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Try for Wales v Portugal - Nicky Griffiths. Englsnd have just seen off Spain 20-12.

And another, Alex Cuthbert under the posts. 14-0. Hold the front page, Aled Thomas with the 3rd 21-0.

Sled Thomas? Is that his real name? What's his middle name, Husky?

And Portugal get one back just before h/t. 21-5 and I think we're going over to ESPN for the final. You should be able to follow the
7s on the IRB website. Qualification from this pool could come down to points difference.

Fnoon all, great evening last night, lovely to see Hound, Pete, Kiwi and Munsty, and to meet RiskySports and funnyExiledScot - hughie, you were missed fella, hope work was ok! Howellsssssssssssssyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!

v happy that the full range of emoticons are back - have missed my

Yes, great try for Sracens in the Prem Final!

I don't know if I heard right but did scotland beat Fiji at sevens! I know we invented but that is a great result.

Stupid Saracens we should have scored...

Shame about the song. Nice play off the quickly taken lineout from Goode, Brits and Short.

Is there anybody out there?

If so, could you answer this question- should Saracens hold out and win this game, will Mark McCall be the first coach to win both the Magners League and the Premiership?

I suspect so. I hope he does it.

What's more at Ulster, he stepped up from the position of Assistant Coach to replace a highly charismatic and influential South African coach (Alan Solomons in this case) and took that coaches team to a league victory.

At Saracens... similar story?

It would be good for the Premiership to have Saracens win it. Anyone else see Joe Schmidt rebuked Mallinders claims that the Premiership is tougher schedule that the Magners.

Maybe he'll cone back to us in a couple of years, and do the triple...

Do you have a link for that Stag?

I saw the way Saints struggled with four or five players missing in the international windows- wouldn't like to see how they'd cope with the players Leinster lose

I think there's too much history for McCall at Ulster now Don. It's a shame, I like the guy and I hope he wins today.

I don't unfortunately. I read it in the newspaper at the barbers today. He said there was no evidence of Aviva Prem being better. Said that Ulster v Northampton there were large periods where Saints couldn't deal with Ulster which saw them go behind 13-7 despite being heavy favourites and at home. He said the Top 14, ML and Premiership all have decent teams and the idea that the Premiership was most attiritional or the highest quality was silly when only 1 English team topped their pool.

The reason Saints won that game was Tonga'uiha and Mujati. We had the game under control until they started to dominate us in the scrum. Once that happened we started to unravel. It was certainly a competitive and close game.

I think it's a fair point.

MrScotland - scroll down to pool D

http://www.irbsevens.com/destination/edition=10/news/newsid=2042620.html#edinburgh+sevens+day+latest

Come on SARACENS!!!!

what's the score?

Farrell just scored a penalty, 22-15 to Saracens!

I started this game as a neutral, but I'm firmly won over to the Saracens cause at this point.

22-18

Saracens concede from the kick-off

Their discipline will be the only reason they lose this, if the do lose. Leicester have contributed nothing in truth.

see I'm in a dilemma with this match as I dislike both sides, tis the main reason why I haven't bothered to find a link to watch this one, not sure I'd find it enjoyable.

Sounds a close, tough encounter though which was to be expected I guess.

I quite like Saracens as a team, but I would have said I was a neutral before the game.

In terms of the rugby played. Saracens deserve it. And they have an Ulsterman at the helm.

I wanted Sarries to win. They've got more likeable since Ventner has left. They also do play good rugby and its nice to see a new team succeed.

that's fair enough Notch


Oooo, Scrum V starts in five minutes!

I really hope Saracens can hold on for the win. Not that I'm a fan, but they're playing Leicester. I can't like them.

Scrum V time!

I see two of RTE's Irish Try of the Season were in the same game - Munster v Ulster. Leinster being the boring team they are got no nominee

ah fair play that was a nice opening to the programme, I'm even feeling a bit nervous now, so God only knows how you Munster and Leinster fans are feeling! Good Luck to both!

This game. 32 phases on the Saracens line in the final minute with four points in it, still going.

And Saracens hold out!

I can;t believe it, Leicester put 32 phases together right under their posts and they held out until they conceded a penalty. Then Leicester tap and go and out another 10 or so phases together but they hold out!

Incredible stuff. Dramatic finish to a mediocre game.

well done Saracens then, guess it's nice for there to be a new winner in the English Premiership

Believe.

Now if I'd been watching that, there would have been a sense of inevitability that Leicester would cross the line and win. I'm so glad the Sarries held out!

Pundits are Saying:

Conor O'Shea backs Munster to win.
Brent Pope says too close to call.
George Hook says Leinster to win. He says only Howlett and O'Connell would make Leinster team.

The conscenus from the panel is that a Munster win is the best thing that Irish rugby could get. And that Declan Kidney will be the most worried man in the stadium as he watches his team tear each other apart.

Do we agree/disagree with this stuff?

Is Connor Murray a potential bolter for the Irish World Cup squad, or will it come to soon for him?

Leinster are rattled :run1:

This is a hugely fast pace to this game, really frantic and turnovers for both sides.

Tis going to be a cracker!

Jeennnnoooooo.

Glad to see that penalty from Nigel. Silly by Munster.

I'm definitely predicting a Leinster win!

Notch wrote:If the law of diminishing returns applies here, I wouldn't hold much hope for IV.

I can confirm what Stag said about Pirates of the Caribbean 4. It is actually very good and better than 2 and 3 but not quite at the standard of the original.

Great win for Saracens. Good for the Premiership having a new winner.

If that final was 'mediocre' I give a lot of credit to both defences. Especially Sarries. They did their homework and stationed two men on either side of each ruck to stop Youngs sniping. Plus their workrate to get back into a solid defensive formation was phenomenal. Brits may not be the best technical hooker but he is streets ahead of any other 2 with ball in hand.

Enjoy the ML final peeps.

Barnes v McFadden - and the Kerryman comes out on top!!!!

Sexton shows his true colours

doug howlett what a howler!

silly by Howlett, stupid penalty to give away.

Can't believe the battle at the breakdown so far, surely both teams can't keep this up for the full 80?!

Silly by Howlett but its a fine line and was very nearly legal. Wouldn't criticise him too much.

Dreamer - we have the likes of Paul Warwick, Denis Leamy, Mick O'Driscoll, Peter Stringer and Johne Murphy to come on.

TRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He runs it in!! :run2:

Stag - true that, I forget you've got a v good bench.

Good try that for Howlett and O'Gara get's the kick!

7-0

I am going to give credit of that try to the Scrum V commentators.

"can you believe that Munster haven't scored against Leinster in their last 6 matches..."

5 seconds later Munster score. Typical!