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It's a bit depressing watching social media and seeing that literally 100% of negative comments about refs, players, teams etc are from men. I did wonder after the England game yesterday if the male TMOs would have intervened to the same extent and at such tedious length if the referees had been me...

I think you are wrong twice there. There is nothing in the law 9.12 or directives I have seen that talks about mitigation, that only applies to tackles. This is not a "view" it's a fact. Saying the game would be very different with fourteen playing for an hour isn't too controversial - wh...

Genuinely, if you don't think Carley is shit, you've not watched him much. He is certainly the worst competence wise in the NH. Brace is simply an outright cheat. Brace doesn't deliberately cheat he is just hugely inconsistent as is Fank Murphy. I don't think Carley is anywhere near the worst, Mike...

Correct me. If I'm wrong. In 1990,punxhing someone was a red card. Is that right Genuine question. Pretty much yes. Was it not Scott Murray who was sent off for swinging a boot at an opponents leg and barely made contact. Murray was sent off because he kicked Ian Gough's head. It was a glancing blo...

Funnily enough there is suddenly a perfect overhead footage, all over Twitter, that shows it's a full headbutt directly to White's face. I don't actually remember seeing White go off for an HIA, which presumably is why it wasn't upgraded to a red as there simply wasn't much contact. Which is beyond...

Richard Cockerill's not wasted any time in asking for Georgia to be given the opportunity to play Wales with the winner then playing in the next 6N. Wales won 43 -19 the last time they met (in the World Cup in 2023), but Georgia have beaten Wales in Cardiff before. Wales are also significantly worse...

After yesterday's matches I fail to see any reason or argument for including a single Welshman in the Lions squad ... apart from trying to get some coverage on SC4? I have no idea why folk still think Williams is a better 9 than White who was excellent for Scotland yesterday. It is hard to make an ...

That’s a good reminder, if anyone needed one before tomorrow, of why every England side has to respect a trip to Wales. The mini Welsh showed superb character and defended like Trojans, it felt like so many England Wales games where we have failed to find a plan B. Ref was utterly appalling, it cos...

That’s a good reminder, if anyone needed one before tomorrow, of why every England side has to respect a trip to Wales. The mini Welsh showed superb character and defended like Trojans, it felt like so many England Wales games where we have failed to find a plan B. Ref was utterly appalling, it cos...

It's really quite difficult to see what this selection logic is supposed to be. Scenario 1. M. Smith gets injured then Daly will move to 15, but then who goes to the wing? If Freeman moves there then who plays 13? Scenario 2. Dingwall gets injured then who plays 12? Does Earl go there and Willis co...

That is the Lions, the British Isles Lions. But then some people had their Trump Gulf of America moment and decided it needed to be the British and Irish Lions for convenience I honestly don’t understand why they don’t have a ‘SA pro teams’ moment, drop the British/Isles/B&I tag altogether and ...

Some odd selections for Saturday's game M Smith; Roebuck, Freeman, Dingwall, Daly; F Smith, Mitchell; Genge, Cowan-Dickie, Stuart, Itoje (capt), Chessum, T Curry, B Curry, Earl. Replacements: George, Baxter, Heyes, Cunningham-South, Pollock, Willis, Van Poortvliet, Ford. I can't see the point of dro...

Ireland - 28
England - 16
France - 23

I agree but not for the reason you think. Farrell likes "busy" wingers hence why he's ignored our more "traditional"-type wingers in Stockdale and Baloucoune. Farrell might well look at DVDM and ask "what else does he do (or not do) besides run with the ball?" Graham i...

why not pick Kinghorn on the wing and Keenan at 15? then you've a shootout between VDM, Feyi-Waboso and Lowe, maybe Hansen for the final starting spot. That depends on when and how quickly Feyi-Waboso recovers from his recent shoulder surgery. Its quite possible that he will miss Lions selection co...

Funny how on social media, every male in Wales either never knew that jumping a tackle was illegal or now thinks it's a stupid law. Shane Williams spent his entire career jumping tackles but was hardly ever penalised for it, so it shouldn't really be a surprise that the Welsh are unaware that it wa...

Just out of interest, and so I can put Firewater's entertaining gibberish in the right box, can anyone sane tell me what MIC actually stands for? The only conspiracy theory I could find was about information being fed to Presidential candidates during debates. Military Industrial Complex I assume.

Ireland by 5
England by 18
Scotland by 12

Does anyone remember the Kiwi art snob at the other place who used to regularly post pictures of his latest acquisition of some appallingly ugly and inept, but reassuringly expensive, piece of modern art? There was a rather odd piece in the Guardian yesterday, which acknowledged that Vettriano was d...

