General Chat

Hi Janet

Welcome to the Rugby Thread

Thank you for the great clip!

Yes indeed "Come on Wales"

I hope that you will be able to join us on "Radio Jem" to cheer on Wales on Friday night!

Please feel free to post all things Welsh at anytime

WELCOME TO ALL GR RUGBY FANS OF ALL 6 NATIONS COUNTRIES


Although this is predominantly a Welsh Rugby Thread, I will be covering all matches, and would like to encourage GR supporters of all the six nations teams to join in on this thread.


Please feel free to post topics of interest of your own countries.



I WILL BE CHEERING W-A-L-E-S

YOU CAN CHEER FOR YOUR OWN TEAMS WITH SPORTSMANSHIP
...ALL WELCOME

Well Hello Jem .I was born in England & live in Scotland So .decision`s. decision`s. Best of luck to All

Tra la la Fiddedly dee dee

Hiya Barbra

There's lovely to see you on the Rugby Thread

Please come back and join us at any time, particularly for the matches!

You are ok this week, you can support England on Friday
(if you really must )
and Scotland on Saturday!


Tra la la la la fiddledy dee, dee deedeede Ann
lalala.... Starry, starry Ann......

No we are not mad!! (well yes, perhaps we are!)
In case any of you are wondering, my lovely friend Ann ... A GOG!!!!...Wait for it .....

HATES RUGBY!

But being the lovely friend she is, this her way of supporting me, so

THANKS ANN

Thankyou for your comment about my little granddaughter Jem. When she came round with her mum 'n' dad on Sunday I sang her a rugby song. It was about 24 laydees who came down from Inverness . . . I couldn't remember the words to the nursery rhyme about 4 and 20 blackbirds

Wend!

Oh My Giddy Aunt you cant sing that Wend to your Lovely Granddaughter ~~~~~~Jem .I want a job in the rub down dept .any team will do after the match that is,.better go & have a cup of tea (.Calm Down Dear )

Good Morning Rugby Fans

Not long now until the opening match of this year's SIX NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP!
Wales v England kicks off at 8-05pm this Friday Evening


IF YOU COULD PICK A DREAM TEAM TO REPRESENT YOUR COUNTRY
(from any of the Northern Hemisphere teams)
WHO WOULD YOU PICK FOR YOUR STARTING XV ?


HERE IS WalesOnline's CHOICE!

BACKS:
At Full Back (15)
England's MIKE BROWN

Right Wing (14)
Ireland's TOMMY BOWE

Outside Centre (13)
France's WESLEY FOFANA

Inside Centre (12)
WALES' OWN JAMIE ROBERTS

Left Wing (11)
Another Welshman GEORGE NORTH

Fly Half (10)
Ireland's JONATHAN SEXTON

Scrum Half (9)
Another Irishman CONOR MURRAY

FORWARDS:
Loose-Head Prop (1)
Wales GETHIN JENKINS

Hooker (2)
England's DYLAN HARTLEY

Tight-Head Prop (3)
Wales' SAMSON LEE

Second Row (4)
Wales' ALUN-WYN JONES

Second Row (5)
Irish Captain PAUL O'CONNELL

Blind-side Flanker (6)
Ireland's PETER O'MAHONY

Open-side Flanker (7)
Wales Captain SAM WARBURTON

Eightman (8)
Italy's SERGIO PARISSE



INTERESTING CHOICE!

Certainly, this team has some fantastic players from all the Northern Hemisphere Countries
Sadly, there was no place for my lovely little Leigh Halfpenny in WalesOnline's Dream Team

IT IS A WONDERFUL IDEA......
.......BUT I THINK I WILL STICK WITH WALES


If you could chose anyone from the 6 Nations Countries to represent your country in a "dream team" who would you pick?

What a great idea Barbra!

Well.... we can all dream can't we?

you're doing a grand job yet again Jem - so looking forward to tomorrow night

Thank you so much Ann What a lovely thing to say!

So am I Ann!

with a new LEIGH HALFPENNY Red T shirt for the occasion!

I will look forward to your comments tomorrow evening Ann

I hope we'll both be elated

SCOTLAND TEAM TO FACE FRANCE

Scotland Head Coach Vern Cotter has announced his Starting Line-Up to face France on Saturday.

