Wasps v Bristol and Exeter v Bath in play-off drama, The Blackness v the Wobblies, and round two of the new Pro-14 season.
And John Cooney inexplicably left out of the Ireland squad.
Here be the weekend fixtures.
On the telly
Friday 9th October
| Sharks v Lions | 5:55 | YouTube / Sky Sports |
| Dragons v Zebre | 20:15 | Premier Sports 2 |
Saturday 10th October
| Wasps v Bristol | 13:30 | BT Sport 1 |
| Cheetahs v Pumas | 15:25 | Sky Sports Mix |
| Exeter v Bath | 16:30 | BT Sport 1 |
| Ospreys v Ulster | 17:15 | Premier Sports 2 |
| Treviso v Leinster | 17:15 | Premier Sports 1 |
| Bulls v Griquas | 17:55 | Sky Sports Mix |
| Cardiff v Connacht | 19:35 | S4C / Premier Sports 2 |
| Munster v Edinburgh | 19:35 | Premier Sports 1 |
Sunday 11th October
| New Zealand v Australia | 04:00 | Sky Sports Main Event |
| Glasgow v Scarlets | 17:15 | Premier Sports 1 |
Ovally Balls 
When cleaning the bathroom ceiling with a view to repainting it a bit of the artex-y stuff has fallen off. Debating whether to just paint over the bare bit along with the rest or try to do something about it. Proper birthday activity.
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Hapoy Birthday 🎂 CMW! 🎂 🥮
Oops! Seem to have helped myself a bit there.
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Helped myself to a bit of cake, you filthy buggers.
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You might regret it, they’re a funny lot of bakers.
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Think they’ve probably all got a better future in gnome-casting to be honest.
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Happy Birthday, Boss.
Wishing you an Andy Robinson becomes England coach kind of day rather than a … … Warbs … gets … a … re…
Sorry can’t finish that.
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Happy birthday, CMW! Hope you survive the cake.
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Turns out my new birthday Covid restrictions are a voucher that I can’t redeem until late on tomorrow night which is a bit disappointing really.
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Did someone mention cake?
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Happy birthday CMW!
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Happy Beaver Day, Clyde.
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MHROTD, CMW
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Birthday greeting and cheer, CMW.
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Beaver day, Happy Clyde!
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Have some more, to make up for Warbs.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b01944rf
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Thanks to all well wishers. SBT – I’ll save the Arlott for later, Mrs CMW has her speakers’ club thing tonight so I’ll be on my own with a bottle open and it’ll do nicely for then.
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Birthday treat from Central Europe:
https://www.expats.cz/czech-news/article/curious-young-beaver-had-to-be-rescued-in-prague-s-stromovka-park
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“Aside from being cold and wet, the beaver was otherwise in good condition.”
I’d have thought being cold and wet was part of being in good condition.
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‘Police find cash hidden between Bolsonaro ally’s buttocks’
‘Brazilians sharing the news under the viral hashtag #PropinaNaBunda (A Bribe up the Bum). Many suggested that the find would be remembered “in the anals of history”.’
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Well it gave me a chuckle anyhoo.
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I see South Africa have pulled out of the Rugby Championship.
There is much gnashing of teeth on rugby boards across t’internet
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Happy Birthday CMW!!!
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Steve Walsh was a pretty ref, and reffed pretty well in Cardiff during the 30-3. I don’t recall any cards in that game influencing proceedings. More an English pack not packing down well at the scrum. And that Wales were simply the better team on the day.
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I still have a photo of my Ulm beaver to share with you CMW. In the meantime I wish you a Sioni Wynwns-free birthday, and many bearable returns of the day.
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@Iks – England should have just shut up and scrummed.
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Iks – I’m not complaining about the result, or his decisions, just the way he spoke to some of the players.
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Shut up and scrum Craigs.
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I’ve been speaking to another dad when dropping off my kids and he said we should go for a drink. I’m pretty sure he knew my name and, being an Aussie, I thought he was calling me ‘mate’ for the last 2 weeks. Turns out he thought that my name is ‘Matt’.
Palm to face.
We’re still going for a drink lockdown permitting.
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Oh. Hang on, you’re English. Complain away.
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I don’t appreciate your tone Deebs.
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The International Brigade did a good job with the cake. Unfortunately after they made the chocolate-goo-icing Mrs CMW decided to leave it all day before putting it on. It went hard and our girls then ended up making a dog’s breakfast of trying to spread it which resulted in them all falling out and kicking each other. Ho hum.
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In the meantime Howling Julio’s Hungarian mother turned up to pick him up. She decided she needed to do a three point turn in the road (she didn’t) and this then involved reversing up the kerb and across the pavement and knocking down our small garden wall. Not sure what I’ve learned from my experience with the coping stones from the other wall is going to be sufficient for me to be able to rebuild it. It’s not very high and I think I could do the part of the wall that is now leaning out into the street, but as she hit the pillar at one end of it and that itself is unstable I suspect I might not be up to it. Her life is in a bit of a state though and I don’t really want it to cost her (or me) any money so we’ll have to see.
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“and, being an Aussie, I thought he was calling me ‘mate’ for the last 2 weeks. ”
@Deebee- Turns out Craigs is an Aussie. Do we still want him complaining?
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Never been so insulted. By myself.
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@Craigs – Just look on the bright side. You could become Australian of the Year.
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I don’t appreciate your tone Deebs.
Your name really is Matt.
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Also discovered that having the last word in an argument with your sister is more important than Daddy having a nice birthday dinner. Fancy that.
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@Thaum – That Matt really should be sent to Australia.
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I can’t believe you slapped a man just for being Australian.
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Steve Walsh was Australian when he reffed that England – Wales game in 2013.
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CMW – you may enjoy this – if enjoy is the right word: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1316711661600935936.html
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“I can’t believe you slapped a man just for being Australian.”
He handed him off.
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Steve Walsh always struck me as a complete narcissist. Always tossing his hair around and acting the bully.
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“Always tossing his hair around and acting the bully.”
Must get round to getting my hair cut if I’m going to spend my days telling people smaller than me what to do.
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Steve Walsh is a very handsome man. And I know for a fact that he agrees with me on that.
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The NRL grand final is on tomorrow morning at 9.50 UK time. I’ll remember this year’s NRL fondly as it was the first major sport to get back on the telly after all the viral collywobbles.
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Admin update – currently “listening” to the Munster Branch AGM…. world domination is the aim (once we’ve found a vaccine)
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You can’t fault Munstermen for their confidence.
If Peter O’Mahony does sort out a vaccine for Coronavirus, I’ll definitely start supporting Munster as my Irish province.
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OT, its effectively the semis, Grand Final next week.
I have always followed it a little bit, but this year has been epic, lots of live games and full match replays, its sad to think that its been about the only major sporting league that has been able to reach a conclusion with decent live crowds over the last few games. Think The NRL in particular, and the Aussies in general, deserve a pat on the back.
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“it’s a religious festival that’s been celebrated 2020 years” Jeez, Boris can’t even get that right.
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