Rugby News and Views

[G3!ST]

raged my arse off at the england match. took it out on people on css it wld seem and got told off

[EWJ]

why geist? did you actually think England would beat the AB's? Well played Scotland btw. ye needed a good victory.

[G3!ST]

lol no, just people playing poorly making me rage. The same old thing at the end ' proud of the guys today.. blah blah' but they lost again, in a better yet still sloppy performance. stupid decisions made etc

[Slippery Lizard]

the linesmen in the scotland and whales game have had/are having a shocker! its as if they cant see anything!

[EWJ]

AHEM!!! IRELAND.. Thank you for Listening,

[Love Muffin]

six nations soon c'mon England!

[EWJ]

Ireland for the grand slam Double.

[{TPUK}Advocate]

Come on Wales!!!!!!

[Bucket \_/]

Come on Wales!!!!!!

[{TPUK}Advocate]

This Ireland game is dull..... hope the one at 5 is better

[EWJ]

Aye the Ireland team were brought down to the level of the Italians..quite a boring match.. But hey we Won!

[{TPUK}Advocate]

first half was unadventurous, second half was at least entertaining - shame we didn't win although I will support England when they aren't playing Wales. Both sides have a lot of work to do to get them up to a level that will have them win.

[cowboyfromhell]

I'd say none of the results so far were surprising.

Scotland and Italy as usual are going to be contesting the wooden spoon (Italy overwhelming favourites so far).

England were always slight favourites against Wales on home turf and Ireland/France were never really put under pressure.

Next week's fixtures should be more interesting hopefully.

[EWJ]

Aye bring on the French... time for revenge!

[{TPUK}Advocate]

Well Scotland just gave me a happy - thanks for the two sin bins chaps! couldnt have done it without you!

[Flawless]

Rage @ Ireland, not unsurprising but my god where is the discipline they're just not a unit. >:|

[RobHeath]

Man that Irish vs. France match was such a huge dissapointment to the Irish side. We got hammered! All the time we'd lose the ball once the backs get it, and stop F**king kicking it away for christs sake!!

My views

[EWJ]

three things turned the game.. 1: Cian healy being sin binned, 2: Darcy unable to score under the post 3: Jerry Flannery reverse penalty decision.(lucky not to have been sin binned too)

Apart from that we played well.. Unfortunately we played the French at their own game and lost... o'Gara should have been kicking into corners and making the French turn each time...Instead we tried to play through them..

+1 for our line out and scrum performance.. French got mullered at these times.




As for The English Italy game...wow... England were lucky not to be beat and were hanging on for the last 20 mins.

[EWJ]

2010/2011 HEC Pools
8 Jun 2010
The following are the groups for the 2010/2011 HEC.
The draw was made in Cardiff this morning.

Pool 1
Cardiff Blues
Northampton Saints
Edinburgh
Castres Olympique

Pool 2
Leinster
ASM Clermont Auvergne
Saracens
Racing Metro

Pool 3
MUNSTER
Ospreys
London Irish
Toulon

Pool 4
Biarritz Olympique - Pays Basque
Bath Rugby
Ulster
Aironi Rugby

Pool 5
Leicester Tigers
Scarlets
Perpignan
Benneton Treviso

Pool 6
Stade Toulousain
London Wasps
Glasgow Warriors
Newport-Gwent Dragons

[Sergeant Pepper's]

So the season started yesterday with England showing that they are a force to be reckoned with this year.

As I am from Ireland my loyalty and support is with them.
Realistically with a number of big players injured (think about 2-4) their chances do seem slim but we shall have to see. Nevertheless I will be rooting for them throughout.

So what team do you support and any predictions for table positions in the end?