Judgement Day

[Sourdust]

Anyone else going? I'm worried about getting lonely...

I can't recall a previous JD where there was literally nothing at stake. I know, "bragging rights" and all that but with nothing else to play for it all feels awfully damp.

Os and Scarlets seem fully-loaded while Blues are (understandably) not bothered and Dragons are just... Dragons. I see a routine win for Os (although we'd have no chance against their first XV) and a fairly epic shoeing for the Dragons. I just hope there's some fun along the way.

[wayneha50]

I'm going but just to see the Blues game. I'm not a huge fan of the whole thing to be honest - most of the time people there don't seem to be interested in watching the games & there's a constant stream of people back & fore to the bar/toilet. The Blues team selection has all but killed what little excitement I had - would be good to get a win & maintain momentum but I think the Ospreys will win against that side.

[Sourdust]

I'm going but just to see the Blues game. I'm not a huge fan of the whole thing to be honest - most of the time people there don't seem to be interested in watching the games & there's a constant stream of people back & fore to the bar/toilet. The Blues team selection has all but killed what little excitement I had - would be good to get a win & maintain momentum but I think the Ospreys will win against that side.

The traffic can get very annoying yes, and it's easy to get worked up by the many people not watching the rugby - but then I suppose at least at this event, those types aren't filling places that "real" fans can't get / afford.

As often, the rugby itself wasn't that entertaining anyway. Scarlets never seemed to get out of 2nd Gear even when Dragons sporadically made a fist of it. Blues - Os was better, but still no classic. I had accepted our fate at 23-20 and in all honesty I think we were a bit lucky to nick it. Perhaps the draw would have been a fair refelction? Blues' 1st XV would have won that comfortably.

[Son of Mathonwy]

Well, the Ospreys/Blues match was exciting at least - the result was in the balance for the whole match. Pleased with that but the Os were lucky to come out on top.

[Sourdust]

Just skimmed through the match on telly and I revise my opinion slightly; we definitely edged it. Although that's still quite a compliment to a scratch Blues side.

In some ways it was a good old-fashioned fly-half battle, and in Wales terms it's encouraging how good both were. Controlled, creative, and with an excellent individual try apiece. I guess the "full-house" makes Biggar the obvious MOTM. Os do seem more creative now, but their confidence in that seems to wane the closer to the tryline they get. I've been quite a critic of Fia but he pretty much defined "impact sub" yesterday, and I was pleased to confirm my "live" impression that Rueben Morgan-Williams had an excellent half.

Once Ollie Robinson learns how to read referees, I reckon he'll be quite a handful.

[Numbers]

Just skimmed through the match on telly and I revise my opinion slightly; we definitely edged it. Although that's still quite a compliment to a scratch Blues side.

In some ways it was a good old-fashioned fly-half battle, and in Wales terms it's encouraging how good both were. Controlled, creative, and with an excellent individual try apiece. I guess the "full-house" makes Biggar the obvious MOTM. Os do seem more creative now, but their confidence in that seems to wane the closer to the tryline they get. I've been quite a critic of Fia but he pretty much defined "impact sub" yesterday, and I was pleased to confirm my "live" impression that Rueben Morgan-Williams had an excellent half.

Once Ollie Robinson learns how to read referees, I reckon he'll be quite a handful.

Who did the Blues rest, from what I could make out it was Gethin, Dacey, Seb Davies, Navidi, Ellis Jenkins, Nick Williams, Owen Lane, Haloholo, Leelo, Jarrod Evans, Tomas Williams

The Os should have won that easily really, I fine performance from the Blues all in all, the Os still look slightly redundant in attack but did well to nick it at the end.

[Sandydragon]

Jackman needs s huge improvement next season. This can’t carry on.