6-Nations 2010

[AndyHB]

Have seen some tedious games of rugby in my time, and the opening Ireland:Italy match in this year's 6-Nations has to count among them.  What on earth has happened to the Irish flair of the last year or two?

[clockman]

It didn't get any better either... - Ireland did win (as expected), - but frankly had it been any other team in opposition I doubt they would have.

[clockman]

Well - I don't know if you were watching the England-Wales match Andy (and are hiding/drowning your sorrow because they were beaten!) but it WAS a far better match. Mind you, it would have been hard for it not to be... The last two tries were both fantastic - one to Wales & one to England. I think the first try probably would not have happened if the ref hadn't made a mistake, but there you go. It made for a far more realistic score, and a better match as it kept Wales in contention score-wise...

[Vic VDB]

A good England -Wales game indeed (and a good result too if you're not Welsh! Sorry Andy).

Watching highlights of Italy game - didn't see any

Hey Ho - we're under way.

[AndyHB]

Well - I don't know if you were watching the England-Wales match Andy (and are hiding/drowning your sorrow because they were beaten!) ...

But my team won, 30-17.  If I wasn't too ill to go to church this morning, I'd be wearing my England rugby shirt there with pride.

I think my chief concern - despite our winning - was some very weird referring decisions.  If Alan Wyn-Jones deserved to be sin-binned for his trip, what about Ryan Jones' cynical kicking out at Wilkinson (IIRC) earlier in the half, or Shaw's 'tackle' of a Welsh defender that opened the gate for England's 2nd try?

In fact, England could have had a try-scoring opportunity midway through the first half (at a 5m scrum IIRC) only for the referee to penalise one of the England players for something that even Eddie Butler (staunch Welsh supporter) pointed out in the commentary hadn't occurred!!

[clockman]

There were indeed some pretty weird decisions from that ref - but I think they cut both ways. In the end I think the score was a reasonable reflection of the game.