What does this beauty spot have in common with the England 23 selected to play Ireland on Sunday?
The only other exciting news to report is that Ticht found an old version of AoD still extant.
On the telly this week
Friday 21st February
| Crusaders 33 – 13 Highlanders | 06:05 | Sky Sports Action |
| Wales U20 14 – 11 France U20 | 19:35 | BBC Two Wales / BBC Sport website/ BBC red button |
| Zebre 0 – 28 Munster | 19:35 | FreeSports |
| Edinburgh 41 – 14 Connacht | 19:35 | Premier Sports 2 |
| Ospreys 13 – 21 Leinster | 19:35 | TG4 / Premier Sports 1 |
| England U20 21 – 39 Ireland U20 | 19:45 | RTÉ Two / YouTube / Sky Sports Mix |
| Sale 36 – 3 Leicester | 19:45 | BT Sport 1 |
Saturday 22nd February
| Rebels 34 – 26 Sharks | 03:45 | Sky Sports Action |
| Chiefs 14 – 26 Brumbies | 06:05 | Sky Sports Arena |
| Reds 64 – 5 Sunwolves | 08:15 | Sky Sports Arena |
| Stormers v Los Jaguares | 13:05 | Sky Sports Action |
| Italy v Scotland | 14:15 | ITV |
| Bulls v Blues | 15:15 | Sky Sports Action |
| Wales v France | 16:45 | BBC One / S4C |
| Glasgow v Dragons | 19:35 | Premier Sports 1 |
| Ulster v Cheetahs | 19:35 | Premier Sports 2 |
Sunday 23rd February
| Wales v France (women) | 12:00 | BBC Two Wales / S4C |
| England v Ireland (women) | 12:45 | RTÉ Two / BBC Sport website / Sky Sports Action |
| Exeter v Northampton | 13:00 | BT Sport 1 |
| England v Ireland | 15:00 | ITV |
| Italy v Scotland (women) | 16:10 | BBC Alba / website / red button |
| Cardiff v Treviso | 17:15 | S4C / Premier Sports 2 |
| Scarlets v Southern Kings | 17:15 | Premier Sports 1 |
Ovally Balls 
Johnston probably would have played a lot for Munster this season had he stayed – with Carberry and Bleyendahl injured.
Though at the rate he’s going- every 10 at Munster is going to have to shift over for Dan Crowley.
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Johnston gets MotM.
Ruan goes off to a huge ovation from the crowd.
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And it’s 20-10 at the final whistle.
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Glasgow overcome the Dragons by 34-19 in the end. Another good win for us, keeping the pressure on the teams above us. And I think if Ulster won, we go above Cheetahs into 3rd!
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Think the citing officer will have some interest in tha first half incident with the elbows & punch. Surprised a couple of reds weren’t handed out
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@Piperboy. Yes in the centre of town but it’s a small place, Heidelberg.
Saturday from 2pm is here:
https://www.dublinerheidelberg.com/
The Friday night before from about 7.30pm is here:
https://www.brauhaus-vetter.de/en/About-us
FRA airport to HD is less than an hour by train, probably with a change in Mannheim (but just from one platform to the other – 1 minute walk).
I can help if you need transport help, also a spare bed with the cats if you have no chance to arrange accommodation.
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“But with Dragons’ Josh Reynolds in the sinbin for an illegal sack…”
Well quite.
Hope Ollie Griffiths survived intact.
That early afternoon merriment faded soon enough.
‘Night all.
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Oh I don’t know. An efficient win (to nil) with a class try from Hoggy, followed by a cracker of a match in Cardiff, followed by a bonus point win for Glasgow have all combined to make me quite happy, thank you very much. Also Glasgow had an 18 year old scrum half starting tonight, and after giving away an interception try in the first minute, he recovered well enough to get MOTM. Looks like George Horne is yesterday’s man….
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Getting slowly, slowly, oh ever so slowly drunk with Fance’s win in Cardiff. Finally, not snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Specially vs Wales.
Still lots of work to do for Galthié. But the composure shown by this very callow team (and not so callow coaching team) bodes well for the future.
At last.
Now, let me get out this Cuban rum and cigar I’ve been saving for too long.
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Shithousery from Biggar at the end.
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Well, that was quite some game. Well played France. 10 points across the park for me. TT getting shit , but he is mercurial, so you get what you pay for, Penaud better but injured?
Tompkins looks good, got a spark the backline needs, George looks done, so Zammo should get a start. Talupe is a shadow of his former self, and Ross M has lost his mojo, why is he starting? Its a bit like Ruan Ackerman for Glaws, he is getting a lot of game time, but not producing.
