Italy v Rome - any other 6 nations followers?

[shudup]

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I'm happy to see either side win to be honest. Anyone any thoughts or preferences?

Wtf just happened to that post? It wasn't that bad!

@PrincessSarene . Definitely!
Though you could argue that it would also be patriotic to test it now.

It's had entertaining moments but it does look and feel like the wooden spoon decider.

Scotland to win- I am off to twickenham tomorrow for the Ireland vs England game

Little flash of Scottish bottom there!

On a more serious note - what is wrong with all the kickers today? Either missing altogether or hitting the posts!

@shudup it's been good to watch it with you lot, though.

Neither of the teams are getting the ball out to the sides to the 'runners' as I call them. They're going in for rugby in the middle and not gaining any ground. Ireland has been at fault for doing this in the past.

Haha - nice hairless bottom it was too hahahahaha

Can't beat a good bottom. (Well, you could, but that's a different convo entirely)

Agree that the chat here has been the best thing about this match!

Thoughts on the yellow?

Alf, I can't make head nor tail of the ref today.

Hello!

Would love Italy to win, but they're not going to again.

Did you hear about the possibility of South Africa joining the Six Nations? Now that would be good!!

@PrincessSarene are you staying for the Wales v France game? Can't be much worse. Unless France win, obvs

Agree about the yellow.

@shudup True. Seemed a bit ' handbags' to me

Did you hear about the possibility of South Africa joining the Six Nations? Now that would be good!! No it would not! Whatever chance Ireland has, we don't need SA joining! Next we'll have the All Blacks and we'll never win anything ever! Lol

I thought the yellow was spot on - in fact, I thought it could have been a red. The Italian 16 clearly tipped the Scottish player over the horizontal so he landed unsafely. The officials are really cracking down on that sort of dangerous play and rightly so.

The Italian players don't seem as fit as the Scottish. They're struggling to run.

Agree with the yellow. It was a clear tip and could have been very dangerous.

Hoping to stick around for the Wales game... depends on when the DDs and DH wake up from their naps. I’m currently the only one awake!

Congratulations Scotland! Commiserations to Italy.

It would be daft South Africa joining.

I thought Georgia was a possibility.

I wouldn't want South Africa joining. It does nothing to improve the competition at the bottom of the table.

I suppose when you've some of the top teams coming out of the six nations - Ireland, England and Wales, then I suppose we could take on SA! I didn't think that we were noticed on the world stage though.

I don't think the Six Nations is unnoticed in the Rugby World. The Southern Hemisphere have dominated RWC tbf but that's only been running since 87

I wikipedia'd it and it was originally called the Home Nations with just Ireland, England, Scotland & Wales. Then France joined in 1939. It was the first international rugby union tournament in the world.