TheSufferingVilla Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Yeah, yeah **** Yeah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrogers Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Brilliant, well done Ireland, England 2nd and Wales 4th... Thats fantastic, Welsh GS my arse, arrogance gets you nowhere... Soooooooooooo pleased Wales lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 No matter what you think of BOD, he normaly comes through when their collective balls are on the line. Fantastic display again, sealed the Lions captaincy for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrogers Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Also, England were definately the most entertaining team of the 6 nations, who said we couldn't score try's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrogers Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Anyone going to come close to taking this off Wales this year? Doesnt look likely! Any opinions? Or are we all agreeing on another Welsh grand slam? Just thought I'd bring this opening post up, I'm glad I didn't agree, to answer the question, yes it looks like 3 different teams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 ROG should also be praised for the way he took the battering in the first half to come and direct the second half scores. Wales targetted him and he came through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 And it is good to see England finish ahead of the arrogant Welsh! Indeed. Though I'm a bigger fan of head to head to decide ties than points difference in a short 5 games series like this, it might shut them up for a while at least. How would you have sorted it out this year? England would have needed to finish above France but below Wales. Wales would ave needed to finish above England but below France. France would have needed above Wales but below England. Impossible to sort it on a head to head basis. Head to head also means more dead rubbers, as its impossible to turn something round when two teams are going for the same thing. They still use head to head in La Liga unless I am mistaken, so playing for big wins is kinda pointless if you lost a game against your rivals 20 games ago, because if you finish level on points you will be below them no matter what. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Don't really understand rugby to be honest, but I agree with Rev on the tie-breakers. GD encourages teams to score as many points as they can, head-to-head makes it irrelevant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunRickyRun Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Worth the wait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villahagler69 Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Ireland!! Ireland!! Ireland!! Cracking match, cracking ending! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Choke? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jondaken Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Rugby is for pansies anyway. Scotland should forfeit the next 6 nations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 England would have needed to finish above France but below Wales. Wales would ave needed to finish above England but below France. France would have needed above Wales but below England. Impossible to sort it on a head to head basis. Touche. It doesn't work does it? It would get too complicated if I tried to included points into the head to head system, so I shant bother! Don't really understand rugby to be honest, but I agree with Rev on the tie-breakers. GD encourages teams to score as many points as they can, head-to-head makes it irrelevant. England scored the most points and the most tries and finished with the best GD of this six nations, were they the best team? That's my point in a nutshell. It's a shame we can't extend the 6 nations to two rounds, the clubs would never have it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Scotland should forfeit the next 6 nations. It could be worse, you could be Italy. You know, I wouldn't care a toss if they threw the shambolic Italians out and bought the Argies in. Italy have lost 43 of their 50 six nations matches, thats just unacceptable. P.S. Ricky Flutey for the Lions.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrogers Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 It could be worse, you could be Italy. Or Wales, I mean hopw depressing would it be to be sooooo confident of the Grand Slam with all others trailing in your wake, to find you finish 4th behind, Ireland, England, France, I mean the Jocks at least know where their place is, and don't expect anything more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 What did you think of Flutey today and of his tournament in general Nick? I think he has that wow factor about him, nice to have an inside center centre who has game changing ability again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted March 21, 2009 VT Supporter Share Posted March 21, 2009 Scotland should forfeit the next 6 nations. It could be worse, you could be Italy. You know, I wouldn't care a toss if they threw the shambolic Italians out and bought the Argies in. Italy have lost 43 of their 50 six nations matches, thats just unacceptable. P.S. Ricky Flutey for the Lions.... Yeh but look at where Italy were when they joined and where they are now. it won't be long until they start competing. It's the same as if the Argies joined the Tri Nations. They''d be last for the first few years but eventually get better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrogers Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 I think Flutey is a very good player on his day, but can be a tad inconsistent, however during this tournament he has been good, one of the England stand outs. I agree with your opinion he should be in the lions over BOD at 2nd five. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted March 21, 2009 Moderator Share Posted March 21, 2009 Out of interest Nick, is there much fuss made of the six nations in the southern hemisphere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrogers Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Not really by the media, but there are heaps of ex-pats here, so we have a good laugh, however, it's about the same as the tri-nations coverage in England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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