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France scores penalty 3 points. SCORE 16-3

I'd better go and pass OH the hankies. See you!

GO NIGEL OWENS! A BRILLIANT REF...MAN OF THE MATCH SO FAR :-D :-D :-D

HE ALWAYS EXPLAINS, TAKES NO NONSENSE, BUT NEVER SPEAKS DOWN AT THE PLAYERS :-) :-) :-)

ps. My OH says it's cos he's so small that he has to talk up to them! :-D :-D :-D

Hi DET... lovely to see you! Welcome to the thread <3

Brilliant Try by France- missed the conversion. A difficult one, but one our Leigh has done successfully many a time!

SCORE 13-3 to FRANCE

Italy shouldn't be considered the weakest team this year!

On the other hand, England are getting whipped by France and only 20 mins into the game :-(

Yes I thought the Frenchman had the conversion too John!

SCORE SO FAR.... FRANCE 8 ENGLAND 3.

English Points courtesy of OWEN FARRELL PENALTY

I didn't realise Nige was ref till he said so on Jonathan last night. Jem. Yes, a great referee. Think it will be hard work for him this evening. I thought the French kicker got the conversion. Who moved the posts? :-D ;-)

No commentary on this game then? Having your bara lawr starter, followed by lobscaws, and then a teisen lap with a cup of tea?

IT'S OUR NIGE AS REF!!!!! :-D :-D :-D

Welshman Nigel Owens...In my opinion THE NUMBER 1 REFEREE IN RUGBY UNION!

AND A STAND-UP COMEDIAN TO BOOT

Already France has scored a try within seconds! but missed conversion 5-0 FRANCE.

I will be back later to comment on the match! Feel free to add your comments!

FRANCE v ENGLAND---Here's the English Starting Line-Up for any England Rugby Supporters looking In-

1/ Joe Marler; 2/ Dylan Hartley; 3/ Dan Cole; 4/ Joe Launchbury; 5/ Courtney Lawes;
6/ Tom Wood; 7/ Chris Robshaw; 8/ Billy Vuniola 9/ Danny Core; 10/ Owen Farrell;
11/ Jonny May; 12/ Billy Twelvetrees; 13/ Luther Burrell; 14/ Jack Nowell;
15/ Mike Brown

Yes John- it's going to be an interesting weekend. And Yes, we will need to pick our game up considerably!

I think I'm in agreement with you on those results, but then you never know in Rugby! :-D

What a great start. I was worried when Campagnaro ran through towards end and we will have to step things up considerably next week.

Now to see if I am right with all my forecasts for wins this weekend - Wales, France and Ireland. My three favourites, but not necessarily in that order. I hope England play very well






and that they are still beaten by a French side playing even better. :-D ;-)

Well, the competition carries on now with FRANCE V ENGLAND. KICK OFF 5pm

Brilliant :-D :-D :-D :-D

:-D :-D :-D :-D BARB!

Thankyou for joining in. Conceived and born in Wales, where else would you be!!!! <3

NEXT WALES MATCH ......
SATURDAY 8TH FEBRUARY- WALES V IRELAND 2-30pm:-) :-) :-)

next Under 20s match Friday 7th February. Kick off 7-35pm :-) :-) :-)

DON'T FORGET TO SUPPORT YOUR TEAM WALES! ;-) :-) :-)

are you broadcasting on the radio too Jem :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

you go girl :-D :-D :-D

Well we won, but in my opinion, we had our moments, but we were far from at our best. We will need to raise our game for the rest of the championship!

CLOCK'S GONE RED....AND IT'S ALL OVER!

FINAL SCORE WALES 23 / ITALY 15 :-) :-) :-) <3 <3 <3

OOOOOH COME ON BOYS......oooh Priestand kicking again! :-( :-( :-( Dan Biggar come back!

MAN OF THE MATCH ...MICHELE CAMPAGNARO