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Jim Patching
United Kingdom
Cardiff
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OK, the 6 Nations is about to kick off this weekend and here's my predictions as to how the first games are gonna go:
England Vs Scotland
England have been much maligned and talked down of late but personally I think the situation in the England camp has been blown out of all proportions. They're always going to be tough to beat. Having said that, I think this new team of mostly inexperienced players might well come a cropper in Scotland on Saturday. I don't think they'll be easy to beat but I think the Scots will do it. That result would certainly be a good morale boost for the Scottish camp!
France Vs Italy
Italy did amazingly well to beat France last year but I can't see them beating Les Bleus at home. I suspect Italy will lose but I'm interested to see how they perform with their new coach.
Wales Vs Ireland
Being Welsh myself I was feeling really positive about this game. I know the Irish league teams are doing really well at the moment but I just had a funny feeling we'd beat them again at the international level. That was before half the Welsh team picked up injuries, ruling them out of the game. I'm still feeling optimistic but it was already going to be a fairly big ask and the injury situation has just made it more difficult. Still, I don't want to sit on the fence, I'm going to say Wales to edge it.
Whatever happens, I'm really looking forward to the weekend!
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jeff blackmar
United States
Cumberland
Rhode Island
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O flower of Scotland
When will we see your like again
That fought and died for
Your wee bit hill and glen
And stood against him
Proud Edward's army
And sent him homeward
Tae think again
The hills are bare now
And autumn leaves lie thick and still
O'er land that is lost now
Which those so dearly held
And stood against him
Proud Edward's army
And sent him homeward
Tae think again
Those days are passed now
And in the past they must remain
But we can still rise now
And be the nation again
That stood against him
Proud Edward's army
And sent him homeward
Tae think again
GO SCOTLAND!!!
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B-ʎǝsnoW-ix
Netherlands
Santpoort-Zuid
a nice small town near the sea
Still tracking down my 2011 Secret Santa, I think I know who SHE is!
Engaged! - Planning for a wedding in June 2013. - Engaged!
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I would love to see Scotland take the Calcutta cup!
But England, don't rule them out. They started to play attractive rugby again and you can tell they are enjoying themselves.
France will beat Italy, no question what. Just look at how they performed in the RWC final. Plus they don't want to loose from Italy again.
Wales - Ireland is though to call.
I would put my money on Wales though.
Yes, lots of injured, but so is O'Driscoll
Looking forward to the weekend!
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Derek
United States
Chicago
Illinois
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Nothing would make me happier than to see Scotland beat England.
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Steve Vondra
United States
Charlottesville
Virginia
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Cymru Am Byth!
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jeff blackmar
United States
Cumberland
Rhode Island
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I can't want to get out of here at work.
The DVR is set. I have some Innis & Gunn and some Belhaven ready at home, I have on my favorite Scotland Rugby shirt. I'm ready to cheer on the lads.
And I'll pour a pint in hopes for Wales to do well too.
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B-ʎǝsnoW-ix
Netherlands
Santpoort-Zuid
a nice small town near the sea
Still tracking down my 2011 Secret Santa, I think I know who SHE is!
Engaged! - Planning for a wedding in June 2013. - Engaged!
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AvidHunter wrote: I can't want to get out of here at work.
The DVR is set. I have some Innis & Gunn and some Belhaven ready at home, I have on my favorite Scotland Rugby shirt. I'm ready to cheer on the lads.
And I'll pour a pint in hopes for Wales to do well too.
Wearing my scotland jersey too 
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Derek
United States
Chicago
Illinois
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So...
Nothing would make me happier than to see Dan Parks never wear navy again.
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B-ʎǝsnoW-ix
Netherlands
Santpoort-Zuid
a nice small town near the sea
Still tracking down my 2011 Secret Santa, I think I know who SHE is!
Engaged! - Planning for a wedding in June 2013. - Engaged!
