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Thank You Kandj <3

Yes, it was a great game! :-D

Congratulations WALES...... I can imagine you grinning like a Cheshire cat Jem lol.

RESULTS OF TODAY'S SUMMER TOUR TEST GAMES

Test Game 1

TONGA 6 ~ WALES 24 <3

I recorded the Wales game and watched it this afternoon.
It may have been the B Team, with no less than 9 previously Uncapped Players, but it was a cracker of a game!

Wales' Captain today was former First Choice Centre (12) - JAMIE ROBERTS - who led his team from the front, and was on fine form in partnership with Scarlet SCOTT WILLIAMS (13)

Wales' defence against the huge Tongan Team was immense!

For me, the player who shined the most in this Wales side was New Zealand born GARETH ANSCOMBE who was at Full Back (15)
He was phenomenal today. He was everywhere! breaking, kick chase, defending, etc.
If The Lions Powers That Be need to replace some injured backs, I would not be surprised if Gareth will be one of them.


Right Winger ALEX CUTHBERT (14) got the first TRY for Wales. It was "third time lucky" as he'd already had two earlier Tries go to the TMO.
He was very unfortunate with the first one, as the ball was grounded at the exact same time as his elbow just touched the line.
The second time, he was tackled and he lost control of the ball, so that the grounding was not a firm controlled one and so was deemed a knock on.

The Second Try for Wales was following an amazing drive over the line.
An infringement by Tonga resulted in the referee deciding on a PENALTY TRY AWARD


Young SAM DAVIES at Fly Half (10) was not his usual self when it came to goal kicking and missed 3 Conversions. But he did have some big moments of intelligent play.

New Cap at 4- SEB DAVIES did very well in Alun-Wyn Jones' position. He started and was still there at the end of the game.

What was lovely was that Wales' Stand-In Head Coach - ROBBIE McBRYDE- gave all the youngsters their first taste of playing for Wales Seniors before the end of the game. They must have been so proud! :-)

WELL DONE MY BOYS <3

Tonga v Wales - BBC SPORT Rugby Union Match Report with photos
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/40286512



Test Game 2

NEW ZEALAND 78 ~ SAMOA 0 :-0 :-0 :-0

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/2017/06/16/new-zealand-vs-samoa-live-score-updates/


NEXT UP ...... TOMORROW'S SCHEDULE :-)

TOMORROW'S SUMMER INTERNATIONALS

TONGA v WALES ............. Kick Off 6.30 am (UK Time)
Live on Sky Sports 1; S4C and on BBC Radio Wales Sport (online) on the link below
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08w5pf1



NEW ZEALAND v SAMOA ........ Kick Off 9.00am (UK Time)
Live on Sky Sports 1


*Due to the very early start of the Wales Game, and lack of Mainstream TV Broadcasting for participation .....
****** NO RADIO JEM LIVE BROADCAST TOMORROW ******


I shall record the Wales game, and will be in HIDING from all sources of danger! ....
ie .... anything that will provide me with the result prematurely! :-D :-D

When I have managed to see the game, I shall post the result and a Match Report for both the above games. :-)

While Warren Gatland and Rob Howley are on Lions Duty, Wales (and Scarlets) Forwards Coach, ROBIN McBRYDE, is in charge of Wales' Summer Tour.

As so many of Wales' key players are also away with the Lions Squad in New Zealand at present, team selection for Wales must be a difficult call.


Well, Robbie has chosen, and has picked no less than 9 previously Uncapped Players to play against Tonga in Auckland, New Zealand on Friday Morning - 3 in the Starting XV and 6 on the replacements bench, all hoping to win their first cap.
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/21-year-old-seb-davies-13181994



HERE IS ROBBIE'S WALES SELECTION<3

CAPTAIN ~ JAMIE ROBERTS

Backs:
15. Gareth Anscombe
14. Alex Cuthbert
13. Scott Williams
12. Jamie Roberts (C)
11. Steffan Evans*
10. Sam Davies
9. Gareth Davies

Forwards:
1. Nicky Smith
2. Kristian Dacey
3. Tomas Francis
4. Seb Davies*
5. Cory Hill
6. Aaron Shingler
7. Thomas Young*
8. Josh Navidi

Replacements:
16. Ryan Elias*, 17. Wyn Jones*, 18. Dillon Lewis*, 19. Ellis Jenkins, 20. Ollie Griffiths*,
21. Aled Davies*, 22. Owen Williams*, 23. Cory Allen.

