Six Nations 2026
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Six Nations 2026:
@Bones said in Six Nations 2026:
@MN5 said in Six Nations 2026:
@Bones said in Six Nations 2026:
@sparky said in Six Nations 2026:
Rome
Went to an AB game there, epic. Way better than any time I've been to twickers. Proper carnival atmosphere before and after, outside the stadium is fantastic.
But maybe I was influenced by being able to get a porchetta baguette from the van on the way in.
Did you wear jeans and brown shoes ?
I don't get it
One of @MN5 's better memes as it was actually a challenge...
You're getting me confused with @Bones
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@game_film said in Six Nations 2026:
Don’t want to hear anyone try to tell me how good this comp is. Oh the tradition, oh the history, oh the pageantry.
Nowhere near the quality of the RC. Autumn Internationals much more interesting.
As an ex-pat kiwi who mainly follows SH rugby, the 6Ns has become a must watch for me. The quality of the play has improved hugely in the last decade.
Add in that it's a real competition with the winner more often than not decided on the last WE (unlike the RC) and it's an absolute highlight of the rugby year - without the angst of my team losing.
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@Catogrande Didn’t say I wasn’t watching. Just don’t need to hear about how great it is when this year it clearly isn’t.
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@game_film said in Six Nations 2026:
@Catogrande Didn’t say I wasn’t watching. Just don’t need to hear about how great it is when this year it clearly isn’t.
Based on what ?
Italy caused an upset in the first weekend, that's great for the tournament.
There's a bunch of huge games coming up, what is there not to like ?
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@Pepe said in Six Nations 2026:
@MN5
Perhaps maybe not if you happen to be a Scot or Welsh supporter...I enjoyed both matches, albeit the Italian win more than the Welsh hammering
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@MiketheSnow said in Six Nations 2026:
@Pepe said in Six Nations 2026:
@MN5
Perhaps maybe not if you happen to be a Scot or Welsh supporter...I enjoyed both matches, albeit the Italian win more than the Welsh hammering
What a surprise
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Not the 6N, but in the second tier competition Germany beat Romania 30-24.
https://www.rugbypass.com/news/germany-down-rugby-world-cup-regulars-in-shock-rec-win/
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@game_film said in Six Nations 2026:
@Catogrande Didn’t say I wasn’t watching. Just don’t need to hear about how great it is when this year it clearly isn’t.
It's only the first week, to be fair. But we've seen two cracking games and some outstanding tries up there with the best the RC offers.
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@game_film said in Six Nations 2026:
@MN5 You seriously think that was an upset?
Considering I'm always serious on the fern, yes. Yes I do.
Any victory that Italy ever have in this tournament is an upset to some degree.
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@game_film said in Six Nations 2026:
@MN5 I dunno, I had it the other way. Italy clearly an improving team, Scotland clearly not.
That is true, also one needs to take into account Scotland's amazing ability to fuck up and lose games exactly like this one.
But still, Scotland should have taken it.
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@game_film said in Six Nations 2026:
@MN5 You seriously think that was an upset?
Before the game I expect the vast majority of people would've expected Scotland to win against Italy, even in Italy, while acknowledging Italy were capable of a win.
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@antipodean That’s fair. Guess I saw it differently. Back to back wins at home.
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@Bovidae said in Six Nations 2026:
Not the 6N, but in the second tier competition Germany beat Romania 30-24.
And this is the problem with the 6N.
Full houses, lots of money . . . but it is a closed shop.
While that's good for the teams in the show, the fact that the rest of the Euro teams are shutout of the party is not good for rugby as a whole.
Usual blinkered rugby thinking.While Eng/Fra will always be ok, the others, Wales/Sco/Italy, and even Ire, could easily be relegated at some point.
Especially Wales.Other Euro nations are forever improving.
If the likes of Spain or Germany ever got into the comp, with the resources they could muster . . . and the market potential . . . wow!
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@mohikamo said in Six Nations 2026:
@Bovidae said in Six Nations 2026:
Not the 6N, but in the second tier competition Germany beat Romania 30-24.
And this is the problem with the 6N.
Full houses, lots of money . . . but it is a closed shop.
While that's good for the teams in the show, the fact that the rest of the Euro teams are shutout of the party is not good for rugby as a whole.
Usual blinkered rugby thinking.While Eng/Fra will always be ok, the others, Wales/Sco/Italy, and even Ire, could easily be relegated at some point.
Especially Wales.Other Euro nations are forever improving.
If the likes of Spain or Germany ever got into the comp, with the resources they could muster . . . and the market potential . . . wow!
But nah, F'em, it's our party.This one has been done to death
Go and have a look at the past winners of the 6N and see the last time England won it
And when you find that, go back and find when they last won the Grand Slam
And don’t bother looking for Scotland or Italy
Improve your own tournament and stop trying to fix something which isn’t broken
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@game_film said in Six Nations 2026:
Put Georgia in the 6N and come back to me in a decade. They would flat out belong.
Should prolly add Namibia/Fiji to the RC then.
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@game_film said in Six Nations 2026:
Put Georgia in the 6N and come back to me in a decade. They would flat out belong.
I don't think that you're wrong in that assertion although it would take time. Back along when France joined the then Home Nations competition it took them 12 years to become competitive. Italy has been going for 25 years plus and is only just getting competitive, although they have had the odd win during that time. In fact they have beaten everyone but England at one time or another. The issue though is that 6 nations is just about enough. One team more is one team too many. Given that it does seem to take quite some time for the new guys to be consistently competitive the argument for promotion and relegation is a difficult circle to square. If Georgia got promoted at the expense of say Italy or Wales they would almost certainly be relegated next year. How does that really benefit them?
I do agree that they need and should be rewarded with games that offer them the opportunity to grow and maybe games against the A teams of the 6N sides would be the first step.
