General Chat

Did you miss any of last weekend's Six Nations matches? :-(

Or would you like to watch them again?! :-)


AVAILABLE "ON DEMAND" ON RADIO JEM ;-) ;-) :-D :-D


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WALES v ENGLAND...The Full Match!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5lLj4PUeDY



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ITALY v IRELAND ..... The Full Match

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUHeVVzVJvI



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FRANCE v SCOTLAND ...... The Full Match

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVdoJmk5pVA


Simply click on the link! :-) :-) :-)

:-D :-D :-D :-@ Pat

Here's Meatloaf for you!

LIKE A BAT OUT OF HELL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4MFxcFofkY



I'D DO ANYTHING FOR LOVE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9X_ViIPA-Gc


Don't worry Everyone! :-D :-D

People who have been following my Rugby Threads for some time know, that although, obviously I support Wales, and that this is predominantly a Welsh Rugby Thread, I try to be fair and add something for all the nations involved!

I believe that although it is a competition, and it's great to support our own National Teams, it should be a way of bringing us all together, in good sportsmanship! :-) :-)


WHATEVER TEAM YOU SUPPORT, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO POST IN SUPPORT OF YOUR TEAMS!
In a spirit of Sportsmanship of course!


If you want to post any songs on Radio Jem ;-) ;-) :-D
please do, or PUT IN A REQUEST!:-D :-D

Couldn't we have Meat Loaf instead? Being an American he's impartial :-D

SIX NATIONS CELEBRATION

"Radio Jem" will be celebrating The Six Nations Championship 2015 with Cultural Music, Topics of Interest, Rugby Highlights etc., from the six countries involved, for the duration of The Six Nations Championship.

HERE ARE 2 HOURS OF CELTIC MUSIC!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiwuQ6UHMQg

THE POST MORTEM!!!! :-0 :-0 ;-) :-D :-D :-D

SCRUM V (BBC1 last Sunday Evening)

Jason Mohammad presents a "look back" at the action at the first Week's Six Nations Championship 2015.

Joining Jason on the panel are....

JONATHAN (JIFFY) DAVIES (Wales 1985 - 1997)

GARETH THOMAS (Wales 1995 - 2007)
Some of you may know him from "Dancing On Ice"

GWYN JONES (Wales 1996-1997. TV Rugby Critic)
A spinal injury cost Ex Wales Captain, Gwyn, his rugby career. After extensive surgery, Gwyn had to learn to walk again.

Filmed in front on a Live Audience of Rugby Fans..
SCRUM V Panel discuss and analyse the first week's action of The SIX NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP 2015.

Scrum V also shows highlights of all the matches, including WALES Under 20s (earlier reported on Radio Jem ;-) ;-)) plus WALES WOMEN's win.

It includes interviews with players, Rugby Officials and the general public!
Also "Sean's Spotlight" ... not Our Shaun MagicWales (even though he would probably do a great job ;-)!) but Scrum V's Rugby Analyst Sean Holley.


SCRUM V includes a BRAND NEW FEATURE...SCRUM V #RantBox.
Wales Rugby fans give their opinion of the match!

Included in the comments in #Rantbox was reference to the on-going argument of WALES NOT HAVING A PLAN B!

It made me giggle when one man declared...

"Well they all talk about Plan B, I don't think we had a Plan A to start with, to be honest! ..and someone tells me "are we to go to Plan B?" when WHAT IS PLAN A?..TELL ME!":-D :-D :-D


If anyone would like to watch this episode of SCRUM V but missed it on the telly, click on this link. It will take you to the right page on BBCiPlayer

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b052qph1/scrum-v-scrum-v-six-nations-special-08022015

This Scrum V programme is only available to watch on BBCiPlayer until
Monday, 12-15am

GEORGE NORTH UPDATE

WRU's MEDICAL MANAGER, PRAV MATHEMA, has given an interview regarding George North, the Knock-Out incidents, and George's On-Going Treatment.


George North appeared to have been knocked unconscious twice, during the Wales v England opening Six-Nations game, last Friday Evening.

In the interview, Prav Mathema said, that since the incidents, George has been SYMPTOM FREE.

