The Rugby Thread

[daio]

Feeling a bit sick turned down tickets for Wales England game watched at home instead. Will be back in hua hin to watch Wales next two games .any tips on best place to watch?

[pharvey]

Congratulations Pharvey! Let us know your thoughts once you come down from outer space.

Almost down....

Without doubt, a cracking victory for Wales and somewhat of a setback for the "Rose". For the Welsh this is a match that we will always raise our game for and to be honest we had to after the performances of first two rounds (from both sides).

IMHO some noticeable points from the match:

Composure/consistency - Wales have now won twelve on the trot, beating a century old achievement. The first try came on the back of 34 phases - composure we haven't often shown in the past.

England's "kicking game" that served them so well against Ireland and France failed in Wales - primarily due to Wales' back three coping with it so well/nullifying it. There was no "Plan B" for the Lillywhites.

Passion - works both ways. Kyle Sinckler - you can't deny his passion/emotion/drive for the game, 20+ tackles, incredible for a Prop. HOWEVER, IMHO he was lucky not to have been "Yellow Carded" in the second half. Late Block, Choke Tackle amongst his several infringements - Eddie Jones had no alternative but to substitute him (avoiding a possible card)..... Quite possibly reducing England's defensive capabilities.

Which leads to the penalty count - 9 to 3 I believe in Wales' favour. Very good control by Wales.
Dan "The Man" Biggar - Huge impact on the game when he came on, calm head, total control. Exactly what we needed at the time.

Liam Williams - Man-of-the-Match performance and deservedly so. "Main Man" in defence of England's "Kicking Game".

Wales are the only team that can win the "Grand Slam", though incredibly with the Bonus Point System, The Lillywhites could actually take the Championship if that happened.......

[dtaai-maai]

Women's Six Nations: England score nine tries to beat Wales 51-12 in Cardiff

Well played, ladies!!

[PeteC]

Feeling a bit sick turned down tickets for Wales England game watched at home instead. Will be back in hua hin to watch Wales next two games .any tips on best place to watch?

I don't think you'll find a way to watch unless on-line through a service. Below is a listing of broadcasters and sources around the world. Click on "Broadcasters". There is nothing in Thailand, and given the times of the matches it's questionable if any place here will be open who has the resources to broadcast it live.

If I'm wrong I would hope someone will post and update.

https://www.sixnationsrugby.com/tv/

Edit: See below corrections to the above

[Big Boy]

I don't understand why there would be a problem looking at the link Pete. Usual places such as Father Teds and Murphys will almost certainly be showing it.

[PeteC]

I don't understand why there would be a problem looking at the link Pete. Usual places such as Father Teds and Murphys will almost certainly be showing it.

Yes, I stand corrected. I thought the live times were too late and after closing times. I looked up the FB pages for both places you mention and they both indicate that they are showing the matches. Pete

[daio]

Thanks for help think I'll try father teds

[pharvey]

Women's Six Nations: England score nine tries to beat Wales 51-12 in Cardiff

Well played, ladies!!

Got to expect a shock once in a while!

In all fairness, there's been some good rugby (with the exception of Scotland and Wales ). The Italian ladies pulling off both some good results and rugby.

[dtaai-maai]

I have to confess I've always been a bit snobbish about women's rugby, and haven't seen any at all. As with women's soccer, I don't feel any need to sample the goods (so to speak) just yet.

[pharvey]

I have to confess I've always been a bit snobbish about women's rugby, and haven't seen any at all. As with women's soccer, I don't feel any need to sample the goods (so to speak) just yet.

Can't say I'm into watching "Full matches" just yet as I do with the U20's for example, but do follow the results and highlights. Certainly a long way to go before women's rugby gets anything like the support of men's rugby, but is getting quite a following.

[oakdale160]

Father Teds and Murphys both get a big crowd of knowledgeable fans which makes the experience better.

[PeteC]

Friday Super Rugby today. Don't forget your picks. First game starting in an hour.......

[PeteC]

If I paid more attention to small statistics I would have been more prepared given the Brumbies haven't beaten New Zealand teams back to back in 5 years. They weren't the Brumbies from last week.

[PeteC]

I haven't read anything yet, but I've been hearing Super Rugby commentators referring to a special "protocol" in this World Cup year that limits national team players to the amount of time they can play in their normal league matches. I've only heard this about the All Blacks, but assume it applies to all national teams.

It's starting to show with the New Zealand Super Rugby teams as most are not nearly as dominant this season as in the past. Early days yet but as I speak the Chiefs are getting their arse handed to them by the Japanese Sunwolves who have never won away from a home field (Tokyo & Singapore). Some All Black players played only the first half and are now on the bench.

This protocol, if that's what it is, will make Super Rugby very interesting and more competitive this season.

[PeteC]

Super Rugby Round 3

The way you're performing in these tournaments BB you should buy a Thai lottery ticket this cycle!

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