Rugby Union

Posting this for the headline alone, enjoy!

Yesterday was the annual Blood, Sweat, and Beers tourney, a round-robin tournament between the D3 teams of Rocky Mountain Rugby. The good guys (Boulder RFC) won with a record of 2 wins, 1 draw. Post-tourney activities included a kangaroo court and attempting to drink beer out of the trophy.

The women are under way for sure. France thumping Italy, and England thrashing Ireland. So not great surprises, but this was a thriller, worth watching the highlights at least!

A good read here about the nature of professional rugby union. Who is it for? What do punters want to see?

I don’t tend to watch the Women’s game enough, but this was a nice read. I’ll be checking out the Scotland side at least this w6n - which is less than a week away!

He was very good. Feels a distant memory now, but the women’s 6 nations is right around the corner

Atmosphere is good. Segregation is bad. Fuck away ends!

I’d love to see this, never mind North America, Los Pumas have earned it

Well, fuck. Monday and still feeling a bit miffed at this one. That’s why we love the six nations though, no other tournament comes close

That’s right ladies and gentleman, the time is nearly upon us. The time of reckoning, of glory, of triumph, and defeat. Tomorrow we crown our 2026 Men’s 6 Nations winner. And with the table being tight this year we have 3 contenders, each with a different route.

Some Le Crunch preview for us today. And as a Scot, if we somehow overturn Ireland on Saturday - my English side will be actually acknowledged for a change.

Not long to wait now. All three matches looking excellent!

Ireland won’t just bow down. And England haven’t looked capable of taking on France. But damn do I want to see next Saturday already!

Ooh, a conundrum here: are England disrespecting Italy or not? 9 is a masive amount suggesting England got it wrong for 3 rounds essentially. But England also have a habit of resting plenty for this fixture. But we just had a rest week

Will add more later. Friday night kick off has caught me short! Reactions, predictions, and shitposts all appreciated

A day to go til 6n is back, and here’s a good preview of the Scotland v Franve match. Cannot wait! Gonna do my kicktipp now

Strange for me, but we’ll get used to it I’m sure. Wales alt should yellow though, more yellow needed

Big article for the rugby community here on a Monday. Moody was an animal around the pitch, let’s see him doing all he can for MND too

The next two weeks would be a good time for the England players to do similar for their head coach.

First weekend with no rest week, squad depth to be tested, injuries rates on the lower ranked to be keenly felt this weekend.

Some previews for us today, can’t wait for the weekend!

This looks like it’s set to get worse before it gets better.

Why ain’t it six? It’s the six nations ffs! Here’s an Italian paragraph that the bbc were too lazy to write

All UTC this week. In Dublin, Edinburgh, and Cardiff. A very celtic weekend!

Gonna be a good game I’m sure

More Welsh drama during the 6n. Maybe it will help them vs France this weekend? Maybe???

Not asked: where can you get a Tennents in Newcastle?

Confused about the trophies? Here’s all you need to know

Long way from a crisis imo. But Wales do need to sort out their pathways, they have finally run out of luck

Roll up, roll up, the first Saturday has back to back smashers for us. Don’t you just love the pubs being full, stadiums coming to life, and banter with your mates?

Love seeing England being talked up. The bigger the fall! France of last night are just going to blow them away

That’s right fedizens, it is time. At 2010 UTC France host Ireland to kick off the 2026 Men’s Six Nations. And what a match we could have ahead. Thursday night so that Italy’s winter Olympics opening ceremony has air space, and the French love a late kick off (having been at the final game last year, I know how much fun it is too!)

Sorry to hear about Itoje, losing your mum is hard, I can confirm. More stories for your 6n build up! Should see more teams confirmed today, what shall I do for our Thursday match thread I wonder?

What’s that? 7pm UTC on match week Monday and no new Six Nations news yet? Let’s get that fixed!

Match week, here’s some more background reading from @somegeektoldme@universeodon.com

Things I love to see: Edinburgh doing well. But as they are shite again this year; I also love to see Glasgow topping the table!

Kick Tipp emailed me, and I think it a good idea, to have another bash at predictions this year! So come one, come all, kick-tipp is a super lightweight match score predictor league and a bit of fun. Previous editions have been quite closely contested, and the more the merrier

2026 is a big year, a good read about our upcoming work

Six nations is just over a week away, let’s see how much hype I can post!

Some clarity for Welsh fans at least here. Better now than the eve of the 6n again!

Some great rugby this weekend. Both Scottish sides getting a win was great for me to see!

Great read here about Stephen Jones of The Times. Not a paper I read, but he has been huge in Rugby Union journalism for decades. And a little bit about the recent game troubles. Expect impact benches and kicking to dominate the upcoming six nations

Great rugby to be watched, look out for this weekend’s matches and….

Good to see I say, Wales’ cash can then go to paying the youngsters it badly needs

Pau vs Northampton was great to watch yesterday whilst peeling tatties

I am Olap’s complete lack of surprise

A good read here about the recent nationals. But a bit English focussed

No reason to be so damned early! Will I be able to make it out? Time will tell

Finals weekend in London sure to be a riot of rugby, will be trying to get a ticket for sure! Anyway, here’s the summer and winter fixtures confirmed also for 2026, enjoy your holiday planning too

Toonie oot. High time indeed

Good morning lemmy rugby fans! What a tasty weekend of rugby we have in store. Including the All Blacks vs England. England on 9 in a row, the ABs aiming for a grand slam tour. This one has classic written all over it!

“My hope for meaningful change to the governance of Welsh rugby has all but disappeared. My faith in the current leadership of the WRU has disintegrated. It’s quite clear now that the leadership of the WRU is not going to do anything radical (even if they use this word) or change the future structure to anything other than a smaller-scale version of what we already have.”

Hello rugby fans. Great weekend for it today, with plenty of rugby to delight us

Big match for the Scots this weekend. Can’t wait for team lists!

Correct as of 4th of November 2025. Quite a spread! 1-5 and 6-9 showing a fairly clear grouping at this stage

Fantastic to hear. Great for Hollie and great for the game

Not long til we are doing international match threads again!

Cause Wales and France don’t exist. Oh Eddie

Well, Wales looking already 50% better

This was a write off I thought. Munster having won just 1 from their last 10 meetings. What a result!

My first visit to Highland RFC and not my last I’m sure. A cracking match so far, 10-24 HT vs Peebles, and facilities are braw. Black Isle Blonde also helps

This was inevitable. The national unions would never stand for losing control, and world rugby is struggling to sanction this. I can’t see Mike scraping together even 4 teams for some sort of league now

Fuck, another MND diagnosis. Not good, not good. Rugby got professionalism so wrong in hindsight