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by RichieRich89
Thu May 19, 2022 2:57 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Military Pictures Thread
Replies: 374
Views: 33233

Re: The Military Pictures Thread

https://scontent.fyvr3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/282035405_1713389942331181_407518083789826198_n.jpg?_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=t_rDZ-1awy4AX9JUf0a&_nc_ht=scontent.fyvr3-1.fna&oh=00_AT9wDogR-PZt4Pi3NMIeg0Wu6OYWo0UVMKq-8E7_0iXnUA&oe=628A716D Has that been ...
by RichieRich89
Wed May 18, 2022 12:41 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Heineken Champions/Challenge Cup 2022 Semi-Finals Weekend
Replies: 561
Views: 12552

Re: Heineken Champions/Challenge Cup 2022 Semi-Finals Weekend

Bernard Jackman said on the Rugby Pod he had no doubt what the Leinster squad is getting paid is higher than anything in France. He reckoned 2-3 million more.
by RichieRich89
Wed May 18, 2022 9:06 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Heineken Champions/Challenge Cup 2022 Semi-Finals Weekend
Replies: 561
Views: 12552

Re: Heineken Champions/Challenge Cup 2022 Semi-Finals Weekend

Do you suppose that Leinster would be at the top of the T14 if they didn't play their best players more than they need to in the URC to achieve the same? Leinster are a very good team, they're the Ireland team in blue shirts, of course they're good. The current competitions they compete in complime...
by RichieRich89
Wed May 18, 2022 8:42 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Heineken Champions/Challenge Cup 2022 Semi-Finals Weekend
Replies: 561
Views: 12552

Re: Heineken Champions/Challenge Cup 2022 Semi-Finals Weekend

Leinster's budget is on par with any of the top T14 sides. The point is the attrition. Toulouse were shattered last week and La Rochelle will be shattered next week. Surely you can see how Leinster having time off to prepare and taper specifically for HEC matches gives them a huge advantage over te...
by RichieRich89
Wed May 18, 2022 8:36 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Heineken Champions/Challenge Cup 2022 Semi-Finals Weekend
Replies: 561
Views: 12552

Re: Heineken Champions/Challenge Cup 2022 Semi-Finals Weekend

https://www.sportune.fr/sport-business/rugby/les-budgets-des-clubs-du-top-14-rugby-2021-2022-266282 The three French semi finalists have a combined budget bigger than the IRFU's entire revenue. Aren't there other things at play in those French budgets? I read something a few years ago saying that T...
by RichieRich89
Wed May 18, 2022 8:02 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Heineken Champions/Challenge Cup 2022 Semi-Finals Weekend
Replies: 561
Views: 12552

Re: Heineken Champions/Challenge Cup 2022 Semi-Finals Weekend

Kerr-Barlow is out for the final. Huge blow for La Rochelle, he is the player that settled West. Is there much French concern about the current format and having to contend with Irish teams? They have consistently been getting teams into the latter stages of the competition, and winning outright a ...
by RichieRich89
Wed May 18, 2022 3:59 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Heineken Champions/Challenge Cup 2022 Semi-Finals Weekend
Replies: 561
Views: 12552

Re: Heineken Champions/Challenge Cup 2022 Semi-Finals Weekend

You were talking about countries structuring their domestic competitions to beat suit what works best for that country. The RFU don't run the English clubs. No I did not. What I did say was that rugby in England is run the way that suits England. I never mentioned domestic competitions or the RFU a...
by RichieRich89
Thu May 05, 2022 11:49 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Official United Rugby Championship thread
Replies: 10034
Views: 279556

Re: Official United Rugby Championship (PRO16) thread

All three of our squads are going to have to check their depth, now that we've qualified for Europe. There is a drol in the drink water, Both Scottish teams can still qualify. https://www.epcrugby.com/champions-cup/format/qualification/ Qualification HEINEKEN CHAMPIONS CUP Twenty-four clubs will qu...
by RichieRich89
Thu Apr 21, 2022 9:26 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Forward pass problem solved
Replies: 103
Views: 2694

Re: Forward pass problem solved

It would need to be pretty sensitive to be useful. I think a lot of GPS stuff is average speed measured over 10m. If you google Usain Bolt's top speed the answer that is thrown up is his fastest average speed for a 10m split. You have to do a lot more digging to find his highest instantaneous speed....
by RichieRich89
Wed Apr 20, 2022 2:27 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Forward pass problem solved
Replies: 103
Views: 2694

Re: Forward pass problem solved

More techmology could be the answer. You've got hotspot in cricket, electronic pads to pick up false starts in sprinting, sensors to detect who touches the wall first in swimming. If they can come up with a system that can accurately measure whether or not a pass is forward relative to the passer ho...
by RichieRich89
Wed Apr 20, 2022 7:49 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Forward pass problem solved
Replies: 103
Views: 2694

Re: Forward pass problem solved

Uhm, if the ball goes forward it is a forward pass. It wouldn't matter about being relative to the ground, or the angle of the hands, or the effect of the moon on the ocean tide. Oh, it matters a lot. If you are talking about forward relative to the ground you wouldn't be allowed to pass it to a pl...
by RichieRich89
Wed Apr 20, 2022 7:12 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Forward pass problem solved
Replies: 103
Views: 2694

Re: Forward pass problem solved

Or, if the ball is passed and it goes forward: IT IS A FORWARD PASS. Forward relative to the ground? That would make no sense. You wouldn't be able to legally pass the ball to someone behind you if you were running fast enough to make the pass forward relative to the ground. Uhm, if the ball goes f...
by RichieRich89
Wed Apr 20, 2022 6:48 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Forward pass problem solved
Replies: 103
Views: 2694

Re: Forward pass problem solved

Chilli wrote: Mon Apr 18, 2022 5:41 am Or, if the ball is passed and it goes forward: IT IS A FORWARD PASS.
Forward relative to the ground?