He was evaluated again today, and shows NO SIGN OF CONCUSSION and has started his RETURN TO PLAY PROTOCOL.

George will go through this process throughout the rest of the week, with a Step-By-Step increase in activity.

George will be evaluated by the medical team to see if he will be fit for selection at the weekend.


THE INCIDENTS and the MEDICAL TEAM RESPONSE

IN THE FIRST INCIDENT, George North was knocked unconscious, when England's Dave Attwood's boot accidentally hit George's head.

He was attended to on the field of play by the medical team. They were unsure whether or not George was concussed.
In these instances the Head Injury Assessment Protocol (HIA) comes into play.

A player in this situation will be immediately substituted, temporarily, from the pitch. Then HIA Practioners can utilise up to 10 minutes for a more IN-DEPTH EVALUATION.
This protocol is only for players where the medical team are NOT SURE of the diagnosis.

The above procedure is NOT to be followed where a player has been found to be concussed.
In this instance, the player MUST ALWAYS BE REMOVED FROM THE FIELD.
When a player is found to be concussed, the HIA will utilise the Independent matchday doctor AND THE NEUROSURGEON.


BACK TO GEORGE AND HIS SECOND INCIDENT.

Prav Mathema admitted that neither he, nor the other medical people, saw the incident at the time. He was being used elsewhere, and the other medic had not seen it either. He said that Pitch-side video replays were not available for him to see.

The WRU Mangement were too busy monitoring and dealing with the situation which led to Alex Cuthbert's Yellow Card, to notice George's mishap, said Prav.


The first Prav became aware of something not right, was when he returned to see George getting up from his knees.
He attended to George and took some On-Pitch Evaluations.

George appeared to be "COMPLETELY LUCID and CONVERSING SPONTANEOUSLY with me" said Prav. He deemed George FIT to continue.


POST MATCH

Prav Mathema admitted that, after watching the video of the second incident, George did indeed lose consciousness momentarily, and should have gone off.
He would then have had a SECONDARY MORE IN-DEPTH EVALUATION by Independent Matchday doctors.

He would then be assessed for Symptoms of concussion, such as Memory Loss, Balance problems etc.

AS A TEAM EVALUATING THE VIDEO EVIDENCE, IT WAS AGREED THERE WAS A CLEAR KNOCK-OUT.

George, although not exhibiting symptoms of concussion, WILL STILL BE TREATED AS THOUGH HE WERE CONCUSSED.

George will have a "gradual return to playing protocol" Step-By-Step, being assessed on a daily basis by doctors and a NEUROSURGEON. This is a globally recognised protocol.


WORLD RUGBY aka IRB (International Rugby Board)

The IRB asked the WRU for a Review Report on George North.
Prav said that Reports are always done,after any injury,as a matter of course.
An internal Interim Report was done and delivered to World Rugby the same day.

As reported in the on-line BBC SPORT- Wales Rugby Union:

"World Rugby - the sport's governing body - says North should not have played on after TV replays appeared to show him being knocked unconscious in the 61st minute.

However, it accepts the Wales team medical staff did not see the incident"

NO WALES SANCTIONS

Rugby's world governing body accepts the WRU's explanation over George North's head injury and will not impose sanctions.


Wales Medical Manager Prav Mathema said:
" CONCUSSION IS A REALLY SERIOUS INJURY WHICH MUST BE ALWAYS TAKEN INCREDIBLY SERIOUSLY"


In future games, under WORLD RUGBY'S NEW CONCUSSION PROTOCOL, Wales' medics will have a LIVE VIDEO FEED in a bid to avoid missing such incidents.



RADIO JEM ;-)'s Rugby Union Followers wish George North a full and speedy recovery.

BUT DON'T COME BACK TOO SOON GEORGE! :-) :-) :-)

Yes I saw that episode. Emlyn just couldn't contain himself could? Yes he was a sad loss, a naturally funny man. :-(

Hi Pat :-)

Thank You for your input :-)

I totally agree with you.

We certainly do not want to see Rugby players (or any other Sportsmen come to that) lose their careers, or even worse :-0 through concussion related issues!

