If you've played any of my sporting prediction games before you can use the same login. For those of you who haven't played before, it's free & fairly straightforwards, plus you can view all their world cup/6 nations results from the last few years. Refill won in 2010 and 2011 - can anyone stop him this year? Can I carry my form from the Rugby World Cup into the 6 nations?
http://gandalfgames.net/predictions/
My brief assessments of the teams....
England - now entering a new era, free of the shadow of 2003 (JW & other players from then retired, Martin Johnson not coaching anymore). A lot of young players. Don't think they'll be challenging for the title this year, more about building for the future.
France - well, they nearly won the World Cup, despite only playing well in 1 game (the final). Good players for sure, now their mad coach has left maybe they can pull together as a team & achieve great things. Or maybe they'll just lose to Italy again last year. Who knows?
Ireland - Beat Australia in the World Cup which is an obvious plus for them, but on the flip side only beat Italy by 2 points last year. Not sure what to think of them. Opening game against Wales will be key to both teams.
Italy - Last 6 nations was a landmark for them as they beat France. They also almost beat Italy, but also showed they are still more than capable of being crap by getting thrashed by England (& inflating the English ego/expectations to hilarious proportions
). World cup was a bit disappointing for them though. They should be finishing 5th or 6th.Scotland - if they could catch balls properly they'd be a decent team! Legendary kicker Chris Patterson has retired now but kicking isn't really an issue for them. Will this finally be the year they get a top 4 finish? If so they will probably have to beat England or France at home, something that is within their reach juding by recent matches between them.
Wales - Played some great rugby in the last 12 months, but often coming up *just* short in the big games. Shane Williams leaves big boots to fill, but there is talent there to fill it. No massive strength in depth though so they need a low injury count.
