The Rugby Union Thread

fretmeister

Wait… Chessum in the back row?

Has he ever played there?

bertie

christ I hadnt see that ..............line out ? to cover Martin (glad he's in, but not a jumper ??)   or . to try to get to O'Mahony ??

TJT1979

Surprised Steward isn't starting for Eng. Hope that Furbank has a good game. I've yet to be convinced by Dombrandt for Eng. 

koneguitarist

England to win by 3-5 points. Ireland will have too much pressure and I can imagine Porter losing it. England just need to keep it tight and frustrate Irish Pack. Forget throwing the ball around. 

Scotland, should win, just. 

Wales, can’t see a win here to be honest, bad as France can be, they have too much power in set piece. 

Gassage

fretmeister said:

Wait… Chessum in the back row?

Has he ever played there?

Chessum has 75 first class starts, 19 have been in the back row and he's played there 3 times for England (22 caps) but off the bench, but has also moved there another 3 times in game (ie a lock has come on and he's moved to flank).

Gassage

bertie said:

christ I hadnt see that ..............line out ? to cover Martin (glad he's in, but not a jumper ??)   or . to try to get to O'Mahony ??

Not really- Martin is a fine jumper.

More so to get some ballast into scrum. And to play a test sized back row.

exocet

Ireland to win by 7
Scotland to win by 10
France to win by 7

koneguitarist

exocet said:

Ireland to win by 7
Scotland to win by 10
France to win by 7

Think it will be closer myself, all pressure on Ireland now. 

bertie

exocet said:

Ireland to win by 7

points or cards ?  

Schnozz

Welsh U20s just took a proper spanking.

mattdavis

Looking forward to seeing Lynagh start for Italy v Scotland. Could be a cracking match. Not that bothered by England Ireland tbh. I think Ireland will smash us to pieces unless they bottle it. 

fretmeister

Saints -v- Stormers available free on 

digitalscream

Italy doing what England couldn't.

Honestly, I thought they looked great today too, it's not like this was a weak Scotland side.

VimFuego

only caught the 1st half, Scotland looked really good, so this is a fantastic result for Italy. And it's excellent for the 6 nations, means they're not just their to get a bonus point from.

bertie

what a superb second half,     Capuozzo's got some palle     - for a tiny guy he got stuck right in

ewal

Scotland played multi-phase rugby for 30 mins, George Horne doing what he does best. Er... And then we stopped....

ewal

Congratulations Italy btw

bertie

Schnozz said:

Welsh U20s just took a proper spanking.

watched the England one this morning....................dire.  The two second row's looked like regional 3rd teamers.  Constantly getting in the way of everything.

They'll be in the senior squad soon then

rsvmark

Ford is a problem. Missed kicks at goal and reverting to the kicking game. Poor

VimFuego

yeah, ford's not really doing much, time to get him off and Smith on. We should be winning this.