6 Nations 2017 General Discussion Thread

errlloyd · 10-03-2017 11:08AM

Clegg wrote: »

Looks like Farrell is dropping out of the England side and Te'o starting in his place.

Source?

Clegg · 10-03-2017 11:15AM

errlloyd wrote: »

Source?

Livestream of the captains run. The players starting tomorrow all come out of the tunnel wearing numbered bibs. Te'o is wearing 12.

Buer · 10-03-2017 11:16AM

errlloyd wrote:

Source?

BT running at 12 in captains run. Farrell doing light training on own.

b.gud · 10-03-2017 01:52PM

In the run up to this weekend I had wanted England to beat Scotland because I was hoping that Ireland would be the ones who stopped the England winning streak.

But after looking at the table I want Ireland and Scotland to both get wins this weekend because then next week Scotland, England and Ireland would all be in with a chance of winning the championship and then the results of 2 games would have an affect on the outcome. If Ireland and England both win this weekend then the game in the Aviva will be the only one that can determine who wins. While that would be great for that game I'd really prefer if the majority of games had something riding on them

Fratton Fred · 10-03-2017 02:37PM

b.gud wrote: »

In the run up to this weekend I had wanted England to beat Scotland because I was hoping that Ireland would be the ones who stopped the England winning streak.

But after looking at the table I want Ireland and Scotland to both get wins this weekend because then next week Scotland, England and Ireland would all be in with a chance of winning the championship and then the results of 2 games would have an affect on the outcome. If Ireland and England both win this weekend then the game in the Aviva will be the only one that can determine who wins. While that would be great for that game I'd really prefer if the majority of games had something riding on them

conversely, this years six nations could all be over by 6pm tomorrow.

lawred2 · 10-03-2017 02:49PM

Fratton Fred wrote: »

conversely, this years six nations could all be over by 6pm tomorrow.

I think it's a good bet..

* good bet as in it's very possible however an accy with Wales, England and Scotland will only get odds of 3/1 with PP so meh

errlloyd · 10-03-2017 03:00PM

lawred2 wrote: »

I think it's a good bet..

* good bet as in it's very possible however an accy with Wales, England and Scotland will only get odds of 3/1 with PP so meh

Anyone who bets on Wales, England and Scotland to win should be getting much better than 3/1 odds. It would be pretty much unprecedented in the history of sports if those three win.

lawred2 · 10-03-2017 03:01PM

errlloyd wrote: »

Anyone who bets on Wales, England and Scotland to win should be getting much better than 3/1 odds. It would be pretty much unprecedented in the history of sports if those three win.

when being sarcastic one should have the good manners to include the appropriate smiley

I meant France

errlloyd · 10-03-2017 03:09PM

lawred2 wrote: »

when being sarcastic one should have the good manners to include the appropriate smiley

I meant France

I do apologise. Allow me to edit!

CMOTDibbler · 10-03-2017 03:14PM

lawred2 wrote: »

when being sarcastic one should have the good manners to include the appropriate smiley

I meant France

Instead of whom? :rolleyes:

Chortle

Dickie10 · 12-03-2017 07:58PM

well the backlash came anyway, same aul ireland team

b.gud · 14-03-2017 12:31PM

b.gud wrote: »

Talk about Billy Vunipolas size always reminds me of this pic of him and his U11 team mates

Or this one of him beside his coach, I think this was also U11s

I have a new pic to add to my collection for when discussions of Billy Vs size comes up

Buer · 18-03-2017 02:51PM

Stonewall yellow card for a deliberate knock on not given against Halfpenny. Barnes admitted it was a deliberate knock on. He was last man on an overlap.

vienne86 · 18-03-2017 02:53PM

France looking very good. 7 up after 7 minutes. Wales have hardly touched the ball.

18-03-2017 03:37PM

Time for promotion and relegation for the 6N format after another spanking for the Italians today? Georgia in 12th, Italy in 15th and Romania in 16th in the current world rankings.

Erik Shin · 18-03-2017 03:39PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Time for promotion and relegation for the 6N format after another spanking for the Italians today? Georgia in 12th, Italy in 15th and Romania in 16th in the current world rankings.

Never going to happen, and the 6n will never be expanded to include anymore coutries

paulie21 · 18-03-2017 04:58PM

Will we get to the 100 minute mark

pickarooney · 18-03-2017 07:01PM

I wonder what it's like to watch the 6N without a vested interest. A lot of the matches were either walks in the park or slugfests. It must be hard to sell to non-European audiences.

Former Former · 18-03-2017 08:08PM

Excluding Rome, there was only one away win in the whole Championship (England in Cardiff).

An incredibly close Six Nations.

NIMAN · 18-03-2017 08:12PM

Lot of hyperbole tonight in the media about our performance and victory today.

But for me it feels like turd polishing. Its been a very disappointing SN for us, when so much was promised leading into it.

If we can play like that today v England, why were we so poor in other games?

penybont exile · 18-03-2017 08:17PM

pickarooney wrote: »

I wonder what it's like to watch the 6N without a vested interest. A lot of the matches were either walks in the park or slugfests. It must be hard to sell to non-European audiences.

Who cares ..... Same for the 'Rugby Championship' .... Who gives s toss about that?

18-03-2017 08:17PM

penybont exile wrote: »

Who cares ..... Same for the 'Rugby Championship' .... Who gives s toss about that?

Me

18-03-2017 08:43PM

NIMAN wrote: »

Lot of hyperbole tonight in the media about our performance and victory today.

But for me it feels like turd polishing. Its been a very disappointing SN for us, when so much was promised leading into it.

If we can play like that today v England, why were we so poor in other games?

Scotland game was poor but otherwise it's as expected. Second is fine, we'll win it next year!

philstar · 19-03-2017 10:03AM

RE: the bonus points

is it possible that a team could win the grand slam but not win the championship??

i.e. win every game but not pick up any bonus points ?

19-03-2017 10:05AM

philstar wrote: »

RE: the bonus points

is it possible that a team could win the grand slam but not win the championship??

i.e. win every game but not pick up any bonus points ?

No, the Grand Slam carries enough bonus points to counter that possibility

6NATIONS website wrote:

(iv) A Union that wins all five of its Matches (a "Grand Slam") shall be awarded a further three Match Points.

Erik Shin · 19-03-2017 10:06AM

philstar wrote: »

RE: the bonus points

is it possible that a team could win the grand slam but not win the championship??

i.e. win every game but not pick up any bonus points ?

No,they brought in a caveat to combat that...Can't remember what it was but extra bonus points or something, somebody else can probably tell ya, my memory is getting dodgy with old age

Mushy · 19-03-2017 10:07AM

philstar wrote: »

RE: the bonus points

is it possible that a team could win the grand slam but not win the championship??

i.e. win every game but not pick up any bonus points ?

No, grand slam winning gets a bonus 3 points to avoid that scenario!

v6e5qzawyrc3jn · 19-03-2017 10:10AM

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DGRulz · 19-03-2017 10:12AM

Only saw this this morning. Good banter from the WRU https://twitter.com/WelshRugbyUnion/status/843172287255920642

19-03-2017 10:27AM

DGRulz wrote: »

Only saw this this morning. Good banter from the WRU https://twitter.com/WelshRugbyUnion/status/843172287255920642

Barnes should have sinbinned 2 Welsh front rows and/or given a penalty try. Would not have lasted so long then

Also Wales taking 4 minutes to get a replacement prop on the pitch (with Barnes not stopping the clock) added to the end time and allowed Welsh sin bin run out early. In fairness though, I doubt that with a minute to go, that the sin bin could ever return

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