Concussion is a very serious condition and must be treated as such.


Talking of "A Question Of Sport", I don't always watch it, but I always enjoy it when I do.
I used to watch it regularly when Bill Beaumont and Ian Botham were Captains, and of course EMLYN HUGHES:-( :-( I loved Emlyn Hughes!

Did you ever see the episode when he had Princess Anne on his team?
Emlyn, who was a very tactile person, was warned that he mustn't touch her!

He kept forgetting, and would get all red faced with embarrassment! She was very funny, and threatened to hit him with her handbag!:-D :-D

So sad! Emlyn Hughes was such a lovely, lovely man!


Back to the George North issue...
I have read up on George North's treatment and I shall be posting an Up-Date next :-)

Haven't they learnt anything since the incidents with Billy Beaumont?

Billy had to retire, I remember Willy Carson at the time (both captains at Question of Sport) explaining that jockeys with head injuries had to have at least 1 week off before they could compete again.

He should have a thorough medical and perhaps a brain scan before he plays again. :-(

GEORGE NORTH

Wales Winger, George North, has been the subject of much discussion and controversy this week, following his being knocked UNCONSCIOUS not just once but TWICE, during the Wales v England match on Friday Night.


The first incident was when 22 year old George was accidentally kicked in the head by England's Dave Attwood. He was taken off the field to be assessed for concussion.
The medical team were satisfied that George had passed the Sport's Concussion Protocol, and after 8 minutes he returned to the field.

But then there was a second incident that went UNNOTICED by the Wales Management team, medical staff, or the referee! :-0 :-|


THIS WAS WHEN GEORGE and WALES' HOOKER RICHARD HIBBARD CLASHED HEADS when tackling England's Full Back Mike Brown.
He was out cold again, but came round and CARRIED ON!

The reason that they probably missed it was because of an incident that had happened a few seconds before, which led to Wales' ALEX CUTHBERT being Yellow Carded. George was on the floor while they were dealing with that!

HERE'S A YOUTUBE CLIP OF THAT SHOWS THE INCIDENT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EHfD4oMN58


WE DIDN'T MISS IT ON RADIO JEM!
Anyone who was following the match with us on the Rugby Thread will know that I was shouting at the telly for Warren Gatland to get George off! He was on another planet!

Personally, I think he should have stayed off after the first incident.

World Rugby asked the WRU for a full report on the assessment of North.


THE WALES MANAGEMENT ARE CONFIDENT THAT GEORGE WILL BE FIT TO PLAY v SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY.

They say he is not showing any ill-effects or showing any symptoms of concussion. He will be monitored closely as he returns to training.

Also concussed during this game was Wales' Tight-Head Prop, SAMSON LEE.


In future games, under WORLD RUGBY'S NEW CONCUSSION PROTOCOL, Wales' medics will have a LIVE VIDEO FEED in a bid to avoid missing such incidents.

WALES WOMEN 13 ~ ENGLAND WOMEN 0

For the second time in time in two days, a WALES Rugby Union Team have BEATEN World Champions ENGLAND!

On Saturday night, The Wales Under 20s beat Twice World Champions, England Under 20s, at Parc Eiras, Colwyn Bay, North Wales in a most exciting match, with a winning score of 21 - 15!

The second victory for Wales was on Sunday. This was when WALES WOMEN met ENGLAND WOMEN at St Helen's, Swansea, South Wales.

Under their Captain,Rachel Taylor, Wales women stormed to a 13-0 victory. Their dominant Forwards and ferocious Tackling drove England Women back time after time!

