General Chat

I support each of these teams against other clubs, but tonight I am with TOULON!

Wearing my Leigh Halfpenny T Shirt for the occasion:-D

GO THE HALFPENNY <3

Toulon is in Red, Racing is in Blue and White

Toulon will be missing former All Black Ma'a Nonu tonight.

Nonu was injured in last week's Semi Final.

Former Wales International Mike Phillips has not been chosen for his Club, Racing 92 tonight :-(

The teams are coming out!

Toulon v Racing 92 in another meeting of giants!
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Many of these players play together, or have played against each other, at international level.

Captain Guilhem Guirado leads out his team Toulon

Racing 92's Captain is Dimitri Szarzewsk

THE FRENCH TOP 14 CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL

THE TEAMS

TOULON

Backs:
15 Leigh Halfpenny, 14 Josua Tuisova, 13 Mathieu Bastareaud, 12 Maxime Mermoz, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Matt Giteau, 9 Jonathan Pélissié;

Forwards:
1 Xavier Chiocci, 2 Guilhem Guirado (c), Levan Chilachava, 4 Samu Manoa, 5 Konstantin Mikautadze, 6 Mamuka Gorgodze, 7 Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe, 8 Steffon Armitage.

Replacements: 16 Jean Charles Orioli, 17 Florian Fresia, 18 Romain Taofiféuna, 19 Virgile Bruni, 20 Théo Belan, 21 Delon Armitage, 22 Frédéric Michalak, 23 Manusa Saulo

RACING 92:

Backs:
15 Brice Dulin, 14 Joe Rokocoko, 13 Johan Goosen, 12 Henry Chavancy, 11 Juan Imhoff, 10 Dan Carter, 9 Maxime Machenaud;

Forwards:
1 Eddy Ben Arous, 2 Dimitri Szarzewski (c), 3 Benjamin Tameifuna, 4 Bernard le Roux, 5 Manuel Carizza, 6 Wenceslas Lauret, 7 Yannick Nyanga, 8 Chris Masoe.

Replacements: 16 Camille Chat, Khatchik Vartanov, 18 Juandré Kruger, 19 Antoine Claassen, 20 Xavier Chauveau, 21 Marc Andreu, 22 Albert Vulivuli, 23 Luc Ducalcon

FRENCH TOP 14 RUGBY FINAL

TOULON v RACING 92 .... Kicks off in a few minutes! :-D

Watch Leigh Halfpenny performing his magic for his club in the final! <3

SOME PHOTOGRAPHIC HIGHLIGHTS OF LAST SATURDAY'S

NEW ZEALAND v WALES 2nd TEST GAME (NZ 36 ~ Wales 22)



ALUN-WYN JONES IN ACTION FOR WALES
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DAN BIGGAR TACKLES SETA TAMANIVALU
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AARON CRUDEN v RHYS PATCHELL :-D
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MALAKAI FEKITOA & ISRAEL DAGG
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ISRAEL DAGG TRY!
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ALL BLACKS CONGRATULATE BEAUDEN BARRETT
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SAM CANE & DANE COLES BRING DOWN LIAM WILLIAMS
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ALUN-WYN JONES TRY!
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WALES TAKE DOWN BRODIE RETALLICK
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LIAM WILLIAMS & THE HIGH BALL
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BEN SMITH's NZ TRY
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AND NOW NZ's WAISAKE NAHOLO
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AARDIE SAVEA BREAK & TRY
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LIAM WILLIAMS PUSHES PAST ISRAEL DAGG ... TRY WALES!
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Photographs from The Guardian

THERE IS A BIG GAME TONIGHT AT CLUB LEVEL!
(Friday, June 24th)

TOP 14 RUGBY COMPETITION FINAL

My two favourite French Teams (I follow two Welsh and two French teams at Club level) face each other in the final of this prestigious competition.

TOULON v RACING 92 ..... Kicks Off at 7.45pm (UK BST) on SKYSPORTS 1

Toulon... None other than Wales Favourite LEIGH HALFPENNY is Toulon's Full-Back and Kicker. Toulon also has many other International and former International players like Bryan Habana, Ma'a Nonu and Matt Giteau.

Racing 92 ... has the dishy former All Black, Dan Carter, and Wales former Scrum Half Mike Phillips!


TOULON v RACING 92 .... 7.45pm
I will be here to post scores and highlights should anyone want to join me :-) :-)

WELL WHAT A SATURDAY AHEAD OF US!
Don't know who will be watching what cos there's so much on! :-D :-D :-D


HERE ARE YOUR OPTIONS:


RUGBY

Saturday, June 25th

Game 1:
NEW ZEALAND v WALES <3 ......... Kick Off 8.35am (UK BST)

Live TV: Sky Sports 1 only
Live Radio Link will be provided.

