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LEIGH HALFPENNY NEWS <3 <3 <3


LEIGH WILL MAKE HIS COMEBACK FOR HIS TEAM TOULON TOMORROW NIGHT!


Leigh Halfpenny will make his long-awaited return when Toulon play Montpellier in the semi-final of the French Top 14 on Saturday.

Full-back Halfpenny has not played since injuring a knee playing for Wales against Italy in September 2015.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/36562599



I have 4 Club Teams that I follow

Wales- Ospreys and Scarlets
France- Toulon and Racing 92.


OH & I WILL BE WATCHING TOMORROW NIGHT on SKY SPORTS 5
TOULON v MONTPELLIER .....Kick Off 7.45pm

Watch this space and follow Leigh's progress in his comeback game <3

RADIO JEM COUNTDOWN WARNING! :-D


1 HOUR TO GO


NEW ZEALAND v WALES <3

Alun-Wyn Jones T-Shirt (borrowed from OH) ON .... Check

Make-up on including Tasteful RED lippy ..... Check

Red Dangly Earrings on .... Check

Wales scarves draped over curtain pole .... check

Hair dried and styled ..... not yet:-0



45 MINUTES TO GO

Radio Jem will be live shortly :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

20 MINUTES TO GO


AND RADIO JEM IS LIVE


Here's our theme song ... Yma O Hyd

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjFHqMxLGjg

The first game of today's Summer Tours is about to begin

The second NEW ZEALAND v WALES game of the 3 series competition

AND WALES NEEDS TO WIN!


NEW ZEALAND v WALES<3

KICKS OF 8.35 am TODAY!


Live TV .... SKY SPORTS 1 Only :-(

Live Radio .....
FREEVIEW (TV) Channel 719 ~ BBC Radio Wales (English Commentary)
FREEVIEW (TV) Channel 720 ~ BBC Radio Cymru (Welsh Commentary)



ONLINE RADIO LINK
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/bbc_radio_wales_fm



.... ALSO LIVE ON RADIO JEM ;-) :-D :-D

Join me here on this thread for Scores, Highlights, banter and Cheering On The Team! (whichever team you support .... but all in good fun! :-) :-) :-) :-)

Good Morning Radio Jem and all rugby fans.

Here we are again, happy as can be, all good pals and jolly good company tra la la la

Freeview TV Channel 719 is a local radio programme so I will just follow you Jem.

We'll keep a welcome in the hillside
We'll keep a welcome in the Vales
This land you knew will still be singing
When you come home gain to Wales

This land of song will keep a welcome
And with a love that never fails
We'll kiss away each hour of hiraeth
When you come home again to Wales
We'll kiss away each hour of hiraeth
When you come home again to Wales.

COME ON WALES, COME ON WALES,
COME ON WALES, COME ON WALES.

Cyprus calling Radio Jem. Cyprus calling.

Good morning Jem.

Pup walked, had breakfast and now keeping out of the sun. 31 C at 8 am. Pup walking in the heat :-S. Now almost 10.20 and 32 C. Have a lovely breeze blowing across me so I'm cool. Pup asleep on cold tiles. She's 1yr at the end of this month.

Congrats to all on new addition, photo looked great.

Don't have any live rugby here but will do cheer leading when you put up scores and half time. ;-)

Was in training in UK, e.g. Sunday - walked 5 miles around Notts village - open gardens. Monday 3.5 miles shopping around Nottingham with daughter, Tuesday up and down the hills of Sheffield. Previous week over 3 hours walking around Chester. Cheer leading will be a doddle :-D

:-) :-) <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

NEW ZEALAND v WALES <3

The Anthems for the Sing-A-Long

MAE HEN WLAD FY NHADAU- THE WELSH NATIONAL ANTHEM

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.



