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re: *Official 2015 Rugby 6 Nations thread

Posted on 2/25/15 at 8:39 am to
Posted by heypaul
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Posted on 2/25/15 at 8:39 am to
World Rankings:





6 Nations standings:



Is it save to say the Ireland & England are 'neck & neck?'
Posted by tccdc
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Posted on 2/25/15 at 1:24 pm to
I have finished packing....going to the airport here in a few for the game in Dublin.

Not feeling good for the Irish chances....even without Brown for England. Heaslip is a big loss for Ireland.

The Wales-France game is key also, as a Wales win could keep them in contention for the title.

Not sure anyone is getting through this unscathed.

Oh yeah, the annual battle for the wooden spoon is this weekend ...c'mon Italy
Posted by constant cough
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Posted on 2/25/15 at 2:10 pm to
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The Wales-France game is key also, as a Wales win could keep them in contention for the title.



You mean a French win will keep France in contention!
Posted by tccdc
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Posted on 2/25/15 at 3:40 pm to
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You mean a French win will keep France in contention!


Without Pape and Bastardo not starting...not feeling France will win, but you never know which French team will show up.
Posted by constant cough
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Posted on 2/25/15 at 7:56 pm to
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Without Pape and Bastardo not starting...not feeling France will win, but you never know which French team will show up.




We have enough depth to overcome its just Saint-Andre's selections always suck. Parra should have been starting over Kockott from the start.



This weekends's squad:


France: 15 Brice Dulin, 14 Yoann Huget, 13 Rémi Lamerat, 12 Wesley Fofana, 11 Sofiane Guitoune, 10 Camille Lopez, 9 Morgan Parra, 8 Damien Chouly, 7 Bernard Le Roux, 6 Thierry Dusautoir, 5 Yoann Maestri, 4 Romain Taofifenua, 3 Rabah Slimani, 2 Guilhem Guirado, 1 Eddy Ben Arous.
Replacements: 16 Benjamin Kayser, 17 Uini Atonio, 18 Vincent Debaty, 19 Jocelino Suta, 20 Loann Goujon, 21 Sebastien Tillous-Borde, 22 Rémi Talès, 23 Mathieu Bastareaud.
This post was edited on 2/25/15 at 7:57 pm
Posted by heypaul
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Posted on 2/25/15 at 8:49 pm to
Scotland and Italy are both telling themselves that 'you can't loose them all'
Posted by tccdc
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Posted on 2/27/15 at 9:13 pm to
According to the pundits here...they agrree with CC..farce will be better wit Parra and others

That being said...personally..had a great day...met Keith Wood and Paddy Johns at different places...yes..two Irish Captains randomly in Dublin
Posted by busbeepbeep
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Posted on 2/28/15 at 10:17 am to
What a finish to the wooden spoon match.

Posted by heypaul
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Posted on 2/28/15 at 10:22 am to
Finn's? or the Rugby pub?
Posted by busbeepbeep
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Posted on 2/28/15 at 10:33 am to
Finns
Posted by heypaul
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Posted on 2/28/15 at 8:38 pm to
Just finished the the Scotland Italia match...
WoW

Just wasn't pretty.

I've loaded the France Wales torrent on my Plex account to watch later.

Gave my LSU - Ole Miss (basketball) tickets to a coworker and the LSU - Princeton (baseball) tickets to a customer... Been doing yard work and half arse watching the Cricket World Cup off and on all day.

Now I'm just out back by the fire getting drunk.

This post was edited on 2/28/15 at 8:39 pm
Posted by busbeepbeep
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Posted on 3/1/15 at 9:09 am to
Back and better than ever. Joint full of soccer nerds this morning though.

Posted by heypaul
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Posted on 3/1/15 at 9:17 am to
This one should be a good one!!
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Posted on 3/1/15 at 10:12 am to
wow like i was saying, this is a great game so far!

Posted by rugbyag
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Posted on 3/2/15 at 10:31 am to
The Italian facebook page ruined the Scotland match for me. Thankfully. Dont think I could have watched an 80 minute match with Scotland losing to Italy at Murrayfield without throwing something at the TV.

The England/Ireland match was great. That try for Ireland was insane!
Posted by constant cough
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Posted on 3/2/15 at 11:09 am to
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The Italian facebook page ruined the Scotland match for me



I made the mistake of watching the Wales/France match first and the announcers spoiled the score for me.


France, well same old frustrating ball as usual. Sucks that we have to wait till after the World Cup to fire Saint-Andre. Still as shitty as we played still could have won the game had they made their kicks at goal and scored that try in when they were down at the line in the last 3 minutes. It helps that Wales has Halfpenny and you can see why Toulon is paying him what they are, the man almost never misses a kick.


England vs Ireland, biggest match of the tournament so far. England just couldn't get it going until the very end when the Irish kind let their foot off the gas but really it was just utter domination from the Irish who are now in position to make a run at the grand slam.
Posted by busbeepbeep
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Posted on 3/2/15 at 12:51 pm to
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The Italian facebook page ruined the Scotland match for me. Thankfully. Dont think I could have watched an 80 minute match with Scotland losing to Italy at Murrayfield without throwing something at the TV.


As a forward, you would have had to appreciate Italy's dominance in the scrum and maul .
Posted by rugbyag
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Posted on 3/2/15 at 3:18 pm to
I have a general distain for Italy and I think it stems from not liking Castrogiovanni.

I did get to enjoy Ireland's performance in the lineouts and rucks though. Another thing I noticed in the Ireland/England match was the lack of collapsed scrums which is always a welcome sight.
This post was edited on 3/2/15 at 3:19 pm
Posted by busbeepbeep
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Posted on 3/2/15 at 4:15 pm to
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I think it stems from not liking Castrogiovanni.
haha, he's one of my all time favorites.
Posted by heypaul
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Posted on 3/2/15 at 6:41 pm to
After the tough loss to NZ in the fall tour, I knew Ireland was going to be strong.

The announcer was saying that the only two teams the Ireland coach has not won against was NZ & England.
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