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Well done Italy. There are very few undeserved wins in the game of rugby, and this wasn’t one of them. After being physically battered for 36 (?) games in a row, humiliated at times and with so many people calling for their expulsion, written off and disrespected ….. they still turned up with...

What a shock, does anyone know what happened or what the cause was? He was a monumental player …. It was him who laid the groundwork for the gigantic and powerful wingers we see everywhere in rugby now. He was the first one really. A genuine legend of a player, successful everywhere he went in...

Firstly, well played Ireland - that was a fantastic performance and I suspect they would have beaten the All Blacks again last Saturday. With Wales, I think we are in the inevitable transition stage when really good teams start to decline because of a lack of succession planning. The Gatland...

We should sack Pivac and go for Rassie Erasmus ….. that would make Wales really popular on all the threads here

Well, I’m Welsh and even I find WalesOnline to be the worst, most inarticulate, badly written and one eyed journalism I’ve ever read. It is just click bait for their ads though.

I didn’t like Itoje’s constant ****le. Every time he was in the back of the screen he was having a sly dig or sarcastically applauding an opponent (right in their face), hoping to draw a reaction. I also didn’t like his appealing and wide-eyed innocent protestations to the ref every time either...

Not too much to be outraged by, I don’t think. Very surprised Sinckler isn’t going, as I think he is absolute quality. Likewise Navidi, who is criminally underrated. I get why Sexton isn’t going, sometimes he needs protection from himself - and I say that as a compliment to the guy. Not sure...

The young lad who works on the checkout during the summer at my local shop used to play against LRZ only a couple of years ago at college level. He said that Zammit is actually huge, and a total freak of nature! Apparently, at that quite high level of college rugby, he would get the ball in his...

Scotland are strange ..... they have many fantastic players and - on their day - they are nigh on unplayable. The issue is that they only seem able to produce that sort of performance once in a 6N tournament. Beating another genuine tier 1 team by 20 odd points is not easy, or often done. I...

Galthie is a genius. He goes out for waffles, gets away with infecting most of his team ..... and then they don’t get punished (but Scotland can only have 5 of their Premiership players released, as far as I understand, so they are the ones effectively penalised) Sort of sums up what a weird...

What a brilliant game of rugby that was! The Welsh team have done us proud. Entering the tournament in some disarray and under pressure from the public, People were already losing patience with Pivac. They showed some real character and grit in coming through the first few games that could...

Italy capitulated from the start, they are a shambles.

Yes, absolutely. England were never as good as the media made them out to be before, and now they are nowhere near as bad as the media have made them out to be! France have found themselves recently, looking good for the World Cup. That should make them the favourites, but they have been COVID...

Interesting that people are talking about Rhys Priestland. He was absolutely fantastic for us for a few years ..... and then I remember the press and social media hounding the bloke to the extent that he was actually booed onto the pitch once, and ended up leaving Wales to play in England...

What an odd game. But the thing about rugby is that the right team always win. The game is too difficult and too technically complicated for against-the-run-of-play upsets like you get in, say, football or boxing. Even the games like Japan v South Africa saw the right team win on the day. The...

Oops, yes of course they did. Sorry Australia, my silly mistake!

A really good world cup! here are my thoughts about some of the teams performances (with no offence whatsoever meant to the teams themselves or their supporters!!!) Japan - the hosts. Absolutely superb, as i suspected they would be. Well organised, good infrastructure, great transport and...

For a team that supposedly play 'boring' rugby, we are sure in some thrilling nail biting games!

No way mate, just playing the Western bit was tough enough

What a riveting game. Wales were excellent in the first half; easily won the breakdown battle against legends like Pocock and Hooper. Won the collisions, got their tactics spot on and were utterly clinical in taking points. Stifling and intense pressure forced a lot of mistakes from the...