The Rugby Union Thread

They also voted for it :thinking:

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Yeah. I’m tired of being the bee that tells flies that honey is better than shit

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First game of the season for me, away at sale. Good win and I didn’t have to watch the Bournemouth game

Edit: forgot the obligatory Enya. Sale away sale away sale away…

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Uini Atonio career ended, heart attack/heart problems. Really shitty way for a good career to end. Quality player and always seemed a decent bloke off the pitch. Wish him a speedy recovery and good coaching career

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And this year’s 6 nations has begun.

Thursday game to avoid a clash with the Winter Olympics opening ceremony.

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Not surprised the French are winning, am surprised the Irish haven’t done anything yet

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France on fire to be fair. Ireland look flat. They can’t get going

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Better, but I think they’ve left it too late

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Yeah. I do think France have been better though. Little moments from Ramos, Jalibert and of course Bielle-Briare

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I agree, deserved win for France.

Irish frustration showing, two cheap shots there :sweat_smile:

I thought that should have been a yellow

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Welsh rugby is looking as bad now as the doldrums of the early 90s. Today they arent just losing but they look like they dont deserve to share a pitch with England.

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@Noo_Noo

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Whilst I get the idea behind not wanting the game to clash with the WO opening ceremony, why did they decide to play the game on a Thursday and not Sunday?

Nothing surprising about the result or the manner of it in the England Wales game. Has been said on here many times, but Wales are in dire straits on and off the pitch atm and its hard to see where the change will come from that starts to fix it.

Well done Italy for seeing out the result against Scotland. Came into the tourament with a couple of major injury set backs so well done for overcoming it. A potential 4th place finish not out of the realms of possibility for Italy, which would be a great placing for them.

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Wales vs the wobbilies. The game played in purgatory

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Only just caught up having spent all day travelling. Not unexpected but would have liked to score a couple more tries. Yellow cards were costly obviously.

I have England to win it this year which would follow the usual England cycle perfectly.

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With their last game away to France that’s going to be a big show down. I don’t think it will be settled before that match but you never know.

Agreed it will be on that game I think.

To be fair France were excellent on Thursday as well.

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Well done Matt. Feed the cycle.