6 Nations 2019

[User20205]

Great fight back from England 1st XV to snatch a draw against Scotland's 3rd XV at Twickers.
Sadly for them Scotland retain the Calcutta Cup.

BTW Eddie Jones you are a pratt.
Gregor showed the Scots team your comments at half time.

I don’t disagree. Eddie portrays English rugby in a bad light imo. He makes them hard to like...and I’m English.

 

[Robin Hood]

Oh England, what happened to you?
Rampant first half - bullied in the second half.
Congratulations to Scotland.
Wales - magnificent performance.

 

[Old Skier]

I don’t disagree. Eddie portrays English rugby in a bad light imo. He makes them hard to like...and I’m English.

The Mourinho of rugby unfortunately.

 

[upsidedown]

Well that was well worth the 350 mile round trip 😀, what a game everything from the feared despair of the impending drubbing to the elation of leading and realisation that it was going to be one attack too many to defend . What a game .
Shared with 3 great mates with laffs all day long and the banter of surrounding supporters both English and Scottish is sporting nirvana 😁😁

 

[Captainron]

Farrell a luck boy thats dangerous

He has previous on that too.

 

[IanM]

Astonishing games yesterday...

Football take note

 

[Imurg]

Well done to the England Girls!!!
Another Grand Slam.
And a pretty impressive scoreline against the Scots

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Well done to the England Girls!!!
Another Grand Slam.
And a pretty impressive scoreline against the Scots

Clutching at straws there last time I looked there were about 30 'womans' rugby teams in Scotland.

 

[Old Skier]

Clutching at straws there last time I looked there were about 30 'womans' rugby teams in Scotland.

So you should have a pretty good international team then.

 

[Imurg]

Clutching at straws there last time I looked there were about 30 'womans' rugby teams in Scotland.

Sometimes, Soon, you're just pathetic
I'm not clutching at any straws - just congratulating a group of women playing a predominantly male sport and playing it better than the rest.
If you think that's a point scoring exercise then you need to crawl back under what ever foliage you live under and have a really good think as to what your purpose in life is..it certainly isn't bringing anything to threads on these boards...

 

[User20205]

Doon has a small point, in that, with women’s rugby England are fully professional....scotchland aren’t!!
But there isn’t an asterisk next to either the men’s or women’s results. There’s no handicapping system that takes into account no of players, playing resources, so ultimately it’s a pointless statement

 

[User62651]

Astonishing games yesterday...

Football take note

Entertaining true but was it not just poor defending/application from Ireland, Scotland and England yesterday?

Wrt football I watched Juventus v Athletico the other night, pretty entertaining too, as was ManU winning at PSG the week before. Not sure of your point.

Only thing football can take from rugby for me is enforced respect for referees. Cheating occurs in both but football is worse for play acting. Pace is better in football, far less stopping for penalties/lineouts/scrums etc.

Or is it the old 'class' chestnut that football is an 'oiks' game coming through?

 

[User20205]

Entertaining true but was it not just poor defending/application from Ireland, Scotland and England yesterday?

Wrt football I watched Juventus v Athletico the other night, pretty entertaining too, as was ManU winning at PSG the week before. Not sure of your point.

Only thing football can take from rugby for me is enforced respect for referees. Cheating occurs in both but football is worse for play acting. Pace is better in football, far less stopping for penalties/lineouts/scrums etc.

Or is it the old 'class' chestnut that football is an 'oiks' game coming through?

Yesterday had nothing to do with football. Any comparison has zero relevance.

100% agree that football doesn’t have to take note. Nor does netball, hockey, tiddlywinks etc etc

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Sometimes, Soon, you're just pathetic
I'm not clutching at any straws - just congratulating a group of women playing a predominantly male sport and playing it better than the rest.
If you think that's a point scoring exercise then you need to crawl back under what ever foliage you live under and have a really good think as to what your purpose in life is..it certainly isn't bringing anything to threads on these boards...

So sorry
I thought you were just boasting about the 'impressive' winning score between England 'Girls' and Scotland woman in a sport that hardly any Scots women play.

 

[Deleted member 1147]

So sorry
I thought you were just boasting about the 'impressive' winning score between England 'Girls' and Scotland woman in a sport that hardly any Scots women play.

So it should be a 5 nations - Drop Scotland Ladies as they don’t have enough players?

Not much confidence in your kinsmen!

 

[upsidedown]

Entertaining true but was it not just poor defending/application from Ireland, Scotland and England yesterday?

Wrt football I watched Juventus v Athletico the other night, pretty entertaining too, as was ManU winning at PSG the week before. Not sure of your point.

Only thing football can take from rugby for me is enforced respect for referees. Cheating occurs in both but football is worse for play acting. Pace is better in football, far less stopping for penalties/lineouts/scrums etc.

Or is it the old 'class' chestnut that football is an 'oiks' game coming through?

It's not enforced , it's always been there and one of the first things you learn when beginning the game is that respect for the referee is paramount.

With rugby all the spectators are mixed in together and leads to a great atmosphere with some fantastic banter going back and forward but also an apreciation of the other teams good play .

As an aside yesterday was my first visit to the New Twickenham and was very surprised how squashed together the seats are.

 

[Old Skier]

It's not enforced , it's always been there and one of the first things you learn when beginning the game is that respect for the referee is paramount.

With rugby all the spectators are mixed in together and leads to a great atmosphere with some fantastic banter going back and forward but also an apreciation of
As an aside yesterday was my first visit to the New Twickenham and was very surprised how squashed together the seats are.

If you mean by the New Twickenham the completion of the South Stand you have been away far to long.

 

[anotherdouble]

Clutching at straws there last time I looked there were about 30 'womans' rugby teams in Scotland.

Another sport you are crap. You must get bored quite often

 

[upsidedown]

If you mean by the New Twickenham the completion of the South Stand you have been away far to long.

Been over 30 years

 

[HomerJSimpson]

So it should be a 5 nations - Drop Scotland Ladies as they don’t have enough players?

Not much confidence in your kinsmen!

On a similar tangent but a relevant point, should Italy be in the 6 nations? Yes they've had the odd good win over the years but most of the time they seem to be the proverbial whipping boys.