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So, it's that time of year again. I'm not a huge rugby fan, but I love watching International games and I never miss a Scotland match if I can help it.

 

I have a feeling that Ireland and Wales will be the two dominant teams again this year, they showed they were a step ahead of the other teams last year and I don't think it'll be any different this time around. Ireland to win it overall imo.

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Liverpool derby for me today, Soccer Saturday, then the England v Wales egg chasing then UFC 2am until 6am. But need a trip to pick up a few beers before long. :D

 

I would do the Mersey Derby but I'm sat at home feeling rough and haven't got Sky Sports, only SSN, so the day goes:

 

Ireland vs Italy

Soccer Saturday

England vs Wales

leave the sofa and head out to dinner with the missus

Match of the Day

Football League Show

 

I think Mikey's right though, can't really see past Ireland. Wales aren't at the level they were at last year and we're too inexperienced.

 

I'd love to be proved wrong though as we've got some exciting players in the squad.

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What a crap game that was

 

Not the best start to the tournament, but Ireland played a seriously understrength 15 with the inclusion of a few star players (O'Gara, O'Driscoll, Wallace) and they ran the game. Paddy Wallace looked good when he came on too. England - Wales isn't shaping up to be that much better either.

 

Hopefully Scotland - France tomorrow will be a good game, and I anticipate that it will be. Scotland have got a point to prove after only narrowly avoiding last place in 2009, and Andy Robinson has FINALLY included Chris Paterson in the squad, a player who Frank Hadden overlooked time and time again, yet is easily Scotland's best player imo. Just a shame i'm at work when it's on tomorrow! :mad:

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Not the best start to the tournament, but Ireland played a seriously understrength 15 with the inclusion of a few star players (O'Gara, O'Driscoll, Wallace) and they ran the game. Paddy Wallace looked good when he came on too. England - Wales isn't shaping up to be that much better either.

 

Hopefully Scotland - France tomorrow will be a good game, and I anticipate that it will be. Scotland have got a point to prove after only narrowly avoiding last place in 2009, and Andy Robinson has FINALLY included Chris Paterson in the squad, a player who Frank Hadden overlooked time and time again, yet is easily Scotland's best player imo. Just a shame i'm at work when it's on tomorrow! :mad:

 

That is true, however the speed that O`Leary releases the ball from the scrum is bordering on paint drying......He really ****es me off.....Paddy Wallace did make a marked improving .

Eng/Wal was a bit better, thought Eng should have won by more.....A marked improvement from the autumn efforts..... would be nice to see the Scots beat the French.....Think that will be a massive step to far....We will see though

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Scotland 9 France 18 FT

 

Looks like another dross year for us Scots despite early promise. Can't see us beating Wales next week either if we play like that against bloody France. Only decent players were Paterson, Lamont and Beattie, rest of the team was seriously cack. The main problem with the Scottish team is that we haven't got any players capable of scoring tries on a regular basis, and all of our points come from Paterson. Defensively we're okay, it's just on the offence that we seriously struggle to make an impact. I just wish we had a player in the Delon Armitage mould who can take the ball and zip past opposition players with it. That's something Andy Robinson has to look at if we want to avoid coming last this year.

 

That is true, however the speed that O`Leary releases the ball from the scrum is bordering on paint drying......He really ****es me off.....Paddy Wallace did make a marked improving .

Eng/Wal was a bit better, thought Eng should have won by more.....A marked improvement from the autumn efforts..... would be nice to see the Scots beat the French.....Think that will be a massive step to far....We will see though

 

Agreed, O'Leary is like an OAP in the scrum, but he took his chance well for the try and he's not got much experience internationally either. Let him build his confidence up a bit and I think he'll improve markedly on yesterday's performance. Paddy Wallace looked a lot better mainly because he's not as static as O'Leary, he's always wanting the ball and is involved in the passing game a lot more. Shame that Scotland didn't get the result against France today, and really the only game I can see us winning now if we perform like that is against Italy, and even then it might be a bit of a struggle.

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