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Under the Bridge - All Saints

Teardrop - Newton Faulkner

In fact anything that Newton Faulkner destroyed !

Absolute travesty’s !

I was as gutted at the end of that match as I would have been had it been Glasgow.

Edinburgh looked excellent again and with all the missing first choice players this bodes very well for the future.

As for the ref, what exactly was it that Sam Skinner did to warrant a yellow card ?

The refs ...

Henko V - 12 week ban reduced down to 6.

Didn’t expect much different tbh.

A fully Irish and Scottish backline will probably see some wailing and gnashing of teeth but it's hard to argue with any of those picks.

The forwards will be much more mixed and I think there is a strong chance there are no Scottish players in the starting pack, but reps from England, Wales ...

KingBlairhorn wrote: Sat Mar 29, 2025 9:30 pm Some of the warriors passing in that game was simply joyous.

I had to check that I hadn’t accidentally hit a setting to make the app play at 1.5 speed at one stage. Some of the passing and interplay was more like something in a movie or highlights reel than real time.

Jamie Ritchie really is back to his best !

Perpignan have struck gold with him signing up !

dpedin wrote: Thu Mar 20, 2025 4:10 pm
KingBlairhorn wrote: Thu Mar 20, 2025 4:01 pm Surprise surprise, Mauvaka banned for 6 games (reduced to 3) for his headbutt. Great help to Scotland that.
I am surprised that nothing more has been said about the referees' faulty interpretation of the law on the day?

Nothing could have surprised me less if I’m honest.

Glasgow Warriors for Munster

The big news is that wrecking ball that is Sione Vailanu is back after over a year out - good to see big Nonz back, along with the return of Captain Kyle.

Hastings reverts to Stand-off after is less than glowing performance at Fullback against the Ospreys

Patrick ...

Can’t pretend to keep a detailed account, but in 2022 England were almost totally dominant at scrums and were rewarded with a series of clock killing resets, particularly at the end when a penalty could/would have set up a winning score. I feel there were other major gripes, honestly can’t ...

Refereeing was a major contributor to Scotland’s wins over England in 2018 and 2022, off the top of my head. I will concede that you seem to be getting the wrong side of the coin a fair amount recently, equally this could all change very quickly and you’ll get a run of 50/50s.

We also tend ...

Precisely.
I reckon it evens itself out over a competition
You guys seem to feel it a bit more.

I would absolutely love to see Scotland decisions that we were given that evens out the jokeshop refereeing vs England: clear hold up, Itoje doing a handstand at a ruck in his 22, the referee ...

Have we ever had a bunker decision upgraded to red in our favour ?

That England result is exactly the kind of score we should have put on Wales last week. The difference between our high points and low points in a match are frightening. It’s like some sort of SuperMario power up button gets pressed and the players collectively turn to dribbling idiots who don’t ...

vball wrote: Thu Mar 06, 2025 2:01 pm Thoughts on going from 6/2 to a 5/3 split?

Great to see Darcy Graham back. He will want to score tries for sure.

With the shocking luck we seem to have it scares me every time !

I have no fears with Glasgow doing it though !

I hate to moan about officials, but after the France game at Murrayfield last year I decided it would be my last 6N trip. I have no problem with Scotland losing, I’ve seen it often enough for it to be water off a ducks back. But I’ve seen these absolutely bizarre officials decisions too many times ...

inactionman wrote: Sun Feb 23, 2025 8:40 am
SomersetJock wrote: Sun Feb 23, 2025 8:38 am BBC really are horrendous at rugby highlights, didn’t even show the England try for some reason
Are you talking about the 5 min highlights on iplayer? They showed the try.

Is this some weird whoosh I'm not getting?

No, the highlights on the news this morning !

BBC really are horrendous at rugby highlights, didn’t even show the England try for some reason

Let’s be honest, the average English fan, journalist and ex player couldn’t give a toss about non Scottish born players pulling on a Scotland shirt.

