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Posted: **Tue Aug 25, 2020 6:20 pm**

How the fuck is that penalty only? It's a no arms tackle, blocking the kicker! OK, there's nothing on for Wasps, but that's a yellow!

EDIT - CMK doesn't like us, I know that, but come on.

Posted: **Tue Aug 25, 2020 6:21 pm**

That's crazy from Ross and I can't believe they're taking this long deliberating.

Posted: **Tue Aug 25, 2020 6:26 pm**

Surely an offside that blatant before the quick tap is also a yellow?

Posted: **Tue Aug 25, 2020 6:26 pm**

Sale fringe defence there

Posted: **Tue Aug 25, 2020 6:30 pm**

Maxwell Keys is a disgrace. He refs Wasps like they stole his lunch money.

Posted: **Tue Aug 25, 2020 6:38 pm**

Umaga had a shocking second half, jeez. At half time I was thinking he was looking alright and was keen to see him take control.

Posted: **Tue Aug 25, 2020 7:03 pm**

JM2K6 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 25, 2020 6:38 pm Umaga had a shocking second half, jeez. At half time I was thinking he was looking alright and was keen to see him take control.

Yep, still some brighter spots, but nothing was coming off for him. Needs to learn to manage the conditions a bit more.

Posted: **Tue Aug 25, 2020 7:17 pm**

Good to see the pizza boys get bummed at home.

Posted: **Tue Aug 25, 2020 7:25 pm**

Both in this game and the one at the weekend it seems to me as if Jack Maunders decision making and general efficacy have really come on.

Posted: **Tue Aug 25, 2020 7:25 pm**

Dollman rolling back the years

Posted: **Tue Aug 25, 2020 7:26 pm**

sockwithaticket wrote: ↑Tue Aug 25, 2020 7:25 pm Both in this game and the one at the weekend it seems to me as if Jack Maunders decision making and general efficacy have really come on.

Um, that's not Maunder

Posted: **Tue Aug 25, 2020 7:29 pm**

Radradra is clearly a good player but he's been so hyped up - it's as if the commentators/journos have been given a hyperbole crib sheet that they have to recite every time he plays regardless of what they see with their own eyes. He did nothing against Saracens - zip, zero, and had one run against Glos. Tonight he's been like an open gate.

Posted: **Tue Aug 25, 2020 7:29 pm**

Margin__Walker wrote: ↑Tue Aug 25, 2020 7:26 pm
sockwithaticket wrote: ↑Tue Aug 25, 2020 7:25 pm Both in this game and the one at the weekend it seems to me as if Jack Maunders decision making and general efficacy have really come on.
Um, that's not Maunder

He's playing so well I assumed it couldn't be Hidalgo-Clyne, whom I've never been particularly impressed by.

Posted: **Tue Aug 25, 2020 7:31 pm**

Kawazaki wrote: ↑Tue Aug 25, 2020 7:29 pm Radradra is clearly a good player but he's been so hyped up - it's as if the commentators/journos have been given a hyperbole crib sheet that they have to recite every time he plays regardless of what they see with their own eyes. He did nothing against Saracens - zip, zero, and had one run against Glos. Tonight he's been like an open gate.

Err...1 try, 2 assists and 130 metres made and those are just the headline stats.Bit more than just one run.

Posted: **Tue Aug 25, 2020 7:33 pm**

sockwithaticket wrote: ↑Tue Aug 25, 2020 7:31 pm
Kawazaki wrote: ↑Tue Aug 25, 2020 7:29 pm Radradra is clearly a good player but he's been so hyped up - it's as if the commentators/journos have been given a hyperbole crib sheet that they have to recite every time he plays regardless of what they see with their own eyes. He did nothing against Saracens - zip, zero, and had one run against Glos. Tonight he's been like an open gate.
Err...1 try, 2 assists and 130 metres made and those are just the headline stats.Bit more than just one run.

Meh

Posted: **Tue Aug 25, 2020 7:35 pm**

I don't disagree that the comms guys and pundits are laying it on a bit thick, but he was very productive in that Glaws game.

I wouldn't hold the Sarries performance against him, very few teams looked good in that first round after the break and it was his first game in a new team.

Posted: **Tue Aug 25, 2020 7:41 pm**

sockwithaticket wrote: ↑Tue Aug 25, 2020 7:35 pm I don't disagree that the comms guys and pundits are laying it on a bit thick, but he was very productive in that Glaws game.

I wouldn't hold the Sarries performance against him, very few teams looked good in that first round after the break and it was his first game in a new team.

The Saracens midfield was Socino (fresh from the Championship with Newcastle) and Morris (fresh from the Saracens academy) with Alex Goode at 10!

Posted: **Tue Aug 25, 2020 7:47 pm**

Look Sock. If a bloke hasn't torn Sarries a new one, he's junk. No other performance will ever matter.

Toga would make even the most myopic Kiwi blush.

