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Just to test my powers of prediction I though I'd write it down now....
England v Italy.....England by 40 points
Scotland v Wales....Wales by 10 points
Ireland v France....us by 7 points
England v Italy.....England by 40 points
Scotland v Wales....Wales by 10 points
Ireland v France....us by 7 points
In reply to Conchur O Riain:
Yep thats what i would say too although poss wales to win by a few more and england a few less
Yep thats what i would say too although poss wales to win by a few more and england a few less
In reply to Conchur O Riain:
I hate to say it, but i have a horrible feeling about Ire vs Fra. If wonder boy is out as well, it will be even worse.
I think france by 1-7.
I hate to say it, but i have a horrible feeling about Ire vs Fra. If wonder boy is out as well, it will be even worse.
I think france by 1-7.
In reply to Conchur O Riain:
I would agree on the first 2.
However the Ireland/France game is going to be a damn close match.
If France turn up i think they will take it by 2
I would agree on the first 2.
However the Ireland/France game is going to be a damn close match.
If France turn up i think they will take it by 2
In reply to wilding:
O'Driscoll is rated 50/50 to take part. Shane Horgan has made a dramatic recovery and is included which is a huge boost. D'Arcy is fine. Only other injury concern for us is Stringer, but we have plenty of cover for him....I think we can beat them but we do seem to have an inferiority complex when it comes to playing the French
O'Driscoll is rated 50/50 to take part. Shane Horgan has made a dramatic recovery and is included which is a huge boost. D'Arcy is fine. Only other injury concern for us is Stringer, but we have plenty of cover for him....I think we can beat them but we do seem to have an inferiority complex when it comes to playing the French
In reply to Conchur O Riain:
But it is a CROKE Park isn't it? That has to be a bonus if its full ...
But it is a CROKE Park isn't it? That has to be a bonus if its full ...
In reply to nz Cragrat:
True, 82,500 capacity, I just hope the lads can handle the pressure of the occasion!!
> (In reply to Conchur O Riain)
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> But it is a CROKE Park isn't it? That has to be a bonus if its full ...
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> But it is a CROKE Park isn't it? That has to be a bonus if its full ...
True, 82,500 capacity, I just hope the lads can handle the pressure of the occasion!!
In reply to Conchur O Riain:
Personally I think it will be hard to call and the first real indication of how the top 2 European teams are shaping up for the RWC.
Personally I think it will be hard to call and the first real indication of how the top 2 European teams are shaping up for the RWC.
In reply to nz Cragrat:
Nice, i bet you get some bites on that line
Nice, i bet you get some bites on that line
In reply to Graham T:
No doubt he will, but it's not exactly controversial. Last year's 6 nations champs and the current 'form' team.
No doubt he will, but it's not exactly controversial. Last year's 6 nations champs and the current 'form' team.
In reply to DougG:
The statement is true, but someone will probably bite.
I still think the Ireland/France game is going to be very close
The statement is true, but someone will probably bite.
I still think the Ireland/France game is going to be very close
In reply to Conchur O Riain:
I don't think England will beat the Italians by 40+ points - maybe 10-12.
Wales to beat the Scots by 20+
France to beat the Irish - narrowly
I don't think England will beat the Italians by 40+ points - maybe 10-12.
Wales to beat the Scots by 20+
France to beat the Irish - narrowly
In reply to Conchur O Riain:
And as it's the first match at croke park that means O'Driscoll would have to be on crutches to not play!
As a measure of my confidence he's staying in my fantasy XV team.
And as it's the first match at croke park that means O'Driscoll would have to be on crutches to not play!
As a measure of my confidence he's staying in my fantasy XV team.
In reply to Conchur O Riain:
My heart and will go to the French team of course, but they will have to iron out their hesitation and mistakes. Does anyone know if Skrella will play?
My heart and will go to the French team of course, but they will have to iron out their hesitation and mistakes. Does anyone know if Skrella will play?
In reply to Conchur O Riain:
I'll go with England by a good few, I doubt it will 40, the other two could well be close.
