General Chat

I have an Irish OH and had an English-born Mother.

BUT I'M WELSH BORN AND BRED!

So my loyalty today goes to Ireland .... for OH and for Wales to stay in second place :-D

so sorry my English Friends :-( :-( :-D <3

Hello dearest Fly

)))HUGS((( <3 <3 <3

Come on England

:-D :-D :-D :-D Hi Prickles <3

Johnny Sexton kicks this game off for Ireland!

CAULIFLOWER EAR OLLS PRICKLES :-D :-D :-D :-D <3

There are some very unattractive ear olls on that pitch.

Now God Save The Queen

The Anthems

First Ireland's Call

No Soldiers Song Today as the game is being played at Twickenham - England!

The teams are coming out

Rory Best leads out his Ireland Team

Dylan Hartley is Captain of England

IRELAND HAVE ALREADY WON THE SIX NATIONS 2018

BUT ...

WILL IRELAND WIN THEIR THIRD GRAND SLAM?

Watch this game to see :-)

THE ANTHEMS FOR THE SING-A-LONG

ANTHEM OF THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND

A SOLDIER’S SONG
We'll sing a song, a soldier's song,
With cheering rousing chorus,
As round our blazing fires we throng,
The starry heavens o'er us;
Impatient for the coming fight,
And as we wait the morning's light,
Here in the silence of the night,
We'll chant a soldier's song.

Chorus:
Soldiers are we
whose lives are pledged to Ireland;
Some have come
from a land beyond the wave.
Sworn to be free,
No more our ancient sire land
Shall shelter the despot or the slave.
Tonight we man the gap of danger
In Erin's cause, come woe or weal
"Mid cannons" roar and rifles peal,
We'll chant a soldier's song.

In valley green, on towering crag,
Our fathers fought before us,
And conquered 'neath the same old flag
That's proudly floating o'er us.
We're children of a fighting race,
That never yet has known disgrace,
And as we march, the foe to face,
We'll chant a soldier's song.


ANTHEM OF THE IRELAND RUGBY UNION (To Unite North and South)

IRELAND'S CALL (Match Day Version)

Come the day and come the hour
Come the power and the glory
We have come to answer
Our Country's call
From the four proud provinces of Ireland

Ireland, Ireland
Together standing tall
Shoulder to shoulder
We'll answer Ireland's call

Ireland, Ireland
Together standing tall
Shoulder to shoulder
We’ll answer Ireland’s Call
We’ll answer Ireland’s Call


ENGLAND ~ GOD SAVE THE QUEEN

God save our gracious Queen!
Long live our noble Queen!
God save the Queen!
Send her victorious,
Happy and glorious,
Long to reign over us,
God save the Queen.

ENGLAND v IRELAND: THE TEAMS

ENGLAND

Backs:
15. Anthony Watson
14. Jonny May
13. Jonathan Joseph
12. Ben Te’o
11. Elliot Daly
10. Owen Farrell
9. Richard Wigglesworth

Forwards:
1. Mako Vunipola
2. Dylan Hartley (Captain)
3. Kyle Sinckler
4. Maro Itoje
5. George Kruis
6. Chris Robshaw
7. James Haskell
8. Sam Simmonds .

Replacements:
16. Jamie George, 17. Joe Marler, 18. Dan Cole, 19. Joe Launchbury, 20. Don Armand, 21. Danny Care, 22. George Ford, 23. Mike Brown


IRELAND

Backs:
15. Rob Kearney
14. Keith Earls
13. Garry Ringrose
12. Bundee Aki
11. Jacob Stockdale
10. Jonathan Sexton
9. Conor Murray

Forward:
1. Cian Healy
2. Rory Best (Captain)
3. Tadhg Furlong
4. James Ryan
5. Iain Henderson
6. Peter O'Mahony
7. Dan Leavy
8. CJ Stander

Replacements:
16. Sean Cronin, 17. Jack McGrath, 18. Andrew Porter, 19. Devin Toner, 20. Jordi Murphy, 21. Kieran Marmion, 22. Joey Carbery. 23. Jordan Larmour

NEXT GAME TODAY


ENGLAND v IRELAND .......... Kick Off 2.45pm ~ Live on ITV 1

Usually he does do it on match day Linda, but he's having a bad day. He has IPF

Why are you making the sandwich Jem? You need to train him better.

I have to go out for a while, but hope to be back soon to watch England

Well done Scotland :-D

Well done Italy so close you have improved so much - next year you could be very dangerous. Well done Scotland skin of your teeth :-D

Congratulations Scotland <3

Commiserations to Italy .... but look how well you did! :-)

Talk about leaving it late :-S