6N - 2023

[Ean218]

Yep, seats still available today. You do need to login to see them though.

[Smollet]

Lawes and Mcguigan out of England squad

[phil_cardiff]

Lake out of the Wales squad. Big blow for us.

[DodgyGeezer]

Smollet said:

Lawes and Mcguigan out of England squad

only the training squad - though word is Lawes is unlikely to be fit for the Calcutta Cup

[Kermit power]

Bump time!

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[Gweeds]

England team for the opener:

Steward; Malins, Marchant, Farrell (capt), Hassell-Collins; Smith, Van Poortvliet; Genge, George, Sinckler, Itoje, Chessum, Ludlam, B Curry, Dombrandt.

Replacements: Walker, M Vunipola, Cole, Isiekwe, Earl, Youngs, Lawrence, Watson.

[the tribester]

Round 1 selection so far

[Boom78]

MYOB said:

Wales will have the roof closed this weekend. Ridiculous!

I’m not sure if it’s just a myth or not but I thought the opposing team chose roof on or off?

Regardless, it’s not forecast to rain so keep it open otherwise it just ends up full of smoke from the pyro display. Cynic in me thinks the WRU like the ‘night time’ effect as it encourages drinking/spending and increased revenue

[Smollet]

MYOB said:

Wales will have the roof closed this weekend. Ridiculous!

It’s to stop the lyrics of Delilah escaping

[Kermit power]

Boom78 said:

MYOB said:

Wales will have the roof closed this weekend. Ridiculous!

I’m not sure if it’s just a myth or not but I thought the opposing team chose roof on or off?

Regardless, it’s not forecast to rain so keep it open otherwise it just ends up full of smoke from the pyro display. Cynic in me thinks the WRU like the ‘night time’ effect as it encourages drinking/spending and increased revenue

Essentially the oppo do have the choice, as both teams need to agree for it to be closed, but as Wales always want it closed, the oppo get to decide.

[phil_cardiff]

Kermit power said:

Boom78 said:

MYOB said:

Wales will have the roof closed this weekend. Ridiculous!

I’m not sure if it’s just a myth or not but I thought the opposing team chose roof on or off?

Regardless, it’s not forecast to rain so keep it open otherwise it just ends up full of smoke from the pyro display. Cynic in me thinks the WRU like the ‘night time’ effect as it encourages drinking/spending and increased revenue

Essentially the oppo do have the choice, as both teams need to agree for it to be closed, but as Wales always want it closed, the oppo get to decide.

As it's a dry day forecast it makes sense for us to close the roof - the ball gets slippery in the humidity. If it was a rainy day I'd expect us to keep the roof open.

We do not want optimum conditions for ball handling against Ireland.

[Alickadoo]

MYOB said:

Wales will have the roof closed this weekend. Ridiculous!

Only because the Irish must have agreed to it.

[phil_cardiff]

Alickadoo said:

MYOB said:

Wales will have the roof closed this weekend. Ridiculous!

Only because the Irish must have agreed to it.

Yep, both teams have to agree to close it. If we want it open we can do that unilaterally.

[DodgyGeezer]

Just waiting for the French to announce their team...

[Rockettvr]

MadCaptainJack said:

So… Predictions?

Or, to put it another way: Ireland or France?

The big dogs : Ireland and France
Not a lot between them and could go either way but Ireland have home advantage-
1st Ireland
2nd France
The also rans : England Scotland Wales
England start with probably the 2 weakest teams and with home advantage
Wales will be better under Gatland but he won’t have enough time to make big performance gains
Scotland will offer pretty much what they did last year
3rd England
4th Wales
5th Scotland
The whipping boys
6th Italy
So pretty much the same as last year
Italy went well in the autumn and may claim the scalp of one of the also rans ( probably Scotland) so there may be a reversal in the bottom 2
Hoping for the best for England but really have no idea if there will be much of an improvement in such a short time - although I felt that Eddie had taken them as far as he could and they’d stagnated since the last World Cup so a change was needed
Just hoping to see some decent rugby from them rather than the lacklustre performances of late

[Boom78]

I’ve gone for the brave option at the bookies: wales to win tournament (13-1)

Whilst Ireland and France are the standout teams we have some excellent players and our regions in recent weeks have had some very good results against the big European teams, maybe a little form and fitness at the exact right time? However, the trump card for me is the Gatland factor, he will get a very big reaction from them.

I’ve always seen wales as greater than their sum of parts and a win over Ireland in the first round will be a massive springboard for the rest of the games. Just remember, in recent history we’ve been continually overlooked but 6 x 6N winners including 3 x grand slams says something else.

Ever the optimist

Edited by Boom78 on Friday 3rd February 07:43

[Alickadoo]

Jasey_ said:

there's optimistic and then there's more recent history



What is surprising is only getting 13-1

That could well be the finishing order for this season.

[phil_cardiff]

I'd be very happy with 3 wins.

[Kermit power]

Kermit power said:

Bump time!

Anyone else fancy joining the PH Fantasy 6N?

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We're up to 13 players on this now, which I think is an all time PH record!

Still time to join up, but as I'm off to the U20 Calcutta Cup game this evening, please try to get your requests to join in by 5pm so I make sure I get to them in time.

[tomw2000]

I'm also in now too :-)