For anyone interested the first round is been shown on Astro SS2 this weekend 

Cool - thanks for that!

THat's good news for me and not such good news for the pubs...

Great stuff .. Nearest we got left now to a bit of tribal warfare with some French and Italian cannon fodder thrown in .. 

7 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

Great stuff .. Nearest we got left now to a bit of tribal warfare with some French and Italian cannon fodder thrown in .. 

Pity the Germans don't play international rugby!

3 minutes ago, Farang99 said:

Pity the Germans don't play international rugby!

Do they have odd-shaped balls too?

1 hour ago, bluesofa said:

Do they have odd-shaped balls too?

Only one, according to the song.

1 hour ago, Farang99 said:

Pity the Germans don't play international rugby!

 

They do.

2 hours ago, Guderian said:

Only one, according to the song.

Goering had 2..................................but only very small.

 

If you want to watch over the internet you can use the website https://tvplayer.com/watch/bbcone?nrsrc=nhp&nrc=lg, just sign up with a UK email address ( maybe not even UK) and give a UK post code ( I used my brothers) and watch the games in 1080p on BBC and 576p on ITV.

 

p.s. you will have to use a vpn and I use the one installed in EPIC browser which has a British server plus it's free.

4 hours ago, Farang99 said:

Pity the Germans don't play international rugby!

They do, my brother played rugby in Germany when he was in the army there. 

And a simple wiki search shows they have had a team since 1927!! Maybe Goebbels had no balls at all, but I am sure their team will be able to sing a few ditties about UK's balls-up of Brexit .... expect incoming!

Just confirmed that Hangout Pub, Sukhumvit Soi 6

will show all games that start before 2am

Many thanks for that info, gerrygoat.  I will enjoy watching those games.

On 1/30/2019 at 2:39 PM, gamini said:

They do, my brother played rugby in Germany when he was in the army there. 

They were in the play-offs for the final world cup place, alongside Hong Kong, Canada, and Kenya, as I recall.

 

https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/383106

 

Great start to the campaign for the chariot. That's just what was needed.

Good job by the Welsh too, they are looking sharp.

Lets hope there is more of the same over the rest of the tournament ????

The fixture list is as follows:


ROUND ONE
France vs Wales.... Stade de France (Paris).... Friday, February 1.... 8pm GMT.... BBC


Scotland vs Italy... Murrayfield (Edinburgh).... Saturday, February 2.... 2.15pm GMT.... BBC


Ireland vs England.... Aviva Stadium (Dublin).... Saturday, February 2.... 4.45pm GMT.... ITV


ROUND TWO
Scotland vs Ireland.... Murrayfield (Edinburgh).... Saturday, February 9.... 2.15pm GMT.... BBC


Italy vs Wales.... Stadio Olimpico (Rome).... Saturday, February 9.... 4.45pm GMT.... ITV


England vs France.... Twickenham (London).... Sunday, February 10.... 3pm GMT.... ITV



ROUND THREE
France vs Scotland.... Stade de France (Paris).... Saturday, February 23.... 2.15pm GMT.... BBC


Wales vs England.... Principality Stadium (Cardiff).... Saturday, February 23.... 4.45pm GMT.... BBC


Italy vs Ireland.... Stadio Olimpico (Rome).... Sunday, February 24.... 3pm GMT.... ITV


ROUND FOUR
Scotland vs Wales.... Murrayfield (Edinburgh).... Saturday, March 9.... 2.15pm GMT.... BBC


England vs Italy.... Twickenham (London).... Saturday, March 9.... 4.45pm GMT.... ITV


Ireland vs France.... Aviva Stadium (Dublin).... Sunday, March 10.... 3pm GMT.... ITV



ROUND FIVE
Italy vs France.... Stadio Olimpico (Rome).... Saturday, March 16.... 12.30pm GMT.... ITV


Wales vs Ireland.... Principality Stadium (Cardiff).... Saturday, March 16.... 2.45pm GMT.... BBC


England vs Scotland.... Twickenham (London).... Saturday, March 16.... 5pm GMT.... ITV

23rd St George has to go to the Dragon's Den .. 

 

Wales 21 - 13 England .. Oh dear looks like St George got flame grilled in the Dragons den .. 

To digress a little...

 

The IRB (now calling themselves "World Rugby") have proposed a 12-team elite international league, that seems to be universally disliked amongst the internet warriors.

 

At the same time, other people say that there should be an opportunity for up and coming teams like Georgia to break into the Six Nations. 

 

What do you think?

 

Some people suggest that the risk of not holding the Calcutta Cup is anathema, should Scotland get relegated.  I am one of those, but I hope that would be a motivation to make sure that England were relegated first.