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Danno wrote: ↑Fri Feb 06, 2026 4:37 pm Having a game on Thursday night is wank, I've been waiting for the next round all afternoon

Danno wrote: ↑Fri Feb 06, 2026 4:37 pm Having a game on Thursday night is wank, I've been waiting for the next round all afternoon

Puja wrote: ↑Fri Feb 06, 2026 5:17 pm

Danno wrote: ↑Fri Feb 06, 2026 4:37 pm Having a game on Thursday night is wank, I've been waiting for the next round all afternoon

Hard same.

I would also like to note that, while I am in favour of ITV having done a good job in keeping rugby on terrestrial, ITVX is the worst possible streaming service known to humankind

I was dealing with kids over the start of the game last night and only became free at 8.30pm. With BBC or TNT's streaming, I could've started from the beginning, fastforwarded over all the punditry bollocks, watched the game from kick-off, fastforwarded past any long breaks and half-time, and probably caught up with the live play by the start of the second half. With ITVX, my options were 1) "Watch from beginning" which put me to the start of the broadcast with no options to skip forward even a little (forcing me to watch nearly an hour of Mark Pougatch and Jill Douglas is cruel and unusual punishment), 2) "Watch live" and accept having missed the first 20 minutes, or 3) Go fuck myself.

I chose option 3, on the basis that I would be able to watch the full game on catchup after it'd finished and skip over the punditry, only to discover that the game wasn't available immediately on catchup. In fact, it still wasn't available by the time I gave up and just watched the 5 minutes highlights on YouTube.

Just made it incredibly difficult to watch a game of rugby. I'm playing rugby myself on Saturday and have already plugged in my old Sky box for its first usage in months - I don't need it for anything else, because every other streaming service or TV app is at least minorly competent, but I just can't face having to deal with ITV's software for the England game.

Puja

Which Tyler wrote: ↑Sat Feb 07, 2026 1:20 pm I wish Farrell were playing.
Then at least I'd have something to REALLY bitch about!
As it is, I'm worried about complacency - too many fans from both sides seeing this as a foregone conclusion, and I just can't believe Wales are THAT bad

Stom wrote: ↑Sat Feb 07, 2026 5:13 pmSteward…

Stom wrote: ↑Sat Feb 07, 2026 5:22 pm No, I’ve changed my mind, after that from Williams I want us to put a record defeat on them

FKAS wrote: ↑Sat Feb 07, 2026 5:15 pm

Stom wrote: ↑Sat Feb 07, 2026 5:13 pmSteward…

Great take and to turn out of what looked like a certain hit as he hits the floor. Knocking it on after the good work in contact afterwards less great.

His pass for Earl's try was nice. Maybe he could teach Freeman how to do that.

Stom wrote: ↑Sat Feb 07, 2026 5:27 pm

FKAS wrote: ↑Sat Feb 07, 2026 5:15 pm

Stom wrote: ↑Sat Feb 07, 2026 5:13 pmSteward…

Great take and to turn out of what looked like a certain hit as he hits the floor. Knocking it on after the good work in contact afterwards less great.

His pass for Earl's try was nice. Maybe he could teach Freeman how to do that.

The thing about steward is that he can do good things. But he just makes so many basic errors. He drops the ball or gets into the wrong position or plants his feet in defense.