Can I be Irish then?

I hope they manage to win, but I would sneakily like Wales to get the Grand Slam.

Heh! You can't have it both ways though. And hey 22-6? Wales are going to have to do somethign really stupid to lose it now!

Spoilsport. I do think Wales will win, and as I'm 'technically' British (I was born on British soil abroad) I should support the three British teams against Ireland.

And I thought that was an Irish try there.

LOL!!!! Did you just see that 'tussle' there? "Greco-Roman"?!! WTF?!

Greco-Roman wrestling. Have you never heard of it or just expleting unnecessarily?

Good bit of refereeing on it though.

I knew what they were referring to - that wasn't Greco-Roman wrestling, that was trying to kncok lumps out of the other guy! I agree, good refereeing though, the ref's been good all game actually.

And another try & conversion!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yay!!!!!!!

I don't think Ireland can score 33 points and stop Wales from scoring any in the last 20 minutes somehow.

It is possible, not likely the way Wales are playing right now, but possible...

What's the Welsh national anthem? Can I just sing a 'Phonics song and that'll do? (They were on Radio 2 this afternoon and had to bolt out of the studio to catch the start of the game)

The Welsh national anthem:-


Mae Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau

Mae hen wlad fy nhadau yn annwyl i mi,
Gwlad beirdd a chantorion, enwogion o fri;
Ei gwrol ryfelwyr, gwladgarwyr tra mâd,
Tros ryddid gollasant eu gwaed.

Cytgan

Gwlad, Gwlad, pleidiol wyf i'm gwlad.
Tra môr yn fur i'r bur hoff bau,
O bydded i'r hen iaith barhau.


Hen Gymru fynyddig, paradwys y bardd,
Pob dyffryn, pob clogwyn i'm golwg sydd hardd;
Trwy deimlad gwladgarol, mor swynol yw si
Ei nentydd, afonydd i mi.

Os treisiodd y gelyn fy ngwald tan ei droed,
Mae hen iaith y Cymry mor fyw ac erioed,
Ni luddiwyd yr awen gan erchyll law brad,
Na thelyn berseiniol fy ngwlad.


And an English Translation:-

The Land Of My Fathers

The land of my fathers, the land of my choice,
The land in which poets and minstrels rejoice;
The land whose stern warriors were true to the core,
While bleeding for freedom of yore.

Chorus

Wales! Wales! fav'rite land of Wales!
While sea her wall, may naught befall
To mar the old language of Wales.


Old mountainous Cambria, the Eden of bards,
Each hill and each valley, excite my regards;
To the ears of her patriots how charming still seems
The music that flows in her streams.

My country tho' crushed by a hostile array,
The language of Cambria lives out to this day;
The muse has eluded the traitors' foul knives,
The harp of my country survives.

Heh! Thanks!

Y'know, now that Ireland are picking up the game I'm kinda wanting them to win...

I'm fickle.

*g*

Five and a half minutes to score twice, could happen.

Specially if they stay that close to the line....

Wales put in though.

lot of injury time to play from the first half. Still possible.

Could now. I'd like to see Ireland win, but I'd like Wales to get the Grand Slam. Can't I just have that?

'fraid not.

line judge was definitely wrong there.

Definately. I think time's run out for Ireland unless the ref allows a lot of time for injuries.

Wales won!

I do tend to support Wales if they're not playing Scotland simply because whenever the Scotland v. Wales game gets played we have a lot of Welsh people staying in Bathgate as we have a direct rail link to Edinburgh and it's relatively cheap.

Outside our local Butchers we have one of those life size plastic Butchers, with a couple of smaller ones that have slots in the top to put money in for charity. Every year the Welsh are here those three plastic buthers disappear and are seen at the game. When they come back the two smaller ones are usually full to brimming with change, which helps the local charities a lot.

Rugby fans are the best. There were loads of shots of the crowd during the game and there was no clear de-lineation between the fans. Obviously since they were in Wales there was a lot of red shirts, but there were plenty green shirts sitting side by side with them.

There's not many sports you see that in.

No, there isn't. I think (not totally positive on this though) that in the Football world cup in '98, for the Scotland v. Brazil match Fifa actually said that there could be mixing of the fans, but security officials vetoed it and said they wanted clear de-lineation just in case.

Well, you are both forgiven for cheering for Wales today :-)
They deserved the win and the championship. Their fans are always great craic and completely nuts but there is never a hint of trouble so if we weren't able to win the Grand Slam I am glad they have!

Can only imagine the party going on down in Wales tonight!

:)

It's odd but as soon as Ireland really started to pick up the game in the second half I was really hoping they might manage it. Ah well, like you say - I'm glad Wales won!