Round Three Redux? Round Five-and-three-quarters? In any case, Welsh fans will be biting their nails, or any other available substance, and wondering if France can win with a bonus point and 21 points to deprive them of the title.
Scotland will no doubt have plenty to say about this, as a win with a six-point points advantage will put them second on the table (giving them their best finish in the Six Nations), supposing France don’t score a LBP.
Sadly, both teams can finish above Ireland. Maybe we should just cancel this match.
And maybe we should support France to wind up the OH.
Onna telly this week
Friday 26th March
| Gloucester v Exeter | 17:30 | BT Sport 3 |
| France v Scotland | 20:00 | BBC1 |
Saturday 27th March
| Glasgow v Treviso | 13:45 | Premier Sports 1 |
| Bristol v Harlequins | 14:00 | BT Sport 1 |
| London Irish v Bath | 15:00 | BT Sport Extra |
| Worcester v Northampton | 15:00 | BT Sport Extra |
| Wasps v Sale | 16:30 | BT Sport1 |
| Leinster v Munster | 17:00 | Premier Sports 1 |
Sunday 28th March
| Dragons v Edinburgh | 14:00 | Premier Sports 1 |
| Leicester v Newcastle | 15:00 | BT Sport 1 |
Ovally Balls 
Connacht have played some lovely stuff, but Leicester are scoring the tries.
Matt Scott’s been excellent so far as well.
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Who is the Scottish commentator, BB?
He’s good
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Lavanini is a nightmare, always has been
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Jamie Lyall.
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I just saw a tweet, it was a picture of a chalkboard outside a cafe. It said, “Belly buster breakfast, 24 items plus beans”
I had one of those ‘hurt yourself laughing’ moments trying to imagine 24 items plus beans
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I’ll have mine without the beans please.
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That is ridiculous, it was no try on two accounts
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OK I’ll have it with the beans if you’re going to be like that.
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HP sauce?
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No.23
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I’d be disappointed if the condiments are one of the numbers
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I strongly suspect there are more things I don’t want than things I do. But then I’m a smoked fish and poached egg person when it comes down to it.
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Seventeen kippers, five poached eggs and two slices of toast?
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Getting into double figures is easier in Scotland what with square/links, black/white and tattie scone, but I have to admit I’m struggling .
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I’d be tempted to go majority haggis and take it home with me for later
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I really hope he scored there
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Nah
Shame, it was a terrific run
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Ooffya, that was a great try from the 8
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Ah well, good game from Tiggers, they deserve the win
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I guess everyone’s still working their way through their breakfasts. And no wonder.
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4 bits bacon (crispy)
2 square sausage
2 link sausages
2 bits of haggis
2 bits of black pudding
2 tattie scones
2 fried eggs (other ways of doing eggs are available – just not on my plate)
2 bits dumpling
6 pieces of (proper, non Chimpie) toast – white bread please.
Not a smoked fish person, or I would had that in there. Haggis instead of white pudding. And I wouldn’t actually have the beans, can’t stand baked beans.
Otherwise, that would do me. For about 4 days…
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Ticht won’t allow you to have it without the beans.
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@bb
I agree about beans. No need for beans in a fry-up. A complete waste of space on the plate.
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“space on the plate”
Space on the plate has been eliminated.
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Cockers talking about ‘attacking rugby’. Ticht falls off chair….
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What a start from Embra! Johnstone right through the middle!
But perhaps a knock on at the back of the maul beforehand. Damn!
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Racing power almost gets them a try.
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Chat carries like a runaway cement mixer
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Ticht will be pleased to learn that Wenceslas Lauret (Racing flanker, not playing today, injured) has admiringly nicknamed Hamish Watson “Super Glue”.
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@cmw
A proper breakfast should mainly be a pig-based effort, with a guest appearance by a couple of eggs.
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@OT – Really pig eggs would be best.
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Chat has been outstanding for 25 minutes
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Chocolate eggs today though.
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@cmw
I’ll let you have non-pig hash browns and non-pig mushrooms as well.
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The French commentator in a horrible pun added then that Ritchie must be called Richie Mc Colle.
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Ha, very good Flair
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Racing racing away now. Doesn’t help when Embra lose lineouts in the attacking half.
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We’ve got a game breaker on either wing and we are just not able to get them on the ball
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Ach bugger. Mish held up over the line by Chat. They’ve been the best players in that first half.
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I’ve barely heard Darcy’s name, Ticht. Big Duhan’s had a couple of runs, but is getting herded pretty well by Racing.
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Chat behind Marchand in the pecking order with France is venting his frustration on Embra. He has rarely been this consistently good.
Edinburgh should’ve taken the points. They won’t win this frontally.
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Ticht, Teddy Thomas did not get the ball once.
He might as well be in Japan already.
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Flair, the territory and possession is all Racing’s
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Racing are just simply better than Edinburgh.
Sigh
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Our mistakes are down to being the under pressure, Racing are doing everything on their own terms
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Dreadful knock on Bird’s head.
Accidental but rugby will have to find a way to prevent these clashes. The consequences are pretty well documented now.
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Third try for Jordan Joseph. Only 21. Future France #8.
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I think we should draw a veil over this and never speak of it again.
There is a huge gulf in class
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Not so much class, but power.
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“Not so much class, but power.”
I think there’s a relationship there. Might write a book about it if nobody else has.
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