Also Live on Radio Jem ;-) :-D
For CHEERING THE TEAM, Scores and Highlights. Join the Rugby Gang here! :-)



Game 2:
AUSTRALIA v ENGLAND ..... Kick Off 11.00am (UK BST)

Live TV: Sky Sports 1 Only
Live Radio ... I will try to find a link.


Game 3:
JAPAN v SCOTLAND .... Kick Off 11.20am (UK BST)

Live TV: BBC2 SCOTLAND Only
Probably online radio ..... again I will try to find a link.

Radio Jem will probably cover the Australia v England game and post Scotland
Updates. :-)



Game 4:
SOUTH AFRICA v IRELAND ...... Kick Off 4.00pm

Live TV: Sky Sports 1 Only

RADIO JEM COVERAGE?
No live commentary on this game, as Wales will be playing in the footy!:-D :-D :-D
I will post the result and a match report.



UNDER 20s RUGBY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2016
Please see last post on this page.



FOOTY
EURO 2016 ROUND 16 (KNOCK-OUT) SCHEDULE:
Posted on this page.


***Saturday June 25th

WALES <3 v NORTHERN IRELAND EURO 2016 .... KICK OFF 5.00pm

And do you know what this means?
With an OH from Belfast .... Civil War in Jem's Household! :-D :-D :-D


AS I KNOW NOT A LOT ABOUT FOOTBALL .... CHEERING, SCORES AND HIGHLIGHTS ONLY ON RADIO JEM :-D :-D :-D :-D




SATURDAY SPORT ON RADIO JEM.... Please join the gang :-) :-) :-) :-) ;-)

SATURDAY JUNE 25th

UNDER 20s RUGBY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP- Finals Day Fixtures ... page 73

Radio Jem will be unable to cover any of these games tomorrow as we have a full schedule. :-D
We have the 3rd and final Test Matches of the Rugby Summer Tours 2016.
And Euro 2016.



I WILL POST THE U20s RUGBY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2016 RESULTS, FINAL POSITIONS & MATCH REPORTS ...

..... after I have watched the Australia U20s v Wales U20s game to decide 5th position from the recording box :-D

Good Afternoon Everyone :-) :-) <3

Sports Fans have been so spoilt for choice this summer, that Radio Jem has opened up our airwaves ;-) to the FOOTY no less! :-0 :-D

Although this is predominantly a RUGBY UNION thread, it has been great to cheer on our national teams in the EURO 2016.
This is especially so, as 3 / 4 of our Home Countries (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) have gone through to the Knock-Out Rounds, as has the Republic Of Ireland.



EURO 2016
HERE IS ROUND 16 (KNOCK-OUT) SCHEDULE:

Match 1: Switzerland v Poland – Saturday 25 June, 2.00pm (UK)- BBC1



Match 2:
Saturday 25 June .... Kick Off 5.00pm (UK BST)

**WALES<3 v NORTHERN IRELAND –

LIVE TV: BBC1; S4C ...... and LIVE ON RADIO JEM;-) :-D



Match 3: Croatia v Portugal – Saturday 25 June, 8.00pm (UK) - ITV1



Match 4:
Sunday 26 June .... Kick Off 2.00pm (UK time)
FRANCE v REPUBLIC OF IRELAND

LIVE TV: ITV1 ..... and RADIO JEM;-)



Match 5: Germany v Slovakia – Sunday 26 June, 5.00pm (UK) - ITV1
Match 6: Hungary v Belgium – Sunday 26 June, 8.00pm (UK) - BBC1


Match 7: Italy v Spain – Monday 27 June, 5.00pm (UK) - BBC1
Radio Jem participation to be decided for the Italy v Spain Game.




Match 8:
Monday June 27th
ENGLAND v ICELAND ..... Kick Off 8.00pm (UK)

LIVE TV: ITV1 ....... and RADIO JEM ;-) :-D :-D


FOOTY LIVE ON RADIO JEM AS ANNOUNCED ABOVE! :-0 :-0 ;-) :-D :-D

I don't want any fighting here on saturday :-)

Yabba Dabba Doooooooooo :-D :-D :-D

:-) :-) pom poms at the ready :-) :-) left twirl right twirl :-):-) spin 90 degrees , left twirl right twirl :-):-)

:-):-)left twirl right twirl back flip :-):-) left twirl right twirl left twirl right twirl :-):-)
:-):-)left twirl right twirl :-):-)pom poms to the right and pom poms to the left :-):-)

:-):-)a little boogie here and a little boogie there :-):-) then wave your pom poms in the air:-D :-D


COME ON WALES
:-D <3

Overactive thyroid runs in our family :-( :-(

You're ok with that, Blod :-D :-D Don't fancy that!

