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 
Northampton 28-10 up now. Reinach’s got a second. England’s Piers Francis about to get a yellow card.
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28-45 is the final.
I think both teams were perfect from the tee.
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Nice try from the Wasps.
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Nasty collision. Saints player doesn’t jump when challenging for the kick, taking the defender out in the air. Both are lying on the pitch.
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Tom Collins, the winger who challenged, gets his first ever card, and it is a red one.
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I hope that tackle doesn’t have 6N repercussions for Hutchinson
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Dem ain’t no Saints. Dem is dirty as hell.
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A little Farrell-type hit gives the Wasps decent field advantage. After a couple of phases the defending scrum half gets his mitt on the ball.
Penalty try.
31-28 with ten minutes to go, and the Wasps are also two-men up.
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Taqele Naiyaravoro scores for the Saints.
A big man bosch.
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I only saw the second half of that, but it was fun, good finish to the match.
Big Taq
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Some big momentum swings in that second half. Wasps come back from being down 18 points, only to lose the game while two men up.
31-35
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0-0
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Update: 0-0
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End of the first period: 0-0
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Second period has started: 0-0
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LaDoaB, I think Scottish, Welsh and Irish were all often known informally as the Exiles back in the day.
Ireland used to have a side compete in the Inter-Provincials called the Exiles as well. Scotland’s Interdistrict championship had the Anglo-Scots team in their championship for a while.
There’s a Welsh exiles programme run by the WRU to get kids in the diaspora involved. The Irish equivalent is called IQ.
There were (are?) loads of London (Nationality) clubs – London French, London New Zealand, London Nigerian, London Cornish even
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0-1 Russia
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London Cornish, eh?
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Canada has responded with their own power play goal: 1-1
Canada still on the power play, (Russia got a two-fer-one deal.)
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Russia score!!!
1-2
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I thought Hogg was poor today – he’ll need to be much better in Glasgow next week – does he have the head for it?
A fit again Dolman is waiting in the wings………………………………………
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Russia again!
1-3
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And 34 seconds later Canada may have their second.
Did the Canadian direct the puck with his leg?
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Correction, off a skate and then off the other leg…
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2-3
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Wonderful tying goal from the captain.
3-3
If you’re aren’t already watching, now is a good time to find a stream.
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Breakaway goal!
4-3
4 minutes to play…
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Less than 3:00 minutes to go and Canada take a penalty…
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Canada win 4-3.
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I thought Hogg was alright, Slade.
Is Dolman a player that is soon to be ready for primetime?
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Rhys Webb might be an Osprey by next week. He’s been sacked by Toulon apparently.
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Seems odd to have a contract terminated mid-season.
Is this something that is normal?
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Yeah, I played against London French back in the day……
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Well done Canada! Yay!!
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But what did they win?
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DoggyBone, some dribs and drabs on Walesonline (shudders):
But Toulon’s majority owner LeMaitre appears to have suggested in a French radio interview that it is already over for Webb at the Top14 outfit. He questioned the scrum-half’s attitude and says the 31-year-old will not be pulling on the Toulon jersey again before the end of the season.
LeMaitre told Sud Rugby Radio : “The one at fault is Rhys Webb.
“He’s the one who’s lent himself to all these manoeuvres. This brings us to a situation where Rhys Webb will no longer play in the Toulon jersey by the end of the season.
French website France24 also report the owner as saying: “His family is back in Wales, it’s difficult for him. We made beach-sized amounts of time for him to be able to go back and see his family in Wales.
“All of a sudden we learn he has already signed for the Ospreys and his agent had already negotiated with the Welsh union that he can be selected. It’s a dishonest attitude.
“It takes us to a situation where I think Rhys Webb will not play in the Toulon shirt again. The adventure will be cut short.”
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Classic Welsh scrum half in France trope. Following in Big Mike’s footsteps.
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Although, that doesn’t read like he’s been sacked. Sent to train with the espoirs on full pay, more like.
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They defeated Russia in the World Junior International Ice Hockey Championship,( or something like that.)
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Howdy there.
Enjoying the look of ProWoo conference B this week, with Embra sitting handsomely atop the log, with a PD second only to the mighty [1] Leinster.
Doubt it can last though, we’ve been hereabouts before and failed to get to the big cup. 6th place is only 11 points behind, and both Munster and Scarlets are nipping our heels. We’ll lose a lot of cwality in the international window and may struggle. Imagine at least Munster will reel us in, making the playoffs would be nice though.
Leinster are just miles ahead of anyone. ‘sridiculous. 10 wins out of 10, 7 of them with BPs. Bastards. Ulster are also looking worryingly decent. Otherwise conference A is looking a bit meh with Glasgow misfiring.
[1] Evil
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as for the Premiereship, it all sucks.
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slightly more seriously Sarries, Exeter & the synts look in decent enough fettle, with some questionable quality behind.
Similar to the prowoo really.
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Quiet, innit.
The shock of the 20s commencing. With a dose of back to work-horror perhaps.
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‘By 5pm today (6 January), a FTSE CEO will be paid more within three working days of 2020 than an average employee takes home in a year.’
that’s added an extra frisson of joy to my first working day of 2020.
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I can work out the first two, but you’ve lost me on the third one in the list, Chimpie.
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Northampton Saints
should have called the Exeter the cultural appropriators too.
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Northampton aren’t all that. Much of a muchness after that. Some excellent players dotted around, not many decent sides.
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Well quite. Tiggers a case in point. Some England regulars and some… others.
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Great ladz. Just heroes.
New 3 year contract for Phil Dollman.
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AWJ showing who holds more power than anyone in Swansea. Watch people get sacked/moved on after a ‘comprehensive review of our structures and processes that has been ongoing for some time and is not at all a panic move because Al is on to us’:
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