Last round we saw a spirited Wales drift off the 2nd half vs a still yet to peak Ireland. England steal a win over yet another misfiring Scotland. And France stomp on Italy. Leaving Ireland top of the table, followed closely by France

So isn’t it fitting that it’s our first game this weekend? Miss this one at your peril, expect big tackles, trick plays, and drama to the final whistle. Following up is the always spirited Wales vs a Scotland team that should be doing better. With pressure on both coaches: a mist win for both teams! Then Sunday we see if Italy really can kick on and at least give England a scare at Twickenham, but England technically still in contention so don’t expect an upset here

Saturday

1415 Ireland vs France
1645 Scotland vs Wales

Sunday

1500 England vs Italy

As always; predictions in the comments, reactions more than welcomed, and your post round thoughts appreciated

  • steeznson@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    23 hours ago

    Wow what a cracker this Fra/Ire game is. Some of the Dupont moments have been all-timers.

        • teardownthewalls@lemm.eeEnglish
          3·
          19 hours ago

          Oof, yeah, France really pulled out the big guns in the second half. They have one hand on the trophy now.

    • Olap@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
      3·
      21 hours ago

      Missed the second half walking down. What a score though! Wide open championship again

    • steeznson@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      17 hours ago

      That 2nd half was grim. 21 unanswered points.

      Repeat of last year at the Millenium Stadium.

      I think Toonie needs to go if Franco is willing to step up.

      Edit: And our forwards… oh my days our forwards were woeful. Just had to add that.

      • Olap@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
        2·
        16 hours ago

        Forwards were fine enough first half. Wales quit kicking second and so we were feeding off scraps. Toonie failed to get a second half message on field that would have actually helped though, like adapting ruck defense or width/speed of the line, or actually listening to the ref! He has had his day IMO too

  • frankPodmore@slrpnk.netEnglish
    2·
    21 hours ago

    That match have both gave England a mathematical chance of winning and showed we have no actual chance of winning.

  • Olap@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
    2·
    1 day ago

    Predictions

    Head: Ireland, Scotland, England

    Heart: Ireland, Scotland, Italy

    Arse: France lose three players in a grand mêlée with du pont receiving a match ban. Ireland still only manage a draw despite France being down to 12. Scotland go all out and rout Wales 62-3 in an all time Welsh loss. England implode and ask the ref again how to play rugby, with Italy smashing every lineout