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Post by nic3007 on Feb 9, 2008 22:00:22 GMT 1
YAYNESS!! Even if there were scores of errors. It'll do I saw Colin Charvis in town earlier, bless him he was getting mobbed.
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Post by Tom on Feb 10, 2008 13:23:54 GMT 1
I didn't watch either game but could hear my dad cheering loudly downstairs Expected results in both games, but didn't expect such a close scoreline in the France-Ireland match.
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Post by paulgilb on Feb 10, 2008 22:35:01 GMT 1
Italy 19-23 England
A bit similar to the France v Ireland game from what I gathered.
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Post by Panda on Feb 10, 2008 22:56:37 GMT 1
England were appalling in the 2nd half again and wouldn't have held on for the win against a better side than Italy.
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Post by Tom on Feb 11, 2008 12:32:17 GMT 1
England were appalling in the 2nd half again and wouldn't have held on for the win against a better side than Italy. At this rate England are on course to finish 3rd, or maybe even 4th, France will surely beat us, and at this rate Ireland may win at Twickenham too. My dad expected it to be close and when I saw the lead cut from 20-6 to 20-12 early in the 2nd half (only bit of the match i saw) I did actually fear the worst, though still thought we'd come through by at least 5 points. As my dad said, England are simply not a 2nd half team.
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Post by Panda on Feb 12, 2008 15:21:28 GMT 1
As my dad said, England are simply not a 2nd half team. But there's no reason why that should be the case. England have surprised us before against the French, particularly in last year's Six Nations and the World Cup semi-final. You're right in that England are currently on course to finish 3rd or 4th but if they can put together an 80-minute performance instead of a 40-minute one, they can beat anyone, and could at least finish level on points at the top of the championship.
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Post by paulgilb on Feb 23, 2008 17:58:41 GMT 1
Wales 47-8 Italy
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Post by paulgilb on Feb 23, 2008 23:41:55 GMT 1
Ireland 34-13 Scotland France 13-24 England Wales are now the only team that can win the Grand Slam (Ireland can still win the Triple Crown).
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Post by Panda on Feb 24, 2008 14:02:19 GMT 1
Great display by England last night. Thoroughly deserved the victory, though it's amazing how the French choked in front of their own fans yet again...
Wide open championship now (though I still feel it's unlikely England will win, due to the points difference).
Wales are on for the grand slam but their 2 hardest games are still to come... Even though they were only playing Italy yesterday, you have to say the scoreline was impressive.
If England beat Scotland, Ireland beat Wales and France beat Italy in 2 weeks, we'll have 4 teams all on 6 points going into the final round of games...
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Post by wonderwall on Feb 24, 2008 14:23:21 GMT 1
France 13-24 England best England performance for a while unexpected win as well.
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Post by paulgilb on Feb 25, 2008 20:22:54 GMT 1
Wales can mathematically clinch the Championship in the next 'round' - if they beat Ireland (some hopes!), Scotland beat England (well, you never know...), and Italy beat France (some hopes!).
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Post by paulgilb on Mar 8, 2008 17:45:52 GMT 1
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Post by paulgilb on Mar 9, 2008 20:40:29 GMT 1
France 25-13 Italy France will need to beat Wales by at least 19 points in order to win the title (with exactly 19, they will need one more try). Italy will need to beat Scotland by at least 5 points to avoid the wooden spoon. England need to beat Ireland (somehow) to avoid the "treble spoon".
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Post by marcus on Mar 9, 2008 21:19:07 GMT 1
These commentators talk some bollcokx, I couldn't believe how many times two weeks ago they kept saying "If you're not wearing a scarf, you're not watching rugby" . Was brilliant to see Wales win the Triple Crown, a brilliant week being half Welsh what with Cardiff City at Wembley!!!.
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Post by Panda on Mar 15, 2008 16:08:34 GMT 1
Italy 23-20 Scotland
Italy win but not by enough to avoid the wooden spoon.
England already stinking up Twickenham against Ireland...
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Post by paulgilb on Mar 15, 2008 17:58:12 GMT 1
England 33-10 Ireland This is England's first victory against Ireland since 2003 (when England won the Grand Slam), and means that England will finish 2nd overall if Wales beat France by 3 points or more.
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Post by WC on Mar 15, 2008 19:53:31 GMT 1
WALES 29 - 12 FRANCE yay, yay, and triple yay!!!
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Post by paulgilb on Mar 15, 2008 20:02:00 GMT 1
Amazingly this is the first time that Wales have beaten France at the Millennium Stadium (although they did beat France in Paris in 1999, 2001, and 2005).
It does appear that Wales are rather inconsistent in this competition - they won the wooden spoon in 2003, won the Grand Slam in 2005, required a win against England to avoid the wooden spoon in 2007, and won the Grand Slam in 2008!
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Post by Panda on Mar 15, 2008 21:08:32 GMT 1
Well done to Wales. They've been the best team throughout and deserve their Grand Slam.
Cynics will say the overall standard hasn't been high this year but you can only beat what's put in front of you...
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Post by nic3007 on Mar 15, 2008 21:36:15 GMT 1
Oh this is sweet
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