Well, unless you’re French, Welsh or Scottish….
International rugby on the telly this weekend
Friday 30th August
| France v Italy | 20:10 | Premier Sports 1 |
Saturday 31st August
| Wales v Ireland | 14:30 | Channel 4 |
| Georgia v Scotland | 17:00 | Premier Sports 2 |
870 thoughts on “Oh, woe is us!”
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Ovally Balls 
I used to have a Northern Irish next door neighbour who would engage me in conversation over the fence. He was very softly spoken and I couldn’t hear him much of the time, but from the times when I could I found it safe to take it as a rule that he was telling me that David Humphreys should have played more for Ireland.
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How the fuck did they take so long to decide that?
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Did that not hit Dupont’s hand on the way down?
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There was a 70s player who was a lawyer of some sort who’d acted for some of my family. Might have been Humphreys?
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@TomP
Yep. Steyn knocks it towards himself, thus backwards, and it hits the hand of the French player and goes forwards on the way down.
Bit harsh to expect a professional referee to spot that though.
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That was very messy
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They may have butchered that on review
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They didn’t deserve to score after blowing the first chance.
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Messy or Messi?
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I only just switched on to be told that Tebaldi was playing 15. Bit sad that it turns out that he isn’t.
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What is Italian for “Shit’s getting ugly”?
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Lovely Italia!
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Ha! Great try from Italy
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Try of the decade.
Send Picamoles off.
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Super try. What was all that they were saying about “a meticulous game”?
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That was not a response to Avs.
I think the correct answer would involve the word cazzo.
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Watching with TF1 commentary. They’re running text in competitions at the usual rip-off rate. Latest question:
Who scored the first try in this match – Huget or Medard?
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I hope you’re watching vigorously. That’s what this lot are suggesting anyway.
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TomP, Jean-Pierre Rives
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Bloody hell, that was ages ago. I think it was Médard, or at least he was involved?
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Two chances they should have scored. The Italian defence absolutely honks
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Looked like a fairly advantageous position as he crossed the tryline.
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“I hope you’re watching vigorously. ”
Tres vigoreusement
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I give up. Multiple streams freezing.
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It’s like eight legs really… doing the dirty business they call it.
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Carley’s a great example of the “professionalising” of a job that didn’t need professionalising. Talks the process quite well, but is fucking clueless.
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Are France good now then?
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“Talks the process quite well, but is fucking clueless.”
He’s no Stuart Barnes, that’s for sure.
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I hope I look as good as Emile Ntamack when I’m his age.
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France will need to get their penalty count down.
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Yes, a lot for England to fear in the group game.
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Shit. Typed England when I meant the USA and Tonga.
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@TomP
61 year old former Canada flanker Gord MacKinnon is 3 time World 60+ crossfit champion.
He was part of Canada’s ace backrow in the early to mid 90s.
Dude is ripped and looks about 40.
Of course Crossfit is daft, but this guy is clearly in great shape.
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Fofana might have done his knee there.
Huget almost took Bellini’s head off as he grounded the ball there.
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‘pro,
Just googled him. Guy’s bald. Me and Emile got full heads of hair.
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France look decent when they pick the pace up, but they don’t want to play that way, it’s maddening
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That’s as French a try as you’ll see
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Some nice short passing from the French forwards in the last few minutes which is much a part of the tradition as backs running in tries.
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England are putting 80 on this Italian lot next week.
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What’s fantastic about seeing a winger pretend he wants to start a fight with a front row forward?
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Italy are a big disappointment. Wonder what Russia thinks of this
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Is O’Shea targetting Phil Davies’ South West Africa?
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France are not looking like a world-beating team.
Of course, neither are Ireland, but we haven’t put out a more-or-less first-choice team yet.
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The commentators were right when they said France should have put Italy to the sword on 60 minutes. The fact they didn’t will raise questions over their world cup campaign
Italy, well they are still struggling tbh.
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Lara, from what I can see from results, Russia are rubbish
Good to hear from you, btw
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Sexy offload from Sergio there.
@Lara
Considering Italy put 80 on Russia I imagine any Russians watching are thinking ‘glad we’re not playing France’ / ‘I wish Italy had been this shit when we played them’.
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‘Pro, come on, the difference that Italy faced v Russian compared to versus France is huge.
Russia are really not up to tier 1 opposition right now, that is why Italy tonked them, Italy may as well have faced a colts team
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This was what we call a “coiffeurs’ team for France, half of these players won’t make it to Japan. I had hoped Picamoles and several others would act their usual.stupid way, and they mostly did ( ffs, 2 YC in a row vs Italy!) but unfortunately the weak opposition made them look good later. So plenty of dead wood may head to Japan.
France may prevail over a disappointing Argentina, therefore qualifying for the QFs, but they won’t go beyond.
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Someone needs to do a Coiffeurs XV.
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Rugby journalism is terrible:
“France are perhaps the embodiment of what Finn Russell would look like if he divided himself into a national team”
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