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by GrahamWa
Wed May 21, 2025 8:06 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The best new and returning TV series thread
Replies: 2015
Views: 190992

Re: The best new and returning TV series thread

Another London related drugs family with Tom Hardy in the lead role with Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren as the Irish heads of family. Full of threat and utterly brilliant IMO. On Paramount or maybe a firestick if you chose.
by GrahamWa
Sat May 17, 2025 11:06 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
Replies: 22587
Views: 1615220

Re: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread

Thought he was involved in a lot of the collisions as well for all the made of glass naysayers.
by GrahamWa
Sat May 17, 2025 5:33 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Official 6 Nations 2026 Thread
Replies: 12
Views: 405

Re: Official 6 Nations 2026 Thread

Marylandolorian wrote: Fri May 16, 2025 2:58 pm I had a quick look and got something different , Fra/Irl March 8

https://www.billets-rugby.com/
The days/dates are all wrong on that website. First game at night on the Saturday, they never had next years calendar when they created it.
by GrahamWa
Thu May 01, 2025 6:17 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Assembly
Replies: 4
Views: 1512

Re: The Assembly

Love it, great TV.
by GrahamWa
Thu Apr 24, 2025 6:59 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
Replies: 22587
Views: 1615220

Re: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread



https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GpS2TSJXwAALltf?format=jpg&name=large

Big, big game for Glasgow. Home semi on the line.

Some interesting choices, and Scott Cummings back on the bench. Still no sign of Huwipolotou, unfortunately.

The big call is Ollie Smith over Josh Mckay at fullback, and ...
by GrahamWa
Fri Apr 04, 2025 4:52 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
Replies: 22587
Views: 1615220

Re: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread






He was 27 when he left Exeter so close to his ceiling and coming into a poorly coached team so it was never likely.

Good player for Scotland, injuries are his limiting factor not ability.


He's only started 32 games for Edinburgh in 3 seasons, and a chunk of those starts have been in the ...
by GrahamWa
Tue Apr 01, 2025 7:25 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
Replies: 22587
Views: 1615220

Re: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread

Big D wrote: Tue Apr 01, 2025 6:18 pm Duhan would be fit to return during May and Sykes end of May.

Not ideal for Edinburgh but both will be fit for their summer tours.
The cynical side of me says, good on Duhi living on current value rather than having to turn up for Chumps Cup and fighting for a playoff humping in Dublin.
by GrahamWa
Sun Mar 30, 2025 11:17 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: URC Season 2024/2025 Official Thread
Replies: 1274
Views: 63193

Re: URC Season 2024/2025 Official Thread

Uncle fester wrote: Sun Mar 30, 2025 10:23 am That's not the first time Nanks has been done for this so he's going to have to change his ruck approach.
Don't know if its a lack of technique or he's a cheap shot merchant.
by GrahamWa
Sun Mar 02, 2025 7:18 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: President Trump and US politics catchall
Replies: 10931
Views: 665406

Re: President Trump and US politics catchall

JD Vance told to ‘go ski in Russia’ as protesters invade his family trip to the slopes

Crowds lined Route 100 near the Sugarbush ski resort in Waitsfield where Vance was visiting with his family to protest following the explosive Oval Office meeting.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world ...
by GrahamWa
Sat Feb 22, 2025 3:00 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: 2025 6N thread
Replies: 3138
Views: 116059

Re: 2025 6N thread

And Porter getting reffed properly, the stars are aligning for a famous Wales recovery.
by GrahamWa
Sat Feb 22, 2025 2:24 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: 2025 6N thread
Replies: 3138
Views: 116059

Re: 2025 6N thread

Insane_Homer wrote: Sat Feb 22, 2025 2:13 pm Ireland with only one anthem this week 👍
Only get their two anthems when they're at home
by GrahamWa
Thu Feb 13, 2025 6:05 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
Replies: 22587
Views: 1615220

Re: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread

Quite like Tuipoluto's nod to Greenock Granny as well as his Oz Junior club.
by GrahamWa
Tue Feb 11, 2025 6:52 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
Replies: 22587
Views: 1615220

Re: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread



Finn and Darcy both out for the England game, apparently. Which gives us the chance to get our excuses in early.


:( So who should step in Jordon, and maybe Horne for his kicking?