Posted: **Tue Aug 25, 2020 7:51 pm**

Margin__Walker wrote: ↑Tue Aug 25, 2020 7:47 pm Look Sock. If a bloke hasn't torn Sarries a new one, he's junk. No other performance will ever matter.

Toga would make even the most myopic Kiwi blush.

Or even Sarries 2nd XV.

Posted: **Tue Aug 25, 2020 7:58 pm**

Can't believe that Bristol try wasn't called forward.

Posted: **Tue Aug 25, 2020 7:59 pm**

Great game this tbf

Posted: **Tue Aug 25, 2020 8:01 pm**

notfatcat wrote: ↑Tue Aug 25, 2020 7:58 pm Can't believe that Bristol try wasn't called forward.

Me neither. Came off Radradra's arm.

Posted: **Tue Aug 25, 2020 8:13 pm**

Margin__Walker wrote: ↑Tue Aug 25, 2020 7:47 pm Look Sock. If a bloke hasn't torn Sarries a new one, he's junk. No other performance will ever matter.

Sorry, forgot the rules.

Posted: **Tue Aug 25, 2020 8:30 pm**

That's the second time tonight someone's been blatantly not 10 from one of those quick taps after a succession of pens and effectively been spared a yellow thanks to a try being scored.

It's not clever, but bloode hell Exeter's 5m game is effective and their resilience to pull that out the bag at a crucial moment after not playing well is a pretty important factor as to why they're top of the league.

Posted: **Tue Aug 25, 2020 8:35 pm**

Watching Exeter is hard to like isn't it. Like a ginger step-child.

Posted: **Tue Aug 25, 2020 8:54 pm**

Nah, I don't mind at all. Blunt force has a certain amount of appeal, this is rugby after all, but it's not like they can't play out wide either. They often get their 5m positions having done something more flash to achieve the field position.

Posted: **Tue Aug 25, 2020 10:01 pm**

They were great to watch today. A lot of running rugby.

Radradra put on a show with ball in hand against one of the best defences in the country - 86 metres with 5 offloads is pretty good going. Had a bad night in defence though.

Posted: **Wed Aug 26, 2020 5:22 am**

a 125kg Nadolo will take on a player half his size today ..where does one find a "Get Well Soon" card i can send to Parton after the game?

also matavesi named at 10 for Bath, he hasn't played there since his start there against Uruguay for fiji at the 2019RWC (we all know how that game went)

Posted: **Wed Aug 26, 2020 5:30 am**

stemoc wrote: ↑Wed Aug 26, 2020 5:22 am a 125kg Nadolo will take on a player half his size today ..where does one find a "Get Well Soon" card i can send to Parton after the game?

Bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Hopefully

Posted: **Wed Aug 26, 2020 6:13 am**

stemoc wrote: ↑Wed Aug 26, 2020 5:22 am a 125kg Nadolo will take on a player half his size today ..where does one find a "Get Well Soon" card i can send to Parton after the game?

also matavesi named at 10 for Bath, he hasn't played there since his start there against Uruguay for fiji at the 2019RWC (we all know how that game went)

He didn’t exactly go well at 10 for Bath on Saturday once Priestland had gone off, apart from one outrageous dummy.
Now that Freddie Burns has headed off to Japan, Bath are rather bare in the fly half stakes. Lots of rumours about new signings but nothing concrete.

Posted: **Wed Aug 26, 2020 10:50 am**

they could sign his younger brother Joel from newcastle, i have seen him play, he is more a 10 than his brother..in an odd twist, his other brother Sam will come off the bench against Bath later tonight

Posted: **Wed Aug 26, 2020 1:18 pm**

Fair play to Bristol's social media person for creating this:

Posted: **Wed Aug 26, 2020 4:48 pm**

Which 6pm kick off are people opting for?

I'm thinking Glaws - Sarries ought to be the best of the bunch.

Posted: **Wed Aug 26, 2020 4:54 pm**

That should be the best game. I instead will be watching an excellent Worcs backrow decimate Quins :)

Posted: **Wed Aug 26, 2020 4:56 pm**

I'm watching LI.

It's going to be glorious

See you on the other side

Posted: **Wed Aug 26, 2020 4:58 pm**

Best of luck to you both.

Posted: **Wed Aug 26, 2020 5:10 pm**

how to watch the leicester game, none of the 3 btsports chans showing it :(

Posted: **Wed Aug 26, 2020 5:13 pm**

stemoc wrote: ↑Wed Aug 26, 2020 5:10 pm how to watch the leicester game, none of the 3 btsports chans showing it :(

red button? Some of the games have been on that rather than a main channel.

Posted: **Wed Aug 26, 2020 5:13 pm**

stemoc wrote: ↑Wed Aug 26, 2020 5:10 pm how to watch the leicester game, none of the 3 btsports chans showing it :(

Red button, or watch on the online player/app

BT Sport Extra 2

https://www.bt.com/sport/watch/live-now ... rt-extra-2

Posted: **Wed Aug 26, 2020 5:15 pm**

Rees-Zamit loses the ball in the act of scoring. Cracking break and grubber through from the Glaws 7 for him to chase.

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