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 
… Supposing there are any.
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Peyper never seems to have the game fully in his grip. Unlike Nige.
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Lawes has been pretty impressive this match.
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Curry, Underhill, Earl could be a very good back row.
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But he brought Ewels instead.
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Ryan can fuck right off.
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Bizarre to defend Faz against Stander’s efforts to stop him cheating – without punching him.
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There is nothing worse as a tighthead than getting brutalised like that, huge from Genge
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Game over.
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Everything clicking into place for England. Subs coming on at just the right time and having a big impact.
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Matt Proudfoot, good Scottish scrum coach
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England and France dominant in the 6 Nations. Labour elect a photogenic lawyer as leader. And something else probably.
The 90s were shit.
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Jonny getting the hang of this scrummering thing there, driving LCD over .
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Proudfeet!
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No arms from Henshaw?
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Wales should claim a COVID-19 outbreak in camp and cancel their next fixture.
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“And something else probably.”
Oasis
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Well Genge seems friendly…
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Those fuckers aren’t back, are they, ticht?
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Lawes has a good shiner there
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The 90s we’re brilliant. Aside from Irish rugby…
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Tam, the pair of them are talking again, it can only go bad from here
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Christ, first the Robinsons (Black Crowes) now the Gallaghers.
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England swarming and aggressive in everything. Too good for us. We were passive from the start. Beaten up by Peak Maro, Underhill and Lawes.
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Ireland so much better with Cooney in the team.
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Wonder if England might regret not getting a try bonus point? Still a couple of minutes to go though.
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Pretty dominant by England
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Bit quicker in our work this last 15. That’s about the only positive I can eke out.
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Consolation try!
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Imagine the histrionics if Farrell did that no arms tackle done by Henshaw.
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‘Wonder if England might regret not getting a try bonus point?’
Jones out!
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Well done England, a well deserved win.
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That just makes what went before a little bit worse.
Well played England.
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Can’t help thinking that if Cooney had started and taken the kicks at goal, it might have been a very different game.
But we were just comprehensively out-played as it was. Well done, ya big white ugly orcs.
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England turned up, Ireland didn’t. Funny thing is that if Ireland hadn’t had two brain farts behind the try line and had kicked their goals, it would have been a draw. Oh. Then Ireland score. Woulda won without those howlers. Cough.
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All is not lost. All we have to do is get a bonus point and a shedload of points against Italy, then beat France. Piece of piss.
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I’ve got a file set up. Sadly empty at the moment.
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Minging performance from us. England very impressive. Scoreline flattered us. Loads of errors and several poor individuals but special word for Conor Murray – rancid.
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France are beatable, thaum.
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Oh, we won the 2nd half. That’s something.
Is this thing on?…
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OT, when Henshaw gets away with it a dozen more times we can compare notes.
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Ireland never at the races, slow and predictable. Time to give a well deserved pension to both halfbacks.
As for England, very impressive at times, sloppy at others. Surprised they did not go for the BP with a 19 points cushion. Too cautious for their own good. The second half was soooo slow!
Tuilagi makes a big difference. Had he stayed fit in Paris, am not sure France would’ve prevailed.
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And you never know, maybe Scotland will beat France at Murrayfield, and Wales beat England at, er, Twickenham. As long as there are no try bonus points, I’ll be happy.
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Sexton is clearly crocked. Not sure what’s going on with Murray, but perhaps a place on the bench might do him good.
Also think McCloskey is a much better 12 than Aki on current form – always breaks the gain line.
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Pish attacking play by England all game,
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Enzo is Mary Whitehouse and I claim my five pairs of marigolds.
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Saw the changing of the guard for the next Lionz tour this weekend. Murray, Sexton, North, AWJ, Faletau, HalfP, BDB, Tips all joining Warbs in the commentary box, or carrying water.
Looks like an English squad with a few token Scots, young Irish lads, Liambility and maybe a token Welsh scrum half and Wainwright.
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Thaum, Aki was one your rare good players today. What happened to Ringrose?
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Aki was better today than he has been for a while, but he wasn’t really making much ground. He did knock on at least once.
Think Ringrose is still playing for Leinster.
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Ringrose is crocked. He’d be starting at 13 otherwise.
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