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France 22-29 England
Ireland 30-14 Scotland
Wales 26-10 Italy

Wales: McNicol scores after a flowing move in the 3rd minute. Adams' 10th-minute try is disallowed and immediately followed by Minozzi running in an 80m interception. Wales go into their shells and it's 10-7 at half-time. Wales dominate the 2nd half but nothing happens and it's 19-10 with 5mins to go. Wainwright charges down an Italian clearance, Parkes flops on the ball in-goal, everyone talks about how winning the first game is so important, and Alun-Wyn gets MOTM because Wales won.

Yes, the Pessimism Fairy has made her usual 6N Eve visit, but at least I'm not predicting us to lose...

Sloppy game in which we don't seem much better but run out 43-14 winners

Wales 28 - 15 Italy
Ire 22 - 22 Sco
Fra 18 - 18 Eng

Only Wales and Italy to be able to win the GS after this weekend!!

normanski wrote:Wales 28 - 15 Italy
Ire 22 - 22 Sco
Fra 18 - 18 Eng

Only Wales and Italy to be able to win the GS after this weekend!!

Remind me how Italy could win the GS if they lose?

Wales 15 - 28 Italy

Jake Polledri has been on a crash course with his cousins in Wales and learned Welsh. Our lineout disintegrates because they understand all our lineout calls and we leak soft tries.

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Wales 38-15 Italy - shaky first half, but we storm ahead in the second.
Ireland 35-17 Scotland - No contest really.
France 10-33 England - although if Shaun can be understood by the French it might be 10-10.

Sandydragon wrote:

normanski wrote:Wales 28 - 15 Italy
Ire 22 - 22 Sco
Fra 18 - 18 Eng

Only Wales and Italy to be able to win the GS after this weekend!!

Remind me how Italy could win the GS if they lose?

Yet another senior moment. At my age you get used to them!

If Hogg had managed to hold onto the ball this could well have been a draw. Ireland were lucky.

normanski wrote:If Hogg had managed to hold onto the ball this could well have been a draw. Ireland were lucky.

Very. Ireland were defensively good and are a pain in the arse at the ruck. Didn’t look like scoring any more tries though.

Scotland huffed and puffed but lacked something, either a big cattier, a killer line or pass, at the right time and made too many mistakes. That said, they looked a much better team with a scrum half who actually passed.

Son of Mathonwy wrote:Wales 38-15 Italy - shaky first half, but we storm ahead in the second.
Ireland 35-17 Scotland - No contest really.
France 10-33 England - although if Shaun can be understood by the French it might be 10-10.

Not the best predictions but I like how I was wrong.

France gifting Eng the losing bonus point might come back to haunt. I liked how Wales looked. Tompkins looks like a nice find.

Buggaluggs wrote:France gifting Eng the losing bonus point might come back to haunt.

Could have been worse. I had a horrible feeling they were going to brainfart their way to losing in the last 10 minutes.

Son of Mathonwy wrote:

Buggaluggs wrote:France gifting Eng the losing bonus point might come back to haunt.

Could have been worse. I had a horrible feeling they were going to brainfart their way to losing in the last 10 minutes.

Yes after May’s two tries i was thinking back 12 months to another night in the rain in Paris and was waiting for a long miss out pass which would be intercepted to change the game.

England’s biggest liability is loud mouth Eddie and total lack of leadership on the field when the going gets tough.

The backs and forwards looked as if they had never played together before.

While France will prove a handful I think we have the players to squeeze out a win in Cardiff.

Wales 21 v 19 Ireland
Scotland 16 v 27 England
France 32 v 18 Italy

Wales 28 v 20 Ireland
Scotland 27 v 25 England
France 35 v 17 Italy

Son of Mathonwy wrote:Wales 28 v 20 Ireland
Scotland 27 v 25 England
France 35 v 17 Italy

I hope you’re right about Scotland.

normanski wrote:

Son of Mathonwy wrote:Wales 28 v 20 Ireland
Scotland 27 v 25 England
France 35 v 17 Italy

I hope you’re right about Scotland.

Take last year's match, multiply it by Murrayfield and you're there.

Wales 18 v 16 Ireland
Scotland 10 v 22 England
France 31 v 8 Italy

Son of Mathonwy wrote:

normanski wrote:

Son of Mathonwy wrote:Wales 28 v 20 Ireland
Scotland 27 v 25 England
France 35 v 17 Italy

I hope you’re right about Scotland.

Take last year's match, multiply it by Murrayfield and you're there.

Would be a great result. Scotland have had a few sh*te years and a performance like the second half at Twickenham on Saturday would set up our GS game in Cardiff a treat!!

Hope springs eternal.

Five changes to the English team. They are missing a lot of their power players but picking a scrum half who is capable of getting the ball away a bit quicker is probably the most important.

normanski wrote:

Son of Mathonwy wrote:

normanski wrote: I hope you’re right about Scotland.

Take last year's match, multiply it by Murrayfield and you're there.

Would be a great result. Scotland have had a few sh*te years and a performance like the second half at Twickenham on Saturday would set up our GS game in Cardiff a treat!!

Hope springs eternal.

Hogg may need to remind himself of those subtle try-scoring Laws, lest a perfidious TMO rob him of another try .

Son of Mathonwy wrote:

normanski wrote:

Son of Mathonwy wrote: Take last year's match, multiply it by Murrayfield and you're there.

Would be a great result. Scotland have had a few sh*te years and a performance like the second half at Twickenham on Saturday would set up our GS game in Cardiff a treat!!

Hope springs eternal.

Hogg may need to remind himself of those subtle try-scoring Laws, lest a perfidious TMO rob him of another try .

Haha! If he does it again I can see a Hogg roast in Edinburgh.