The Teams

WALES:

Backs:
15. Dyddgu Hywel; 14. Elen Evans; 13 Adi Taviner; 12 Gemma Rowland; 11. Laurie Harries; 10. Elinor Snowsill; 9. Amy Day

Forwards:
1. Caryl Thomas; 2. Carys Phillips; 3. Catrin Edwards; 4. Rebecca Rowe; 5. Rachel Taylor; 6. Sian Williams; 7. Sioned Harries; 8. Shona Powell-Hughes

Replacements:
16. Amy Lawrence; 17. Jenny Davies; 18. Amy Evans; 19. Jenny Hawkins;
20. Melissa Clay; 21. Keira Bevan; 22. Robyn Wilkins; 23. Kerin Lake


ENGLAND

Backs:
15. Kay Wilson; 14. Ruth Laybourn; 13. Abbie Brown; 12. Megan Goddard;
11. Sydney Gregson; 10 . Ceri Large; 9. La Toya Mason

Forwards:
1. Rochelle Clark; 2. Emma Croker; 3. Laura Keates; 4. Tamara Taylor; 5. Rowena Burnfield; 6. Hannah Field; 7. Hannah Gallagher; 8. Alexandra Matthews

Replacements:
16. Victoria Fleetwood; 17 Victoria Cornborough; 18. Justine Lucas; 19. Abbie Scott;
20. Harriet Millar-Mills; 21. Bianca Blackburn; 22. Lauren Cattell; 23. Katie Mason

THE POINTS:

Wales were the only Points Scorers.

Tries: (2) Catrin Edwards; Laurie Harries ... 10 points
Penalty Goal; Laurie Harries ......................... 3 points
TOTAL POINTS 13


http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/31249021


CONGRATULATIONS GIRLS :-)

WOMEN'S RUGBY SIX NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP 2015

Alongside the Rugby Union's Six Nations Championship each year, not only is there an UNDER 20s Championship, but also a WOMEN'S Six Nations Championship!

The Six Nations that take part in this tournament are England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, France and Italy.

WOMEN'S SIX NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

Round 1:

ITALY 5 ~~ IRELAND 30

FRANCE 42 ~~ SCOTLAND 0

WALES 13 ~~ ENGLAND 0

Congratulations to the winning teams :-)

UNDER 20s SIX NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

ROUND 1:

ITALY Under 20s, 15~~ IRELAND Under 20s, 47

WALES Under 20s, 21, ~~ ENGLAND Under 20s, 15

FRANCE Under 20s, 47 ~~ SCOTLAND Under 20s, 6

PART 2

WALES Under 20s v ENGLAND Under 20s


SECOND HALF:

England Fly Half, Rory Jennings, kicks off for Second Half.

Excellent play by the young Welsh boys now, especially from number 7, Harri Keddie, who makes ground with a great run.
Ref blows the whistle for a Wales Penalty, as England did not release in the tackle.

DAN JONES gets another Penalty Goal to send Wales into the lead.

WALES U 20s, 14 ~ ENGLAND U 20s, 12


More brilliant playing by both teams now, including a brilliant “steal” by Wales’
Right Wing, Josh Adams. So far Wales have had 70% of the territory to England’s 30%.
Penalties for infringements go back and fore, first to England, then to Wales, and so on.


SECOND YELLOW CARD FOR ENGLAND

England’s KIERAN TREADWELL takes a Wales player out in the air at Line-out.
He is called by the ref, who says that he has been involved in too many penalties and he is given a Yellow Card.

The penalty given to Wales for this results in a fantastic Drive to the edge of the Tryline.
However, Wales Prop, Luke Garrett gets too eager, does not keep his head, and goes “in at the side”, so Wales are penalised and do not get the Try they hoped for!


THIRD ENGLAND YELLOW CARD

Wales get a penalty for English player “coming up in the scrum”.
Wales kicks for the corner.
The boys are almost on the England Tryline for the Line-out.

Wales fans are singing “HYMNS AND ARIAS” on top of their voices in excitement.
Wales catch the ball.

A DRIVING Maul ensues, which is illegally brought down by England Prop Paul Hill.....AND IT’S ANOTHER YELLOW CARD! England are now down to just 13 players!

A new line-out for Wales. They drive over the line, despite another attempt by England to pull it down, which has gone unnoticed! This time it’s TOM PHILLIPS that gets the Try for Wales!

It’s a hard kick for Wales’ Fly Half to convert the Try, but this time he does it!

WALES U 20s, 21 ~ ENGLAND U 20s, 12



GARETH JENKINS

Pitchside Interviewer DOT DAVIES now talks to former Wales Head Coach Gareth Jenkins.
Gareth Jenkins is now Head of Development/Recruitment of The Scarlets' . He will be at the match keenly watching the potential of the players.

