RED4LIFE Posted February 1, 2019 Report Share Posted February 1, 2019 Apologies if there's a thread already but I couldn't see one. If so, Mods please merge. Anyone interested in this? Personally, I love this competition and am really looking forward to the Ireland/England game tomorrow. Watching France v Wales now and its great to see France actually playing with cohesion and beating the Welsh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Maesknoll Red Posted February 1, 2019 Admin Report Share Posted February 1, 2019 I was thinking the same thing and was going to post one, but have just got in from the pub and couldn’t be arsed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RED4LIFE Posted February 1, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2019 9 minutes ago, Maesknoll Red said: I was thinking the same thing and was going to post one, but have just got in from the pub and couldn’t be arsed Same here, but posting here is better than chatting to the Mrs about it. Tbf, she loves rugby but as she's from (w)Horfield, I presume she knows nothing about any sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Maesknoll Red Posted February 1, 2019 Admin Report Share Posted February 1, 2019 Bizarre decision by Wales to kick out at the end of the half, great decision by France to take the drop goal.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RED4LIFE Posted February 1, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2019 2 minutes ago, Maesknoll Red said: Bizarre decision by Wales to kick out at the end of the half, great decision by France to take the drop goal.... It was a gamble by Wales but going for touch would've been the equivalent of waving the white flag. Brilliant that France capitalised though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid in the Riot Posted February 1, 2019 Report Share Posted February 1, 2019 Classic Wales, bit of expectation and turn in a shite performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RED4LIFE Posted February 1, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2019 What an awful mistake to hand Wales 7 points. Makes it very interesting though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Maesknoll Red Posted February 1, 2019 Admin Report Share Posted February 1, 2019 Now this gets interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RED4LIFE Posted February 1, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2019 Am I the only one that thinks Hadley Parks sounds like a suburb of Bristol somewhere around Clifton? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 1, 2019 Report Share Posted February 1, 2019 Well if there is one person you don’t want to let a bad pass fall too.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Maesknoll Red Posted February 1, 2019 Admin Report Share Posted February 1, 2019 What a mistake by France... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid in the Riot Posted February 1, 2019 Report Share Posted February 1, 2019 Neither team looking that good but great win for Wales. Only the third team in rugby international history to come back from 16-0 at HT and win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted February 1, 2019 Report Share Posted February 1, 2019 State of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RED4LIFE Posted February 1, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2019 Good game overall. Typical enigmatic France though. Great first half, poor second half. Wales were pretty lucky that France imploded and made stupid mistakes. Anyway, on to tomorrow and the Ireland-England game. Personally, I cant see anything other than an Ireland win in Dublin but Manu may make a difference in getting England the gain-line advantage and giving us a platform to work from. Henshaw at full-back will give us a little bit of confidence, but we still have the likes of Sexton, Furlong, Murray, Stander, Ringrose and Stockdale (amongst others) to worry about in the breakdown and when they have ball in hand. My prediction is Ireland 18- England 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid in the Riot Posted February 1, 2019 Report Share Posted February 1, 2019 12 minutes ago, RED4LIFE said: Good game overall. Typical enigmatic France though. Great first half, poor second half. Wales were pretty lucky that France imploded and made stupid mistakes. Anyway, on to tomorrow and the Ireland-England game. Personally, I cant see anything other than an Ireland win in Dublin but Manu may make a difference in getting England the gain-line advantage and giving us a platform to work from. Henshaw at full-back will give us a little bit of confidence, but we still have the likes of Sexton, Furlong, Murray, Stander, Ringrose and Stockdale (amongst others) to worry about in the breakdown and when they have ball in hand. My prediction is Ireland 18- England 10 Wales were lucky?! Overall, they were the better team. France made some dreadful errors. Wales fully deserved the win imo. Agree that Ireland will see off England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RED4LIFE Posted February 1, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2019 20 minutes ago, Kid in the Riot said: Wales were lucky?! Overall, they were the better team. France made some dreadful errors. Wales fully deserved the win imo. Agree that Ireland will see off England. Really? First half possession for Wales was around 30% with very few phases made. Second half they were better but scored mainly from French mistakes. A handling mistake in the French 22 and a terrible pass gave Wales 14 points. England and Ireland wont make those type of errors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bard Posted February 2, 2019 Report Share Posted February 2, 2019 That was a series of major clusterf***s from the French. Missed 9 points in kicks and gifted the Welsh 14 points. Welsh have got a great chance of winning the whole thing now with away games against Scotland and Italy and home games with Ireland and England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted February 2, 2019 Report Share Posted February 2, 2019 Belting stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted February 2, 2019 Report Share Posted February 2, 2019 Have that Ireland. That will teach you to write off England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BanburyRed Posted February 2, 2019 Report Share Posted February 2, 2019 2nd best team in the world? Just turn up, beat the English and the title is yours? Nonsense. Well played England and fair play to Eddie Jones for his selection and gameplan. Despite the result, the Irish will still get drunk tonight, drowning their sorrows. Top top England performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelRobartes Posted February 3, 2019 Report Share Posted February 3, 2019 4 hours ago, BanburyRed said: 2nd best team in the world? Just turn up, beat the English and the title is yours? Nonsense. Well played England and fair play to Eddie Jones for his selection and gameplan. Despite the result, the Irish will still get drunk tonight, drowning their sorrows. Top top England performance. I didn't do that at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted February 10, 2019 Report Share Posted February 10, 2019 Excellent start by England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BanburyRed Posted February 10, 2019 Report Share Posted February 10, 2019 France getting taken apart by England. Brilliant start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted February 10, 2019 Report Share Posted February 10, 2019 8 minutes ago, BanburyRed said: France getting taken apart by England. Brilliant start. 28-8 - not even half time yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BanburyRed Posted February 10, 2019 Report Share Posted February 10, 2019 Bonus point already, leading by 3 converted tries. Only complacancy will derail England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted February 10, 2019 Report Share Posted February 10, 2019 Nothing going France’s way, good innit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelRobartes Posted February 10, 2019 Report Share Posted February 10, 2019 England might win this game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted February 10, 2019 Report Share Posted February 10, 2019 This is an England tactical masterclass. The balls over top have destroyed the French. Clever stuff from Eddie Jones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RED4LIFE Posted February 22, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2019 So then, as much as beating Ireland was a ridiculously impressive result (in their own back yard too), the walk over of France was always likely as the French implode as they always tend to do when teams put the pressure on in the pack and start making phases, as a proud Bristolian playing Wales is always the BIG game in any Six Nations. Maybe it means more to us because we are the closest major English city to the Union hotbed of South Wales that we get subjected to the hostility and partisan Welsh patriotism more than the rest of the rugby fans in England? Maybe its because a lot of Bristolians have friends or family that are Welsh due to the proximity of Wales? After all, Cardiff is not far off being as close as Swindon depending on where in Bristol you live? Whatever the reason, if you're heading to Cardiff, watching the game at home or in the pub everyone wants to win this one more than the others. None more so than the Welsh themselves. They're unbeaten, we're unbeaten. They're at home and have a partisan crowd. We've got experienced players that have been to the Millenium/Principality and won before and recent history is on our side. At 16:45 tomorrow the West side of this island will stop and wait to see who gets bragging rights for the next few months. Until Japan anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RED4LIFE Posted February 23, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2019 Considering I cant find the Edit button since the update, im putting this here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/47337304 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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