if things work out on the job front, I may be offering sofa space for Croke Park games this season.

Game Over:
England lose Riki Flutey for RBS Six Nations opener against Wales

To be replaced by Flood. Wales centres will sleep easy for the next couple of days...

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/spo...cle7016423.ece

Italy without Parisse means that every opponent will sleep real easy... and we must have the oldest team of the tournament by a country mile... three of centuries of experience between them... i'm going to rome to watch the match against England and I think I'll be even more depressed than last year against Ireland...

Oooh, I don't know. England could run Italy close

you know what, I think they might... up to about the 60th minute when Italy (as usual) will decide that they can't be ars*d to play anymore and the floodgates will open... I've seen it many times before, I was there

yeah, its a shame about Italy but my Italian cousins are getting to know the sport and they just need the younger players to play in the tougher European leagues.
I see that the FIS could'nt agree terms with the Magners league to get two Italian teams into that competition.
Am hoping to get to the game in Rome aswell, but as always being half English and half Italian its a bugger to know who to cheer for

Come on Wales!Cymru an Byth

So was a good weekend of Rugby with the results as I thought they would be. Was hoping Scotland could have done better against France but I thought they would loose.

and what a match it was... very refreshing to see some good rugby after the disappointment of the Ireland-Italy match... not much to see in that one, mainly due to the fact that Italy decide to play in reverse gear. Let's hope for a better match on Sunday

Well, I can only think that the team reviewed my post and decided to prove me wrong

Borthwick had the best game I've seen him play in an English jersey - dominated the line-out, went forward, good tackles and a couple of ball steels, including one in the build up to a turnover and try (from memory).

Easter - drove forward everytime and visibly.

Care - still ruddy-well taking two steps before passing!

Still not sure about the back line. I didn't see that much of an impact, and what there was, was disjointed IMO. We didn't have them too panicked and scored the important 14 points when we had one man up (at least it was a clear foul). When Wales were getting back in the game, I was worried as England had been in such a dominant position but couldn't seem to live with the Welsh as they stepped up a gear... The final try, though, was a great effort, with runners in support and a beaut of a reverse pass by Tait - a rare sight for England fans [EDIT: rare sight = the runners in support and the pass ].

Positives:
1) we won
2) we seemed to have a plan
3) we seemed to execute that plan

Now we just have to play well again against the Italians - last time, I seem to recall we were pedestrian. Let's hope we move forward...

The question is, were England bad or Wales good?

Looking back on the weekend, to me only England And France seemed to impress. Ireland looks decidedly rusty against a poor Italian team, Wales showed some sparks against England, but their lineout was abysmal and the yellow card was just plain stupid. I think losing Flutey may have disrupted the back line fluency for the English, but can't argue with the peformance of the pack, I thought the back row were excellent. France looked ominous, and were only denied a big score by some Scottish guts. Is Bastiraud the next Lomu?

Hi all,

I am popping over to ticino at the weekend and was wondering where i could watch the 6nations.

Thanks

Predictions for the weekend?

Wales by 15
France by 5
England by 10

There will be no grand slam this year. Will finish a 2 way tie at the top with France involved - decided on point difference.

England were not great, and Wales were inept for the most part.

Scotland win by 5
France win by 15
England win by 20

Hi I will be in Grindelwald on 27 Feb and definately want to see England stuff Ireland!

Anyone know of any bars in Grindelwald or Interlaken that will show the match?

Thanks!

prepare to be massively dissapointed

I will be if I don't find a pub to watch it!

I'm going for
Wales by 6
Irelany by 3 or France by 15 (either it'll be low scoring and tight, or they'll open up)
England by 21

As for England vs Ireland - I'll wait 'til after the weekend.

Last year (?) England started strong but were dire against Italy... so if England can put in two positive performances I think it shows possibility...