NPR

Rhule isn't very good at center as La Rochelle are making it hard work despite the two extra men.

Retiere is another Villiere.

And Tauzin limping off...

3pts - from the yellow card penalty- for 10 minutes with 2 extra men.... La Rochelle failed to kill the game here.

Toulouse understudy are struggling up front.

TheFrog wrote: Sat Jan 07, 2023 9:00 pm 3pts - from the yellow card penalty- for 10 minutes with 2 extra men.... La Rochelle failed to kill the game here.

Toulouse understudy are struggling up front.

Yes. It was rubbish game management.

Jaminet doesn't have a rugby brain really. Or just a brain actually.

Once again, decision making sh*te against fewer opponents

TheFrog wrote: Sat Jan 07, 2023 9:34 pm Jaminet doesn't have a rugby brain really. Or just a brain actually.

What did you think of Ntamack's game management.........?

I am watching Wardi closely and fairly impressed by the man. He is quite a smart player. And a good scrumager. Good number 2 behind Baille

Torquemada 1420 wrote: Sat Jan 07, 2023 9:36 pm

TheFrog wrote: Sat Jan 07, 2023 9:34 pm Jaminet doesn't have a rugby brain really. Or just a brain actually.

What did you think of Ntamack's game management.........?

Spent 50min on the pitch without the ball most of the time. Difficult to assess. Lovely chip for Jaminet though.

I do not understand replacement rules any longer.
Players go out, rest 40 minutes, come back on? And it is not just front row players?

TheFrog wrote: Sat Jan 07, 2023 9:50 pm I do not understand replacement rules any longer.
Players go out, rest 40 minutes, come back on? And it is not just front row players?

It's a mockery. Just allows lazy and unfit players like lard arse Atonio to look good.

Toulouse do a better job than LaR against inferior numbers.

Torquemada 1420 wrote: Sat Jan 07, 2023 9:53 pm

TheFrog wrote: Sat Jan 07, 2023 9:50 pm I do not understand replacement rules any longer.
Players go out, rest 40 minutes, come back on? And it is not just front row players?

It's a mockery. Just allows lazy and unfit players like lard arse Atonio to look good.

Have the laws changed? Is this in France or global?

It is a mockery really...

TheFrog wrote: Sat Jan 07, 2023 9:58 pm

Torquemada 1420 wrote: Sat Jan 07, 2023 9:53 pm

TheFrog wrote: Sat Jan 07, 2023 9:50 pm I do not understand replacement rules any longer.
Players go out, rest 40 minutes, come back on? And it is not just front row players?

It's a mockery. Just allows lazy and unfit players like lard arse Atonio to look good.

Have the laws changed? Is this in France or global?

It is a mockery really...

F**k knows. AFAIK, it was still blood or specialist forward only. But looks like rolling subs to me.

Torquemada 1420 wrote: Sat Jan 07, 2023 4:27 pm

Marylandolorian wrote: Sat Jan 07, 2023 3:05 am We’ll know Monday if it’s only a little tear muscle (glute maybe) or the quadricep like last year

Now Chabal, WTF ? disgusted by all of them.

https://www.lequipe.fr/Rugby/Actualites ... de/1373274

FFS. France just can't help itself with corruption. Living up to the worst stereotypes.

Talking of stereotypes, USAP 7-0 up at Michelin so decide to go down to 13 men with some hopeless discipline.

Chabal on C+,

Marylandolorian wrote: Sun Jan 08, 2023 1:23 pm

Torquemada 1420 wrote: Sat Jan 07, 2023 4:27 pm

Marylandolorian wrote: Sat Jan 07, 2023 3:05 am We’ll know Monday if it’s only a little tear muscle (glute maybe) or the quadricep like last year

Now Chabal, WTF ? disgusted by all of them.

https://www.lequipe.fr/Rugby/Actualites ... de/1373274

FFS. France just can't help itself with corruption. Living up to the worst stereotypes.

Talking of stereotypes, USAP 7-0 up at Michelin so decide to go down to 13 men with some hopeless discipline.

Chabal on C+,

Yeah. If you have nothing left to defend with, use the "I didn't know it was wrong" plea

https://www.rugbyrama.fr/2023/01/07/fai ... 910600.php

Connard.

Chavancy looks like he ate all the pies at Xmas.

