General Chat

Jem croaks with the crowd.......

.....And We Were Singing, Hymns and Arias, Land Of My Fathers, Ar Hyd Y Nos!

Oh dear! :-S
This flu virus has done nothing for my singing voice :-D :-D

lalala....Why Why Why Delilah

oh dear - Our ALUN-WYN JONES has had to bow out of this match with a foot injury!

What a massive blow to the Welsh Team.

Jake Ball takes his place. A terrific opportunity for him!

Crows are singing HEY JUDE!

30 MINUTES TO GO! :-) :-) :-) <3 <3

Do you know Shaun-
we were just trying to work that out! There isn't much in it is there? although visually you would think that Bastareaud was much heavier!
Although George Is an extra 4 inches taller.

They were saying on Sunday's Scrum V that Bastareaud was injured and wouldn't be playing! "What a relief!" thought I. But there he was!!S :-S :-| :-|:-D

Warren Gatland has warned them that they must perform tonight or their International careers are on the line :-0 :-0

I can't blame him!

BUT WE CAN YET DO IT!
WE DO HAVE A WONDERFUL TEAM DESPITE LAST WEEK'S PERFORMANCE!
:-) :-) :-)

ONE HOUR LEFT TOOOOOOOOOOOO GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

IT'S OUR GEORGE VERSUS THE JUGGERNAUT!!!!!!!!!!
34 STONE IMPACT ON COLLISION
George aged 21 , 6 foot 4 inches and 17 stone.
Mathieu aged 25 , 6 foot and 17 stone 4lbs

Got to have a lie down.

shaun

ONLY 1 HOUR TO GO! YIPPEE

DON'T FORGET- 8 O'CLOCK KICK-OFF!

WALES TO WIN

CAN WE DO IT- YOU BET!

ARE WE SHOUTING FOR W-A-L-E-S?- YES W-A-L-E-S :-D :-D <3

WHO'S WEARING RED? :-) :-) :-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Np8xufcOztM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMKsrjOqW6o

2 and a half hours tooooooooooooooo gooooooooooooo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4daZPxjojiA

OH SHAUN!!!!! ABSOLUTELY PRICELESS!! :-D :-D :-D :-D

I would encourage you all, Welsh or not, to click on Shaun's Link-

MAX BOYCE..."When I Played for Wales" <3

" HOURS TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

http://www.lucywho.com/videos?v=phOjW5KLC9w

JUST 2 HOURS TO GO WALES! :-D :-D <3

CAN WE DO IT......YES WE CAN ;-) <3 <3

COUNTING DOWN.....

.......4 HOURS TO GO :-D :-D <3

Hi John :-) :-)

Very pleased to see you indeed! :-)

I don't want it to be "The Jemima Show"!

I'm also trying to be fair to the other teams /supporters, but obviously my loyalty is with Wales :-)

I'm full of a flu-like virus at the moment, :-( so I'm hoping that I will be ok for the commentary.
I hope you will join in and help me out! :-) :-)

"Os treisiodd y gelyn fy ngwlad tan ei droed,

Mae hen iaith y Cymry mor fyw ag erioed,"

Think we can still sing that with gusto, Jem. Whatever our politics. Was watching a video of Dafydd Iwan singing "Yma o hyd" very late last night and also Boys Aloud singing Calon Lan in front of David Walliams and Simon Cowell. Just fantastic - went to bed very happy and very emotional.

And as for Shaun's team - every one a giant :-D :-D :-D

THE WELSH NATIONAL ANTHEM....
MAE HEN WLAD FY NHADAU-

Mae hen wlad fy nhadau yn annwyl i mi,
Gwlad beirdd a chantorion, enwogion o fri;
Ei gwrol ryfelwyr, gwladgarwyr tra mad,
Dros ryddid collasant eu gwaed

Cytgan/ Chorus
Gwlad, gwlad, pleidiol wyf i'm gwlad.
Tra môr yn fur i'r bur hoff bau,
O bydded i'r hen iaith barhau.

LITERAL TRANSLATION:

The old land of my fathers is dear to me,
Land of bards (poets) and singers, famous men of renown;
Her brave warriors, patriots,
For freedom shed their blood.

