Re: 6 Nations 2024
Posted: March 16th, 2024, 9:30 am
Last night BBC showed live the final week of all three U20s. Because of the overlapping times, I saw nothing of an Irish comprehensive whitewash of the Scots. I did see the last 20 mins of France v England plus snatches and at HT England were trailing by 21-12. The English were resurgent in the second half and won 45-31. This was helped by the French losing one of their key players I think at HT and followed by a yellow against the French soon into the second half. Also I saw one of those incidents that slightly perplex me. The ref awarded a penalty try around 70m after French forward deliberately collapsed the English drive 5m out. The ref also yellow cards the offender - which always strikes me a doubling the impact of the infringement - that I feel is disproportionate to the 'crime'.
Finally Wales at home to Italy. The Welsh were abysmal in the first half and were losing 15-0 at HT - incidentally another PT with yellow card. What was said to the Welsh players by Rob Howley at HT I have no idea, but they built up an unstoppable momentum and put 27 unanswered points past the Italians. The Welsh scrum half Wilde is a brilliant kicker of the ball.
Hopefully today will live up to the U20s matches.
T7
Finally Wales at home to Italy. The Welsh were abysmal in the first half and were losing 15-0 at HT - incidentally another PT with yellow card. What was said to the Welsh players by Rob Howley at HT I have no idea, but they built up an unstoppable momentum and put 27 unanswered points past the Italians. The Welsh scrum half Wilde is a brilliant kicker of the ball.
Hopefully today will live up to the U20s matches.
T7