Home advantage counts for much in the 6N, no doubt Scotland will sneak ahead while the Welsh recover from the pre-match nonsense. Whether they win will depend on the fitness of the Welsh flyers.
The big one is in Dublin. Time for the Irish to stand up and show they are not bottlers. They have a terrible blind spot when it comes to France, I'll go with the locals by one score. The loss of Stringer could be a distinct bonus.
I'll go with England by a good few, I doubt it will 40, the other two could well be close.
Home advantage counts for much in the 6N, no doubt Scotland will sneak ahead while the Welsh recover from the pre-match nonsense. Whether they win will depend on the fitness of the Welsh flyers.
The big one is in Dublin. Time for the Irish to stand up and show they are not bottlers. They have a terrible blind spot when it comes to France, I'll go with the locals by one score. The loss of Stringer could be a distinct bonus.
In reply to Conchur O Riain: Shane Horgan is back for the french, i reckon 10 points at least to us
In reply to Horse:
The French are using the 6N as a try out for the WC so the team is quite different to the one that beat italy. Who knows how they will play?
I think Ireland will shade it if O'Driscoll is fit, if not, they will go down.
I think Boss deserves a go at 9, never been overly impressed with stringer apart from that tap tackle he did on dan luger a few years back.
The French are using the 6N as a try out for the WC so the team is quite different to the one that beat italy. Who knows how they will play?
I think Ireland will shade it if O'Driscoll is fit, if not, they will go down.
I think Boss deserves a go at 9, never been overly impressed with stringer apart from that tap tackle he did on dan luger a few years back.
In reply to JB: Yep the garlic munchers have made a few changes to a winning team that could be their downfall.
As for predictions:
England by 10-20
Wales by a few (not many - could be close)
Ire-Fra - not sure, I wasn't overly impressed with Ireland last week, but then surely they won't play as badly again? If France can get at O'Gara then they will be in with a real chance.
As for predictions:
England by 10-20
Wales by a few (not many - could be close)
Ire-Fra - not sure, I wasn't overly impressed with Ireland last week, but then surely they won't play as badly again? If France can get at O'Gara then they will be in with a real chance.
In reply to MJH:
Hilarious article in the torygraph today reporting on the Scotland team announcement/press confernce. Apparently, according to Mr Hadden the game at HQ last week featured a star performance by a fly half, not the one in white (clearly he had a modest game) but the one in blue who played a blinder. In fact Parks was so good he has been dropped, presumably to give the Boyos a chance. Are Hadden, and for that matter Patterson, in denial or just delusional?
Hilarious article in the torygraph today reporting on the Scotland team announcement/press confernce. Apparently, according to Mr Hadden the game at HQ last week featured a star performance by a fly half, not the one in white (clearly he had a modest game) but the one in blue who played a blinder. In fact Parks was so good he has been dropped, presumably to give the Boyos a chance. Are Hadden, and for that matter Patterson, in denial or just delusional?
In reply to Conchur O Riain:
Agree with all apart from Wales - gave an excellent Irish side a real run for their money. If they had a couple of finishers on the pitch (Shane Williams was injured) it could have been different. If they take that form to Scotland a very poor Scottish side could get thumped. The standard of the Scots was the main reason England looked so good. Mind you Jonnies performance was still amazing - even managed to blind a video ref with his aura!!
Agree with all apart from Wales - gave an excellent Irish side a real run for their money. If they had a couple of finishers on the pitch (Shane Williams was injured) it could have been different. If they take that form to Scotland a very poor Scottish side could get thumped. The standard of the Scots was the main reason England looked so good. Mind you Jonnies performance was still amazing - even managed to blind a video ref with his aura!!
In reply to Conchur O Riain: England will win the 6 nations providing Johnny and Jason stay fit.
In reply to Conchur O Riain:
you don't explain if you ("us") are French or Irish?
> Just to test my powers of prediction I though I'd write it down now....
> Ireland v France....us by 7 points
you don't explain if you ("us") are French or Irish?
