6N 2018
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Wales try to finish with a flourish but a knock on denies North his hattrick.
Wales 38 - 14 Italy
Full timeHadleigh Parkes deserved MOTM
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Good win for Wales. Stuck to the task even when down one or two men.
Patchell to start next week please.
Great to see North with a smile on his face.
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@crucial BBC is starting to hint at concern
"Jones has often got quick improvements from teams he has taken over. He hasn't always been able to sustain it. There is a reason why he has never lasted more than four years in one job."
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an unwanted record...and a shitty headline.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12010929
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@crucial BBC is starting to hint at concern
"Jones has often got quick improvements from teams he has taken over. He hasn't always been able to sustain it. There is a reason why he has never lasted more than four years in one job."
The expected Stephen Jones roast in the Times was funny. He (of course) blamed NZ and Oz rugby for convincing everyone that the game should be played fast and with ball movement. His solution is for England to stop trying to play and just put their heads down and bash.
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@taniwharugby said in 6N 2018:
an unwanted record...and a shitty headline.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12010929
I actually find it a disgusting article and headline. He's an international, a good player in a team that may be the weakest in the 6 Nations and no. 14 in the world rankings, but reaching 133 test caps is a huge achievement nevertheless. He deserves respect, not rubbish like this.
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There's a growing controversy surrounding an incident involving Cian Healy
He didn’t undergo a HIA and returned to play in the second-half. Ireland went on to win the game, before being crowned Six Nations Champions a few hours later following England’s loss to France in the Stade de France.
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@stargazer said in 6N 2018:
@taniwharugby said in 6N 2018:
an unwanted record...and a shitty headline.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12010929
I actually find it a disgusting article and headline. He's an international, a good player in a team that may be the weakest in the 6 Nations and no. 14 in the world rankings, but reaching 133 test caps is a huge achievement nevertheless. He deserves respect, not rubbish like this.
Come on Scotland! Get him to the milestone in style !
Italy are lucky that Scotland have been pretty dire particularly in the mid 2000s when it was always an entertaining scrap for bottom place. In saying that they've still picked up 13 wooden spoons in 18 years.
They've brought precisely 3 5ths of 5 8ths of fuck all to the tournament as a whole.
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@stargazer said in 6N 2018:
@taniwharugby said in 6N 2018:
an unwanted record...and a shitty headline.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12010929
I actually find it a disgusting article and headline. He's an international, a good player in a team that may be the weakest in the 6 Nations and no. 14 in the world rankings, but reaching 133 test caps is a huge achievement nevertheless. He deserves respect, not rubbish like this.
Come on Scotland! Get him to the milestone in style !
Italy are lucky that Scotland have been pretty dire particularly in the mid 2000s when it was always an entertaining scrap for bottom place. In saying that they've still picked up 13 wooden spoons in 18 years.
They've brought precisely 3 5ths of 5 8ths of fuck all to the tournament as a whole.
Money . They bought money to tournament. That it though, they’ve bought fuck all else.
The Ferald having a cheap shot? There’s a surprise.
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I wondered if that Cian Healy head knock would come up post match. It was poor form all around. I can understand the ref not noticing but the AR was there and the trainers should be embarrassed.
Healy was in la-la landSurely they have a match doctor too whose job would also include looking for any possible HIAs? Sam Whitelock was assessed on Sat night based on the doctor's decision not any official.
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@bovidae I once saw an introduction clip about the HIA's and the doctor had a laptop there and said the first check is an eye-test, he watches a replay from the incident and if he doesn't like the look of it, the player fails and also said he watches the game if he sees something worth checking he can inform the refereeing team to get a player for the test.
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@bovidae I once saw an introduction clip about the HIA's and the doctor had a laptop there and said the first check is an eye-test, he watches a replay from the incident and if he doesn't like the look of it, the player fails and also said he watches the game if he sees something worth checking he can inform the refereeing team to get a player for the test.
Aren't Ireland claiming it was not a head injury but a stinger? The video some what disputes this.
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I have never seen worse game management by an international team then I saw in that France England game.
With 3 minutes to go and a lead of 3 points France win a penalty deep in the English half.
Why would you ever decide to kick that? England were never playing for the draw. So even if you kick it they still need a try to win. Insurance against the conversion thats pretty shit insurance at this level. They needed to bang that into the corner and burn up the 3 minutes going for the try.
Then once time is up. Beauxis putting a beautiful spiral on the ball and not finding touch is unthinkable he was only 10 meters from the side line he could have put it on the second deck from there.
France deserved to lose for being so dumb. They would have learnt a lot more if they had lost.
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@stargazer said in 6N 2018:
@taniwharugby said in 6N 2018:
an unwanted record...and a shitty headline.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12010929
I actually find it a disgusting article and headline. He's an international, a good player in a team that may be the weakest in the 6 Nations and no. 14 in the world rankings, but reaching 133 test caps is a huge achievement nevertheless. He deserves respect, not rubbish like this.
Come on Scotland! Get him to the milestone in style !
Italy are lucky that Scotland have been pretty dire particularly in the mid 2000s when it was always an entertaining scrap for bottom place. In saying that they've still picked up 13 wooden spoons in 18 years.
They've brought precisely 3 5ths of 5 8ths of fuck all to the tournament as a whole.
Money . They bought money to tournament. That it though, they’ve bought fuck all else.
The Ferald having a cheap shot? There’s a surprise.
I wonder if Georgia or Romania could have managed their level of consistent shitness?
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@mooshld Couldn't agree more. Taking the 3 with 3 minutes to go was as dumb a decision as I have seen. Was surprised that none of the commentators mentioned anything. All that the penalty achieved was to hand back field position to England.
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Reading more comments from Eddie and the English players I am glad to see they are still fixated on size and power over speed.
It was plain to see that their forwards were too slow to support the ball carrier but apparently the problem is not having enough power.
Jake the Muss would be happy to explain.
