Pity Slade’s out injured. Obvious starter. Daly too. Farrell is still the in form 10 in the prem.

6 days later

First 30 mins of Ireland v France was about as good as it gets for a neutral.

Was at the game yesterday, was unreal, sport at its best just hope this isn’t the peak before the World Cup

    Heno It is. We always look unbeatable before a World Cup and then…

      The form cycles in rugby should be studied like a science.

      10 days later

      Nice of the Welsh to get their act together.

      Not sure in all my years of watching that I have seen a full back as strong under the high ball as Steward. Beast.

      21 days later

      alistair

      Jaco Peyper has never refereed England well IMO. Yellow card, for sure - but red is ridiculous. He’s trying to pull out of the contact. The Irish player is crouching to pick the ball, so his head is in the wrong place. He’s picking up a ball that should be England’s anyway, as Ireland lost the ball forward! In all of that, Peyper is unable to find a shred of mitigation… Twat.

          It’ll be unbearable in my household as she’s now got bragging rights… again.

          Fair fucks to the BIG though. Best side throughout the tournament, and deserved champions.

          The expectation of players to be ‘perfect’ in every contact is too high a bar, regardless of whether it’s rolling away or wrapping the arms etc. It’s causing anomalies in the results. The French should be fuming.

          6 months later

          Can someone tell Ford that he’s allowed to pass the ball 🥱

            vinnyt77 sadly not. I’m left with Borthwick’s England. Launch it and keep it up the jumper. Just like his mate Jonno

                vinnyt77 why would I be talking about his captaincy? His record as head coach was abysmal both in results and playing style

                    alistair Just checking who you were talking about, dude. His coaching was not as inspirational as I hoped it would be, but England won the Six Nations under his stewardship. Hardly a car-crash.