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He used to really piss me off when was playing for Wales but I now find Dan Biggar one of the best pundits, very good analysis and encyclopedic knowledge. Think he'd be a real asset to any coaching team. It was always said that he was a terrific bloke away from the pitch. I kind of liked him for that

The vids I've watched doing the Lions match 1 squads seem pretty set starting backline of Dickson-Park, Russel Tuipulotu/Aki Jones/Henshaw VdM Kinghorn/Keenan Lowe/Kinghorn Zander is the only one starting in the Pack. Any way weeks to go and only Andy Farrell is picking the team. It'll be really in...

Tichtheid wrote: ↑Wed Apr 02, 2025 1:17 pm The old knee is playing up, slowing my approach to the breakdown there

Uncle fester wrote: ↑Wed Apr 02, 2025 11:33 am It needs to come to Ireland you bunch of scaldy pricks

Oh, can we have another vote?

Only c69 has mentioned the key elephant in room about what can a govt do about Uk economy , whilst all you armchair Tory and Labour bashers waffle - that elephant being state pension & the triple lock. It’s by far and away the single biggest drain on UK plc finances, and as 75% of health spendi...

Uncle fester wrote: ↑Tue Apr 01, 2025 9:17 pmRule 1?

Was worried it might be a bit creepy, so thanks for saying that.

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I keep getting "articles" on Facebook from various sources seemingly wanting van der Merwe to be injured out of the Lions tour, one is called Rugby Addicts, another is Ruck and there was one which I can't recall the name. I know it's clickbait, but it's pretty low at the same time imo. Th...

Any of you experts got an idea where this might end? Most popular I guess is that the US capitulates to just about everything and Ukraine gets screwed, but is there also a possibility that Trump has enough, massively sanctions Russia and starts throwing money at Ukraine, for a while? The US can't f...

Any of you experts got an idea where this might end?

Most popular I guess is that the US capitulates to just about everything and Ukraine gets screwed, but is there also a possibility that Trump has enough, massively sanctions Russia and starts throwing money at Ukraine, for a while?

That’ll be a long time without a world cup in Europe… By Europe we really mean France and England, and anyway, if it was actually a World Cup it's not an odd thing Europe would have to wait. For myself at least I'm sanguine about the event going outside Europe, less so somewhere that's an autocracy...

Not sure if I've ever mentioned my possible night out with Sarkozy before. Me and my girlfriend, now wife, were in a posh club in Paris and met with three girls from Birmingham who we ended up having a great time with. Towards the end of the evening this guy comes up to us who was the absolute spitt...

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KingBlairhorn wrote: ↑Tue Apr 01, 2025 7:39 am Bloody hell, Finn Russell has signed for Edinburgh next season. Didn't see that coming.
Nearly

Yes, nearly.

Not even trying to hide it anymore. Aid workers slaughtered, buried in shallow graves along with their ambulance and at least one of them with arms tied. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/31/israel-killed-15-palestinian-paramedics-and-rescue-workers-one-by-one-says-un?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_...

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Nice one Enz, you seem to be on a bit of a streak

Well, at least they have a plan B...? :crazy: And what do you know ....... a few days after I suggested Iran, the US has moved a sizable percentage of their B-2 bombers to DG; their preferred location for bombing Iran ! For several days in a row, the United States has been concentrating its B-2 Spi...

Slightly odd story - she says she only has 4 days to live after an accident

Virginia Giuffre in hospital after 'serious accident', spokesperson says https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yl5vle2nmo

A lot of it is in jest and a reaction to the amount of shit we get from some quarters It's exactly that. And anyway, if a fox is born in a byre it doesn't make it a cow. And another thing, when Freddy Douglas and Henry Pollock went head to head for the U20s Douglas was the better player, even in de...

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Tichtheid wrote: ↑Sun Mar 30, 2025 4:13 pm I'm catching up with the Toulouse game from yesterday, the coms guy has just said that Blair Kinghorn carried for more metres this year than anyone in the whole history of the Six Nations.

