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[Edinburgh Colin]

It's that time of year again and the first proper outing for the Northern Hemisphere teams since the World Cup.

I am lucky enough to have tickets to go with my two older kids to watch Scotland at home in their upcoming glorious victories over England and France.

Here we have a thread where you have a chance to post your predictions, comments on performance, comments on results and of course all the other expected banter that I would expect as Ross Ford and my boys dominate over the coming weeks.

Trinity I know you will not be able to resist and I hope the other usual suspects will pitch in and everyone else is welcome to contribute too.

Let the tournament begin.

EC.

[Trinity]

I had to even up the poll results a little

[Edinburgh Colin]

Trinity, on 29 January 2012 - 03:51 PM, said:

I had to even up the poll results a little

Ha, I just knew you'd jump in beside me! Looking forward to the next few weeks.

[Doodle]

Of course I voted for the homeland!

[dancin' johnny]

Come on you Blues!

[catmint]

Thanks for starting this thread Colin.

I so look forward to the six nations.I voted for England as I think we really have something to prove after the World Cup.

As the grandaughter of a Scot with a Welsh son in law. Having Irish great grandparents and a French connection I can always find someone to support.....

Looking forward to next Saturday. My idea of perfection...freezing outside, woodburner blazing, cuddled up with my favorite man, watching England beat Scotland ..bliss..

Edited by catmint, 29 January 2012 - 07:33 PM.

[Trinity]

dancin, on 29 January 2012 - 07:19 PM, said:

Come on you Blues!

Traitor!!!!

[russ1]

well as the question was who do you Think will win rather than who do you want to win I voted France.. but I'll be cheering England all the way, didn't bother with tickets this year though will be watching from my sofa with a beer ......

[dancin' johnny]

Trinity, on 29 January 2012 - 09:06 PM, said:

dancin, on 29 January 2012 - 07:19 PM, said:

Come on you Blues!

Traitor!!!!

I figured they need all the help they can get and hope it really annoys them having a Sasinack pointlessly rooting for them.

Come on you Scotch.

[Trinity]

dancin, on 30 January 2012 - 04:47 PM, said:

Trinity, on 29 January 2012 - 09:06 PM, said:

dancin, on 29 January 2012 - 07:19 PM, said:

Come on you Blues!

Traitor!!!!

I figured they need all the help they can get

That is very true

[Edinburgh Colin]

Where's the Oirish contingent?

[sherbs]

Me.

I also shout out for the english, as my son's friend Tom Rees, tells me i have to!!! (but irish by blood)

[RSUK]

i forgot the serious egg chasing starts again soon i used to love playing it but ive never been the best watcher. im gonna try my hardest to get into it this year. hopefully down the pub! come on england!

[welshonen]

Come on Wales ,you know we should take um to the cleaners .If we don't I might just myself !

[Edinburgh Colin]

Only 4 days to go, still no sign of any comments from our Irish brethren, ladies you can post too you know!
EC

[sherbs]

Me, i posted 30th January, Irish through and through Of course we will win

[Edinburgh Colin]

Only 1 day to go!!!
Sherbs, you need to put your vote in the poll, your homeland has no supporters as yet!!!

Trinnity I will use your full Sunday name instead of my usual familiar, sorry for your pain tomorrow, don't cry too much when Ross and the boys do us proud at Murrayfield!

I just cannae wait, going with my two older kids, Yee Haa.
EC

[jenny407]

Ok, I have no idea ... don't know much about Rugby, not much about the Cups ...
We Germans are all for soccer and formula one.

BUT: I never let a chance go by to support Ireland ...

I just learnt this phrase: Erin go Bragh!

sherbs: Where is your vote for Ireland for the 6 Nations? Do vote, please!

[RSUK]

Edinburgh Colin, on 03 February 2012 - 12:08 PM, said:

Only 1 day to go!!!
Sherbs, you need to put your vote in the poll, your homeland has no supporters as yet!!!

Trinnity I will use your full Sunday name instead of my usual familiar, sorry for your pain tomorrow, don't cry too much when Ross and the boys do us proud at Murrayfield!

I just cannae wait, going with my two older kids, Yee Haa.
EC

have a good time EC. May the best team win which will prob be you as ive just seen the england starting 15, looks like a youth team!!
Rich

[johnb]

It's got to be England at 4-1 odds for Calcutta cup with a sarries back line who have been on fire in the premiership. No more bish/bash up the jumper forwards or running headon into opposition from bloody Tindal. Looking now for tight scrums, good retention in loose play and quick slick ball handling from backrow, fast ball delivery bringing in the midfield before Ashton, Strettle and Foden fly past. England to win by 15pts. Looking forward to the hangover on Sunday.

[HiltonP]

Didn't know they played rugby in Scotland.....

Edited by HiltonP, 03 February 2012 - 04:12 PM.

[Edinburgh Colin]

HiltonP, on 03 February 2012 - 04:08 PM, said:

Didn't know they played rugby in Scotland.....

We try!

[Edinburgh Colin]

Well Scotland A started off in style last night.
Signs of things to come? Certainly hope the headline is!!

Scotland A thrash England Saxons at Galashiels


SCOTLAND A (13) 35

Tries: Hogg, Weir, Lawson, Scott Penalties: Weir 3 Conversions: Weir 3

ENGLAND SAXONS (0) 0

Scotland A ran in four tries as they beat England Saxons 35-0 in Galashiels.

Fly-half Duncan Weir kicked three conversions and three penalties to add to a second-half try in his 20 points as the home side dominated.

Glasgow full-back Stuart Hogg raced over from 60m to help Scotland A take a 13-0 lead in a first half that saw England's James Gaskell sin-binned.

Ed Slater was sin-binned for the Saxons in the second half, while Rory Lawson and Matt Scott added further tries.

England Saxons coach Jon Callard blamed "expensive" errors for his side's heavy defeat.

"It was a bad day at the office," he admitted. "There was plenty of desire and commitment but we never really generated much momentum and when we did make errors they were expensive ones.

"When you make a few mistakes and you're behind on the scoreboard maybe you try and force things a bit, try some individual things that don't come off and before you know it you're even further behind."

[Doodle]

Not long until kick off! woop woop! C'mon the scots!

[dancin' johnny]

[Trinity]

[wheelie182]

Come on Wales! Run down that court and kick the ball in to the back of the net! Gooooooooooooal!

[rage]

Tomorrow will be an interesting one.

Taking into consideration that the Welsh have been denied a world cup victory they will have something to prove.
(the ref shall we say was a little bit harsh denying them their rightful place in the final and they would have beaten the All Blacks due to the Kiwi's not bringing much to the table in my opinion, then again, they won the first one and really did deserve a second at least but not in this world cup's performance).

Munster as always will dominate the jersey's of the Irish team and the squad are playing well and normally bring presence to the National squad along with a very strong back up of the Leinster lads (both Munster and Leinster have dominated the Heiniken Cup in recvent years).

As to a result, hard to call this one but I'll edge Ireland by a whisker.

Edited by rage, 04 February 2012 - 10:52 PM.

[greybeard]

EC, I missed the game today. Could you please tell me the score. Please write it in very large characters because as you know I'm very deaf. Thanks.

[Edinburgh Colin]

greybeard, on 05 February 2012 - 01:18 AM, said:

EC, I missed the game today. Could you please tell me the score. Please write it in very large characters because as you know I'm very deaf. Thanks.

Scotland 6 . Jammy English b##**%%#*#s 13