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Afternoon Pat :-D <3

Afternoon Fly :-D :-D <3 <3

SCORES ONLY FOR THE MATCH BETWEEN

ITALY AND FRANCE

KICK OFF 2.15 TODAY

I won’t be here for the first one either Jem, as we are going for our Covid jabs then.
We will probably miss the first half of the England match as well as it is a forty five minute drive to get back. I will look in as soon as I can

Good Morning Rugby Fans :-D <3

ARE YOU READY FOR ROUND 1 OF THIS YEAR'S SIX NATIONS ?

The Opening Game of the 2021 Championship starts with
ITALY v FRANCE ...... Kick Off 2.15pm ..... LIVE on ITV

*** There's a possibility that I won't be on duty for this one ;-)

I didn't sleep at all last night and I took OH for his 1st Covid vaccination at his doctor's surgery very early this morning. It went very well. First in, I went with him and it felt very safe. He didn't feel a thing and we were in and out in less than 5 minutes.

BUT I MAY GO BACK FOR A FEW HOURS SLEEP:-D :-D :-D


THE ONE I WILL DEFINITELY BE HERE FOR .....

***** ENGLAND v SCOTLAND ..... KICK OFF 4.45pm *****

LIVE ON ITV ..... AND RADIO JEM ;-) ;-) :-D

Here it is Everyone, the announcement that I and all Wales Fans have been waiting for:-D ..... not to mention my Irish OH :-0 :-D

WALES v IRELAND ~ THE TEAMS!


WALES <3

Captain: ALUN-WYN JONES

Backs:
15. Leigh Halfpenny
14. Louis Rees-Zammit
13. George North
12. Johnny Williams
11. Hallam Amos
10. Dan Biggar
9. Tomos Williams

Forwards:
1. Wyn Jones
2. Ken Owens
3. Tomas Francis
4. Adam Beard
5. Alun Wyn Jones (C)
6. Dan Lydiate
7. Justin Tipuric
8. Taulupe Faletau

Replacements:
16. Elliot Dee, 17. Rhodri Jones, 18. Leon Brown, 19. Will Rowlands, 20. Josh Navidi, 21. Gareth Davies, 22. Callum Sheedy, 23. Nick Tompkins



IRELAND

Captain: JONATHAN SEXTON

Backs:
15. Hugo Keenan
14. Keith Earls
13. Garry Ringrose
12. Robbie Henshaw
11. James Lowe
10. Jonathan Sexton (C)
9. Conor Murray

Forwards:
1. Cian Healy
2. Rob Herring
3. Andrew Porter
4. Tadhg Beirne
5. James Ryan
6. Peter O’Mahony
7. Josh van der Flier
8. CJ Stander

Replacements:
16. Ronan Kelleher, 17. Dave Kilcoyne, 18. Tadhg Furlong, 19. Iain Henderson, 20. Will Connors, 21. Jamison Gibson Park, 22. Billy Burns, 23. Jordan Larmour


SUNDAY FEBRUARY 7th

*** WALES <3 v IRELAND ***

Kick Off 3.00pm

LIVE on
BBC (English Commentary)
S4C (Welsh Commentary)

And also on GR's very own Rugby Channel aka Radio Jem ;-)
for scores, cheering, and all manner of silliness

:-D :-D :-D

Good Afternoon Rugby Fans :-D <3

WALES v IRELAND TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT UP SOON....

WATCH THIS SPACE ;-)

TEAMS STILL TO BE ANNOUNCED......

WALES<3 v IRELAND

The Wales and Ireland Teams that will face each other on Sunday will be announced tomorrow!

It will be great to see you Linda <3

Thus has come around quickly., I will be tuning in and supporting England as usual

SIX NATIONS 2021 OPENING GAME ~ ITALY V FRANCE


France have declared their team to face Italy on Saturday afternoon. Here is Fabien

LES BLEUS

Captain: CHARLES OLLIVON

Backs:
15. Brice Dulin, 14. Teddy Thomas, 13. Arthur Vincent, 12. Gaël Fickou, 11. Gabin Villière, 10. Matthieu Jalibert, 9. Antoine Dupont

Forwards:
1. Cyril Baille, 2. Julien Marchand, 3. Mohamed Haouas, 4. Bernard Le Roux, 5. Paul Willemse, 6. Dylan Cretin, 7. Charles Ollivon (C), 8. Grégory Alldritt

Replacements:
16. Pierre Bourgarit, 17. Jean-Baptiste Gros, 18. Dorian Aldegheri, 19. Romain Taofifenua, 20. Anthony Jelonch, 21. Baptiste Serin, 22. Louis Carbonel, 23. Damian Penaud




The Italian Manager, Franco Smith, has announced a very youthful team to face France.....

