General Chat

Now Hampshire v Lancs

Come on the red rose.

Hants won toss and bat.

I'm only posting the big moments and scores today!

I cannot multi task! :-D :-D :-D

Ireland's Soldier's Song

The two Kearney brothers Rob and Dave are playing 15 & 14 positions today!

Now my favourite Irish one

Ireland's Call

My Irish OH is torn today!

So he's not in his Alun-Wyn Jones T-Shirt today! :-| :-| :-D

First Cap today for Wales' TOMAS FRANCIS! Visually emotional!
He's lost a lot of weight to earn his place in the team!

My Leigh as usual singing his little heart out! <3

Now the Athems

First Mae Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau

I CAN HEAR YOU KANDJ & OH ;-) :-D <3

HERE THEY COME!

The Irish led by lovely Paul O'Connell who plays his last International game on Irish soil!

The Welsh are led out by the returning George North who earns his 50th Cap today

Good Afternoon Rugby Fans :-) :-) :-)

If indeed there actually are any rugby fans looking and, and not just me! :-D :-D :-D

I'm sitting here in my red LEIGH HALFPENNY T-SHIRT :-D :-D :-D

Here it is!
http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/keepsafe/asset/details/18180702

Also my daffodil and red dangly earrings

10 MINUTES! :-D :-D :-D

15 MINUTES TO GO!

IRELAND v WALES<3

Kick-Off 2.30pm

LIVE on SKY SPORTS 1 ....

...... and RADIO JEM ;-) :-D :-D

WALES' ....

MAE HEN WLAD FY NHADAU- THE WELSH NATIONAL ANTHEM
Mae hen wlad fy nhadau yn annwyl i mi,
Gwlad beirdd a chantorion, enwogion o fri; Ei gwrol ryfelwyr, gwladgarwyr tra mad,
Dros ryddid collasant eu gwaed

Cytgan/ Chorus Gwlad, gwlad, pleidiol wyf i'm gwlad.
Tra môr yn fur i'r bur hoff bau,
O bydded i'r hen iaith barhau.

and if you want to sing along when the time comes...

HERE ARE THE ANTHEM LYRICS!

IRELAND

A SOLDIER’S SONG
We'll sing a song, a soldier's song,
With cheering rousing chorus,
As round our blazing fires we throng,
The starry heavens o'er us;
Impatient for the coming fight,
And as we wait the morning's light,
Here in the silence of the night,
We'll chant a soldier's song.

Chorus:
Soldiers are we
whose lives are pledged to Ireland;
Some have come
from a land beyond the wave.
Sworn to be free,
No more our ancient sire land
Shall shelter the despot or the slave.
Tonight we man the gap of danger
In Erin's cause, come woe or weal
"Mid cannons" roar and rifles peal,
We'll chant a soldier's song.

In valley green, on towering crag,
Our fathers fought before us,
And conquered 'neath the same old flag
That's proudly floating o'er us.
We're children of a fighting race,
That never yet has known disgrace,
And as we march, the foe to face,
We'll chant a soldier's song.



Ireland's Call

Come the day and come the hour
Come the power and the glory
We have come to answer
Our Country's call
From the four proud provinces of Ireland

Ireland, Ireland
Together standing tall
Shoulder to shoulder
We'll answer Ireland's call

From the mighty Glens of Antrim
From the rugged hills of Galway
From the walls of Limerick
And Dublin Bay
From the four proud provinces of Ireland

Ireland, Ireland
Together standing tall
Shoulder to shoulder
We'll answer Ireland's call

Hearts of steel
And heads unbowing
Vowing never to be broken
We will fight, until
We can fight no more
From the four proud provinces of Ireland

Ireland, Ireland
Together standing tall
Shoulder to shoulder
We'll answer Ireland's Call

AND HERE'S MY WALES BOYS <3

Backs:
15. LEIGH HALFPENNY! ....YEY<3
14. Alex Cuthbert
13.Scott Williams
12. Jamie Roberts
11. George North
10. Dan Biggar
9. Rhys Webb

Forwards:
1. Gethin Jenkins
2. Ken Owens
3. Tomas Francis
4. Bradley Davies
5. Alun Wyn Jones ( Captain)
6. Dan Lydiate
7. Justin Tipuric
8. Taulupe Faletau

