General Chat

WALES have a penalty. They are going for the three points. Will Ethan do it?

Same again! The ball was going straight through the middle, when a gust of wind took it away! It must be very frustrating for the young boys! :-(

Penalty advantage Ireland.

Penalty- Is he going for the posts? Yes- but no score. AGAIN THE WIND TOOK IT AWAY FROM GOAL!

WILL THIS GO AGAINST US TOMORROW I WONDER?

Ireland keeping possession well, and gaining ground.

Ireland kicked it forward, but Wales reached it and kicked it clear.

Penalty to Ireland. Wales pulled down Irish Player in Line out

Irish throw in

Penalty to Wales for Ireland bringing the Welsh Drive Down! Kicking for position, but Ethan's messed it up.

Scrum put in to Ireland

I've just seen your post Elizabeth!

You are very welcome. Please join us if you can! :-) :-) :-)

WALES under 20s v IRELAND under 20s Live on Radio Jem :-D :-D

They're off!

Penalty for Wales. Kicking for Goal is ETHAN DAVIES! Looked on target, but sadly the Irish wind took it! :-(

Dear Jemima

Hello

All set for tomorrow's sporting action!

Instead of myself complaining about the football, it will be my family complaining about the Winter Olympics and most of the rugby.

Wall to wall sport!!


Take gentle care
Very best wishes
Elizabeth,
xx

:-) WALES under 20s v IRELAND under 20s-
TONIGHT Live on BBC2 Wales- Kick Off 7.35

TEAMS:
Wales Under 20:
Afon Bagshaw (RGC); Ashton Hewitt (Dragons); Steffan Hughes (capt, Scarlets);
Garyn Smith (Blues); Joshua Adams (Scarlets); Ethan Davies (Dragons);
Tom Williams (Blues); Nicky Smith (Ospreys); Ethan Lewis (Blues);
Nicky Thomas(Ospreys); Scott Andrews (Dragons); James Sheekey (Blues);
Will Boyde (Carmarthen); James Benjamin (Dragons); Ben Roach (Blues)

Replacements: Scott Otten (Ospreys), Luke Garrett (Dragons), Callum Lewis (Blues), Rory Thornton (Ospreys) Ollie Griffiths (Dragons), Connor Lloyd (Scarlets), Luke Price (Ospreys), Tyler Morgan (Dragons)

Ireland Under-20:
David Busby; Cian Kelleher; Garry Ringrose; Peter Robb; Ian Fitzpatrick;
Ross Byrne; Nick McCarthy; Peter Dooley; Max Abbott; Rory Burke;
Sean O'Brien; Ross Molony; Peadar Timmins; Jack O'Donoghue; Dan Leavy (capt)

Replacements: Sean McNulty, Denis Coulson, Oisin Heffernan, Joe Joyce, Frankie Taggart, Jack Cullen, Conor McKeon, Dan Goggin.

WORTH WATCHING! :-)

My Sentiments exactly John!

Like you, I think we are in for quite a battle. That will make it all the more enjoyable- AS LONG AS WE WIN OF COURSE! ;-) :-D :-D

I did not know that Max Boyce had Irish roots, that would explain a lot! :-D :-D

It will be a very passionate affair and I think they are the two best teams. Ireland are my second favourite nation and I will be both tearful and elated if we beat them in Dublin.

I honestly feel that the Irish and the Welsh have always been close bedfellows, and our favourite Welshman (Max Boyce) has Irish roots, though I noticed in a recent programme that both grandfathers were Welsh born (and one in Rhondda :-D :-D). And the Henesseys are a great Welsh folk group, and Frank was born 1947 in the Cardiff Irish community and will be split down the middle.

I will be hoping Irish do very well, but that Wales do that little bit better. And hopefully a lot better than last week. C'mon Sam - and remember to sing (or look as if you are singing) this time.

Not really Allan :-D :-D

OH never followed Rugby when he was growing up in Ireland. Given the choice- He will support WALES!

Some years ago OH made a Banner of home-made Irish flags to wind me and Grandson 1 up during a Wales v Ireland match!

Half way through the match I realised that he was SHOUTING FOR WALES
:-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

Will there be divided loyalties in your house during the matches, Jem? :-D :-D

AND DON'T FORGET OUR YOUNGER BOYS.....

Tomorrow evening on BBC2 Wales- Kick-Off 7.35pm

WALES u20s v IRELAND u20s

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IRELAND COACH JOE SCHMIDT HAS ANNOUNCED HIS STARTING LINE-UP FOR SATURDAY'S GAME-
WALES V IRELAND MATCH...LIVE ON BBC 1- KICK OFF 2.30pm

Ireland : 15-Rob Kearney, 14-Andrew Trimble, 13-Brian O'Driscoll, 12-Gordon D'Arcy, 11-Dave Kearney, 10-Jonathan Sexton, 9-Conor Murray; 1-Cian Healy, 2-Rory Best, 3-Mike Ross, 4-Devin Toner, 5-Paul O'Connell, 6-Peter O'Mahony, 7-Chris Henry, 8-Jamie Heaslip
Replacements: 16-Sean Cronin, 17-Jack McGrath, 18-Martin Moore, 19-Dan Tuohy, 20-Tommy O'Donnell, 21-Isaac Boss, 22-Paddy Jackson, 23-Fergus McFadden

Well, Ireland has a strong a team. They are not going to be push-overs, especially as they have the advantage of playing at home.

SO WALES HAS TO DIG DEEP.
Our team must put their HEART AND SOUL into this match if they want to keep their dream alive of winning a...
RECORD BREAKING SIX NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP THREE WINS IN A ROW!

JOIN ME IN SUPPORTING YOUR WALES TEAM LIVE ON SATURDAY!
SWITCH ON, TUNE-IN, AND CHEER FOR WALES!!!! :-) :-) :-)

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Shame about Luke Charteris. But what a side!!!

It really should be the match of the championship, and probably decide which of 6 nations ultimately wins this year. But it will also be very interesting to see how consistent France are this year. On their day, sacre bleu!!! Not on their day, lu blue ;-)

WALES V IRELAND
This Saturday, February 8th- Live on BBC1- KICK OFF 2.30pm

THE WALES STARTING LINE-UP HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED:

SAM WARBURTON who has recovered from a shoulder injury RETURNS AS CAPTAIN
He replaces Justin Tipuric in the number 7 position

Warren Gatland has made two further changes to his team-
GETHIN JENKINS replaces Paul James.
ANDREW COOMBS takes over from injured Luke Charteris who has sustained a hamstring injury.

15...Leigh Halfpenny
14...Alex Cuthbert
13...Scott Williams
12...Jamie Roberts
11...George North
10...Rhys Priestland
9.....Mike Phillips
8.....Taulupe (Toby) Falatau
7.....Sam Warburton CAPTAIN
6.....Dan Lydiate
5.....Alun-Wyn Jones
4.....Andrew Coombs
3.....Adam Jones
2.....Richard Hibbard
1.....Gethin Jenkins

Replacements:
16-Ken Owens, 17-Paul James, 18-Rhodri Jones, 19-Jake Ball, 20-Justin Tipuric, 21-Rhys Webb, 22-James Hook, 23-Liam Williams

Ireland coach Joe Schmidt will announce his starting line-up on Thursday .

WALES WOMEN'S 6 NATIONS RESULT:

Sadly, Wales Women lost their match against Italy this afternoon :-(

SCORE: WALES WOMEN- 11 / ITALY WOMEN 12

Nor me John :-(

We were rather lack-lustre by Wales' standards yesterday I felt! And Ireland had a very good game!

BUT- All teams have one average game every 6 Nations Championship. Wales had theirs yesterday. Let's hope it's out of their system now, and they go on to bigger and better things next week! :-) :-)

Mwah... :-D :-D

Only two nations in it already - Wales and Ireland. And next week in Dublin will decide things. Don't know about you, Jem - but I am not as confident as I would like to be about next week.

Noticed in Sunday Mirror that England are tipped as a team of the future. Don't agree. I cannot see their side competing at top level in next 5 years at least. They might get a good few victories, but other nations (Wales, Ireland and France) are now better than them and will remain that way. Scotland and Italy are getting better every year and they should both be able to take England on their day.

I wish them luck, but the Duke Of Lancaster is hardly inspiring, is he?