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Dupont had a decent tournament... Looked great against the weaker teams at the end. He's not a serious contender this year. Still a great player though.

Seems to be a lot of buthurt Welsh fans about the Lowe try. I was amazed that it was given, but can understand it on the basis of the question asked/on-field decision. It had no impact on the result, and we we done by a bad non-decision ourselves, so meh. The Wales situation is a funny one... They ...

Some stats that speak for themselves: Tackles France 271 Ireland 186 Doris: 115m gained Penaud: 134m gained Doris is a machine. Some turn around from the old days when Ireland would blow themselves out after 60 mins, now we are the fittest. Happy to see our scrum hold up against the behemots. Still...

BERNOL RATINGS - Ramos 3 - Moefana 4 - Ntamack 4 - Alldritt 4 (not sure how he gets the same as Ntamack. Whilst he was way too quiet, nowhere near as many foul ups as Ntamack. - Willemse 3 - Atonio 4 With those performances, the result really wasn't being contested. For those in France, the score i...

So.... Doris?.. best player in the world right now?

Gumboot wrote: ↑Sat Feb 11, 2023 3:08 pm Terrific first half. France trying to play too much rugby from inside their 22.

Not by choice

Definite red, no question.... But I'm kind of glad it wasn't given (in context of the game, not the bigger picture for the sport)

Does anyone know any stuff similar to Devil's Spoke by Laura Marling? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDJPRRUH07k It's sort of sinister folk music I guess. The minutiae of genres like metalcore are more my forte, so I don't really know where to start looking for this. She's got a few other similar ...

Frop.E wrote: ↑Fri Feb 10, 2023 5:09 pm A lot of noobs on this forum, not gonna lie.

The rabble on here should be honoured to be graced by the presence of their PR overlords.

CM11 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 10, 2023 4:49 pm What time is u20s?

8pm.... We're last on. The other two are 7 and 7.15

Uncle fester wrote: ↑Fri Feb 10, 2023 2:06 pm They are firing missiles from Transnistria into Ukraine?
That's stock they won't be able to replenish in a hurry.

Think they came from the black sea.

HighKingLeinster wrote: ↑Thu Feb 09, 2023 7:59 pm How the fuck are the english and scottish threads 300+ pages here? And we are 12???

Challenge accepted

I can’t remember an Irish bench with as much impact as this one . Apart from Ross Byrne they’ll all bring speed or huge physicality. Sheehan’s absence will be felt though , no getting around that. Despite his lack of game time/fitness there's something mildly reassuring about seeing Kelleher's name...

Congrats. Emphatic

Come on Scotland! You've got this. Don't let the side down!

You get the impression from those calls that eventually, at some stage, the entire Russian war effort is just going to grind to a halt. They'll find the people from somewhere but the food, the vehicles etc that are needed to keep an army going are just going to run out.

T62s Jesus christ. https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1530921646160334848.html 40 years old my arse; they're 50+ years old, & may have had a new engine installed, or some other upgrades, but fundamentally they're still a slightly up-armored 1950s tank, that was retired because it was too slow t...

Hope that doesn't happen for their sakes. War like that will exhaust them I really don't understand this mentality.... A nation of nearly 50 million people, trained, funded and supplied with the most advanced weapon systems available, by the richest nations on earth, passionately defending their ho...

One game to go : Leinster lead on 62 points. Second, third and fourth on 56 points. Fifth 55 points. Sixth 53 points. Seventh and eighth 50 points. The word that would strike me is, competitive, rather than weak. That would be correct. While it may not have been true in the past, the addition of th...

Never has been. It's the "price" that is paid for having a competitive domestic comp. The pay off is exactly that: T14 and GP are far bigger commercial draws. URC, like all its predecessors, is sh*te watched by one man and his sheep. The Irish have found a formula that works for them in t...

Never has been. It's the "price" that is paid for having a competitive domestic comp. The pay off is exactly that: T14 and GP are far bigger commercial draws. URC, like all its predecessors, is sh*te watched by one man and his sheep. The Irish have found a formula that works for them in t...

