International Rugby

[paul_e]

France have been sensational, as good a performance as I've ever seen in international rugby.

Italy were just run into the ground and the 6 forwards coming on broke them.

[Brazilian Villain]

Peter O’Mahony, Cian Healy and Conor Murray will retire from international rugby at the end of the Six Nations. Murray is heading abroad, O’Mahony and Healy are retiring from all rugby at the end of season.

[paul_e]

Makes sense, POM in particular looks a long way short of international standards now, he was awful against Wales.

[Brazilian Villain]

Makes sense, POM in particular looks a long way short of international standards now, he was awful against Wales.

Yeah, he's getting on now. He's been a great servant to Irish rugby, there can't have been many players for whom playing for their province and country meant more.

[paul_e]

Makes sense, POM in particular looks a long way short of international standards now, he was awful against Wales.

Yeah, he's getting on now. He's been a great servant to Irish rugby, there can't have been many players for whom playing for their province and country meant more.

Yep, brilliant player as his peak but probably a season too far

[taylorsworkrate]

Interesting game at Twickenham. England trying to be a bit more expansive but it looks like Borthwick and Co have coached a lot of that out of them.

[Gareth]

Why didn’t Marcus Smith go under the posts for his try? Made the conversion must harder?

Good game this, probably a bit too loose for Baldrick Borthwick but fun to watch

[paul_e]

Better from England but need to keep at it.

Ref has been fucking shit.

[paul_e]

Ireland have done all they can then. Without the Lamaro yellow and Vintcent red I think Italy get something from that because Ireland looked well below par, Gibson-Park, Crowley and Lowe in particular were all a long way short of what they can give and the Irish midfield just doesn't work without Aki.

[paul_e]

England are smashing Wales at half time, Fin Smith has completely changed how we play, all the little changes of angle in contact from him is opening gaps so easily.

[Gareth]

England are smashing Wales at half time, Fin Smith has completely changed how we play, all the little changes of angle in contact from him is opening gaps so easily.

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Absolutely…can’t wait for Ford to come on and neuter the last 15 minutes :-)

Seriously, very very good first half

[paul_e]

Henry Pollock is going to be a bit good, he was fucking brilliant.

I've moaned about Borthwick a lot but he's turned things around by recognising that Fin Smith is a world class game manager. It's no shock that he's filled the backline with Saintsmen and suddenly we play like saints and rip teams apart.

[Jon Crofts]

Just the 17 defeats on the trot now for Wales, next up, Japan in Japan.

[Jon Crofts]

That could be a red there for France, deliberate head butt?

[cdbearsfan]

France have a player called Fuck You 😁