If they are both on RTP protocols, its a bit early given the game is not for another 11 days. Accumulated ...
by GrahamWa
Fri Jan 31, 2025 9:51 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: 2025 6N thread
Replies: 3138
Views: 116059

Re: 2025 6N thread

GrahamWa wrote: Fri Jan 31, 2025 9:50 pm
Hal Jordan wrote: Fri Jan 31, 2025 9:48 pm That Monopoly Go! logo is doing my head in.
Imagine paying the money for the BKT one and you can't even see the B.
And anyway, is there many tractor tyre buyers watching.
by GrahamWa
Fri Jan 31, 2025 9:50 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: 2025 6N thread
Replies: 3138
Views: 116059

Re: 2025 6N thread

Hal Jordan wrote: Fri Jan 31, 2025 9:48 pm That Monopoly Go! logo is doing my head in.
Imagine paying the money for the BKT one and you can't even see the B.
by GrahamWa
Fri Jan 31, 2025 7:06 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
Replies: 22587
Views: 1615220

Re: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread

clydecloggie wrote: Fri Jan 31, 2025 6:47 pm Are the U20s not on iPlayer?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/l ... nd-v-italy
by GrahamWa
Fri Jan 31, 2025 5:28 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: 2025 6N thread
Replies: 3138
Views: 116059

Re: 2025 6N thread

Team of 4 (To4) sounds like a pop idol act put together by the judges.
by GrahamWa
Sun Jan 26, 2025 8:27 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
Replies: 22587
Views: 1615220

Re: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread




Inadvertently seen the score. Worth watching?


Glutton for punishment? On the face of it, two points away from home when you are bringing in the kids is not a bad return. Looked better in attack than Scarlets despite finishing with no wingers on the pitch. Should have won though really and ...
by GrahamWa
Tue Jan 21, 2025 5:29 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
Replies: 22587
Views: 1615220

Re: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread

Jock42 wrote: Tue Jan 21, 2025 4:40 pm To not bring Matthews in is pish. Wouldn't be overly concerned if VDM not fit for Italy.
Yeah big favourite of him at club level but when push comes to shove not at test level. Shame Hiddlestone is injured though.
by GrahamWa
Sun Jan 19, 2025 11:29 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: 2024/2025 Not Heineken Cup
Replies: 2422
Views: 61339

Re: 2024/2025 Not Heineken Cup

I think with Glasgow the mentality was we've already qualified but the proper big teams know that top 4/2 seeds makes a hell of a difference. Considering yourself a true contender or just happy to be there is the difference.
by GrahamWa
Sat Jan 18, 2025 2:15 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: 2024/2025 Not Heineken Cup
Replies: 2422
Views: 61339

Re: 2024/2025 Not Heineken Cup

Rank game last night, worse first game up today. The majority of competition pool matches are rotten and the top rank v bottom rank in the next phase will be just as pish.

When you think a win would put SF into the next phase, WTF.
by GrahamWa
Sat Jan 04, 2025 10:10 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The best new and returning TV series thread
Replies: 2015
Views: 190992

Re: The best new and returning TV series thread


SAS Rogue Heroes Season 2 is just an irredeemable pile of dogshit. An absolute insult to the wartime SAS and Paddy Mayne in particular.


Season 1 was bad enough, gave this a chance but it's so bad its white dug shit.

Won't be giving The Rig season 2 a minute of time either. This must have been ...
by GrahamWa
Fri Jan 03, 2025 1:38 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
Replies: 22587
Views: 1615220

Re: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread



It's pretty early days but this is nice to read about Byron McGuigan.

Maybe GT should be in touch in case Tandy goes to Wales, or.to get him in to assist?

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/2025/01/03/byron-mcguigan-interview-sale-defence-coach-south-africa/

He certainly appears to have ...
by GrahamWa
Sun Dec 29, 2024 11:54 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: URC Season 2024/2025 Official Thread
Replies: 1274
Views: 63193

Re: URC Season 2024/2025 Official Thread



Cardiff is quite high on the log. Unnoticed.


Yeah I watched them the other night and they were terrible in the 1st half, bit better in the 2nd and was them really shocked when I saw the table!


Got a tough run in from here though, still to go to Ireland twice, got Munster, Sharks and Lions ...
by GrahamWa
Tue Dec 24, 2024 8:15 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: URC Season 2024/2025 Official Thread
Replies: 1274
Views: 63193

Re: URC Season 2024/2025 Official Thread

6 months on, decent content from Glasgow Warriors.

by GrahamWa
Tue Dec 17, 2024 5:45 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
Replies: 22587
Views: 1615220

Re: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread


Both legs of the 1872 selling well. Face book saysore than 30k for Hampden, and Murrayfield has sold most of the lower bowl plus all of Upper east and a bug chunk of upper west.

My question here is - do Glasgow pay rent per game for Scotstoun? I know it'll be a whack more for Hampden, but 20k ...
by GrahamWa
Mon Dec 16, 2024 7:10 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: URC Season 2024/2025 Official Thread
Replies: 1274
Views: 63193

Re: URC Season 2024/2025 Official Thread

Seemingly derby games outside SA as well.

