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1. Rodd
2. George
3. Fasogbon
4. Isiekwe
5. Batley
6. Kenningham
7. Curry
8. Willis
9. van Poortvliet
10. Ford
11. Roebuck
12. S. Atkinson
13. Ma’asi-White
14. Elliott
15. Carpenter

16. Dan
17. Baxter
18. Opoku-Fordjour
19. Clark
20. Ilione
21. Randall
22. C. Atkinson
23. Roebuck

No ...

1. Rodd
2. George
3. Fasogbon
4. Isiekwe
5. Batley
6. Kenningham
7. Curry
8. Willis
9. van Poortvliet
10. Ford
11. Roebuck
12. S. Atkinson
13. Ma’asi-White
14. Elliott
15. Carpenter

16. Dan
17. Baxter
18. Opoku-Fordjour
19. Clark
20. Ilione
21. Randall
22. C. Atkinson
23. Roebuck

No Bath ...

What's your point is more the question. What's so special about Danny Care?

Start a fight in a fucking phonebox wouldn't you.

I'm not the bored archivist and commissioned to write a retrospective for any stalwart club man drawing time on their career.

I was sat down at my computer ...

Exeter do look to have pulled themselves together a bit, but Quins definitely look like they could be taking the match more seriously.

I didn't do it for Courtney Lawes last season either. What's your point?

What's your point is more the question. What's so special about Danny Care ...

Fairly apt that Danny Care finished his rugby career with a complete brain fart fuck up.

Exeter do look to have pulled themselves together a bit, but Quins definitely look like they could be taking the match more seriously.

Last run out at the Stoop for Danny Care today. Obviously he started off at Leeds, but he moved on pretty early and after 19 seasons(!) in a quartered jersey ...

Last run out at the Stoop for Danny Care today. Obviously he started off at Leeds, but he moved on pretty early and after 19 seasons(!) in a quartered jersey he's very firmly Mr. Quins. That sort of run at a single club is pretty unusual these days.

He's been at the heart of Quins greatest ...

Lady P wrote: Sat May 17, 2025 4:05 pm
Kawazaki wrote: Sat May 17, 2025 4:04 pm Absolute daylight robbery.

TMO shit himself and could not say what was plainly obvious.

This is scandalous.
It was totally forward but evens up the many forward passes in Saracens’ last try.

Jesus wept.

Absolute daylight robbery.

TMO shit himself and could not say what was plainly obvious.

This is scandalous.

Paddington Bear wrote: Fri May 16, 2025 11:21 pm Lot of rugby still to run so can’t totally pre-judge, but Bristol haven’t looked like a playoff team for months now

Obvious statement but Sarries really need to beat Saints with a bonus point. That pushes Bristol out.

So much for Sarries getting an easy 5pts playing the Saints bin juice.

Ronseal. We've all met or heard horror stories of rugby players who are pricks so here's some positivity.

Every interview of a rugby player I've ever heard talking about Kev Mealamu says he is the nicest guy ever. I think it was Nick Evans who said that when he was a roommate of Kev he asked him ...

Saracens losing away at Newcastle is really coming back to bite Saracens in the arse. Add in the points lost from the inconceivable home loss to Quins and Saracens would now have enough points to be favourites for a home semi.

Only have themselves to blame.

Amazingly, Saracens have ended up in fourth after this round of matches and must now be favourites to finish in that fourth position.

Fifth on points difference!

I think Saracens are on 49pts and Sale are in 48pts.

Just seen that they're both on 49. I was using Flashscore which must ...

SaintK wrote: Sun May 11, 2025 9:07 am
Kawazaki wrote: Sat May 10, 2025 6:51 pm Amazingly, Saracens have ended up in fourth after this round of matches and must now be favourites to finish in that fourth position.
Fifth on points difference!

I think Saracens are on 49pts and Sale are in 48pts.

Amazingly, Saracens have ended up in fourth after this round of matches and must now be favourites to finish in that fourth position.

Dare I ask, what did Carley do this time?

I haven't seen any of the match.

Uncle fester wrote: Sat May 10, 2025 10:38 am Your bojo tribute act is a bit forced tago.

You'd still be bartering peat and potatoes without the Brits.

No, it’s not perfect. Can you just cut to the chase where you are going with this?

I'm not going anywhere.

Liberia and Ethiopia were never colonised, perhaps they're the ideal model for all African countries?

One with a vicious civil war not long ago and one in the middle of one ...

