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by dkm57
Wed Apr 02, 2025 5:38 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
Replies: 21899
Views: 1557191

Re: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread

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.
by dkm57
Wed Apr 02, 2025 5:03 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
Replies: 21899
Views: 1557191

Re: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread

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...
by dkm57
Wed Apr 02, 2025 11:20 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
Replies: 21899
Views: 1557191

Re: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread

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 int...
by dkm57
Sat Mar 29, 2025 8:28 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
Replies: 21899
Views: 1557191

Re: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread

Windy as F but good performance by Warriors hope they have enough of a lead in the conditions. Hastings 100% in these conditions is impressive.
by dkm57
Sun Mar 23, 2025 7:04 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Women's Rugby Thread
Replies: 1121
Views: 59429

Re: Women's Rugby Thread

Good performance by the women
by dkm57
Sat Mar 22, 2025 9:29 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
Replies: 21899
Views: 1557191

Re: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread

He was second tackler plenty of time to adjust but went in with his shoulder straight to head with tucked arm. Never anything else but a red.
by dkm57
Sat Mar 22, 2025 4:58 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
Replies: 21899
Views: 1557191

Re: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread

Utter lunacy and unnecessary by the younger Tuipulotu hope his brother puts him right.
by dkm57
Sat Mar 22, 2025 2:48 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
Replies: 21899
Views: 1557191

Re: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread

YAY Helen has visited and signed me into Premier Sports on my laptop so I'm sorted for rugby.

Oh and I got my stem cells put back yesterday. Another month in isolation so anything that helps pass the time is good.
by dkm57
Sat Mar 22, 2025 11:07 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
Replies: 21899
Views: 1557191

Re: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread

Only got to watch the highlights, thought Steyn looked good. Win is a win as the English would say
by dkm57
Sun Mar 09, 2025 3:44 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: 2025 6N thread
Replies: 3137
Views: 109815

Re: 2025 6N thread

A Game of rugby trying to break out but England determined to prevent that kind of thing.
by dkm57
Sun Mar 09, 2025 3:25 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: 2025 6N thread
Replies: 3137
Views: 109815

Re: 2025 6N thread

PCPhil wrote: Sun Mar 09, 2025 3:19 pm
dkm57 wrote: Sun Mar 09, 2025 3:16 pm Italy just have nothing to counter the Orc meatgrinder. Rugby losing badly.
Say it again. Go on, say it again.
repeat, still 60 minutes to go. Nice try though :lol:
by dkm57
Sun Mar 09, 2025 3:16 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: 2025 6N thread
Replies: 3137
Views: 109815

Re: 2025 6N thread

Italy just have nothing to counter the Orc meatgrinder. Rugby losing badly.
by dkm57
Sat Mar 08, 2025 4:08 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: 2025 6N thread
Replies: 3137
Views: 109815

Re: 2025 6N thread

Wow the good France turned up today.
by dkm57
Sat Mar 08, 2025 9:58 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
Replies: 21899
Views: 1557191

Re: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread

Really impressed by the lads. I started watching it prepared to switch to the Falcons/Bath if it got too gruesome. More than a few really good prospects in the Scotland squad.
by dkm57
Thu Mar 06, 2025 10:06 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: "I've got a lovely bunch of melenomas"..
Replies: 37
Views: 2507

Re: "I've got a lovely bunch of melenomas"..

Great news hope they stay away
by dkm57
Thu Mar 06, 2025 10:04 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
Replies: 21899
Views: 1557191

Re: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread

Jockaline wrote: Thu Mar 06, 2025 9:47 pm What are the chances of me watching the Scotland game on TV without finding our the score of the Ireland game. Slim I guess.
Slim to none
by dkm57
Thu Mar 06, 2025 11:26 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
Replies: 21899
Views: 1557191

Re: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread

Should is doing a lot of lifting there. How often have we been beaten by teams we should have cruised past. Wales have been a bogey team for years under Gatland's first term and looked pretty handy against Ireland while we lost against England in a game we should have won easily. I remain hopeful b...
by dkm57
Thu Feb 27, 2025 11:57 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
Replies: 21899
Views: 1557191

Re: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread

Wouldn't let Daley on the plane. Keenan at 15, Lowe and VdM wings, Gibson-Park 9, Fin R 10, centres are a toss up so many really class options, 13 depends on who you have at 12. Basically it's a Scotland/Ireland backline with an Irish/English tight 5 maybe Zander in the front row and the odd Scot in...
by dkm57
Sat Feb 22, 2025 4:12 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: 2025 6N thread
Replies: 3137
Views: 109815

Re: 2025 6N thread

Great game by both sides. Ireland deserved winners but well played Wales.
by dkm57
Sat Feb 22, 2025 3:20 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: 2025 6N thread
Replies: 3137
Views: 109815

Re: 2025 6N thread

Nice to see Pythagoras Porter being officiated properly
by dkm57
Sat Feb 22, 2025 10:17 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: One of the great rugby days in the UK
Replies: 1
Views: 451

Re: One of the great rugby days in the UK

Bimbos/Farce match is a good close high scoring game
by dkm57
Sat Feb 22, 2025 7:25 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
Replies: 21899
Views: 1557191

Re: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread

Thought Scotland generally looked a couple of years younger than the English, Ross Wolfendon looked useful and pretty rapid.
by dkm57
Sun Feb 16, 2025 9:53 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: "I've got a lovely bunch of melenomas"..
Replies: 37
Views: 2507

Re: "I've got a lovely bunch of melenomas"..