* Denotes a previously Uncapped Player



Saturday, June 16 2017

TONGA v WALES ............. Kick Off 6.30AM (UK Time)

Live TV ...... Sky Sports 1
Live Radio: BBC Radio Wales Sport Online only
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08w5pf1



~~~ RADIO JEM ;-) PARTICIPATION ~~~
As not many of us have Sky Sports, and as the game kicks off at Silly O'Clock here in the UK, I don't think it is realistic to expect any of you tuning in!;-) :-D
So I will record the game to watch later.

ONLINE MATCH REPORTS FOR THE ABOVE SEMI FINALS DAY GAMES
(as available)

IRELAND U20s: 52 ~ SAMOA U20s:26
http://www.the42.ie/ireland-u20s-samoa-u20s-world-cup-3441384-Jun2017/


ARGENTINA U20s: 25 ~ GEORGIA U20s 26
YouTube Clip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgUQ-MXHCdw


AUSTRALIA U20s: 42 ~ ITALY U20s: 19
No reports / media found as yet


WALES U20s: 25 ~ SCOTLAND U20s: 29
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/40249593



ENGLAND U20s: 24 ~ SOUTH AFRICA U20s: 22
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/2017/06/13/england-u20-vs-south-africa-u20-world-cup-semi-final-live/

England to face New Zealand in U20 Championship final
http://www.worldrugby.org/u20/news/256373?lang=en

WORLD RUGBY UNDER 20s CHAMPIONSHIP 2017 .... TODAY'S RESULTS


*** 9th PLACE SEMI FINALS ***

IRELAND U20s: 52 ~ SAMOA U20s: 26
ARGENTINA U20s: 25 ~ GEORGIA U20s: 26

The above results means. ...

Samoa U20s will play Argentina U20s to decide who get 11th & 12th positions.

Ireland U20s will play Georgia U20s to decide who will take the 9th position and who will therefore be in 10th position in this Championship.

*Both these games will take place on Sunday.






*** 5th PLACE SEMI FINALS ***

AUSTRALIA U20s: 42 ~ ITALY U20s:19
SCOTLAND U20s: 29 ~ WALES U20s: 25

The above results means that Wales U20s will now have to play Italy U20s to decide the 7th & 8th finishing positions.

Scotland U20s will fight it out with Australia U20s for the 5th position, with the losing side taking the 6th position.

*These games will also take place on Sunday.




*** SEMI FINALS ***

ENGLAND U20s: 24 ~ SOUTH AFRICA U20s: 22
NEW ZEALAND U20s: 39 ~ FRANCE U20s: 26

The Semi Finals results above mean that there will be a battle for 3rd place between South Africa U20s and France U20s on Sunday.
It also means that we have two finalists......


Also Sunday June 18th
THE FINAL OF THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2017

ENGLAND U20s v NEW ZEALAND U20s


Details of the Times and any Television / Radio / Online Broadcasting to be posted soon...... Watch This Thread! :-D

WORLD RUGBY UNDER 20s CHAMPIONSHIP 2017


**The second semi final for 5th place is now starting on S4C
SCOTLAND U20s v WALES U20s .... kick off 3pm
The anthems are now playing.




***The 1st Semi Final proper is starting also on 1TV 4
ENGLAND U20s v SOUTH AFRICA U20s ..... Kick Off 3.00pm



I shall not be doing live commentaries, but I will be watching the Wales game should any of you want to say hello :-D :-D :-D


I shall post the results of today's games along with match reports later

TODAY's GAMES .... TUESDAY JUNE 13th

This Morning:

HIGHLANDERS v BRITSH & IRISH LIONS .... Kick Off 8.35am UK

*****Tune in to Radio Jem's Lions Channel ;-) on the link below
http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/general_chat/thread/1365840




This Afternoon:

WORLD RUGBY UNDER 20s SEMI FINALS

5th Place Semi Final
SCOTLAND U20s v WALES U20s ............ Kick Off 3.00pm

LIVE ON S4C (Wales' Channel 4)
or watch S4C Live on the iPlayer on the link below
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/live/s4c

I shall be watching the above Wales Unders game, and will lurk.



THE OTHER TELEVISED U20s GAMES

Semi Final 1:
ENGLAND U20s v SOUTH AFRICA U20s ..... Kick Off 3.00pm

