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45jumper wrote:Sale have announced 80% of the tickets have already been sold for the Leicester match on the last day of the season
Obviously it's pretty small fry in the grand scheme of things but should get close to a sellout by the time the game rolls around. Could end up being a bit of a dead rubber though - that loss to Newcastle really hurt us

tc27 wrote:

DragsterDriver wrote:

tc27 wrote:Might be of interest to some bordies to learn that former south east powerhouse Westcombe Park have being relegated from National rugby and are going to play in London 1 next year.

That’s a bit of a fall? No money?

I think so..they have had to rely on older players this year (which made them absolute b*stards to scrummage against if nothing else).

Gonna be hard for them as lots of local rivals will gleefully pillage their better players (returning the favor) and they are loosing 2-3 to retirement..

piquant wrote:

DragsterDriver wrote:Fister linking sale with Folau on Twitter

I could believe he'd move for the money, especially if god told him to, but Sale?

Keith wrote:

backrow wrote:

happyhooker wrote:So Hartley definitely misses the summer:

http://www.englandrugby.com/news/dylan- ... rthampton/

hmm wonder if his Eng career is nearing the end ? he's not really first choice anymore, either as capt or #2

Which of Eddie's selections has made you draw that conclusion, Yeeb?

Raggs wrote:Lcd, George + ?

Taylor or Dunn? Singleton?

matta25 wrote:

Raggs wrote:Lcd, George + ?

Taylor or Dunn? Singleton?

Give George the summer off, this is a meaningless tour in the grand scheme of things. Pointless flogging already flogged players.

happyhooker wrote:

matta25 wrote:

Raggs wrote:Lcd, George + ?

Taylor or Dunn? Singleton?

Give George the summer off, this is a meaningless tour in the grand scheme of things. Pointless flogging already flogged players.

Is he that flogged? I realise he was on the lions tour, but he's split a lot of playing time with Brits/Hartley (I've no clue re the actual numbers)

backrow wrote:

happyhooker wrote:

matta25 wrote:

Raggs wrote:Lcd, George + ?

Taylor or Dunn? Singleton?

Give George the summer off, this is a meaningless tour in the grand scheme of things. Pointless flogging already flogged players.

Is he that flogged? I realise he was on the lions tour, but he's split a lot of playing time with Brits/Hartley (I've no clue re the actual numbers)

Number 2, surely ?

happyhooker wrote:

backrow wrote:

happyhooker wrote:

matta25 wrote:

Raggs wrote:Lcd, George + ?

Taylor or Dunn? Singleton?

Give George the summer off, this is a meaningless tour in the grand scheme of things. Pointless flogging already flogged players.

Is he that flogged? I realise he was on the lions tour, but he's split a lot of playing time with Brits/Hartley (I've no clue re the actual numbers)

Number 2, surely ?

Shit post

backrow wrote:

happyhooker wrote:So Hartley definitely misses the summer:

http://www.englandrugby.com/news/dylan- ... rthampton/

hmm wonder if his Eng career is nearing the end ? he's not really first choice anymore, either as capt or #2

DragsterDriver wrote:Okay, who is ‘rugby insideline’ On Twitter?

DragsterDriver wrote:Okay, who is ‘rugby insideline’ On Twitter?

JM2K6 wrote:

DragsterDriver wrote:Okay, who is ‘rugby insideline’ On Twitter?

An absolute dickhead. He repeatedly posts crap, tends to piss the players and media off, and deletes most of his "predictions" that come wrong. He also goes through games with a fine tooth comb looking for anything that looks remotely cite-able and tries to make a big stink out of it.

Just some parasite trying to make money off the sport.

JM2K6 wrote:

DragsterDriver wrote:Okay, who is ‘rugby insideline’ On Twitter?

An absolute dickhead. He repeatedly posts crap, tends to piss the players and media off, and deletes most of his "predictions" that come wrong. He also goes through games with a fine tooth comb looking for anything that looks remotely cite-able and tries to make a big stink out of it.

Just some parasite trying to make money off the sport.

Rugby2023 wrote:

JM2K6 wrote:

DragsterDriver wrote:Okay, who is ‘rugby insideline’ On Twitter?

An absolute dickhead. He repeatedly posts crap, tends to piss the players and media off, and deletes most of his "predictions" that come wrong. He also goes through games with a fine tooth comb looking for anything that looks remotely cite-able and tries to make a big stink out of it.

Just some parasite trying to make money off the sport.

He's a user on here isn't he? Actually never seen his twitter account but remembered the name from here as I think he posted some highlights videos. He has 374 posts, last posted in September.

Saint wrote:Very strong rumours in the shire that Hartley will not play again.

ovalball wrote:

Saint wrote:Very strong rumours in the shire that Hartley will not play again.

That would be a shame - he's had a decent career though

Nieghorn wrote:

ovalball wrote:

Saint wrote:Very strong rumours in the shire that Hartley will not play again.

