Six Nations 2025 Thread 🏉

[monmouth]

I was there that day. Thomas Castaignède was untouchable

Everything was untouchable for poor old Jenks at fullback.

 

[CygnusX1]

Looked like a red. Cheap shot really

 

[monmouth]

We should get under 50 at least now, but just take a drop goal rather than trying for a try ffs.

It is annoying me that France have been offside since half time.

 

[monmouth]

That yellow was just plain bent.

 

[TheLoneRanger]

We should get under 50 at least now, but just take a drop goal rather than trying for a try ffs.

It is annoying me that France have been offside since half time.

They've lived off fvcking side, especially when defending.

The ref refused to look at the "clearout" on Wainright in the first few minutes - when he was asked by Jac Morgan.

Yeh - under 50 points.

 

[MajorR]

I believe the Welsh players gave their all, but they’ve just aren’t good enough. we aren’t big enough to play the biff, biff game aren’t creative enough. It’s a reflection on our regional game.

Ref was poor, thought there was a blatant forward pass for a drive which he didn’t give and the Ntamack incident was a red every day of the week.

 

[Niigata Jack]

I believe the Welsh players gave their all, but they’ve just aren’t good enough. we aren’t big enough to play the biff, biff game aren’t creative enough. It’s a reflection on our regional game.

Ref was poor, thought there was a blatant forward pass for a drive which he didn’t give and the Ntamack incident was a red every day of the week.

We certainly not big enough, but what can we do scour the World for players with Welsh born Grannies.

 

[Niigata Jack]

I believe the Welsh players gave their all, but they’ve just aren’t good enough. we aren’t big enough to play the biff, biff game aren’t creative enough. It’s a reflection on our regional game.

Ref was poor, thought there was a blatant forward pass for a drive which he didn’t give and the Ntamack incident was a red every day of the week.

He pulled Wales for a "forward" close up pass, yet I saw at least two of the same from France, he couldn't wait to level the numbers up after Ntamack's red.

 

[Niigata Jack]

Well that was pretty grim.

Had two glasses of Pinot Grigio with tea, intended having a beer whilst watching the rugby, but was so disappointed after we did so well for the first 10mins I just couldn't be bothered settled for a cuppa, sad but true

 

[LaJollaJack]

Flats was way too kind and generous in his pseudo attempts at defending Woeful Wales throughout our woefulness from the off

Let's hope new-look Woeful Willy's Swans tomorrow aren't anywhere near as woefully inept

 

[Glyn1]

It's not Gatland's fault and it's not the players fault, it's demographics because we no longer have the player base. Rugby has always been a regional game in the South only (not the North) and the pool of players to choose from will continue to dry up.

Which is no criticism of our players on the pitch.

 

[Niigata Jack]

It's not Gatland's fault and it's not the players fault, it's demographics because we no longer have the player base. Rugby has always been a regional game in the South only (not the North) and the pool of players to choose from will continue to dry up.

Which is no criticism of our players on the pitch.

I blame the lack of investment in grassroots rugby in Wales, the WRU have killed it stone cold dead lets be honest about it, its lack of funding has ruined it they couldn't run a bath.

Gats is working miracles at the moment you can see the improvements in the squad the organisation, it didn't workout against a powerful world class team like France, but did anyone who knows rugby or has a feel for the game expect anything tonight, I certainly didn't I was worried that we'd have a proper tattering of 60+ points at one stage but that didn't happen.

The ref was always going to level the numbers up the first chance he had after Ntamack's yellow was rightly upgraded to Red, there were other occasions as to where he made dubious decisions, he pulled Wales up for a short forward pass in the loose at close quarters yet I saw two definite ones from France that he didn't give, also that try where DuPont burst through and passed to the winger which was clearly forward.

Ben Thomas is never an outside half as long as he's got an hole in his arse and shouldn't have been there at this level, decent player at Centre no doubt and unfortunately we haven't got the players with the size and the physicality at this level, how we change that is a tough one, because of my above sentence regarding the lack of funding at grassroots level.

We could go down the Granny gate road maybe, Scotland seem able to get away with it, Ireland and Italy as well!

 

[rockinj]

What is the solution to reinvigorating the game? Regional rugby made sense in the early days it seemed but the attendances are shocking and it feels like February day out is the only show in town now. Rugby has lost that community feel it had.

 

[monmouth]

What is the solution to reinvigorating the game? Regional rugby made sense in the early days it seemed but the attendances are shocking and it feels like February day out is the only show in town now. Rugby has lost that community feel it had.

It’s gone for a generation mate. Maybe forever. We had a group of freak world class players that were used by successive breathtakingly useless WRU gravy train blazers to fill their pockets, brag, and do nothing. I’d hoped with the misogyny row they’d be swept away and we could really get a decent executive team in there. Instead, the CEO is even more useless and was clearly appointed because she was a woman (a civil servant of no real note). Meanwhile they had forced out and alienated a really talented person (CEO of Aviva) that was basically giving her time voluntarily. It’s a mess from top to bottom. No plan, no strategy, no real player pathways, hopelessly underfunded professional structure below Team Wales for the last 15 years, an overpaid can’t afford to sack, part time dinosaur as head coach on a fat full time contract, supported by incompetent wankers like Howley and Hump. So no plan on the pitch either as we saw last night.

The only real hope is another freak group of players from nowhere. That has been the nature of Welsh rugby, feast and famine. The only constant has been the WRU is shit and hampers the game. There were probably only half a dozen at most international class players in that team last night, including has-beens. Some may grow, but constant hammerings won’t help.

It’s as bleak as I can remember, and I remember the 90s.

I should say, the WRU chairman, a bean counter from PWC is also totally hopeless. WRU ineptitude spans all colours, creeds, genders and preferences.

 

[monmouth]

What is the solution to reinvigorating the game? Regional rugby made sense in the early days it seemed but the attendances are shocking and it feels like February day out is the only show in town now. Rugby has lost that community feel it had.

Oh and that February day out is now a terrible experience. This year it’ll be full of English and Irish. It’ll be like a home game for them.