General Chat

Scotland is pushing forward. Dunbar heaved at the touch.

Scotland replacements.

Captain Greg Laidlaw is among the replaced players.

England replaces players also

England are getting closer to the score line again! Closer to that third try.
Pen advantage to England. Coming back for the penalty.

The throw in and drive. Advantage to England for Scottish infringement in defence.

Ref warns Scottish Captain.

English throw in very near try line.

SCRUM FOR SCOTLAND.

But first more replacements to both teams.

They are on the line.....Scotland gets ball and clears.

SCOTLAND GETS SCRUM AGAIN

PENALTY ENGLAND. KICKING FOR LINE-OUT.

Throw in England Scrum- England on the offensive again. On Try Line. England looking for one final Try. Not to be, but

Pen England with just 2 mins remaining.

Scrum put in England but collapsed.

ENGLAND'S MIKE BROWN IS NAMED MAN OF THE MATCH

Scrum put in Scotland. Ball out and kicked out of play- AND THAT'S IT!!

FINAL SCORE:
ENGLAND 20- SCOTLAND 0

Congratulations ENGLAND
Commiserations SCOTLAND

:-D :-D :-D

Roy

:-D :-D :-D back Roy!

You did well!

Early days yet though! :-P :-D :-D

Well Done England and Roy, Bad luck Scotland.

We have two " PORKIE_PIES now :-D :-D

Thanks Jem for the commentary.

Shaun

Love it Jem - well done :-D

Hi Wend :-) :-)

Thanks. Hope you'll come back and join in next time :-)

I will Jem - not the full ticket to-day, but 'im indoors is a happy boy tonight :-D

GOOD MORNING RUGBY FANS :-) :-)

What can I say!
Well, I hope that I have always been fair in my commentaries, even though as all of you know by now....."W-A-L-E-S!" :-D

So with that in mind........ :-(

WALES COACH WARREN GATLAND HAS BEEN QUOTED IN SAYING
That his side's performance against Ireland yesterday was... ...................
.............ONE OF THE WORST HE'S EVER BEEN INVOLVED WITH!..... (Jem hangs head in embarrassment):-( :-( :-(

BUT...WHERE CAN WE GO FROM HERE BUT.....UP! :-D

COME ON WALES...YOU HAVE 2 WEEKS TO PICK YOURSELF UP AND SORT YOURSELF OUT! :-| :-| :-D :-D

FRANCE V ITALY..LIVE ON BBC1 .......KICK-OFF... 3pm

FRANCE's LINE-UP:
15 Dulin, 14 Huget, 13 Bastareaud, 12 Fofana, 11 Bonneval, 10 Plisson, 9 Doussain, 1 Domingo, 2 Szarzewski, 3 Mas, 4 Maestri, 5 Nyanga, 6 Nyanga, 7 Le Roux, 8 Picamoles

Replacements: 16 Kayser, 17 Forestier, 18 Slimani, 19 Vahaamahina, 20 Chouly, 21 Machenaud, 22 Trinh-Duc, 23 Fickou

ITALY'S LINE-UP:
15 McLean; 14 Iannone, 13 Campagnaro, 12 Garci, 11 Sarto, 10 Allan, 9 Gori; 1 De Marchi, 2 Ghiraldini, 3 Castrogiovanni, 4 Geldenhuys, 5 Furno, 6 Bergamasco, 7 Minto, 8 Parisse

Replacements: 16 Giazzon, 17 Rizzo, 18 Cittadini, 19 Bortolami, 20 Zanni, 21 Botes, 22 Orquera, 23 Esposito

Where's our Jem :-) ;-)
Shaun

Here I am Our Shaun :-D :-D :-D

The Teams are out!

Why as a Welsh supporter do I want Italy to win?....

... WELL IF THEY DO, ALL TEAMS EXCEPT IRELAND WILL HAVE LOST AT LEAST 1 GAME! That gives Wales a better chance!

ANTHEM'S SUNG:

ITALY.........Il Canto degli Italiani (The Chant of the Italians)
FRANCE...La Marseillaise

They are away! Italy is playing in Blue. France are playing in White.

Pen advantage... France. Kicks for position. Throw in France at Line out. caught long.

Scrum...oooooooh stop them Italy. Try looks on the cards but the whistle has gone!

Ref bringing France back for the penalty...

Jean- Marc Doussain... bad kick, pushed it to the left.

Relief to all us Wales Supporters

Italian took out a player without the ball. Pen France again.

Can Doussain make amends? NO

France is coming..... loose pass by France, taking away the pace.

Tommy Allan restarts for Italy.

Scrum. Throw in France. France ball, charge, They're gaining ground. Back to Italy. Very good ground gaining kick.

Illegal pressure from France. Penalty Italy.

Will ALLAN go for goal? COME ON ITALY...STRAIGHT THROUGH THE POSTS????

No too short :-(

Come on Italy. Come on boys.....Allan kicked it forward into French hands. Italy in possession again! Under pressure from France though!

Penalty for France for Italy not releasing the ball. Kicking for position. . France through-in.They're away after a bit of a scuffle.

Well directed kick by France, just the right side of the corner flag. Italy throw-in in their own 5 yard line. Italy has the ball, but right on the try line.

5 yard scrum for France. Put in France. HERE WE GO....... COME ON ITALY. ITALY PUSHED AND FRANCE CAME UP IN THE SCRUM, SO ITALY HAS PENALTY TO CLEAR THE LINES.