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He was rushed to hospital, but it was not for another two weeks that he underwent surgery as the initially swelling masked the severity of the injury.

"I had tried to train in that time, which was not the best idea, but we didn't know at the time," he said.

sockwithaticket wrote: ↑Thu Feb 27, 2025 10:01 am

He was rushed to hospital, but it was not for another two weeks that he underwent surgery as the initially swelling masked the severity of the injury.

"I had tried to train in that time, which was not the best idea, but we didn't know at the time," he said.

That seems insane to me, I feel like anyone with a modicum of medical knowledge (club physios?) would have been able to say that training could potentially exacerbate things and that with the injury involving the players eyes/sight, that they should wait until the swelling subsided before he get back to action.

Sandstorm wrote: ↑Thu Feb 27, 2025 10:21 am

sockwithaticket wrote: ↑Thu Feb 27, 2025 10:01 am

He was rushed to hospital, but it was not for another two weeks that he underwent surgery as the initially swelling masked the severity of the injury.

"I had tried to train in that time, which was not the best idea, but we didn't know at the time," he said.

That seems insane to me, I feel like anyone with a modicum of medical knowledge (club physios?) would have been able to say that training could potentially exacerbate things and that with the injury involving the players eyes/sight, that they should wait until the swelling subsided before he get back to action.

Was this during the time that arsehole Michael Cheika was coach?

laurent wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2025 3:22 pm

Paddington Bear wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2025 3:15 pm

Yeeb wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2025 1:26 pm

Have we ever been not-treacle ?

France would just shrug and put a winger or centre in at fullback and see how that goes , as they have a freer mentality and don’t pigeon hole players by position so much. Players like steward or slade would never have been capped had they been French .

In fairness though they tried this against us not so long ago and we stuck 40 past them

2019 full back was Ramos or Médard both played regularly at full back

Paddington Bear wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2025 4:21 pm It was Huget who was utterly hopeless

Torquemada 1420 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 27, 2025 10:59 am

Paddington Bear wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2025 4:21 pm It was Huget who was utterly hopeless

Now there was an uber c**t.

https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/s ... matic-dive

Torquemada 1420 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 27, 2025 10:59 am

Paddington Bear wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2025 4:21 pm It was Huget who was utterly hopeless

Now there was an uber c**t.

https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/s ... matic-dive

and forgot to add this one
https://www.skysports.com/rugby-union/n ... -on-marais

inactionman wrote: ↑Thu Feb 27, 2025 2:54 pm Not a wonderful story, and all very tabloid so apologies in advance, but the England rugby player who was investigated for rape has been exonerated.

A woman in Manchester fabricated stories about Marland Yarde raping a 16 year old, and sold the rape story to the press. She's just been found guilty of stalking him for 14 months - where it came out that she'd made up the rape allegations.

I'm not his greatest fan, but absolutely shocking that his career was essentially ended by this.

laurent wrote: ↑Thu Feb 27, 2025 2:24 pm

Torquemada 1420 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 27, 2025 10:59 am

Paddington Bear wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2025 4:21 pm It was Huget who was utterly hopeless

Now there was an uber c**t.

https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/s ... matic-dive

and forgot to add this one
https://www.skysports.com/rugby-union/n ... -on-marais

Huget was not even a decent winger...

inactionman wrote: ↑Thu Feb 27, 2025 3:42 pm Felix Jones back with South Africa. I thought it was supposed to be Munster but who knows what any more.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union ... dee4ey6qjo

inactionman wrote: ↑Thu Feb 27, 2025 3:42 pm Felix Jones back with South Africa. I thought it was supposed to be Munster but who knows what any more.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union ... dee4ey6qjo

After spending some time in England, his experience of studying opposition teams in the Six Nations

Yeeb wrote: ↑Thu Feb 27, 2025 2:58 pm

inactionman wrote: ↑Thu Feb 27, 2025 2:54 pm Not a wonderful story, and all very tabloid so apologies in advance, but the England rugby player who was investigated for rape has been exonerated.

