UKC

So now that the mighty Scotland have given The Wallabies a damned fine thrashing how will the other Home Nations fare at the weekend....................?

My predictions


All Blacks v Ireland All Blacks to win by miles

Australia v Wales Wales to win for the first time in years

South Africa v England England to sneak it in a close match



Other predictions are available.

In reply to coinneach: Nope, I think you've got that about right. No other predictions required.

In reply to coinneach: Normal viewing to resume, Ireland stuffed, Wales to suffer the backlash and England to get a rude awakening.

In reply to Horse:

Spoken like true Englihman. Probably right though

In reply to Horse:

Ireland stuffed .............probably

Wales backlash............. well if WE can beat them.......

South Africa.............. 3 x new caps, new coach and England seem to be building momentum.

In reply to coinneach: Got the first one right, next up the Boyos.

In reply to Horse:

and the second and third.

The last two a bit closer than I expected.

In reply to Horse:

Wales not as good as they think they are.................

England close but the Springboks will get better..........

Ireland blown away.............

At least the mighty Scotland can fly the flag for the NH

In reply to coinneach:

Round 2.

I doubt anyone will get up at 3.00am to see the 2nd division match but one would expect The Skirts to extend the unbeaten run to a mighty 2.

No doubt an 08.30 breakfast for the Irish will be a meagre affair, should be a rout by New Zealand.

Morning coffee arrives with the Boyos trying to prove (yet again) they are not chokers against decent opposition, another fail beckons before lunch is served.

Tea time and The Hype are opting for Plan B against the Saffers, probably the same result as Plan A.

Come beer o'clock and there is the potentially rather interesting ding dong between Los Pumas and the French. Should see a clean sweep for the South.

In reply to coinneach:

Good summary of the standout players thus far:

http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,3559_7806419,00.html

and not all of them SH.

In reply to coinneach: I saw Wales play the Brumbies here in Canberra the other day. Not a great match but worth seeing, and at least we won.

I've got great tickets for the Wales vs Aus match at Sydney. If we beat them tonight at Melbourne , Sydney will be the series decider!!


Cymru am byth!!

In reply to coinneach: Ireland leading 10-9 at the break!

In reply to Morgan Woods: 19-19 with 10 mins left!

In reply to coinneach:

19-19 9 mins to go, abs down to 14 men.

come on Ireland!!!

In reply to Postmanpat:

Shit 22-19 ABs

In reply to coinneach:

I'm watching the Welsh match.

Do people want updates?

In reply to MJ: Welsh looking good at 7-0

In reply to Morgan Woods:

Wales are certainly playing with conviction.

In reply to MJ:

Boyos certainly off to a flyer, hopefully they can keep it going.

Live commentary is available on BBC Wales via:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/18240571

In reply to Horse:

I'm watching it via live stream.

In reply to MJ:

Got a link?

In reply to Horse:

http://www.venturetv.me/channel4.php

That's a direct copy of the URL address I'm watching the game on.

In reply to coinneach: 13-7 to Oz at the break.

In reply to MJ:

Cheers, up and running for the second half.

In reply to coinneach: 14-13 now to wales

In reply to Morgan Woods:

Game on, good speed from Davies.

In reply to Horse: 17-16 to wales!

In reply to Morgan Woods:

Lets hope they can make the extra man count, ship it wide at speed.

In reply to coinneach: 20-19 wales!

In reply to Horse: Nah Oz back in front.

In reply to Morgan Woods:

Wales are playing The Bin very badly. They need to keep the ball not kick it away, contrast with Australia.

Mind you good to see the Aus scrum is still crap.

In reply to Morgan Woods: Wales with a shot to make it 23-22

In reply to Morgan Woods:

Phew, that was a heart stopper!

In reply to Morgan Woods:

Halfpenny really is a class act.

In reply to Horse:

The clock is red...

In reply to Morgan Woods: Oz win on the buzzer!

In reply to MJ:

Bugger!

In reply to MJ:

Oh FFS!

In reply to coinneach: Crying in the valleys!

