Brace yourselves for maudlin renditions of Kumbaya all day Saturday.
International rugby on the telly this weekend
Saturday 17th August
- New Zealand v Australia 08:35 Sky Sports Action
- Wales v England 14:15 Sky Sports Action & Channel 4
- South Africa v Argentina 16:05 Sky Sports Action & Sky Sports Arena
- France v Scotland 20:00 Premier Sports 1
Ovally Balls 
Great direction there. Missed most of that.
Good quick thinking by Wales.
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Noice from Wales! Not sure a card was deserved there, but oh well.
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That is nonsense
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Good execution, but it was a bollox
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Not sure about the yellow card, but anyway …
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I got an ALMIGHTY bollocking last season from a Federation referee assessor for restarting play while a yellow card player was still leaving the field. Might forward him the clip of that.
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What happened to Heinz? Missed why Youngs is on.
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Apparently Heinz was receiving treatment when the penalty was taken, so England were down to 13. I hereby claim the moral victory.
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Having seen the replay, I do see why it’s a card now.
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Cheers TomP, Refit. I’ve been pillar to post and probably all my personal details are bring sucked dry n the interwebs as we speak. Got something running via SportLemons, so I saw the last 5 mins of the first half live.
Why is HalfP playing, and Navidi on? *Worries*
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My problem with the card at the time was that Moriarty was in front of the pass, but I guess that doesn’t actually matter
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Williams had a tweak on his hamstring in the warmup, Davies off for concussion and Navidi came on. Not exactly a drop off in ability.
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My quick impression from the glimpse of the first half I had is that the game looks less intensive than last week, is that right?
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BB, I’m a big Navidi fan, I think he’s very powerful but also is a very clever player
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Iks – Liam had a slight pull on his hamstring just before the match, and the other was a bit of a head knock early on. Both subs pretty precautionary, I think.
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Yup, same here.
Not as good as Hamish though……
:-)
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Yep, I like Navidi too. And Hamish, as you know!
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Breathes. Good to know. But now I hear Wainwright has been replaced by wispy Shings.
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Mason Grady’s the fucking bomb:
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Marler looks like a My Pretty Pony.
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That was some maul defence by Wales.
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I said at the end of last week’s game that the Welsh defence was some way off its suffocating best. It really is back today
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FFS, Biggar takes a shoulder knock and they leave him on.
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It’s Ball who looks fucked.
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Ah, he’s being taken off now.
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Defo time to take Biggar off now.
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That was a lovely blind side move and what a dummy by George.
Looks like Biggar is buggered.
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Moriarty is a dolt
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No, Biggar is still staying on.
I mean, what’s the point in having a look at your backup 10.
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Navidi has impressed me. Ford and Youngs haven’t.
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Interception by Maro and then a grubber by Sinckler. Madness.
Not sure about Biggar’s tackle on Itoje.
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These matches are just not important compared to the WC. Wrap the players you need in cotton wool.
Biggar is not trying to save himself at all.
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Wales conspicuous in acceleeating once they get to Oppos 22 – a la ABs.
England don’t!
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Bit unnecessary from AWJ there.
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Good luck with the op(s), Slade. I too have heard that hip replacements are a piece of piss these days; knee replacements less so.
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@Thaum – I’d put it squarely on Gats. Left Anscombe out last week, leaving Biggar and Ball out this week.
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many thousands have paid to watch this…………………
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73,921 to be exact.
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Ha’penny looks like Alun Wyn Jones’s teddy bear when you see them up close like that.
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@Refit – yep, it’s irresponsible.
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There you go Jarred, 5 mins to make a good impression.
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And Biggar’s gone off as I was typing that!
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Watson showing Daly how to catch!
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Biggar o’ t’ Match
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Why did Flatman keep saying Halfpenny hasn’t played since Kerevi took him out?
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Good win by Wales, controlled the game well and never let England in.
Top o’ the rankings as well.
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Congrats to Wales, both teams will need more next month but for the time being, the heady heights of numero uno is cause for celebration
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Scoreless in SA so far…
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thought England were unimpressive, really.
Lots of hard work but many looked like they didn’t want to be there.
Hopefully Eddie will give one or two extra press-ups……………
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