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Re: Italy next
Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2021 12:25 pm
by Sourdust
What's realy annoying is that if the Scotland match had gone ahead as planned, we might be champions already by now
At the very least, we'd know exactly what we needed to do.
Re: Italy next
Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2021 1:20 pm
by Sandydragon
Sourdust wrote:normanski wrote:
We’d have to take a hammering in Paris to lose on PD. Courage dear friend, we’re going to win a Grand Slam and put the what’ifs truly to bed on Saturday.
13 points is hardly a hammering, is it? We've lost by a LOT more than that in Paris before.
France 27 - 14 Wales
France 32 - 21 Scotland (4 tries)
=
France win the 6N on PD.
If we don't win on Saturday, then we need to pick up a LBP or TBP to have a realistic chance at the title. As much as I would be cheering Scotland on, I fear that France in Paris needing to win with 4 tries could do that with some style.
Re: Italy next
Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2021 1:34 pm
by normanski
Sourdust wrote:normanski wrote:
We’d have to take a hammering in Paris to lose on PD. Courage dear friend, we’re going to win a Grand Slam and put the what’ifs truly to bed on Saturday.
13 points is hardly a hammering, is it? We've lost by a LOT more than that in Paris before.
France 27 - 14 Wales
France 32 - 21 Scotland (4 tries)
=
France win the 6N on PD.
But we’re going to win 28 - 18 so it’s all academic!
Re: Italy next
Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2021 1:38 pm
by Sourdust
normanski wrote:
But we’re going to win 28 - 18 so it’s all academic!
I always deeply appreciate others being blindly optimistic so that I don't have to be.
Re: Italy next
Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2021 4:25 pm
by Zhivago
normanski wrote:Zhivago wrote:would be a 4th slam for AW Jones... that's gotta be a record
He’s come back with a vengeance this season. What a test animal.
After last year, I thought he would start to fade quite quickly but he’s proved everyone wrong. He’s ferocious and leads from the front.
If Wales are fortunate enough to win a GS and he gets his fourth, what an accolade for one of the best rugby players in the world.
Boris should make him a knight of the realm in the Birthday Honours in June.
Locks can last a pretty long time compared to other positions. I think Victor Matfield was 37 when he retired. I guess AW Jones will retire at the end of the 2023 RWC - he'll be a similar age at that point.
Re: Italy next
Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2021 4:43 pm
by Son of Mathonwy
Sandydragon wrote:Sourdust wrote:normanski wrote:
We’d have to take a hammering in Paris to lose on PD. Courage dear friend, we’re going to win a Grand Slam and put the what’ifs truly to bed on Saturday.
13 points is hardly a hammering, is it? We've lost by a LOT more than that in Paris before.
France 27 - 14 Wales
France 32 - 21 Scotland (4 tries)
=
France win the 6N on PD.
If we don't win on Saturday, then we need to pick up a LBP or TBP to have a realistic chance at the title. As much as I would be cheering Scotland on, I fear that France in Paris needing to win with 4 tries could do that with some style.
Yep, we have to assume the Scots will not be able to help us here. We have to do this one ourselves.
Re: Italy next
Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2021 4:51 pm
by Sourdust
Zhivago wrote:normanski wrote:Zhivago wrote:would be a 4th slam for AW Jones... that's gotta be a record
He’s come back with a vengeance this season. What a test animal.
After last year, I thought he would start to fade quite quickly but he’s proved everyone wrong. He’s ferocious and leads from the front.
If Wales are fortunate enough to win a GS and he gets his fourth, what an accolade for one of the best rugby players in the world.
Boris should make him a knight of the realm in the Birthday Honours in June.
Locks can last a pretty long time compared to other positions. I think Victor Matfield was 37 when he retired. I guess AW Jones will retire at the end of the 2023 RWC - he'll be a similar age at that point.
He's been keeping pace with Ireland nicely. If we win on Saturday, he'll overtake them. And Scotland.