Italy v Rome - any other 6 nations followers?

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

hahaha Alf. Nearly checked myself! You never know. No chance of him sending her in his place!

I’m here! Got seduced into reading a different thread for the interval but I’m back now. Sadly gin-less as I’m pinned by a sleeping baby and DH is still asleep!

Glad to see Wales have remembered their kicking boots

But so have France...

Looks like it should be a better match to watch though!

Well this is a different game to the previous one anyway!

@PrincessSarene welcome back! Yep it's already shaping up to be a better game

Kate is probably relaxing with a nice hair treatment while he's out.

That will be George North off again then.

Oh no! Someone needs to find a way to give George North a thicker skull!!!

Oooh, that's not good

There's surely only do many HIAs he can have each year.

France looking good. Offloading the ball too soon though.

Wales are starting to look a bit scrappy now. Get it together guys!

@Hoghgyni I guess as long as they come back clear it doesn’t matter how many a player has?

Mohammad Ali (boxer) is believed to have gotten dementia from head injuries. You don't want too many of those to be honest. If you think of it in terms of a wobbly fence and you keep kicking it, every kick is going to do damage until it finally breaks. It's not like the fence goes back to its original state.

True. I suppose it depends whether every bump is causing some sort of damage... maybe he should get some protective headgear!

They have to take longer & longer off with each one. Mike Brown was out for months 3 or 4 years ago after one too many concussions in the 6N.

There is also a suspicion that they may be linked to MND given the increasing number of players suffering like Dodie Weir.

They should all be wearing head gear imo lol, but I'm a wuss.

I think they take potential head injuries very seriously, although I understand it’s frustrating for the players who just want to play rugby.

When you look at amount of gear American Football players wear it does make you think whether rugby players should be wearing something.

Good kick.

Ooh, I like the dragon masks!!

Fucking awesome from France!

Well that was painful to watch.

Wales really should have shut France down there. But they’ve got away with it.

That was not forward!