The Rugby Thread

[ric.williams]

league is pretty easy to follow. its basically british bulldogs with a ball

[Scratch]

Got to agree, the rules in League are simple and it makes for a great spectator sport...if you struggle to follow League I wouldn't even bother with the big group hug that is Union.

[TheElephantMan]

The rules in league aren't simple. Almost every passage of play requires explanation and it gets tedious for explainer and explainee after a while.

[ric.williams]

Originally Posted by Scratch

Got to agree, the rules in League are simple and it makes for a great spectator sport...if you struggle to follow League I wouldn't even bother with the big group hug that is Union.

been going for two years now. its fantastic sport to go watch. i love finishing work on a friday and going the evening game

i went to Leicester tigers v harlequins to try a union match. much prefered league but i will try to watch more games to give it a fair go

[rodo]

Originally Posted by ric.williams

been going for two years now. its fantastic sport to go watch. i love finishing work on a friday and going the evening game

i went to Leicester tigers v harlequins to try a union match. much prefered league but i will try to watch more games to give it a fair go

league is a game for wools

[ric.williams]

Originally Posted by rodo

league is a game for wools

you should see the state of some of the saints/wigan fans

[rodo]

Originally Posted by ric.williams

you should see the state of some of the saints/wigan fans

i can imagine mate

[Liverpel]

Great finish to the Sale v Munster match.

[Chazza]

Johnny May

[RichC]

A cracking start

[RichC]

Arghhhhhhh Brown with butter fingers

[Chazza]

Fuck!

Could have done with that score.

[RichC]

All Blacks will come back at us always do

[Chazza]

And there it is.

[Chazza]

After a decent start its gone very average.

[Chazza]

And that's the end of that.

[Chazza]

Decent run of form for Ireland and a great result today.

[RichC]

Cracking result for them, that first half was superb to watch

Best of the northern hemisphere teams at the moment

[Zapater]

The first half was crazy, particularly the first 20 min or so.

I'm really surprised, they're not that great on paper - good but not amazing but those results and performances are massive. It must be said that Australia are in transition and South Africa had a very poor game, but you can't take that away them.

[RichC]

3rd In the world at the moment, I'm surprised as I'd have thought with all the changes they'd be struggling but you can't knock the results or the teams they're doing it against.

[Chazza]

Over to the Wales game which is getting a bit tasty.

[Chazza]

And now over to England who's is an utter shambles early doors.

[RichC]

At least Ford has stuck his first points on the board

[Chazza]

Looked forward that.

[RichC]

Yeah looked a bit dodgy thought there was a dump tackle as well

[ChesterDave]

Looks like anyone at the Saints Tigers game today got good value for their ticket price

[Chazza]

Owen Farrell ruled out of the six nations.

[RichC]

Could see a Ciprini recall

[Chazza]

Between him and Myler.

Guess it depends if they want something different to Ford which would give Myler the edge.

[RichC]

Indeed.

Got tickets to the France game

[Chazza]

Your usual prawn sandwich affair?

[RichC]

Nah mates got them as lives in Twickenham

One doesn't eat prawn sandwiches either dear !!

[RichC]

I didn't realise we had such bad injury problems at the moment.

Ben Foden (knee - out for season), Manu Tuilagi (groin - could return next month), Kyle Eastmond (shoulder - will miss first Six Nations match), Brad Barritt (knee - will miss first Six Nations match), Owen Farrell (knee - out for whole Six Nations), Dan Cole (ankle - could return in next two weeks), Joe Launchbury (neck - could be fit by April), Courtney Lawes (ankle - could return mid-late February), Geoff Parling (knee - will miss opening Six Nations match), Ed Slater (knee - could be fit by April), Tom Wood (ankle - will miss first Six Nations match), Ben Morgan (leg - out for season).

[Boogs]

It's fucking tremendous timing as you lot play Wales the first game

Hope we give you one helleva beating

[RichC]

Fucking isn't

[Chazza]

Poxy Welsh!

Get Burgess in to steam roll over em

[Chazza]

Cipriani and Easter in the 25 to face Wales.

England squad to face Wales:
Forwards: Dave Attwood (Bath Rugby), Kieran Brookes (Newcastle Falcons), Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers), Tom Croft (Leicester Tigers), Nick Easter (Harlequins), Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints), James Haskell (Wasps), George Kruis (Saracens), Joe Marler (Harlequins), Chris Robshaw (Harlequins, captain), Henry Thomas (Bath Rugby) Mako Vunipola (Saracens), Billy Vunipola (Saracens), Tom Youngs (Leicester Tigers)

Backs: Mike Brown (Harlequins), Luther Burrell (Northampton Saints), Danny Cipriani (Sale Sharks), George Ford (Bath Rugby), Jonathan Joseph (Bath Rugby), Jonny May (Gloucester Rugby), Jack Nowell (Exeter Chiefs), Billy Twelvetrees (Gloucester Rugby), Anthony Watson (Bath Rugby), Richard Wigglesworth (Saracens), Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers)

[Boogs]

Full of arrogant pricks but not as many arrogant pricks as there normally would be

[Chazza]

Got the Welsh flags ready for Friday?

[Boogs]

I have my voice and it will be in fine form