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Lewington the only defender not to put his body on the line. 10-0 not a terrible scoreline given the pressure we’ve been under. Handling has been desperate. Game is still on though. We need to play some of the game with the ball and chip away with a couple of pens. See if Bordeaux panic or do someth...

More handling errors cost Sarries after so much hard work

Stranger wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 5:02 pm I have no idea how saracens are still in this.

We’ve defended pretty tenaciously and had a bit of luck. Need to keep the ball for a bit

Phenomenal tackle from Mako. Sarries clinging on

Paddington Bear wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 4:29 pm May well look like a tit in half an hour or so, but I think we’ll do this

If we do this it’ll be an absolutely heroic effort.

Looks like he’s dropped this

May well look like a tit in half an hour or so, but I think we’ll do this

Exeter yet again dull and dumb. Deserve to lose

Ted Hill is quick

They're already building houses in Edinburgh at an eyewatering rate of knots. I'd hate to live on the estates they're building, mind. Miles out of town, a sea of Barrett homes and only a co-op local by way of any facility. Yeah they never look particularly appealing even by Barrett standards. We ne...

Going to have to watch most of it on record but looking forward to this weekend. Knockout rugby just hits different

Championship back, would have been nice to get at least a day into the season before being reminded how crap Middlesex are

Maybe we should start a "NIMBY watch" on this thread? My submission, NIMBYs against building on Tesco car parks. Tesco car park in London. Flats by an Elizabeth line tube station and main road. Over 3300 signatures from local residents objecting, NIMBYs took it to the high court, local La...

If we’re not going to build in Croydon, a new town of zero architectural merit inside the m25, then we should either give up or discuss a population policy

The WASPI women are the least sympathetic pressure group I have ever come across, they don’t deserve a penny or an apology

They're already building houses in Edinburgh at an eyewatering rate of knots. I'd hate to live on the estates they're building, mind. Miles out of town, a sea of Barrett homes and only a co-op local by way of any facility. Yeah they never look particularly appealing even by Barrett standards. We ne...

I knew already, but I'm a travel nut and read it on another blog months ago. No surprise Home Office didn't make this big news public properly. Months ago? I knew about it years ago. This whole thing to me reeks of British exceptionalism. Just this idea that 'we're British, of course they'll accept...

And talking of the UK being shit... Raw sewage spills into England rivers and seas doubles in 2023 Sewage spills into England's rivers and seas by water companies more than doubled last year. According to the Environment Agency there were 3.6 million hours of spills compared to 1.75 million hours i...

Took a friend from work to her first ever live game. She asked after 50 minutes why they’d gone to such effort for a friendly. About summed that up

Waiting for the tube, very much so

The answer with the flag is that it’s reasonably clear (IMO) that Nike have bought in to the idea that the St George’s Cross is a divisive flag, an embarrassing relic. ‘A change to unite’ or whatever the exact phrase was seems pretty explicit on this. I don’t own an England football shirt and won’t ...

There’s people here and elsewhere who would happily describe themselves as being immune to conspiracy theories and fake news, who jumped at various stories on this one because it suited their politics. You’d like to think it would cause some self-reflection, but it won’t. Isn't it your own politics...

There’s people here and elsewhere who would happily describe themselves as being immune to conspiracy theories and fake news, who jumped at various stories on this one because it suited their politics. You’d like to think it would cause some self-reflection, but it won’t.

You do seem a bit exercised about something. Quite exercised that in the week when the figures on UK poverty increase and having today volunteered for a charity that it's involved in combatting poverty the charlatans we have in politics are talking about a flag. And the English one and not the Scot...

Maybe when we win more we’ll be beyond celebrating one off wins. The team don’t expect to beat anyone in the 6N or big three from the SH. Which is why I cannot fathom how Townsend keeps his job. Scotland have a limited window with a very talented side and he’s wasting it. Because, although we haven...

Looks an eminently sensible ruling The defendants were prohibited from using terms such as “climate change” in their defence and so took to using the “consent” defence to give context to their actions. The state over-reaching in order to crush protest is never “eminently sensible”. Is it state over...

I understand what he is saying, but I also think there is a little bit of unconscious belittling going on. Celebrating winning a single game as if it were a fantastic achievement is not a good look. Unless winning a game is something you rarely do, in which case it is. See italy against Wales two y...

Don’t know if anyone has listened to today’s BBC podcast, but Warburton’s comments on Scotland’s attitude/mindset are very interesting and chime with something I’d been struggling to articulate for a bit. I understand what he is saying, but I also think there is a little bit of unconscious belittli...

The consent defence has allowed some protests which very clearly would not have been consented to, not convinced this is really a controversial ruling

Some days are like that. But it's much harder to get a team to click in attack when you've spent a year coaching them the opposite (and have practically no relevant coaching expertise anyway) but still expect them to attack at full pace. A bunch of the errors were inexplicable and I don't expect to...

Many here may not have loved Borthwick as Sarries skipper, but it’s pretty clear from that he is capable of very effective man-management/leadership.

It’s a good post and yes clearly there was something significant that changed after the Scotland loss. Says plenty good about Borthwick’s character that not only does he run an environment where this can happen, he clearly accepted that they were right, and the change is obvious. On selection - Daly...

Don’t know if anyone has listened to today’s BBC podcast, but Warburton’s comments on Scotland’s attitude/mindset are very interesting and chime with something I’d been struggling to articulate for a bit.

As funny as some of the conspiracies are, didn’t she say she’d be out of action until Easter in the first place?

Are we happy to say a corner has clearly been turned now? Gutted by the ending but a performance to be proud of. Plenty still to work on but suddenly the attack is really purring. I think so - but there's still plenty of growth to come. Give the coaches another year or two and we could be right up ...

Are we happy to say a corner has clearly been turned now? Gutted by the ending but a performance to be proud of. Plenty still to work on but suddenly the attack is really purring.

Wales 21 Italy 35
Ireland 40 Scotland 19
France 23 England 25

Disastrously agreed to an overnight flight home which wipes out all three games, will watch them ‘as live’ on iplayer tomorrow. Somehow not the same…

IIRC his test kicking % hovers at around 50%, which from this distances he kicks from is pretty good. One more would be nice

I am certain Ben Skirving - ex-Sarries back rower - kicked at goal a bit. Definitely in some cup games

Far more embarrassing is the potential 12 million+ people who still want to vote for them. What exactly was it that inspired you all, folks? Form an orderly line. I imagine that a not insignificant portion of that 12 million are our benevolent elders, who've always voted Tory and are not for the tu...

Last game of the 6N, 8 week camp, Borthwick was always going to pick Daly who’s been in camp the whole time and knows the system. Likely the last time we’ll see Tuilagi in an England shirt. Not been the force he was but my god he’s given us some good memories and has poured everything into the shirt.

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