Le Taupe XIV et la mégalomanie d'un secretaire d'état ripoux

[TheFrog]

Brive attack toothless...

And Toulouse opportunistic counter attacks deadly.

But a boring game. Scrum, ruck, touch, maul, scrum....

[Torquemada 1420]

Brive attack toothless...

And Toulouse opportunistic counter attacks deadly.

But a boring game. Scrum, ruck, touch, maul, scrum....

CAB's 1/2 backs are clueless. Olding should stick to what he's good at: abusing women.

[TheFrog]

OMG... i thought the Brive game was poor... until I watched Perpignan-Clermont

I have not seen such a poor game in a long time and my eyes are sore. Foul after fault and fault after foul, and in between a handling error or a knock-on. Disgraceful from Clermont who were not even on a Pro-D2 level.

[TheFrog]

Nightmare start for La Rochelle against Toulouse...
Red card against Wardi and 10min later, their hooker knocks himself out...

[TheFrog]

And Thomas now dislocated a finger.

A lot of internationals or potential internationals being injured lately.

[TheFrog]

Hastoy at 10 is an improvement for La Rochelle. Seuteni is an exceptional game breaker but Hastoy's game management is superior.


Dulin, Danty and Hastoy are in great form.

So is Ramos for Toulouse.

Dupont a bit less at the moment.


And when I thought La Rochelle had plenty of monsters... they bring on Colombe who is huge!!!

[Torquemada 1420]

Nightmare start for La Rochelle against Toulouse...
Red card against Wardi and 10min later, their hooker knocks himself out...

A game LaR would have won were it not for their own stupidity (Wardi) and a succession of injuries. We've been saying for the last few seasons that LaR's handicap has been dreadful options at half back.
I think Hastoy is military medium but he's light years ahead of West. Still think TKB is crap.

[Torquemada 1420]

T14 is quite strange this year so far. No standout side and quality is patchy. On the upside, it looks the most competitive I can ever remember with even the promoted 2 going okay.

[Masterji]

Any break out players to challenge for the Fr team

[Torquemada 1420]

Any break out players to challenge for the Fr team

If you look at the squad, you'll see some unfamiliar and surprising faces. I just don't expect any to see and game time.

[Marylandolorian]

T14 is quite strange this year so far. No standout side and quality is patchy. On the upside, it looks the most competitive I can ever remember with even the promoted 2 going okay.

You are right about that, Top14 this year looks barely better than ProD2 mainly because the amount of penalties they get by holding the ball during the rucks or offside in the mauls etc.Very boring seeing the same mistakes again and again .
I haven’t watched a full game beside a couple ones with ST and Castres ( CO, I know ) .

[Torquemada 1420]

T14 is quite strange this year so far. No standout side and quality is patchy. On the upside, it looks the most competitive I can ever remember with even the promoted 2 going okay.

You are right about that, Top14 this year looks barely better than ProD2 mainly because the amount of penalties they get by holding the ball during the rucks or offside in the mauls etc.Very boring seeing the same mistakes again and again .
I haven’t watched a full game beside a couple ones with ST and Castres ( CO, I know ) .

I'm actually quite worried what will happen when the Euro games start.

[Marylandolorian]

The writer is right on the money about the Fra/OZ game.

https://www.lerugbynistere.fr/news/rugb ... 222022.php

[Torquemada 1420]

The writer is right on the money about the Fra/OZ game.

https://www.lerugbynistere.fr/news/rugb ... 222022.php

Like I said on the thread, Ramos was MOTM for me. Not convinced he'll keep that up but will take that effort.

Mention spéciale à Matthieu Jalibert pour son peu de temps passés sur la pelouse, mais rudement efficace. En 22 minutes, il parcourt 46 mètres et bat 2 défenseurs. Des meilleurs résultats que ceux de Romain Ntamack, présent 58 minutes sur la pelouse.

Like anyone who didn't inhabit an alternative universe should be surprised. Ntamack needs to be jettisoned entirely and an effective backup to Jalibert brought in. If Galthie is thinking of sticking with Ramos, he then has options of Ramos and Dupont at 10 if in a tight corner which frees up a slot on the bench.

[Marylandolorian]

Completely agree with you and also what you said in the match thread. Jalibert should be a starter but not for the SA game, Ntamak is stronger and a better defender than he is, plus losing chances are higher and the pro Ntamak will blame MJ.