Chorus:
Country, Country, (HOMELAND conveys the sentiment more accurately) I am true to my country.
While the sea is a wall to the pure, most loved land,O may the old language endure.

WHILE MOST WELSH PEOPLE KNOW THEIR ANTHEM AS WRITTEN (and translated) ABOVE- Many do not know that there are in fact TWO OTHER VERSES:

Verse 2:
Hen Gymru fynyddig, paradwys y bard
Pob dyffryn, pob clogwyn, i'm golwg sydd hardd;
Trwy deimlad gwladgarol mor swynol yw si
Ei nentydd, afonydd, i mi.

Old Mountainous Wales, The Poet’s Paradise,
Every Valley, every cliff, to my mind is beautiful,
Through patriotic feeling, how charming are the murmurs of her brooks to me

Verse 3:

Os treisiodd y gelyn fy ngwlad tan ei droed,
Mae hen iaith y Cymry mor fyw ag erioed,
Ni luddiwyd yr awen gan erchyll law brad, yr awen gan erchyll law brad.

If the enemy oppresses my land under his foot,
The old language of the Welsh is as alive as ever
Spirit not restrained or hindered by the hideous hand of treason,
Not hindered by the hideous hand of treason.

THE COUNTDOWN CONTINUES!

5 HOURS TO GO! :-) :-) :-) <3

THE BIG DAY HAS ARRIVED! :-) :-) :-)

7 HOURS AND COUNTING.........

.....UNTIL THE BIG MATCH!

WALES V FRANCE.... KICK-OFF 8PM LIVE ON BBC1 .....AND RADIO JEM! :-D :-D

SWITCH ON TUNE-IN AND SHOUT W-A-L-E-S :-D :-D <3

SO WHAT CHANGES HAS WARREN GATLAND MADE TO THE TEAM?

From the Wales v Ireland Starting Line-Up these are the changes:

SCOTT WILLIAMS is not in the starting line up. He sustained a bad shoulder injury in the last game. He is replaced at number 13 by GEORGE NORTH.
It will be very interesting to see the partnership of George North and Jamie Roberts in action!

George North is being replaced at number 11 by LIAM WILLIAMS.

One of the most obvious changes is that MIKE PHILLIPS has been replaced by RHYS WEBB as Scrum Half (number 9)
Mike had temper issues in the last game! Did that have any bearing on Warren's decision? Mike is still on the bench, however.

LUKE CHARTERIS who has recovered from a hamstring injury is back. He replaces ANDREW COOMBS.

The other change to the Replacement bench is the addition of DAN BIGGAR.

It seems that Warren Gatland has remained loyally behind his boys, with no drastic changes.

SO- LET'S GET BEHIND OUR BOYS!
Join me here on Friday Night-

SWITCH ON- TUNE-IN AND SHOUT FOR WALES <3 <3 <3

WELSH RUGBY FANS NEED SPECULATE NO MORE!......

......HERE IS THE TEAM FOR WALES V FRANCE (FRIDAY NIGHT- 8pm Kick-Off)

The Wales team to face France is as follows:

(15-1)
Leigh Halfpenny
Alex Cuthbert
George North
Jamie Roberts
Liam Williams
Rhys Priestland
Rhys Webb
Taulupe Faletau
Sam Warburton CAPTAIN
Dan Lydiate
Alun Wyn Jones
Luke Charteris
Adam Jones
Richard Hibbard
Gethin Jenkins

Replacements: Ken Owens; Paul James; Rhodri Jones; Jake Ball; Justin Tipuric; Mike Phillips; Dan Biggar; James Hook.

AND HERE'S THE FRENCH LINE-UP:
France (15-1)
Brice Dulin; Yoann Huget, Mathieu Bastareaud, Wesley Fofana, Hugo Bonneval; Jules Plisson, Jean-Marc Doussain; Louis Picamoles, Wenceslas Lauret, Yannick Nyanga; Yoann Maestri, Pascal Pape (capt); Nicolas Mas, Dimitri Szarzewski, Thomas Domingo
Replacements: Brice Mach, Yannick Forestier, Vincent Debaty, Sébastien Vahaamahina, Damien Chouly, Maxime Machenaud, Remi Tales, Gael Fickou

REFEREE...ALAIN ROLLAND