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Who's going to win the Six Nations 2008?

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Well, France are the favourites. Not surprising, as they have Ireland and England at home. But who knows, maybe England v Ireland will be the grand slam decider.

Looking forward to seeing Danny Cipriani get his first cap, and James Haskell becoming a mega-hero.

Meanwhile, the new Welsh coach has picked the entire Ospreys team. Most of them are called Jones, so that should make life simpler for him.
 

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5 Jones's. Luckily they have first names which should mean there's no confusion. :rolleyes:
 

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Les Beeavinu said:
5 Jones's. Luckily they have first names which should mean there's no confusion. :rolleyes:
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Nah, Jones is just the first name. There's Jones the Coal, Jones the Bread, Jones the Cobbler, Jones the Hair and there's just bound to be a Jones the Boot :sorted:
 

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Pixelator said:
Meanwhile, the new Welsh coach has picked the entire Ospreys team.
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Banana said:
Wrong.
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Fourteen Ospreys is near as dammit the entire team :- Wales: L Byrne (Ospreys); S Williams (Ospreys), S Parker (Ospreys), G Henson (Ospreys), M Jones (Llanelli Scarlets); J Hook (Ospreys), M Phillips (Ospreys); D Jones (Ospreys), H Bennett (Ospreys), A Jones (Ospreys), I Gough (Ospreys), A-W Jones (Ospreys), J Thomas (Ospreys), M Williams (Cardiff Blues), R Jones (Ospreys, capt).

Replacements: I Evans (Ospreys)
 

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The team coaches have not picked the entire Ospreys team. Pixelator is wrong. What is your point?
 

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Well, nana is right but that's a hefty representation.
 

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Scotland have dropped the most accurate kicker in rugby, Chris Patterson. :eek:
 

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jay1310 said:
It's not the entire Ospreys team 'nana..........:) ;)

You can't have both ways :nono: :nono: :fishing:

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Country vs 94% club then :D

Either way if England can't defeat a club (and a player) by 100 points that should hang their heads in shame :sorted:
 

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Banana said:
Country vs 94% club then :D

Either way if England can't defeat a club (and a player) by 100 points that should hang their heads in shame :sorted:
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lol
Or you could look at it from another perspective - it must be easier to play as a team if their is only two new faces playing in a side.......:D
With the above in mind you could say if the "most of club" side doesn't win that cannot be good, and they should hang their heads in shame.......:) :fishing:

:wave:
 

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Banana said:
Country v Club match. If England don't win by 60 or 70 points they should be ashamed.
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However, it will be all the more enjoyable when Wales win:sorted:
 

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Banana said:
Country vs 94% club then :D

Either way if England can't defeat a club (and a player) by 100 points that should hang their heads in shame :sorted:
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Don't know about that Banana. I would think that the top three or four Guinness Premier clubs would probably give England a run for their money. Leicester or Gloucester have many stars.
 

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I reckon it will be 1. England 2 or 3 france/ireland (too close to call imo) 4. Wales 5. Italy 6. Scotland.

Im sure the jocks on this website will wonder why i've put them last but i dont think they will beat anyone while italy will beat them at home.
 

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Frogs, England, Ireland, Italy, Wales then Sweaties for me :wave:
 

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France
Engerland
Irish
Whales
Scotts/Italy - Either could finish bottom, too close for me to call
 

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Wee Dave said:
Poll added.
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Is it just me or is a poll inappropriate, and mildly annoying, on this thread? :shrug:

The first match kicks off in 2 days time. I presume the poll be closed before then.

We will then have to see (put up with) the results at the top of every page during the subsequent 6 weeks of the tournament.

PAUPs - Pixies Against Unnecessary Polls
 

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Banana said:
The team coaches have not picked the entire Ospreys team. Pixelator is wrong. What is your point?
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I'm sorry, thought you would have been literate enough to have understood this
California Bee said:
Fourteen Ospreys is near as dammit the entire team
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California Bee said:
I'm sorry, thought you would have been literate enough to have understood this
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The original comment from Pixelator was "picked the entire Ospreys team".

14 players is not the entire team.

If then you want to accuse me of being not quite literate enough perhaps you need to [insert suggestion] :D
 

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Blimey guys, you really take the fun out of exaggerating.