[Torquemada 1420]

Completely agree with you and also what you said in the match thread. Jalibert should be a starter but not for the SA game, Ntamak is stronger and a better defender than he is, plus losing chances are higher and the pro Ntamak will blame MJ.

https://www.rugbyrama.fr/rugby/xv-de-fr ... tory.shtml

[Marylandolorian]

Completely agree with you and also what you said in the match thread. Jalibert should be a starter but not for the SA game, Ntamak is stronger and a better defender than he is, plus losing chances are higher and the pro Ntamak will blame MJ.

https://www.rugbyrama.fr/rugby/xv-de-fr ... tory.shtml

Yeah, when I saw that I was like as he might have been the Fr player that ran the least for that game.
But he’ll be the starter against SA

[Torquemada 1420]

Completely agree with you and also what you said in the match thread. Jalibert should be a starter but not for the SA game, Ntamak is stronger and a better defender than he is, plus losing chances are higher and the pro Ntamak will blame MJ.

https://www.rugbyrama.fr/rugby/xv-de-fr ... tory.shtml

Yeah, when I saw that I was like as he might have been the Fr player that ran the least for that game.
But he’ll be the starter against SA

Total lack of self awareness.

[Tichtheid]

French financial prosecutors raid headquarters of 2023 Rugby World Cup

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/ ... -world-cup

[Torquemada 1420]

French financial prosecutors raid headquarters of 2023 Rugby World Cup

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/ ... -world-cup

It will all be true and no-one will be brought to justice.

[laurent]

French financial prosecutors raid headquarters of 2023 Rugby World Cup

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/ ... -world-cup

It will all be true and no-one will be brought to justice.

Well not so fast ... sentencing on the current trials is very soon.

[Torquemada 1420]

French financial prosecutors raid headquarters of 2023 Rugby World Cup

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/ ... -world-cup

It will all be true and no-one will be brought to justice.

Well not so fast ... sentencing on the current trials is very soon.

Justice and sentences awarded not necessarily being the same thing!

[Torquemada 1420]

Is there anyone on the planet other than Galthie, ST fans and the Ntamack family who still thinks Romain is an intl player?

[Marylandolorian]

Is there anyone on the planet other than Galthie, ST fans and the Ntamack family who still thinks Romain is an intl player?

Even medias like rugbyrama are starting to talk about it. Dupont won’t play this weekend, let’s hope Lucu/Jalibert will start.
I’m not or wasn’t a Macalou’ fan but he had an outstanding game
Ovale Masqué https://actu.fr/sports/rugby/pro/spring ... 83162.html

[Torquemada 1420]

Is there anyone on the planet other than Galthie, ST fans and the Ntamack family who still thinks Romain is an intl player?

Even medias like rugbyrama are starting to talk about it. Dupont won’t play this weekend, let’s hope Lucu/Jalibert will start.
I’m not or wasn’t a Macalou’ fan but he had an outstanding game
Ovale Masqué https://actu.fr/sports/rugby/pro/spring ... 83162.html

What I wrote on match thread

A few told you sos amidst this.

1) Have said repeatedly over the years that Marseille is the best atmosphere ground in France. Partly because unlike Paris, it's near the heartlands. And what a noise. More games here.

2) In a game of utter brutality where the Boks held most of the cards for most of the game, despite du Toit's f**king madness (which has resulted in a fracture to Danty's eye)..... I said last week France cannot play 2 lightweight locks together (Woki and Flament), and so it proved. France were absolutely killed in the mauls and struggled in the scrums until Tao came on. Woki continues his poor form. Lost most of the breakdown battle too. Ironically it was Fra's subs who turned the tide and not the Bomb Squad.

3) Macalouuuuuuuuuuuuuuu. How f**king long have I said he cannot be ignored and not least for his freakish athleticism? How TF Jelonch** got MOTM, only a Fre broadcaster could say. A flanker dumped on the wing whilst filling in the backrow at scrums, he was everywhere. 1st man to challenge the Boks at every restart (that's how fast he is), putting in key tackles (he was up against the fastest Bok) and may have created a breakaway try if Barnes hadn't made a terrible call when he was not held. No more of this stubborn stupidity please Galthie. He'd walk into any other side in the world.

**MOTM to a man who missed a tackle for a try and was sat on his arse by the smallest player on the park and gave away 2 pens?

4) Just f**k off Ntamack. The guy next to me almost had a conniption at yet another sh*thouse display of aimless kicking and starving the backs of ball. Jalibert created more in the 1st minute he was on than Ntamack did his entire game. Total sh*te when Fra had the man advantage.

