All games Sat Nov 10

Saturday 10 November 2012

All times UK/GMT. Deduct 6 hrs for Houston

Internationals

England v Fiji, Twickenham, 14.30,
Wales v Argentina, Millennium Stadium, 14.30,
Italy vs Tonga           14:00
Ireland v South Africa, Aviva Stadium, 17.30
France v Australia, Stade de France, 20.00

French Top 14

Clermont Auvergne vs Toulon    15:00
Stade Francais vs Agen    17:00
Racing Metro Paris vs Mont de Marsan    17:00
Grenoble vs Bayonne    18:30
Bordeaux-Begles vs Castres    18:30
Biarritz vs Perpignan    18:30

LV=Cup

Northampton vs Harlequins    13:00  Quins by 5
Bath vs Newport-Gwent D'gons    14:15  Bath by 18
Worcester vs Scarlets    15:00  Worcester by 8

Access games via Internet

Once again go to wiziwig.tv and/or vipboxsports.eu for internet coverage.
Another trick is to hide your IP address behind a VPN such as Tor . There are many free ones.

Then you can access some of the games straight from the UK TV channels.
Often times it is best to get a VPN from the country where the broadcast is originating, thereby telling the broadcaster that you are local.
Go to wiziwig and click on software. All the in depth guides are there.

I also have Sopcast and Veetle on my computer in case the regular flash feed is not so good.



I'll post more info when I see team sheets.

The first game I've looked at so far is the Italy vs Tonga game.
Ordinarily I would have said Italy by 20 points. I would have presumed they would have a full 23 playing in pro leagues which they have, and Tonga would have trouble fielding a team. Not so.
Tonga have probably one of their strongest teams I have seen in quite a while.
Tonga have 5 amateurs in the run on side and a couple in the reserves. The pros are quality players.
This could be close, but I still say Italy by 12.

I don't even need to look hard at England vs Fiji game.
England have quite a few relatively inexperienced international players. But they are all pros.
Fiji have 10 pros in their 23 .
I honestly believe you cannot stack up a team of pros against a team of partials and expect the amateurs to come out on top or even get within 20 pts.
England by 32