Week One has provided some excellent rugby, dodgy refereeing and unfortunate injuries.
I think we can all unite around Uruguay as WC champions.
Other competitions are also starting up, so cancel all engagements and be prepared to spend your entire weekend and parts of the midweek glued to the screen. Hopefully not literally.
For those of you who lack rugby preparation skills, let me remind you to order in adequate supplies of booze, fags and possibly food.
Exciting rugby on the telly this week
Friday 27th September
| Cheetahs 48 – 14 Glasgow | 18:05 | Premier Sports 2 |
| Ulster 38 – 14 Ospreys | 19:35 | Premier Sports 1 |
| Leicester 27 – 7 Exeter | 19:45 | BT Sport 2 |
Saturday 28th September
| Argentina 28 – 12 Tonga | 05:45 | ITV |
| Japan 19 – 12 Ireland | 08:15 | ITV |
| South Africa 57 – 3 Namibia | 10:45 | ITV |
| Northampton 32 – 36 Wasps | 15:00 | BT Sport 3 |
| Munster 39 – 3 Drags | 15:00 | Freesports / TG4 |
| Southern Kings 27 – 31 Cardiff Blues | 15:00 | Premier Sports 2 |
| Scarlets 18 – 10 Connacht | 17:15 | PS2 / S4C / TG4 |
| Treviso 27 – 32 Leinster | 17:15 | Premier Sports 1 |
| Edinburgh 50 – 15 Zebre | 19:35 | Premier Sports 2 |
Sunday 29th September
| Georgia 33 – 7 Uruguay | 06:15 | ITV |
| Australia 25 – 29 Wales | 08:45 | ITV / S4C |
Monday 30th September
| Scotland 34 – 0 Samoa | 11:15 | ITV |
Wednesday 2nd October
| France 33 – 9 USA | 08:45 | ITV4 |
| New Zealand 63 – 0 Canada | 11:15 | ITV4 |
Thursday 3rd October
| Georgia 10 – 45 Fiji | 06:15 | ITV4 |
| Ireland 35 – 0 Russia | 11:15 | ITV |
Ovally Balls 
I like the cut of Sam’s jib.
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Sam used the word ‘momentum’ far too often
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If it all goes to plan – NZ v Ire and Japan v SA quarter finals. Lots of great recent history between those sides.
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Didn’t believe it until I’ve just seen the team sheet. Brits at 8 could be fun.
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Not sure that’s Scotland’s plan.
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@tomp
I was just thinking about that. It’s got some great stories set up. We just need Scotland to not ruin this for me.
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Last week: That’s the trouble you can’t compete at the top table with only 2 professional teams.
This week: One professional team breeds togetherness.
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Yikes! Just seen the score
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We may well be going home early
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Gonna be a long day for the Namibian front row.
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Living nightmare, obviously, but only argument with the result is they should have won by more.
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This game will not be like the last game…
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This could be the first proper shafting of the WC
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Well, they ain’t getting nilled.
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Well now, I watched that on the plus one channel
What a fantastic performance from Japan, terrific preparation and application is the best summary I can come up with. Great big humongous hearts in those be-blossomed chests.
Brilliant, absolutely brilliant.
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Flat pass my arse. That was a mile forward.
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So, we’ll just ignore that then?
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Massively forward. Seriously, they’re not checking?
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Sneyman is quite a large human being.
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Moral victory to Namibia.
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If Bryan Habana’s sitting 3 metres away, Mullins should really take the time to ask him for some pronunciation tips.
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Box kick and choke tackle. ‘Pro’s gonna love this.
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Bonnie Scotland
1) Dell
2) McInally
3) Nel
4) Gray
5) Gilchrist
6) Bradbury
7) Ritchie
8) Thomson
9) Laidlaw
10) Finn
11) Maitland
12) Johnson
13) Harris
14) Graham
15) Hogg
16) Brown
17) Reid
18) Fagerson
19) Cummings
20) Wilson
21) Horne
22) Hastings
23) Taylor
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That’s a better looking side, especially the back row
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Wait, what? Pinged for feeding at the scrum? What madness is this.
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Their scrum’s being pulverised, but Namibia’s lineout is holding up quite well.
I don’t think Rassie’s gonna be too happy with the team at half time.
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“Box kick and choke tackle. ‘Pro’s gonna love this.”
Refit, I rather think the ‘pro will have bigger fish to fry, a whale in fact.
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Like the look of that back row.
Need a BP win to hold any hope of getting out of this pool
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Want to know more about the Namibian hooker?
1. Although his real name is Louis, most people call him Chucky. The nickname came about when he stayed in res at Over de Voor and he hasn’t been able to shake the name since.
2. He is naturally a ginger.
https://www.varsitycup.co.za/news/insight-fnb-nwus-captain-louis-van-der-westhuizen
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Boom! Super tackle by Deysel.
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Brits is playing an absolute blinder in this match. Makes another try.
45-3
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Saffas make 50
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Elton stitching me up to help his Lions-supporting mate. Taking ages over the conversions and then missing.
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Mostert for Mbonambi seems like an odd sub, until you remember Brits is on the pitch.
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Epic dumbassery by the namibian prop. Yellow
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And Brits in
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Great and well deserved result for home side. Extraordinary tactics from us kicking ad nauseam to a running keep ball side. Cue tacklebags for 60mins. Very little energy/ pep from us. We knew it would be hot/ humid etc but conditioning needs looking at. We have got to learn to play Angus Gardner better. But left with feeling that Japan were primed to take us down and terrific in execution.
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A Saturday just doesn’t feel right without the Nolans covering The Smiths
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Cardiff maul over the line.
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Kings take the lead with a second penalty.
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Jarrod Evans to spend ten minutes thinking about why the team has been giving away so many penalties.
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And the Kings get over the line.
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Nick Williams earns another binning for a high tackle. Hurt himself in the process, and was going off anyway.
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Kings have absolutely spaffed their two-man advantage. Evans now back on.
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13-5 at HT.
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Blues start second half with 15 men and a try.
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Kings return the favour.
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I’ve just joined the Kings v Legends game after half time, who is on co-coms?
She’s good, a welcome change from the one-eyed fare normally served up.
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She is good; not sure who it is though!
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Try Morgan!
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