Very surprised at the number of empty seats in Cardiff.
Should say, good game, Wales putting up a fight here but similar to the game a couple of weeks ago the second half will be huge.
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Very surprised at the number of empty seats in Cardiff.
Should say, good game, Wales putting up a fight here but similar to the game a couple of weeks ago the second half will be huge.
100 quid a ticket, Friday night. Add overnight accommodation if you don't live in Cardiff plus food and drink it's a 250 pound night out. Rugby needs to take a look at pricing for the 6 nations. Scotland is the same. Can't remember exact prices but I'm sure the adult tickets this year were from cheapest 76 to 116 per ticket. Autumn internationals are a far far better option for attending matches just due to oricingQuote:
Originally Posted by Jones28
The price of the tickets for it were ridiculous, apparently.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jones28
I'm enjoying the Friday night under the lights game a lot more than the Sunday afternoon affairs. Seems much livelier and much more atmospheric.
Been a tense affair - Wales still in it without being spectacular - what they do best, really. France look like they have gears to go up but they need to stop the stupid mistakes.
Jesus Christ I though we were hard done by at £86 a skull a couple of weeks ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by weecounty hibby
Rugby needs to have a ****ing good look at itself, hopefully these empty seats give the Welsh something to think about.
The more stadiums sell out though, the more this will carry on.
Agree entirely, much rather have a game on a Friday night than a dreary Sunday afternoon, inevitability against Italy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sylar
Been a good game yes, good to see what Wales are doing differently to what we did, namely not continual silly errors.
kicking games are boring :( come on where's that french flair
ridiculous the length of time for that advantage
that french kicker has had his boots on the wrong feet all game
Scotland very keen to help Italy out with the schoolboy errors
3-0 4 mins played, i do hope finn russels kicking improves after that very poor kick over the opposite side of the pitch just basically handing the opposition the ball, Rank
Very passive start to this game from Scotland so far.
didn't see that one coming, great try Scotland :greengrin russell misses convertion
finn russell pass intercepted puts a lot of pressure on Scotland
then a Scottish interception lets Scotland in for a try
3-12
25 mins italians miss a penalty
That's better, 3-12.
Totally agree about the advantage. Is there no rule about the amount of time or phases of play that can be applied or is it all at the ref's discretion?Quote:
Originally Posted by cabbageandribs1875
good try Italy
10-12
Scotland have had very little ball in the first 30 mins
we're not too pleasing on the eye here so far
and yet Scotland were given an advantage earlier in this game for an Italian Knock-on and Advantage lasted two small passes along the backQuote:
Originally Posted by OldEast
yay Try Scotland under the posts
10-19
HT
10-26 50 mins, should be out of sight now :)
Knock on advantages are always shorter, usually a couple of phases or until the opposition kick. Penalties are given longer as deemed to be a worse transgressionQuote:
Originally Posted by cabbageandribs1875
Dont disagree that some penalty advantages are far too long though
well done Italy with that last try :agree: i know the score doesn't reflect it but i think Scotland were poor to watch today
Ireland 30+ points next week :agree:
and well done townsend giving four subs a lousy 5 mins on the park, great management, must do their confidence a world of good, not
Well, this has started well!!!! :-)
Never a red card ….. accidental head collision.
missed the first 90 seconds of the england/ireland game and the host side already down to 14 :)
and 0-8 after 7 mins
Fans taking it well :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by Glory Lurker
Scotland have been poor in every match, key players not performingQuote:
Originally Posted by cabbageandribs1875
Thought Scotland weren't great struggled a bit with Russell kicking the ball away all the time. Gave away a few poor tries imo. Assume Ireland will convincingly beat Scotland.
Some start to England Ireland red card in one minute think correct decision hugely reckless head in head. Excellent Irish try
Didn't wrap his arms very reckless challenge imoQuote:
Originally Posted by Jim44
100% red card. Anyone who says otherwise doesn't understand the laws of the game as they are now. That is exactly the kind of contact that world rugby are trying to stop. Concussion is a huge issue in the game
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Originally Posted by JimBHibees
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Originally Posted by weecounty hibby
totally agree - tacklers are responsible for the safety and wellbeing of the opposition player, it’s reckless, and whether it’s accidental or not, he had plenty time to adjust his body position to avoid head contact
:agree: Resulted in a serious head knock for the Ireland player, definitely a red.Quote:
Originally Posted by weecounty hibby
Despite being down to 14 England are playing well here,fair play
I don't know an awful lot about rugby but 22 points seems quite a high number of points for Italy score in a match.
I note they actually scored 22 points against France two years ago but other than that you need to go back to 2018 for the last time they scored more than 22 points against a side that's currently ranked above them.
Ireland players getting thoroughly embarrassed here
that could have been sooooo embarrassing for Sexton :greengrin