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AvidHunter wrote: O flower of Scotland
When will we see your like again
That fought and died for
Your wee bit hill and glen
And stood against him
Proud Edward's army
And sent him homeward
Tae think again
The hills are bare now
And autumn leaves lie thick and still
O'er land that is lost now
Which those so dearly held
And stood against him
Proud Edward's army
And sent him homeward
Tae think again
Those days are passed now
And in the past they must remain
But we can still rise now
And be the nation again
That stood against him
Proud Edward's army
And sent him homeward
Tae think again
GO SCOTLAND!!!
Lord, grant that Marshal Wade,
May by thy mighty aid,
Victory bring.
May he sedition hush,
and like a torrent rush,
Rebellious Scots to crush,
God save the King
And now to slap Alex Salmond with my Giant inflatable England glove.
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jeff blackmar
United States
Cumberland
Rhode Island
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Really... really... how is it possible to blow so many opportunities!?
England got lucky and the Scots beat themselves.
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B-ʎǝsnoW-ix
Netherlands
Santpoort-Zuid
a nice small town near the sea
Still tracking down my 2011 Secret Santa, I think I know who SHE is!
Engaged! - Planning for a wedding in June 2013. - Engaged!
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That Ireland Wales match was the best of the weekend!
Close match! Great to watch.
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jeff blackmar
United States
Cumberland
Rhode Island
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Mousey wrote: That Ireland Wales match was the best of the weekend!
Close match! Great to watch.
Wish BBC America would play them all. God forbid they play a couple less Top Gear re-runs.
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B-ʎǝsnoW-ix
Netherlands
Santpoort-Zuid
a nice small town near the sea
Still tracking down my 2011 Secret Santa, I think I know who SHE is!
Engaged! - Planning for a wedding in June 2013. - Engaged!
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AvidHunter wrote: Mousey wrote: That Ireland Wales match was the best of the weekend!
Close match! Great to watch. Wish BBC America would play them all. God forbid they play a couple less Top Gear re-runs.
I got the rbs6nations app, trough that I get video hightlights.
So the rbs6natons website will probably have those too.
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Wales and England deserved their wins I thought. It'll be a good match up this year.
Wales need to find someone who can kick straight (I don't really follow them but against Ireland their kicking was appalling), England are missing Flood. Still, they looked solid in defense and there were a couple of moments where they looked dangerous going forwards. Scotland didn't look dangerous except for one or two moments when Gray had the ball- no ideas or creativity going on and they only ever looked like scoring penalties.
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Andy Leighton
England
Peterborough
Unspecified
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Euroncrowseye wrote: Wales and England deserved their wins I thought. It'll be a good match up this year.
Wales need to find someone who can kick straight (I don't really follow them but against Ireland their kicking was appalling), England are missing Flood. Still, they looked solid in defense and there were a couple of moments where they looked dangerous going forwards. Scotland didn't look dangerous except for one or two moments when Gray had the ball- no ideas or creativity going on and they only ever looked like scoring penalties.
I don't know how much of Priestland's kicking success (or rather lack of it) was due to carrying an injury or the reduction in confidence because of that. In the past he has been alright. If Wales get their lineout working I can see them asking some questions of England and France.
As for Scotland. It is the same old story (unfortunately). They look dangerous until they get to the opponents 22.
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Andy Andersen
United States
Newark
Delaware
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The only thing I know about rugby is that it takes leather balls to play
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Jim Patching
United Kingdom
Cardiff
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Wow, what a game Ireland Vs Wales turned out to be! I thought Wales deserved to win it more comfortabley than they did but man it was exciting! Both teams played very well.
I was fully expecting Scotland Vs England to be a rip roaring game - what a mistake that was! Very dull. I was rooting for Scotland (nothing against England, I just thought the Scots could do with a win) but watching them play was an exercise in frustration.
France Vs Italy went as expected. Italy played quite well. I'm interested to see how they do against England at home.
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jeff blackmar
United States
Cumberland
Rhode Island
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fluisterwoud wrote:
Nothing would make me happier than to see Dan Parks never wear navy again.
fluisterwoud wrote:
Sooooo... happy?
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Jim Patching
United Kingdom
Cardiff
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I was there for the Grand Slam match as you can (not really) see from this screen shot from the BBC:
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