That would be a shame - he's had a decent career though

What's been his history with concussion? Has he had so many that he couldn't just sit out until, say, next season or even early 2019?

fatcat wrote:I'm sure Saint knows better than me but I thought DH had been out before for a while with a concussion related injury.

Saint wrote:

fatcat wrote:I'm sure Saint knows better than me but I thought DH had been out before for a while with a concussion related injury.

Once, and for a short period. This is something else altogether, as well as rumours (non-speculation)

Two years ago, Hartley said that he feared his career could be over if he suffered another head blow, after he missed 14 weeks of the season through two separate concussions. The 32-year-old admitted that he did not remember lifting the 2016 Six Nations trophy after being concussed in the Grand Slam-sealing victory over France.

ovalball wrote:

Two years ago, Hartley said that he feared his career could be over if he suffered another head blow, after he missed 14 weeks of the season through two separate concussions. The 32-year-old admitted that he did not remember lifting the 2016 Six Nations trophy after being concussed in the Grand Slam-sealing victory over France.

Saint wrote:Very strong rumours in the shire that Hartley will not play again.

JM2K6 wrote:

Rugby2023 wrote:

JM2K6 wrote:

DragsterDriver wrote:Okay, who is ‘rugby insideline’ On Twitter?

An absolute dickhead. He repeatedly posts crap, tends to piss the players and media off, and deletes most of his "predictions" that come wrong. He also goes through games with a fine tooth comb looking for anything that looks remotely cite-able and tries to make a big stink out of it.

Just some parasite trying to make money off the sport.

He's a user on here isn't he? Actually never seen his twitter account but remembered the name from here as I think he posted some highlights videos. He has 374 posts, last posted in September.

Bit of an oddball and slightly needy, but nothing particularly off the hook there.

geordie_6 wrote:

JM2K6 wrote:

Rugby2023 wrote:

JM2K6 wrote:

DragsterDriver wrote:Okay, who is ‘rugby insideline’ On Twitter?

An absolute dickhead. He repeatedly posts crap, tends to piss the players and media off, and deletes most of his "predictions" that come wrong. He also goes through games with a fine tooth comb looking for anything that looks remotely cite-able and tries to make a big stink out of it.

Just some parasite trying to make money off the sport.

He's a user on here isn't he? Actually never seen his twitter account but remembered the name from here as I think he posted some highlights videos. He has 374 posts, last posted in September.

Bit of an oddball and slightly needy, but nothing particularly off the hook there.

The evidence that he is a PR poster just keeps adding up...

Saint wrote:

Nieghorn wrote:

ovalball wrote:

Saint wrote:Very strong rumours in the shire that Hartley will not play again.

That would be a shame - he's had a decent career though

What's been his history with concussion? Has he had so many that he couldn't just sit out until, say, next season or even early 2019?

Until this, he"s had nothing - which i think is part of where the rumours come from. Fact is, if you're out for 6 months then you're just as likely gone for good as safe to return at the bare minimum. The rumours are that the start of next season is really just delaying tge inevitable decision

Saints do not have a history of making these sorts of decisions public

Scrumhead wrote:Agreed. If it is career ending, he’ll be disappointed to have gone out on really poor seasons for England and Saints.

Massive double-blow for Saints too if Hartley and Horne are gone. Losing two of your most influential first XV players in one go would be a challenge for any club.

Double wrote:

Scrumhead wrote:Agreed. If it is career ending, he’ll be disappointed to have gone out on really poor seasons for England and Saints.

Massive double-blow for Saints too if Hartley and Horne are gone. Losing two of your most influential first XV players in one go would be a challenge for any club.

Not to mention Day and Myler. Three former captains and three players that the team has been built around for the last 8 years.

Double wrote:

Scrumhead wrote:Agreed. If it is career ending, he’ll be disappointed to have gone out on really poor seasons for England and Saints.

Massive double-blow for Saints too if Hartley and Horne are gone. Losing two of your most influential first XV players in one go would be a challenge for any club.

Not to mention Day and Myler. Three former captains and three players that the team has been built around for the last 8 years.

Raggs wrote:Any London Scottish types here? Any comments on Sam Neal? He's apparently signed for Wasps. From highlights he seems to have fairly good hands for a big lad (6'5" centre).

Margin_Walker wrote:

Raggs wrote:Any London Scottish types here? Any comments on Sam Neal? He's apparently signed for Wasps. From highlights he seems to have fairly good hands for a big lad (6'5" centre).

Ross Neal surely? Unless they have another tall Neal playing centre.

Was senior academy at LI for three years, but just missed out on a senior contract. I would have rather kept him than Hearn. Formed a pretty decent centre partnership with Mosses at LS since.

He looks pretty decent, but you never know how they'll make the step up.

Margin_Walker wrote:He actually played on the wing in the few Championship games he played for us and looked okay, but is primarily a centre.

Raggs wrote:Any London Scottish types here? Any comments on Sam Neal? He's apparently signed for Wasps. From highlights he seems to have fairly good hands for a big lad (6'5" centre).