Six Nations 2014

[Cardiffblue]

Friend by enemy I call you out.

You with a bad coin in your socket,
You my friend there with a winning air
Who palmed the lie on me when you looked
Brassily at my shyest secret,
Enticed with twinkling bits of the eye
Till the sweet tooth of my love bit dry,
Rasped at last, and I stumbled and sucked,
Whom now I conjure to stand as thief
In the memory worked by mirrors,
With unforgettably smiling act,
Quickness of hand in the velvet glove
And my whole heart under your hammer,
Were once such a creature, so gay and frank
A desireless familiar
I never thought to utter or think
While you displaced a truth in the air,

That though I loved them for their faults
As much as for their good,
My friends were enemies on stilts
With their heads in a cunning cloud.

 

[Cardiffblue]

You boys if Ireland fail to win by 40

 

[qwerty51]

Italy's #11 is incredible! Big fan.

 

[Cardiffblue]

Wow

 

[Cardiffblue]

Yup. He's good

 

[Wales Fan]

Breathless end to end stuff by Ireland & Italy, helped by Nigel Owens leaving it flow.
Ireland overplaying a little but Italy won't keep this pace up.

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[qwerty51]

Nigel is by far the best ref in the world. His communication with the players is top notch. Great game this, wonderful advertisement for rugby.

 

[USARugger]

Ireland need to get the line out working again or this could be a long afternoon!

Hawkseye view on that try of Dave Kearney stopping in midfield is going to get him a serious tongue lashing at film review.

Cian getting a little cheeky in the scrums and boring in on the second push, hope he doesn't get pinged for it later.

 

[Cardiffblue]

Was wondering about our nige. Do teams behave better with him as ref or is he just determined never to give a penalty

 

[Cardiffblue]

Shit house tackling from oireland

 

[Cardiffblue]

They're missing Murray after his jippy tummy took him off

 

[qwerty51]

Was wondering about our nige. Do teams behave better with him as ref or is he just determined never to give a penalty

I'd say it's to do with his communication, he's very clear - at the breakdown he tells the players to 'no' before they infringe and they generally listen.

 

[Cardiffblue]

Mad game

 

[qwerty51]

I think he should've halted play there with the medicos on.

 

[USARugger]

Even two years ago Italy would not have realigned like they did there and Ireland would not have to have worked for that try, especially not like they just did. I'm impressed.

 

[Cardiffblue]

I

I think he should've halted play there with the medicos on.

agree

 

[Cardiffblue]

Think there's a case for Ireland going back to the boot before going wide

 

[Cardiffblue]

Have Carlo de fava and Jamie packer ever been seen in the same room together?

 

[the plastic paddy]

Yup. He's good

And the Kearney's cannot tackle.

 

[Cardiffblue]

Expect to see Schmidt close the game down and tell sexton to play for position and the win