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snaporaz wrote: Mon Jun 12, 2023 10:00 am
sturginho wrote: Sat Jun 10, 2023 4:35 pm Is there any particular reason why Mori and Giammarioli never seem to feature for UBB any more?
Mah, la risposta mi sembra talmente semplice.....che infatti nessuno la dà...
cioè? che non sono all'altezza? puo darsi, pero l'anno scorso Mori stava giocando con continuità nonostante le sue carenze in difesa quindi mi viene da chiedere cosa è cambiato nel frattempo.
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Hastoy is not a fancy player but he is proving to be reliable and dependable. To which extent playing alongside Keer-Barlow and behind a dominating pack makes him look good remains the question.
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TheFrog wrote: Wed Jun 14, 2023 2:44 am Hastoy is not a fancy player but he is proving to be reliable and dependable. To which extent playing alongside Keer-Barlow and behind a dominating pack makes him look good remains the question.
He was fine against australia a few years back and fine in Pau last year.
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And Laporte's porte manteau is out...

https://www.rugbyrama.fr/2023/06/14/ele ... 262123.php

still has a majority but the cunt's grip on FFR is almost gone.
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sturginho wrote: Mon Jun 12, 2023 12:52 pm
snaporaz wrote: Mon Jun 12, 2023 10:00 am
sturginho wrote: Sat Jun 10, 2023 4:35 pm Is there any particular reason why Mori and Giammarioli never seem to feature for UBB any more?
Mah, la risposta mi sembra talmente semplice.....che infatti nessuno la dà...
cioè? che non sono all'altezza? puo darsi, pero l'anno scorso Mori stava giocando con continuità nonostante le sue carenze in difesa quindi mi viene da chiedere cosa è cambiato nel frattempo.
Il TOP 14 è un altro livello. I playoff un livello più su. Un playoff con La Rochelle (non so se si è vista la partita) un altro livello più su ancora. Se uno colleziona una quindicina di presenze in campionato per dare il giro a tutta la rosa non significa che sia adatto ai livelli superiori.
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snaporaz wrote: Thu Jun 15, 2023 10:38 am
sturginho wrote: Mon Jun 12, 2023 12:52 pm
snaporaz wrote: Mon Jun 12, 2023 10:00 am

Mah, la risposta mi sembra talmente semplice.....che infatti nessuno la dà...
cioè? che non sono all'altezza? puo darsi, pero l'anno scorso Mori stava giocando con continuità nonostante le sue carenze in difesa quindi mi viene da chiedere cosa è cambiato nel frattempo.
Il TOP 14 è un altro livello. I playoff un livello più su. Un playoff con La Rochelle (non so se si è vista la partita) un altro livello più su ancora. Se uno colleziona una quindicina di presenze in campionato per dare il giro a tutta la rosa non significa che sia adatto ai livelli superiori.
I agree.
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Skelton vs Meafu

The clash of the Australian locks. Add Arnold to the mix and in fact we have 3 Australian locks for 1 French in the Top14 final. This says a lot about France production of locks.


I am surprised that Retiere has become Toulouse first choice on the right wing but he certainly is a warrior and has that extra luck when it matters. Playing against his former club adds to the spice.
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Looking forward to what could be a great game
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la puissance jaune is getting La Roche back into this
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Haven't seen Sea bass for a while


edit, Dusautoir also
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Cracking final
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Ah Ntamack
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Oh dear!
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sturginho wrote: Sat Jun 17, 2023 8:34 pmAh Ntamack
and again, missing touch there is criminal
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Ntamak is definitely the weak link for France, he’s just a shite Finn Russell
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But let's not dwell on Ntamack, you know that's coming in the thread later
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Yep, that was terrible
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That's probably the game

Dupont, Ntamack and Ramos have been poor or quiet, you need these players to lead by example in games like these
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😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Ah ha, that makes up for it all
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Ntamack!!!!!! :clap:
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Gwan Stade Toulousain
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sturginho wrote: Sat Jun 17, 2023 8:47 pm Ntamack!!!!!! :clap:
+ 1
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What a cracking match
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What a turnaround, fuck yeah
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Still a shite Finn Russell
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Slick wrote: Sat Jun 17, 2023 8:51 pm Still a shite Finn Russell

Torq bait?
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La Rochelle haven't exactly had a poor season, so any sympathy has to take that into consideration.

They should have won that, really.
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Tichtheid wrote: Sat Jun 17, 2023 8:52 pm
Slick wrote: Sat Jun 17, 2023 8:51 pm Still a shite Finn Russell

Torq bait?
Meh

Maybe 😀
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Not the same standard as the European Final... bit messy.. but what a finish...
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Tichtheid wrote: Sat Jun 17, 2023 8:42 pm But let's not dwell on Ntamack, you know that's coming in the thread later
How did you know? :angel:
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Grandpa wrote: Sat Jun 17, 2023 8:57 pm
Tichtheid wrote: Sat Jun 17, 2023 8:42 pm But let's not dwell on Ntamack, you know that's coming in the thread later
How did you know? :angel:
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Cracking game. What a magnificent player he is.
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I need to watch the game, only saw the first 20min, but from what I read, the French internationals were not at their best, except maybe Atonio, Wardi and Aldritt.
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One for Torque. It has the good, the bad and the uggly. Gosh, Ntamack is fast. He even drops Dupont.

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Watched the game finally. The intensity was insane and both defenses mean.

What worries me really was the number of mistakes made by French internationals or candidates for the World Cup squad. Dupont wasn't at his best, Ntamack blew hot and cold, Marchand didn't weigh as much as usual, Aldegheri was owned, Cros okish, Ramos had a mare except from the tee, Danty accumulated mistakes...
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Tichtheid wrote: Sat Jun 17, 2023 8:42 pm But let's not dwell on Ntamack, you know that's coming in the thread later
:lol:
I was watching in Crete. He was dogsh*t and Seuteni's brainfart in defence doesn't alter that.
As for Romain Ntamack. What can you say? He was awful for much of the game – while O’Gara’s comments were not becoming of a top-level coach with international aspirations, he was not wrong in his assertion that Toulouse did not play particularly well, and Ntamack was at the heart of much of it. His facial expression after he had sent a match-saving penalty kick beyond the corner was that of someone who had cracked. And he was saved from giving away a match-clinching penalty to the opposition because the referee had blown to stop the game for injury rather than for a penalty – there were milliseconds in that decision.
It's here for the record again, if Ntamack is the starter for the RWC, France won't win it.
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Torquemada 1420 wrote: Fri Jun 23, 2023 5:42 am
Tichtheid wrote: Sat Jun 17, 2023 8:42 pm But let's not dwell on Ntamack, you know that's coming in the thread later
:lol:
I was watching in Crete. He was dogsh*t and Seuteni's brainfart in defence doesn't alter that.
As for Romain Ntamack. What can you say? He was awful for much of the game – while O’Gara’s comments were not becoming of a top-level coach with international aspirations, he was not wrong in his assertion that Toulouse did not play particularly well, and Ntamack was at the heart of much of it. His facial expression after he had sent a match-saving penalty kick beyond the corner was that of someone who had cracked. And he was saved from giving away a match-clinching penalty to the opposition because the referee had blown to stop the game for injury rather than for a penalty – there were milliseconds in that decision.
It's here for the record again, if Ntamack is the starter for the RWC, France won't win it.


Another way of looking at the final was that even at the very end of what had been a very poor game from him he had that ability to win the Bouclier de Brennus with a try that would be scarcely believable if it had been written in a boy's adventure story - what's the French equivalent of Roy of the Rovers?

It was a 65m screamer with only a couple of minutes to go.
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