General Chat

Warren Gatland & Co have at last decided!
Here is the Team that will face Australia for Wales' 1st International Game of the Autumn Series 2017.....

WALES <3

Backs:
15. Leigh Halfpenny
14. Liam Williams
13. Jonathan Davies
12. Owen Williams* 1st Wales Start
11. Steffan Evans
10. Dan Biggar
9. Gareth Davies

Forwards:
1. Rob Evans
2. Ken Owens
3. Tomos Francis
4. Jake Ball
5. Alun-Wyn Jones (Captain)
6. Aaron Shingler
7. Josh Navidi
8. Taulupe Faletau

Replacements:
16. Nicky Smith, 17. Kristian Dacey, 18. Leon Brown, 19. Sam Cross, 20. Cory Hill, 21. Aled Davies, 22. Owen Watkin, 23. Hallam Amos

**Wales has a lot of injured players at the moment, among them .... Rhys Webb, Justin Tipuric and Sam Warburton so many youngsters have a chance to prove themselves.

Lovely to see some young players coming through the ranks. It will be good experience for them ahead of the Rugby Union World Cup 2019
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/41914651


**** WATCH OUT FOR WALES LEFT WINGER .... STEFF EVANS .....Who has been AMAZING this past year for the SCARLETS!



Saturday November 11th
WALES v AUSTRALIA ...... Kick Off 5.15pm

LIVE TV: BBC2
Live Radio:
BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Cymru and BBC Radio5Live

Hopefully Radio Jem for CHEERING ON THE TEAM (please see last post)

*** RUGBY UNION***
AUTUMN INTERNATIONAL FIXTURES FOR THIS WEEKEND


SATURDAY NOVEMBER 11th
All times GMT (UK)

Game 1:
ITALY v FIJI .... Kick Off 2pm


Game 2:
SCOTLAND v SAMOA .... Kick Off 2.30pm
Live on BBC 1


Game 3:
**** ENGLAND v ARGENTINA ****
Kick Off 3.00pm

Live TV:
Sky Sports Main Event (401)
Sky Sports Action (407)

Live Radio:
BBC Radio5Live

HIGHLIGHTS:
BBC 2 Saturday Evening at 7.30pm and repeated Sunday at 1pm


Game 4:
***** WALES <3 v AUSTRALIA .... Kick Off 5.15pm

LIVE TV: BBC 2 :-D

LIVE RADIO:
BBC Radio 5 live, BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio Cymru

Also TV Highlights on SCRUM V on BBC2 Wales on Sunday at 5pm


Game 5:
IRELAND v SOUTH AFRICA .... Kick Off 5.30pm

LIVE TV:
Sky Sports Main Event (401)
Sky Sports Action (407)

LIVE RADIO:
BBC Radio Ulster FM
BBC Radio5Live Sports Extra


Game 6:
FRANCE v NEW ZEALAND .... Kick Off 7.45pm

LIVE TV: Sky Sports Action (407)



***** RADIO JEM PARTICIPATION
As many of you know, my circumstances have drastically changed.
I am now a carer 24/7 to my 18 year old Grandson 1, who has had to move back home to us.

He has a condition called Dissociative Disorder with Non-Epilepsy Attacks.
At present there is no help on the NHS for this cruel condition which causes him to black out, have seizures, fall asleep while even standing, and have full blown fits (along with other distressing symptoms)


All of this means that I cannot guarantee to be here, but I will try my best for the Non Sky TV games to "CHEER ON THE TEAM".
Please feel free to post and join in if you can :-) :-) :-) :-)

Good Morning Rugby Fans :-D :-D :-D <3

A busy weekend ahead for rugby fans of both League and Union.

THIS WEEKEND's RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP FIXTURES

Friday November 10th
RUGBY LEAGUE: FIJI v ITALY .... 9.40am (UK ) or 7.40pm (Australia)


Saturday November 11th
RUGBY LEAGUE: NEW ZEALAND v TONGA ... 4am (UK) or 5pm (New Zealand)

RUGBY LEAGUE: AUSTRALIA v LEBANON .... 10am or 8pm (Australia)


Sunday November 12th
RUGBY LEAGUE: PAPUA NEW GUINEA v USA ... 5am (UK)or 3pm (PNG Time)

*** RUGBY LEAGUE: WALES v IRELAND ... 5.30am (UK) or 3.30pm (Australia)

*** RUGBY LEAGUE: ENGLAND v FRANCE ... 8am (UK) or 6pm (Australia)





I don't follow Rugby League very much myself but I may watch some highlights when available.



