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Match thread: Six Nations 2025 round 3 (lemmy.world)

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Saturday

1415 Wales v Ireland
1645 England vs Scotland

Sunday

1500 Italy vs France

All GMT for timezones, and what a feast again. Wales with new management, hoping against hope to at least give Ireland a scare. Ireland resting a couple of players even

An England side that have a bit of bounce after stealing a win vs France last week vs an underfiring Scottish side that have won this fixture the last 4 times. This one on paper is too close to call!

Then an Italian side at home vs France that is licking their wounds. A draw last year, will Italy go one better?

As always, predictions, reactions, and comments always appreciated. Happy six nations all

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[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Honestly I am so tired of Scotland fans like my pals - and often me - blaming losses on marginal referee decisions. If the team was genuinely deserving of a win then it wouldn't come down to marginal decisions like England today or France last year. We were unlucky that Russell had an off day kicking and that was why we lost (litany of soft penalties didn't help);; England put in an immense defensive shift in the 2nd half that won it for them.

Wales are probably going to be a challenge now for Scotland but it was nice to see them being competitive again.

I reckon Italy might have a chance of turning over England this year if they get the rub of the green.

[–] Olap@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

The morning after and I'm still not sure if we were ill disciplined or if English defence was just that good. Will see what is said on the replay tonight