In reply to Horse: I do sympathise.

In reply to Morgan Woods:

Last hope is The Hype can pull off an unlikely win in Jburg later this afternoon.

In reply to Horse:

Still, big improvements over last week from Ireland & Wales.

In reply to Horse: Yet again the Scots show how it's done.

In reply to coinneach:
Why the hell did priest land kick it to the issues with 90 seconds left? He should watch some tapes of Munster holding a lead.

In reply to Postmanpat:

Quite, they need to learn that the ball is their special friend and keep hold the thing or put it into touch way down the ground.

In reply to Horse:

Working this morning so recorded the Irish match................thanks to the commentator on Aus v wales who practically told us the score..........Tosser!

But excellent performances from Ireland and Wales but both gave their games away at the end.

The mighty Scotland with Tim MacVisser can hold their heads up high.

Hopefully England can too..............at least they can say that they're rebuilding!

In reply to coinneach:

Here we go, The Park looks it's usual intimidating venue.

In reply to Horse: Two tries down already.

http://www.vipbox.tv/watch/56265/1/south-africa-vs-england--live-stream-onl...

live stream you'll need to close a few boxes (the big X usually opens use the small x)

In reply to Horse:

Cricket score beckons unless they get and keep the ball.

In reply to Alan Taylor:


Game over.

In reply to Horse:
uh oh looking pretty ominous. wasn't expecting/hoping for this!

In reply to aligibb:

I expected in the last 20 not the first 20 minutes.

In reply to Paul Bowen:
Cheers for that

In reply to Horse:

Quality comedy moments supplied by a combination of ref & front row!

In reply to coinneach:

Genuine Benny Hill stuff.

In reply to Horse:

Quick ball and quick thinking, always a good combination.

In reply to Horse: They don't appear to like it up 'em, Mr Mainwaring...

In reply to coinneach: Getting closer...

In reply to Oceanrower:

Really good 2nd half by England.

In reply to coinneach: Brave effort in second half but still struggling to match S. Hemisphere power. Some good opportunism from Youngs.

In reply to coinneach:

But nowhere near good enough. England had the foot on the throat and then took it off. Key moments were the drop from the restart and Youngs being bundled backwards despite the Saffers scrum being stuffed.

In reply to Horse: That Youngs thing was a huge turning point - could have easily been a pen in front of the posts and instead they end up in their own 22.

In reply to coinneach:

2 of the 3 rugby nations won, the 3rd seems to have met some interesting refereeing.

In reply to Kipper:

2 of the 3 rugby nations won, the 3rd seems to have met some interesting refereeing.

Read your post a few times now. Think I must be a bit stupid, as I don't know what you mean.

In reply to coinneach:


http://www.vipbox.tv/watch/57401/3/new-zealand-vs-ireland--live-stream-onli...

Here's the live stream link again for any one wanting to watch.

Wales lost by a point 20 -19
Ireland stuffed 60 - 0

England play this afternoon

In reply to Paul Bowen:

Oh yeah.....?

Another Scottish victory not worth the mention then...?

In reply to coinneach:

Sorry.....

and Scotland beat Samoa by a point

In reply to Paul Bowen:

Don't often get to type "Scottish" and "Victory" in the same sentence

Game about to start

In reply to Paul Bowen:

Good scrum and a good penalty for England, I doubt it will last.

3 - 0 england

3 points each SA penalty

try england

In reply to Paul Bowen:

Good try

In reply to Horse:

What is it with the English donkeys, they can't seem to catch. Even Monty could have pouched that restart.

8 - 6 to england SA just scored penalty

9 - 8 to SA another penalty

half time 9 - 8 SA

11 - 9 to england penalty

Hartley sin binned

try SA

14 each england penalty

14 - 14 final score

In reply to Paul Bowen:

Only one of the real 3 lost again.

Wales need to get their act together

Good show by England, but listening to the first half it sounded like they should have done better.

Scotland seem to be making progress but it's a big step up to the next division.

In reply to Kipper:
They should have done much better but kept doing dumb things.