happygilmore 11:55 Wed Jan 31
Six Nations
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Starting soon
The winners?
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White Pony
12:00 Thu Feb 1
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Scotland.
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Northern Sold
12:03 Thu Feb 1
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Will go to the last game .... us v the Micks... can't wait... greatest Rugby championship in the world
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Admiral Lard
1:37 Thu Feb 1
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Agreed with Northern, England at home Vs Ireland might just go our way however Scotland away bothers me given England massive injury crisis
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Son of Sam
9:04 Thu Feb 1
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Am sorely tempted by the 25/1 on offer with Ladbrokes for France who have the two strongest England and Ireland at home, are they really that bad? And italy at home as well.
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Grumpster
9:40 Thu Feb 1
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Be bloody lovely having this to take our minds off of the crap happening at West Ham London at the moment.
Think it's gonna be a belter this year, looks like being very tight.
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The Postman
10:26 Thu Feb 1
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Rome Bound in the Morning.. Long Range weather report.. RAIN. HEAVY RAIN THUNDER SHOWERS. Then sunny during Sundays game. What a lovely excuse to take my West Ham coat Hat and Scarf
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Oh and England to win 3 in a trot!!
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Northern Sold
11:50 Thu Feb 1
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WALES no chance.... injuries galore...
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Mart O
2:44 Thu Feb 1
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After all the talk of England's injury crisis, by my reckoning we're missing 2 first choice starters: big Billy V and Elliot Daly.
OK Sinckler, Marler and Hughes would make the bench, but I think it's a good thing that Harry Williams and Alec Hepburn are getting some playing time in the front row now. The former's shown he can cut the mustard and the latter looks a really good player. Saw them both come on for Exeter against Montpellier and absolutely batter the frogs in the scrum. In Montpellier, which is no mean feat.
I still don't think Underhill is the answer at 7. He just doesn't offer anything much with the ball, although maybe that's the limit of Jones' ambition for us. Sadly, I don't think he's going to have a very long career either. He's brave as fuck but his size and tackling style make concussion virtually inevitable, imho. Be interesting to see who Jones does pick in the back row.
One of the things to look out for is some of the young Irish lads. The likes of Jordan Larmour and Jacob Stockdale have the potential to be sensational, and there's more behind them. Schmidt's been fortunate with the timing but he's got the balls to give them a go. Not sure we would.
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medwayhammer1
3:21 Thu Feb 1
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Agree...will go down to the Ireland game I think. Looking foward to this and Super League starts tonight aswell, so happy days.
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VirginiaHam
3:26 Thu Feb 1
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Despite a huge injury list, England seen to swap players in and out with little disturbance, or am I missing something?
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Mart O
4:32 Thu Feb 1
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Anyway, I see the frogs are starting vs Ireland with a 19 year old at fly half who's only been playing for his club for 3 months ! I'm all for giving the youth a go but that could go badly wrong for the lad.
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VirginiaHam
5:32 Thu Feb 1
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Licence to kill?
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Northern Sold
11:10 Fri Feb 2
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England team to face Italy
15 Mike Brown (Harlequins 64 caps)
14 Anthony Watson (Bath Rugby 28 caps)
13 Ben Te’o (Worcester Warriors 8 caps)
12 Owen Farrell (Saracens 53 caps)
11 Jonny May (Leicester Tigers 29 caps)
10 George Ford (Leicester Tigers 40 caps)
9 Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers 73 caps)
1 Mako Vunipola (Saracens 44 caps)
2 Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints 89 caps)
3 Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers 77 caps)
4 Joe Launchbury (Wasps 47 caps)
5 Maro Itoje (Saracens 14 caps)
6 Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints 61 caps)
7 Chris Robshaw (Harlequins 59 caps)
8 Sam Simmonds (Exeter Chiefs 3 caps).
Finishers
16 Jamie George (Saracens 20 caps)
17 Alec Hepburn (Exeter Chiefs, uncapped)
18 Harry Williams (Exeter Chiefs, 5 caps)
19 George Kruis (Saracens 21 caps)
20 Sam Underhill (Bath Rugby 3 caps)
21 Danny Care (Harlequins 76 caps)
22 Jonathan Joseph (Bath Rugby 35 caps)
23 Jack Nowell (Exeter Chiefs 23 caps).
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neco
11:20 Fri Feb 2
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Takashi Miike
Yep, one of the many injured.
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Takashi Miike
11:21 Fri Feb 2
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cheers, neco. haven't seen a lot of sam simmonds, is he decent? had a look at his wiki page and he looks short of games and a bit small
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neco
11:30 Fri Feb 2
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Not seen much myself but doing well at club level. Bigger tests to come but in Eddie we trust.
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Eerie Descent
11:46 Fri Feb 2
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Simmonds is more of a quick, dynamic 8, definitely not in the Billy mode in terms of ball carrying and presence but more likely to pop up in unusual positions and will threaten the try line.
Considering the injuries, it's not far off what the starting 15 would be, still can't believe he's starting Hartley over George, I don't care about the 'standard' he sets in camp, George is so far ahead of him as a player.
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Takashi Miike
11:53 Fri Feb 2
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I agree about George, much the better player now
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