A woman in Manchester fabricated stories about Marland Yarde raping a 16 year old, and sold the rape story to the press. She's just been found guilty of stalking him for 14 months - where it came out that she'd made up the rape allegations.

I'm not his greatest fan, but absolutely shocking that his career was essentially ended by this.

She’s on the BBC now.

(The news & media source I mean)

Simian wrote: ↑Thu Feb 27, 2025 3:51 pm

inactionman wrote: ↑Thu Feb 27, 2025 3:42 pm Felix Jones back with South Africa. I thought it was supposed to be Munster but who knows what any more.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union ... dee4ey6qjo

Think Munster have the chief’s coach coming in for next season.

petej wrote: ↑Wed Feb 26, 2025 9:35 pm Saw this I wonder how much shit the Irish on the board would have made if an English international had inadvertently gouged one of their players causing a career ending injury.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union ... q1w11egz1o

Yeeb wrote: ↑Thu Feb 27, 2025 2:58 pm

inactionman wrote: ↑Thu Feb 27, 2025 2:54 pm Not a wonderful story, and all very tabloid so apologies in advance, but the England rugby player who was investigated for rape has been exonerated.

A woman in Manchester fabricated stories about Marland Yarde raping a 16 year old, and sold the rape story to the press. She's just been found guilty of stalking him for 14 months - where it came out that she'd made up the rape allegations.

I'm not his greatest fan, but absolutely shocking that his career was essentially ended by this.

She’s on the BBC now.

(The news & media source I mean)

Brazil wrote: ↑Thu Feb 27, 2025 3:28 pm

laurent wrote: ↑Thu Feb 27, 2025 2:24 pm

Torquemada 1420 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 27, 2025 10:59 am
Now there was an uber c**t.

https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/s ... matic-dive

and forgot to add this one
https://www.skysports.com/rugby-union/n ... -on-marais

Huget was not even a decent winger...

It was Huget that Boucherie Ovalie ran a picture of with the caption "'Chat' not only means pussy, it can also mean big hairy cunt", wasn't it?

fishfoodie wrote: ↑Thu Feb 27, 2025 5:46 pm

petej wrote: ↑Wed Feb 26, 2025 9:35 pm Saw this I wonder how much shit the Irish on the board would have made if an English international had inadvertently gouged one of their players causing a career ending injury.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union ... q1w11egz1o

It's a bit cuntish of you to immediately assume that any of us would react the way you apparently feel entitled to ?

It was an unfortunate accident, that sadly meant the end of a players career; it was no-ones fault, it's just a fact of life in contact sports.

Paddington Bear wrote: ↑Thu Feb 27, 2025 10:40 pm

Yeeb wrote: ↑Thu Feb 27, 2025 2:58 pm

inactionman wrote: ↑Thu Feb 27, 2025 2:54 pm Not a wonderful story, and all very tabloid so apologies in advance, but the England rugby player who was investigated for rape has been exonerated.

A woman in Manchester fabricated stories about Marland Yarde raping a 16 year old, and sold the rape story to the press. She's just been found guilty of stalking him for 14 months - where it came out that she'd made up the rape allegations.

I'm not his greatest fan, but absolutely shocking that his career was essentially ended by this.

She’s on the BBC now.

(The news & media source I mean)

Really tough one as there are far more women that will never get justice than there are men like Yarde who are falsely accused and see their lives ruined, however you have to feel a load of sympathy for a man who has seen his life ruined as a result of this. Can only hope he is able to make a living in rugby through his 30s and make up for some of the time he has lost

inactionman wrote: ↑Fri Feb 28, 2025 9:17 pm Bath clearing the bench Vs Quins and have gone from 28-7 down to 34-28 up

Former captain Will Carling has questioned the quality and experience of England's current coaching set-up, suggesting it is preventing the team reaching their full potential.
England recovered from an opening-round defeat by Ireland with dramatic one-point wins over France and Scotland, but have still been criticised for their style of play so far in the Six Nations.
"We do have some talented players there's no doubt and maybe we're seeing a slightly restricted version of them," Carling told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.

