Jimbob Posted February 2, 2013 Posted February 2, 2013 It's that time of the year again, where 6 teams face each other to see whom will be the Six Nations 2013 champions. Will any of them go all the way and take the Grand Slam title, only time will tell. RBS Six Nations Matches Saturday 2nd February 2013 England (38) vs Scotland (18) Wales (22) vs Ireland (30) Sunday 3rd February 2013 Italy vs France Thoughts and opinions on the tournament on opening day.
Ronnie Posted February 3, 2013 Posted February 3, 2013 England looked very impressive. Great to see us offloading the ball out of the tackle and playing heads up rugby. Huge step up required for next week though. Wales, lost 8 in a row now, ouch.
Murr Posted February 3, 2013 Posted February 3, 2013 Yeah the Scotland game was very positive, Farrell's pass out for their try in the 2nd half was amazing. Wales rallied well in the 2nd half, but they've completely fallen apart though from the last 6 nations.
Ronnie Posted February 3, 2013 Posted February 3, 2013 You get the impression nothing phases Farrell, ice cool demeanor, starting to really run the show and yeah that pass was a beauty. Great hands from Parling too. Some serious confidence running through this team at the moment, really feels like we're building something special here, regardless of what happens next weekend.
Fierce_LiNk Posted February 3, 2013 Posted February 3, 2013 Great to watch the 6 nations again, although I was disappointed by Wales' first half performance. Didn't get going at all, and made it too difficult a task to accomplish in the second. England were more clinical. Enjoyed seeing their game. Looking forward to seeing how they play against Ireland. I fancy Wales to put in a better performance against France, should be a close game.
Ganepark32 Posted February 3, 2013 Posted February 3, 2013 So looks like it'll be the Wooden Spoon for Scotland again this year, eh? They were shockingly poor yesterday against England, with quite a few bad passes through the backs, an all too often flat back line and just generally not having their heads in the game at times. To me, it seems as though Scotland have moved backwards in terms of quality of rugby over the past few years. They really need to get it together if they don't want that bottom spot this year. England have definitely built on that win over New Zealand and before the tournament had started, I'd have put them as favourites to win this year. Ireland v Wales... Was great seeing O'Driscoll back on the field but he really should have grabbed his team by the scruff of the neck and slapped some sense into them for almost letting the match slip away in that second half. I mean, kudos to Wales for getting back into the match but it was as though Ireland switched off Although, saying that, I don't think Wales would have been able to take the win in the end as the same errors which marred the first half came back to hurt them when they really didn't need them. And of course, Italy v France. What a match. The Italians have improved so much over the years and it's great that they can now not only go out and play a good first half of rugby and put up a hard fight, but see that right through to the full 80 minutes and win big matches. And it wasn't as though France played poorly either. That level of performance may tail off towards the end of the tournament (as tiredness has crept into the team in previous years in the latter matches) but that win has certainly made next weekend's matches very interesting. So yeah, great opening weekend. Really looking forward to next week's matches.
Murr Posted February 3, 2013 Posted February 3, 2013 I thought it was a typo when my friend text me that Italy won, brilliant result for them and for the tournament!
Blade Posted February 3, 2013 Posted February 3, 2013 A bit embarrassing to lose against Italy but they deserved their win. I absolutely love 6 nations. I did my degree in Cardiff so were there for 3 years. The atmosphere is brilliant during rugby days. Wales were disappointing in their first half but im gutted they didnt pick it didnt manage to win the game in the end
Ronnie Posted February 3, 2013 Posted February 3, 2013 Not really embarrassing to lose to Italy any more. Wales have done it, Scotland, France two years ago etc... England games in Rome have had one score in them for a few years now.
Jimbob Posted February 4, 2013 Author Posted February 4, 2013 Great win for the Italians on Sunday, i was expecting France to clean them off the pitch. But judging from Frances performance in that game, they need a kick in the backside. Same for Wales and Scotland.
Blade Posted February 9, 2013 Posted February 9, 2013 A brilliant win for Wales today. Everyone before the 6 nations were putting their money on the French to win thw tournament. Not so much now. The boos in the Stade de France were the only thing you could hear on the TV
Fierce_LiNk Posted February 9, 2013 Posted February 9, 2013 A bit of a strange game, that. Not very high scoring and a bit too negative at times. Chuffed that Wales managed to win it, although I was sure the player's legs were out of play before he grounded the ball. Didn't expect the try to be given, but relieved when it was. Tomorrow's game is the one to watch. Should be high scoring.
