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6 Nations 2019 Build Up thread

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    #692
    Dave_The_Sheep
    Registered Users Posts: 7,336 ✭✭✭Dave_The_Sheep


    stephen_n wrote: »
    God I’d hate to be an Italian fan, by far the better team and still lose like that.

    You'd hate even more to be the coach. O'Shea must be going mental.


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    #693
    Adamcp898
    Registered Users Posts: 5,469 ✭✭✭Adamcp898


    That was a very odd montage


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    #694
    razorblunt
    Registered Users Posts: 17,300 ✭✭✭✭razorblunt


    Christ, bit of a ham fisted "rugby is great at rallying round, what about Christchurch?" question to Prince William there.


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    #695
    Mike Oxlong
    Closed Accounts Posts: 397 ✭✭Mike Oxlong


    Someone just throw up a thread for the Ireland game..?


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    #696
    PhlegmyMoses
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    Adamcp898 wrote: »
    That was a very odd montage

    Yeah. I get the point that they were making but a weird selection of things there


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    #697
    [Deleted User]
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    Both 8's were very good today. Picamoles at the centre of everything that kept France in that game.

    Watching Italy there felt like watching Ireland 15 years ago, incredible work rate - absolutely no guile.

    I still maintain this has been a better tournament from Italy. Home performances were consistently quite good putting serious teams under good pressure and they did enough today to have accounted for France with room to spare. I hope O'Shea gets another few years in the post - only a committed approach to a long term strategy is going to turn things around for Italian rugby, I'd hate to see the plug pulled now because they are starting to look close.

    Overall the Italian pack is looking reasonably solid but I feel they need more rounded players in the back line. Having someone like Ringrose to bring the mid field together or a Trimble type back three to bring some physicality to their defensive game would do wonders. That fumbled try at the end was borderline criminal.

    Enjoyable game overall.


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    #698
    razorblunt
    Registered Users Posts: 17,300 ✭✭✭✭razorblunt


    I'm going to say it ... that choir is almost too loud.


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    #699
    walshb
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    Best Patrick’s weekend ever to stop the Welsh GS!


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    #700
    walshb
    Registered Users Posts: 54,601 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    razorblunt wrote: »
    I'm going to say it ... that choir is almost too loud.

    Buncha’ bleedin’ maniacs!


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    #701
    Clegg
    Registered Users Posts: 16,709 ✭✭✭✭Clegg


    Can't see anything other than a Wales win.

    But by feck do I hope we smash them.


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    #702
    walshb
    Registered Users Posts: 54,601 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    Clegg wrote: »
    Can't see anything other than a Wales win.

    But by feck do I hope we smash them.

    They’re rightly the favorites...


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    #703
    martingriff
    Registered Users Posts: 10,691 ✭✭✭✭martingriff


    walshb wrote: »
    Best Patrick’s weekend ever to stop the Welsh GS!

    Wales or England to win as I dont see Scotland winning at Twickenham


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    #704
    razorblunt
    Registered Users Posts: 17,300 ✭✭✭✭razorblunt


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Both 8's were very good today. Picamoles at the centre of everything that kept France in that game.

    Watching Italy there felt like watching Ireland 15 years ago, incredible work rate - absolutely no guile.

    I still maintain this has been a better tournament from Italy. Home performances were consistently quite good putting serious teams under good pressure and they did enough today to have accounted for France with room to spare. I hope O'Shea gets another few years in the post - only a committed approach to a long term strategy is going to turn things around for Italian rugby, I'd hate to see the plug pulled now because they are starting to look close.

    Overall the Italian pack is looking reasonably solid but I feel they need more rounded players in the back line. Having someone like Ringrose to bring the mid field together or a Trimble type back three to bring some physicality to their defensive game would do wonders. That fumbled try at the end was borderline criminal.

    Enjoyable game overall.

    Agreed, I thought Zanone at 13 went well, clearly should have done better for the 2nd opportunity and as BOD said a bit naive on the first that hit the post.
    Italy were very unlucky in round 1 too, completely reffed out of the game that day.

    They have a decent squad there now too, they really need to sort 10 though. What's happened to Canna? Allen gets away with murder, he's arguably barely Pro14 standard an incredible flake, he doesn't do anything with the backline either.


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    #705
    lillielad
    Registered Users Posts: 204 ✭✭lillielad


    ****e start


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    #706
    Wheres Me Jumper?
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,288 ✭✭✭Wheres Me Jumper?


    fantastic start from Wales.
    stinker.


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    #707
    awec
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    Match thread open now


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    #708
    Adamcp898
    Registered Users Posts: 5,469 ✭✭✭Adamcp898


    PhlegmyMoses wrote: »
    Yeah. I get the point that they were making but a weird selection of things there

    Yeah, introduces it with the line "......but this is sport" and then proceeds to show a heap of non-sporting examples.


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    #709
    Clegg
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    Excellent kick from Anscombe.

    Completely caught is out.


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    #710
    troyzer
    Registered Users Posts: 6,199 ✭✭✭troyzer


    fin


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    #711
    Eod100
    Registered Users Posts: 11,646 ✭✭✭✭Eod100


    6N fixtures out already for 2020 and 2021 https://twitter.com/SixNationsRugby/status/1108324020301242368?s=19


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    #712
    sydthebeat
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    same home / away rota as usual


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    #713
    jr86
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,930 ✭✭✭jr86


    Next year looks like the exact same schedule as 2014, where we won the Championship in Paris

    Definitely a nice schedule for ourselves, however Scotland at home would have been seen as a good BP opportunity - given its now first up, and with our propensity to start slow, no BP could be crucial there.

    Very tough schedule on England. The 'gimme' match is on the last weekend. First weekend is probably the worst one to get France also.


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    #714
    thomond2006
    Registered Users Posts: 45,433 ✭✭✭✭thomond2006


    sydthebeat wrote: »
    same home / away rota as usual

    It's difficult to change it as some teams would be forced to have two home games in consecutive years.


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    #715
    lbc2019
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    AWJ player of the Championship - unsurprisingly


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