Dot asks Gareth “Are we witnessing anything special here?”

Gareth replies “It’s electric here! This crowd and this atmosphere, created by the North of Wales supporting Wales, is absolutely wonderful. These Welsh players are responding magnificently!”

Dot..” What’s impressed you most about them?”

Gareth .. “ The intensity and the passion that they are showing is outstanding! There’s good game structure and a good game pattern. They are playing against quite a formidable team. This team have won the World Cup.

I have to say, at this moment, Wales is outplaying England!”


BACK TO THE MATCH

Because of the Yellow Card given to the front line player, England have to substitute another player for a Prop for the scrums.

The Wales fans are now singing Welsh Favourite “CALON LAN” with gusto!

There is an excellent tackle by England 12, Max Clark, but another tackle by Wales’ Harri Keddie earns England a Penalty, for a tackle infringement, and advantage is played.


AN EMBARRASSING INCIDENT

An embarrassing incident occurred for one of the young England players during the driving maul!
I do not know who it was, because all that was visible of this player was his bottom! Literally!
His shorts were accidently pulled down by a teammate during the drive!


Back for the Penalty. Rory Jennings kicks, and adds 3 points to England’s score.

WALES U 20s, 21 ~ England u 20s, 15


Wales replace Barney Nightingale with Owen Watkin.
England replace Stu Townsend with James Mitchell.

AGGIE AGGIE AGGIE SING WELSH FANS!

Wales replace Joe Davies with Adam Beard


LAST 10 MINUTES
The game is now very intense with both teams fighting for all they are worth. A very exciting match to watch.

England’s Charlie Ewels touches down!
Are Wales’ chances of winning this game slipping away?

Miraculously, the ref blows his whistle for an infringement!
England's James Chisholm “knocked forward” so Ewels’ Try will not count!
A HUGE SIGH OF RELIEF!!


More dangerous play by England, who will not go down without a fight!
England winger Howard Packman, in particular, is someone I think we shall be seeing a lot of at senior level!
A lot of toing and froing of ball possession, with kafuffles as well!


Fresh legs now, as Wales bring on Jordan Viggers for Tom Phillips. James Whittingham for Rhys Williams.


Scrum and tackles, as England advance dangerously,and England get a penalty, because Wales does not release in the tackle.

Rather than go for a penalty goal, as 3 points would not be enough to secure a win for England, they decide to go for a Try.

They kick for touch... line-out ... throw in... drive!

Ref’s whistle goes yet again! Wales’ GARYN SMITH is called!
Ref says Garyn has been involved in too many penalties, and this time it is a Wales player that is Yellow Carded! At this, the most crucial of moments, Wales is a man down!

Three and a half minutes to go! Can Wales hold on?

FRANTIC PLAY NOW.

First England get the ball, then Wales, and so on!
Dafydd Howells STEALS THE BALL BRILLIANTLY, but it’s knocked on!

England are again in ball possession.
Jordon Viggers turns the ball over ....and it’s Wales’ ball!
He passes to Scrum Half Tom Williams, who kicks it down field and away from the dangerous Tryline area. This does mean however, that the ball is back in English hands!

England are advancing again and throwing everything they have at the Welsh.

Two minutes to go!
What a tackle by Dafydd Howells!
The other Wales players are also defending valiantly and the ball is yet again in Wales' possession.

England get another Penalty. They kick for position, and it’s right on Wales Tryline!

THE CLOCK HAS TURNED RED!

Wales again get the ball, but England get a penalty for a line-out infringement.
England get to replay the Line-Out. England's Hooker throws in.
Miraculously, Wales' replacement, Joe Jones steals the ball!

England tackle for all they are worth.
ALL WALES NEED TO DO IS TO KICK THE BALL OUT OF PLAY!!!

"Doesn't matter who does it, doesn't matter where they do it" says the excited S4C Commentator (in Welsh)

Fly Half Dan Jones grabs the ball from the tackling players, throws to Jordan Viggers who kicks it out!