GOD DEFEND NEW ZEALAND

The anthem has English and Maori lyrics, with slightly different meanings. When performed in public, the usual practice is to sing the first verse in both Maori and
English.
Maori Verse

"Aotearoa"
E Ihowa Atua,
O nga iwi matou ra
Ata whakarangona;
Me aroha noa
Kia hua ko te pai;
Kia tau to atawhai;
Manaakitia mai
Aotearoa

English translation (Karetu)

Lord, God over yonder,
Of all our nations
Listen to us gently,
With the infinite love
May the goodness bear fruit;
May your kindness come;
Please give protection to
Aotearoa

God of Nations at Thy feet,
In the bonds of love we meet,
Hear our voices, we entreat,
God defend our free land.
Guard Pacific's triple star
From the shafts of strife and war,
Make her praises heard afar,
God defend New Zealand

The teams are on the field :-)

Morning Kandj, hope you and yours are well :-) :-) <3 <3 <3

Here's the anthems

WALES

Backs:
15.Rhys Patchell (Cardiff Blue
14. Liam Williams (Scarlets)
13. Jonathan Davies (Clermont Auverne)
12. Jamie Roberts (Harlequins),
11. Hallam Amos (Dragons)
10. Dan Biggar (Ospreys)
11. Rhys Webb (Ospreys)

Forwards:
1. Gethin Jenkins (Cardiff Blues)
2. Ken Owens (Scarlets)
3. Samson Lee (Scarlets)
4. Luke Charteris (Racing 92)
5. Alun-Wyn Jones (Ospreys)
6. Ross Moriarty (Gloucester),
7. Sam Warburton CAPTAIN(Cardiff Blues)
8. Taulupe Faletau (Dragons).

Replacements:
16. Scott Baldwin (Ospreys)
17. Rob Evans (Scarlets)
18. Tom Francis (Exeter Chiefs)
19. Bradley Davies (Wasps)
20. Ellis Jenkins (Cardiff Blues)
21. Gareth Davies (Scarlets)
22. Gareth Anscombe (Cardiff Blues)
23. Scott Williams (Scarlets)

NEW ZEALAND

Backs:
15. Israel Dagg
14. Ben Smith
13. Malakai Fekitoa
12. Ryan Crotty
11. Waisake Naholo
10. Aaron Cruden
9. Aaron Smith

Forwards:
1. Joe Moody
2. Dane Coles
3. Owen Franks
4. Sam Whitelock
5. Brodie Retallick
6. Jerome Kaino
7. Sam Cane
8. Kieran Read (Captain)

Replacements:
16. Nathan Harris, 17.Wyatt Crockett, 18. Charlie Faumuina, 19. Patrick Tuipulotu, 20. Ardie Savea, 21. TJ Perenara, 22. Beauden Barrett, 23. Seta Tamanivalu


****Both teams are carrying the same amount of weight! .... 901 kilograms ...
THAT'S ~ 141.88 STONES ~ WOW!

GOOD MORNING DEPUTY KANDJ :-D <3

GOOD MORNING TO OUR CORRESPONDENT IN CYPRUS ... OUR PAT :-D <3

There's a radio link posted Kandj, just click on it on a new tab if you can :-)

ONLINE RADIO LINK
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/bbc_radio_wales_fm

HERE COMES THE HAKA :-0 :-0 :-0 :-0 :-0

and the teams too I think Radio Jem?

Singing along to Land of My Fathers on Youtube. ...... goosebump time.

Hello Cyprus Pat..... good to have you back again. England made you fit then?

:-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

It looks strange without 6 of the BIG GUYS in that Haka.....

6 OF THE INTERNATIONALS RETIRED AFTER THE WORLD CUP

Richie McCaw, Dan Carter, Conrad Smith, Keven Mealamu, Ma'a Nonu and Tony Woodcock!

AARON CRUDEN KICKS OFF THE SECOND TEST IN THEIR NEW ZEALAND TOUR SERIES :-) :-) :-)

Join us here on Radio Jem for Scores Highlights cheering and fun


GREAT TACKLE BY JAMIE ROBERTS ON NZ's FEKITOA

to steal the ball.

quickly passed onto Jonathan Davies ... to Liam Williams