The Six Nations is Back
Its back. So is this blog. And Robinson has named his squad, 5 changes to the side that met England in the World Cup, thanks to a few injuries and the fact that Chris Patterson has finally retired. Come on Scotland!!
Team as follows;
Scotland team:
15-Rory Lamont, 14-Lee Jones, 13-Nick De Luca, 12-Sean Lamont, 11-Max Evans, 10-Dan Read More »
Six Nations 2011, Fancy a flutter?
With the Six Nations just around the corner and with it looking like being one of the closest tournaments we have seen for many years I though I would take a look around and see who the bookies had as favourites. I was more than surprised at what I found:Read More »
| England | 2/1 |
| Ireland | 5/2 or 2.5/1 |
| France | 13/5 or 2.6/1 |
| Wales | 9/2 or 4.5/1 |
| Scotland | 12/1 |
| Italy | 250/1 |
RBS Player of the Tournament- Shitlist
That time of the tournament again and the Gods have spoken, the shortlist announced as follows:
Imanol Harinordoquy
Mathieu Bastareaud
Morgan Parra
Thierry Dusautoir
Tommy Bowe
Shane Williams
Come on lads, show some imagination will you. Undoubtedly Harinordoquy and Parra deserve their places but the rest seem to hint that this list was made before the tournament. Shane Williams, as ever the Read More »
What have scrums ever done for us anyway?
Just to get things straight, I’m a Hooker. I should say I was a Hooker really but the feeling never leaves you. So officially I’m a believer but I’m just bored of scrums.
Scotland Vs England on the weekend was admittedly a total horse tranquiliser of a game. I dozed off for about ten minutes of Read More »
The 6 Nations treble for round three turn £1 into £155
The wonderful people at bet365 and myself offer you the opportunity of a great result from some great games.
I was so tempted I had a go myselfRead More »
Teams, Times and a tip for each game, 6Nations Round 3
Wales Vs France 20:00, 26/02/2010
Wales: Lee Byrne (Ospreys); Leigh Halfpenny (Cardiff Blues), James Hook (Ospreys), Jamie Roberts (Blues), Shane Williams (Ospreys); Stephen Jones (Scarlets), Richard Rees (Blues); Paul James, Huw Bennett, Adam Jones (Ospreys), Bradley Davies, Deiniol Jones (Blues), Jonathan Thomas (Ospreys), Martyn Williams (Blues), Ryan Jones (Ospreys, capt) Replacements: Ken Owens (Scarlets), Rhys Gill Read More »
Andy Powell Accomplice Revealed
The following suggests they were on the hunt for more than just breakfast:Read More »
Sorry I couldn’t resist. What was he thinking?Read More »
Cardiff's top five 6Nations matchday breakfasts
For all of you heading to Cardiff for the rugby on Saturday, the following is a quick list of the best breakfasts you can find. Its the most important meal of the day you know…
No. 8: Westgate St. The official breakfast of the WRU, not that you would expect many of the squad in there Read More »
Ferris starts, O'Connell making all the right noises, can they do it? Does it really matter? Will Gatland ever shut-up?
Ferris Included in Starting Line-Up Sweet sweet music to my ears. Having listened to Gatland prattle on about closing roof’s and untrustworthy locks all week I have been proud to hear the legend of Deccie keeping it positive and brief. O’Connell pitched in with the following earlier:
Structurally their attack goes out the window. Once they’ve offloaded Read More »
Teams, Times and a tip for each game, 6Nations Round 2
Wales Vs Scotland, 14:00 13/02/2010
Wales:Lee Byrne (Ospreys); Leigh Halfpenny (Cardiff Blues), James Hook (Ospreys), Jamie Roberts (Cardiff Blues), Shane Williams (Ospreys); Stephen Jones (Scarlets), Gareth Cooper (Cardiff Blues); Paul James (Ospreys), Gareth Williams (Cardiff Blues), Adam Jones (Ospreys), Jonathan Thomas (Ospreys), Alun Wyn Jones (Ospreys), Andy Powell (Cardiff Blues), Martyn Williams (Cardiff Blues), Ryan Jones Read More »
Chase the Egg