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Six Nations 2025

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TROSaracen 12 Feb 8:33am, 12 Feb 2025 28,673 posts	Quote Pin TROSaracen The WC has at least one group game where the teams that contest the 1/4 final onwards can safely play a 2nd XV, and probably another group game that’s a notch below top intensity. The 6N’s great attraction is every game is 100% full on, even Italy these days waits for some wag to say except Wales
LindsD 12 Feb 8:37am, 12 Feb 2025 72,631 posts	Quote Pin LindsD
jda 12 Feb 8:45am, 12 Feb 2025 18,457 posts	Quote Pin jda Also by the nature of a knockout the only teams that play so many games in the WC have probably had some quite easy games along the way, it's different if you are the whipping boys in a round robin getting beaten up week after week. I agree the scheduling could perhaps be improved (staggering the gaps) but don't have a problem with the weeks off.
TROSaracen 12 Feb 10:36am, 12 Feb 2025 28,674 posts	Quote Pin TROSaracen I remember the old 5N when the two games happened simultaneously on Saturday, you’d get the live game with Bill McLaren commentating then highlights of the ‘other’ game straight after, Nigel Starmer-Smith at the mic.
Little Nemo 12 Feb 1:51pm, 12 Feb 2025 16,508 posts	Quote Pin Little Nemo I remember watching one match while having the ceefax score of the other overlaying it - do not recommend! It's much better how it is now with separate matches
richmac 12 Feb 5:20pm, 12 Feb 2025 31,675 posts	Quote Pin richmac ^ thats dedication
paul the builder 13 Feb 1:50pm, 13 Feb 2025 7,457 posts	Quote Pin paul the builder My memory is that they were slightly staggered. So one game would be in full from Twickenham, then you'd go live to get the second half of the game in Cardiff. Weird, neither fish nor fowl.
richmac 13 Feb 1:53pm, 13 Feb 2025 31,692 posts	Quote Pin richmac Programming by committee
Angus Clydesdale 14 Feb 6:25pm, 14 Feb 2025 27,876 posts	Quote Pin Angus Clydesdale We used to have the Scotland match on the radio while watching the other match on the tele. Unless Scotland was on the tele. Although the radio commentary was miles better so we often turned the tv sound off. Not sure you could do that these days with the "digital lag".
Angus Clydesdale 14 Feb 6:26pm, 14 Feb 2025 27,877 posts	Quote Pin Angus Clydesdale richmac wrote:I was thinking that as I typed, the WC should need squads of about 75 players to really do welfare. But then it would be Gridiron!