Scoatland beat Italia 48-7 in a pre World Cup TEST (no' a 'friendly'... friendlies are fer shiny short wearing fitba teams).
As I'm 1/4 Welsh, I have to have some support for the Taffys'. England, IMO, have fucked it up already....
Not a great workout for the Irish today, looked off the boil in the first half...England should be building towards next world cup where they will have right mix of talent and expertise, too soon for them this year. Wales won't challenge any of the other hemisphere teams. France probably won't either. Not sure what happens to Ireland but I just have a gut feeling it won't be the semis.
Quarter Finals, Job Done, Lose With Glory, Come back, Triple Crown Legends, Ireland, The Goal Remains The Same. :doh:
The potential loss o' Keith Earls is significant fer Ireland. Ah SEE Irish rates the Welsh team and I think the Sasnachs are gonnae have they work cut oot against the in form Aussies and Welsh laddies. This may be the most competetive World Cup there's ever been.
Soon as I saw what was happening to Hull KR, I switched to Barbarians x Samoa - which turned out to be a farce, but not cos of the actual game!
Pitch-sprinklers automatically started 25 mins into the game... :: Apparantly, Olympic Stadium and its staff are not geared-up for rugby matches...
Wales always turn it up against England and rarely turn in a bad one vs Australia. Basically Wales vs England determines the group. England crashing out of their own Tournament before the KO stages might need preventing. Thus I foresee Halpenny and Warburton dying in a mercedes while out cruising with their New Zealand sugar-daddy Sunny Boy Jihad during a dirty weekend in Rhyll. Designated driver Stephen Moore also gets killed and moonlighting bodyguard Danny Cipriani seriously injured.
Wales are the best Northern hemisphere side to watch, by a distance, they're not the 'best' side though, they'll go out in the pool stage.
Canada versus Georgia taenight... :up: Ma Scottish Native American roots mean Ah must saepport the Canadians although Ah do have a soft spot fer Georgia thanks tae the Pink Salmon fishing oor tribe carrys oot along the Strait o' Georgia.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-34129500 :: Is why these jokers will never win a fucking thing.