- Nick Mullins - Ö÷²¥´óÐã Sport commentator
- 26 Feb 07, 05:11 PM
So that’s it then. Why don’t we just cut out the middle-man and tell France they can keep their Grand Slam for another season?
With the greatest of respect to England and Scotland, it’s all over, isn’t it?
was the latest a Six Nations match had ever kicked off, so by the time we were ordering our coffees and crepes it was well into Sunday morning.
Around our dinner table in the late-night brasserie there was consensus. France fought off a stirring early challenge from Wales but then won with depressing ease – rather like a boxer holding off a plucky opponent at arm’s length.
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- Francis Keogh
- 26 Feb 07, 02:22 PM
White City, London – In the end, my dilemma of who to support in the at Croke Park was solved, but not quite in the manner I intended.
Scores of you replied when I outlined my divided loyalties – born, schooled and living in England to Irish parents, and from a long Irish family line.
Many shared my dilemma, some scoffed at my neutrality, while others were simply dismissive.
I was called a Whether that was with English or French mustard had not been made clear...
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- Jim Stokes - Ö÷²¥´óÐã Northern Ireland Sport
- 26 Feb 07, 09:42 AM
Belfast – Wow. What a beautiful day Sunday was. It was only after I had finished my weekly jog around the green pastures of the Stormont Estate that I was able to take it all in. Like Saturday, it needed a sharp intake of breath.
I have been attending international matches since 1961, but none have matched the power, passion and emotion that emanated from
I had to pinch myself, to realise Ireland had stuffed England out of sight. Okay, okay it was a very poor England team, but there again, who cares...
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Wales 27-18 England