Thanks everyone. Best wishes to everyone fighting off the big C in its many forms, thankfully treatment is advancing rapidly on all fronts. MM is one of the ones they can't cure but current treatments mean that I should around stinking up the board for a few years yet.
by dkm57
Sat Feb 15, 2025 9:19 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: "I've got a lovely bunch of melenomas"..
Replies: 37
Views: 2507

Re: "I've got a lovely bunch of melenomas"..

Very best of luck, I'm waiting to go in for a stem cells transplant as part of the treatment for Multiple Myeloma.
by dkm57
Sun Feb 09, 2025 8:24 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
Replies: 21899
Views: 1557191

Re: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread

Going to also say something I’ve never said before, Toony out. I think he has done a great job and brought a decade of the probably the most exciting Scotland team in my lifetime, but I’m feeling like this is now the end of the era. That team, much as I still enjoy watching them (mainly), isn’t win...
by dkm57
Sun Feb 09, 2025 7:29 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
Replies: 21899
Views: 1557191

Re: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread

Ireland deserved winners and losing Russell, Graham and Zander is unhelpful. What really hacks me off is that Ireland seem to have acquired Richie McCaw's cloak of invisibility where officials are concerned, it was so blatant and the officials kept letting them get away with being in the way and obs...
by dkm57
Sun Feb 09, 2025 3:50 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
Replies: 21899
Views: 1557191

Re: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread

Just have to write this one off as a complete loss.

Complete shambles anyway.
by dkm57
Wed Jan 01, 2025 8:29 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Happy 2025........
Replies: 38
Views: 1050

Re: Happy 2025........

Happy New Year everyone.

I'll be spending a good part of the early months going through and recovering from Stem cell treatment and chemo.
by dkm57
Wed Dec 25, 2024 6:31 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Happy Christmas......................
Replies: 29
Views: 763

Re: Happy Christmas......................

Merry Christmas everyone
by dkm57
Sun Dec 15, 2024 5:34 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
Replies: 21899
Views: 1557191

Re: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread

When I saw the squad list I thought Franco was kind of holding back to give the full noise a rest but the guys really stepped up and could have won that. To take 2 points away against Toulon was quite a result. Oguntibeju is a real find.
by dkm57
Thu Dec 12, 2024 2:51 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
Replies: 21899
Views: 1557191

Re: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread

At least I recognise most of the emerging Scotland squad. Looks quite strong.
by dkm57
Wed Dec 04, 2024 6:06 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
Replies: 21899
Views: 1557191

Re: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread

Biffer wrote: Wed Dec 04, 2024 1:55 pm Freddy Douglas on to a full pro contract.
Good
by dkm57
Wed Nov 13, 2024 2:19 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
Replies: 21899
Views: 1557191

Re: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread

Douglas has huge potential anytime I've watched him play. Reckon this weekend would be an ideal time to blood him.
by dkm57
Sat Nov 09, 2024 9:07 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Ireland vs All Blacks
Replies: 278
Views: 6776

Re: Ireland vs All Blacks

I thought the Irish pack did OK, the backs on the other hand were absolute dross, passing was diabolical and far from sympathetic even if it went anywhere near their man and they looked like they might as well have been wearing boxing gloves to try and catch the ball. NZ weren't anything special by ...
by dkm57
Wed Nov 06, 2024 12:07 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: What's going on in Ukraine?
Replies: 7493
Views: 746157

Re: What's going on in Ukraine?

Blindingly obvious. he's going to hand his best buddy putrid everything he wants and give the green light to invade the Baltics and any other Eastern European nation he takes a fancy to. Europe needs to step up to the plate but given the calibre of leaders, with a couple of exceptions, I'm not hopef...
by dkm57
Sat Oct 19, 2024 6:47 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: What's going on in Ukraine?
Replies: 7493
Views: 746157

Re: What's going on in Ukraine?

10k at current rates of attrition that's about a weeks worth.
by dkm57
Wed Oct 16, 2024 7:07 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: What's going on in Ukraine?
Replies: 7493
Views: 746157

Re: What's going on in Ukraine?

Footage of a Babyaga drone airlifting dragon's teeth into place. Gotta hand it to the Ukranians must be really messing with Russian minds. Place the teeth in place with the Babayagas then use the attack drones to hunt the 'escaping' vehicles at full tilt into the barriers.
by dkm57
Sun Oct 13, 2024 7:31 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
Replies: 21899
Views: 1557191

Re: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread

To me the problem with Edinburgh isn't that they're bad players it's just that there's a pedestrian ponderousness throughout the whole team exemplified by Price, way too much hanging about thinking instead of JFDI. Nice win though and I'd been expecting Stormers to tear them a new one, hopefully the...
by dkm57
Sun Sep 22, 2024 6:18 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: What's going on in Ukraine?
Replies: 7493
Views: 746157

Re: What's going on in Ukraine?

At the moment Ukraine have switched from Oil/gas facilities to Russian logistics, they've just toasted 2 of Russia's biggest ammunition depots near Toretsk the first one was big enough to register at 2.8 on the Richter scale with about 9 aftershocks from munitions cooking of registering at 2+. The b...
by dkm57
Thu Jul 25, 2024 12:05 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Snake Oil or the real thing?
Replies: 27
Views: 863

Re: Snake Oil or the real thing?

I've developed a passing interest in foraging and Herbalism, there are plants and stuff out there that are a damn site more effective than the pharma stuff it's just a case of going finding it and prepping them, so it depends what is in the oil. It's quite staggering the pharmacopia I have in the f...