The Official English Rugby Thread

[sockwithaticket]

Wasps team is up



Blackett said 4 likely matchday 23 guys were being kept out by covid precautions/test failure. I'm chalking Feikitoa up to injury rather than that, though don't know for sure, so would put the absentees as:
McKintyre
Brookes
Shields
Barbeary

Still looks very strong, though. As an aside, what a wild ride for Morris if he gets on. Very much a decent squad player with lots of more talented guys ahead of him, but he might get to play in a Prem final! Probably didn't think about that possibility while toiling in the Championship.

[Raggs]

I'd have taken basically anyone but Carley over cmk.

Oh well. If, and it's a big if, we can get him pinging going off feet, he's stubborn enough to not let it go even if it keeps happening.

[Slick]

Pretty funny stuff. Just cancel the pointless jolly that only ever existed to fleece money off the fans and flog the players a bit more

(very silly of them, though!)

Without being overly precious it’s a bit of a disgrace really. Very little time for that behaviour

[Margin__Walker]

Game called off according to the Mail. Probably for the best. You just know someone was going to do an ACL in this farce

[ASMO]

Game called off according to the Mail. Probably for the best. You just know someone was going to do an ACL in this farce

Just hope they name and shame them, we are quick to slam chavballers when they do it, the same lens must be pointed at us now.

[Punter15]

Wayne Barnes out C19 related
Maxwell Keys in

Wasps are screwed. He’s never forgiven them for how wrong he got it sending Hughes off.

[sockwithaticket]

Wayne Barnes out C19 related
Maxwell Keys in

Wasps are screwed. He’s never forgiven them for how wrong he got it sending Hughes off.

It certainly feels like that at times.

Is that incident the last time a disciplinary panel rescinded a red card? I can't say any other nstances spring to mind.

[JM2K6]

Pretty funny stuff. Just cancel the pointless jolly that only ever existed to fleece money off the fans and flog the players a bit more

(very silly of them, though!)

Without being overly precious it’s a bit of a disgrace really. Very little time for that behaviour

The fact that some of the named players are pretty level headed and there's so many who've done it suggests some communication fuckup somewhere along the line.

[JM2K6]

CMK is a decent ref.

[SaintK]

Pretty funny stuff. Just cancel the pointless jolly that only ever existed to fleece money off the fans and flog the players a bit more

(very silly of them, though!)

Without being overly precious it’s a bit of a disgrace really. Very little time for that behaviour

The fact that some of the named players are pretty level headed and there's so many who've done it suggests some communication fuckup somewhere along the line.

Match off!!!
There were in fact 2 breaches

[Punter15]

Wayne Barnes out C19 related
Maxwell Keys in

Wasps are screwed. He’s never forgiven them for how wrong he got it sending Hughes off.

It certainly feels like that at times.

Is that incident the last time a disciplinary panel rescinded a red card? I can't say any other nstances spring to mind.

That’s the one. He’s never gotten over it.

[JM2K6]

Wasps are screwed. He’s never forgiven them for how wrong he got it sending Hughes off.

It certainly feels like that at times.

Is that incident the last time a disciplinary panel rescinded a red card? I can't say any other nstances spring to mind.

That’s the one. He’s never gotten over it.

I love a good conspiracy.

[Slick]

Pretty funny stuff. Just cancel the pointless jolly that only ever existed to fleece money off the fans and flog the players a bit more

(very silly of them, though!)

Without being overly precious it’s a bit of a disgrace really. Very little time for that behaviour

The fact that some of the named players are pretty level headed and there's so many who've done it suggests some communication fuckup somewhere along the line.

I'd say that's being generous. They've just spent 3 months in bubbles with their clubs, they know the bloody score.

[Niegs]

That, or CM-K is just a crap ref?

[Saint]

Without being overly precious it’s a bit of a disgrace really. Very little time for that behaviour

The fact that some of the named players are pretty level headed and there's so many who've done it suggests some communication fuckup somewhere along the line.

Match off!!!
There were in fact 2 breaches

Yep. Turns out the earlier breach without any isolation of the involved players effectively compromised the whole bubble, leaving the Baa-Baas down the whole squad and all coaching staff.

[PCPhil]

Those bar stewards!! I’ll be put to work on the leaves in the garden now. 10 lashes apiece is too good for em.

Seriously, how stupid can these guys be. One of the worse things is I bet one of the clowns uses this as an after dinner story on a paid appearance at some point.

[Ali Cadoo]

Robshaw copping dog’s abuse on twitter...

[Un Pilier]

Without being overly precious it’s a bit of a disgrace really. Very little time for that behaviour

The fact that some of the named players are pretty level headed and there's so many who've done it suggests some communication fuckup somewhere along the line.

I'd say that's being generous. They've just spent 3 months in bubbles with their clubs, they know the bloody score.

Absobloodylutlely! Even if someone in authority said it would be okay, surely they should have enough nouse to query that.

Stupid or don’t give a fuck. Either way they are hugely diminished in my opinion.

[sockwithaticket]

Exeter's team


Very strong. Their back row vs. the Wasps trio will be fascinating. It's a bunch of carriers without much ground game vs. the premier scroungers in the league.

[Rhubarb & Custard]

Robshaw copping dog’s abuse on twitter...

As he should, but all he can do is apologise without excuses having been so stupid, and he's at least done that

[Kawazaki]

I fear the shite weather might snuff out the slim chance Wasps had to beat the bores.

[sockwithaticket]

Wet and windy is definitely not our preferred meteorological conditions.

[sockwithaticket]

Will take that. Felt a little like a make up pen for not penalising Ewers a couple of phases earlier.

Big test now with Exter going to the corner.

[sockwithaticket]

Pleased by the way the scrum seems to be holding up so far.

[Ovals]

Defence just evaporated there

[sockwithaticket]

Errors making the difference at the moment. Otherwise well matched.

Does look like we're edgining the scrum at the moment.

[Ovals]

Lovely try - great work from Robson.

[sockwithaticket]

Outstanding from Robson and brilliant finish from Umaga, had a lot to do.

[Ovals]

The weather is just appalling.

[Ali Cadoo]

Is this going to be all a little after the Lord Mayor’s show for Exeter? Certainly an intriguing contest so far...

[sockwithaticket]

Were world rugby not going to do something about the catepillar ruck? The 3 person long one looks absurd.

[Ovals]

Probably settle for that at HT having been playing into the rain.

[Ovals]

Were world rugby not going to do something about the catepillar ruck? The 3 person long one looks absurd.

Refs shouldn't give them the time to add all the players.

[sockwithaticket]

Probably settle for that at HT having been playing into the rain.

Definitely closer than I'd feared it would be , especially with the conditions.

[Hal Jordan]

I reckon the weather has something of a leveller, Exeter's power game gets subdued when they don't have certainty of handling.

[sockwithaticket]

Should've taken the scrum from that advantage rather than playing it out. Decent field position and tying in a lot of defenders.

[sockwithaticket]

Massive turnover from (who else) Willis.

[Kawazaki]

I like Willis
I want Wasps to win

But there is no way on God's earth that Willis was supporting his own weight there!

[Hal Jordan]

Another carry for Sam SimmonsEuropeanPlayeroftheYear.

[Hal Jordan]

Oh no, Spidercam is out of action! How will we get a view of the top of a scrum without any reference to the rest of the pitch and players now?