6 Nations 2010 - Rugby Union

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I agree with you totally Bob(helm) about the Wales Scotland game, just spoke to some friends back in North Wales ( as I did go and look around the bars of Udon for the live coverage as per previous post but to no avail, which your response explains) and they all agree that we were REALLY lucky to take advantage of the scots going down to 13 men in the dying moments of the game.... I can only hope that this will give our guys some of the flair and confidence back that somehow has been lacking in the last few games, but then again, before my trip here to the LOS I did see a documentary about the evolution of Welsh rugby over the last 10 years and it did highlight our frailties as a Nation to be honest and truthful..... You know, we are bloody brilliant or just plain awful... we either finish 1st or 4th over the last 6 years, says it all really .. and yes I am a trully proud Welshman

Rallyman As Bob has said this game wasnt on live &that was because of the number of FA cup games being shown.
It has been shown since on Cable (Sunday PM around 2pm) and will probably be shown again with the others during the afternoon of Mon and Tues, if it follows the trend from last weeks games.
I listened to the game on Radio Wales via the Internet and saw it Sunday...worth watching, if only we had turned up 70 min earlier!!

I was in Cardiff for the game. First half. SHOCK, HORROR, NO SINGING?, THIS CANT BE HAPPENING !!!
Secound half. MORE OF THE SAME! Whats gone wrong? GOD HAS FORSAKEN US AGAIN !!!
20 minutes to go. THE HEAVENS OPEN, GOD SMILES, WE START SINGING, WALES STARTS TO PLAY.
The last 10 minites. 1 PENALTY CONVERTED, 2 SCOTS SENT OFF, 2 TRIES, CONVERTED. 17 PIONTS TO WALES & THE GAME. WALES 31 SCOTLAND 24

When the game was 24-24, Wales had just scored. The game was over.The 80 minites was up. All Scotland had to do.
Was kick the ball out of play from the restart for the draw ? ( BUT GOD WAS LOOKING DOWN ON WALES)

Late News. Andy Powell (welsh player) Was stopped in a golf buggy on the M4 by police. Early Sunday morrning, going for a breakfast at the M4 service. He was charged with drunk driving. The scound person in the golf buggy has not been named.

No comments about The England game ? BEST NOT TO !

Powell removed from Wales squad
15 February 2010, 2:36 pmBy SportsbeatWales flanker Andy Powell has been removed from Wales' RBS 6 Nations squad after he was arrested early on Sunday morning.The 28-year-old was charged with driving a golf buggy while drunk after being arrested at motorway services at junction 33 on the M4.
Powell had been part of the Wales squad which won 31-24 against Scotland at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday night.

A Welsh Rugby Union statement said: “We take matters of player conduct extremely seriously and have been happy with the professionalism and discipline of this squad in general terms.

“Andy knows he has misbehaved and is apologetic, but he also knows that he must take responsibility for his own actions and accept the repercussions.

“The player has made his private apologies to the Welsh management team as well as apologising in a public statement and we have also asked him to apologise to the Vale Resort Hotel, before asking him to leave the squad.”

Johnson and Borthwick defiant over England performance
15 February 2010, 9:15 amBy SportsbeatEngland may have stuttered to a lacklustre and at times depressing performance against Italy in Rome but according to skipper Steve Borthwick it was a 'fantastic' showing.Martin Johnson’s men may have maintained their 100 per cent start to this season’s RBS 6 Nations but it could have been a very different result in Rome.
Two Mirco Bergamasco penalties brought Italy to within six points of England in the closing stages and but for a late Jonny Wilkinson drop goal – the Azzurri nearly produced a shock.

England could only muster a solitary Mathew Tait try and failed to take advantage of Martin Castrogiovanni’s second-half sin-bin and with Ireland next up at Twickenham – few would bet on Johnson and Borthwick’s winning run continuing.

"We want to win all our games by as big a margin as we can,” said Borthwick.

"We did some fantastic stuff and made chances but we didn't take them, but credit to Italy for how they played they were very tough and resilient.

"Some of the aspects of the game we did very well in with Delon Armitage, Mark Cueto and Ugo Monye in the wide channels making some breaks, and Matt Mullan came on for his first cap and did well.