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My brother has agreed to sponsor me £20 for each try Wales score at HQ tomorrow. TIGHT ****.
 

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England lost to The Cook Islands:eek:

Even bigger concern, how are the players going to get back from New Zealand in time for the 15-a-side re-match?
 

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Pixelator said:
Even bigger concern, how are the players going to get back from New Zealand in time for the 15-a-side re-match?
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They don't need to. England "C" team should smash the Welsh team by 160 points.
 

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Banana said:
The original comment from Pixelator was "picked the entire Ospreys team".

14 players is not the entire team.

If then you want to accuse me of being not quite literate enough perhaps you need to [insert suggestion] :D
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Fourteen Ospreys is near as dammit the entire team. That's why I wrote "near as dammit the entire team" when fourteen Ospreys were named. You are being literal about Pixelator's "entire team" comment. Including the phrase "near as dammit" served to emphasise that I wasn't taking it literally. Fourteen players out of the Ospreys' fifteen man squad is near as dammit the entire team. Pixelator was merely using hyperbole or exaggeration to make a point. These are figures of speech akin to poetic license. Anyway Banana, we still like you er gwaetha pawb a phopeth!


http://www.enotes.com/literary-terms/hyperbole
 
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It's 14 out of 22. That is nowhere near the "entire team".

Anyway, I am sure you will agree that if England do not win by 170 points it is a moral victory for Wales.
 

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I think you have picked that nit till there's nothing left. Maybe that's Wales' problem Taffy, they are expecting to play against twenty-two men?
 

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I'd like to say it'll be us but think it'll probably be France
 

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Did you know there were so many trophies in the Six Nations?

As well as the Calcutta Cup, Ireland and England play for the Millennium Trophy, Ireland and Scotland play for the Centenary Quaich, while France play Italy for the Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy.

There are no prizes for beating Wales. :D
 

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I thought this game was going to be close (I went for Wales +13) but Wales are pretty damn unconvincing so far. I hope its not another of those "England win everything in the 6 nations but we all know they'll be stuffed as soon as they play the southern hemisphere" tournaments.

Not entirely convinced we should be allowed to field The Predator.
 

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shaggy said:
I thought this game was going to be close (I went for Wales +13) but Wales are pretty damn unconvincing so far. I hope its not another of those "England win everything in the 6 nations but we all know they'll be stuffed as soon as they play the southern hemisphere" tournaments.

Not entirely convinced we should be allowed to field The Predator.
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England are making a lot of mistakes and Jonny just threw a wild pass to give Wales the ball fifteen yards out. With less than a quarter of an hour left to play the game is now tied 19-19 as Wales capitalise on that Wilkinson error to score a converted try.
 
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Amazing scenes!!! :eek: Got to hand it to the Taffs, they were getting pasted and hung on in there, Shaggy's money is safe and I am hanging on to nick £30 through the joke of our National side.
 

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Wales then take the lead with another converted try with just nine minutes left
 

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Never mind Shaggy´s money, he´s put the kiss of death on England with his "unconvincing" tag.
 

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We are in for a proper nightmare now! lol
 

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26-19 Wales FT. I'm looking for a Welsh Take-out to order a big slice of humble pie.

Great comeback by the Welsh. All credit to them. Mind you, if they had put in another Osprey they could have wrapped it up by half-time!!!!
 

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I´m sure ´nana will prove to be a good winner :grey:
 

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Our man-of-the-match has to be the England full-back- top man :sorted: Almost gave us another afterwards too :)
 

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On the basis England were more crap in the second half than Wales were in the first I think that was a fair result. Not good rugby though. :(

shaggy said:
... I hope its not another of those "England win everything in the 6 nations but we all know they'll be stuffed as soon as they play the southern hemisphere" tournaments...
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Err.. I got half my wish. England aren't winning everything, but both teams will get stuffed if they play like that against anyone half-organised.

Having put a little wager on the mighty Bees today, and got a free £10 bet to tempt me back to WillHill website (which I only stopped going to because my old PC kept on generating javascript errors), it's been a good day financially. :D
 

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The old dual nationality kicks in nicely. What were England doing though?
 
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