Tactically I thought Galthie was poor. Generally, a game plan of trying to beat the Boks up seems a pretty dim idea and it won't work next time if they don't go full retard for a red card. How many times did the Boks try that kick pass to get around Penaud and Fra never adapted? Luckily they got it wrong most of the time (knock ons etc) but it led to Dupont's sending off. I'm not blaming Penaud so much as the defensive shape: Boks were down a man FFS so should never have been able to create an overlap.

The major plus from this was Fra sides of old would have folded up and died. This lot seem to have found the knack of winning even when playing poorly.

[Torquemada 1420]

Ovale Masqué https://actu.fr/sports/rugby/pro/spring ... 83162.html

Especially:

C’est pourquoi je propose qu’on perde contre le Japon. D’une, ça leur permettra de réaliser un exploit que même Guy Novès n’a pas réussi à accomplir. De deux, le public toulousain est déjà parfaitement habitué aux défaites à domicile pendant le mois de novembre.

[Marylandolorian]

Ovale Masqué https://actu.fr/sports/rugby/pro/spring ... 83162.html

Especially:

C’est pourquoi je propose qu’on perde contre le Japon. D’une, ça leur permettra de réaliser un exploit que même Guy Novès n’a pas réussi à accomplir. De deux, le public toulousain est déjà parfaitement habitué aux défaites à domicile pendant le mois de novembre.

I like this one
Arendse finit par trouver la faille après une passe lumineuse de Willy le Roux, qui aura passé une bonne partie de la rencontre à jouer en position de n°10 (au contraire de Romain Ntamack).

100% correct about your match thread comments

[Torquemada 1420]

Ovale Masqué https://actu.fr/sports/rugby/pro/spring ... 83162.html

Especially:

C’est pourquoi je propose qu’on perde contre le Japon. D’une, ça leur permettra de réaliser un exploit que même Guy Novès n’a pas réussi à accomplir. De deux, le public toulousain est déjà parfaitement habitué aux défaites à domicile pendant le mois de novembre.

I like this one
Arendse finit par trouver la faille après une passe lumineuse de Willy le Roux, qui aura passé une bonne partie de la rencontre à jouer en position de n°10 (au contraire de Romain Ntamack).

100% correct about your match thread comments

The whole report is hilarious.

Un match contre les Boks, ça ne se note pas sur 10 dans l’Équipe, mais en années d’espérance de vie perdues.

[Torquemada 1420]

Ovale Masqué https://actu.fr/sports/rugby/pro/spring ... 83162.html

Especially:

C’est pourquoi je propose qu’on perde contre le Japon. D’une, ça leur permettra de réaliser un exploit que même Guy Novès n’a pas réussi à accomplir. De deux, le public toulousain est déjà parfaitement habitué aux défaites à domicile pendant le mois de novembre.

I like this one
Arendse finit par trouver la faille après une passe lumineuse de Willy le Roux, qui aura passé une bonne partie de la rencontre à jouer en position de n°10 (au contraire de Romain Ntamack).

100% correct about your match thread comments

FM, even Bernol has noticed

https://www.rugbyrama.fr/rugby/xv-de-fr ... tory.shtml

[Torquemada 1420]

FFS
https://www.rugbyrama.fr/rugby/top-14/2 ... tory.shtml

[Marylandolorian]

FFS
https://www.rugbyrama.fr/rugby/top-14/2 ... tory.shtml

I don’t know about that, Urios pushed away some good players last year, like Païva- Seuteni (not sure about Woki), but La cerise sur le gâteau has been Jalibert looking for a new club and this is a big NO from Marti, MJ is his protégé .

From your other post

Malgré son excellente entrée face à l’Australie, Matthieu Jalibert est amené à rester le remplaçant idéal. Le Bordelo-Béglais offre une solution de luxe à Fabien Galthié en sortie de banc. La hiérarchie est bien établie et elle le sera encore une fois ce dimanche.

[Torquemada 1420]

FFS
https://www.rugbyrama.fr/rugby/top-14/2 ... tory.shtml

I don’t know about that, Urios pushed away some good players last year, like Païva- Seuteni (not sure about Woki), but La cerise sur le gâteau has been Jalibert looking for a new club and this is a big NO from Marti, MJ is his protégé .

From your other post

Malgré son excellente entrée face à l’Australie, Matthieu Jalibert est amené à rester le remplaçant idéal. Le Bordelo-Béglais offre une solution de luxe à Fabien Galthié en sortie de banc. La hiérarchie est bien établie et elle le sera encore une fois ce dimanche.

I'm just not a fan of player power being used to oust managers. We've seen wayyyy to much of this sh*t in France right back to Skrela/Villepreux as Fre coaches.

