2022 Six Nations rugby championship

[Cheasty]

@BruidheanChaorthainn

Na I wouldn’t agree with this at all. I’m not sure you follow the game at all.

They don’t really seem to know their first team at all and their manager looks close to falling out with so many of players.

The Marcus smith issue will continue to raise its head and he’ll get battered by the English media. Jones will bring back Farrell and possibly even start George ford next week.

I can see jones being gone by the end of this six nations and depending on who they’ll put in charge I don’t see them doing too well. If jones stays it’ll get toxic for them. It tends to happen with jones.

I can comprehend that February 2022 is not October 2023.

Same as I was able to comprehend that March 2018 was not October 2019, given that in March 2018 I correctly stated that South Africa would be very hard beaten in the 2019 World Cup, indeed they were my tip to win the tournament from a long way out.

World Cups are not decided 20 months beforehand.

[gilgamboa]

@cowpat

What’s the quality like at the second level of European rugby. Not good I would guess and no stomach to promote it from the anglo saxon centric powers that be?
Oddly enough a Spanish bloke was chatting to me about the 6 nations, spent the day watching it at home on tv. I suppose there is more interest than you’d think in it. He was telling me a lot of lads would organise trips to one of the games depending on where when etc.

Lot of talk about bringing Georgia into 6n instead of Italy… Portugal drew with them in that comp on Saturday! In Georgia… I’d say its competitive but not sure how good standard is… Some of them maybe good club sides equivalent at best

[gilgamboa]

@ChairmanDan

Wales were dreadful on Saturday, one of the worst Welsh teams I’ve seen in a long time

Coukdnt think of a worse Welsh performance against us

[gilgamboa]

@Juhniallio

Sexton is 36 now, not a hope he can play a world cup as a 38 year old. He can’t string 5 games together in 4 weeks. Not a hope. Playing him now is detrimental to our hopes in 2023. Simple as. Our new tens need blooding now to experience the ‘white heat’ of test rugby.

I’d tend to agree but he is far more robust physically than carbery. None of the others are close to good enough to be an adequate replacement in time for the RWC unfortunately.

[LionelRitchie]

A relegation/promotion play off only way I’d see it happening. None of the original 5 would vote for automatic relegation as would be too costly if they ever had the misfortune of getting wooden spoon one year

[gilgamboa]

@BruidheanChaorthainn

If sexton was in France or somewhere it would be beneficial for harry Byrne. Likewise if Murray was abroad Casey would be starting every game.

Sure Jack Crowley could have gone to lá rochelle for a few seasons over to ROG who would have promoted him at every opportunity to develop him with ROG own long term future in mind… He decided not to go

Don’t know what you can say about that bar it showed a fair lack of ambition

[gilgamboa]

Agreed… Also would be absolute cannon fodder without a few seasons to get up to required level

[BruidheanChaorthainn]

That’s very harsh to say it showed a lack of ambition. He should be starting for Munster.

[cowpat]

I think Spain hammered Holland, and Spain wouldn’t be the best. They seem to have an ok 7s team.

[glasagusban]

Munster will flute around dividing the time playing support to carbery between Healy and Crowley, so neither will get up a sufficient level. Ireland will be last minute and reluctantly relying on Carty at the world cup.

[BruidheanChaorthainn]

Healy only signed a one year deal. Has a massive offer on the table from Scotland.

[glasagusban]

Do you think he would want to get capped for Scotland? I don’t.

[BruidheanChaorthainn]

I think his parents are Scottish. If he’s getting a 3 year deal and treble what Munster offered him I’m not sure he’ll stick around as a sub.

[Diabhal]

He should take that Scottish deal. Don’t really get the hype with him. We’re about 2 years away from having Doak as goal kicker at 9 anyways.

[BruidheanChaorthainn]

I thinks he a good player and a very good kicker. He’s improving all the time.

I’m seriously impressed with Crowley all the same.

It’s a matter of when and not if imo about him being irelands ten.

[glasagusban]

One of the three outhalves Munster have should be starting for Ulster currently. It wouldn’t make sense for the irfu to lose one to Scotland when an Irish province needs one.

[BruidheanChaorthainn]

I’d tend to agree but the Irfu don’t exactly have a bottomless pit of money. It’s also Munster paying his wages.

Wasps blew Munster out of it for John Ryan.

I do think carberry is more off a 15 tbh. He’s a lovely runner but his passing is fairly poor. He’s some awful habits and he’s not exactly young either. Must be 27 this year.

He’s played so little and gets injured so easily. I’d play him at fifteen. He’d have better Prospects than zebo and Hayley at his stage.

[ChairmanDan]

Five days away to ‘Le Crunch’ in Paris and the soccer crew are agonising over a World Cup that’s more than 18 months away.

[Biff_Egan]

G Thornley Esq is focused on the task at hand, poring through footage of the Top Quatorze and trying to make sense of this incident

Biarritz -La Rochelle: Fin de match de folie, 2 ballons sur le terrain : Essai et Ballon de la gagne

[flattythehurdler]

I’m entirely confident Ireland will win next week.