International Rugby

[Jon Crofts]

Ben Youngs is excelling at making us slow and predictable again, he's so fucking shit that I can only assume he has compromising photos of someone.

I have struggled for some time to understand why he is anywhere near the England team. I thought it was just me.

That absolutely has to be the last we see of Youngs now, hopefully he won’t make the Barbarians game and not will Jones.

[Jon Crofts]

Well played France, well deserved over the championship.

[Bad English]

Makes a change for France not to bottle it.

Oh my god! Are we talking rugby or military battles won here? Saltometer off the scale!  Bisous !

[paul_e]

Ben Youngs is excelling at making us slow and predictable again, he's so fucking shit that I can only assume he has compromising photos of someone.

Hopefully this will speed up Jones’s exit. How you can keep on picking Youngs is beyond me and as for Furbank fucking hell.

Harsh on Furbank, I think he played pretty well other than the 1 mistake where he stepped into touch, the benefit of him being there was that Steward gave us a weapon in our kick chase. I personally liked the 2 15 setup they gave us, but we needed a Radwan/Watson/Cokanasiga on the bench instead of Daly.

I think part of the problem in the backs is that Jones has his favourites who he is desperate to see back in the side so the pressure on people who come in is unfairly huge. Marchant is a great example, he's played well within himself until today when he seemed to finally accept that he was 'in' and could play his own game, Simmonds is similar and Randall seems to have been shunted into the same position.

I'm all for players having to earn the shirt but giving new guys 1-2 games at a time whilst your 'pets' get countless chances regardless of fitness, form or ability is a great way of crippling the team of it's creativity.


All said france were excellent, Dupont will get the plaudits but, for me, player of the tournament is between Alldritt, Jelonch and Fickou who were all brilliant all tournament.

[paul_e]

Makes a change for France not to bottle it.

Oh my god! Are we talking rugby or military battles won here? Saltometer off the scale!  Bisous !

To be fair france have bottled a few championships in the last 15-20 years so he's not wrong to mention it. This team is different though, right now they are miles ahead of anyone else in the world.

[paul_e]

Barnes has never seemed to be too keen on the Irish and the feeling's mutual.

Sexton is a gobshite in the same mould as Stringer was. Barnes let him gob off all afternoon.

Or a top-class captain depending on your point of view.

Nope. Gobshite.

Yep, he's definitely a gobshite, great player though, who will be very hard for them to replace, Carbery is a long way short and I haven't seen anyone else that looks like stepping up.

[Bad English]

Hello! Whatever! We seem to have won this year's edition. Suck it up!

[Jon Crofts]

And completely deserved too over the course of the competition. It remains to be seen whether you’ll push on now and get past the quarter finals of the World Cup in you own country.

[Brazilian Villain]

Hello! Whatever! We seem to have won this year's edition. Suck it up!

Yes, the French definitely deserved it this year although it wasn't the highest quality 6N. Happy enough with a 'Triple Crown' for Ireland given our away fixtures and the 1,2,3 in the table as expected pre-tournament. Italy's first away win in Cardiff a welcome bonus today.

[Bad English]

I was a bit tipsy last night. :-)

[nigel]

France: Easily the best team, but can have a wobble, as Wales proved.

Ireland: Consistent across the board, except vrs France

England: Inconsistent. Should do better. Change of coach? Bring in Sean Edwards

Scotland: Inconsistent, beat England, lose to Wales says it all. On their day will give any team a game.

Wales: Frustrating. Can look good, and have some good players. It depends on which Wales turn up.

Italy: Have improved beyond recognition. Played some cracking rugby. Still a way to go, but we’ll done to them.

[Villan82]

Yes, the table doesn't lie. France were outstanding.

[Jon Crofts]

I was a bit tipsy last night. :-)

No shit Sherlock.

[Brazilian Villain]

Thankfully it appears Jones is still the man to lead England to the 'Promised Land'. Deserves a chance to finish building a new England team.

“Eddie Jones is building a new England team and against a clear strategy we are encouraged by the solid progress the team has made during this Six Nations campaign. The RFU continues to fully support Eddie, the coaching team and players and we are excited about the summer tour and the progress to rebuild a winning England team."

[Jon Crofts]

The good old board vote of confidence, I doubt many of them were awake to watch the dross served up for the second year running by Jones.