Yes. Bernol goes on to make excuses for Ntamack and then writes that sh*t i.e. your best player in a key position should be on the bench. Taking tips from Eddie Jones.

Of course, Ntamack gets to look good against a weak Japan this weekend and then they can all say "See. He's a genius".

[Marylandolorian]

An other good week for Ovale masqué
https://actu.fr/sports/rugby/pro/tirami ... 56223.html

This for Laurent ( I didn’t know the full story ( and still don’t ).
Chalureau est alors arrêté in extremis par un courageux antifa japonais.
la défense française totalement passive et silencieuse, un peu comme la presse sportive française quand on annonce la sélection d’un joueur condamné pour agression raciste.


Allez, tapes dans ma main !/ - Euh, t’es sûr ?

[Torquemada 1420]

An other good week for Ovale masqué
https://actu.fr/sports/rugby/pro/tirami ... 56223.html

This for Laurent ( I didn’t know the full story ( and still don’t ).
Chalureau est alors arrêté in extremis par un courageux antifa japonais.
la défense française totalement passive et silencieuse, un peu comme la presse sportive française quand on annonce la sélection d’un joueur condamné pour agression raciste.


Allez, tapes dans ma main !/ - Euh, t’es sûr ?

D’ailleurs, saviez-vous que c’était la finale de la Coupe du monde de rugby à XIII ce week-end ? Non ? Et bien c’est normal car tout le monde s’en fout.

[Torquemada 1420]

The decline at ASM continues unabated. A hammering in Paris and now Iturria is jumping ship to Bayonne.

[Marylandolorian]

The decline at ASM continues unabated. A hammering in Paris and now Iturria is jumping ship to Bayonne.

Bellau was awful last night, plus a lot of kids in this group, I didn’t know a third of the names.

It wasn’t Le Garrec best game neither, made a lot of bad decisions under (light) pressure.

Bordeaux doing much better without Furios

Really enjoyed Lou/ST

[Torquemada 1420]

The decline at ASM continues unabated. A hammering in Paris and now Iturria is jumping ship to Bayonne.

Bellau was awful last night, plus a lot of kids in this group, I didn’t know a third of the names.

It wasn’t Le Garrec best game neither, made a lot of bad decisions under (light) pressure.

Bordeaux doing much better without Furios

Really enjoyed Lou/ST

Belleau's confidence is shot to pieces. It fell apart last year at RCT. He reminds me off Plisson after Lawes broke him in half. All rabbit in headlight stuff.

LeGarrec has had a few bad games this year but on the plus side, Gibert was excellent and Chat had a decent game too.

F**k UBB. Screwed up my Fantasy picks: I would have had a Grand Slam this week.
And now Urios has gone, there are rumours of Jalibert replacing Flake at Racing.

[Marylandolorian]

Re Jalibert
Selon les informations de Midi Olympique, même si ce dernier a récemment réaffirmé dans ces mêmes colonnes être sous contrat jusqu’en 2025, notre demi d’ouverture, Matthieu Jalibert, devrait rencontrer le président de l’UBB, Laurent Marti, avec ses conseillers pour évoquer l’éventualité d’une libération anticipée à la fin de la saison. En cas d’accord, le joueur pourrait prendre la direction du Racing 92 et retrouver son ami, Cameron Woki.

Contrary of what I said before he might leave (and should?). MJ wants to win titles and after a couple of good seasons Bordeaux is going down and I’m not sure they’ll be a top club again (á La LOU), the Arena will be perfect for him, but so far it doesn’t look like Russell wants to leave.

[Torquemada 1420]

Re Jalibert
Selon les informations de Midi Olympique, même si ce dernier a récemment réaffirmé dans ces mêmes colonnes être sous contrat jusqu’en 2025, notre demi d’ouverture, Matthieu Jalibert, devrait rencontrer le président de l’UBB, Laurent Marti, avec ses conseillers pour évoquer l’éventualité d’une libération anticipée à la fin de la saison. En cas d’accord, le joueur pourrait prendre la direction du Racing 92 et retrouver son ami, Cameron Woki.

Contrary of what I said before he might leave (and should?). MJ wants to win titles and after a couple of good seasons Bordeaux is going down and I’m not sure they’ll be a top club again (á La LOU), the Arena will be perfect for him, but so far it doesn’t look like Russell wants to leave.

I'm sure Russell doesn't want to leave. He's being paid plenty for doing a bad job!

[Marylandolorian]

Damn, Villiere injured again.

https://www.sudouest.fr/sport/rugby/top ... 181865.php