AND IT’S ALL OVER

WALES HAVE WON!

The Wales boys are besides themselves! Rejoicing, jubilation, shock... as if they can't quite believe they've done it! :-0 :-0
Jumping in the air! Running and hugging each other!

The English boys shake their hands in congratulations like true sportsmen. They must be disappointed! Chwarae Teg iddyn nhw! (Fair Play to them!)

Parc Eiras is in uproar! What a wonderful finish!:-) :-)


FINAL SCORE

WALES Under 20s, 21 ~ ENGLAND Under 20s 15


MAN OF THE MATCH- WALES’ EIGHTMAN OLLIE GRIFFITHS


WALES UNDER 20s HEAD COACH MARK TAYLOR WAS A VERY EMOTIONAL AND PROUD MAN!

LLONGYFARCHIADAU BECHGYN !

CONGRATULATIONS BOYS! <3

A FANTASTIC WIN AND A FANTASTIC GAME! :-) :-)

PART 1

WALES Under 20s v ENGLAND Under 20s-
Saturday, February 7th 2015

I have watched a game that put the Seniors to shame!

Thoroughly entertaining from start to finish, and building to a nerve wracking and exciting crescendo!

WALES UNDER 20s HAVE BEATEN ENGLAND UNDER 20s..... 21-15


WALES TEAM

Backs:
15. Dafydd Howells; 14. Josh Adams; 13. Barney Nightingale; 12. Garyn Smith; 11. Rhys Williams; 10. Dan Jones; 9. Tom Williams;

Forwards:
1. Luke Garrett; 2. Liam Belcher; 3. Dillon Lewis; 4. Joe Davies; 5. Rory Thornton (Captain); 6. Tom Phillips; 7. Harri Keddie; 8. Ollie Griffiths

Replacements:
16. Ryan Elias; 17. Keagan Bale; 18. Joe Jones; 19. Adam Beard; 20. Jordan Viggers; 21. Kieran Hardy; 22. James Whittingham; 23. Owen Watkin


ENGLAND TEAM

Backs:
15. Piers O'Conor; 14. George Perkins; 13. Joe Marchant; 12. Max Clark; 11. Howard Packman; 10. Rory Jennings; 9. Stu Townsend;

Forwards:
1. Ellis Genge; 2. Jack Walker; 3. Paul Hill; 4. Kieran Treadwell; 5. Charlie Ewels; 6. Charlie Beckett; 7. Will Owen; 8. James Chisholm;

Replacements:
16. Jake Farnworth; 17. Seb Adeniran-Olule; 18. Ciaran Parker; 19. Joe Batley; 20. Josh Bainbridge; 21. James Mitchell; 22. Tom Morton; 23. Tom Fowlie


THE MATCH, FIRST HALF (Part 1):

The two teams met at Parc Eiras, Colwyn Bay, North Wales, where a packed crowd awaited the home team with great excitement. At Parc Eiras, there is always a great atmosphere and the singing is fantastic!

After seeing their senior team beaten by England the night before, it must have been with some trepidation that Wales Under 20s stepped onto the pitch, for their first match in this year's Under 20s Six Nations Championship.

Wales Under 20s had not beaten England Under 20s for 10 matches. Indeed last year, they were humiliatingly defeated by the England Under 20s, 67-7!

In the 70 matches played since the Under 20s age group was created, England have won 56 and lost just 14.
They have won four Six Nations titles (2008, 2011, 2012 and 2013) and two Junior World Championship titles (2013, 2014). What a daunting task lay ahead for Wales Under 20s!

If our Welsh boys did feel any nervousness before the match, it disappeared very quickly. Wales met fire with fire! They played with great confidence, skill, and heart.


Wales’ Fly Half Dan Jones kicked off to start this exciting match. They are immediately playing strongly and with confidence.

Within minutes Wales get a penalty, for England for not releasing, and Dan Jones puts Wales’ first points on the board with a Penalty goal.

WALES U20s, 3 ~ ENGLAND U20s, 0


NEXT, A BAD INCIDENT!