In reply to johnsdowens: I would have thought his name gave the game away!
In reply to Conchur O Riain:
I think England will win well against Italy - not sure 40 points but 30+.
Wales to win well vs Scotland - 20 points.
Ireland / France very hard to call - I'd say a few points either way - I'll go for France.
I think England will win well against Italy - not sure 40 points but 30+.
Wales to win well vs Scotland - 20 points.
Ireland / France very hard to call - I'd say a few points either way - I'll go for France.
In reply to Conchur O Riain:
I think Wales will win too, England again yes most definatly but probably by a 100 points when you look how Italy are playing!
Ireland and France I think will be too close to call, they played well against Wales but their defense is a bit dodgy this year and France were hot!!
Wales ofcourse though will win hehe
Cymru am Byth!!!
Simz
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I think Wales will win too, England again yes most definatly but probably by a 100 points when you look how Italy are playing!
Ireland and France I think will be too close to call, they played well against Wales but their defense is a bit dodgy this year and France were hot!!
Wales ofcourse though will win hehe
Cymru am Byth!!!
Simz
xxx
In reply to Conchur O Riain:
Does that take account of the Walsh factor. I see Eddie has have to give Sir some advice.
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> Ireland v France....us by 7 points
> Ireland v France....us by 7 points
Does that take account of the Walsh factor. I see Eddie has have to give Sir some advice.
In reply to Horse:
errr, only after the ref said that he would be targeting the Irish at the breakdown. Impartial???
errr, only after the ref said that he would be targeting the Irish at the breakdown. Impartial???
In reply to wilding: Hopefully, unlike the dreadful Man in Stripes at the Arms Park last week. Irish infringing all over, a tackle of a runner without the ball, preventing a near certain try, etc, etc...
Ifs don;t count, but it could have been a very different score with the Welsh getting the rub of the ref.
England to get a scare.
Wales by a WIDE margin.
France to spoil the Bogtrotters party in a tight, nervy match...
TTG
Ifs don;t count, but it could have been a very different score with the Welsh getting the rub of the ref.
England to get a scare.
Wales by a WIDE margin.
France to spoil the Bogtrotters party in a tight, nervy match...
TTG
In reply to Conchur O Riain:
Slight hijack here, but as its rugby based im sure you wont mind.
http://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=226358
Slight hijack here, but as its rugby based im sure you wont mind.
http://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=226358
In reply to O Mighty Tim:
The Vole called earlier about watching in a pub on sunday. You have been warned.
Looks like the Scots are getting into a tiz again, Paterson saying the Welsh are cheats. Get your excuses in early I say.
The Vole called earlier about watching in a pub on sunday. You have been warned.
Looks like the Scots are getting into a tiz again, Paterson saying the Welsh are cheats. Get your excuses in early I say.
In reply to Conchur O Riain: I know it's controversial, but I think the Scots have a lot more to give than they did at Twickenham. They went at it hammer and tongs, but were contained by the English, who ground them down, denied them scores off good attacks and got the rub of the green from the ref, video ref etc.
On the other hand, the Welsh and the Irish tore into each other in spectacular style, then the Welsh ran out of steam.
I think they will have their heads up at home and will test Wales. Scotland by a squeak.
The French team last week was a tester and the only player who confirmed his place was Chabal. Their lineout was a shambles and if they have n't sorted that out, the Irish will destroy them. That being said, they will be up for this game and they "have to" win it. France by 3-8 points.
England will be complacent, no matter what Vickery says. The Italians will give them a fright early on, but the machine will grind on. England by 30 points.
On the other hand, the Welsh and the Irish tore into each other in spectacular style, then the Welsh ran out of steam.
I think they will have their heads up at home and will test Wales. Scotland by a squeak.
The French team last week was a tester and the only player who confirmed his place was Chabal. Their lineout was a shambles and if they have n't sorted that out, the Irish will destroy them. That being said, they will be up for this game and they "have to" win it. France by 3-8 points.
