NPR

Margin__Walker wrote: Fri Oct 18, 2024 8:26 pm
FalconJock wrote: Fri Oct 18, 2024 8:21 pm
Margin__Walker wrote: Fri Oct 18, 2024 8:17 pm Newcastle in serious danger of winning a game here...
Don't invoke the ire of the mocker Gods

Apologies!

I will though. It's in the bag.

edit - sort of

You had to go and do it didn't you

Falcons win and stay bottom, I'd curse you if I wasnt so delirious

Margin__Walker wrote: Fri Oct 18, 2024 8:17 pm Newcastle in serious danger of winning a game here...

Don't invoke the ire of the mocker Gods

Unusual, but not unprecedented. I'll admit to only keep half an eye on proceedings until the momentum swing, but I didn't feel like the ref was saying any more to the Welsh than he was the Scots.

Nah he was fair. You guys imploded against our kids

Again, no arguements from me on that, the ...

I would imagine it's the notion that Wales were coached and Scotland penalised that sparks the accusation of delusion.

OK so oif it was from my comment then thats not what i meant....Wales listned to the referee and adjusted, Scotland didn't , so the basic coaching point is to listen to what ...

It's the same pattern. Pressure comes on, defence goes really passive, give away pens and cards.

You're forced into retreat, it's always more difficult to defend against a team going forward, and momentum has always been huge in rugby.

I'm not one of those who are of the opinion that ...

What's annoying for me is that Wales were warned in about the 8th minute about being offside and adjusted, Scotland didn't. We are either thicker than a whale omlette or think that refs are dumber than a bag of rocks and all have shor term memory problems.

You've hit on a point that was ...

It would be interesting to learn if any team has won a game where the penalty count was 16-4 against with two yellow cards as part of it.
14 penalties against Scotland in a row - you'd think that would be some kind of record.

I very much doubt that we'll face that again.

For fifty minutes there ...

Wow. Russell, our captain, admitting that they thought the game was won at 27-0, can Scotland get any more amateur hour?

We will get demolished in Dublin.

He thought there the was complacency and that can be the only reason. But he called out players for not listening to the messages of not ...

Is it mandatory for every single person to wear a poppy atm on live TV.
No issue but it seems a bit contrived

It seems to be and the worst thing is from my POV, its done because broadcasting companies are more firghtened of potential backlash than of allowing freedom of expression from the ...

My biggest issue with it is the piety and attempts to coerce conformity that surrounds it. A close second is the amount of waste plastic, although there's apparently a new, all paper version of the poppy this year, so thankfully that gripe should be a thing of the past.

Don't blame me for the ...

It's a strange phenomena

Been like that for decades. Hardly worth a thread.

Never seen it so early on all channels tbh.

The appeal is 21 days upto either the 11th of November or Rememberence Sunday, which ever is later.

FWIW. personally I despise the forced Poppy Facism that exists ...

Will never wear one.. move on.....

Wear one, don't wear one.personally I don't really give a shit but either way keep your teeth together and dont try and justify your poisition to me because I dont need to hear the associated bullshit that goes with either position.

AND incase anybody wants to ...

Congratulations to the ladies on winning WXV2

I don't know what the logic of this is given that neither Italy nor Scotland played each other and there is no promotion/relegation from WXV1/2. I could understand it if it was then rebalanced in the next year when you complete the missing matches ...

charltom wrote: Sat Oct 28, 2023 8:42 pm Scotsman on in a World Cup final - yay!

Boks took one off so its only fair that the ABs balance it up

Deleted:

Reported further up

Lineout still not great.

I wonder if that was down to the ball, as per the number of drops we've seen in games?

There were quite a few throws that went right through the jumper's hands, the lift and the throw were fine, it was the catch that was off

I don't know for sure if the ball is a ...

Cue more appeals to the ref for every ruck infringement by the attacking side. Then by the attacking side accusing the defending side of attempting to set them up, like pulling out of a ruck last second to make the attacker flop.

I'd like to see that punished, it's similar to the old behaviour ...

I don’t see how this will solve anything. People aren’t hitting high because the rules permit it, they’re hitting high because it’s inherently advantageous in this sport. In fact, I can’t see how this won’t mean MORE cards and endlessly bickering about how much sanction every single contact ...

Jack Willis has apparently signed a season extension with Toulouse with an option for another after that.

Obviously would love for him to come back to the Prem, but after the experience he's just had with Wasps, not to mention his two serious, long term injuries, it's hard to begrudge him the ...

Shit's about to get real in the Joseph household this weekend.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fd5nEjVWAAIq9EJ?format=jpg&name=900x900

How often have brothers played against each other in the Premiership?

The Tuilagis? Underwoods? Cown-Dickies? Watson's?

