The Silver Fern

@scribe said in Six Nations 2026:

I know it was only Wales (sorry Mike), but France. Wow. Ominous. Their U20 programme has certainly borne some decent fruit.

They had to dig deep to beat our U20s on Saturday

We’re not looking too bad going forward

Just watched the highlights

We are where we are but we certainly don’t need to be gifting tries like Beard did

And is it me or is Hawkins like a cart horse?

@Bones said in Scotland v England 2026 6N:

Long live Borthwick....

If ever Marcus Smith should have been involved in a match, this was it

Another bottle job by England and another 6N without a Grand Slam

Poor dabs

The supporters are spewing

Good enough for the arrogant twats

@mariner4life said in Winter Olympics:

Klaebo equals the record for most winter golds at 8. He still has 3 more events apparently.

@game_film said in Six Nations 2026:

Hate to be proven right.

But I told you this comp was a poor standard this year.

Even a Razor Robertson-coached ABs team put Scotland away.

Don’t fucking watch then

He was brilliant today

Only watched the highlights but England were never winning that

Hopefully that’s Russell’s one good game of the tournament done

Matt Weston gets GB’s first medal of the Games

And it’s Gold

Men’s Skeleton

Dominant

@Catogrande said in Wales v France:

@MiketheSnow Front row and back row both look better this week, but why oh why is there no Reffell there. If it wasn't for Jan Morgan, he ought to have had a hatful of caps by now. With Morgan out he really should be a shoo-in.

The backs do not inspire one bit though.

Agree 100%

Pity is we could have France's backs and still not win

We don't win enough clean, quick ball

Very easy to defend against, especially if Shaun Edwards is in charge

Don't want to jinx him, but Blackadder looked fit and hungry

A better squad, but still going to have a beating

Moriarty should be livid

Hopefully we can kick & chase better and not gift the opposition easy tries and easy YCs like we did against England

Scoring a few tries would be wonderful

That would be progress

@cgrant said in Six Nations 2026:

When France or England play a game in Murrayfield, Cardiff or Dublin, more than 15,000 of their fans make the trip. Does Tbilissi has the required hotel capacity ? Travelling to Edinburgh or Dublin is OK, but to Tbilissi ?

Heading there tomorrow

I'll find out

Franjo Van Allman of Switzerland takes the Men's Super G Gold medal, his third gold of the Games.

Only the third man to achieve this

Toni Sailor 1956 (Cortina)
Jean Claude Killy 1968 (Grenoble)

Only Croatia's Janica Kostelic has achieved the feat in women's skiing, at the 2002 Salt Lake City Games

See above

@sparky said in Six Nations 2026:

@MiketheSnow 51,000 registered players and rising (higher than Scotland, but lower than Wales) in a nation of 49 million players.

Football and Basketball are their main sports, but it's a nation where Rugby really could grow if they have a couple of world class players emerging.

Spain will always be the USA

The best athletes will choose football (soccer) and basketball

Every once in a while a good coach will coalesce a group of players to over perform

@nostrildamus said in Six Nations 2026:

@MiketheSnow said in Six Nations 2026:

Hear fucking hear

Given Dodge wrote "Beating Wales, as weird as it was to be in a stadium with no jeopardy will always be more fun than beating Georgia."

...I find your agreement a tad surprising!

Because statistically we should be coming 5th or 6th every 6N but when we don’t it’s glorious

If, and it’s a massive non-existent if, anyone deserves a shot it’s Georgia

They consistently shit on Spain and have enough players playing first class rugby to sustain a squad which can turn up for 5-weeks of intense rugby

Hear fucking hear

@sparky said in Six Nations 2026:

@Catogrande Italy sell out the Stadio Olympico in Rome. Argentina get crowds of over 40,000 for home games in a soccer man country. So a successful Spanish Rugby team, ranked in the top 10, could sell out the Nou Camp or the Bernabéu.

But Georgia will have the drawback for a long time of being less financially attractive than Scotland or Wales.

I'd keep it as the Six Nations for now. But discussions about a playoff between the Six Nations wooden spoon and the winner of the next tier European competition shouldn't be off the table IMHO.

I'm really trying to work out why you have such a hard on for Spanish rugby