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- Tue May 14, 2024 1:41 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: The Official English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 18279
- Views: 552013
Re: The Official English Rugby Thread
You've got a lot in place for you at Bath. Hooper's underperformance was really stark and it ill be interesting to see how far they can go under Van Graan I think Blackett has made a big difference since he joined the coaching set up. I was just about to mention the same thing. We have benefitted m...
- Mon May 06, 2024 12:38 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: South African Coaches Thread
- Replies: 25
- Views: 290
Re: South African Coaches Thread
Johann van Graan at Bath as well
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 12:54 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: The Official English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 18279
- Views: 552013
Re: The Official English Rugby Thread
Leicester confirm the players leaving at the end of the season: Phil Cokanasiga Nic Dolly Guy Porter Joe Powell Dan Richardson Matt Scott Jasper Wiese Mike Williams Ben Woollett Francois van Wyk Van Wyk signed up at Bath for 2 years. Van Graan is very keen to get a powerful tight 5 and dynamic back...
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 6:20 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Anyone had chemo
- Replies: 21
- Views: 498
Re: Anyone had chemo
Tough news but sounds like you’re on the right track. I had chemo and radiotherapy as treatment for Lymphoma a couple of years ago. Key point for me is that there is no “standard” reaction, some people get flattened by it and others sail through almost unaffected. My own experience was that I got pr...
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 8:08 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: The Official English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 18279
- Views: 552013
Re: The Official English Rugby Thread
There’s a fair amount of chat about Erne Herbst coming back on before his 10 minutes in the bin was up - I didn’t catch it entirely whilst watching the game- was there a cock up from the 4th match official?
- Sun Feb 18, 2024 6:41 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: The Official Cricket Thread
- Replies: 7604
- Views: 197974
Re: The Official Cricket Thread
Mike Procter gone aged 77, another of the greats from my youth passed away. I remember him performing great deeds for Gloucestershire (or Proctershire as it became known) back in the 1970s.
- Sun Feb 04, 2024 6:47 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Official Italy v England thread
- Replies: 232
- Views: 6961
Re: Official Italy v England thread
I noticed Slade was lining up at inside centre for part of the second half- haven’t seen the TV rerun to confirm whether it was throughout or just a couple of occasions (both in attack and defence).
- Sat Jan 27, 2024 9:56 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: The Official English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 18279
- Views: 552013
Re: The Official English Rugby Thread
Jarrod Evans is straight back from a long injury layoff and barely had time to develop any partnerships before he got injured anyway. He did not look fit. Max Green was an emergency signing and some way off Porter's standard. Played like twats and should have won regardless. Far too many unforced e...
- Sun Jan 21, 2024 7:58 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Not Heineken Cup 23/24
- Replies: 1588
- Views: 37830
Re: Not Heineken Cup 23/24
Bath are travelling to Exeter according to BBC, Stormers have La Rochelle
- Wed Jan 17, 2024 10:26 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: The Official English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 18279
- Views: 552013
Re: The Official English Rugby Thread
I assume George Martin is injured?
- Tue Jan 16, 2024 1:27 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: LRZ
- Replies: 62
- Views: 2524
Re: LRZ
Last seen at the Rec on Sunday as a travelling reserve for Racing
- Mon Jan 15, 2024 7:26 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Not Heineken Cup 23/24
- Replies: 1588
- Views: 37830
Re: Not Heineken Cup 23/24
Bath are away at Toulouse in the last round, La Rochelle travel to Sale.
- Wed Jan 10, 2024 9:51 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Dry January ... again!
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1503
Re: Dry January ... again!
Thanks folks. Sometimes I feel a bit of a fraud, yes I have a form of cancer, Multiple Myeloma and as yet it's one of the ones they they can't cure, they can only 'manage' it. At the moment mine is 'smouldering', as the doc says it'll do what it wants, either smouldering in the background or become...
- Wed Jan 03, 2024 5:19 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: The Official English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 18279
- Views: 552013
Re: The Official English Rugby Thread
Per Sky Sports Sale forward Rodd is out for the rest of this season after undergoing toe surgery and Gloucester's Rapava-Ruskin, who was part of England's World Cup training squad last year, is another long-term absentee following a knee operation. So we are looking very bare in the prop department,...
- Wed Nov 15, 2023 11:20 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: World's best ref retires
- Replies: 64
- Views: 1831
Re: World's best ref retires
It's funny, we (I), tend to think that this moaning about refs is a fairly new thing but I've been re reading a book called Band of Brothers about the French team of the 80's (a must read for anyone with a passing interest) and was struck last night by the section on a lunch/interview with Blanco. ...
