Calcutta Cup on Saturday.

I have booked my seat in front of the telly and shall be cheering our our boys...

am hoping that they put up a slightly better showing than they did last year :blink:

shufty up hun - I'll be there too

:hug: :bigkiss:

best bring ear muffs, I tend to get a bit shouty at the Ref during the game :blush:

:blush: me too hun

:D

won't be needing ear muffs B)

COME ON ENGLAND! :D

Obviously you know who is back... Could well make the world of difference that!

Also four tigers in the England team which should help them to a comfortable win :)

Scotland, apart from Italy, are the worst side in the championship I am sure

wouldn't write off Scotland Sam, they have been having a bit of a renaissance

btw - congratulations on rof-lmao restraint

:ok:

Well.. I just want to see England play fast, creative rugby, and of course with a bit of steel to go with it!

Not asking for too much then! ;)

I remember when they won the Grand Slam at Landsdowne Road in 2003, and they were amazing.. and then a remarkable tour down under, with of course the big highlight in Sydney later that year :)

But recently they have been sluggish, laboured in their play, lacking bite, imagination.. The bold selections are good, and hopefully they will remember how to play rugby when they put those white shirts on.

Probably will be an evenly matched 6 nations, I would think..

well, we seem to have a nice mix of old and new to give it our best shot...

but I wouldnt write off Scotland either, I did that last year and they had a good six nations and took the bloody cup - beating us at home didnt they?

I've tried to wipe it from memory so am hazy on details...

me too hun. dont know much about the new coach, but like his selection and am pleased to see JW back (please dont injure yourself in the first two seconds!) so am hoping for some good stuff.

I also remember those wonderful times - despite more booze being consumed then! For the final World Cup game, we had everyone round for bacon butties and much shouting! When they won, I cried, stuck Queen on the stereo extra loud and for the first time ever (and probably the last), danced in the front window with the St George flag!

Happy days :)

Gooooooooooo WALES!!! :yahoo: :yahoo: :party:

Yay! Now that would have been a champagne moment for Mr Pebs to witness (and a few no doubt bewildered passers-by too!)! :yahoo:

roflmao

yep, right up till they play England hun, then its war ;)

roflmao as I recall it was still quite early in the morning, so few passer-bys...

Me and WB will feel thoroughly outnumbered then :( We'll have to get Nick and all the other non-U.K people on side :devil:

ooo, playing dirty???

typical welsh roflmao

:devil:

roflmao

I may need to! Im going to Paris for the Wales/France match. That's going to be good, stuck in a Parisian pub cheering on Wales surrounded by dozens of French rugby fans roflmao

wow! you lucky, lucky lad! soooo wish I could go. mind you, best of luck cheering for Wales in a french pub hun :blink:

I'll have to brush up on my French so I can cheer in French, that'll really annoy them :devil:

Im going with the Welsh Society at my uni so at least we'll be there in large numbers :lol:

I correct myself, we werent at home... a small mercy :blink:

sounds fab hun, I am most jealous!

Sorry Sam....but to quote your signature:

BANG AND THE WILKO IS GONE (Again).

roflmao sadly Styeffo, I wouldnt be at all surprised if that turned out to be most true...

and it looks like Andy Robinson agrees with you, though I am sure there are no sour grapes at all...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_unio...ish/6326873.stm

and a little taster of what the BBC 'experts' say about who the six nations will belong to...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/6316745.stm

they are all placing a lot of expectation on Ireland.

Lets nope (not) they deliver

I thought that, and was really surprised. I know they are a good side but I always put the expectation on France. And Wales didnt do so bad the last couple of years either!

Infact, the only sides I wouldnt really say much about are our own because they are such an unknown quantity at the moment (I am hoping to feel alot more positive about them after this afternoon!) and Italy, who bless them, are more likely to get the wooden spoon. That said, they surprised me last year, so who knows?

I am just hoping for some good matches, lots of shouting and England coming out on top :D

Wales!!!

roflmao

actually, if England cant do it, Wales would be my next choice hun - I have Welsh blood you know!

*checks none missing*

roflmao

If Wales don't win then I wouldn't mind if either England or Scotland won :) Of course not many people seem to think Scotland have a chance :unsure:

Here's Johhnnnnnyyyy!!!! :bow: :D

Better play all-round, methinks :ok:

:party: :yahoo: :clap:

quite agree Petalp - I thought they had a really good game today - very encouraging. I was listening to the after chat and it was all about how we shouldnt read too much into this blah, blah, blah, but I thought they did some fine rugby.

Had to laugh at the comment about the TMO not being English but might as well be - even I, biased as I am, said when Jonny went over the line it wasnt a try - he was in touch before then! Still, who am I to argue? ;)

:blink:

thats just plain cheeky Styeffo, leave my posts alone!

hated how they rubbished Johnnies try and then congratulated Scotland for on when it was a blatant foul in the line-out!


Well done England, very encouraging

I didn't watch it, but I knew Jonny Wilkinson was gonna do some damage to the Scots! B)

and the ladies team trounced Scotland 60-0 too :D

Ireland beat Wales 19-9 :D :clap:

Damn Ireland :angry:

Well played Ireland! :D :clap:

Oh bugger off :rolleyes: