I cannae believe it: Scotland scored the *first* try against France! And as I post this, it’s 10-0… It’s been near impossible to catch any of the 6 Nations here. Update: It’s noo 13-3. Chicken-counter P is a wee bit upset that France managed to claw back 3 points before half-time. Him and the other […]

Gethin Jenkins, what fantastic footwork! Great instinct there, to kick it rather than scoop it up. Brill charge down! John Hayes (No. 3) doesn’t look stereotypically Irish; he looks like he’s a member of the Munster family. 😉 (pun completely intentional) 16:16 edit: Wales 16-6 Ireland. It’s tight. O’Gara has made a few mistakes, and […]

That gives France a 43-point difference (a grand total of 53-points over their 5 games), one more than they required before start of play today to improve their chance of winning the championship should Ireland beat Wales. No thanks to a complete collapse by the Italians in the last 20 min, the 6-nations championship is […]

Watching the replay ‘cos we went for an invigorating walk this afternoon in an effort to avoid depressing ourselves. The first Welsh try was quite nice work, but the second was yet another mega Scottish blooper. Just what part of don’t do that again did they not understand? (Poor wee souls must be devastated…) Then […]

I was looking forward to a Grand Slam showdown between Ireland and Wales, but a strengthened French side stopped all that. It was decent start for Ireland, with a 9-6 lead, which was soon lost through a pretty good French try. And Ireland never really got a look-in after that. Very nice try by O’Driscoll […]