I love the rugby world cup tickets meme.

Having spent hours queuing I feel it.

sturginho wrote: Sun Jan 08, 2023 5:18 pm

That kid will become an excellent player.

TheFrog wrote: Mon Jan 09, 2023 3:39 am I love the rugby world cup tickets meme.

Having spent hours queuing I feel it.

Did you get tickets? We gave up.

Torquemada 1420 wrote: Mon Jan 09, 2023 12:35 pm

TheFrog wrote: Mon Jan 09, 2023 3:39 am I love the rugby world cup tickets meme.

Having spent hours queuing I feel it.

Did you get tickets? We gave up.

Yes

Messed up the final though... got only 1 ticket when I could have bought 2....

I have got 3 tickets for both semi finals too

Then pool games.
France-Namibia x 2
England-Argentina x2
Australia-Fiji x4
South-Africa vs Tonga x2
Argentina- Samoa x4
Italie-Namibia x4
Japan-Samoa x2


Went on a spending spree with friends in mind knowing that lots of people couldn't get tickets and therefore buying on behalf of mates, family etc...

TheFrog wrote: Mon Jan 09, 2023 6:13 pm

Torquemada 1420 wrote: Mon Jan 09, 2023 12:35 pm

TheFrog wrote: Mon Jan 09, 2023 3:39 am I love the rugby world cup tickets meme.

Having spent hours queuing I feel it.

Did you get tickets? We gave up.

Yes

Messed up the final though... got only 1 ticket when I could have bought 2....

I have got 3 tickets for both semi finals too

Then pool games.
France-Namibia x 2
England-Argentina x2
Australia-Fiji x4
South-Africa vs Tonga x2
Argentina- Samoa x4
Italie-Namibia x4
Japan-Samoa x2


Went on a spending spree with friends in mind knowing that lots of people couldn't get tickets and therefore buying on behalf of mates, family etc...

Well done. I'm now relying upon the Chabal route..........

I think I will be selling Italy-Namibia on the platform as I do not expect anybody I know to want to go to that game.

Pretty happy with the choice of other games.

TheFrog wrote: Wed Jan 11, 2023 12:52 pm I think I will be selling Italy-Namibia on the platform as I do not expect anybody I know to want to go to that game.

Pretty happy with the choice of other games.

I went to Samoa v USA in 2015 because I had waited, thinking that it would be fairly straightforward to get tickets for games

I only got those because someone I knew had a cancellation. The atmosphere was good, even though we were in pretty poor seats.

When I looked at the fixtures that were taking place here in Brighton, I thought, "South Africa v Japan? Nah, that's going to be so one-sided it will be boring."

Tichtheid wrote: Wed Jan 11, 2023 1:46 pm

TheFrog wrote: Wed Jan 11, 2023 12:52 pm I think I will be selling Italy-Namibia on the platform as I do not expect anybody I know to want to go to that game.

Pretty happy with the choice of other games.

I went to Samoa v USA in 2015 because I had waited, thinking that it would be fairly straightforward to get tickets for games

I only got those because someone I knew had a cancellation. The atmosphere was good, even though we were in pretty poor seats.

When I looked at the fixtures that were taking place here in Brighton, I thought, "South Africa v Japan? Nah, that's going to be so one-sided it will be boring."

I don't expect much from Italy-Namibia to be honest but who knows.

However I am excited about Australia-Fiji or Samoa-Japan.

If I were not in the US, I would go to all these games.

Tichtheid wrote: Wed Jan 11, 2023 1:46 pm

TheFrog wrote: Wed Jan 11, 2023 12:52 pm I think I will be selling Italy-Namibia on the platform as I do not expect anybody I know to want to go to that game.

Pretty happy with the choice of other games.

I went to Samoa v USA in 2015 because I had waited, thinking that it would be fairly straightforward to get tickets for games

I only got those because someone I knew had a cancellation. The atmosphere was good, even though we were in pretty poor seats.

When I looked at the fixtures that were taking place here in Brighton, I thought, "South Africa v Japan? Nah, that's going to be so one-sided it will be boring."

I went to Italy-Canada at elland road expecting a nice straightforward win, but some chap named Crowley was in charge of the Canadians

I may go to watch Toulouse-Montpellier at Ernest Wallon on Jan 29 if any of you is around.

