The briefest of all possible previews.
Georgia v Fiji
Fiji are a very good side, but have not played a test match due to their Covid problems. Georgia were much improved last week. Georgia by 5.
Ireland v Scotland
Both sides looking rather pedestrian at the moment. With the inexplicable void where Hamish McFuckface should be, as well as the return of Sexton and Ireland’s home advantage (and despite the dropping of McCloskey), Ireland by 10.
Wales v Italy
Wales by 25. You know why.
England v France
With France putting out a C side, there is not much doubt: England by 15. Although I suspect France will throw some surprises England’s way.
Onna telly this week
Friday 4th December
| Bristol 18 – 17 Saints | ||
| Connacht 31 – 14 Treviso |
Saturday 5th December
| Australia v Argentina | 08:45 | Sky Sports Arena |
| Georgia v Fiji | 12:00 | Sky Sports Arena |
| Ireland v Scotland | 14:15 | Amazon Prime |
| Bulls v Cheetahs | 14:30 | Sky Sports Arena |
| Leicester v Exeter | 15:00 | BT Sport Extra |
| Wasps v Newcastle | 15:00 | BT Sport Extra |
| Worcester v Bath | 15:00 | BT Sport Extra |
| Wales v Italy | 16:45 | S4C / Amazon Prime |
| Golden Lions v Western Province | 17:00 | Sky Sports Arena |
| Glasgow v Dragons | 19:15 | Premier Sports 1 |
Sunday 6th December
| England v France | 14:00 | Amazon Prime |
| London Irish v Sale | 14:30 | BT Sport Extra |
| Gloucester v Harlequins | 16:15 | BT Sport 1 |
Ovally Balls 
Just shows what we can learn from older, wiser people.
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Where does wine fit into this scheme?
Lower liquid volume but higher strength. Could argue the effect is greater.
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@chimpie
Wine is fine but if you swirl it in the glass and sniff it while saying “ooooh it’s got a lovely bouquet” it negates the medical benefits.
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I like to pig my wine down like a pint
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TomP, in Senegal most people are comfortable with consumption of wine and beer, despite the country being largely Muslim, because they’re mentioned in the Bible etc. Not so much hardtack which is served, but largely to foreigners. It’s a very tolerant Islam in urban areas of Senegal at least (not sure about more remote parts).
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Meant to add, the nightclubs in Dakar are fabulous – West African jazz/pop for want of a better term in these places is stupendous. Only get going late in the evening and pump through the night until dawn and beyond.
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I once saw one of my cricket team drink about eight pints of water and a pint of coke before a tour match. He was about sixty and suffering from cystitis. He bowled his opening spell and did some fielding, but when I tried to bring him back on he was nowhere to be seen. Found him pissing in a ditch the other side of a clump of trees a few overs later. The other opening bowler was with him as he had the same problem.
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Neither of them were really even bowlers, but everyone else was injured or hadn’t come on tour. Our 58/9 in the full 40 overs was a worthy response to the opposition’s 270-odd and entertained their crowd enormously, but for some reason they didn’t accept it as a draw.
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My hearing is deteriorating with age. Will drinking more pints help me too?
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@Iks – You’ll need pints of whisky at your age.
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Last day of childminding today. Things are being pulled out of the singing bag and songs are being sung. The lion’s just come out so that’s ‘Down in the jungle where nobody goes’. Anyone got an animal they want us to sing about washing their clothes?
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@iksy
It’s a testable hypothesis.
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We’re on to the German ones now. Just done Es tanzt ein Bi-Ba-Butzemann for Iksy.
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The rest of you are left with The Grand Old Duke of York orRoly-poly.
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Australia-India test match looks like a good game. India 50-odd ahead on first innings, but I’d never back against the Aussies at home.
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Story time now. One of them has pulled the skin off the wheelybug hedgehog and is wearing it on his head.
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They’ve all wandered off, but somehow the story is still going on. I think Mrs CMW has lost her grip.
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Sancho Panza is riding a pig on wheels. He’s going for the no-hands style, danger to himself that he is.
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He was briefly armed with a pair of scissors, but I’ve got them now.
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My recently painted skirting boards don’t stand a chance.
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Who wouldn’t be impressed?
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Chimpie, Keep it Scottish – a firkin of Buckfast through a straw. Your ears’ll be lovely.
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The duck was a promising start, but then the song went all to hell.
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As I now have the scientific go ahead, I’ll pick up a couple of cans on the way to the river.
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Make that on the way back from the river, as drinking alcohol outdoors is banned during this lockdown. I don’t want to add it to my crime sheet underneath feeding the ducks.
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MrIks – I can recommend the brown paper bag solution.
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@iksy
If the booze doesn’t improve your hearing it may be because you haven’t had enough.
Feel free to test that hypothesis.
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CMW, if India had held their catches they’d have had a much bigger lead. Tomorrow is going to be a cracking day. If India can keep it together they’re in with a great chance.
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Gloucester Rugby vs Ulster
15. Kyle Moyle
14. Charlie Sharples*
13. Chris Harris
12. Mark Atkinson
11. Louis Rees-Zammit*
10. Lloyd Evans*
9. Charlie Chapman*
1. Val Rapava-Ruskin
2. Jack Singleton
3. Ciaran Knight*
4. Ed Slater
5. Matias Alemanno
6. Jordy Reid
7. Lewis Ludlow* (c)
8. Ruan Ackermann
REPLACEMENTS
16. Henry Walker*
17. Alex Seville*
18. Jamal Ford-Robinson
19. Alex Craig*
20. Seb Nagle-Taylor
21. Toby Venner*
22. George Barton*
23. Henry Trinder*
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New post soon (yes, really).
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