Above: Paul O Connell has picture taken before he goes out nicking lead off church roovesSo we skip over to the Emerald isle to the land of the half built houses and the stupidly expensive drinks. Everybody wants to talk about Brian and yes he is a big loss but Ireland need to get used to life without him and by being enforced this makes it easier. The new Brian wouldn’t be allowed to make a mistake or have half a bad game without being hauled off ala Sexton. Can the Irish put their amazing dominance of the Heineken cup up to scrutiny of the real deal 6 nations? The first game is going to be a humdinger and whoever wins will really set their stall out for the competition the question is can Wales do it and I can answer that with a definite I don’t have a fucking clue.
Wales will have to be at tippy top level to beat the Irish at home, especially with injuries and the Irish out for a bit of vengeance for that illegal try last year and their humiliating tumpfing in the world cup. What will Wales produce this year though? Where are they going to fit in Hook? The backs are still looking classy and we now have a much more aggressive second row with Evans coming in but will we be able to close out teams. Scoring tries doesn’t seem to be a problem, getting kicks over is and stopping the other fuckers scoring more than us is an even bigger one. Baby faced assassins North, Priestland and Halfpenny are ones to watch.
Above: awww bless don't put Rhys, George and Leigh in the nasty freeze chamber
I don’t know why I ended up with Scotland last maybe it’s because I am not expecting much from them. I am sure a lot of people only watch Scotland games hoping to catch a glimpse of Andy Robinson in the coach’s box stomping around, pacing and getting angrier and angrier until he finally explodes throwing blood, crap and jizz everywhere. They played well in the World cup and STILL lost to England and still failed to put away teams like Uzbekistan. Yes they have a smaller pool of players to choose from but in the end they have got a pool of players, who get paid money to play rugby and are coached by a great coach – excuses have to stop and they have to perform. Maybe its time to get some of the money they spend on fireworks, pipers and a cast of thousands acting out scenes from Bannockburn and Taggart and put it into player development teams – Glasgow and Edinburgh are starting to get results and now its Scotland’s turn….although they have picked Dan Parks who only has 2 sorts of games amazing and absolutely fucking dire.
So there it is. We have our moans and our attacks on the other teams but that is what the 6 nations are about. The build up is always amazing and the banter even better. Its time to get a few beers down your necks, talk about your nations shittest XV, its time to bring out and dust down the old drinking stories and get in touch with your mates, its time to pick Chris Ashton for your fantasy rugby team only to watch him play like a cock but most of all its about rugby, fucking good rugby.
Wales will have to be at tippy top level to beat the Irish at home, especially with injuries and the Irish out for a bit of vengeance for that illegal try last year and their humiliating tumpfing in the world cup. What will Wales produce this year though? Where are they going to fit in Hook? The backs are still looking classy and we now have a much more aggressive second row with Evans coming in but will we be able to close out teams. Scoring tries doesn’t seem to be a problem, getting kicks over is and stopping the other fuckers scoring more than us is an even bigger one. Baby faced assassins North, Priestland and Halfpenny are ones to watch.
Above: awww bless don't put Rhys, George and Leigh in the nasty freeze chamberI don’t know why I ended up with Scotland last maybe it’s because I am not expecting much from them. I am sure a lot of people only watch Scotland games hoping to catch a glimpse of Andy Robinson in the coach’s box stomping around, pacing and getting angrier and angrier until he finally explodes throwing blood, crap and jizz everywhere. They played well in the World cup and STILL lost to England and still failed to put away teams like Uzbekistan. Yes they have a smaller pool of players to choose from but in the end they have got a pool of players, who get paid money to play rugby and are coached by a great coach – excuses have to stop and they have to perform. Maybe its time to get some of the money they spend on fireworks, pipers and a cast of thousands acting out scenes from Bannockburn and Taggart and put it into player development teams – Glasgow and Edinburgh are starting to get results and now its Scotland’s turn….although they have picked Dan Parks who only has 2 sorts of games amazing and absolutely fucking dire.
So there it is. We have our moans and our attacks on the other teams but that is what the 6 nations are about. The build up is always amazing and the banter even better. Its time to get a few beers down your necks, talk about your nations shittest XV, its time to bring out and dust down the old drinking stories and get in touch with your mates, its time to pick Chris Ashton for your fantasy rugby team only to watch him play like a cock but most of all its about rugby, fucking good rugby.
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'Good fucking rugby' - I'll settle for something that bears some similarity to that from Scotland and England, on recent encounters, I'm not expecting it, especially if they are playing in a blizzard (unfair advantage for the English - should be forced to play in that daft black kit).
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