Week Two made Irish eyes very sad. But Welsh eyes leeked with joy, when the Wallabies didn’t quite manage to hop into the lead in the second half. Uruguay failed to repeat their magic from Week One. Otherwise, the results were more or less as expected.
Week Three’s biggest clash is looking like England v Argentina, although no doubt there will be some surprises in the other fixtures.
We’ve also got some Pro14 and that English Premiership Cup thingy to look forward to.
Exciting (?) rugby on the telly this week
Friday 4th October
| S Africa 49 – 3 Italy | 10:45 | ITV4 |
| Glasgow 21 – 25 Scarlets | 19:35 | Premier Sports 1 |
| Leinster 53 – 5 Ospreys | 19:35 | Premiers Sports 2 / TG4 |
| Worcester 19 – 34 Exeter | 19:45 | BT Sport 1 |
Saturday 5th October
| Australia 45 – 10 Uruguay | 06:15 | ITV |
| England 39 – 10 Argentina | 09:05 | ITV |
| Japan 38 – 19 Samoa | 11:30 | ITV |
| Kings 20 – 31 Munster | 15:00 | Premier Sports 2 |
| Zebre 28 – 52 Dragons | 17:00 | Freesports |
| Cheetahs 63 – 26 Ulster | 17:15 | Premier Sports 2 |
| Cardiff 11 – 19 Edinburgh | 17:15 | Premier Sports 1 / S4C |
| Connacht 41 – 5 Treviso | 19:35 | Premier Sports 1 / TG4 |
Sunday 6th October
| New Zealand 71 – 9 Namibia | 05:45 | ITV |
| France 23 – 21 Tonga | 08:45 | ITV |
| Northampton 28 – 54 Saracens | 15:00 | BT Sport 1 |
Tuesday 8th October
| South Africa 66 – 7 Canada | 11:15 | ITV4 |
Wednesday 9th October
| Argentina 47 – 17 USA | 05:45 | ITV4 |
| Scotland 61 – 0 Russia | 08:15 | ITV |
| Wales v Fiji | 10:45 | ITV/S4C |
Ovally Balls 
Anyway it turns out I am one of the ‘Dirty Dozen’ tasked with managing the transfer of our work who will probably be needed until the bitter end. Prick who’s closing us down has a bit of the look of Ernest Borgnine right enough.
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I fear my cheering up powers may have hit the proverbial buffer. Never mind. I was doing my best to take us back to the 1970s by having a job that belonged there, but Wales will have to step into the breach and win the World Cup, we’ll get a proper Labour government and everything will be OK.
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Yellow card for Coleman, for a high tackle, on 13 mins. Contact with the neck, although the Uruguayan player was falling.
Come on Uruguay.
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Now Salakia-Loto in the bin for high.
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Petaia looks a handful. Sets up Australia’s 2nd try, for Kurindrani.
19-3
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Thought there was a clear penalty for Uruguay at the ruck before that try – they were driving over the ball and an Australian player just threw himself on to the ground on top of it.
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Aww, poor Cheika.
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UruGUAAAAAYY!
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Boooooooo!
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Oh damn, offside. No try.
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Aus look a bit ‘entitled’ and sloppy…………..but some nice work by their backs when ball in hand.
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now much sharper in 2nd half……………………………..cruel for the Uruguayans
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Lovely to see the happiness for Slipper’s first ever Test try.
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Australian happiness is not lovely. It’s like congratulating an Imperial Stormtrooper on his first kill.
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Now, that’s lovely.
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If they’re happy, maybe they’ll stop whining.
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Morning all. Still haven’t seen the Bok match, but very happy with the result. Just hope Kolbe is ok. Australia doing what they should. Fiji will still be wondering how they lost to Uruguay.
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Classy from Dallaglio (not).
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This punditry is setting England up for a delicious fall
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Now all we need is an inspirational speech by Clive.
ITV’s coverage is an absolute shower.
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Fucking shit punditry. Am now full of THE FEAR.
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Jonny really is so nice. That, St Jonny of A&E was not a brilliant story.
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Argies have numbers on their shorts.
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Morning all.
@CMW, if he is Ernest Borgnine then you are Spencer Tracy – with 2 arms!
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My country, ’tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
Of thee I sing;
Land where my fathers died,
Land of the pilgrims’ pride,
From ev’ry mountainside
Let freedom ring!
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Ludlam belting out gsta there.
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Fear
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Them English lads can hold a tune.
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I detest GSTQ/K
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Big time hatred
Worst song
Ever
Total shite
Total
Shite
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It’d be better if they sang Jerusalem.
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That was horribly nice by Urdapilleta and Moroni. Less of that please.
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Argentinian chasing that set this up was miles offside.
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Nige laying the foundations for #theshaftofallshafts
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Poor passing botched an overlap there. C’mon Nige!
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Sinckler chews gum during games?
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Pumas wide defence looks a vulnerable.
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Good work early on from Daly.
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NostradamIks strikes again.
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Tomp – apparently. It’ll be cigars next. Total badass.
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Village defending from Urdapilleta.
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Uggh. Very poor defence by the Argentine 10. Good pass by Ford but still.
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Classic nige
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Getting a bit feisty.
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Good scrum. Good handbags.
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Lots of errors but this is being played at a decent lick. Good family fun.
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Touch of the dropsies.
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This should be the England national anthem
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Have to say, that looked a little high on Farrell.
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Lavanini in shithousery shocker!
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Faz def lead with the elbow there. Send him off.
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