Gazing at life through a haze of opiates, I’m intensely relaxed about not getting a proper blog post up, and just giving you the matches.
But I will add an emphatic TSK!* that the Cardiff and Ulster matches have yet again been scheduled at the same time.
*This is more vehement than a PFFT!
6N Blog Meet Update
The Heidelberg Tourist Information Bureau has posted this:
Falcon tries to decide whether to deliver a TSK! or a PFFT!
And this.
And as a reminder, here’s the info.
On the telly this week
Friday 3rd January
| Cardiff 14 – 16 Scarlets | 19:35 | Premier Sports 2 |
| Ulster 38 – 17 Munster | 19:35 | Premier Sports 1 |
| Sales 48 – 10 Harlequins | 19:45 | BT Sport 1 |
Saturday 4th January
| Treviso 19 – 38 Glasgow | 13:00 | Premier Sports 1 |
| Gloucester 29 – 15 Bath | 15:00 | BT Sport 2 |
| Dragons 25 – 18 Ospreys | 15:00 | Premier Sports 1 |
| Zebre 41 – 13 Cheetahs | 15:00 | Freesports |
| Leinster 54 – 7 Connacht | 17:30 | Premier Sports 2 |
| Edinburgh 61 – 13 Southern Kings | 19:45 | Premier Sports 1 |
Sunday 5th January
| Wasps 31 – 35 Northampton | 15:00 | BT Sport 2 |
Ovally Balls 
Munster tighthead wasn’t bound on that maul
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Sale get away with an obvious forward pass, then McGuigan slips into a tackle and gets the penalty for a ‘high’ tackle.
Think DCI’s had a word….
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Karma, perhaps as he gives away a penalty right after
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Quins now get a breakaway try!
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Yeeees Cooney! Magic Man!
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Very nice from Thaum’s ladz
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Good decision from Stockdale to go inside rather than out
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Try for Sale now! Amazingly enough, one of their South Africans scores it….
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Whose stupid idea was dry January?
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Thought you were trying Veganuary or whatever its called?
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Nah, one thing is enough
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It’s easier to not drink alcohol than it is ti go full on vegan for a month
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Ulster nearly score again, but unfortunately Addison drops it.
Meanwhile, Cardiff have scored and it’s 7-6 at Arms Park.
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Scarlets respond with a good try….
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Apparently Cooney has the workrate of a Nepalese Sherpa.
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Sale somehow get another try, but I think there might be a few things to look at there.
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Must be a card for one of those red zone pens
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Robson?
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Looks like Munster are in some sort f trouble.
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Nope, it’s OK. Quins on attack, ball went loose, kicked through, McGuigan (even though LOL thinks its someone else) chases it through, has to pause to pick up the ball, gets tackled, but still manages to get the ball away for the try.
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Just a penalty, but a warning with it.
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TomP – it’s the Norn Irish commentator.
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Baloucoune furra liineee!
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I must admit I didn’t see that McGrath had gone up the road to Belfast, this is the first time I’ve noticed him in Ulster colours
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HT in Cardiff: 7-16.
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I’m afraid I haven’t followed Ticht into Dry January, so I’m having some Talisker.
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Carbery with a penalty at the stroke of HT for 17-10.
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I think it would be easier to go vegan than dry for a month. But I’ve no intention of verifying either hypothesis.
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Ref suddenly discovered (after half an hour) that Sale have been offside for most of the game. Penalty to Quins, now 17-10.
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Nice try from Sale! Quins missing a tackle or two, now 24-10 at HT.
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Good try Ulster
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McCloskey to Rea for another try!
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The no alcohol for a month I’ve always found pretty easy. This is the 14th January I’ve done it now. The first year I tried to give up fags at the same time. That went well for about 5 hours.
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I’m not really enjoying the plethora of options Ireland have right across the park going into our first fixture in the 6N
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There is plenty of vegan food I like. On the other hand, I have a couple of cups of coffee in the morning (never after noon, or I won’t sleep), and otherwise it’s water. I don’t mind the occasional cup of tea, but again I prefer to avoid caffeine later in the day. And it just seems wrong to have a decent meal without wine.
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From a purely embra POV this is a pleasing scoreline.
The norn pilferers are looking handy
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Don’t understand how Cooney wasn’t in Japan
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Chimpie – me neither, but it seems to have put a fire up his arse this season.
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That can’t be very safe, Thaum
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Ireland have the players to win the 6N Grand Slam this year, but do they have the coach?
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It’s turned a bit spikey, mainly down to the ref’s indecision tbh
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Ticht :-)
BB – ooh, let’s not get ahead of ourselves! England still looking very strong, and France an unknown quantity.
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Cardiff try just as Ulster get close to the line again! And McCloskey overrrr!
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McCloskey or Farrell for the big carrying centre?
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Or Aki for that matter
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Hi, Iksy
Thanks for the kind thoughts……………………………….I’m now between ops and off meds and just back in from un petit soiree francais and me joints is hummin’!
This all sounds a very french topic of conversation – you got any snow?
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Pfft and indeed Tsk! Leinster haven’t lost since time began, they can put out about 5 sides that are better than everybody else, Ulster are the new Munster and Munster are still more or less the old Munster. Nailed on with very big nails!
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I dunno … McCloskey’s been playing very well the past few games, and I think it might be him trying to impress a new coach, after having possibly given up on Uncle Joe. I’m glad I don’t have to make these decisions.
McCloskey’s mother also goes to my hairdresser, and I got some very good gossip which of course I couldn’t possibly divulge, but it will become common knowledge fairly soon.
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Aaaaand Stockdale with the intercept try (at last!).
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Meanwhile, in other unsurprising news, Marler is being a dick. After Sale get a penalty, after the whistle, Marler sticks his hand in the face of a Sale player and now gets a yellow (his 16th! apparently).
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