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Wales by 5 England by 3 Ireland by a miracle! Even if I get the winners wrong in all 3 games I'm still going to enjoy a hell of a day of test rugby. Apart from the obvious one I still haven't decided who I'll be cheering for in the games.

Wet weather rugby would also enhance Australia's tactical/territory kicking game to give additional options even on a dry pitch.

So excited for this game, even if I know in my heart of hearts that it'll probably go the way of every other test between us and NZ. I'm a big optimist, in many games against NZ we've been 20-30 points down and then we score a try or 2 and I still believe we can pull of an amazing comeback.

I think it's absolutely ridiculous that the safety brigade don't let your Aus kids play in the rain. As for parents if they don't want their kids playing in the rain and the muck then they should consider signing them up for indoor activities instead. Maybe sending school teams to tour the NH...

Close game from Ireland but they never really built on their half time lead. Very hard to see them put 60+ points on Italy, so even if SA beat England they'll probably end up 3rd in the group. Looks like whoever finished 1st seeds will be "rewarded" with a semi against NZ.

Well done to Wales, a historic win. What odds would you have gotten on the 3 top SH teams losing a pool game?

Wales really got away with the missed pen by NZ after that fluffed kick. 9-6 up with 15 to go Wales just have to keep it up.

Yes they are the most promising crop of youngsters since BOD etc. played underage rugby.

Ross will be a big miss for Ireland, but not as bad as it could have been due to the emergence for Fitzpatrick thanks largely to Afoa's ban. It's great the D'Arcy is no where near the starting team let alone in the squad, it should have happened for the 6Ns though. However it's ironic that he...

That's Iain Henderson who scored this try, playing 6, against Munster in May on his first senior start. The decision to pull Wallace came from Ulster, no injury involved and I think it was the wrong one. But it's given Hanrahan a chance to shine at 10. He's a great talent and sometimes he...

Probably would have been better for Jackson to play in the JWC to restore confidence, but Ulster pulled him in order to get him ready for next season. Shane Layden who was our biggest attacking threat in the 6Ns was withdrawn by Connacht on similar grounds. Also he probably would have been the...

Yes both are huge misses for us and we're still sweating on the fitness of Ross.

Fair play Gagger, always good to see the leaders of a community willing to give a leg up to a young member. All the best to Enforcer.

3 Moore 2 Palmer 1 Ioane

If they bring Scott Quinnell over to give the team talk he'll wake the dragon and Aus should watch out. He was so inspirational on school of hard knocks, respected him as a player, but have huge respect for him as a person due to that show.

As a neutral I thought Aus didn't do that badly last night. The last 20 of the first half was excellent and they did very well to go in only 6-3 down against such a strong wind. Then in the 2nd half they started very well on got on level terms pretty early. But from there they never took...

Scotland deserved that win for their defensive effort in the 2nd half. For all Popock play impresses me his decision making as a captain leaves a lot to be desired. He should have taken the kickable 3 points early in the 2nd half to go 9-6 ahead. After all the debate about the players who were...

Very poor pass from Genia to Barnes for the drop at goal put extra pressure on him. They shouldn't be panicking like that. For all Scotland lack in ability and skill they've made up for it through heart and effort. On top of that the conditions and poor decision making by key Aus players has...

Frustrating from Aus there. Huge space on the far side for them to exploit but a number of players including Genia standing around waiting for something to happen and keeping it on the crowded side of the pitch. Also where is the shout from the players standing in the midfield to get them to...

Some great defending by Scotland keeping Aus out. They've handled Higgers very well so far. At the moment it's looking like a poor decision by Pocock not to take the 3 points on offer from the pen. But Aus are still in the danger zone and Scotland can only defend like this for so long. Just as...