Replacements:
16. Scott Baldwin
17. Paul James
18. Aaron Jarvis
19. Luke Charteris
20. James King
21. Gareth Davies
22. Rhys Priestland
23. Hallam Amos


YES IT'S THE A TEAM! :-D :-D :-D <3

Here again are the two teams in today's match

First the host country

IRELAND TEAM

Backs:
15 Rob Kearney
14. Dave Kearney
13. Luke Fitzgerald
12. Robbie Henshaw
11. Keith Earls
10. Johnny Sexton
9. Conor Murray

Forwards:
1. Jack McGrath
2. . Richardt Strauss
3. Nathan White
4. Iain Henderson
5. Paul O'Connell Captain
6. Peter O'Mahony
7. Jordi Murphy
8. Jamie Heaslip


Replacements:
16. Sean Cronin
17. Dave Kilcoyne
18. Tadhg Furlong
19. Donnacha Ryan
20. Sean O'Brien
21. Eoin Reddan
22. Paddy Jackson
23. Felix Jones


IRELAND HAVE THEIR BIG GUNS TODAY! :-D :-D :-D

IRELAND'S TWO!

SOLDIER'S SONG

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysXPUg8GLQ0


IRELAND'S CALL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ufcQe5D27s&list=RD4ufcQe5D27s

TIME FOR PRACTICING THE ANTHEMS! :-D :-D :-D :-D

MAE HEN WLAD FY NHADAU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNtybd7kTqo

In honour of Irish Captain Paul O'Connell's last International Game on Home Turf....

A TRIBUTE TO PAUL O'CONNELL.... THE IRISH LEGEND

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fC4wwVzMzmM

WELSH MEN BORN & BRED

New Song For All Welsh Sport

"Rhymney Silurian Male Choir".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7xDIB59KEg

I'm a Black Country Girl. :-D

Ta rah a bit :-D

I guess it's not Northants that you are supporting then Pat?

:-( :-( :-(

JEM’S GEMS......

........GEORGE NORTH

Wales and Northampton Saints Winger, George North, has been named in the Wales Starting Lineup to face Ireland on Saturday.
When he steps out onto the pitch of the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on Saturday, George will have won his 50th CAP for WALES.

CONGRATULATIONS GEORGE<3

George reached the landmark of winning his 50th INTERNATIONAL CAP ( 47 Caps for Wales and 3 Caps for the British & Irish Lions) when Wales played France during the Six Nations Championship in February of this year.


INJURIES:

George has had a terrible 2014-15 Season, with no less than FOUR HEAD INJURIES in five months. He suffered a series of head injuries while playing for Wales in the Autumn Season, and also The Six Nations Championship.

He has not played since the Northampton v Wasps game in March of this year. Northampton beat the wasps 52-30 but poor George was knocked unconscious whilst scoring his 2nd Try, and has not played rugby since.

The incident while playing in his last Northampton game involved Wasps’ NATHAN HUGHES who was Yellow Carded for catching George’s head with his knee. The RFU Disciplinary Committee investigated the incident, and Hughes was found guilty. He was banned from playing for three weeks.


George, who was also chosen to play for the British & Irish Lions in 2013, is now fit. He has passed all the necessary cognitive tests and has been training hard for the past 2 months, including playing in a training match.


PLAYER PROFILE

Name: George Philip North
Born: April 13th 1992 at King’s Lynn, England
Brought Up: Anglesey, North Wales (from aged 2)
Height: 6ft 4ins
Weight: 17st 2lbs

Parentage: English Father and Welsh Mother

Schools: Ysgol Uwchradd Bodedern(Bodedern Secondary School); Llandovery College

Languages: English; Fluent Welsh


CAREER
Playing Position: Wing / Outside Centre

CLUBS:
Llandovery (2010); Scarlets (2010-2013); Northampton Saints (2013- )

NATIONAL TEAMS
Wales U16; Wales U18; Wales (from 2010) British & Irish Lions (2013)


LOVE LIFE
In a relationship with Welsh Professional Cyclist and Gold Medallist BECKY JAMES

AMBASSADORSHIP
North became ambassador for Welsh Children's Cancer Charity LATCH Wales in January 2012.


WELCOME BACK GEORGE!

RADIO JEM WISHES GEORGE A WONDERFUL RUGBY WORLD CUP!
:-) :-) :-)