until they've smartened up.

^

It's so frustrating. Every damn time. Penalty penalty penalty.

PostRe: Rugby Union - Six Nations 2020 by **Tomous** » Sun Feb 28, 2021 7:44 am

Drumstick wrote:England aren't going to win anything with their lack of discipline. Utterly moronic, Jones should give the likes of Genge and Robson the hairdryer on the way out and shut the door on them until they've smartened up.

Itoje spent the game offside too.

I understand that is his game-he plays right on the edge but it comes a point where the penalty count is hurting more than any benefit.

PostRe: Rugby Union - Six Nations 2020 by **Curls** » Sun Feb 28, 2021 7:56 pm

What a weird 6 nations this is turning out to be. I can’t believe Wales have won the triple crown. They cam fifth last year and then had a dour autumn. Luck has certainly been on Wales’ side. But to win three tough games is great to see. I still think France will have us in Paris but it’s been much more enjoyable than I imagined it would be this year!

PostRe: Rugby Union - Six Nations 2020 by **Tomous** » Sun Feb 28, 2021 8:16 pm

Curls wrote:What a weird 6 nations this is turning out to be. I can’t believe Wales have won the triple crown. They cam fifth last year and then had a dour autumn. Luck has certainly been on Wales’ side. But to win three tough games is great to see. I still think France will have us in Paris but it’s been much more enjoyable than I imagined it would be this year!

France have to play England and Scotland before us. Entirely possible we could win the Championship even after losing to France.

PostRe: Rugby Union - Six Nations 2020 by **BTB** » Wed Mar 10, 2021 9:56 am

You can now watch Super Rugby AU via the World rugby website!
https://www.world.rugby/news/622772

Happy with that as Sky are no longer showing super rugby and I think Rugby Pass are offering Super Rugby Aotearoa but for a subscription fee. So glad to have some free weekend morning rugby to watch again!

Anther full Six Nations weekend coming up :toot:

. Wales have picked a full strength side for Italy which I'm happy to see as there is still plenty of room for improvement despite the triple crown.

PostRe: Rugby Union - Six Nations 2020 by **Rax** » Thu Mar 11, 2021 9:03 am

BTB wrote:You can now watch Super Rugby AU via the World rugby website!
https://www.world.rugby/news/622772

Happy with that as Sky are no longer showing super rugby and I think Rugby Pass are offering Super Rugby Aotearoa but for a subscription fee. So glad to have some free weekend morning rugby to watch again!

Anther full Six Nations weekend coming up . Wales have picked a full strength side for Italy which I'm happy to see as there is still plenty of room for improvement despite the triple crown.

I honestly think rugby should embrace streaming a lot more than they already do. The current situation of fractured rights is a complete mess, you need to subscribe to just about everything to watch all the rugby available and that means fewer people will watch. Putting everything in one place and charing a reasonable fee for it would, I think, do great business. Every professional game and international competition in one place and watcahable on any device you want would be a gamechanger. Its a minefield of rights and other nonsense but it would be a dream scenario.

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I would prefer to see France win the tournament instead of Wales so I don't mind if we lose this tbh. England are gonna England regardless, currently conceding a penalty every ten minutes thus far.

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