ITALY

Captain: LUCA BIGI

Backs:
15. Jacopo Trulla, 14. Luca Sperandio, 13. Marco Zanon, 12. Juan Ignacio Brex, 11. Montanna Ioane, 10. Paolo Garbisi, 9. Stephen Varney

Forwards:
1 Cherif Traore, 2. Luca Bigi (C), 3. Marco Riccioni, 4. Marco Lazzaroni, 5. David Sisi, 6. Sebastian Negri, 7. Johan Meyer, 8. Michele Lamaro

Replacements
16. Gianmarco Lucchesi, 17. Danilo Fischetti, 18. Giosuè Zilocchi, 19. Niccolò Cannone, 20. Federico Ruzza, 21. Maxime Mbanda, 22. Guglielmo Palazzani, 23. Carlo Canna



SATURDAY FEBRUARY 6th
Game 1:

ITALY v FRANCE ....... Kick Off 2.15pm ....... LIVE on ITV

ENGLAND v SCOTLAND TEAMS ANNOUNCEMENT for SATURDAY :-)

ENGLAND

Captain: OWEN FARRELL

Backs:
15. Elliot Daly
14. Anthony Watson
13. Henry Slade
12. Ollie Lawrence
11. Jonny May
10. Owen Farrell (C)
9. Ben Youngs

Forwards:
1. Ellis Genge
2. Jamie George
3. Will Stuart
4. Maro Itoje
5. Jonny Hill
6. Mark Wilson
7. Tom Curry
8. Billy Vunipola

Replacements:
16. Luke Cowan-Dickie, 17. Beno Obano *uncapped, 18. Harry Williams, 19. Courtney Lawes, 20. Ben Earl, 21. Dan Robson, 22. George Ford, 23. Max Malins



SCOTLAND:

Captain: STUART HOGG

Backs:
15. Stuart Hogg (C)
14. Sean Maitland
13. Chris Harris
12. Cameron Redpath
11. Duhan van der Merwe
10. Finn Russell
9. Ali Price

Forwards:
1. Rory Sutherland
2. George Turner
3. Zander Fagerson
4. Scott Cummings
5. Jonny Gray
6. Jamie Ritchie (V.C.)
7. Hamish Watson
8. Matt Fagerson

Replacements:
16. David Cherry, 17. Oli Kebble, 18. WP Nel, 19. Richie Gray, 20. Gary Graham, 21. Scott Steele, 22. Jaco van der Walt, 23. Huw Jones



SATURDAY FEBRUARY 6th:
Game 2:

*** ENGLAND v SCOTLAND ***
Kick Off 4.45pm ..... LIVE on ITV

and live on GR's very own Rugby Channel aka Radio Jem ;-)

Good Morning Rugby Gang :-D <3

Lovely to see you ShelleyRose. You are now one of our Rugby Gang <3



Ooooooooo Our Fly ....... Nige will be watching from a television studio in all probability ... HE'S RETIRED FROM INTERNATIONAL GAMES :-(

HE'S NOW A FARMER! :-D <3

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/different-life-nigel-owens-reveals-19646425




TEAM ANNOUNCEMENTS UP NEXT!

COME ON NIGE ;-)

Diolch JemimaFawr for the info. I'll be cheering for my Wales too :-)

PAGE REFERENCE BOX

Six Nations Fixtures schedule and television broadcasting channels ~ Page 1

Round 1 Teams Announcements for Saturday & Sunday February 6th & 7th ~ P. 1

ROUND 1 COVERAGE:
Italy v France: Live Scores and Fun with Fly & Pat: Pages 1-5
England v Scotland: Follow the game with Jem & the Rugby Gang from pages 5-14
Wales v Ireland: Fun Participation with the Jem & GR's Rugby Gang ~ pages 14-29

Round 1 Final Scores and Table Positions - P.29

Dave Egerton, a former England & Bath Player, has died of Covid - Page 29


ROUND 2:
Scotland & Wales News ahead of the DODDIE WEIR CUP: Page 29
Ireland v France News & Teams: page 30


ROUND 2:

RADIO JEM FUN COMMENTARY & PARTICIPATION:

Follow the games with the Rugby Gang....
England v Italy- pages 30-42
Scotland v Wales- pages 42-54
Ireland v France- pages 54-66

ENGLAND's JACK WILLIS HORRIFIC INJURY ~ page 54

Results and Table Positions at the end of Round 2- page 66


ROUND 3
France v Scotland postponed due to Covid Outbreak - page 66
Italy v Ireland:
Fun Participation and Scores pages 67-78
Wales v England:
Rugby Gang participation, scores and highlights during this HUGE game from page 78

Round 3 Results, Table and Video Highlights- page 90

RADIO JEM;-) St DAVID's DAY ENTERTAINMENT SPECIAL
Pages 90-91


ROUND 4:

