Being short of time as I’m travelling tomorrow, I have shamelessly stolen Deebee7‘s prognostications.
But first, I’m sure we can all rejoice that Stuart McCloskey has kept his starting place on the Ireland team with Aki relegated to the bench.
Your results for the weekend:
Tonga v Uruguay: Tonga by 14 – Tonga are enjoying playing against Spanish speaking sides, and will dish the pain once again!
Italy v South Africa: South Africa by 4 – Boks have had two narrow losses and will look to get their tour on the board, with four straight losses for the two sides so far. Bench to haul them over the line.
Wales v Georgia: Wales by 19 – good win for Wales last week and they’ll look to build on that (and cement their place in the 6N at Georgia’s expense).
Romania v Samoa: Samoa by 6 – just because I don’t have a clue, but Samoa seem to better at the moment.
Scotland v Argentina: Argentina by 3 – Did Scotland blow a gasket against the Kiwis last week? Argentina have some good scalps this year and will look to take a Scottish one on their own turf.
England v New Zealand: New Zealand by 9 – don’t think it’ll be a shellacking, but the Kiwis are cruising this November tour after a dodgy start against Japan.
Ireland v Australia: Ireland by 8 Aussies are one from three, but all their matches have been single point affairs so far. Ireland will put a bit of distance on the scoreboard, but not that much.
France v Japan: France by 24 Japan won’t be as bad as they were against England, but they also don’t have the ability to step up and close the gap that much either. France for win 13 on the trot and getting within touching distance of some serious records.
Onna telly this week
Friday 18th November
| Sale v Harlequins | 19:30 | BT Sport 1 |
Saturday 19th November
| Italy v South Africa | 13:00 | Amazon Prime |
| Wales v Georgia | 13:00 | Amazon Prime |
| Scotland v Argentina | 15:15 | Amazon Prime |
| England v New Zealand | 17:30 | Amazon Prime |
| Ireland v Australia | 20:00 | Amazon Prime |
Sunday 20th November
| France v Japan | 13:00 | Amazon Prime |
Ovally Balls 
Nice try that.
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This will turn into a tonking in the second half
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Did I hear that one of the Italian players is called Zamboni? Fab!
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Lovely try by Moore.
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Good finish from Marshall
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Moore, even
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“Plays rugby with a smile on his face, that fella.”
Obviously he’ll never make the Ireland team.
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Gerónimo Prisciantelli is a cool name
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Disappointed in Doak.
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There was no real reason the lift the legs in that tackle
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There’s never a good reason to lift the legs in the tackle.
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If I were McFarland, I’d make Doak watch videos of the famous O’Driscoll spear tackle and the rehab every day for a week. Obviously it wasn’t as bad as that, but the principle remains the same.
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I would also immediately sub him as soon as his card’s up.
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Hendo!
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Nice from Hendo as soon as he comes on though!
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I like Zebre’s ambition but they are just far too fragile
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Wassa score?
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“Get off the water! No water!” :-D
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31 – 8, Deebs
Stomps won handsomely earlier
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Deebs – 31-8. 61 mins.
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‘Nother Ulster try. Cooney on, but Doak switched to 10. The youngster off, apparently.
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Cooney? No, not Cooney unless he’s grown a lot of hair very quickly. Not sure who it is.
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You never see that maul thing pinged, ever.
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Oh hell, Hendo injured.
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Well, he’s carrying on, but not sure he should.
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Zebre get a try in the 80th minute.
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36-15 at FT.
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It was closer than I thought it would be in terms of score, but never in terms of who was going to win.
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Well, I was disappointed in many aspects of Ulster’s game, and thought it was not as close as it should have been!
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On another note, I only learned this week that Kevin Sinfield is Leicester Tiger’s defence coach.
He’s just run 7 ultra marathons (40 miles) in 7 days to raise money for MND research.
He started at Murrayfield and ended at Old Trafford for the League World Cup final.
It’s all about the love for his mate Rob Burrows, but it started at Murrayfield because of Doddie Weir.
I don’t know what to say about Sinfield, nothing would be enough
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.The youngster off, apparently
Jake Flannery – moved up from Munster this season.
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There were a couple of other Doddie links in the runs as well. The first stop was Melrose, and they also visited Newcastle Falcons ground.
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“Jake Flannery – moved up from Munster this season.”
That pricked up my ears, is he any relation to Jerry?
BB, it was such a monumental effort, I have so much admiration and respect for Sinfield.
Not to mention Rob and Doddie and Stephen Darby too
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Sinfield is a great lad, Waterhead ARLFC legend and all that. What he has done reflects something really special in sport that we risk losing as we try and make things bigger and more lucrative. You’ll remember my mate who died suddenly a few years back. He used to bump into Kev in the Co-op and have a chat with him. And in the absence of Oldham being in the Super League he became an Huddersfield fan. Last night his wife posted this on Facebook (Luke Robinson played for Huddersfield):
We lost this in the football world, very important we keep hold of it in other sports.
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No relation (AFAIK) – and talking of Munster 10s – Carbery starts tomorrow – Crowley on the bench. No spot for Healy who played (well) at PuC vs SA.
But word is Carbery needs to tear it up to night…. there’s a bit of jostling now for the positions.
Carbery has been unlucky with injury but not really played well in long, long time. Crowley played Heino away vs Castres, Emerging Ireland in SA and now full international vs Fiji and Oz. Healy started well (remember the 50m pen vs Llanelli – but hasn’t really done brilliantly since (albeit in a misfiring team)
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I’m in charge of registration at my club. I think we’ve really arrived now – we’ve a van der Merwe on the books…. albeit he’s a U12
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Just learned of the demise of former Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire Simon Townley https://www.burnleyexpress.net/news/people/tributes-to-former-high-sheriff-and-lord-lieutenant-of-lancashire-sir-simon-towneley-who-has-died-at-the-age-of-100-3919738
My very Cowdenbeathian Great Auntie Mary was nanny to his kids years ago. My Mum used to go up to their stately home near Burnley to visit her Auntie and rather charmingly was expected to perform domestic chores while she was there.
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OT, whatever the secular version of Amen is, I’ll say it to that post
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Bulls doing a bit of a number on the Ospreys so far. 31-14 at half time, five tries to two.
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Ospreys get one back after sustained tryline pressure and a number of penalties. Conversion off the upright! Kid taking it looks 12.
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Bulls score a stunning try with lovely hands and offloads if you’re a Bulls fan, sloppy defence if you’re a O’s fan. 38-19 into the last 10.
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O’s not going away! Prop over and AWJ’s grandson does the rest. 38-26. Can’t type quickly enough, as the Bulls bludgeon their way over for another. 43-26 with a couple to go.
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And that’s it. Some entertaining stuff from both sides, but also quite scrappy at times.
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Aus apparently 3-0 up, but my dodgy feed has conked out.
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Deebs – it’s 7-6 at 15 mins.
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Make that 10-6.
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Faletau in the corner! Subject to TMO, o’ course.
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Yes! And the conversion is good. 17-6.
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Wow! Sounds like Wales have come out to play today! Thanks for the updates, Thauma!
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Yes! First try was Morgan with a lot of work by AWJ.
Aus look to have mauled over, but it’s being checked.
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