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I believe this to be true. Really upper class people often swear like troopers. Fussing about people’s language is a very middle class pursuit!
That's a good addition to their coaching team.Begbie wrote: ↑Mon Apr 19, 2021 7:29 pm Dicko is joining Glasgow's coaching team.
https://www.glasgowwarriors.org/news/sc ... in-glasgow
I wouldn't think its a good idea to be selling season tickets at this point. Next season doesn't kick off for what, 4 months? It seems to me a lot will change between now and then and opening themselves up to having to refund etc. would be poor management.inactionman wrote: ↑Tue Apr 20, 2021 1:56 pm Struggling to work this out - what's going on with season tickets for Edinburgh next season?
Appreciate I'm being hopeful, but no idea whether these will be released - it's not up on website anywhere I can find it, and think my membership lapsed last summer so no notifications I can find.
Going the other way, Mike Willemse is joining London Irish for next seasonBegbie wrote: ↑Tue Apr 20, 2021 10:58 am Edinburgh have signed second row Pierce Philips from Agen. Big lad, 6'9 and 119 kg.
https://www.edinburghrugby.org/the-club ... lips-signs
Is he any good (as squad hookers go)? Don't remember seeing him play.Tichtheid wrote: ↑Tue Apr 20, 2021 2:21 pmGoing the other way, Mike Willemse is joining London Irish for next seasonBegbie wrote: ↑Tue Apr 20, 2021 10:58 am Edinburgh have signed second row Pierce Philips from Agen. Big lad, 6'9 and 119 kg.
https://www.edinburghrugby.org/the-club ... lips-signs
Maybe as a 3rd of 4th string hooker.Margin__Walker wrote: ↑Tue Apr 20, 2021 2:24 pmIs he any good (as squad hookers go)? Don't remember seeing him play.Tichtheid wrote: ↑Tue Apr 20, 2021 2:21 pmGoing the other way, Mike Willemse is joining London Irish for next seasonBegbie wrote: ↑Tue Apr 20, 2021 10:58 am Edinburgh have signed second row Pierce Philips from Agen. Big lad, 6'9 and 119 kg.
https://www.edinburghrugby.org/the-club ... lips-signs
Margin__Walker wrote: ↑Tue Apr 20, 2021 2:24 pmIs he any good (as squad hookers go)? Don't remember seeing him play.Tichtheid wrote: ↑Tue Apr 20, 2021 2:21 pmGoing the other way, Mike Willemse is joining London Irish for next seasonBegbie wrote: ↑Tue Apr 20, 2021 10:58 am Edinburgh have signed second row Pierce Philips from Agen. Big lad, 6'9 and 119 kg.
https://www.edinburghrugby.org/the-club ... lips-signs
He's very dynamic in open play and seems to scrummage well (as far as I can tell) but his lineout throwing is not tremendously reliable, which is a bit of a drawback for a hooker.Margin__Walker wrote: ↑Tue Apr 20, 2021 2:24 pmIs he any good (as squad hookers go)? Don't remember seeing him play.Tichtheid wrote: ↑Tue Apr 20, 2021 2:21 pmGoing the other way, Mike Willemse is joining London Irish for next seasonBegbie wrote: ↑Tue Apr 20, 2021 10:58 am Edinburgh have signed second row Pierce Philips from Agen. Big lad, 6'9 and 119 kg.
https://www.edinburghrugby.org/the-club ... lips-signs
^^
I was trying to couch it a bit more politely about their new signing, but this is correct.Tichtheid wrote: ↑Tue Apr 20, 2021 2:33 pmMargin__Walker wrote: ↑Tue Apr 20, 2021 2:24 pmIs he any good (as squad hookers go)? Don't remember seeing him play.
Decent in the tight and he carries fairly well.
His darts are absolutely criminal.
This, not disappointed to see him go. Would rather younger players got more game time.Big D wrote: ↑Tue Apr 20, 2021 2:30 pmMaybe as a 3rd of 4th string hooker.Margin__Walker wrote: ↑Tue Apr 20, 2021 2:24 pmIs he any good (as squad hookers go)? Don't remember seeing him play.