How many have there been? Plenty ...

Newcastle LI game finished 14-42 to LI.

Dickson watch highlight was a Double red (Gigena and Graham with the TMO pleading with him saying they shouldn't be reds) for handbags when 10 mins before a head on head tackle leading to an HIA given as a pen only ('low degree of danger').

Edit ...

And From the West Coast...

Good ,solid , if not quite spectacular win for Glasgow over a pretty limited Newcastle side

The result was never in doubt , and a good few Glasgow tries went a begging , though to be fair Newcastle had a decent defence.

Steyn had a good game with a couple of tries ...

Dean Richards' post-match comments were a disgrace. Accused the officials of either showing favouritism or not knowing what they were doing and one of his main examples was arguing that the Hodge incident shouldn't have been a red.

I don't catch Falcons very often, but when I do i feel like ...

Dean Richards' post-match comments were a disgrace. Accused the officials of either showing favouritism or not knowing what they were doing and one of his main examples was arguing that the Hodge incident shouldn't have been a red.

I don't catch Falcons very often, but when I do i feel like he's ...

Hello Englishmen,

John Fletcher has been hired by the SRU to over player pathways, is he any good?

Yes. He was part of an excellent U18 setup alongside Peter Walton, and Dean "I steal rugby jobs for a fucking living" Ryan sacked them and butchered the whole thing.

He was also well ...

I may be being colossally dim but why are there four Prem games all on Friday night?

Traditionally, Falcons preferred day for home matches is a Friday, apparently there is more over the counter income, bars, food etc from a Friday night match. Given the core support Saturday is not a good day ...

There should be the promtion for the Championship winners as the Premiership plans to expand to 14 teams next season with a further season of no relegation for 22/23 season.

Might be interesting to see what happens if say Bedford won the Championship as they have always intimated that they would ...

French Red Card could make this a little bit more interesting but only if the Scots can improve their handling and retention

GogLais wrote: Sat Apr 03, 2021 3:07 pm Ospreys Newcastle anyone? A half of two halves.

I thought we were in for a hammering after the first 20 or so. It really needed some grit to get some forward ball and just our luck that the first 4 try bonus is a knockout cup game where it doesn't matter.

Not sure what this means but Price is a very average player

Apologies, totally misread that as a dig at Harris :oops: . TBF I had just come of another board where there was surprise that he played as well

EDIT:

It was meant to be a reply to CaleyReds post on the Scottish Rugby thread ...

To think Ali Price was born, grew up and was educated in England. And England give Ben Youngs over 100 caps.

And Chris Harris.

Perhaps now some Scotland fans are seeing the same thing that we knew he was capable of at Newcastle, mind you he's still a disloyal snake who will bite the hand ...

To think Ali Price was born, grew up and was educated in England. And England give Ben Youngs over 100 caps.

And Chris Harris.

Perhaps now some Scotland fans are seeing the same thing that we knew he was capable of at Newcastle, mind you he's still a disloyal snake who will bite the hand that ...

But he's clearly gone airborne and gone over a tackle, so what difference does it make?

He was in the air before the tackler was committed to it, May went over the tackle, fundamentally there is a difference however the referee is the sole authority on fact and time on the field (unless your ...

Is he seen as an 8 at Newcastle now? Or was he just covering for an injury?

GG plays across the back row depending on others availability which is probably testament to a mix of lack of real depth at Falcons and his versatility, but I think is seen as the better alternative to Nagusa who ...

How about Gary Graham - he is played for newcastle against bath as an 8
Although I only saw the highlights he went well

Is he seen as an 8 at Newcastle now? Or was he just covering for an injury?

GG plays across the back row depending on others availability which is probably testament to a ...

They turned it around big time, the opening quarter didn't look all that promising.

Probably more to do with not really being up to the pace of the Premiership and having nearly 8 months of ring rust to shake out the bodie.

Small shoots of progress coming through though, it looks like they ...

I wonder where Tom Stephenson will end up now. It's a proper shame his career has been so blighted by injuries, I was tipping him for England back in his early Saints days. Swing and a miss.

No idea. Looked great when he did play in the Championship. Just can't seem to get through a season ...

Maybe memories are blighted but was Phil Godman any worse than Dan Parks? I recall genuinely thinking not but I've read a few things that seem to call that into question. .. .

We all desperately wanted him to be, because having Parks at 10 was like having your soul removed with pliers ...

Used to post on PR more regularly but been more quiet as of late.

I actually ran into my avatar's namesake when I was reffing a school match. Loretto vs High School of Dundee. Didn't tell him that I shitpost on PR under his likeness though, might have been an awkward conversation. :D

Maybe ...

Search found 39 matches