England will be complacent, no matter what Vickery says. The Italians will give them a fright early on, but the machine will grind on. England by 30 points.
In reply to Horse the Scotbaiter:
There's a wee Q&A session going on at the BBC's website with Chris Cussiter. Maybe you could get his angle on it.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/scottish/6343773.stm
slug
There's a wee Q&A session going on at the BBC's website with Chris Cussiter. Maybe you could get his angle on it.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/scottish/6343773.stm
slug
In reply to Slugain Howff:
He was far too restrained in commenting on the Guscott asertion regarding tries, he didn't even manage the word "knob".
Anyway the big news on the BBC site is that BOD and Stringer are out of the Irish team. Looks like I might have to rejig my fantasy XV.
He was far too restrained in commenting on the Guscott asertion regarding tries, he didn't even manage the word "knob".
Anyway the big news on the BBC site is that BOD and Stringer are out of the Irish team. Looks like I might have to rejig my fantasy XV.
In reply to Horse:
They don't seem to be too upset at the loss of Stringer who they say is easily replaced. I hope he has thick skin too.
They don't seem to be too upset at the loss of Stringer who they say is easily replaced. I hope he has thick skin too.
In reply to Slugain Howff:
I bet they find the loss of the worlds best centre a bit more troublesome.
I bet they find the loss of the worlds best centre a bit more troublesome.
In reply to Horse:
Oh arse! Now I need to go and do some more research about who to replace him with. What makes it worse is the 4 players from one country rule, requires far too much brain power to work it all out!
Oh arse! Now I need to go and do some more research about who to replace him with. What makes it worse is the 4 players from one country rule, requires far too much brain power to work it all out!
In reply to Katie Weston:
Not that I want to give away my cunning tactics but you could do a lot worse than a straight swap with Horgan.
Not that I want to give away my cunning tactics but you could do a lot worse than a straight swap with Horgan.
In reply to Horse:
Oooh bugger, I went with Hickie instead. Just had to do a major rejig to get Jason Robinson in, I reckon the England Italy match will be the only one where there are lots of tries so it seems daft to leave him out...
I could be eating my words on Monday though!
Oooh bugger, I went with Hickie instead. Just had to do a major rejig to get Jason Robinson in, I reckon the England Italy match will be the only one where there are lots of tries so it seems daft to leave him out...
I could be eating my words on Monday though!
In reply to Katie Weston:
Hickie is not a bad call.
I left out both Robinson and Dominici last week and gambled on Lamont and the Irish. It didn't pay off. Should I stick or twist?
Hickie is not a bad call.
I left out both Robinson and Dominici last week and gambled on Lamont and the Irish. It didn't pay off. Should I stick or twist?
In reply to Horse:
Lamont is a quick and strong player but he has weaker players inside him and is not going to get enough good ball to score loads of tries.
Hickie always nabs a few and is worth a punt.
Lamont is a quick and strong player but he has weaker players inside him and is not going to get enough good ball to score loads of tries.
Hickie always nabs a few and is worth a punt.
In reply to PK: The Welsh ran out of steam? Come on, I had a Mr.O'Rourke watching, and even HE claimed the Irish "got away with it", as the Welsh kept hammering away the full 80 minutes...
The Scots are in for a kicking.
TTG
The Scots are in for a kicking.
TTG
In reply to Horse: Bugger, hadn't thought of that. I have BOD as a token, now he's not even worth that!
Oh hell, who IS available this weekend? Is Henson back from the bench yet?
TTG
Oh hell, who IS available this weekend? Is Henson back from the bench yet?
TTG
In reply to Horse:
Twist I reckon, it's what I've done anyway. I've used up all my transfers for this week doing it as well!
The Italy England match seems the only one that's not going to be close, but then again if Ireland win it will be due to some good performances from the Irish lads. So.....
stick if you reckon Ireland will win, decisions, decisions!
Twist I reckon, it's what I've done anyway. I've used up all my transfers for this week doing it as well!