The TMO is asked to investigate a late tackle by England’s Charlie Beckett on Wales Scrum Half Tom Williams.

The incident was shown repeatedly, from various angles. This was a particularly nasty incident, with Beckett, who was tackling Williams when he was not in possession of the ball (an offence in itself) but he also deliberately rammed his elbow into Williams’ throat!

Beckett is given a YELLOW CARD, and to be quite honest, he was fortunate that it wasn’t a red card. So it was 10 minutes in the Sinbin for him, with England now playing a man short for 10 minutes.


The first Try of the match came for England by James Chisholm which was converted by Rory Jennings.

WALES U 20s, 3 ~ ENGLAND U 20s, 7


England are looking dangerous again, as they race toward the Tryline with Wales Full Back Dafydd Howells in hot pursuit!
England’s Left Wing Howard Packman (one to watch for the future) catches the ball with Dafydd attempting to catch it too. Howard dives over the line ball goes down. Was it a TRY?

My opinion was NO. He appeared to lose control of the ball and there seemed to be no downward pressure! It goes to the TMO. They agree. NO TRY!

One thing that I liked about England’s young player- When he was being congratulated by fellow teammate, he shook his head and said “no”. He didn’t celebrate and act like he had a try hoping he could get away with it!


A FUNNY INCIDENT!

England are looking extremely dangerous at the Welsh Tryline. Wales are defending the line with all their might. An England player slips and loses the ball. Wales Fly Half Dan Jones gets the ball.

At this point, I am shouting at the telly “KICK IT!”
Dan obliges! He kicks it out into touch.... smack into a young woman’s pint of lager, knocking it clean out of her hand! Lager splashing everywhere!
BUT AT LEAST IT SAVED THE DAY!:-D :-D :-D


Dan Jones put another 3 points on the score board for Wales, with a penalty Goal at 29 minutes.
WALES U20s, 6 ~ ENGLAND U20s, 7


More dangerous play!
Wales are having to defend hard at their Tryline.
Wales’ 15, Dafydd Howells, kicks it away, but it doesn’t find touch! The ball is back into English hands, and JOE MARCHANT gets England’s second Try of the match.

Rory Jennings kicks the conversion, but it goes to the left!

WALES U20s, 6 ~ ENGLAND U20s, 12


A High Tackle by England’s Charlie Ewels on Wales’ Liam Belcher earns him a warning by the referee, and gives Wales a penalty.
Wales kick for position.. Line-out .. Up, down and drive!
The ensuing driving maul gives BELCHER and Wales the ultimate revenge, as he lands the ball over the Tryline!

THIS RESULTS IN HANDBAGS! Pushing and jostling by both sides.
The ref calls for Wales’ Tom Williams and England’s James Chisholm who had been pushing Williams’ neck. They are both warned by the ref!

The conversion attempt is still to come. When things calmed down, Dan Jones takes the kick, but it goes right!

The clock goes red for half time


HALF-TIME SCORE:

WALES U 20s, 11 ~ ENGLAND U 20s, 12

Hi Anne :-)

Welcome to the Rugby Thread.

Leigh Halfpenny comes from the small town of Gorseinon, Swansea.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leigh_Halfpenny

Hello Jem,

Looking at you avator I wondering if I am related to Leigh Halfpenny. Think mine comes from Swansea. Also does a rob? Millward play for wales. I related to him to.

Anne

Jem~~hope you managed to have a good restful evening after your taxi duties. You done a fantastic job on the rugby thread, it's a credit to you, although I have not gone through all the post I would like to thank you for keeping the rugby fans on there toes with your in-depth commentary <3

Will you be watching Jason Mohammad and the gang on Scrum V Six Nations Special, bbc one Wales at 6.00?

Thank you again Jem

shaun

Caught up. Well done Jem you can now take a few days rest before it starts again :-D

Radio Jem is now on my list of radio stations :-)

:-D :-D :-D :-D :-Dat Elizabeth!

He's only 15 Elizabeth, and he lives me me!

It's more me that worries about him walking home in the night! I'm a fusspot!

He's just phoned to ask if he can sleep over in his friends so I won't need to go out! :-D :-D :-D :-D