Please feel free to post about the Rugby League World Cup if you would like to ...
***but would you please head your posts RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP so that we don't get confused as there are Rugby Union Internationals this weekend also
Thanks :-) :-) :-) :-)


RUGBY UNION FIXTURES UP NEXT :-)

(((((((( hugs))))) to Kandj and her hubby <3 <3 <3 <3

Sending Kandj and her OH <3 <3 <3 <3....thinking of you both <3

TWENTY QUESTIONS FOR RUGBY UNION'S AUTUMN INTERNATIONALS

Can Wales beat All Blacks for the first time since 1953?
Will Eddie Jones continue to work his magic at Twickenham?
How heavy will injury toll be for the competing nations?

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2017/nov/07/20-questions-for-rugby-union-20-autumn-internationals-wales-all-blacks-eddie-jones

Sending you lots of hugs Kandji <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

Thinking of Kandj & hubby <3

WALES RUGBY UNION NEWS

Wales Internationals RHYS WEBB (Scrum Half) and JUSTIN TIPURIC (Flanker) are injured and possibly out of Wales' opening game v Australia on Saturday.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/41886749

RUGBY UNION NEWS

My Wales boys went over the border today to prepare for the forthcoming Autumn Internationals by training with their old enemy .... England :-D :-D :-D

Head Coaches WARREN GATLAND (Wales) and EDDIE JONES (England) organised the collaboration. Top Referee NIGEL OWENS "Our Nige" took charge of the training session held in Bristol.

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/what-happened-wales-met-england-13865776

Thinking of you both Kandj <3 <3 <3

Kandj and Hubby thinking of you both <3 <3 <3

Radio Jem Announcement ......

SENDING LOTS OF LOVE TO OUR LOVELY KANDJ and HUBBY <3 <3

One of our wonderful Rugby Gang is having a hard time at present. As we know, Kandj's lovely Hubby has been struggling with big health issues for some time. He has now had to go into hospital

WE ARE ALL THINKING OF YOU BOTH AND SENDING LOTS OF (((((HUGS)))))
XXXXXXX

Today's Rugby LEAGUE World Cup Results

PAPUA NEW GUINEA 14 ~ IRELAND 6
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/41875693

ITALY 46 ~ USA 0
http://www.rlwc2017.com/news/match-report-fiji-vs-usa

FIJI 72 ~ WALES 6
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/41869889

Thanks Rollo :-D :-D :-D

I'm actually watching the Highlights on BBC2 as we speak!
Shouldn't have bothered! :-0 :-0

Oh well ..... It's Rugby Union next week!

Fiji 72 - 6 Wales
oops

TODAY'S RUGBY UNION AUTUMN INTERNATIONALS RESULTS


JAPAN 30 ~ AUSTRALIA 63
Match Report
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2017/nov/04/japan-v-australia-rugby-union-test-match-live


BARBARIANS 22 ~ NEW ZEALAND 31
Match Report
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/2017/11/04/barbarians-vs-new-zealand-live-score-updates-watch-all-blacks/

Thank You Hilary for reporting on today's England Rugby World Cup game :-) <3

Here are the results from The Rugby LEAGUE World Cup for this weekend so far

Friday October 3rd
AUSTRALIA 52 ~ FRANCE 6
Match Report
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/41860123


Saturday October 4th
NEW ZEALAND 74 ~ SCOTLAND 6
Match Report
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/41868846

SAMOA 18 ~ TONGA 32

ENGLAND 29 ~ LEBANON 10
Match Report
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/nov/04/england-lebanon-rugby-league-world-cup-match-report


TOMORROW's RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP GAMES

Sunday November 5th
PAPUA NEW GUINEA v IRELAND
ITALY v USA

****FIJI v WALES .... 6.30pm Australia Eastern Standard Time / 8.30AM UK -GMT)
LIVE at 8:40am -10:45am (UK Time) on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra
or
SKY PREMIER HD (Sky Sports 428)

HIGHLIGHTS:
4:00pm -5:30pm BBC 2

Here is the link for the RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP for more details
http://www.rlwc2017.com/fixtures

Not a brilliant match but we won, 29-10.
:-)
Hope all ok with everyone.x

28-6 to England. Doing a twirl. :-D