Can anyone recall another Test where one team scored three tries to one and still lost? I think SA won the try count 2-0 when we last beat them at MF. The first game that sprang to mind was the infamous QF when Australia won the count 5-3, but of course they didn’t lose, thanks to the ref. In the L...

The Welsh walrus thought England and the atmosphere at Twickenham were shit! https://archive.ph/rJstT Will Greenwood wasn't overly impressed either https://www.telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/2025/02/22/england-played-so-little-rugby-i-almost-want-to-be-scottish/ "England were outscored by three t...

Frustrating game - Scotland superior in most aspects of the game and should have scored more tries/points, particularly in the first half. Attack with the ball was excellent but English scramble defence held firm. Agree we lack a little bit of bite in 2nd row particularly as we went with a lightwei...

Good article on the BBC by Tom English about some of the ridiculous predictions for the England Scotland match coming from the usual suspects: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/articles/cr725g19d03o Difficult not to agree when he says that the English pundits' predictions for this match "...

Ireland by 47
England by 6
France by 15

So the only change for England is Chessum to start and Martin to the bench. I have no idea why Randall continues to be selected, I guess it must just be a pacee thing. Starting XV: M Smith; Freeman, Lawrence, Slade, Sleightholme; F Smith, Mitchell; Genge, Cowan-Dickie, Stuart, Itoje (capt), Chessum...

The next question is who takes over as interim coach; Howley? Even though Gatland looked totally broken during the Italy game, Howley's not exactly an upgrade and is tainted by his betting scandals and his ice cream business in Tenby. There's also a question as to whether this will make it more or l...

Gatland gone from Wales https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/articles/cpwrj451k95o So they have 2 weeks to find someone to replace him. Although his position was clearly untenable after 14 straight losses, I can't imagine there will be a massive queue of people to replace him. Given the talent a...

Gatland gone from Wales https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/articles/cpwrj451k95o So they have 2 weeks to find someone to replace him. Although his position was clearly untenable after 14 straight losses, I can't imagine there will be a massive queue of people to replace him. Given the talent av...

Concussion but no other injuries. Bit worrying that Finn passed his HIA but, in Townsend's words "wasn't aware what was going on" and was considered not fit to carry on. It suggests the HIA isn't rigorous enough, but well done to the Scotland management for making that call. Was in the pu...

He was waving as he went down the tunnel :thumbup: Concussion but no other injuries. Bit worrying that Finn passed his HIA but, in Townsend's words "wasn't aware what was going on" and was considered not fit to carry on. It suggests the HIA isn't rigorous enough, but well done to the Scot...

One of my finest 6N memories is 4 generations of the same family dressed in the pink cowboy hats and short dresses wandering to the game in Cardiff. There was a man/woman in his/her 80/90s wearing a pink cowboy hat and a short dress? In Cardiff? Yep, I can see that. Cardiff, so would more likely be...

Appreciate I am perhaps the wrong man to have a view on this, but how are Bath intending to stay within the salary cap? Great news for English rugby though - he’s a fine player and a side with him and Waboso on the wings is very exciting It is definitely a question everyone on the Bath boards are a...

Murley out of the squad (injured apparently), Lowzowski in as a replacement. I'm almost hoping that's just for injury. Chucking a player into a tough international - Ireland away is no bed of roses - and then discarding them when they make mistakes is something I'd expect from Eddie. Either you bel...

Italy V Wales Italy by 9
England V France. France by 21
Scotland V Ireland Ireland by 5

Could do with Brook sticking around for a bit here. I'm not sure what the commentators are talking about re. the substitution - have India been up to shenanigans? eta:@ Ah. It seems India used a concussion sub to pick a bowler more suited to conditions and wasn't like-for-like. That seems a bit sub...

More Leicester news, Cheika's leaving at the end of the season. Didn't realise he was only on a one year deal. Wonder what led him/Tigers/both not to extend. Certainly you'd think that the last thing needed at Welford Rd is more coaching turnover. Japan partnership is definitely interesting. Surpri...

So RugbyPass have pulled the story as it is, and put up a vague "rights are up" instead after TNT made a statement? Given the general competence of rugby administrators, the 6N will probably reject TNT's offer, and then have to settle for a deal with Premier Sports for half of what TNT we...

I'm assuming Quins Northampton match tonight is going ahead - i.e. isn't called of with the weather warnings further north? Should imagine so I'm 30 miles north of London and it's blue sky and a bit breezy with a few gusts from time to time Would have thought it's not too disimilar to the west of L...

France Vs Wales - France by 25

Scotland Vs Italy - Scotland by 10

Ireland Vs England - Ireland by 12

I thought most were closed in the 50s and 60s? A lot of governments since then to identify and correct the problem? There will always be people who can link an event to Tory voters & thatcher , including ex pats While it is true that that the the idea that caring for the mentally ill and the ol...

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