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ORD_Buckeye
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Six Nations time again finally. Caught the end of England-Italy after the Buckeye game. The replay of Wales-Scotland coming up. This year, everything is free on NBCSN. No package necessary. After grinding it out over Ireland last week, my Welshmen might just not suck as feared.
EDIT: it looks like only the replays are on free NBCSN, which is fine since the games are usually early morning.
EDIT: it looks like only the replays are on free NBCSN, which is fine since the games are usually early morning.
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ORD_Buckeye
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Well, this has been a pleasant surprise. I expected them to be 0-2 at this stage.
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ORD_Buckeye
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England @ Wales this Saturday. If my Welshmen can get past the tsun of international rugby, they get a tune up game against Italy before likely taking on France with a Grand Slam on the line. Any thoughts @wadc45 @RugbyBuck ?
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RugbyBuck
Our church has no bells.
Yeah, I don't disagree. I thought France was just going to lap everyone else and the tournament would be for 2nd place, but I've simmered down about that. I still think they're a notch ahead of the rest of the field, but the others (save Italy, of course) seem pretty well balanced. England's down, but not as much as it maybe seemed after losing to Scotland. Scotland's best side in decades, but they still only managed to beat the Poms 11-6. Ireland's enigmatic, as ever, but neither of their flyhalves is going to win the tournament for them. Wales is right there for it on the outside and is capable of beating or losing to the French.
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ORD_Buckeye
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Don't need an expensive "rugby pass" to watch this year. Just sign up for Peacock: 7 day free trial followed by 4.99 a month for as long as you want to keep it. Free live streaming plus on demand of the entire tournament is available.
I've never been, but I've heard that Cardiff literally shuts down when England comes to town. It's one of the great sporting events in the world to attend live, so fuck COVID.
And I really wish we'd do something about Italy. I love the idea of a play-in game for next year's tournament between the last place 6 Nations team (always Italy) against the best of the rest in Europe (almost always Georgia). I'm guessing that Georgia would be in the 6 Nations more often than not.
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RugbyBuck
Our church has no bells.
Mil Stadium is definitely on my list. We tried to do a 6N side trip when we were in Belfast in 2017 and tix were completely sold out and the after market was ridiculously expensive. Gotta love their enthusiasm for it.
My wish, and I think it will happen at some point, is that the Springboks move into the 6N. Toss Italy and add ZA, now you've got a field.
My wish, and I think it will happen at some point, is that the Springboks move into the 6N. Toss Italy and add ZA, now you've got a field.
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ORD_Buckeye
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Having spent a lot of time in SA, I doubt they'll ever leave their Kiwi-Aussie relationships. It's the core of their identity, and leaving the tri-nations ( or whatever they're calling it this week) for the 6N would be like Ohio State, Wiscy or tsun leaving the Big Ten for the SEC.
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RugbyBuck
Our church has no bells.
I think it used to be like that, but the European pro teams are increasingly populated with Saffas and the players and union are tired of having to fly horizontally across however many time zones there are from Argentina to Oz when they're directly below western Europe and one zone east of Ireland and the UK. I'm ready to boot Italy, but it's also my understanding (and Wes can certainly correct this if I'm wrong) that there is zero enthusiasm from letting Georgia even have the opportunity to join the 6N. I think Italy would beat Georgia in 7 of 10 matches and the others don't want the brand watered down by letting the best of the second-tier teams and fourth-tier countries (which may be more important) in.
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SA left those relations and will focus on an England tour. Tired of a tournament that leaves them with so much jet lag, but COVID issues are what sealed the deal.
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ORD_Buckeye
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Thanks for the info. I was unaware of all this new shit that's come to light. SA in the 6 Nations would absolutely rock.
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ORD_Buckeye
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Nah. England is meatchicken. Bragging that they're going to "unleash hell" against France and then going out and losing badly to them. OTOH, they did roll their way into the semi's, and that's very un-tsun like. Maybe, they're more Clemson, and the Wannabe's are more tsun.
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RugbyBuck
Our church has no bells.
England's entitled brand is definitely SCum-like and, but they've been waaay to successful recently for the analogy to stick. I was in Cape Town to see them beat the Springboks at Newlands and then hung out briefly with some of them at the airport the following day. There were too good and too personable/humble to be Harboogers.
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