I'd also question how many commentators here have cast even a casual glance at the URC league table. I think the sides placed 2,3,4 are all on the same points with 5,6 two points down. Doesn't get much closer than that.

The amount of whining in this thread is embarrassing. An Irish team hasn't won the thing in five years. There were 3 French teams in the semi finals, Toulouse have won it more times than anyone... But it's just not fair because... Eh Ireland?

It's not really magnificent is it. And flying for 12 hours down to South Africa to play with jetlag in the African summer won't make it any easier for English and French teams that have domestic league matches a few days after they fly 12 hours back will it. It's a dog's breakfast. And the URC team...

Current clubs/Franchises salary gaps 7. URC (South Africa) = £3-million (ZAR60-million) 6. Super Rugby (New Zealand & Australia) = £3.2-million (ZAR64-million) 5. URC (Scotland) = £4.2-million (ZAR83-million) 4. URC (Wales) = £5-million (ZAR99-million) 3. Premiership (England) = £5-million (ZAR...

OomStruisbaai wrote: ↑Sat Apr 23, 2022 4:02 pm
happytramp wrote: ↑Sat Apr 23, 2022 3:53 pm The booing at the kicker
ja that's shite. Our kickers get motivated by it. When we played up north, the silence upset them.

Ulster and Glasgow like a bit of booing, they might have been more at home there.

Think Sharks will win here.

The booing at the kicker

Hugo wrote: ↑Sat Apr 16, 2022 5:51 pm Agreed.

Its probably the worst thing I've ever seen on a rugby pitch. The incident is a very black mark on the game.

No way. That time the two New Zealand guys killed BOD with a spear tackle was way worse. He actually died.

Chilli wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 4:41 pm Maybe keep the Italians, drop the Welsh for the Boks?

Now that's an idea worth considering!

We'll stick with Italians lads.... Don't forget to close the door on your way out

Aye it definitely niggles (and then some) but I don’t remember many close games in the last decade + Really? You'd have won in 2020 if Hogg hadn't dropped the ball over the line instead of grounding it..... The 'Bar Napoli Six' had better hope there's no more of that or there'll be fingers pointed

Yeah, they really gouge you on the price. It's pure 'nostalgia' tax.

Although I'll play it with my kid when he's old enough so I should get good use out of it...and I've been watching a load of YouTube videos on painting the miniatures so it'll kind of be a hobby doing it up over the next few months.

I don't care what my girlfriend says ... I think it's cool!

OomStruisbaai wrote: ↑Sun Feb 27, 2022 6:29 pm France will be hot WC favorites next year. Wide gap between them and the 6 nations rest. Springbokke will give them a go.

If by wide gap, you mean 6pts at home against Ireland and 4 against a pi$$ weak Wales then, yeah, you're spot on.

Smith looks like an absolute banger at punishing mistakes from the tee. As in misses a few? If so true, but it's probably going to improve an awful lot in the coming seasons as it looks like his work ethic is excellent Sure, but he's also scored almost as many penalties as Russell, Biggar and Sexto...

Lads, is there any chance of England doing Ireland a favour and beating France next weekend?... Is it a remote possibility or should I just give up the dream? More chance of finding a pork chop in a synagogue. France will utterly shame this England team by 25-30 points You're probably right.. altho...

Lads, is there any chance of England doing Ireland a favour and beating France next weekend?... Is it a remote possibility or should I just give up the dream?

OomStruisbaai wrote: ↑Tue Mar 08, 2022 12:09 pm You lot need the Springboks to sell tickets

For sheer value for money they can't be beat. 120min games for the price of 80.

Yeeb wrote: ↑Mon Mar 07, 2022 1:12 pm
happytramp wrote: ↑Sun Mar 06, 2022 3:20 pm Cheers. Tried a couple of times but to no avail...I'll give it another bash.
From your username , are you Mrs Bimboman ?

I really hope not

Yeah, whenever I go through the registration process and submit my details it keeps returning me to the 'agree to terms of service' page. Tried on my phone and my laptop so not sure what the problem is. Might be because I've tried with both my emails already and the account never got activated.... s...

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