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 
Tomp.
It’s bigger I believe, more like this:
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Look you can see the Exe and everything!
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Chimpie, there’re a lot more teams involved in this tournament and Exeter are probably box-office since they’re the only decent English side. If they don’t get any points from this weekend, it’ll be hard for them to get to the quarters. Fiji were in the Nations Cup to make up the numbers, bluntly speaking.
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tap-tap-tap…….cough, cough, 1-2-3,1-2-3………….
hallooo!
I hope all are ok
if it helps you through the day I can tell you I have just dropped fried egg onto my keyboard!!!!!!
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That’s no yolk that.
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Deebs – sunny side down vote that joke.
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……it was lovely and runny – able to ooze down between the keys……………
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I think I might start posting this whenever anyone blames conditions for shite handling:
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Pfft! Not good enough to put through a grubber or cross kick.
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these bad jokes need some eggsplanation
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I pissed my neighbour off today. I asked him why his builders had put 9 thick black wires on my side of a brick wall between our houses and pointed out the old wires are still sticking out of his roof where they ran before. I. E. Inside his property.
He said that I ‘sure had an eye for detail and he was looking forward to living next to me’ before delivering an impressive flounce to his car and driving away.
I’ve no desire to take this to court but I appreciated the total lack of self awareness. It’s truly a superpower.
It’s been a while since I ranted about the house last so I thought you lot would like this.
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you could attach a car battery to it – claiming it was a bird scarer
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What are these wires for, if they are behind your wall and sticking out of his roof? Serious question…
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MrIks – I think they have fancy aircon in their shop with ‘units’ on their patio.
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@craigs
Get hold of a massive fuck off capacitor and discharge it repeatedly through the wires. It’ll melt everything in the cable and screw up the insulation, so they won’t work.
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OT – it’s an option. Might see me in court but it’s definitely an option.
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Anyway, I think that there’s a bit of my ego at play here too.
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Funny tories
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take a dump on his front doorstep craigs, that’ll learn him.
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You seem to be surrounded by twats, craigs. Is this a Kent thing?
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Chimpie – he’s Belgian so I blame Brussels.
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Brexit’ll sort that out then.
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Along with all other problems
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*apparently*
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Nice to see MisterIks back. I was wondering what the rest of you had done with him, bunch of rogues that you are.
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Hmm. Another beer and Crisps or bed?
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Not really a question
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*slurp*
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*munch*
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The Telegraph have emailed me to ask me to read something under the title “We never were – or will be – Europeans”.
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Fascinating if true
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That Hancock ‘Thank you’. “From this awful disease” clip reminded me of this old favourite tune. The rhythm of the words would fit perfectly. Maybe I should have been DJ Iksy, sampling away like a good ‘un.
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Still have to subscribe to read it. I don’t know what I did that makes them think I might want to do that, but in all probability it stems from something someone put on here so I’ve decided one of you lot’s to blame.
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Or possibly Craigs’ neighbour.
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Good explanation of why guns are banned in the UK.
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How about Reese-Mogg versus Mrs Brown in a full contact, no padding fight? I’d probably watch that.
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Been feeling like a sack of jobbies all week, and hearing in right ear partially went. some sort of virus I’ve been thinking.
Had a few beers last night and suddenly I’m feeling considerably better. Coincidence? I don’t think so.
My ‘beer is like medicine’ proposition is meeting with scepticism in some quarters around here though.
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Got ‘correlation is not causation’ thrown right back in my face, rudely.
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Chimpie, stick to your guns mate, the naysayers will eventually see the light. Like Mitch McConnell.
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I’m staying strong on this.
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@chimpie
Swallowing large quantities of fluid is likely to decrease the pressure in your ear, thereby letting it drain. So therefore you are right, it worked.
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See, that’s science, always trust the science
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Speakng of which, the concussion problems in rugby are hitting the main news programmes. I think this is good but I’m less convinced by the arguments to stop tackling in schools rugby and play only touch – how are children supposed to learn how to tackle safely if not when they are small and carrying relatively little weight?
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I am concerned about the concussion problem, though I don’t know how you legislate de-powering the sport, that clip of the Fijian lads running about in the pissing rain is a reminder of the joy of rugby, but the power game is almost the antithesis of that, yeah it’s tense and exciting (?) watching a ten phase grind from 50cm out before a 120kg forward barges his way over or enough defenders are flattened to allow the fly half to boot the ball to his winger, but it does get a bit tiresome
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that implies any fluid would work OT, the relaxation provided by the alcohol element is also key I feel.
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Prof Chimpie, you’re spot on, once again.
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Chimpie, beer used to be used as the healthy option to water*, then you have the nutritional value of cereal grains..
*admittedly the water would make you very ill back then, with typhoid and whatnot, but still
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I had two bottles of Stella Tortoise last night and it feels like I had a full on session, I’m sure that used to be a decent beer.
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@chimpie
Who in their right mind drinks 4 pints of lemonade?
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Chimpie, In the Czech Republic beer is not considered an alcoholic drink. They admit it contains alcohol but it’s not like wine or spirits. It’s more a staple foodstuff.
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