That would make no sense. You wouldn't be able to legally pass the ball to someone behind you if you were running fast enough to make the pass forward relative to the ground.
by RichieRich89
Mon Jul 12, 2021 12:49 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: F**ked up Facts
Replies: 232
Views: 9878

Re: F**ked up Facts

Adolf "Adi" Dassler who founded Adidas was member of the Nazi party as was his older brother, Rudolf who founded Puma. What's wrong with that? Adi Dassler also became romantically involved with a 15 year old when he was 32, marrying her a year later. Oh, that kind of thing wasn't unusual ...
by RichieRich89
Sun Jul 11, 2021 5:11 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Sport G.O.A.Ts
Replies: 69
Views: 2029

Re: Sport G.O.A.Ts

Boxing - Cassius Clay
Basketball - Michael Jordan
by RichieRich89
Sat Jul 10, 2021 1:31 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: F**ked up Facts
Replies: 232
Views: 9878

Re: F**ked up Facts

sorCrer wrote: Sat Jul 10, 2021 5:50 am Adolf "Adi" Dassler who founded Adidas was member of the Nazi party as was his older brother, Rudolf who founded Puma.
What's wrong with that?
by RichieRich89
Sat Jul 03, 2021 9:59 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: 60s Music
Replies: 123
Views: 2167

Re: 60s Music

by RichieRich89
Sat Jul 03, 2021 10:18 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: 60s Music
Replies: 123
Views: 2167

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by RichieRich89
Sat Jul 03, 2021 10:17 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: 60s Music
Replies: 123
Views: 2167

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by RichieRich89
Fri Jul 02, 2021 8:39 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: 60s Music
Replies: 123
Views: 2167

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by RichieRich89
Mon Jun 28, 2021 12:31 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: 60s Music
Replies: 123
Views: 2167

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by RichieRich89
Mon Jun 28, 2021 11:51 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: 60s Music
Replies: 123
Views: 2167

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by RichieRich89
Mon Jun 28, 2021 11:03 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: 60s Music
Replies: 123
Views: 2167

Re: 60s Music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM5gbwUrIgw The new(ish) film of Man From U.N.C.L.E had a funny sequence with a brilliant song from the 60s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxZ5VQVHMoc I never actually saw that one. Although the first time I heard Cry to Me was after people started listening to it a...
by RichieRich89
Sun Jun 27, 2021 6:22 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: 60s Music
Replies: 123
Views: 2167

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by RichieRich89
Sun Jun 27, 2021 6:19 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: 60s Music
Replies: 123
Views: 2167

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by RichieRich89
Sat Jun 26, 2021 3:16 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: 60s Music
Replies: 123
Views: 2167

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by RichieRich89
Sat Jun 26, 2021 2:26 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: 60s Music
Replies: 123
Views: 2167

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by RichieRich89
Sat Jun 26, 2021 2:17 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: 60s Music
Replies: 123
Views: 2167

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by RichieRich89
Sat Jun 26, 2021 2:10 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: 60s Music
Replies: 123
Views: 2167

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by RichieRich89
Sat Jun 26, 2021 2:08 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: 60s Music
Replies: 123
Views: 2167

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by RichieRich89
Sat Jun 26, 2021 2:04 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: 60s Music
Replies: 123
Views: 2167

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by RichieRich89
Sat Jun 26, 2021 2:01 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: 60s Music
Replies: 123
Views: 2167

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by RichieRich89
Sat Jun 26, 2021 1:58 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: 60s Music
Replies: 123
Views: 2167

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by RichieRich89
Sat Jun 26, 2021 1:53 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: 60s Music
Replies: 123
Views: 2167

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by RichieRich89
Sat Jun 26, 2021 1:50 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: 60s Music
Replies: 123
Views: 2167

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by RichieRich89
Sat Jun 26, 2021 1:48 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: 60s Music
Replies: 123
Views: 2167

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by RichieRich89
Sat Jun 26, 2021 1:47 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: 60s Music
Replies: 123
Views: 2167

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by RichieRich89
Sat Jun 26, 2021 1:46 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: 60s Music
Replies: 123
Views: 2167

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by RichieRich89
Sat Jun 26, 2021 1:18 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: 60s Music
Replies: 123
Views: 2167

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by RichieRich89
Sat Jun 26, 2021 1:13 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: 60s Music
Replies: 123
Views: 2167

Re: 60s Music