Great start today then we slowly but surely got dragged down to Scotland's real level before waking up and really dominating the set pieces. I see Murrayfield was packed again, with kids, hence the booing of penalties and conversions, if your Union needs to give tickets away then at least tell the kids to keep quiet.
Perfect silence for the Irish first penalty. Well done Wales, Jocks take note.
Great game today (as a neutral and a bit of a purist).This weekend turned out almost to script as I called it earlier in the thread, Italy gave France a real fright and put in a solid performance, England had enough quality to fight off a tough breakdown centred performance from the scots and there was fuck all between the irish and welsh. I'll stick with my prediction that this is going to be a fantastic 6N.
Quote from: paul_e on February 07, 2016, 05:14:50 PMGreat game today (as a neutral and a bit of a purist).This weekend turned out almost to script as I called it earlier in the thread, Italy gave France a real fright and put in a solid performance, England had enough quality to fight off a tough breakdown centred performance from the scots and there was fuck all between the irish and welsh. I'll stick with my prediction that this is going to be a fantastic 6N.Yes, but, it didn't surprise me when I realised how young that French team was. The oldest player in the starting XV was 30. A couple of them looked like school leavers!!
Yeah, fuck-em. They're rarely quiet in internationals v England, mind...Anyway, for you rugby bods who know more about the nuances of the game than I this is interesting:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/international/england/12144734/Scotland-9-England-15-Five-early-hallmarks-of-the-Eddie-Jones-era-after-Six-Nations-victory-in-Calcutta-Cup-clash.html
Quote from: Jon Crofts on February 07, 2016, 04:22:09 PMPerfect silence for the Irish first penalty. Well done Wales, Jocks take note.Confirms what I already suspected. The Welsh are weird.