Love that one performance at one scrum by one new prop probably won the game.He can dine out on that for life.
Probably the best two teams in the tournament, but Wales old guard, and France the new. Tomorrow should be the playoff for 3/4 spot, and may well be.
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Best two teams in tournament? Mmmm…
Wales have already lost two games. And not by accident.
Ireland’s still unbeaten, and England only lost one. One of these may still win the 6N. Both will finish ahead of Wales.
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mmmmm, reliving youth, it seems. Does this count as prog ????
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Flair, you guys are the only ones playing good rugby AND looking solid defensively. No underdogging .
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Wales tougher than you think, too, and on the rebuild.
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apologies to welsh friends but thrilled for the french team yesterday.
followers of top 14 will know how good some of those players are and galthie’s team seem to have found the magic potion that encourages them to play for each other.
now looking forward to a belter this afternoon.
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They did some really good things and the defence stood up well for the most part. What’s helped them a lot so far is a pretty good kicking game, very impressed by that. Also, Willemse is far better than he’s previously been for France and le Roux’s been first class.
A big thing for them has been the fast starts. After 20 minutes it was 17-0 v England, 15-0 v Italy and 10-3 v Wales. If they can keep that going they’ll be looking good for the Championship.
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Further on the Twitter account Refit posted earlier
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Ha! That’s funny as
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Sunbeantim, I wasn’t underdogging.
What I meant was that France is probably one of the best two teams in the tournament but I don’t think Wales is the other one. IMO, it’s Ireland or England. We’ll see this afternoon.
That Biggar is Birdman thing is quite funny.
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I shall be amazed if Ireland don’t win this pm – but what do I know?
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Too close to call. If Ireland play smart, and they usually do, they have a good chance. If England play smart, and they sometimes don’t, they can win. Hope it’s more like Wales-France than Italy-Scotland.
It’ll be 3 away wins in a weekend.
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A quick look suggests the 3 away wins in a weekend hasn’t happened since Round 5 in 2006 – same fixtures in same sequence but all on one day. May have missed another time it happened.
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Ireland by 65
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I’m afraid I shaved my head and trimmed my beard this morning, which is always prelude to an England defeat. Sorry, England supporters!
I’m still savouring what a belter of a match that was yesterday. Great to see France resurgent, though I’m sure that feeling will soon pass. Ntamack rightly got the main plaudits yesterday, but Dupont was excellent again as well.
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Whoever wrote this must have thought he’d nailed it:
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Journalists everywhere dream of their “Super Caley go ballistic, Celtic are atrocious” moment.
That isn’t it.
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How did they only give him 7??
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It doesn’t get better:
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M y effort:
EMILE NTAMACK
Helped the French team to get from A to B while providing some much needed grit. Larry’s type, a French Priti Patel.
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Mixed up the pappy and the boy.
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I neglected to congratulate the good ship Flair and that wee tug boat in the Library BB on their respective wins over Wales and the Drags yesterday.
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Biggar – 6
Moans like a 1964 Honda Civic stuck in 3rd gear. Other Welsh players were distracted putting all of his toys back into his pram. His mam loves him at least.
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NICK TOMPKINS – 6.5
A solid performance involving both running with and passing the ball, as well as tackling. Like a Polish Jedi Knight, working occasional miracles while coming over here taking our jobs.
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48 minutes played
Exeter 29 – 0 Saints
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Watching Lyon vs Racing. Finn has been honking. Just like last week vs Toulouse. His delayed passes are so delayed he either gets caught or the receiver can’t do anything but go to the ground.
I never thought I’d say this but at the moment Scotland might be better off without him.
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43 – 0
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Dunno, Hastings wasn’t great yesterday. Maybe all that expectation is now getting to him. He is usually a reliable kicker but he looked a bit panicked at times yesterday. If the play doesn’t pan out the way its supposed to, he often seems not sure of what to do next.
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50 – 7
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finished 57 – 7
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Blimey – that’s good going for Exeter.
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Yeah.
Great.
Just brilliant.
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Still reckon a home win
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Ireland by 72
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Somebody shoot the warbler.
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I’ve gone for a draw on ‘Bru. Should be a helluva game. Tight as a duck’s arse, but potentially also a blowout one way or the other.
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Marler really does look like a comic extra from LOTR.
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So, nothing for Ryan flying into the side of the ruck or straight over the top?
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Illegal clear puts are legal
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The original White Orc.
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