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 
No comment on Dylan originals or covers.
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Even with Ritchie and Watson doing their thing, Racing were getting ruck ball at lightning speed, Andy Nicol pointed out that the Racing scrum half was getting the ball away after 1 second.
I remember watching a super rugby game where All Black scrum Justin Marshall half said three seconds was good, quick ball. Embra were constantly retreating and resetting – it’s very difficult to win a rugby game that way
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All Black scrum Justin Marshall half
deary me
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deary, deary me ticht
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I hope we stop sucking baws by the time the rainbow cup comes around.
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Anyhoo we’ll lose Ritchie and Watson to the lions
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*laughs*
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I hope we stop sucking baws by the time the rainbow cup comes around.
I don’t.
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*laughs*
Me too. In a sarcastic Dylanesque tone. Or lousy cover thereof.
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Anyhoo we’ll lose Ritchie and Watson to the lions
We’re not recruiting. Oh. Those Lions. *Laughs* (In a etc. etc.)
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Chimpie, I’m nt sure how many Lions we’ll get beyond Hoggy. Sutherland will be oot for months any shout Cummings had went with the broken wrist. Wee Jonny might tour, I’d hope Watson and Ritchie would be on the plane.
Finn? With Gats? Toonie being an assistant might make the case. Duhan is getting written off across t’internet due to defence, whilst LRZ is getting nailed on despite missing, I’m told, three times as many tackles in the 6N.
I’d take them both.
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Can’t get myself exercised by lions selections TBH. Gats will Gats & probably take his tried and tested. Whatevs.
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I was just looking up some 6 N stats in Wales Online which I’ll get to in a minute, but I noticed a headline – Man chopped up landlord to feed to badgers
‘sakes.
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van der Merwe was top try scorer, beat most defenders and made the second most metres after Dulin. I don’t think any other winger offers the biff that he does in making ground when surrounded.
Whether that is enough remains to be seen.
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ticht, I did think that about You Ain’t Going Nowhere. I know Dylan recorded it on the Basement Tapes but not for commercial release. Anyway, it was a ruse to get thaum to listen to country (rock).
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DvdM and LRZ tend to play on opposite wings so not sure if the direct comparison works. DvdM’s competition would be May and Adams. It’s a tough competition for him.
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And, of course, he doesn’t have James Lowe’s kicking game.
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Tom, the point is that DvdM is the 6N leading try scorer, beating most defenders, making most metres bar Dulin, who isn’t eligible for the Lions, but still he’s subject to a scrutiny that the others escape.
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#nonscotlionsprivilege
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vdM missed 3 tackles, May missed 5, Adams missed 6
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Lowe and Anthony Watson missed 7 LRZ missed 9
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According to itsrugby LRZ has started on both wings and fullback for Glaws, though not all at the same time
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He’s also played on both wings for Wales, again not at the same time
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I like my Dylan covers in a swing style accompanied by a full orchestra and the band in dickie bows and white dinner jackets. Really captures the original message
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Duhan is too much of a ringer for me to want to see him picked for the Lions, but there’s an obvious case on form. I tend to prefer the less enormous wingers too, but there is reason to think Gats might not…
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“I am somewhat perplexed ticht at how, with largely the same squad, embra have gone from pro-woo play offs to mince-formed basement botherers inna short period of time.”
Lack of quince.
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CMW, I wouldn’t say he was a ringer, his career was over, he wasn’t wanted at Montpellier and he failed a medical at Edinburgh. He had no chance of getting his hip fixed and getting back into rugby.
Cockerill had enough faith in his potential to persuade Edinburgh to fork out for the treatment, his power wasn’t immediately apparent when he started for us but gradually he, quite literally, built up a head of steam.
I’m gutted that he chose to move to Wuss, I would understand it if he went to a team challenging for medals, but money talks, I suppose.
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However, I’ll now park my displeasure until Gats leaves him out of the squad.
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@Ticht – I understand Scotland picking him and it doesn’t bother me at all, same goes for players who have taken similar routes with Wales. Just can’t help feeling that when we all club together for the Lions I’d prefer to see the home-grown players in there. I realise Gats will pick whoever he thinks will give him the best chance of winning though.
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The badgers story (which is obviously very grim) is in other papers too. It doesn’t have much to with badgers at all really. I have now been to Wales Online and discovered that Tenby has a missing walrus. Apparently “People have been travelling across the border from places like Leeds and Essex just to see him” and now he’s been scared off. Is it any wonder I ask myself.
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The Euan Murray situation was when I started to fall out of love with the Lions. It reached the point at the last tour where I was genuinely a neutral, I watched as an avid rugby fan, as I would the Rugby Championship
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“All Black scrum Justin Marshall half
deary me”
Deary me indeed. Ospreys scrum Justin Marshall half is what you were looking for.
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That was before my time CMW, I only kept up with club rugby at that point by hearing on the radio the following morning that Glasgow or Edinburgh had been beaten.
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I’d have been tempted to go to Tenby (or Dinbych-y-pysgod as I think of it) to see a walrus if only I’d known. Certainly if I was in a place like Leeds and Essex. At least we now know why OT moved to Essex I suppose.
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@Ticht – there was a very funny game when he was playing for Ospreys against Cardiff when Mike Phillips was just about to move to the O’s. Marshall made it very clear who was going to be first choice.
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When he (?) landed up down here in Valentia – we thought we’d a replacement for Fungi …. instead after 2 or 3 days it headed off to Wales….
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Bit worried about Trisk’s vegetarian restaurant.
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I like Alfie’s reaction to Big Sexy’s errr, “self confidence”, it’s always good value in the studio when the pair of them are pundits
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‘your’ Exeter team to host the green machine:
15 Stuart Hogg, 14 Olly Woodburn, 13 Henry Slade, 12 Ollie Devoto, 11 Tom O’Flaherty
10 Joe Simmonds, 9 Jack Maunder
1 Ben Moon, 2 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 3 Tomas Francis, 4 Jonny Gray, 5 Jonny Hill, 6 Dave Ewers, 7 Jacques Vermeulen, 8 Sam Simmonds
16 Jack Yeandle, 17 Alec Hepburn, 18 Harry Williams, 19 Sam Skinner, 20 Jannes Kirsten, 21 Stu Townsend, 22 Harvey Skinner, 23 Ian Whitten
Only the missing Nowell would improve on that.
Interesting that Baxter has selected Moon and Francis to front up to the Leinster senior props.
Hepburn and Williams should be nicely wound up by the time they come on.
Leinster by 10 (no, not really)
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Deary, deary deary me, Ticht.
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Put the radio on to listen to the cricket while doing the dishes only to be greeted by God Save The Queen blaring out. DofE deid apparently. News of enormous significance to Britain or so I’m told.
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Only the good die young
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DofE deid
Bummer. Although, at least he got to see the interviews.
Diana
Prince Andrew
Meghan
All classics.
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There is a guy named Alex Clayton named in Scotland’s U20s extended squad this morning.
There is a bit of confusion about whether or not he is the Alex Clayton whose dad is Daley Thompson
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Daley Thompson – now there is a sport hero
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Murray Redpath is also in the squad, brother of Cam, son of Basil
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Thoughts and sympathies to you Brits.
He gave philandering racists everywhere hope.
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I liked it when Daley Thompson whistled the national anthem that time. Frank Bough got very annoyed I recall.
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That Clayton kiddie is a Brightonian, ticht.
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