Six Nations 2025 predictions based upon AI 2024

[BPM]

Agree except that I don't think Bothwick can get to where he needs to be and certainly not in the short to medium term. His only real chance is to recruit and retain top quality assistants…..when Jones and Walters can talk, their opinions might be telling.

Fra GS, Wal WS. The rest could be anything. Ire, Sco, Eng, Ita possibly.

I did say 'eventually'. I agree on the assistants. Maybe not his only chance, but definitely his best chance.

 

[dirty harry]

I expect nothing less with the way the sport is going...

The rebrand looks like a grinder ad, a sign for the M6N and cheap 3rd rate news station all in one.

I swear everyone involved in this sport, have all sat around in their Dublin offices, shorted the value of rugby union and thought to themselves, how can we Pelosi this to our financial advantage?!?!?!

 

[ShropshireAllBlack]

In '20/21 Ireland were in the doldrums. Everyone who was an "expert" was saying that Faz was "Continuity Schmidt" etc. England are at the same stage of the cycle now.
Yes, the loss of talented assistants like Walters & Jones is a worrying sign, but only a handful of weeks ago posters were questioning why the Lions should go to Australia, when any of the home nations could beat them on their own!
Of all sports, rugby is momentum based, and England are not far off the mark. The Australia game was 1 handling error away from a win, and a decent, if unspectacular AI campaign. Sweeny is clearly a genius, if only because he managed to get a £1.1m payday. In Bill we trust! At least until they go to Dublin and get spanked….

 

[mikebrownsauce1512]

Even then, I just don't think there are many (if any) outstanding alternatives. Or at least none that we can realistically get.

Borthwick is not where he needs to be right now but I do think he will get there eventually. I think we're just going to have to be patient, as a painful as it may be.

I expect a similar story to the Autumn. 3 close (single digit) defeats to Ireland, France and Scotland and two wins against Italy and Wales. Basically close enough to keep saying we're not far off without actually getting the results.

Honestly, I would settle for that IF we see obvious improvements in attack and even more in defence.

I think we have to keep Borthwick at the helm for now but this 6n will be very telling. We do need to be patient and we ran Nz close three times this year but now we need to convert those close margins to wins. The change of coaching staff in the summer has obviously hurt England and I am not sure that Joe el Abd is the right man for the job. The all or nothing defensive system also worries me as we conceded some extremely soft tries this autumn that were unacceptable to let through at test match level.

 

[IT157]

1. France
2. England
3. Ireland
4. Scotland
5. Wales
6. Italy

 

[Booboobang]

In '20/21 Ireland were in the doldrums. Everyone who was an "expert" was saying that Faz was "Continuity Schmidt" etc. England are at the same stage of the cycle now.
Yes, the loss of talented assistants like Walters & Jones is a worrying sign, but only a handful of weeks ago posters were questioning why the Lions should go to Australia, when any of the home nations could beat them on their own!
Of all sports, rugby is momentum based, and England are not far off the mark. The Australia game was 1 handling error away from a win, and a decent, if unspectacular AI campaign. Sweeny is clearly a genius, if only because he managed to get a £1.1m payday. In Bill we trust! At least until they go to Dublin and get spanked….

England arent far from the mark, yet they only beat italy and wales by one score as well. Only team beaten comfortably are the worst japan team in a decade.

Hope I am wrong, but I really do not see it going as the postiive amongst us think it will.

France
Ireland
Scotland
England
Italy
Wales

On logic and performance of the past 12 months.

 

[The Seeker]

I'd rather boycott living.