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So do I - but she'll have to do better in her maths :-|
She's with my ex tonight - MA in maths, instructions from daughter to ex to buck her ideas up.
Grandsons (6 and 4) are with me - ice cream, bath, DVD, drawing and bed. I guess I didn't draw the short straw :-D

Daughter out on the town :-D

I totally agree with you Maggie! I think it's much more exciting!

Tell Blossom to practice hard, and that I hope she'll make the Ladies National Rugby Union Squad one day :-) :-)

Naaa . It's more encompassing than that - it's Blossom :-D

Having said that, her tongue tied brother (6 years younger) couldn't say it - he called her Bottom, so it became Button, Her even younger and more tongue tied brother couldn't say Button - so now she's Bun!

I'm either Granny Parp (blame the grand prix and a leather sofa), Granny Meow (3 cats) or Granny Ice cream.

I love Rugby Union, much better than Rugby League.

:-D :-D :-D

It's not Violet is it? Not a sport for the shrinking ones :-D

She currently plays for the school, but it's her favourite sport.


.....and she has such a sweet, 'girly' name.....

:-D :-D :-D

Hi Maggie :-) :-)

Thanks for posting!

A lot of girls are showing interest in Rugby now :-) :-)
Does she play for her school, or for a Club Team?

My 12 year old grand daughter plays Rugby Union - she loves it :-D
Daughter had to get her some new boots - she wanted ones with 'proper' studs - they hurt more :-S

TODAY'S MATCH RESULTS:

England 38 -- Australia 24

Wales 21 -- Ireland 35

New Zealand 24 -- South Africa 33

Argentina 26 -- Italy 29

France 37 -- Fiji 5

Scotland 18 -- Samoa 27

WELL!!! S4C ONLY SHOWED DISJOINTED HIGHLIGHTS :-| :-| :-| :-|

It was the Battle between The Leeks and The Shamrocks today, but The Shamrocks, proved the hardiest and won the day!

WALES 21 - IRELAND 35

Ireland had a very strong start, which gave them a 14-0 lead after scoring 2 tries and 2 conversions, very early on.

One of these tries was caused by a bad mistake by two Wales players. Joshua Adams and Ashley Evans both watching the ball bounce, expecting the other to go for it, which allowed Ireland to take possession of the ball and score.

As in the match against Fiji, Wales was again awarded a penalty Try by the referee, because Ireland was undisciplined in the scrum.

At one point Ireland had to play with two players short, as they were yellow carded in short succession of each other.
First Prop, Peter Dooley, for coming up in the scrum.
Then Alex Wootten, for very dangerous play. He allowed his knee to drop forcefully into Wales' Angus O'Brien's back, as O'Brien had fallen to the floor while picking up the ball.

Wales also had a player yellow carded. Jack Dixon was sent off for a bad tackle.

POINT SCORERS FOR WALES:
Tries- Tyler Morgan; Penalty Try awarded by Referee; James Benjamin.
Conversions- Angus O'Brien (3)

POINT SCORERS FOR IRELAND:
Tries- Rory Burke; Gary Ringrose (2); Cian Kelleher.
Conversions- Ross Byrne (3)
Penalties- Ross Byrne (3)

What was the Wales Juniors Head Coach- Byron Hayward's view of the match?

Byron Hayward has said that they are “bitterly disappointed” with the teams performance against Ireland today.
He said that they made too many “silly errors behind the scrum”. He also laid the blame for their defeat on the backs-
"Our backs let the forwards down today, and we have to take responsibility for that, it cost us the game."

Wales now needs to put this disappointment behind them, and train hard for their next game, when they face France on Tuesday (10th June)

Commiserations to our young Wales team.
Congratulations Ireland.

Today's Matches, listed above, are being repeated on Sky Sports 2...

England v Australia ... 2pm
New Zealand v South Africa.....3.55pm
Wales v Ireland is not repeated on Sky Sports 2

Wales v Ireland ....9.30pm S4C

I shall have to wait for tonight's showing on S4C, as the school run prevented me watching the earlier match (you cannot record on the red button as I found out this morning) :-(

Thank you to my Pal Al ..... Honorary Welshman Status 1 :-D :-D :-D :-D

Go WALES :-D

WALES under 20s v IRELAND under 20s TEAMS:

Wales U20:
Ashley Evans (Ospreys)
Tyler Morgan (Dragons)
Steffan Hughes (capt, Scarlets)
Jack Dixon (Dragons)
Joshua Adams (Scarlets)
Angus O'Brien (Dragons)
Luc Jones (Dragons)
Nicky Smith (Ospreys)
Elliot Dee (Dragons)
Nicky Thomas (Ospreys)
Joe Davies (Dragons)
Rory Thornton (Ospreys)
Olly Cracknell (RGC)
James Benjamin (Dragons)
Will Boyde (Carmarthen)