SaintK wrote: ↑Wed Mar 05, 2025 12:36 pm Message to Scabnose: It aint effin well working!!!!
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20 ... orthwick

sockwithaticket wrote: ↑Wed Mar 05, 2025 1:37 pm

SaintK wrote: ↑Wed Mar 05, 2025 12:36 pm Message to Scabnose: It aint effin well working!!!!
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20 ... orthwick

Unofortunately, it did bag two narrow wins against decent opposition and we may well end up 4 from 5 by the end of the tournament, which would certainly be taken as evidence that it is working even if we could quite as easily be 2 from 5.

England: Daly; Freeman, Lawrence, Dingwall, Sleightholme; F Smith, Mitchell; Genge, George, Stuart, Itoje, Chessum, T Curry, Earl, Willis
Replacements: Cowan-Dickie, Baxter, Heyes, Hill, Cunningham-South, B Curry, Van Poortvliet, M Smith

SaintK wrote: ↑Wed Mar 05, 2025 3:25 pm With 5 Saints in the backs starting and Slade dropped, lets hope the ball gets through the hands a bit more.

England: Daly; Freeman, Lawrence, Dingwall, Sleightholme; F Smith, Mitchell; Genge, George, Stuart, Itoje, Chessum, T Curry, Earl, Willis
Replacements: Cowan-Dickie, Baxter, Heyes, Hill, Cunningham-South, B Curry, Van Poortvliet, M Smith

Paddington Bear wrote: ↑Wed Mar 05, 2025 3:02 pm

sockwithaticket wrote: ↑Wed Mar 05, 2025 1:37 pm

SaintK wrote: ↑Wed Mar 05, 2025 12:36 pm Message to Scabnose: It aint effin well working!!!!
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20 ... orthwick

Unofortunately, it did bag two narrow wins against decent opposition and we may well end up 4 from 5 by the end of the tournament, which would certainly be taken as evidence that it is working even if we could quite as easily be 2 from 5.

We did also score four tries against France in fairness, which has nothing to do with their handling and seems to be getting overlooked. Kicking into position followed by well executed strike moves is not a horror show for spectators at all and seems to be what they’re attempting. A few handling errors and a dumb pen from Earl prevented it getting off the ground v Scotland but you can see what they’re trying to do.

Scotland in any case was exceptional in that the team shat themselves as soon as they realised it was a ‘Jamie Ritchie has arrived to play rugby day’ as opposed to ‘Jamie Ritchie has arrived to show off his beach weights and whinge at the ref’ day, leading to a decision to not offer Scotland any turnover opportunities in our own half. Take out a phenomenally dumb lineout pen in the last 5 minutes and the tactic probably leads to a 19-10 win over a bogey side and I’m convinced the narrative would be different

Paddington Bear wrote: ↑Wed Mar 05, 2025 3:02 pm

sockwithaticket wrote: ↑Wed Mar 05, 2025 1:37 pm

SaintK wrote: ↑Wed Mar 05, 2025 12:36 pm Message to Scabnose: It aint effin well working!!!!
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20 ... orthwick

Unofortunately, it did bag two narrow wins against decent opposition and we may well end up 4 from 5 by the end of the tournament, which would certainly be taken as evidence that it is working even if we could quite as easily be 2 from 5.

We did also score four tries against France in fairness, which has nothing to do with their handling and seems to be getting overlooked. Kicking into position followed by well executed strike moves is not a horror show for spectators at all and seems to be what they’re attempting. A few handling errors and a dumb pen from Earl prevented it getting off the ground v Scotland but you can see what they’re trying to do.

