Well that went a lot better than expected
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redfiona99Ireland v England I mean. A collection of thoughts, in chronological order follow.
Bloody hell, Croke Park is full. In fact, FULL!
And loud. It disturbs me that the Irish players look more nervous than I feel, and I'm almost at Italy World Cup final shaky. Because them looking nervous is normally the prelude to bad things. England beating them bad things, and after last week's crusher of a last minute defeat another loss is the last thing needed.
I <3 Brian O'Driscoll.
Mary MacAllise is taller than Peter Stringer. According to my Mum that isn't difficult but still...
Simon Easterby is good. Well done for carrying on after that attempted tackle.
Dear Danny Grewcock, this is what you get for trying to pick a fight with Peter Stringer.
Dear Jeremy Guscott, shut the fuck up! Mocking Brian O'Driscoll is not something you're allowed to do. Also, you'd be happy to take the kind of thing that Magnus Lund did to Dempsey, would you? Yeah, right. All the apologies in the world don't make that right. By the way, I don't think Magnus Lund meant to do it, because he was sincere in his apologies. But still, against the laws of the game.
Sorry, I dislike Jeremy Guscott, who despite supposedly knowing how to pundit, is so blatently biased he makes Brian Moore seem impartial and he's supposed to be biased, it's part of his gimmick. Guscott's also a smarmy git.
Good play from Harry Ellis.
I'm in love with Brian Moore's commentary. His objection to a little bit of argy-bargy that's going on - "I'm ashamed that only three of England's players were involved. If there's a scrap you want everyone in." That's the spirit.
Dear Brian O'Driscoll, go off. You're injured.
Oh frajabulous day!
I was really worried at the start because they were so emotional, and that's never good. I mean if John Hayes is going it's too emotional. I admit to a little misty-eyedness on my part when Jerry Flannery went, bless his little cotton socks.
And I loved Shane Horgan's way of dealing with poor Alex Strettle. Although Brian Ashton deserves some of the barracking for allowing that match up to happen at all, because, well Shane Horgan is quite big for a winger and you'd think the English coaches might have noticed that by now and have given Strettle some protection. But then again, if they're anything like the English rugby union "journalists" they won't rate Horgan. Too bad if they underestimated him.
I think the result also shows how much they missed O'Driscoll in the French game.
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France v Wales
I've always said Alix Popham is good.
David Skrela looks far too young to be playing international rugby. France really do have a good chance of winning the World Cup now that they have a good, consistant fly-half, it's the one thing they've lacked.
I tell you what was a little weird, seeing Abdel Bernazzi in a suit. Not that it wasn't a good suit and he wasn't wearing it well, it just looked so different to seeing him in rubgy gear.
Bloody hell, Croke Park is full. In fact, FULL!
And loud. It disturbs me that the Irish players look more nervous than I feel, and I'm almost at Italy World Cup final shaky. Because them looking nervous is normally the prelude to bad things. England beating them bad things, and after last week's crusher of a last minute defeat another loss is the last thing needed.
I <3 Brian O'Driscoll.
Mary MacAllise is taller than Peter Stringer. According to my Mum that isn't difficult but still...
Simon Easterby is good. Well done for carrying on after that attempted tackle.
Dear Danny Grewcock, this is what you get for trying to pick a fight with Peter Stringer.
Dear Jeremy Guscott, shut the fuck up! Mocking Brian O'Driscoll is not something you're allowed to do. Also, you'd be happy to take the kind of thing that Magnus Lund did to Dempsey, would you? Yeah, right. All the apologies in the world don't make that right. By the way, I don't think Magnus Lund meant to do it, because he was sincere in his apologies. But still, against the laws of the game.
Sorry, I dislike Jeremy Guscott, who despite supposedly knowing how to pundit, is so blatently biased he makes Brian Moore seem impartial and he's supposed to be biased, it's part of his gimmick. Guscott's also a smarmy git.
Good play from Harry Ellis.
I'm in love with Brian Moore's commentary. His objection to a little bit of argy-bargy that's going on - "I'm ashamed that only three of England's players were involved. If there's a scrap you want everyone in." That's the spirit.
Dear Brian O'Driscoll, go off. You're injured.
Oh frajabulous day!
I was really worried at the start because they were so emotional, and that's never good. I mean if John Hayes is going it's too emotional. I admit to a little misty-eyedness on my part when Jerry Flannery went, bless his little cotton socks.
And I loved Shane Horgan's way of dealing with poor Alex Strettle. Although Brian Ashton deserves some of the barracking for allowing that match up to happen at all, because, well Shane Horgan is quite big for a winger and you'd think the English coaches might have noticed that by now and have given Strettle some protection. But then again, if they're anything like the English rugby union "journalists" they won't rate Horgan. Too bad if they underestimated him.
I think the result also shows how much they missed O'Driscoll in the French game.
~~~~
France v Wales
I've always said Alix Popham is good.
David Skrela looks far too young to be playing international rugby. France really do have a good chance of winning the World Cup now that they have a good, consistant fly-half, it's the one thing they've lacked.
I tell you what was a little weird, seeing Abdel Bernazzi in a suit. Not that it wasn't a good suit and he wasn't wearing it well, it just looked so different to seeing him in rubgy gear.