- Wed Nov 15, 2023 9:54 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: The Official English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 18279
- Views: 552013
Re: The Official English Rugby Thread
Looks like Jonny May’s in strife for this clean out on Ollie Lawrence https://x.com/rugbycollective/status/1724456436359401605?s=46&t=NLUEM7WC4F99xXnhCiOf8A I really like May as a person and as a personality in the game, but he is comically fucking useless at just about everything except runnin...
- Wed Nov 15, 2023 9:43 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: The Official English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 18279
- Views: 552013
Re: The Official English Rugby Thread
Looks like Jonny May’s in strife for this clean out on Ollie Lawrence
https://x.com/rugbycollective/status/1 ... xXnhCiOf8A
https://x.com/rugbycollective/status/1 ... xXnhCiOf8A
- Mon Oct 16, 2023 9:55 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: RWC SF2 England vs Springboks on 21/10 @ 21h00
- Replies: 1130
- Views: 20276
- Thu Oct 05, 2023 7:51 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: RWCR4 Scotland vs Ireland on 7Oct @ 21h00
- Replies: 381
- Views: 8264
Re: RWCR4 Scotland vs Ireland on 7Oct @ 21h00
You might want to check the draw again - pools C& D play each other in the quarter finals……
- Tue Oct 03, 2023 9:45 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Jersey Gone??
- Replies: 226
- Views: 5227
Re: Jersey Gone??
The kick off times for recent internationals at Twickenham haven't helped either - 4.45 is a crap time for any chance of a sensible post match debrief in Richmond before getting the train back West
- Thu Sep 28, 2023 8:58 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: The holiday thread
- Replies: 293
- Views: 12182
Re: The holiday thread
I was just in Matera (Southern Italy) for a week - work not holiday unfortunately. If your idea of a holiday is wandering little narrow streets, stopping for coffee or a glass of wine occasionally, and good food from small restaurants, then I'd thoroughly recommend it. It's beautiful. Add Puglia on...
- Mon Sep 18, 2023 2:14 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: RWCR2 Australia vs Fiji - Sun 17th - 16.45 BST
- Replies: 206
- Views: 3175
- Thu Aug 24, 2023 11:59 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: The Official English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 18279
- Views: 552013
Re: The Official English Rugby Thread
Team's up https://scontent-lhr8-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/369877021_837620584700310_2544904163810252174_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s960x960&_nc_cat=108&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=N2BOhRCft98AX9F7NTx&_nc_ht=scontent-lhr8-1.xx&oh=00_AfDIX8W3ZH1fAvBIQ5DGNnu9t-2W6BR1phR3p4M2rtg8Tg&...
- Thu Aug 24, 2023 11:09 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: The Official English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 18279
- Views: 552013
Re: The Official English Rugby Thread
Telegraph is running the story as wellinactionman wrote: ↑Thu Aug 24, 2023 11:08 amYou haven't been listening to Stuart Barnes again, have you
- Tue Aug 22, 2023 12:54 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: The Official English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 18279
- Views: 552013
Re: The Official English Rugby Thread
My main hope at the moment is that people voting with their feet will force the RFU's hand. Unfortunately, most of the Council appear to be clad with Rhino hide.
- Fri Aug 18, 2023 7:11 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Ireland v England - Sat 19th - 17.30
- Replies: 196
- Views: 5328
Re: Ireland v England - Sat 19th - 17.30
I think England may score a couple of tries and will concede no more than 6 to 8. Seems reasonable, and the couple of tries will no doubt be the positives that Scab will focus on at the post game presser, conveniently forgetting the 6-8 conceded and the utter reaming his team just took First game f...
- Thu Aug 17, 2023 3:27 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: The Official English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 18279
- Views: 552013
Re: The Official English Rugby Thread
England team announced for Saturday England squad to face Ireland 15. Freddie Steward (Leicester Tigers, 24 caps) 14. Anthony Watson (unattached, 55 caps) 13. Joe Marchant (Stade Francais, 17 caps) 12. Manu Tuilagi (Sale Sharks, 51 caps) 11. Elliot Daly (Saracens, 58 caps) 10. George Ford – vice-cap...