Round 4 Schedule: page 91 (for Weekend of March 13 & 14)
Round 4 Team Announcements: Page 91

Italy v Wales & France v England (Saturday March 13):
Fun Participation with Fly and the Rugby Gang pages 91-103

Scotland v Ireland pages- Fun Commentary & Participation with Jem & the Gang: Pages 103-113

Round 4 Final Results, Match, Reports, Video Highlights & Table- page 113

"ST PATRICK'S DAY" RADIO JEM ENTERTAINMENT SPECIAL- from page 113

ROUND 5
Scotland v Italy : Fun with the Rugby Gang- pages 115-124
Ireland v England: Find out what happened- pages 124-133
ALMOST! WALES v FRANCE
Wales lose the Grand Slam in the final minute- pages 133-149

Round 5 Final Scores, Video Highlights & TABLE~ page 149

Province Rugby Winer, THOMAS LACELLE, died in a car accident aged just 25- page 133

WAS WALES ROBBED v FRANCE?:-0 :-0 - Page 150


POSTPONED ROUND 3 GAME:
SCOTLAND BEAT FRANCE <3 WALES WINS CHAMPIONSHIP<3
Follow this exciting game with the GR Rugby Gang- pages 150 -165

*FINAL TABLE & VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS OF FRANCE v SCOTLAND - page 165

SIX NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP 2021 & TELEVISION BROADCASTING SCHEDULE

ROUND 1:

Saturday February 6th

Game 1:
ITALY v FRANCE ...... Kick Off 2.15pm ...... LIVE on ITV

Game 2:
*** ENGLAND v SCOTLAND ***
Kick Off 4.45pm ..... LIVE on ITV


Sunday February 7th

*** WALES <3 v IRELAND ***
Kick Off 3.00pm
LIVE on
BBC (English Commentary)
S4C (Welsh Commentary)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

ROUND 2:

Saturday February 13th

Game 1:
*** ENGLAND v ITALY ***
Kick Off 2.15pm ...... LIVE on ITV

Game 2:
*** SCOTLAND v WALES <3 ***
Kick Off 4.45pm ....... LIVE on BBC & S4C


Sunday February 14th

IRELAND v FRANCE ....... Kick Off 3.00pm ...... LIVE on ITV

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

ROUND 3:

Saturday February 27th

Game 1:
ITALY v IRELAND ..... Kick Off 2.15pm ..... LIVE on ITV


*Game 2:
THE BIG BIG GAME:-0 ;-) :-D

***** WALES <3 v ENGLAND *****
Kick Off 4.45pm

LIVE on BBC & S4C


Sunday February 28th

FRANCE v SCOTLAND ..... Kick Off 3.00pm ..... LIVE on BBC

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

ROUND 4

Saturday March 13th

Game 1:
*** ITALY v WALES <3 ***
Kick Off 2.15pm
LIVE on ITV* & S4C
*Edited as TV broadcasting has changed

Game 2:
*** ENGLAND v FRANCE ***
Kick Off 4.45pm ....... LIVE on ITV


Sunday March 14th

SCOTLAND v IRELAND ..... Kick Off 3.00pm ..... LIVE on BBC

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

ROUND 5:

Saturday March 20th

Game 1:
SCOTLAND v ITALY ..... Kick Off 2.15pm ..... LIVE on BBC

Game 2:
*** IRELAND v ENGLAND ***
Kick Off 4.45pm ..... LIVE on ITV

Game 3:
*** FRANCE v WALES <3 ***
Kick Off 8.00pm ...... LIVE on BBC & S4C


RADIO JEM PARTICIPATION...
I am hoping to be here for all the games, dependant on OH's health of course :-)

SIX NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP 2021 KICKS OFF NEXT WEEKEND
(February 6 &7)

Yes, despite the dreadful Covid situation, the Annual Six Nations Championship will be going ahead.
I'm still not sure whether or not I think this is a wise move, but at least it will be a diversion from it all!

SO.... "RADIO JEM ;-)" WILL BE ON AIR AGAIN! :-D

It doesn't matter which of the Six Nations Teams you support, you will always have a welcome on the airwaves of Radio Jem (THIS THREAD)
All we ask is that you "PLAY NICELY" ;-)


How To Participate...
*TURN ON YOUR TELLY and find the game
*TUNE IN TO RADIO JEM ;-) ... by clicking on the Rugby Thread
*JOIN IN WITH THE SILLINESS as we cheer for our respective teams.
I will be unashamedly cheering for WALES<3 ....
....... but you can cheer for any of the teams as we are all good sports in the Rugby Gang :-D

FIXTURES UP NEXT

THE SIX NATIONS 2021 HAS NOW CONCLUDED
The last game was played Friday Evening March 26th 2021

WALES WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP <3

Who won the Six Nations Player of the Championship 2021? - page 165

Thank You Everyone for your support- page 165




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