My prediction:
Eng & Fra 4 wins
Ire 3 wins
Sco 2 wins
Wales 2 wins
Italy exist
If England beat Wales in round 3 then i think England vs Ireland will be a great game, on form Ireland win but i do think England are better than what we showed vs Scotland.That was my pre tournament prediction. Gonna update it
Fra - 5 wins
Ire - 3
Eng - 3
Sco - 2
Wal - 2
Italy - 1 LBP (huge)
Scotland or Wales won't beat France, I thought one of them would but having seen but they just won't be able to handle what gets thrown at them without some weird events. I thought England would be better than last week, never had them down as winners in Paris.
Excuse me! That chart adds up to only 99.9%. That remaining 1-in-a-thousand shot, that missing 0.1%, is three BP victories for Italy. They say anything can happen in sport...2 weeks in, everyone's chances are cut by a nice even 5% or so each to make room for that whopping great blue bit
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I actually think the field vs France (2.37) is a decent bet. Even if they don't mess it up on the road England could still set up a decider for the last week. And France are quite fond of messing it up on the road, where one loss would bring everyone else back into the tournament.
If it comes down to points difference, chances are it'll be an Ireland championship since they habitually wallop Italy at home, which France weren't quite able to do.
France should walk the Slam from here. I actually think the danger game for them is Wales in Cardiff. That 4th game has ended plenty of GS chances before. Because France have lost to Scotland and England recently I think they will be mentally right at it for those two games. The Welsh game could be the trap, Wales at home, despite how poor you think they might be, can turn anyone over in the 6N. You wouldn't expect France to lose to Wales but a Welsh team with nothing to lose against a team maybe feeling the pressure of going for the Slam could be dangerous in my opinion. There's always one game when France don't turn up and I think Cardiff could be it.
You bar steward. You just crushed my very real dreams.Actually the remaining 0.1% shot is shared evenly between Italy and a rounding error.
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You bar steward. You just crushed my very real dreams.
One in 2 thousand chance, whatever. A chance is a chance!
Happy to update this to Ireland 4 and England 2 after today.That was my pre tournament prediction. Gonna update it
Fra - 5 wins
Ire - 3
Eng - 3
Sco - 2
Wal - 2
Italy - 1 LBP (huge)
Scotland or Wales won't beat France, I thought one of them would but having seen but they just won't be able to handle what gets thrown at them without some weird events. I thought England would be better than last week, never had them down as winners in Paris.
1 - 2. Ireland and France
3 - 5. who knows
6. Italy
True, I realise now I'm the only one with huge, low hanging balls, brave enough to predict number of wins.the opening post got it spot on