What they really object to is when there are ones who run through them and around them to score time and again !

We all miss Dan Parks, come ...

Let’s be honest, the average English fan, journalist and ex player couldn’t give a toss about non Scottish born players pulling on a Scotland shirt.

What they really object to is when there are ones who run through them and around them to score time and again !

The problem is that the concussion checks are not an exact science, far from it. While there are some tests that are scored to help make the decision a lot of it is down to the ability of the medic/people around the player watching for signs that something isn’t right.

I gave one of our lads a ...

Ireland by 45
Scotland by 3
France by 21

Finn and Darcy remain with the squad which is hopeful news,, Ross McCann, Cam Redpath join the squad along with Ali Price fresh from that worldy performance against Zebra last week

What’s with the sudden inclusion of the players’ school teams in the line-up? I know the SRU allocate pro players to Premiership clubs, but that’s not what’s going on here, given the inclusion of teams in SA and England.

It's "Origin Round" where the league celebrates players amateur clubs ...

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It’s probably sour grapes but I genuinely think we’ve been really hard done by here. We’ve been shit, but we have got nothing from the ref.

Ireland got away with lots at the breakdown.

Don't worry it ...

Seems extremely worrying for the game if that Adams hit is considered not a high level of danger.

He does slow before contact but then propels himself into the hit and makes direct head to head contact with Garbisi.

We all know it’s nonsense so that the secret 6N law which states that players ...

Just listened to the BBC podcast, they were an awful lot happier with Saturday than us miserable gits

I was a lot happier on Sunday once I watched it again without the pressure of us losing it.

Finn definitely had a poor game but was still heavily involved in most things we did well. His ...

Italy V Wales Italy by 8
England V France France by 12
Scotland V Ireland Scotland by 5

Slick wrote: Sat Feb 01, 2025 6:30 am No coincidence that the 3 who wanted Wales to lose the most are Scots I’m sure

And this one lives in Wales now !

Sat in the Cardiff Blues coaching box at the Arms park about to watch Scotland on my phone and RGC on the pitch !

Sandstorm wrote: Fri Jan 31, 2025 10:14 pm Round 1 to SomersetJock

Boom

Speaking of Jack Mann - he has signed a contract for next year for Gloucester

The budget cuts are hitting Glasgow hard, Glasgow now very much a selling club, desperately disappointing for such a promising player

I suppose while we get to celebrate players like Sione T and the Fagersons signing ...

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The name Alexander Masibaka will be well googled this morning !

Mother is a bit easier to bat back when the inevitable comes
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I’ve given up batting back, best to ignore the hypocritical ...

The name Alexander Masibaka will be well googled this morning !

TheNatalShark wrote: Sun Jan 26, 2025 4:10 pm Weir getting that touchline conversion with no more than a couple of seconds pause, in these conditions... pretty good.

He has certainly redeemed himself a couple
If times since my original post.

Duncan Weir could do with some coaching from Euan Ferrie on finding distance when kicking to touch !

Just seen some weather footage from Troon on the news, it’s been wild down here at times lately but that looked different level.

Stay safe up there everyone !

Smith back for Glasgow, Patterson back for Edinburgh.

Finally some good news on the injury front

France by 45
Scotland by 15
England by 5

charltom wrote: Thu Jan 23, 2025 3:19 pm
SomersetJock wrote: Thu Jan 23, 2025 1:53 pm
Biffer wrote: Thu Jan 23, 2025 1:15 pm

I'm with you on Wales, apart from the sad bit.
Yep, me too, I’m enjoying it too much

It’s all the more pleasurable as their decline has happened since I moved here
That's not Alastair, is it?

Nope, definitely not an Alastair

I've reached a couple of conclusions in my approach to this 6 nations:

1) I don't buy the now or never, because broadly speaking I think this group of players will have this 6 nations, 2026 6 nations, 2027 6 nations and the world cup.
2) Success for me this year is being in with a shot to win ...

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