Well, there’s 60 million people no longer living under a regime discriminating by race

So things are all equal now and tickety-boo? Farms producing lots of wonderful produce for those 60m to eat etc?

No, it’s not perfect. Can you just cut to the chase where you are going with this ...

Can anyone tell me how South Africa is doing since Mandela liberated the oppressed masses?

Well, there’s 60 million people no longer living under a regime discriminating by race

So things are all equal now and tickety-boo? Farms producing lots of wonderful produce for those 60m to eat ...

Can anyone tell me how South Africa is doing since Mandela liberated the oppressed masses?

Pre-latching is legal, as long as it's just one player who's not in front of the ball carrier.

Furlong is clearly impeding Pollock. That's illegal.

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The problem with you bogtrotter types is you don't read text properly.

112kg Doris running full ...

Conan is a specialist 8 tbf, but just having one in the squad certainly feels like an error. With half of the locks selected capable of playing blindside and six locks being quite a lot anyway, we certainly didn't need so many flankers

Farrell did say there are a couple of spots still to claim ...

There are players who're good but not much seems to happen, whereas with Pollock whether one thinks he's good or not stuff happens. Of course sometimes that stuff isn't him scoring but people running over him to score, as we saw Vs Leinster, but stuff does happen, and that's not nothing ...

I repeat, James Ryan is a clear homer selection. He can only play at lock, he can't play anywhere else. And for some reason Farrell had picked 6 locks in a 38-man squad. He's just not at the same level and offers nothing extraordinary. Meanwhile, in the row behind, there are no specialist no.8s in ...

Pre-latching is legal, as long as it's just one player who's not in front of the ball carrier.

Furlong is clearly impeding Pollock. That's illegal.

He was also the top tackler in the match with 18 completed (15 of which were inside the Saints’ half). Pollock also hit the most defensive rucks ...

Two million deaths, mass rape and 18 million people displaced or continue with more than a century of multicultural peace under British rule?

Think the wobblies will have a target on Pollock from the get go, upper class, pom 'wunderkind', that has the English meeja and pundits circle jerking, irresistible bait.

He is very good though.

There are players who're good but not much seems to happen, whereas with Pollock whether one ...

It'll be an interesting tour as even the old sweats like Ford and George will want to go to be match fit for the inevitable Lions injuries.

I'm going with this as the 23 for Argentina, won't be what Borthers takes.

Obano
George
Fasogbon
Ewels
Coles
Hill
Curry
Willis

JVP
Ford

Roebuck
Dingwall ...

Paddington Bear wrote: Thu May 08, 2025 2:18 pm Daly - you love to see it

Yep, he's absolute quality.

Just seen the squad.

I think James Ryan is very very lucky indeed. No chance he gets picked if the Lions coach wasn't also the Irish coach. IMHO, Tom Willis can count himself very very unlucky.

all the best Lions captains have been super double hard bastards (McBride, Jonno, Calder) and there just aren't any this time round.

Virtually everyone who plays test rugby is a very hard bastard. It's fucking brutal.

Tom Curry is, by most accounts, a crazy motherfucker with zero thoughts for ...

Haha, is that real? A 40 quid event just ot see some names read out? The Lions really is a shameless concept these days.

Its true that they are charging for tickets to see the Lions squad announcement, but you've got the prices wrong. The lowest cost, including additional booking ...

Unconfirmed but rumour has it that Exeter have spoken to Stuart Lancaster taking the Head Coach role :shock:

He's bound to crop up somewhere back in England. He's a level 5 coach which means on paper he really knows his stuff. He's also got decades of experience operating at the very highest ...

Think most of us stopped watching super rugby a long time ago.

That’s right, let the scorn flow through you…

I used to watch it a fair bit back in the late 90s and early 00s, but then they kept changing the format, and I stopped being a student and that curtailed leisure time.

That ...

I just read Brian Moore's weakly effort on the Telegraph earlier about his Lions squad. I won't link it here as it's just utter garbage.

Talk about dialling it in. He's absolutely shite nowadays.

Tichtheid wrote: Sun May 04, 2025 3:33 pm Merkler is 23 apparently.

EQP isn't he?

... it’s unclear how Dingwall has ever really been out of favour for England

Because the England coaches are utterly shite?

Exhibit B: Alex Lozowski

.........how many caps has Slade got?

The weird insane obsession England coaches attribute to sunk-cost experience means the more ...

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