Rugby (6N, Rugby Championship, IRB 7s, etc.)

[ORD_Buckeye]

And one of the greatest athletic tournaments in the world is off to the races.

Wales 42 Italy 0 (Wales is BACK?)
Ireland 19 Scotland 12
France 24 England 17

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

I swear to God, England is the tsun of world rugby.

Eddie Jones warns France to expect ‘absolute brutality’ from England

.........and they go out and lose. Who's got it better than England?

 

[RugbyBuck]

Looks like five legit sides (Scotland ties Ireland if Hogg doesn't knock on a try) and Italy which should be relegated to the MAC (23 losses in a row) and replaced with Japan.

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

Looks like five legit sides (Scotland ties Ireland if Hogg doesn't knock on a try) and Italy which should be relegated to the MAC (23 losses in a row) and replaced with Japan.

I think Japan should join the tri-nations (or whatever they're calling it today), and Italy should be replaced with Georgia.

As for Wales, there's a sense of relief, but it's a cautious relief because Italy. If Wales can adopt this more dynamic offense while maintaining their traditional iron bollocks defense, they should be fun to watch over the next few weeks. Too early to tell though because Italy.

 

[RugbyBuck]

Agreed as to Japan. I was being facetious. Georgia or Spain would be more competition than Italy and more in the neighborhood.

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

Looks like Italy made Wales look better than they are.

 

[RugbyBuck]

Italy's like playing Rutgers. I love the idea that's gone around this week about South Africa joining the 6N although it would be after the next world cup. Hopefully, that will mean bouncing Italy out.

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

I still think this is wide open, with England having a slight advantage from getting Ireland and Wales at Twickenham.

 

[RugbyBuck]

The poms will roll into some form as they sort out their injury replacements. Their 9/10 play sucks, though.

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

Oh no, we suck again meme.

 

[Steve19]

We don't want Japan or Argentina.

 

[RugbyBuck]

England was better this week, but France is the clear class of the tournament this year. Their defense against Wales, like against England, was fantastic, especially for an historically defense-challenged side. They’ll run through Scotland so the only way to stop them from going undefeated is an Ireland win on 3/14 and that seems unlikely given the state of Irish play.

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

Incredible game today between England and Wales. Dragons came up just short, but it was a markedly better showing than their last two games.

 

[RugbyBuck]

I watched Saturday and agree. Wish I'd gone to the pub for Scotland/France yesterday, though. I didn't think there was any way Scotland would win. Youtube-ing highlights later today.

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

And I'll say it again. tsun truly has an athletic doppleganger in England Rugby.