Rugby

Heno

Amps he is but he was the best outhalf in the 6 nations played in at the matches bar France one cause Tipric caught him at the end of the Wales match, barely missed a kick taught he was a bit unlucky, Russell has thrown away so many matches he is a liability, he’s decent if your playing the barbarians

Amps

Heno he’s decent if your playing the barbarians

Is there a Barbarians game on the schedule???

Amps

Lions opener agains SA: Odd game, not sure either deserved to win it, very enjoyable though, no idea how we didn’t get a red for the spear / tip tackle, couldn’t hear the TV in th boozer.

Amps

Amps as rugby is virtually ‘no contact’ these days, I think it will just be fast as fuck from both sides. The game is slowly being morphed into a form of basketball, and ball speed, passes out of the tackle etc. will be everything in the future of rugby, recon that will be reflected here.

I was bang wrong here, some decent contact and far from a completely fluid game.,

Amps

Think the best team won, but only because we couldn’t close out the game or take advantage in the first half. Should have been twenty up by the end of the first.

vinnyt77

Amps Some poor decision making from the Lions really cost them. Morne Steyn is very near the top of my ‘South African sportsmen with a massively punchable face’ list. Second only to Graeme Smith I reckon…

Amps

vinnyt77 Nah, the answer to that one is Faf de Klerk:

Amps

vinnyt77 I liked that they where going for the corners and trys though rather than just kicking it. The right attitude imo.

vinnyt77

Amps First half, yeah. The penalty with ten to go when three points down? I’d have taken the three, and gone again…

De Klerk is deffo in the top 5

Smallman1

An underwhelming end I thought.

Attritional stuff.

vinnyt77

Unbelievable game at Twickenham this afternoon. Proper test rugby…

Amps

vinnyt77 We were shocking for most of the second half. Fuckin terrible reffing too, they shouldn’t of had their man sent off in the last ten for the ‘tackle in the air’, he clearly went for the catch and just ended up entangled. The not rolling away rule is becoming a nonsense, Scotland got fucked by it earlier, ruining the game for me at the moment.

vinnyt77

Agree about the rolling away/ clearing our rules. They need a major rework.

For me, Kolisi deserved a yellow. Don’t think he’s a dirty player, but he misjudged his jump, and tackled the man in the air. Was never gonna get anywhere near the ball. The take out in the air just at the final whistle was worse in a lot of ways, as it looked deliberate, and vindictive…

IndustryStandard

Massively rode our luck. Saffers should have been home and dry during the first 15min of the second half. Surprised they missed so many pens. That said, testament to our attitude we hung on in there and it reaped dividends. Always thought we could break their line as not the quickest set of centers . Lots of handbags too, which I love .

Quality game of egg chasing

Amps

The Six Nations has been a weird comp so far this year. The quality being a bit low, and the reffing being appalling. Scotland just got boned by an average to bad Welsh side and a shit ref today.

ScottBailey

Amps Scotland just got boned by an average to bad Welsh side and a shit ref today.

Good

Mick_Morgan

anyone else on that matchpint predictors thing? you win pints of guiness if you guess the scores correctly (ballpark obvs, not absolute accuracy required). My predictions this week are:

Wales v France tonight: France by 12
Italy v Scotland tomorrow: Scotland v 18
England v Ireland tomorrow: England v 4

the last one is the trickiest one to call, head says ireland by at least as much but against my better judgement I’ve gone for an emotional home victory in front of the Thickers crowd

Heno

Mick_Morgan I’m going the match tomorrow and I’m going to drink loads of Guinness, I hope that helps

Amps

Mick_Morgan the last one is the trickiest one to call

Agreed. Everyone has been a bit shit so far, which makes it tricky in the worst way. Hard to think a team beaten by Scotland is gonna beat Ireland though.

Amps

Heno Will you be ‘tailgating’ in the Tesco before hand?

Heno

Amps I won’t be caught dead in Tesco with all the pond scum !