Scotland in any case was exceptional in that the team shat themselves as soon as they realised it was a ‘Jamie Ritchie has arrived to play rugby day’ as opposed to ‘Jamie Ritchie has arrived to show off his beach weights and whinge at the ref’ day, leading to a decision to not offer Scotland any turnover opportunities in our own half. Take out a phenomenally dumb lineout pen in the last 5 minutes and the tactic probably leads to a 19-10 win over a bogey side and I’m convinced the narrative would be different

Paddington Bear wrote: ↑Wed Mar 05, 2025 3:02 pm

sockwithaticket wrote: ↑Wed Mar 05, 2025 1:37 pm

SaintK wrote: ↑Wed Mar 05, 2025 12:36 pm Message to Scabnose: It aint effin well working!!!!
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20 ... orthwick

Unofortunately, it did bag two narrow wins against decent opposition and we may well end up 4 from 5 by the end of the tournament, which would certainly be taken as evidence that it is working even if we could quite as easily be 2 from 5.

We did also score four tries against France in fairness, which has nothing to do with their handling and seems to be getting overlooked. Kicking into position followed by well executed strike moves is not a horror show for spectators at all and seems to be what they’re attempting. A few handling errors and a dumb pen from Earl prevented it getting off the ground v Scotland but you can see what they’re trying to do.

Scotland in any case was exceptional in that the team shat themselves as soon as they realised it was a ‘Jamie Ritchie has arrived to play rugby day’ as opposed to ‘Jamie Ritchie has arrived to show off his beach weights and whinge at the ref’ day, leading to a decision to not offer Scotland any turnover opportunities in our own half. Take out a phenomenally dumb lineout pen in the last 5 minutes and the tactic probably leads to a 19-10 win over a bogey side and I’m convinced the narrative would be different

Oxbow wrote: ↑Wed Mar 05, 2025 3:24 pm Holy shitballs, Borthwick has actually dropped Slade (or maybe he's injured, I don't care) and Dingwall starts. On a less positive note, Daly starts at 15, because that always worked out

England: Daly; Freeman, Lawrence, Dingwall, Sleightholme; F Smith, Mitchell; Genge, George, Stuart, Itoje, Chessum, T Curry, Earl, Willis

Replacements: Cowan-Dickie, Baxter, Heyes, Hill, Cunningham-South, B Curry, Van Poortvliet, M Smith

Oxbow wrote: ↑Wed Mar 05, 2025 3:24 pm Holy shitballs, Borthwick has actually dropped Slade (or maybe he's injured, I don't care) and Dingwall starts. On a less positive note, Daly starts at 15, because that always worked out

England: Daly; Freeman, Lawrence, Dingwall, Sleightholme; F Smith, Mitchell; Genge, George, Stuart, Itoje, Chessum, T Curry, Earl, Willis

Replacements: Cowan-Dickie, Baxter, Heyes, Hill, Cunningham-South, B Curry, Van Poortvliet, M Smith

Oxbow wrote: ↑Wed Mar 05, 2025 5:30 pm Yes, but it's not really moving forward though is it. How did Carpenter get on in the 'A' game, I would rather have seen him given a run against Italy with Daly providing plenty of cover on the bench.

Kawazaki wrote: ↑Wed Mar 05, 2025 5:19 pm

Oxbow wrote: ↑Wed Mar 05, 2025 3:24 pm Holy shitballs, Borthwick has actually dropped Slade (or maybe he's injured, I don't care) and Dingwall starts. On a less positive note, Daly starts at 15, because that always worked out

England: Daly; Freeman, Lawrence, Dingwall, Sleightholme; F Smith, Mitchell; Genge, George, Stuart, Itoje, Chessum, T Curry, Earl, Willis

Replacements: Cowan-Dickie, Baxter, Heyes, Hill, Cunningham-South, B Curry, Van Poortvliet, M Smith

Daly is a much much much better fullback than Marcus Smith is. And you can double the much content when you compare him to Freddie Steward.