Je m’en fucking fous qu’Irlande ne joue pas ce weekend; l’opportunité c’est fucking énorme de regarder d’autres matches, et bien sûr ce video à voir encore et encore.
Vous avez entendu parler, naturellement, de ces minuscules fucking poissons des rivières brésiliennes qui s’attaquent par milliers a l’équipe imprudent, le nettoient, en quelques fucking instants, à petites bouchées rapides, et n’en laissent qu’un squelette immaculé ?* C’est ça que Jamie George fucking pense se passerait chez Twickenham le samedi.
“We want to take the fans on a journey with us over the next few months,” talonneur George a dit à BBC Sport. Qu’est-ce qu’il est fucking on? Ils vont voyager all right – chez eux par un early vol.
Mindez-vous, les Welshie gallois n’avons pas l’air de prendre le monde par orage non plus. Leur talonneur Dewi Lake raconte le moment où Fatland l’a demandé d’être capitaine:
“It was Monday morning, I was on the physio bed, and he came over and asked if I’d like to captain the team,” said Lake. Qu’est-ce qu’on peut fucking dire?
Meanwhile, chez les écossais, entraîneur Toonie a perdu le fucking plot en décrivant “Zander Fagerson’s availability for the opening World Cup game against South Africa as ‘a huge boost’.” Pour ce weekend, la France a choisi un équipe beaucoup plus fort que le weekend passé, et alors je pense que l’Écosse sera fucking smashed.
*C’est fucking Camus. On est très fucking culturé ici.
Onna telly this weekend
Saturday 12th August
| Portugal v USA | 14:00 | ? |
| Ulster v Munster (women) | 15:00 | iPlayer / YouTube |
| Georgia v Romania | 16:00 | ? |
| Connacht v Leinster (women) | 17:15 | YouTube |
| England v Wales | 17:30 | Prime Video |
| France v Scotland | 20:05 | Prime Video |
| Chile v Namibia | 22:00 | ? |
Ovally Balls 
If you can find a feed there is also:
Portugal v USA 14:00
Georgia v Romania 16:00
Chile v Namibia 22:00
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Putain, c’est brillant, Thaum, fucking brilliant!
Not sure about the smash factor vs Scotland but it will be interesting to see if France is over/ under cooked and over/ under trained? Me think they’re supposed to peak early october but they shouldnt forget they have to win several games before that.
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Cheers, Refit, I’ll add those.
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Merci, Flair! The temptation to franglais was too strong.
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Thaum, I have an app called ‘Flashscore’ on my phone, that shows ALL games being played, in all leagues. It’s very handy. Much better than the BBC.
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Refit, I’ve been using this site, which lists all matches one might be able to watch: https://www.wheresthematch.com/live-rugby-union-on-tv/
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Dodgy links not included, obvs….
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That is the thing missing from Flashscore, it doesn’t indicate televised or not.
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It’s weird because it mostly shows matches that are available to watch in the UK, for free or otherwise, but it also shows a few ‘not televised’ matches.
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bon fu**ing jour a tous et toutes
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Supporting France in the footie this morning on the basis that it’ll hopefully scupper the men’s rugby side in a couple of months. Is that appallingly desperate?
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But then that would knock out Australia. According to Cat’s Rule Of 3, that would mean the rugby team would win the RWC, as they’ve already won the Ashes.
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Yeah, I think we can discount that one! Even with the easier side of the draw I can’t see Australia putting out a side capable of getting to the Final, never mind winning it.
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C’est le fucking meilleur article de l’époque!! Je me suis fucking pissé de rire.
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Hmm. Now that France are out, I’d like England to win to keep the Ashes Summer going!
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That would be England losing to the Aussies then Deebs, as they retained the Ashes.
and yes, classic ATL Thaum, thanks as ever for keeping the dinghy afloat.
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Probably a technical mis-statement there the dinghy used to be for us overseas overniters I think but you get my meaning.
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Any small boats docking here are welcomed.
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Ooh, that was close.
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Looks like England might have actually been sent out with a game plan this week.
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Hahaha, this is the first time I’ve opened this page on my phone, and it keeps trying to translate the ATL 😅😅
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:-D
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For those wondering, Georgia beat Romania 56-6.
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That’ll be a happy ref, then.
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Early signs of promise, but game now reverting to last weeks standards, neither side can seem to go 3 phases without dropping the ball.
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England look like they haven’t touched an actual ball all week. It’s bizarre to have a scrum half, in particular, with such awful hands.
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So, Arundel’s second contribution to the game is a yellow 🤦
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What the logic of that being a yellow card?
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Bad news for JVP, dumb by Arundell.
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It’s all going a bit fucking forme du poivre pour les anglais!
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Dab – well, LFB’s on now, so accuracy will surely improve?
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Dab – Williams had called the mark and therefore couldn’t be tackled.
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Dab he has to retire 10m. Not doing so is a professional foul in old parlance and one as blatant is plain dumb.
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England defending the maul well, that’s one pastry.
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Whoever chose the brass version of ‘Walking on Sunshine’, to play over the PA, needs taking out back.
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Assuming England lose this, which I think is a given, obviously lost to Ireland and maybe get a nasty surprise from Fiji, and then crash out in the group stages, is that SSBB gone?
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Good grief, Itoje damages lawes by cleaning him out.
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Thanks SBT. I think that’s a daft rule. (Not blaming you.)
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Well, that was uninspiring.
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I think SSBB should be given a proper chance for a few years.
Failing that, maybe the HASK could take over.
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I concur Refit. Pack looking a little toothless tbh. Occasional flashes in the backs, Daly Marchant and Lawrence working hard at going thru the gears Farrell looking slick on occasion maybe some rugby will break out in the second half.
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Well I suppose England are better than they were last week. Although that is damning with the faintest of praise there.
Still, looking forward to the 163297162489615 articles on England rugby in the Graun next week…
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FFS, we pinch the restart, then the lineout but balls up the proceeding ruck.
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Not convinced Liam was supporting his body weight there, but England need to do better.
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Oh dear, that’s going to be a second yellow!
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Yellow for Steward then? England to 13?
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I mean, hopefully this is England getting all the bollocks out the system before the WC?
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Topsy Ojo says its a penalty. Mate, clear yellow bordering on red.
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That was completely idiotic of Steward; he had his eyes on the ball at first, and then he looked at Adams and tackled him in the air.
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They don’t appear to be listening to the ref either – he said it was a rip and the ball wasn’t touched down for a try, that’s why it was a pen try instead.
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