- Thu Aug 17, 2023 2:30 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 18162
- Views: 980703
Re: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
Have just seen that the SRU are going to award retrospective caps to 40-odd players who played in internationals that weren’t given full cap status. One of them is Craig Redpath of Melrose (Bryan’s brother and Cam’s uncle?) who gets a cap for a game v Tonga in 1993. I’ve never met the guy and I hav...
- Tue Aug 15, 2023 1:28 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Law question- Farrell tackle
- Replies: 913
- Views: 28595
Re: Law question- Farrell tackle
Is there any possibility of an appeal against this decision? I can't see how this can possibly be correct given what we have seen recently.
- Sat Aug 05, 2023 8:43 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Pro cycling thread
- Replies: 196
- Views: 7623
Re: Pro cycling thread
Matthieu Van Der Poel firing up Montrose Street in training
- Fri Jul 21, 2023 12:36 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: The Official Cricket Thread
- Replies: 7604
- Views: 197974
Re: The Official Cricket Thread
Makes you wonder why the Aussies didn't take it immediately?inactionman wrote: ↑Fri Jul 21, 2023 11:49 am States the obvious perhaps, but the new ball looks to be pretty important on this pitch.
- Thu Jul 20, 2023 1:29 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: The Official Cricket Thread
- Replies: 7604
- Views: 197974
Re: The Official Cricket Thread
Can someone set me right on a law question whilst we wait for Crawley to give his wicket away? This stems from once being called for a short run in a village cricket match (where I was clearly in but never mind that) and subsequent stupid beery discussions afterwards. If the law says that, should a...
- Sat Jul 08, 2023 8:37 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Wordle
- Replies: 7090
- Views: 140040
Re: Wordle
Wordle 749 6/6
Phew
Phew
- Sat Jun 17, 2023 8:50 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: The Official Cricket Thread
- Replies: 7604
- Views: 197974
Re: The Official Cricket Thread
Two stumpings off Lyon, Bairstow and Ali forcing it much too much 323-7 on a 450+ wicket!! Australia will b e well happy I’m finding all this Bazball stuff increasingly cringy. Play positive Test cricket without all the nonsense - although in fairness it was mainly the commentators that were contin...
- Fri Jun 16, 2023 1:05 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Pro cycling thread
- Replies: 196
- Views: 7623
Re: Pro cycling thread
I have been a club cyclist and road racer/time trial trihard for 25 years. The roads are really dicey these days. Full of potholes and impatient dangerous drivers in massive cars that they can’t gauge how wide they are. I have taken up gravel riding to minimise my road exposure as I feel very unsaf...
- Fri Jun 16, 2023 11:54 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Pro cycling thread
- Replies: 196
- Views: 7623
Re: Pro cycling thread
Kelly Brown was very badly hurt last summer, an oncoming car turned in front of his bike, he smashed both his knees and had bad facial injuries. He's still doing physio. A mate of mine had to get airlifted to hospital from a B road in the Scottish Borders after being run off the road by a car. Ther...
- Thu Jun 15, 2023 7:06 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: The Official Cricket Thread
- Replies: 7604
- Views: 197974
Re: The Official Cricket Thread
Starts Friday but otherwise on much the same page as you. I worry for Ali - hasn't had a good test performance in ages, hasn't played first class in ages, and I think the Aussies will go hammer and tongs at him to force us to bowl our seamers into the ground. Getting Jimmy and Broad through five te...
- Tue Jun 13, 2023 1:03 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: The Official English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 18279
- Views: 552013
Re: The Official English Rugby Thread
I can get most of them but recognise some faces but I can't remember the name. Starting FR: Pierce/Brain/Chilcott SR: Dooley/Bainbridge BR: ? Recognise his face?/Winterbottom/Richards HB: ?Youngs?/Andrew Centres: ? No idea?/Clough Wings: Harrison/Underwood FB: ?O'Neil? Subs (L to R): Hill/Barnes/??...
- Tue Jun 13, 2023 12:33 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: The Official English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 18279
- Views: 552013
Re: The Official English Rugby Thread
https://media.gettyimages.com/id/101562549/photo/the-england-rugby-union-team-prior-to-their-international-match-against-ireland-held-at.jpg?s=612x612&w=0&k=20&c=S9GVYp8RginzMEOt4BHxR2y8PBWfIlZdaDu8m0LUmTc= How many of these England players can you name? Got the lot bar 2 subs on the ri...
- Mon May 22, 2023 5:35 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: FAO: English - Job Search Sites
- Replies: 11
- Views: 882
Re: FAO: English - Job Search Sites
Try Linked In? We use it as a means of advertising for vacancies with some success.
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