Yay! England won!

Just a thought, Wales did pretty well in their game as well

I do wince when watching rugby, all those heavy bodies crashing into each other, when the adrenalin wears off they must ache.DH used to play when younger and then DS and I went to cheer them on but always worried about injuries ( they had a few.)

It was good enough to get me a slap up meal out today anyway.

Brilliant result for England. Especially as they had more away games than home. Thought the France match was going to be a rout at first but they came back and made a good game of it.

Alea...... Halo? Or....???

grumppa to the victor the spoils!

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Strict, moi?
Strictly a realist

I doubt whether racist taunts are unheard of in the six nations, Ab, though they pass unheard outside the intimacy of the front row of the scrum, where many things are said.
At a very junior level I remember getting an earful of (wholly inaccurate) anti-Semitic abuse from my opposing prop, who must have been confused by my black hair and beard. He was fresh out of school, one with a significant Jewish intake as it happens, and I had a quiet word with his captain in the bar after we had thoroughly beaten them.

How true, Roses.

angmhay I have learned that the positive, when it comes to England winning something is usually turned to a negative on this forum.

????????????????? cheers!

Oh dear Alea you are being strict today!
Anniebach at least Wales were runners up, so you may like to celebrate too.

Can we accentuate the positive rather than the negative for a change

A change??
Brought up with sports journalism I would frequently read or hear my father's constructive criticism of whichever side -no false partiality there.
What is wrong with critiquing where it is justified? Rest assured Eddie Jones may be getting the first pints in, but come Monday morning he will be going over the film footage with a fine tooth comb to eliminate weaknesses for future reference.
It's only doting mums and grans who say "lovely, dear" whatever

Such a pity one player had to use a racist taunt, something unheard of in the six nations, and he wasn't even suspended for one game . Well done though, thirteen years is a long wait

Can we accentuate the positive rather than the negative for a change?!

It's as if he is "sweet talking" the ball over, isn't it? Almost seductive !!

I love Owen Farrell, and the way he eyes up the spot he's intending to aim for, is magic.

Just saying.
Read some of today's match reports
"The victory should have been more comfortable, given England's dominance of territory and possession, but once again their discipline was poor conceding almost twice as many penalties (14) as France (8) " (Gavin Mairs)
"There were mistakes and turnovers galore" (Steve James )
"Lancaster never had the luxury of Ireland, Wales and France all being as moderate as they were this year" (Steve James)
Fair play to Eddie Jones who has worked miracles with a team which was knocked out of its own World Cup, "For 13 years England teams have mostly stumbled about in need of a higher power to tell them what to do.......(Eddie) Jones has looked like that leader in a generally mediocre Six Nations Championship" (Paul Hayward)
Well done for winning in what has been described as "surviving a
nailbiter" but England may yet have to up their act in the Southern Hemisphere.
Winning is good, but playing at top form and beating the best, even better.

It was nail-biting as the clock ticked towards the end but a great overall result.

Well done, England!

I live in the US and could not watch the match live. But even knowing the score ahead of time it was still great to see England win the Grand Slam. And this means that we beat all the other teams, right? So enough with the criticism. Victory is ours!

Or are you a Scots gran?

Tut tut Alea I enjoyed the game enormously! ah well, each to their own.

Really?
I'd never have noticed if you hadn't said
Actually, they didn't play particularly well, gave away far too many penalties by reckless play and were very lucky Owen Farrell is about as infallible a goal kicker as they come.