Rugby matters

[Narnia]

Was your interest in Seb purely a sporting one WOD?

[Mick Mac]

Hard earned win for Ireland. But too many penalties again. 3 tries to nil and only jsut edged it tells its own story.

[Michael Palaeologus]

Still. England Champions, triple crown, grand slam. Shoe in now.

[Mick Mac]

Well if you win the slam Michael you are probably a shoe in for the other two.

[Narnia]

England may be champions but only on points difference. Once Ireland realises that it's more fun trying to win games than trying to lose them we will be good enough to beat England.

[Narnia]

[Mick Mac]

Paul O Connell is on the phone asking - who the ruck is this declan guy ?

[Mick Mac]

Anyway it seems a significant number of English people in our office have managed to get hold of some sort of corporate invite to Dublin. Not a match they would normally go to. Seems they smell a grand slam.

[Narnia]

Mick Mac Wrote:

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> Paul O Connell is on the phone asking - who the

> ruck is this declan guy ?

He is the national coach and from what I read he has given the team a right bollocking due to the penalty count against them. The player who wrote this said as it very rarely happens it has a lot of effect.

a smell of a GS is all they will get.

[Narnia]

From Irish Times

You will like what Matt Williams says at the end of this article Mick. He's an Aussie by the way.

[nashoi]

So glad the Italians won that, brilliant stuff

[Narnia]

Yea..........they deserved it.

[taper]

The Mallet/Castro hug represented man love at its most beautiful.

what a game

[Mick Mac]

There will be no triple crown if they don't shape up for the second half against Wales and a big win does not look on the cards so any win would be good for me.

Narnia Wrote:

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> From Irish Times

>

> You will like what Matt Williams says at the end

> of this article Mick. He's an Aussie by the way.

[Narnia]

Robbed by a Welsh try that shouldn't have been.

[Mick Mac]

Scots testing England today, more than expected. England even if they win will not take a lot of confidence from this game.

[Mick Mac]

Have to say the Scottish rugby commentator Ian Robertson is getting very excited on radio 5. All quite amusing.

[ratty]

A win in 2nd gear. I think they will!

[Narnia]

Apart from Italy at Twickenham there's been very small margins in the matches this year. Hard to believe England have won 4 out of 4 and Scotland lost 4 out of 4 given this match.

[Mick Mac]

Nicely set up for next weekend. Ireland will be favourites.

[Narnia]

What the French coach said...........

This is washing your hands of something at it's best.

[taper]

Haskell, who I'd always thought of as a gym bunny with no rugby brain, has been consistently good this 6 nations. He was on the pitch as his old partner in dodginess Doran-jones I see.

[Michael Palaeologus]

Unfortunately England never got out of bed, fortunately they didnt need too.

I suspect that Ireland will meet a different England.

[Narnia]

No........we know the one's. White shirts. Anyway England will be playing a different Scotland.

[Narnia]

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