Ulster v Munster
Benetton v Zebre
Ospreys v Scarlets
Leinster v Connacht
Glasgow v Edinburgh
Dragons v Cardiff
by GrahamWa
Fri Dec 13, 2024 12:30 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: 2024/2025 Not Heineken Cup
Replies: 2422
Views: 61339

Re: 2024/2025 Not Heineken Cup

Sandstorm wrote: Fri Dec 13, 2024 9:52 am Anyone seen a Stormers or Quins team sheet yet?
Think the Sat/Sun games are all release at 1300 GMT
by GrahamWa
Sat Dec 07, 2024 1:56 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: 2024/2025 Not Heineken Cup
Replies: 2422
Views: 61339

Re: 2024/2025 Not Heineken Cup




Exeter are giving this a good go, but they just can’t compete with the tempo Sharks can produce

Got Sharks to win +27 on Superbru
Could be a lot more
They really do need a new management team


Sending England's bottom team to SA to get horsed is not a great advert for Europe's premier ...
by GrahamWa
Sat Dec 07, 2024 10:59 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
Replies: 22587
Views: 1615220

Re: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread


For some reason I can no longer post on the Glasgow Warriors forum, and my messages have not been responded to.

So I can't comment on the fact that the Gloucester Forum is quite complimentary about how a weakened Edinburgh team gave them a scare, the Glasgow forum is replete with 'how awful are ...
by GrahamWa
Mon Dec 02, 2024 7:15 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Reverse Midas
Replies: 21
Views: 865

Re: Reverse Midas

It's muck but it will enable them to integrate the womens one with inverting the first letter with the mad font that they have used.
by GrahamWa
Fri Nov 22, 2024 4:41 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
Replies: 22587
Views: 1615220

Re: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread

dpedin wrote: Fri Nov 22, 2024 4:15 pm
Biffer wrote: Fri Nov 22, 2024 4:01 pm
vball wrote: Fri Nov 22, 2024 4:00 pm Is the A game on TV tonight or a streaming service of some sort?
No, but it's on tomorrow.
BBC have picked it up so either BBC Scotland/Alba and or iPlayer.
Just the iplayer or Sports Scotland website. No proper channel coverage.
by GrahamWa
Fri Nov 22, 2024 2:52 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Scotland vs Wallabies
Replies: 213
Views: 5433

Re: Scotland vs Wallabies

Blurb from the wobblies

The Melbourne junior will become the 18th Wallabies debutant this year and will link with last weekend’s hat-trick scorer Tom Wright, and right winger Andrew Kellaway in the back three, for the side’s third Test of their Grand Slam Spring Tour.

He’s one of six changes to ...
by GrahamWa
Fri Nov 22, 2024 2:50 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Scotland vs Wallabies
Replies: 213
Views: 5433

Re: Scotland vs Wallabies

Teams:

Scotland
15. Blair Kinghorn – Toulouse (54)
14. Darcy Graham – Edinburgh Rugby (41)
13. Huw Jones – Glasgow Warriors (52)
12. Sione Tuipulotu – Glasgow Warriors (29) CAPTAIN
11. Duhan van der Merwe – Edinburgh Rugby (43)
10. Finn Russell – Bath Rugby (81) VICE-CAPTAIN
9. Ben White – Toulon ...
by GrahamWa
Mon Nov 18, 2024 6:23 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
Replies: 22587
Views: 1615220

Re: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread

Ben Healy needs to find some form to get a back line moving. I would have had Richie Simpson in front of him based on his previous super 6 form rather than Healy.
by GrahamWa
Sat Nov 16, 2024 5:23 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: England vs Springboks
Replies: 378
Views: 9239

Re: England vs Springboks

Borthwick and Monye having a game of who is most annoying.
by GrahamWa
Sun Nov 10, 2024 2:00 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
Replies: 22587
Views: 1615220

Re: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread

Tichtheid wrote: Sun Nov 10, 2024 1:22 pm Wales have a guy called Blair Murray in their squad, I mean, that’s just shameless poaching.
From Scotland and NZ
by GrahamWa
Sun Nov 10, 2024 10:57 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
Replies: 22587
Views: 1615220

Re: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread




but you can watch England play on council TV.


You can't watch the England autumn internationals on council TV. You are maybe mistaken that you can watch the Welsh Language coverage of the Taff games as part of the welsh language law or sumit. England Rugby League has been on council TV ...
by GrahamWa
Sun Nov 10, 2024 10:42 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
Replies: 22587
Views: 1615220

Re: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread


but you can watch England play on council TV.


You can't watch the England autumn internationals on council TV. You are maybe mistaken that you can watch the Welsh Language coverage of the Taff games as part of the welsh language law or sumit. England Rugby League has been on council TV recently ...
by GrahamWa
Thu Nov 07, 2024 5:34 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Lame Nicknames that Stick
Replies: 46
Views: 1908

Re: Lame Nicknames that Stick

Work quite closely with the RN who are notorious for their names every one called Wells is Bomber, Parker - Fez, Ward - Sharky and Bennett - Wiggy.

Its got a bit better First name Ryan now signs his e-mail Meg. Marsh answers to Jodie and a Dando answers to Gill.

Another that I thought was ...