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I will be keeping an eye on you Jem ;-)

TODAY'S WARM-UP GAMES!

Saturday August 15th

IRELAND v SCOTLAND Kick-Off 5pm

LIVE ON SKY SPORTS 1 ONLY


Saturday August 15th

ENGLAND v FRANCE

LIVE ON SKY SPORTS 1 ONLY
Highlights on BBC2 England & BBC2 Wales Tomorrow (Sunday August 16th)


If any of you have Sky Sports and want to post in support of your team on this thread, please feel free to do so (in a spirit of good sportsmanship if you please) :-)



RADIO JEM ;-) WILL BE ON AIR!
As OH got a Sky Sports deal yesterday for his beloved Man U matches :-D :-D :-D

I shall only be posting highlights and scores, but will be glad of some company if any of you are looking in ;-) :-D

I must book a seat on me sofa and get the Welsh cakes in. :-D :-D <3

8 WALES PLAYERS HAVE BEEN SENT HOME FROM THE SQUAD!

Wales' Head Coach Warren Gatland has announced the first "cull" of his Rugby World Cup Squad!

AND THERE ARE SOME BIG NAMES THAT HAVE GONE......
including 3 Former BRITISH & IRISH LIONS! :-0 :-0 :-0

They are favourites...

Scrum Half MIKE PHILLIPS

Hooker RICHARD HIBBARD

and Fly-Half/ All-Rounder JAMES HOOK



It seems that our well-loved players have passed their sell-by-date :-( :-( :-(

No longer are these favourites First Choice players, but have slipped down to fourth place in the pecking order behind the newer and younger players coming in!

THIS IS VERY SAD, BUT I SUPPOSE ALL GOOD THINGS COME TO AN END! :-(

We have to trust that Warren and his Assistant Coaches know what they are doing! :-)




THE OTHER 5 PLAYERS GOING HOME.....

JACK DIXON

RHYS PATCHELL

NICKY SMITH

DAN BAKER

and former Wales Under 20s Captain RORY THORNTON.


THE SQUAD WILL BE CUT DOWN TO THE FINAL 31 PLAYERS BY THE END OF AUGUST!

WALES SQUAD CUT!

Warren Gatland's Wales World Cup Rugby Training Squad have been on a 3 day intensive training camp at PARC EIRIAS, Colwyn Bay in North Wales this week.

Our Wales Boys were greeted from the train on their arrival by about 2,000 supporters.

For the first time ever, 5,000 tickets were allocated to the Rugby Supporting Public to watch the boys train at Parc Eirias.
These went like hot cakes, with more than 10,000 people applying for a ticket. So there was not an empty seat at the park.

The Coaching staff have been scrutinising the every move of our players as they fight it out for their World Cup places.


WARREN'S FIRST CUT OF THE WALES TEAM... TO BE ANNOUNCED NEXT!

Sorry that Wales lost the game Jem. Congratulations to all the Irish fans for today.

Jem you did a brilliant coverage and must be exhausted and you too Pat.I hope that you won't have too many aches and pains with all that jumping about ha ha. Very well done to you both.

I did my best with the Welsh anthem but need to practice lots more for the next game!

:-D :-D :-D :-D

Never mind our Fly :-D :-D :-D

Hope you are ok? <3

The goat was quite happy to be led out again.
It wasn't too pleased to be ousted by a FLY ;-) ;-) :-D :-D :-D

I've sent it a message....

"Dear Goat
Don't get tooooo comfortable in the Mascot position .... ;-) ;-)"


:-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

Sorry Jem :-0 :-( had to go out ;-)

Thank you Pat

You need a long cold drink after all that pompom twirling :-D :-D :-D <3

:-( might have known. Crawls out.

Well done Radio Jem another great coverage this is Cyprus signing off. Over and out.

:-D ;-) <3

NEXT WEEK'S WORLD CUP WARM-UP MATCHES


Saturday August 15th

IRELAND v SCOTLAND ........ Kick-Off 5.00 pm (UK time)
Aviva Stadium, Dublin

LIVE ON SKY SPORTS 1 ONLY SORRY :-( :-(


ENGLAND:

Saturday August 15th

ENGLAND v FRANCE ...... Kick-Off 8.00 pm (UK time)
Twickenham, London

:-D :-D :-D :-D@ PAT

I can still see you!:-P :-P

One of your twirlers is poking out from behind the settee ;-) :-D :-D :-D

A little bit of too little too late. They weren't very experienced is some areas still final score much better than it looked like happening.

Never mind it's just a game.

Runs and hides behind settee with pompoms.

:-D <3

Much better final score line now for Wales :-D :-D :-D

Congratulations Ireland and all GR Ireland Supporters :-)

Commiserations Wales and all Wales Fans :-(


ONWARDS AND UPWARDS NOW WALES<3

Dublin in 3 weeks time! ;-) ;-) ;-) :-D :-D :-D

Men of Harlech being sung! :-D :-D :-D

"WALES HAVE LAST WORD ... BUT IRELAND HAVE THE LAST LAUGH"

SAYS THE BBC COMMENTATOR....

....OH concludes with... "and they'll all have a guinness together!":-D :-D


CRACKING CONVERSION BY ANSCOMBE at 82 minutes

FINAL SCORE

WALES 21 ~ IRELAND 35

Come on Wales

YES YES YES TRY WALES' ALEX CUTHBERT!

One last effort by Wales needed

Come ON Wales

Come on Eli

It would be good to get another Converted Try by the end ....

Ireland lose ball

Wales have Scrum put in on their own 22 m line