Been ill this week :( Elongated flu, still no feeling right 5 days later

Well enough for rugby the morn! Portugal, so the B team indeed, should be fun anyway. And mibbes ah can practice my Portuguese

Oi! Eu nao falo portugues. Tchao! Eu bebo uma cerveja por favor

The UK government have to obey the law, but they also make the laws. This feels more procedure than outcome based appeals. And as such I’d be astonished if HMG decide to stop this

Great to see OpenAPI being even more embraced. It truly is fantastic for multi-team engineering

Dunno about you, but I ain’t making >£1000 per day, and looking round Grangemouth nor are many of that workforce. It doesn’t add up. It lacks credibility and still reeks of Jim sabre rattling for more tax rebates

Edit: just double checked my maths. That’s only £100 per employee. Which is very believable. But I still want to see the books

I didn’t once see or hear anything anti-English in my time there, but there are baduns the whole world over. Let’s all agree not to be snobs or prejudiced against those without a local accent

For sure, most are fine with it. But as a teuchter I did find quite a few struggling to understand my accent, which is pretty mild, and I’m pretty sure making fun in hindsight. I socialised mostly with other Scots as a consequence. Anyway, they wouldn’t write this article if there wasn’t some truth to it

You got that all correct! St Andrew’s also has a snobbery issue, and Glasgow uni accent is also a thing in the west. But Edinburgh in particular is known for English ‘yahs’ who look down on the locals

No, quite surprised at that. Did they use a football pitch, or was it the rugby stadium?

Yes that advantage was far too long. Scrum was a shitshow all game sadly, Scotland looked well out our depth

Wales are traditionalists at the top, part of the reason they are struggling. Personally I’m for it, even if Scotland’s looked very soft in the stadium.

Could Wales and Fiji please stop with the cards? There’s a game of rugby to be played!

What a match to catch on the radio it was. So good to hear the commentators shout nooo :) Defense was obviously optional yesterday, here’s hoping Scotland go like that today too! (Wales v Fiji likely to be a high scorer too)

No way are England top tier right now. But I do agree there is a top 4 then a drop off. Scotland has an inability to crack them and that’s the debate about Townsend. As to the why, it’s the depth imo that allows them to defend with such ferocity AND attack. Frequently we see one or the other in players, but the top 4 nations have a player pool where the world class do both. They also have player pathways that are world class that develops these individuals, which pays dividends in the long term

England sounded genuinely better this week. Keeping Smith on the field was crucial, and putting that score for your side is fantastic, no matter the opponent. But damn are they weak in D. And the 6n is all about defense.

Me too. Seeing them lose like this is hard. They have had 15 years more tier1 and done little with it in reality. But the rise of los Pumas is also fantastic to see in contrast

Busy bit of travel for you then! And I’m late to the match here, but had 2 folk saying I have to tune in now.

ABs putting Ireland to the sword there. Ireland only really looking dangerous when NZ were down to 14. AB defense shut down any platform from Ireland and they couldn’t figure out how to unlock, despite a massive amount of ball. James lowe though, he’s so good

One for the purists tonight with a bar of soap for a ball. And I think he’ll be off with a red for the contact. Our first 20 minute in the NH potentially. And they 100% play a lot in the wet in the URC and 6n, so they are very used to floor work. Nic I think should be less lenient of Irish shithousery at the ruck imo, but Ireland are very good at this area

Rugby daft this weekend! Currently swatchin Ireland play the kiwis, shuid be a cracker. Then mah son’s birthday the moro, mair rugby, oot tae the MIl fer steak deener, then wantin tae head oot fer moar rugby! An Sunday ah’m aff tae Murrayfield fer live rugby! We’re playing the world champions, we’re gonna get a pumpin

But bonus fer this guy: Sennheiser fixed my headphones the month they went oot ae warranty! Expecting my big cans back this week, score

Missed the XV match, Georgia won’t be up to much. I’ll say NZ by 23