"There are a lot of positives for us to take from the game."

This is Italy we are talking about. "BEST I SAY NOTHING"

FRUSTRATED Mark Cueto hates how England are always damned if they do and damned if they don’t against Italy.
Feb 16 2010 by Our Correspondent, Daily Post

The Sale Sharks winger was not hiding from the fact that England must improve markedly if they are to beat Ireland at Twickenham on Saturday week.

But Cueto stressed that however critical the post-mortem of Sunday’s 17-12 victory, the bottom line is that England remain one of only two unbeaten teams in the championship.

Cueto said: “You are in a no-win situation against Italy.

“If you win like we did here everyone is booing as you come off and expects you to win by more. If you win by more everyone says ’no disrespect, but it is only Italy’.

“We have won the game, we are two from two which is where we want to be.

“We are frustrated with how the game went. You can’t disrespect the Italians. We knew exactly what they were going to do and unfortunately we allowed them to do it in a way.”

On current form there would appear to be a gulf in class between France, who demolished Ireland in Paris, and an England side that was indeed booed from the field at the Stadio Flaminio.

“Italy did a great job of stopping us,” said Jonny Wilkinson. “It is always tough against them and maybe we didn’t play as we wanted but I think more and more teams will make sure it is just about the result when they come here.”

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Johnson keeps faith with Wilkinson
Feb 23
Add a commentRecommend Jonny Wilkinson has been retained in an unchanged England team for Saturday’s RBS 6 Nations showdown with Ireland at Twickenham, despite concerns over his form and fitness.

The Toulon fly-half was criticised for his lack of attacking ambition following England’s one-dimensional 17-12 victory over Italy 10 days ago.

Wilkinson missed training yesterday with “muscle tightness” – but he has withstood pressure from Toby Flood to be entrusted once again as England’s playmaker.

The only changes to the match 22 are on the bench with the return of flanker Joe Worsley, who has recovered from a knee injury, in place of Steffon Armitage.

Hooker Lee Mears has replaced Steve Thompson and full-back Ben Foden returns in place of prop Matt Mullan as England revert to a four-three split on the bench.

By naming an unchanged starting team, Johnson has given a vote of confidence not only to Wilkinson but to the side that underperformed in Rome.

Wilkinson bore the brunt of the criticism after England had engaged in long periods of aimless kicking when there were clear signs that Italy could not cope with a high-tempo running game.

Matt Dawson, Wilkinson’s World Cup-winning team-mate, claimed his inability to manage a game was being exposed without key leaders alongside him.

Johnson watched Flood – a more natural runner and distributor of the ball - play a key role in Leicester’s victory over Gloucester at the weekend.

But Johnson indicated as early as last week that a change was not on the cards, when he launched into a vigorous defence of Wilkinson’s all-round contribution.

Whatever his perceived weaknesses, Wilkinson is the leading points scorer in world rugby and is arguably the toughest defensive fly-half ever to play the game.

Wilkinson made his England debut as a replacement in this same fixture 12 years ago.

England team to play Ireland in the RBS 6 Nations Championship at Twickenham on Saturday, February 27; kick-off 4pm:

D Armitage (London Irish); M Cueto (Sale Sharks), M Tait (Sale Sharks), R Flutey (Brive), U Monye (Harlequins); J Wilkinson (Toulon), D Care (Harlequins); T Payne (Wasps), D Hartley (Northampton), D Cole (Leicester), S Shaw (Wasps), S Borthwick (Saracens, captain), J Haskell (Stade Francais), L Moody (Leicester), N Easter (Harlequins).

Replacements: L Mears (Bath), D Wilson (Bath), L Deacon (Leicester), J Worsley (Wasps), P Hodgson (London Irish), T Flood (Leicester), B Foden (Northampton).


Picked this out for all you England fans. But come on!
Wilkinson is arguably the toughest defensive fly-half ever to play the game.

Jonny Wilkinson is one of the best kickers of the ball & points scorer.

6 Nations Rugby
Player Stats. Points

Ronan O'Gara 520
Jonny Wilkinson 506
Stephen Jones 405
Neil Jenkins 396
Chris Paterson 372
David Humphreys 267