TheFrog wrote: Thu Jan 12, 2023 9:30 pm I may go to watch Toulouse-Montpellier at Ernest Wallon on Jan 29 if any of you is around.

Kerrrist. I'd rather push rusty nails into my eyes than pay to watch rugby-cancer MH.

Most points ever conceded at MM. How much further can ASM fall?

It is depressing. I have never seen the team struggle so much. Something is broken... and yet, at times, they showed they could do way better...

I thought of you Torque, while watching Toulouse yesterday. Ntamack had a bad game...

TheFrog wrote: Sun Jan 15, 2023 1:38 pm I thought of you Torque, while watching Toulouse yesterday. Ntamack had a bad game...

At least he stayed on the pitch this time

Watched Bath-Toulon. Quite liked the young Jules Danglot at 9. Quick thinking, snappy type of scrum-half.

The 42

Talonneur : Gaëtan Barlot (Castres), Teddy Baubigny (Toulon), Julien Marchand (Toulouse).
Pilier : Uini Atonio (La Rochelle), Cyril Baille (Toulouse), Sipili Falatea (Bordeaux-Bègles), Mohamed Haouas (Montpellier), Dany Priso (Toulon), Reda Wardi (La Rochelle).
Deuxième-ligne : Bastien Chalureau (Montpellier), Thibaud Flament (Toulouse), Thomas Jolmes (Bordeaux-Bègles), Thomas Lavault (La Rochelle), Romain Taofifenua (Lyon), Paul Willemse (Montpellier).
Troisième-ligne : Grégory Alldritt (La Rochelle), Alexandre Bécognée (Montpellier), Paul Boudehent (La Rochelle), Yacouba Camara (Montpellier), Dylan Cretin (Lyon), François Cros (Toulouse), Anthony Jelonch (Toulouse), Sekou Macalou (Stade Français), Charles Ollivon (Toulon).
Demi de mêlée : Léo Coly (Montpellier), Antoine Dupont (Toulouse), Nolann Le Garrec (Racing).
Demi d'ouverture : Antoine Hastoy (La Rochelle), Matthieu Jalibert (Bordeaux-Bègles), Romain Ntamack (Toulouse).
Centre : Pierre-Louis Barassi (Toulouse), Julien Delbouis (Stade Français), Gaël Fickou (Racing), Émilien Gailleton (Pau), Yoram Moefana (Bordeaux-Bègles).
Ailier : Louis Bielle-Biarrey (Bordeaux-Bègles), Ethan Dumortier (Lyon), Matthis Lebel (Toulouse), Damian Penaud (Clermont).
Arrière : Romain Buros (Bordeaux-Bègles), Melvyn Jaminet (Toulouse), Thomas Ramos (Toulouse).

Just surprise that Lamothe(2) isn’t in the list and why Burgos is in it having Jaminet & Ramos already?

Is Lucu injured?

TheFrog wrote: Tue Jan 17, 2023 6:53 pm Is Lucu injured?

Yes, sprained ankle this weekend against the sharks.

Marylandolorian wrote: Tue Jan 17, 2023 8:36 pm

TheFrog wrote: Tue Jan 17, 2023 6:53 pm Is Lucu injured?

Yes, sprained ankle this weekend against the sharks.

I'm happier with Le Garrec in. No idea how Ntamack keeps a slot on form.

Torquemada 1420 wrote: Tue Jan 17, 2023 10:09 pm

Marylandolorian wrote: Tue Jan 17, 2023 8:36 pm

TheFrog wrote: Tue Jan 17, 2023 6:53 pm Is Lucu injured?

Yes, sprained ankle this weekend against the sharks.

I'm happier with Le Garrec in. No idea how Ntamack keeps a slot on form.

Me too and I hope he’ll do a good job under pressure like Lucu was doing

Torquemada 1420 wrote: Tue Jan 17, 2023 10:09 pm

Marylandolorian wrote: Tue Jan 17, 2023 8:36 pm

TheFrog wrote: Tue Jan 17, 2023 6:53 pm Is Lucu injured?

Yes, sprained ankle this weekend against the sharks.

I'm happier with Le Garrec in. No idea how Ntamack keeps a slot on form.

I quite like how Hastoy is performing. He could fit Galthie's plans.

One thing though: Ntamack sticks to the game plan and Galthie must like that.