Rugby (Union) fans?
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Six Nations rugby, best time of the year. Wales and Newport Gwent Dragons fan here. Any more fans out here?
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Wales vs Ireland is definitely the game of the tournament, very intense play from both teams and very glad Wales won, again the championship is wide open for next week, saturday is going to be exciting.
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Well being realistic, it's down to England and Ireland.
England has to win by 5 points more than Ireland. Wales have to thrash Italy which I highly doubt. |
Only time there seems to be any rugby discussion here is during the World Cup. Looking forward to Saturday though. I think Wales can do it as Italy have been very poor and Wales always save their best until last whilst it seems England are the opposite and have got worse as the tournament has gone on. Can't see Ireland winning by many at Murrayfield. All too close to call in reality though.
Was in Cardiff for the game last weekend, what a physical encounter. I'll just leave this here of Ireland's golden boy. http://rugby.delfan.co.uk/rugby/2014...ffSexton01.gif |
rugby is poo
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A sport for posh tory kids and nonces.
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I agree with the Ireland v Scotland remark about it being a tight game, except I predict Scotland might spring an upset. Wales should beat Italy quite easily and I'd hope England will beat France. Seems to be a lot of talk about whether or not the RWC 2015 would be a commercial disaster if England didn't progress from the group stages. I find it quite extraordinary that there appears to be all this negative talk. Would like to hope England will go all the way but it's tough to look past New Zealand or South Africa. I'd probs put England there in the top 5 picks along with Australia and Ireland. I think France and Wales will have a poor World Cup. |
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As for Wales having a poor World Cup, Warren Gatland gears the team up for World Cup rugby. He has openly said that the 6 Nations is just a warm up for the RWC to him, so it's quite satisfying getting the results we have had with just blitz defence and basic attack. I think England, Wales and Australia will all take a win off of each other and one team is going to miss out on bonus points/points difference/tries scored. |
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I've been reading about the possibility of expanding the 6 nations or doing a promotion/relegation style tournament.
It'd be great to have a European Championships of rugby that included the 6 nations although in my eyes the 6 Nations is essentially the unofficial European Championships. A larger tournament would rule out the possibility of Grand Slams or make them tougher. |
I'd love a European Championship, might give the other European teams a chance to mix it with the Tier 1 teams.
Buzzing for tomorrow, three big games, I still think it's down to Ireland and England to win it. |
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Expanding that would compromise the likelihood of grand-slams which would send Welshmen and Irishmen into fury. From a "developmental" point of view I'd love to see a RWC every two years if it as at all feasible/viable but I guess now with Olympics Rugby 7s we have that to tune into. |
If there was relegation and promotion, I'm not sure how a Georgia or Romania replacing Italy or Scotland every other year would help the development. It's quite sad seeing how Italy have pretty much just plateaued/gotten worse after so many years in the six nations now.
Would be open to some sort of expanded championship however I can't imagine it being very attractive to casual viewers and sponsors, and they'd need to overhaul the club season before they start expanding internationals even further. The way modern day rugby is now it should be looking to follow an NFL model of a season and not continue to emulate football. |
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Six Nations is fine as it is. |
I actually think Scotland could cause Ireland a lot of problems today if the Irish players don't return to the England game level of performance and accuracy.
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Congrats to Ireland, fair play to them bouncing back from last week and going to Murrayfield and putting up a score like that. Very disappointing from Scotland though.
Couldn't be prouder of the Welsh performance, did all they could. England will be kicking themselves for letting in some really soft tries. All in all though, very little to separate the three top teams and all three will be content with 4-1 going into the World Cup. |
That was fucking stressful yesterday. France passed up so many simple kicks in that game and Ireland passed up about 10 very kickable points as well so it could have been less stressful but fuck me what a day. I wasn't happy to see Ireland's line-out malfunctioning again a bit yesterday but good to see the running rugby come in to play. The team and the new centre partnership is a work in progress, so hopefully this is a sign of things to come.
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Rugby makes the WWE seem steroid-free.
We think athletics, cycling, tennis, baseball have doping problems. That is nothing compared to rugby. |
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As far as the RWC is concerned can't really see past another New Zealand win and then maybe South Africa. Ireland never really perform well at the RWC, Wales could surprise, England will come unstuck eventually assuming they actually progress from the group. One of the worst French teams in a while and then there's Australia. It will obviously be one of those teams. |
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Drug testing in rugby is even more of a joke than the wellness policy in the WWE. |
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As for the World Cup, New Zealand are the obvious choice but still have a lot to prove about whether they can do it on foreign soil. I'm not sure if they can. It's anyone's game after them. |
After a great Six Nations tournament I'm looking forward for the World Cup, I predict that the All Blacks will win it, hey who can beat these guys? I think Wales will be lucky to advance in the Pool stages but who knows.
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It's that time of the year again, absolutely buzzing for this tournament this year. Will Ireland win it for the 3rd year in a row?
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