LIVE ON ITV 4


Semi Final 2:
NEW ZEALAND U20s v FRANCE U20s ...... Kick Off 5.30pm

LIVE ON ITV 4



For other games not televised in the UK but may be televised where you live ... eg New Zealand ..... please see the link below and check out your TV /Radio Stations
http://www.worldrugby.org/u20/fixtures

NEXT GAMES .... TUESDAY JUNE 13th


HIGHLANDERS v BRITSH & IRISH LIONS .... Kick Off 8.35am UK

*****Tune in to Radio Jem's Lions Channel ;-) on the link below
http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/general_chat/thread/1365840




WORLD RUGBY UNDER 20s SEMI FINALS

Semi Final 1:
ENGLAND U20s v SOUTH AFRICA U20s ..... Kick Off 3.00pm

LIVE ON ITV 4


Semi Final 2:
NEW ZEALAND U20s v FRANCE U20s ...... Kick Off 5.30pm

LIVE ON ITV 4


Radio Jem participation to be decided on the Under 20s games

SATURDAY'S GAMES ...... RESULTS & REPORTS

Here are the results of the games played on Saturday, June 10th 2017

Game 1:
AUSTRALIA 34 ~ FIJI 14
http://www.skysports.com/rugby-union/australia-vs-fiji/report/81358


Game 2:
CRUSADERS 3 ~ BRITISH & IRISH LIONS 12
Information on page 20 of The Lions Thread (link below)
http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/general_chat/thread/1365840


Game 3:
ITALY 13 ~ SCOTLAND 34
http://www.skysports.com/rugby-union/italy-vs-scotland/81852


Game 4:
SOUTH AFRICA 37 ~ FRANCE 14
http://www.skysports.com/rugby-union/south-africa-vs-france/81359


Game 5:
ARGENTINA 34 ~ ENGLAND 38
http://www.skysports.com/rugby-union/argentina-vs-england/81360


Game 6:
USA 19 ~ IRELAND 55
http://www.skysports.com/rugby-union/usa-vs-ireland/81361


Congratulations to all winning teams :-)
Hopefully Radio Jem Broadcasting will be back to normal soon! ;-)

Hi Everyone :-D :-D <3

First of all, thanks for your kind get well messages by PM and on the Lions Thread <3.... but don't come to close .... believe me you won't want this bug! :-(

I had to nurse my little family - Grandson 1 (who most of you know I brought up) Partner and baby- who had it and could not cope. So, I was expecting this, but hey, what else could I have done? :-(

I am over the worse of the vomiting etc., but extraordinarily tired- I slept the day through yesterday.

I did manage to watch the Lions game from the recording box late last night, for fear OH or I would stumble upon the result before watching the game lol! A great game :-) :-)


Saturday's Results and Match Reports up next

I'M SORRY GANG!

Due to unforeseen circumstances (well actually I could foresee it, but could not avoid it)

I SHALL NOT BE ABLE TO BE ON RADIO JEM DUTY TODAY!

It seems that playing "Florence Nightingale" to my little family a couple of days ago has resulted in me catching their sickness bug!



*I SHALL LEAVE THE KEYS TO OUR BROADCASTING HQ UNDER THE MAT!;-)
If any of you are about and want to watch today's games together, please feel free to post!
:-D :-D :-D

GAMES FOR TOMORROW .... SATURDAY JUNE 10th

FULL SCHEDULE AND RADIO JEM ;-) PARTICIPATION as below ....


Game 1:
AUSTRALIA v FIJI .... Kick Off 6.00am (UK) on Sky Sports 1
No live Radio Jem coverage of the above game, but I will post the result and a match report.



Game 2:
CRUSADERS v BRITISH & IRISH LIONS ..... Kick Off 8.35am
Live on Sky Sports 1, TalkSport (Online Radio) and Radio Jem's Lions Channel ;-)
ie The Thread below :-D

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/general_chat/thread/1365840



Game 3:
ITALY v SCOTLAND ......... Kick Off 1.00pm
Live on BBC1 SCOTLAND ONLY.
Radio Jem participation to be decided, depending on who can access it!



Game 4:
SOUTH AFRICA v FRANCE ....... Kick Off 4.00pm
Live on Sky Sports Mix

* No live Radio Jem Coverage for the above game, as OH will be watching his BIG Footy Games on the Sky Box!:-0
I will post the result and a match report :-)



Game 5:
*****THE BIG ONE ..... ARGENTINA v ENGLAND
KICK OFF 8.15pm

LIVE ON BBC 2 ...... and Radio Jem ;-) :-D



Game 6:
USA v IRELAND ..... Kick Off 10.00pm
Live on Premiere Sports Only

Hiya Kandj <3

Thank You for letting me know. It helps to know who can be here and who can't, when making a decision myself.

I will miss you and your singing however ;-) :-D xx

Hello Radio Jem and all rugby fans.

Our family are here this weekend and I will be kept busy and won't be around at any of the games covered Saturday/Sunday. I hope everybody has fun and gets the results they hope for.

ENGLAND TOUR NEWS: ARGENTINA v ENGLAND

Eddie Jones has 30 players out as a result of injury, suspension and the British and Irish Lions tour.

With the England Squad so severely depleted, Eddie Jones has given 4 players their first England Caps.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/40206158


ENGLAND
*denotes uncapped played

Backs:
15. Mike Brown
14. Marland Yarde
13. Henry Slade
12. Alex Lozowski*
11. Jonny May
10. George Ford
9. Danny Care

Forwards:
1. Ellis Genge
2. Dylan Hartley (Captain)
3. Harry Williams*
4. Joe Launchbury
5. Charlie Ewels
6. Mark Wilson*
7. Tom Curry*
8. Nathan Hughes

Replacements:
16. Jack Singleton, 17. Matt Mullan, 18. Will Collier, 19. Nick Isiekwe, 20. Don Armand,
21. Jack Maunder, 22. Piers Francis, 23. Denny Solomona


ARGENTINA

Backs:
15 Joaquin Tuculet, 14 Matias Moroni, 13 Matias Orlando, 12 Jeronimo de la Fuente,
11 Emiliano Boffelli, 10 Nicolas Sanchez, 9 Martin Landajo

Forwards:
1 Lucas Noguera Paz, 2 Agustin Creevy (Captain), 3 Enrique Pieretto, 4 Matias Alemanno,
5 Tomas Lavanini, 6 Pablo Matera, 7 Javier Ortega Desio, 8 Juan Manuel Leguizamon.

Replacements:
16 Julian Montoya, 17 Santiago Garcia Botta, 18 Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro, 19 Guido Petti,
20 Leonardo Senatore, 21 Gonzalo Bertranou, 22 Juan Martin Hernandez, 23 Ramiro Moyano.



Saturday, June 10th

ARGENTINA v ENGLAND ............ KICK OFF 8.15pm

LIVE ON BBC 2 ...... and Radio Jem ;-) :-D

WORLD RUGBY UNDER 20s CHAMPIONSHIP 2017

TABLE POSITIONS AFTER ROUND 3


Pool A
1. ENGLAND U20s ....................... 14 Points (Points Difference +70)
2. AUSTRALIA U20s ..................... 10 Points (Points Difference +13)
3. WALES U20s ............................... 6 Points (Points Difference +15)
4. SAMOA U20s .............................. 1 Point (Points Difference -98)


Pool B
1. NEW ZEALAND U20s ................15 Points (Points Difference +130)
2. SCOTLAND U20s ....................... 9 Points (Points Difference -17)
3. ITALY U20s .................................. 6 Points (Points Difference -42)
4. IRELAND U20s ............................ 2 Points (Points Difference -71)


Pool C
1. SOUTH AFRICA (RSA) U20s .....12 Points (Points Difference +82)
2. ARGENTINA U20s ...................... 11 Points (Points Difference +55)
3. FRANCE U20s .............................. 6 Points (Points Difference -48)
4. GEORGIA U20s ............................ 0 Points (Points Difference -89)

WORLD RUGBY UNDER 20s CHAMPIONSHIP 2017

ROUND 3 RESULTS

Pool A
WALES U20s: 54 ~ SAMOA U20s: 20

Pool B
SCOTLAND U20s: 17 ~ ITALY U20s: 16

Pool C
ARGENTINA U20s: 14 ~ SOUTH AFRICA U20s: 72

Pool B
IRELAND U20s: 3 ~ NEW ZEALAND U20s: 69

Pool C
FRANCE U20s: 54 ~ GEORGIA U20s: 0

Pool A
ENGLAND U20s: 20 ~ AUSTRALIA U20s: 19

WORLD RUGBY UNDER 20s CHAMPIONSHIP 2017

Due to a family "emergency" I was unable to watch the Wales v Samoa Under 20s game this morning.

The Result:
WALES U20s: 54 ~ SAMOA U20s: 20


WALES U20s (28) 54
Tries: Lewis-Hughes (2), Rosser, Ward, Moore, Blacker, Griffiths, Goodchild
Conversions: Jones (4), Robson (3)

SAMOA U20s (6) 20
Tries: Enoka, Pohla-Murray Cons: Ene (2) Pens: Ene (2)

Match Report:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/40176441