Blade Posted February 9, 2013 Posted February 9, 2013 Yep should be a very good game tomorrow. Both the Irish and English are currently in form
Jimbob Posted February 9, 2013 Author Posted February 9, 2013 A bit of a strange game, that. Not very high scoring and a bit too negative at times. Chuffed that Wales managed to win it, although I was sure the player's legs were out of play before he grounded the ball. Didn't expect the try to be given, but relieved when it was. Tomorrow's game is the one to watch. Should be high scoring. Regarding the try, his right foot certainly looked out of play before the ball landed (it was on the otherside of the corner post). Both sides didn't play their best, and Wales won against a piss poor France. (although, Wales wern't playing as well as against Ireland, and that wasn't good either).
Blade Posted February 10, 2013 Posted February 10, 2013 So England wins. A bit of a boring game to be honest. I started playing on my 3DS whilst watching it and everytime i looked up there was a penalty happening. England only team not to lose a game yet. Did not agree with the stamping dirty play like that should remain in football. Dont want that in rugby.
Ronnie Posted February 10, 2013 Posted February 10, 2013 Outstanding win for England, just as significant as the one against the All Blacks. For such a young and inexperienced team, Lancaster is getting them to play like 100 cap pros. Compelling game, even if not the most attractive. Healy will rightly be banned for a couple of months, dirty bastard. Regarding Wales, North's foot certainly wasn't in touch when he scored vs France, correct decision and great play from him. (although I'm not a fan of the man)
Jimbob Posted February 11, 2013 Author Posted February 11, 2013 Outstanding win for England, just as significant as the one against the All Blacks. For such a young and inexperienced team, Lancaster is getting them to play like 100 cap pros. Compelling game, even if not the most attractive. Healy will rightly be banned for a couple of months, dirty bastard. Regarding Wales, North's foot certainly wasn't in touch when he scored vs France, correct decision and great play from him. (although I'm not a fan of the man) I'm not a Welsh fan, but from looking at the replay his foot was over the line before the ball hit the ground. In other games, that would not be allowed but it was here. I'm convinced the ref gave it due to the game being so crap with nothing happening. Which is fair enough, both Wales and France played poor games. On the RBS site, there are people saying Wales beat a poor side whilst playing poor themselves isn't anything to be proud of. Still, France are in bad shape. Usually they have a great team and are worthy contenders.
Ronnie Posted February 11, 2013 Posted February 11, 2013 The foot being over the line is fine, it has to be touching the ground to be in touch. The television match official clearly made the right decision, if he hadn't there would have been huge controversy. A ref would never give a huge decision like that because 'the game was crap' and nothing was happening anyway.
Ronnie Posted February 24, 2013 Posted February 24, 2013 It's a bit sad how WWE "wrestling" seems to be a more popular topic of conversation on this forum.
Jimbob Posted February 24, 2013 Author Posted February 24, 2013 True. It's been a cracking weekend though. Wins for Wales, England and Scotland. Was a surprising result for the Scots, holding out right to the last minute. With the England game, it was a close game for the 1st half. But it was clear whom the better side was in the 2nd. And Wales dominated against Italy, but still had some bad plays and wern't playing their best Rugby.
Murr Posted February 25, 2013 Posted February 25, 2013 It was indeed an awesome weekend of 6 Nations. The England game was amazing. Got very very drunk during the game too which made it better again. Great result for Scotland too. I can't help but laugh at France rock bottom with Nil Poi! :p
Jimbob Posted February 25, 2013 Author Posted February 25, 2013 Yeah, they looked like they had improved in the 1st half on Saturday. Then all of a sudden, there are all these subs happening. And what we have is a side which matched the quality of the first 2 games, shocking. They've got Ireland in a fortnight, so hopefully they'll win a game and improve by then even more. Not holding any hope though.
Ronnie Posted February 26, 2013 Posted February 26, 2013 I can see England winning the title but losing the grand slam in Cardiff.
Londragon Posted February 27, 2013 Posted February 27, 2013 I can see England winning the title but losing the grand slam in Cardiff. That's right, Come on the Wales!
Ronnie Posted February 27, 2013 Posted February 27, 2013 Wales can be utter shit, lose eight in a row, lose to Australia six times in the space of a year but they only care about England.
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