Rugby

Thank god Scotland won yesterday or my state of depression would be off the scale. I think there is a real changing if the guard at the moment. Scotland have got a younger team than we have for a while. And for the first time in absolutely years we have a good set of forwards and a good set of backs at the same time. Wales are going backwards. Guys like AWJ, North and Halfpenny didnt have much impact on the game and are hard to replace. Tupiric was a big kiss for them as well and Scotland's back row were the better if the two. The Scotland bench was stronger than the Welsh one too. All in all looking promising for Scotland

Incredibly uncomfortable first win of the season for Edinburgh against a stubborn Scarlets side - even after they went down to 13 men (eventually getting back to 14) they were resolute and hard to break down.

Less penalties and errors tonight, which was encouraging. Hopefully the return of our international players will give us another lift.

League Fans - The opening state of origin game is on Wednesday at 9.10am.

Wales poor again on the weekend. Tons of pens given away.

I think we will have a poor autumn tournament and that will be Pivac away. He dosent look the right man for the job.

Well dont to Scotland. Played well and I dont mind losing to the country I reside in and support.

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Originally Posted by nellio

Wales poor again on the weekend. Tons of pens given away.

I think we will have a poor autumn tournament and that will be Pivac away. He dosent look the right man for the job.

Well dont to Scotland. Played well and I dont mind losing to the country I reside in and support.

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Do you think that there is an aging group of previously excellent players in that team who no longer have the same impact on games, but you are struggling to replace them? I thought for the first time in a long time that if you were to pick a XV out of the squads the majority would have been Scots

Maybe there is some of that but we have some really good young players and some of the players aren't that old they have just been around a long time. AWJ is the exception to that.

How good were The All Blacks on Saturday morning? Fantastic viewing.

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How good were The All Blacks on Saturday morning? Fantastic viewing.

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Yeah, I watched the game as well. The All Blacks are just on a different level to everyone else. Fantastic to watch. Saw the 2nd half of the France Ireland game and it was decent as well. Open flowing game of rugby that went end to end, good to watch

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Yeah, I watched the game as well. The All Blacks are just on a different level to everyone else. Fantastic to watch. Saw the 2nd half of the France Ireland game and it was decent as well. Open flowing game of rugby that went end to end, good to watch

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Watched the latter game at t-time tonight, not the same when you already know the outcome.

Glasgow taking a bit of a batter at home to Leinster tonight, but they've sticking in there, putting them under pressure in the second half.

Still, Leinster well ahead in abysmal conditions.

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League Fans - The opening state of origin game is on Wednesday at 9.10am.

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Looking forward to it , hopefully NSW can keep their winning streak going, there's no way I could ever support a team playing in Maroon :wink:

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Looking forward to it , hopefully NSW can keep their winning streak going, there's no way I could ever support a team playing in Maroon :wink:

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Usually I want Queensland to win but that colour just kills any support so come on NSW.

Bah.

Up 10 zip and now down 18-10 with 10mins to go.

both finn russell and adam hastings out of the upcoming nations cup matches with hastings likely to also miss next years six nations, costly win over wales.

Some turnaround from last week, Aus 24 NZ 22.

Edinburgh playing Cardiff tonight. Monday night rugby a bit odd!

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Edinburgh playing Cardiff tonight. Monday night rugby a bit odd!

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What I'd give to be standing pitchside with a beer in hand under the lights watching this. Monday night or not, I miss evenings at Murrayfield.

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Edinburgh playing Cardiff tonight. Monday night rugby a bit odd!

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Amazed that match was able to finish, it was a real pea souper!

I had my worries around the 60 minute mark that it was going to be called off and it just got worse...

Great performance from Edinburgh - shutting any team out is impressive, but especially when our team was mainly second string players with none of our internationals back in the fray yet.

Sky sports Live now for the state of origin in Aus.

Should be awesome.

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Sky sports Live now for the state of origin in Aus.

Should be awesome.

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Strong showing from NSW which sets it up for next week's decider.

Roll on Wednesday and Brisbane!

Plenty Autumn Series Internationals on Amazon Prime from this Sunday onwards.

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Strong showing from NSW which sets it up for next week's decider.

Roll on Wednesday and Brisbane!

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Far better from the Blues this week a real captains performance from Tedesco

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Plenty Autumn Series Internationals on Amazon Prime from this Sunday onwards.

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Italy vs Scotland is also on Prime on Saturday - 12:45pm KO.

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Originally Posted by Sylar

Italy vs Scotland is also on Prime on Saturday - 12:45pm KO.

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Aye sorry, meant Saturday.

world rankings

1. S Africa
2 New zealand
3. England
4. France
5. Ireland
6. Australia
7. Scotland
8. Wales
9. Japan
10. Argentina

France were 10th in 2019

Good weekend of rugby coming up although France v Fiji is off due to Fijians testing + for Covid

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Aye sorry, meant Saturday.

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There's also the Ireland vs Wales game this evening on Channel 4!

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There's also the Ireland vs Wales game this evening on Channel 4!

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Aye, I thought most folk would spot that as opposed to the Amazon games.

Wales look pretty poor again tonight. Too many mistakes and penalties. No control at breakdown, struggling at scrum time. Not looking good for them just now