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So, who's supposed to be the favorite? Who's your pick to win? Whoever does come out on top, are they strong enough to take down the All Blacks later this year?
France, hopefully England, and no, NZ and SA will still be favourites for the World Cup. Looking forward to it though. One thing I love about the Six Nations is getting wasted watching it in the pubs and as it's mostly in the afternoons, presuming I don't drink in the evening I never get a hangover the morning after
France, hopefully England, and no, NZ and SA will still be favourites for the World Cup. Looking forward to it though. One thing I love about the Six Nations is getting wasted watching it in the pubs and as it's mostly in the afternoons, presuming I don't drink in the evening I never get a hangover the morning after
I think you'll find Australia may replace SA as second favorites, as they have done at the TAB betting agency overhere. They've got a pretty decent squad who'll be a real threat.
I think you'll find Australia may replace SA as second favorites, as they have done at the TAB betting agency overhere. They've got a pretty decent squad who'll be a real threat.
Actually looking at our odds Australia already are second favourites with generally around 4/1 to SA's 5/1. I guess I must have based my lower opinion of them on the time we beat them in November. NZ odds on everywhere, England 10s, France 12s, the rest nowhere. I reckon NZ will win but wouldn't have put them that overwhelming favourites with their WC track record.
Actually looking at our odds Australia already are second favourites with generally around 4/1 to SA's 5/1. I guess I must have based my lower opinion of them on the time we beat them in November. NZ odds on everywhere, England 10s, France 12s, the rest nowhere. I reckon NZ will win but wouldn't have put them that overwhelming favourites with their WC track record.
France looked pretty damn good today against Scotland, so it looks like England-France will be the title-decider. None of the six teams really played badly over the weekend. Is there anybody not from one of the six nations following this?
So the first week of action is over. Not really surprised by Wales giving up a lot of points in a loss, that seems to be a trend recently. And Scotland didn't look awful per se, but the French squad was too athletic for them to handle. I'll be interested to see ow Les Bleus fare against a squad with more comparable physical talent. But Ireland- what happened? They got the win, but just barely. Did anyone watch that match? Was Ireland really awful, or did Italy man up and play a great game?
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Is there anybody not from one of the six nations following this?
So the first week of action is over. Not really surprised by Wales giving up a lot of points in a loss, that seems to be a trend recently. And Scotland didn't look awful per se, but the French squad was too athletic for them to handle. I'll be interested to see ow Les Bleus fare against a squad with more comparable physical talent. But Ireland- what happened? They got the win, but just barely. Did anyone watch that match? Was Ireland really awful, or did Italy man up and play a great game?
I'm watching from the U.S.
I watched all three of the games. Ireland were probably the worst of the six teams, really - the Italians were really up for it and the Irish were lucky to get the win. Wales seem to have a habit of narrowly losing big games, I've noticed. I was at university in Wales when they won the Grand Slam in '05 so I know from experience how passionately they are about it - them winning the Grand Slam was much bigger for them than us winning the World Cup in '03 was for us.
Oh, I just assumed you were an English expat if you were asking about Courtenay Lawes (I've heard no word on him btw).
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