General Chat

I is filling up here Jem :-( :-D

IRELAND's numbers 11- DAVE KEARNEY and 15- ROB KEARNEY ARE BROTHERS WHO BOTH PLAY FOR LEINSTER

SCOTLAND REPLACEMENTS-

DUNCAN TAYLOR OFF
MATT SCOTT ON

Oooh Emms, I will pass you a hanky! and a box of choccy to cheer you up! :-( :-( :-D

OK that should cheer me up :-D :-D ;-)

LAST 10 MINUTES OF THE GAME

SCOTLAND WILL HAVE TO PRODUCE SOMETHING SOON!

Here come Ireland again! Looking for one more try to put their victory beyond all doubt!

Forget it Jem....no chance :-)

ROB KEARNEY TRY!

Jonny Sexton Conversion -5 / 6

SCORE 28-6

CROWDS NOW SINGING THE HAUNTINGLY BEAUTIFUL-

THE FIELDS OF ATHENRY

By a lonely prison wall,
I heard a young girl calling
Michael they have taken you away,
For you stole Trevelyn's corn
So the young might see the morn,
Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay

Low lie, The Fields Of Athenry
Where once we watched the small free birds fly
Our love was on the wing
We had dreams and songs to sing,
It's so lonely round the Fields of Athenry

By a lonely prison wall
I heard a young man calling
'Nothing matters Mary, when you're free'
Against the famine and the crown,
I rebelled, they cut me down
Now you must raise our child with dignIty

Low lie, The Fields Of Athenry
Where once we watched the small free birds fly
Our love was on the wing
We had dreams and songs to sing,
It's so lonely round the Fields of Athenry

By a lonely harbour wall
She watched the last star falling
As the prison ship sailed out against the sky
For she lived in hope and pray
For her love in Bot'ny Bay
It's so lonely round the Fields Of Athenry

Low lie, The Fields Of Athenry
Where once we watched the small free birds fly
Our love was on the wing
We had dreams and songs to sing,
It's so lonely round the Fields of Athenry

MAN OF THE MATCH-

IRELAND number 8 JAMIE HEASLIP

That is sooo beautiful Jem...great to hear it sung by a
crowd :-D :-D

CLOCK HAS TURNED RED....Another final try for Ireland?????? It's gone to the TV Judge!

NO TRY- The ball had bounced out before Dave Kearney put it down!

FINAL SCORE-
IRELAND 28---- SCOTLAND 6

Congratulations Ireland
Commiserations Scotland.....AND EMMA GOLDEN GIRL!

Only two nations in it already - Wales and Ireland. And next week in Dublin will decide things. Don't know about you, Jem - but I am not as confident as I would like to be about next week.

Noticed in Sunday Mirror that England are tipped as a team of the future. Don't agree. I cannot see their side competing at top level in next 5 years at least. They might get a good few victories, but other nations (Wales, Ireland and France) are now better than them and will remain that way. Scotland and Italy are getting better every year and they should both be able to take England on their day.

I wish them luck, but the Duke Of Lancaster is hardly inspiring, is he?

Mwah... :-D :-D

Nor me John :-(

We were rather lack-lustre by Wales' standards yesterday I felt! And Ireland had a very good game!

BUT- All teams have one average game every 6 Nations Championship. Wales had theirs yesterday. Let's hope it's out of their system now, and they go on to bigger and better things next week! :-) :-)

WALES WOMEN'S 6 NATIONS RESULT:

Sadly, Wales Women lost their match against Italy this afternoon :-(

SCORE: WALES WOMEN- 11 / ITALY WOMEN 12

WALES V IRELAND
This Saturday, February 8th- Live on BBC1- KICK OFF 2.30pm

THE WALES STARTING LINE-UP HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED:

SAM WARBURTON who has recovered from a shoulder injury RETURNS AS CAPTAIN
He replaces Justin Tipuric in the number 7 position

Warren Gatland has made two further changes to his team-
GETHIN JENKINS replaces Paul James.
ANDREW COOMBS takes over from injured Luke Charteris who has sustained a hamstring injury.

15...Leigh Halfpenny
14...Alex Cuthbert
13...Scott Williams
12...Jamie Roberts
11...George North
10...Rhys Priestland
9.....Mike Phillips
8.....Taulupe (Toby) Falatau
7.....Sam Warburton CAPTAIN
6.....Dan Lydiate
5.....Alun-Wyn Jones
4.....Andrew Coombs
3.....Adam Jones
2.....Richard Hibbard
1.....Gethin Jenkins

Replacements:
16-Ken Owens, 17-Paul James, 18-Rhodri Jones, 19-Jake Ball, 20-Justin Tipuric, 21-Rhys Webb, 22-James Hook, 23-Liam Williams

Ireland coach Joe Schmidt will announce his starting line-up on Thursday .

Shame about Luke Charteris. But what a side!!!

It really should be the match of the championship, and probably decide which of 6 nations ultimately wins this year. But it will also be very interesting to see how consistent France are this year. On their day, sacre bleu!!! Not on their day, lu blue ;-)