The Italy England match seems the only one that's not going to be close, but then again if Ireland win it will be due to some good performances from the Irish lads. So.....
stick if you reckon Ireland will win, decisions, decisions!
Well O'Driscoll is ruled out, that, coupled with the fact that most people on here seem to think Ireland will lose (if it is in anyway representative of public opinion)....restores us to our role of underdog....therefore it is sure to be an historic victory for the Irish in Croke Park!
In reply to Conchur O Riain: Ireland Vs France; I'll bet France wins..
In reply to Conchur O Riain:
So how wrong can you be eh?
I think you'll find it was Scotland by 11 points.
never mind. It looks like none of your predictions were right and you only managed to pick one winner and that was against Italy. don't take up betting.
So how wrong can you be eh?
I think you'll find it was Scotland by 11 points.
never mind. It looks like none of your predictions were right and you only managed to pick one winner and that was against Italy. don't take up betting.
In reply to Jason Kirk:
Well thanks for that spiteful little rant there Jason, kicking a man when he's down n all that...
Well thanks for that spiteful little rant there Jason, kicking a man when he's down n all that...
In reply to all: I hate to say, "I told you so." But, erm, I told you so - well all except about the Eng v It match.
Who wants to know what's going to happen in round 3.
. . . and DAMN, I did n't bet on my own predictions.
Who wants to know what's going to happen in round 3.
. . . and DAMN, I did n't bet on my own predictions.
> (In reply to Conchur O Riain) I know it's controversial, but I think the Scots have a lot more to give than they did at Twickenham. They went at it hammer and tongs, but were contained by the English, who ground them down, denied them scores off good attacks and got the rub of the green from the ref, video ref etc.
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> On the other hand, the Welsh and the Irish tore into each other in spectacular style, then the Welsh ran out of steam.
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> I think they will have their heads up at home and will test Wales. Scotland by a squeak.
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> The French team last week was a tester and the only player who confirmed his place was Chabal. Their lineout was a shambles and if they have n't sorted that out, the Irish will destroy them. That being said, they will be up for this game and they "have to" win it. France by 3-8 points.
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> England will be complacent, no matter what Vickery says. The Italians will give them a fright early on, but the machine will grind on. England by 30 points.
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> On the other hand, the Welsh and the Irish tore into each other in spectacular style, then the Welsh ran out of steam.
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> I think they will have their heads up at home and will test Wales. Scotland by a squeak.
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> The French team last week was a tester and the only player who confirmed his place was Chabal. Their lineout was a shambles and if they have n't sorted that out, the Irish will destroy them. That being said, they will be up for this game and they "have to" win it. France by 3-8 points.
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> England will be complacent, no matter what Vickery says. The Italians will give them a fright early on, but the machine will grind on. England by 30 points.
In reply to PK:
And the Scotland-Wales one. Scotland pissed it!
> I hate to say, "I told you so." But, erm, I told you so - well all except about the Eng v It match.
And the Scotland-Wales one. Scotland pissed it!
In reply to DougG: OK OK, but I think I was the only one who even predicted that they would win!
In reply to Horse: No, I'm in shock. So when did the Welsh take French Lessons? They just totally failed to turn up.
Ho hum. 2005 seems even longer away now.
TTG (Who has to admit to being a tad happy at the Croke Park score though)
Ho hum. 2005 seems even longer away now.
TTG (Who has to admit to being a tad happy at the Croke Park score though)
In reply to O Mighty Tim:
So will you be up for England for the next one in Croker?
> TTG (Who has to admit to being a tad happy at the Croke Park score though)
So will you be up for England for the next one in Croker?
In reply to Conchur O Riain: I intend to be a VERY neutral observer for that one!
In reply to O Mighty Tim:
well I'm pretty confident most of your countrymen will be supporting the green that day. I can certainly say that EVERY Irish person will be shouting Wales on..
> (In reply to Conchur O Riain) I intend to be a VERY neutral observer for that one!
well I'm pretty confident most of your countrymen will be supporting the green that day. I can certainly say that EVERY Irish person will be shouting Wales on..
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