It isn't often that I ask for your help, but I really need you all to go over to Twitter and vote for Scotland in this poll - only 1 hr left! The Saffas discovered it and now they are rage tweeting it to other saffas, who are all voting earnestly and ruining my bit. ☹️👎🏼 x.com/edjenx/statu...

All the best to this team on Sunday. While it is not a side without quality, there are areas in which we are not exactly formidable. Midfield is a big concern. Edwards & Llewellyn are very green at this level and Thomas has yet to show that he can cut it at as a test player. 🇦🇷 big favourites.

There is a real nail-biter of a poll going on over on Twitter! You can't even slip a Rizla blue between 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 & 🇳🇿! Saturday is going to be epic!

James has been getting the messages too, I see. I have only a very rudimentary grasp of Scots, but I can tell that he and the entire Scottish Rugby Podcast gang are ebullient with optimism. Fever pitch, you might say.

How did Scotland get knocked out of the 2015 RWC? I honestly can't remember.

He went there. 😬

...and BTW, this is not me saying it. I put it to @missilepanda.bsky.social earlier that 🇳🇿 may still have a bit too much pace, power and class, even for the greatest post-war 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 team, but she gave that short shrift, retorting, and I quote, 'OCH AWAY AND SHITE YA WEE FANNY BAWS!' Strong words.

Scotland going into Saturday's test as something of an irresistible force. Whisper it quietly, but they are arguably favourites for this one.👀 #SCOvNZL

Imagine he called for it to be half open.

It is written in the stars! If I was a Scottish rugby fan, I'd be getting VERY excited.

You can't go on Twitter these days and say anything, without unintentionally baiting at least one South African rugby fans. For old time's sake, I thought I'd log on and give Irish rugby fans a nice satisfying shoeing, while they were down. Then low and behold...

There is a quite amusing state of delusion amongst Irish fans, prompting them to believe that their rugby team is some kind of box-office draw in the US.

I'm hearing a lot of whispers along the lines of 'Scotland are going to beat the All Blacks'. It feels like momentum is building.

'Irish majority crowd' is an interesting take. What I understood from the marketing & pre-match build-up and judging by the testimony of those who were fortunate enough to be in attendance, such as @karlbrophy.bsky.social, this was very much an All Black crowd, attracted by the All Black brand.

#IREvNZL at Soldier's Fields just killed RWC 2027. Yanks will be looking at that thinking 'YO THIS SUCKS ASS DUDE LIKE SERIOUSLY BRUH'. The game that killed rugby's American Dream. Thanks, Ireland.👏🏼👏🏼

And yet they still won👀

Lots of empty seats at Soldier's Fields.

It's a pity Wales don't have their team from 10 years ago. We'd be battering this All Blacks outfit.

#NZLvIRE is incredibly low quality fayre, it has to be said. If this is what international rugby union is dressing up as some kind of showcase nowadays, then the sport is in more trouble than I thought. Worrying times.

Cynical.

New Zealand are an embarrassment. This has to be the weakest All Blacks team that I have ever seen and I have no doubt that historians will record it as such.

Irish TV taking the “we don’t show all the angles” TMO approach to a whole new level. Don’t show any angles!

Toodle-ooh, Tagdh.👋🏼👋🏼👋🏼

Now that the WRU have announced 'plan', where does this leave the Scarlets, in relation to the HOL mega-investment that was pending the outcome of the consultation, etc.? Are they going to mega invest, or, given that the WRU have only cast more doubt on everything, is it not happening?

FUCKING CAAAMMMMAAAANN! THIS IS THE TURNIING POINT BOIS ! I CAN JUST FEEL IT!!!

The name for one of the new Welsh regions has been leaked by an unlikely source.

Fucking hell, it's that time of year again!

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You heard it here first - Scotland are going to beat the All Blacks!! I just knew that it was going to be Scotland's year!

I just watched Baby Girl and I'm so glad that I did. It is a very interesting film, but it appears to have been mis-sold as some kind of 50 Shades of Gray rip-off, which is what put me off watching it until now. It is an inventive - even subversive - meditation on sexuality and power dynamics.

I remain confident that Llanelli will once again finish above Cardiff in the league. This start just makes it more interesting.

See, I can live with that defeat. We played some good attacking rugby and applied pressure throughout the second half, against a powerful and star-studded side. If we can play like that every week, then we'll have an alright season. Ymlaen. 🇹🇷

Groves-White has murdered us this 2nd half.

Yeah I'm not impressed.

Altitude starting to tell here.

Disrespectful from Hollywood not taking the 3 points there. I know that they scored a converted try 1st phase off the 5m lineout, but that's not the point.

WE GONNA FUCKING BATTER THESE NOW🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷

I'm no mathematician, but with only one West, one East and one Cardiff, you do fear for the future of any team based out of the no-man's-land of Bridgend. I'm no geographytician either, but the idea of safeguarding a team by plonking it slap bang in the middle of South 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 does now seem misguided.

Great to see Plaid sending Reform for a hotdog in Caerffili. Hopefully it is a sign that the Welsh electorate aren't that big a bunch of mugs, after all.

Great to see Plaid sending Reform for a hotdog in Caerffili. Hopefully it is a sign that the Welsh electorate aren't that big a bunch of mugs, after all.

@squidgerugby.bsky.social being unnecessarily harsh on woofed up dog shit TBH. youtu.be/NITlYX7FT-c?...

While I don't for a second buy in to the HOL scheme, it is without doubt a good thing that Moffett has fucked off. Furthermore, I don't accept chit-chat like this from the fan of a team that is owned by Y11.

It says a lot about where we are as a rugby nation, that I no longer get angry about a 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 squad announcement. My entire life, every Welsh squad ever named has pissed me off, in some way or another. Now I just feel flat, indifferent. Like a visit to the dentist, I just want the AIs to be over.

#OTD 1966 • Aberfan Disaster 🥀 On Friday the 21st of October 1966, a wave of coal waste slid down the Aberfan Valley, taking the lives of 116 children and 28 adults with it. #Wales #History

Tadhg Beirne is the greatest Irish rugby player of all time.

This is a fucking load of BULLSHIT. My agent will be exploring options from Monday morning.

Sold to the highest bidder!

Well this is truly a match for the ages. #LIOvSCA

Only saying.