Coincidently I saw today that he was miles ahead in this years 6N, but that is a ridiculous stat!

Also youths. Former players will bring their kids and that keeps the whole show going. Get a girls/womens team going also. Stale, pale male clubs are a thing of the past. Clubs need to be community focused. The ones losing senior status in Ireland are the ones that don't have that community setup. ...

Tim Visser in court on a domestic abuse charge. Ex-Scotland rugby star in court accused of domestic abuse https://www.thetimes.com/article/b41eeee9-e028-4ec3-94ab-ca43d0e7ebb0?shareToken=c8edbe823764876893dc270f0e787838 It's well known he's a wrong 'un (an arrogant twat, essentially), but I'm still...

A joy to see Finn having the haters spluttering again this morning

30 mins in and I don’t think the French have put it past the 10, just constant pick and go’s and offloads - they are very good at it but a surprisingly limited game plan

Scotland need to calm down and weather this storm or they are going to get overwhelmed

tabascoboy wrote: ↑Sat Mar 29, 2025 12:19 pm But tariffs are working!

MAGA!

There is a certain proprietary tone some Scots seem to take on as soon as they find out a player is Scotland qualified. Even if it's a grandparent qualification and the player has never been to Scotland it's assume he's their player and if he chooses to play for someone else then he's been poached....

Henry Pollock certainly looks very very gifted. Born in Oxfordshire, schooled in Buckinghamshire, learned to play club rugby in Northamptonshire, capped for England Schools, England U18s, England U20s, England A, and England... ...and still the Jocks call him a Scottish poach. Just the latest in a ...

Tim Visser in court on a domestic abuse charge.

Ex-Scotland rugby star in court accused of domestic abuse

https://www.thetimes.com/article/b41eee ... 0f0e787838

Possibly a bit over critical, but.I’m not sure how players like Cammy Scott and, to an extent, Thompson, get to be pro 10’s without being able to do the real basics of the position like fixing the defence and stopping the attacking line drifting

The Edinburgh shirt sponsors kind of reflect rugby in Scotland, a charity and a pub on the back of the kit

When did shoulder pads go out of the game? Saw a clip of Jonny Wilkinson today looking like Joan Collins but you don’t see it any more

That Darcy is a bit rubbish isn't he? (I'm going to rugby hell for that comment) Was just saying to my daughter that tonight had probably sealed his place on the Lions tour if it was ever in doubt. A performance impossible to ignore so far I love him and he should go but I don't think tonight will ...

Tichtheid wrote: ↑Fri Mar 28, 2025 8:35 pm That Darcy is a bit rubbish isn't he?

(I'm going to rugby hell for that comment)

Was just saying to my daughter that tonight had probably sealed his place on the Lions tour if it was ever in doubt. A performance impossible to ignore so far

King Donald has only ever had "friends" in a purely self-serving, transactional sense, and it's always worked out great, right? To him, it follows that taking the same approach to international relations can only lead to America winning bigly. And when things inevitably go badly and once ...

A gentle reminder that if the yield seems too good to be true, it's probably is actually too good to be true. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2r7enl3d1o The documentary last night was pretty awful to watch. The bit where the Essex wide boys and girls were celebrating in the pub thinking they ha...

Shame about the injuries but a job that needed to be done is being done. Against the bad teams you always hope your class players shine through and look a cut above the oppositio and I think that's happening. Jamie Ritchie is currently Scotlands best openside. Breakdown work has been class lately. ...

King Donald has only ever had "friends" in a purely self-serving, transactional sense, and it's always worked out great, right? To him, it follows that taking the same approach to international relations can only lead to America winning bigly. And when things inevitably go badly and once ...

Sandstorm wrote: ↑Fri Mar 28, 2025 8:20 pm Stormers bring fucking idiots and Ulster level the scores at half time.

Wow, wasn’t expecting that

Edinburgh 26 - 0 Dragons HT

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