It looks like I will be on a diet for the rest of me life Ann :-( :-( :-( :-(
Doc wants to re-check my thyroid levels and up my dose if it's the same next time! Hope so!

Got a white magnum now :-D :-D

Are you still on a diet Myfanwy:-D :-D

Springbok coach Allister Coetzee has announced his team v Ireland

SOUTH AFRICA

Backs:
15 Willie le Roux
14 Ruan Combrinck
13 Lionel Mapoe
12 Damian de Allende
11 JP Pietersen
10 Elton Jantjies
9 Faf de Klerk

Forwards:
1. Tendai Mtawarira
2. Adriaan Strauss (Captain)
3. Frans Malherbe
4. Eben Etzebeth,
5. Pieter-Steph du Toit
6. Francois Louw
7. Siya Kolisi
8. Warren Whiteley

Replacements:
16 Bongi Mbonambi, 17 Steven Kitshoff, 18 Julian Redelinghuys, 19 Franco Mostert, 20 Jaco Kriel, 21 Rudy Paige, 22 Morne Steyn, 23 Lwazi Mvovo




Final Summer Tours Game... Saturday June 25th

SOUTH AFRICA v IRELAND ...... Kick Off 4pm


LIVE TV: Sky Sports 1 Only


****RADIO JEM COVERAGE
Only Result and Match Report for this game this time, sorry, because of Wales taking on Northern Ireland in the Euro 2016 Footy! :-D :-D

:-0 :-0 :-0 :-0 :-0 :-0 :-0

Had to put me iPad in the fridge to cool it down....warning :-0 :-0 :-0 :-0

HERE'S IRELAND

Backs:
15. Tiernan O'Halloran
14. Andrew Trimble
13. Luke Marshall
12. Stuart Olding
11. Keith Earls
10. Paddy Jackson
9. Conor Murray

Forwards:
1. Jack McGrath
2. Rory Best (Captain)
3. Mike Ross
4. Iain Henderson
5. Devin Toner
6. CJ Stander
7. Jordi Murphy
8. Jamie Heaslip

Replacements:
16. Sean Cronin
17. Finlay Bealham
18. Tadhg Furlong
19. Ultan Dillane
20. Rhys Ruddock
21. Eoin Reddan
22. Ian Madigan
23. Matt Healy


Final Summer Tours Game... Saturday June 25th

SOUTH AFRICA v IRELAND ...... Kick Off 4pm


LIVE TV: Sky Sports 1 Only

****RADIO JEM COVERAGE
Only Result and Match Report for this game this time
because of Wales taking on Northern Ireland in the Euro 2016 Footy! :-D

LAST BUT NOT LEAST!

SOUTH AFRICA v IRELAND TEAMS ANNOUNCEMENT NEXT

3rd Test Tour Game of Saturday June 25th...

JAPAN v SCOTLAND


SCOTLAND

Backs:
15. Stuart Hogg
14. Tommy Seymour
13. Matt Scott
12. Peter Horne
11. Sean Maitland
10. Ruaridh Jackson
9. Henry Pyrgos (Captain)

Forwards:
1. Rory Sutherland
2. Stuart McInally
3. Moray Low
4. Richie Gray
5. Jonny Gray
6. Josh Strauss
7. John Barclay
8. Ryan Wilson

Replacements:
16. Fraser Brown, 17. Gordon Reid, 18. Willem Nel, 19. Tim Swinson, 20. John Hardie, 22. Greig Laidlaw, 23. Huw Jones, 24. Sean Lamont.

*** GREIG LAIDLAW IS ON THE BENCH :-0 :-0 :-0

with HENRY PYRGOS taking his place as Captain and Scrum-Half ... but who will do the KICKING?
Scotland have a good choice of excellent kickers though!



JAPAN (Only 15 players have been announced so far, with no details)

Matsuda, Sa'u, Bennetts, Tatekawa, Sasakura, Tamura, Shigeno, Inagaki, S. Horie, Hatakeyama, H. Ono, Kotaki, Tui, Kin, Mafi.



JAPAN v SCOTLAND ..... .... Kick Off 11.20am (UK BST)

Live TV: BBC2 Scotland Only

***Radio Jem Coverage:
I will try to provide an online Radio Link for this game.
Radio Jem will be covering Australia v England at that time, but SCORES will be announced!