Not so much to buy, just to know what's likely to be happening with the new ground (well, the new scaffolding at the existing ground) and season tickets. I seem to have fallen off comms from the club, but that might just be as there's not much to communicate.KingBlairhorn wrote: ↑Tue Apr 20, 2021 1:59 pmI wouldn't think its a good idea to be selling season tickets at this point. Next season doesn't kick off for what, 4 months? It seems to me a lot will change between now and then and opening themselves up to having to refund etc. would be poor management.inactionman wrote: ↑Tue Apr 20, 2021 1:56 pm Struggling to work this out - what's going on with season tickets for Edinburgh next season?
Appreciate I'm being hopeful, but no idea whether these will be released - it's not up on website anywhere I can find it, and think my membership lapsed last summer so no notifications I can find.
He was really good in his first season and looked like he had first reserve locked down and possibly was even challenging Rambo. This year he has been godawful in my view. His darts are indeed criminal, but he has also looked off the pace in most other facets of his game.robmatic wrote: ↑Tue Apr 20, 2021 2:34 pmI was trying to couch it a bit more politely about their new signing, but this is correct.Tichtheid wrote: ↑Tue Apr 20, 2021 2:33 pmMargin__Walker wrote: ↑Tue Apr 20, 2021 2:24 pm
Is he any good (as squad hookers go)? Don't remember seeing him play.
Decent in the tight and he carries fairly well.
His darts are absolutely criminal.
That leaves us with two hookers plus academy guys, hopefully we'll see someone else coming in.
There's a hooker from ulster coming inTichtheid wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22, 2021 9:11 amThat leaves us with two hookers plus academy guys, hopefully we'll see someone else coming in.
I'd like it to be Ashman, but that's a wish list name.
Groom ran the scrum half support line very well and got a few scores from it, but I always kind of held my breath until he got his kicks away without being charged down, if it happens often to the one player and not the others the fault is with the player.
Yeah, he's not a great box kicker - don't think they were always that well placed when he did get them away. I thought he was the best passer of our 9s and was quite effective when we actually played with some pace.Tichtheid wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22, 2021 9:11 amThat leaves us with two hookers plus academy guys, hopefully we'll see someone else coming in.
I'd like it to be Ashman, but that's a wish list name.
Groom ran the scrum half support line very well and got a few scores from it, but I always kind of held my breath until he got his kicks away without being charged down, if it happens often to the one player and not the others the fault is with the player.
Jock42 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22, 2021 9:38 amThere's a hooker from ulster coming inTichtheid wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22, 2021 9:11 amThat leaves us with two hookers plus academy guys, hopefully we'll see someone else coming in.
I'd like it to be Ashman, but that's a wish list name.
Groom ran the scrum half support line very well and got a few scores from it, but I always kind of held my breath until he got his kicks away without being charged down, if it happens often to the one player and not the others the fault is with the player.
robmatic wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22, 2021 9:43 amYeah, he's not a great box kicker - don't think they were always that well placed when he did get them away. I thought he was the best passer of our 9s and was quite effective when we actually played with some pace.Tichtheid wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22, 2021 9:11 amThat leaves us with two hookers plus academy guys, hopefully we'll see someone else coming in.
I'd like it to be Ashman, but that's a wish list name.
Groom ran the scrum half support line very well and got a few scores from it, but I always kind of held my breath until he got his kicks away without being charged down, if it happens often to the one player and not the others the fault is with the player.
Jake Kerr has left Leicester, wonder where he will end up.Tichtheid wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22, 2021 9:53 amJock42 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22, 2021 9:38 amThere's a hooker from ulster coming inTichtheid wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22, 2021 9:11 am
That leaves us with two hookers plus academy guys, hopefully we'll see someone else coming in.
I'd like it to be Ashman, but that's a wish list name.
