6N Predictions Week 5

[ddjamo]

scotland 3
wales 7
england 2

 

[Davet]

When you can see those hills as clear as that it means there's a tornado coming.

What about when you can't see them this clearly?

We're in the middle of a tornado

 

[didds]

france 19
england 19

and an england championship.

Oh - my bad. This is the predictions thread, not the hopes thread!

didds

 

[Davet]

If it comes out that way you just have time to run a get a lottery ticket and ride the wave...

 

[Adam]

Italy by 4 (here's hoping)
Ireland by 6 (anything can happen on Paddy's day)
France by 2 (they've got to convert the drop goal soon)

 

[L'irlandais]

...(anything can happen on Paddy's day)...

That and Ireland have won seven of their last eight RBS 6 Nations matches against England.


Com'on Ireland! :ireland:

 

[Dixie]

That and Ireland have won seven of their last eight RBS 6 Nations matches against England.


Com'on Ireland! :ireland:

And that's the problem, really. if you look in the side that started that impressive sequence, you'll probably find (I haven't done the research) names like O'Callaghan, O'Connor, O'Driscoll, O'Gara, D'Arcy. Ireland has done really well to replace top class with top class - Bowe for Horgan, Kearney for Murphy. But there remain too many of that original side in a first choice Irish lineup.

 

[irishref]

And that's the problem, really. if you look in the side that started that impressive sequence, you'll probably find (I haven't done the research) names like O'Callaghan, O'Connor, O'Driscoll, O'Gara, D'Arcy. Ireland has done really well to replace top class with top class - Bowe for Horgan, Kearney for Murphy. But there remain too many of that original side in a first choice Irish lineup.

that's a reflection of conservative coaching, not a dearth of players coming through!

 

[L'irlandais]

...But there remain too many of that original side in a first choice Irish lineup.

Not so chaps.

Allow me Dixie, such research makes for pleasurable reading, if your Irish.

• 2011 Ire. 24 v 08 Eng (Though England still won the Championship)
• 2010 Eng 16 v 20 Ire.
• 2009 Ire. 14 v 13 Eng (Irish Grand Slam)
• 2008 Eng 33 v 10 Ire.
• 2007 Ire. 43 v 13 Eng
• 2006 Eng 24 v 28 Ire.
• 2005 Ire. 19 v 13 Eng
• 2004 Eng 13 v 19 Ire. (Irish Triple Crown)

Gordon D'Arcy is the only player from the 2004 squad to be in this year's starting line-up :
R Kearney; T Bowe, K earls, G D'Arcy, A Trimble; J Sexton, E Reddan; C Healy, R Best capt, M Ross; D O'Callaghan, D Ryan; S Ferris, S O'Brien, J Heaslip. Replacements: S Cronin, T Court, M McCarthy, P O'Mahony, T O'Leary, R O'Gara, F McFadden. (The only other survivor is ROG, who's on the bench tomorrow.)

2004 Squad that played England :

15 Girvan Dempsey
14 Shane Horgan
13 Brian O'Driscoll
12 Gordon D'Arcy
11 Tyrone Howe
10 Ronan O'Gara
9 Peter Stringer
1 Reggie Corrigan
2 Shane Byrne
3 John Hayes
4 Malcolm O'Kelly
5 Paul O'Connell
6 Simon Easterby
7 Anthony Foley
8 Keith Gleeson

Replacements:
16 Frank Sheahan
17 Simon Best
18 Gary Longwell
19 Victor Costello
20 Guy Easterby
21 David Humphreys
22 Kevin Maggs

Source : IRFU *Admittedly both POC and BOD would be starting tomorrow, if they were not injured at the moment.

By the way, James O' Connor is a Wallaby.

Austin Healey reckons England by 10 and possibly the Championship too, if the French help out. Source : O2 inside line

 

[didds]

paddy power.com have Wales for the championship at 200/1 ON, and England at 20/1 ...


In some ways the wales odds make "sense" ... but whilst Bookies adds aren't gonna equate, nevertheless 20/1 for england is pretty unnatractive.

didds

 

[bignij]

England by 10.
France by 5. (Wishful thinking!)
Italy by 6.

 

[dave_clark]

italy by 2
france by 10
england by 10

 

[ianh5979]

england by 7
france by 5
ireland by 5

should have been italy by 5 not ireland by 5

 

[ddjamo]

did anyone do the final standings? I want to see if I even made it in the top 20 after that last round....

 

[Ricardowensleydale]

did anyone do the final standings? I want to see if I even made it in the top 20 after that last round....

According to the scores I have you are probably 1st, second or third but I think some people sent Robbie a private guess so i dont have their scores.

I have you on 91 Skids on 92. It all depends on whether scarletjack and upand under submitted scores or not and how good they were.

Many people had a bad last week...it was that Eng/Ire score

 

[Robert Burns]

I'm sulking in last spot!

I'll do them tonight.

 

[Skids]

According to the scores I have you are probably 1st, second or third but I think some people sent Robbie a private guess so i dont have their scores.

I have you on 91 Skids on 92. It all depends on whether scarletjack and upand under submitted scores or not and how good they were.

Many people had a bad last week...it was that Eng/Ire score

I should have done the Lottery last week whilst I was ahead.

Knew it wouldn't last. :frown:

 

[Robert Burns]

Didn't get a chance last night, sorry guys!

 

[ianh5979]

Have the final positions been sorted yet Mr Burns?

 

[Lee Lifeson-Peart]

Have the final positions been sorted yet Mr Burns?

I remember asking the same thing of Fowler this time last year. :biggrin: