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six nations super saturday
Mar. 17th, 2007 07:43 pmWell, we beat Italy. Boy howdy did we beat them. Then France did to us in the championship what they did to us at Croke Park: snatched the win from us right at the last second. Bah.
England vs France, full-time
Mar. 11th, 2007 04:48 pmWell, that was somewhat unexpected: England 26, France 18. This means we're in with a chance of winning the championship: we have to beat Italy by more than 4 points than France beat Scotland. Of course, if Scotland beat France, better still.
sporting weekend
Mar. 11th, 2006 10:10 pmRugby: Italy 18, Wales 18. Italy actually deserved to win this, I think. Ireland 15, Scotland 9 in a hard-fought game at a wet and windy Lansdowne road; both teams missed plenty opportunities to score but the commentators said it was a spectacular game under the conditions, so I guess I can't fault that. And in case anyone cares, there's a new F1 season, with new rules, new teams, and new drivers. I watched some of the new qualifying format and it's certainly an improvement over the single-lap qualifying, but it remains to be seen whether or not the race is worth any attention.
continued odd rugby first halves
Feb. 25th, 2006 06:13 pmScotland 3, England 3. Scotland actually took the first score, too.
update: WOOHOO! Scotland 18, England 12! Fabulous game, and more fools England for constantly giving away penalties to such a gifted kicker.
update: WOOHOO! Scotland 18, England 12! Fabulous game, and more fools England for constantly giving away penalties to such a gifted kicker.
six nations week 2, redux
Feb. 13th, 2006 12:55 amFinal scores for the weekend: France v Ireland, 43 - 31
Italy v England, 1e6 - 2 (consolation points)[1]
Wales v Scotland, some inept scoring - less scoring, but also inept
[1] Needlessly unfair. The Italians did a superb job in the first half, which they finished trailing by a mere point, before England did something or other I didn't see which involved scoring and converting a lot. I caught the end of the game; in the 82nd minute, the Italians (who had pulled back a try and conversion so they weren't trailing by quite so much) got a penalty at their own five-metre line; they chose, rather stupidly I thought, to run it instead of kicking it into the stands, the ball was intercepted by the opposition, and they went down another 7 points. Shame.
Italy v England, 1e6 - 2 (consolation points)[1]
Wales v Scotland, some inept scoring - less scoring, but also inept
[1] Needlessly unfair. The Italians did a superb job in the first half, which they finished trailing by a mere point, before England did something or other I didn't see which involved scoring and converting a lot. I caught the end of the game; in the 82nd minute, the Italians (who had pulled back a try and conversion so they weren't trailing by quite so much) got a penalty at their own five-metre line; they chose, rather stupidly I thought, to run it instead of kicking it into the stands, the ball was intercepted by the opposition, and they went down another 7 points. Shame.
six nations rugby, weekend one
Feb. 6th, 2006 12:52 amIreland v. Italy: we won, but who cares? The only proper try, of three scored, was the Italian one.
England v. Wales: didn't see it. Heard that England pretty much did a stompy dance on Wales.
Scotland v. France: Hply Sjot. I do believe Scotland won't be sober any time this week. Not only did the Highlanders win the game, they did so through superiority rather than a lucky game. Such a joy to see them pushing the allegedly immovable French pack 15 meters and more back up the pitch to score a try. Boy, was I ever yelling in delight at the TV (much to the dismay of Sheila's cats).
England v. Wales: didn't see it. Heard that England pretty much did a stompy dance on Wales.
Scotland v. France: Hply Sjot. I do believe Scotland won't be sober any time this week. Not only did the Highlanders win the game, they did so through superiority rather than a lucky game. Such a joy to see them pushing the allegedly immovable French pack 15 meters and more back up the pitch to score a try. Boy, was I ever yelling in delight at the TV (much to the dismay of Sheila's cats).
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eejitalmuppetSix Nations Rugby: France vs. England
Mar. 28th, 2004 01:38 pmThe big showdown. In the end, France triumphed 24-21 over England, which gave Ireland second place in the final standings. Woohoo! Final standings:
| Played | Score Difference | Points | ||
| 1 | France | 5 | 84 | 10 |
| 2 | Ireland | 5 | 46 | 8 |
| 3 | England | 5 | 64 | 6 |
| 4 | Wales | 5 | 9 | 4 |
| 5 | Italy | 5 | -110 | 2 |
| 6 | Scotland | 5 | -93 | 0 |
Six Nations Rugby: Ireland vs. Scotland
Mar. 27th, 2004 05:43 pmWell, it wasn't the pushover that you'd have thought, given the 20:1 odds against Scotland winning, but our lads came good in the end and triumphed 37 points to 16. We're going to wind up third in the league, but we've won our first Triple Crown since 1985. Woohoo!