Groom ran the scrum half support line very well and got a few scores from it, but I always kind of held my breath until he got his kicks away without being charged down, if it happens often to the one player and not the others the fault is with the player.
I had forgotten about McBurney. Given that Rambo and Cherry are both now 30 and will be around the Scotland set up, we need at least another hooker I would think.
Patrick Harrison is 18, and although he made his debut against Cardiff a few weeks back it will be at least a couple of years until he is ready to challenge for the shirt.
Hopefully nothing serious.Matt Currie is going to be special.Begbie wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22, 2021 11:06 am https://www.edinburghrugby.org/the-club ... cup-opener
Crosbie to captain Edinburgh this weekend. Quite a few youngsters involved
Mish listed as injured
Could have seen them offering Ashman a deal if not for Covid. No chance of it now.Tichtheid wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22, 2021 9:11 amThat leaves us with two hookers plus academy guys, hopefully we'll see someone else coming in.
I'd like it to be Ashman, but that's a wish list name.
Groom ran the scrum half support line very well and got a few scores from it, but I always kind of held my breath until he got his kicks away without being charged down, if it happens often to the one player and not the others the fault is with the player.
A bit of speculation that it will be Edinburgh but as noted above, Edinburgh already have two senior hookers with another inbound from Ulster, plus Harrison from the academy. That's plenty I would think, especially as Cherry will only make Scotland squads when there are injuries to Rambo/Brown/Turner.robmatic wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22, 2021 10:13 amJake Kerr has left Leicester, wonder where he will end up.Tichtheid wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22, 2021 9:53 am
I had forgotten about McBurney. Given that Rambo and Cherry are both now 30 and will be around the Scotland set up, we need at least another hooker I would think.
Patrick Harrison is 18, and although he made his debut against Cardiff a few weeks back it will be at least a couple of years until he is ready to challenge for the shirt.
Interesting from misery guts Alasdair Reid on thiswestport wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22, 2021 3:09 pm Scottish Rugby has confirmed an unprecedented funding package of £6.5million to support community clubs in Scotland as the sport emerges from the Covid-19 pandemic.
https://www.scottishrugby.org/news/gras ... kHFRS28lj8
“There is no such thing as a coincidence” was a mantra of one of my early mentors in journalism. Now you could argue the toss over the literal truth of his view, but it is a decent working assumption in our game.
So when Mark Dodson and John Jeffrey, chief executive and chairman of the Scottish Rugby Union, released a statement that said “unprecedented funding” would be “allocated to the grassroots game both in the short term as we emerge from the lockdown enforced by Covid-19 and in the longer term over the next five years”, it seemed fair to conclude that questions concerning the SRU’s use of the Scottish government’s recent £15 million emergency grant lay behind the move.
The union was given the money — and a £5m loan facility — as part of a £55m emergency package to cover shortfalls and difficulties created in sport by the pandemic. However, when the funding was agreed last December the governing body was coy about how it was to be used.
Now, though, thanks to a club member lodging a Freedom of Information request, the terms of the award have become clear. According to the government letter confirming the sums, the money should be used “to assist rugby clubs and organisations across Scotland”. An application form for clubs to apply for funding was also included.
However, clubs were not told about this. The terms became clear through the FOI request. No sooner had those details entered the public domain than Dodson and Jeffrey put out their statement. Just a coincidence of course.
Good post.KingBlairhorn wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22, 2021 4:54 pm I saw that story in the usual anti-SRU publication. Whilst there may be some substance to the story, the fact that every single article they write accuses the SRU of some form of malfeasance somewhat reduces the impact of each one.
I’d also note that they seem to have completely failed to grasp that both Edinburgh and Glasgow are ‘clubs’, and more than likely received the balance of the funding. Perhaps they should have confirmed whether that is the case before essentially (and loudly) implying fraud. Confirming whether the money went to those clubs and asking whether it should have gone to those two clubs to the exclusion of all community clubs is more than enough to form a good story. The way they went about approaching the story yet again taking an unbalanced and unnuanced view is a complete turn-off for me.