THE SCOTTISH TEAM:

BACKS:

15 Stuart Hogg
14 Tommy Seymour
13 Mark Bennett
12 Alex Dunbar
11 Tim Visser
10 Finn Russell
9 Greig Laidlaw CAPTAIN

FORWARDS:

1 Alasdair Dickinson
2 Ross Ford
3 Euan Murray
4 Richie Gray
5 Jonny Gray
6 Rob Harley
7 Blair Cowan
8 Johnnie Beattie

Replacements:

16 Fraser Brown; 17 Gordon Reid ;18 Geoff Cross; 19 Jim Hamilton;
20 Alasdair Strokosch; 21 Sam Hidalgo-Clyne; 22 Peter Horne; 23 Dougie Fife


Saturday, February 7th

SCOTLAND v FRANCE
Stade de France, Paris

KICK-OFF ...5pm UK TIME
(If you are in France, 6pm local time)


LIVE ON BBC1, BBC Radio Scotland,
(please check your TV/ Radio listings)

AND RADIO JEM

If you are Scottish, or indeed French, and want to cheer on your team, join me on Radio Jem (this thread )

THE IRELAND TEAM IS ANNOUNCED

Joe Schmidt has named his Starting Line-Up to face Italy on Saturday

HERE IS THE IRISH TEAM:

Backs:

15. Rob Kearney
14. Tommy Bowe
13. Jared Payne (Ulster)
12. Robbie Henshaw
11. Simon Zebo
10. Ian Keatley
9. Conor Murray

FORWARDS:

1. Jack McGrath
2. Rory Best
3. Mike Ross
4. Devin Toner
5. Paul O'Connell (Captain)
6. Peter O'Mahony
7. Sean O'Brien
8. Jordi Murphy

Replacements:
16. Sean Cronin; 17. James Cronin; 18. Martin Moore; 19. Iain Henderson;
20. Tommy O'Donnell; 21. Isaac Boss; 22. Ian Madigan; 23. Felix Jones


Saturday February 7th

IRELAND v ITALY
Stadio Olimpico, Italy
KICK-OFF...2-30pm UK Time


LIVE ON BBC1, BBC N. Ireland, BBC Radio Ulster
(please check your local TV/ Radio listings to make sure)

AND RADIO JEM


So if you are Irish (like my OH) or you may even be Italian, please join me to cheer your team on , on Radio Jem (this thread)

The final starting line-up for the Six Nations Championship 2015 is now in.

Here is the ITALIAN TEAM to face Ireland on Saturday

Andrea Masi, Leonardo Sarto, Michele Campagnaro, Luca Morisi, Luke McLean, Kelly Haimona, Edoardo Gori; Matias Aguero, Leonardo Ghiraldini, Martin Castrogiovanni, Joshua Furno, George Biagi, Alessandro Zanni, Francesco Minto, Sergio Parisse (captain)

Replacements: Andrea Manici, Alberto de Marchi, Dario Chistolini, Marco Fuser, Marco Barbini, Guglielmo Palazzani, Tommaso Allan, Giovambattista Venditti



IRELAND v ITALY
Saturday February 7th ...KICK-OFF 2-30pm UK TIME

LIVE ON BBC1, BBC N. Ireland, BBC Radio Ulster
(please check your local TV/ Radio listings to make sure)

AND RADIO JEM

Jem - here is my old ex-Left Winger's Dream Team . . .

Full Back - Leigh Halfpenny (Wales)
Right Wing - Tommy Bowe (Ireland)
Outside Centre - Jonathan Davies (Wales)
Inside Centre - Jamie Roberts (Wales)
Left Wing - George North (Wales)
Fly Half - Johnny Sexton (Ireland)
Scrum Half - Conor Murray (Ireland)
Loose Head Prop - Joe Marler (England)
Hooker - Dylan Hartley (England)
Tight Head Prop - Martin Castrogiovanni (Italy)
Lock - Alun-Wyn Jones (Wales)
Lock - Paul O'Connell (Ireland)
Blindside Flanker - Sam Warburton (Wales)
Openside Flanker - Chris Robshaw (England)
No. 8 - Ben Morgan (England)

Btw Barbara - I only sang the first verse to her and 'da-da-da' for the chorus as I jogged her up and down on my knee, because that's all I know, so don't worry

I have since googled the whole song

I LIKE IT WEND!!!!!

How could I not when it's got my little Leigh!

GO THE HA'PENNY

GONE OVER IT AGAIN, AND DECIDED IT'S EXCELLENT
Loads of my fav Welsh boys

I didn't tell him that you like LH Jem - that was purely his choice

All the better Wend