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14th Mar 2015

‘Absolute bloody scandal’ alert: English Rugby Twitter account sends good luck message to Wales

Now they've done it

Patrick McCarry

If only we could go back and beat them all over again.

The official England Rugby Twitter account has crossed the lines of decency and sportsmanship by sending a ‘good luck’ message to the Welsh team, ahead of their Six Nations clash with Ireland today.

Following a loss to Ireland two weeks ago, England need to win their two remaining games and hope Ireland slip up today, or against Scotland, to have any hope of winning the championship.

Wisely, the Welsh have decided not to respond.

Kyran Bracken – the Dublin-born scrum-half that formerly played for England – has also hopped on the Welsh bandwagon.

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