Replacements:
Scott Otten (Ospreys), Luke Garrett (Dragons), Callum Lewis (Blues), Scott Andrews (Dragons), Scott Matthews (Dragons), Tom Williams (Blues), Ethan Davies (Dragons), Afon Bagshaw (RGC)

Ireland U20:
Cian Kelleher; Ciaran Gaffney, Garry Ringrose, Dan Goggin, Alex Wootton; Ross Byrne, Nick McCarthy; Peter Dooley, Max Abbott, Rory Burke, Darragh Moloney, Ross Molony, Peadar Timmins, Jack O'Donoghue (capt), Frank Taggart

Replacements: Denis Coulson; Oisin Heffernan, Josh Murphy, Diarmaid Dee, Ryan Foley, Conor McKeon, Harrison Brewer

WALES Under 20s HEAD COACH BYRON HAYWARD..
Byron Hayward has said his team will be focusing on improving their defence for tomorrow's match v Ireland, because "IN A TIGHTER GAME THE DEFENCE NEEDS TO BE SPOT ON".

IRB JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES FOR TOMORROW (Friday June 6th)

England U20s v Australia U20s Live on Sky Sports 1 ... 6.30-am

Wales under 20s v Ireland under 20s Televised Live on Sky Sports 1 ... 6.35am....BUT ON THE RED BUTTON
Also Televised (not live) ... S4c 9.30pm

New Zealand U20s v South Africa U20s Sky Sports 1...8.30am

http://www1.skysports.com/watch/rugby-union-on-sky



I will be watching the WALES V IRELAND MATCH, probably recorded / on S4c and will post an overview of that match.

IF I AM UNABLE TO WATCH THE MATCH UNTIL THE EVENING- I SHALL BE AVOIDING THIS THREAD AND THE NEWS :-D :-D :-D

I will also post the results of all the matches for anyone who is interested.

Congratulations to the Wales, New Zealand, Australia, and England :-D :-D

WALES 48 ..... FIJI 19

Wales got off to a cracking start with a Try just 7 SECONDS into play by DAFYDD HOWELLS! :-) :-)

Tries:
1st/ Dafydd Howells; 2nd/ James (Jumbo) Benjamin; 3rd/ Penalty Try awarded by Ref;
4th/ Penalty Try Awarded by Ref; 5th/ James Benjamin; 6th/ Ben Roach.

Fly Half (no. 10) Angus O'Brien scored 4 Penalty Goals and 3 Conversions.

Injuries were sustained byTyler Morgan, Captain Steffan Hughes, and a head injury to Ben Roach during his Try, which he scored after the clock had turned red at end of match.

I was very impressed with the young Wales team, particularly with their powerful driving.
A feature of their style of play appears to be in choosing penalty scrums, as opposed to going for goal, or Kicking for position and line-out.This is probably because they had the far superior driving force.
The Fijians appeared to be very undisciplined at times, which lead to the Referee awarding the penalty points to Wales. It also led to yellow cards to Fijian players.

WELL DONE WALES <3

OTHER RESULTS:
(GR Community Countries)

New Zealand 48 ... Samoa 12
Ireland 13 ... France 19
England 63 ... Italy 3
Scotland 3 ... South Africa 61
Australia 36 ... Argentina 17

The Under 20s Rugby Union Teams have started their World Championship.

The 2014 IRB Junior World Championship will be the seventh annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams. The event will be organised in Auckland, New Zealand by rugby's governing body, the IRB. A total of 12 nations will play in the tournament.

The final will be staged at Eden Park. Other venues that will be used are North Harbour Stadium and Pukekohe Stadium.

ENGLAND v ITALY.... LIVE...MONDAY EARLY MORNING... 6.30AM... SKY SPORTS 1
and REPEATED 10.30pm SKY SPORTS 2

UNFORTUNATELY FOR WALES RUGBY SUPPORTERS- I do not think that we will be able to see the first match WALES V FIJI LIVE.

It will be shown however-
Televised (not live) on MONDAY NIGHT 9.30pm.... S4C

IRELAND, SCOTLAND, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND UNDER 20s WILL ALSO BE TAKING PART IN THIS CHAMPIONSHIP.

IRB (International Rugby Board) Website with Junior World Championship Fixtures-

http://www.irb.com/index.html

SKY SPORTS SCHEDULE (BRITISH TIME)

http://www1.skysports.com/watch/rugby-union-on-sky

I will report the results of the matches on this thread for anyone who is interested.