The Rugby Thread

[Chazza]

Yeah he's a bell end.

18 months outside of the squad gets his chance to get back in and blows it.

[Chazza]

Hartley confirmed as England captain.

Hope he can keep a cool on the pitch but I doubt it somehow.

[RichC]

I very much doubt it.

He's had more than a calendar year in bans

April 2007 - 26 weeks - Eye gouging
March 2012 - 8 weeks - Biting
December 2012 - 2 weeks - Punch
May 2013 - 11 weeks - calling the ref a cheat
December 2014 - 3 weeks - Elbowing
May 2015 - 4 weeks - Headbutting

54 weeks in total.

[Chazza]

He's only a punch in the bollocks away from a 'things you are taught not to do as a kid' full house.

[RichC]

[Buzzo]

I'm already nervous about the Calcutta Cup.

I think rumours of England's demise have been greatly exaggerated. Basically as a team England controlled the majority of the game v Wales, and then ****ed themselves, were coming back into the game against Aus, and then lost discipline, so really only a few key phases away from progressing.

It feels like a huge game for us - can we get a win, consolidate and kick in after a decent World Cup, or do we go back to perennial underachievers who look like they should deliver more.

Discipline could be crucial, and a lack off from England would be nice I'm also intrigued to see how the packs square up, Aus dominated England and then we had a slight edge on the Aussie scrum in the WC.

Ugh. It's going to be brutal.id chose any other game than this to kick off a 6 nations.

[RichC]

We had a poor world cup but should have got through if not for some bloody daft game management.

I fully expect us to turn up and spank the Scots

[Gray]

Yeah, I can see us winning our away matches And losing the 2 home ones.

[Buzzo]

We had a poor world cup but should have got through if not for some bloody daft game management.

I fully expect us to turn up and spank the Scots

It wouldn't surprise me.

I (we) can only hope you are similarly disorganised in 2 weeks time, but I can't see Jones making the same selection decisions that Lancaster did. I'm quite positive about our team, and it's a young team too. But I'll be ****ing gutted if we lose to you lot. I think we proved in the WC that we can cross the line, and regularly in big matches, even that has seemed beyond us some years.

I'm still not really over the Aussie loss

[Boogs]

Hartley is going to be the target man to wind up for every opposition. He's bound to snap eventually especially when playing either Wales, Scotland or Ireland.

[Chazza]

He likes the French and Italians does he?

Or you planning for him to be banned in those games?

[Boogs]

He's to thick to understand what they are saying

[Chazza]

Fantasy Rugby this 6 nations then chaps?

[RichC]

Yeah let's do it

[ChesterDave]

Yep. Team is in progress having go the works league underway on Friday