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... makes sense, given your username.slopehead wrote:Loved watching that - reminds me of scrummaging practice against Young Munster as a schoolboy and some killer scrummaging sessions with Shanning. There's something manly about a good scrummaging session, maybe mostly because you're not pissing about practicing passing with the backs.
Can you list how many times Georgia won against a 6 Nations team?Frodder wrote:When are they going to replace Italy in the 6N?
Yep pretty sure it was mentioned on here that it's been the major sport since around 2011ish.True Blue wrote:Rugby is the main sport in Georgia is it not? Will be interesting to see how they go against Italy later in the year.
England head coach Eddie Jones says the training session with the Georgia Rugby team was a valuable learning lesson for his team.
The England pack took part in scrum and lineout sessions at Latymer Upper School as part of a two-day training session with Milton Haig's side, and Jones believes it will benefit them in their NatWest 6 Nations campaign.
"Georgia were just the sort of scrum we needed to scrum against - strong, scrummaged in a different way and the boys learnt a number of different things today," he said.
"I think early on they probably had the superiority but I think we came back fairly well so it was an excellent session from us, the players really enjoyed it.
"They [Georgia] just use their head and shoulders in different ways. There's different ways of exerting pressure in scrums and some of it is old fashioned and some of it is new fashioned and they just do different things.
"You've got to realise that they basically scrum for a living so our guys have learnt a number of different things."
No offence or mafia racism or anything like that, but with these names, you will never make it to the 6N. Actually, it would even be easier to include Madagascar for the commentators and the crowd instead of Georgia.FullbackAce wrote:Hmm that's interesting, we seem to have brought all the different styles of props to the party.
Nariashvili/Chilachava/Asieshvili the Scrum Tanks
Zhvania/Peikrishvili- more mobile and slightly weaker in scrums.
Melikidze/Alkhazishvili - Have a long way to go.
Mamukashvili - Speaks English I guess
Missing
Bregvadze(hooker) is with Sunwolves
Kakovin a bit out of favor atm although I rate him highly.
Khatiashvili was not needed i guess, similar to Peikrishivli skill wise.
Kubriashvili possibly injured. probably the strongest Scrummager atm.
"a grenade"YOYO wrote:I felt it not necessary to post the preceding quotes. Light hearted bantz met with a grenade from croyals. I figured my retort was fair and just.
It was one of the things I like about SCW - always looking for an edge and prepared to investigate any approach even the slightly wacky ones.Angry_Bull wrote:A good exercise for both teams. Interesting video, both sides looked very powerful with Georgia getting the nudge on in a lot of cases. There were a few times England seemed to have the upper hand too.
You can't read much into it on videos alone as the teams and players will be instructed to do specific things. Some teams may be allowed to 'cheat' and the opposing team needs to try and cope with that. There might also be specific scenarios they are working on, like losing the hit and then seeing if the pack can recover etc.
What I like about Eddie is he is always exploring new approaches to training, learning and improving not only the team, but specific units, players and even himself. Williams, George and LCD will have learnt a huge amount and even the likes of Mako, Marler and Cole would have too. There aren't many scrummaging units around as powerful and technical as Georgia and it is rare that the players face these sides.
These sessions can only be of benefit to England (and Georgia).
I enjoyed POC discussing the state of his neighbour, John Lacey's hedge veeery slooowly on co-comms during Scotland v France on the weekend. Surrealist broadcasting.danthefan wrote:Wayne Barnes festooned in England gear. Great that he's reffing us in the 6N
wow, you really are one-eyed...rfurlong wrote:Only penno he awarded was to GeorgiaMick Mannock wrote:Difficult to tell. Lots of Barnes whistling but little indication of why, apart from one pen to Engovalball wrote:Looks like it was a useful exercise - and they seemed to be getting to grips with the Georgian scrum, eventually.Wendigo7 wrote:Suits me no end to see that.
Hopefully Cole and Vunipola realise how much work is needed, as do the other players.
Georg are a fantastic scrummaging unit. I hope the backs work they got helps them in the following games.
Wonder if we'll see any benefits against Scotland.
I never post on other national threads. Do others, or is it limited to our thread.Mick Mannock wrote:Some posters only come on to English-intetest threads to give vent to their anti-English biggotry.
I think were are quite accepting of posts on our official thread.ovalball wrote:I never post on other national threads. Do others, or is it limited to our thread.Mick Mannock wrote:Some posters only come on to English-intetest threads to give vent to their anti-English biggotry.
Not at all, it's been blatantly obvious for many years.croyals wrote:Must be quite the realisation when it hits you that he's an RFU employee...danthefan wrote:Wayne Barnes festooned in England gear. Great that he's reffing us in the 6N
Not even close. Soccer and wrestling are their two major sports.True Blue wrote:Rugby is the main sport in Georgia is it not? Will be interesting to see how they go against Italy later in the year.
I occasionally post on others threads, normally asking about new signings, most recently it was asking about Danny Wilson.ovalball wrote:I never post on other national threads. Do others, or is it limited to our thread.Mick Mannock wrote:Some posters only come on to English-intetest threads to give vent to their anti-English biggotry.
Not at all. The refs from Ireland that are on the international circuit are by far the worst of the lot, though they are marginal improvements on Alan Lewis who had the sole redeeming feature of being a cricketer.YOYO wrote:Yes croyals? Is that an apology I sense?croyals wrote:"a grenade"YOYO wrote:I felt it not necessary to post the preceding quotes. Light hearted bantz met with a grenade from croyals. I figured my retort was fair and just.
You're having a good go at the olding/Jackson threadMick Mannock wrote:Some posters only come on to English-intetest threads to give vent to their anti-English biggotry.
It's not really much better than 'OK' - certainly not as dominant as we once were - normally holds its' own for the most part. It's much better than it was in the RWC when it got beasted - still can't understand what the coaches did to neuter it so badly.julian wrote:When I played there was nothing better that training with a superior forward's pack.
We used to learn a lot more and made us better players, I recall training against first division when I was just leaving youth divisions and even they massacred us it was an outstanding learning experience.
Of course this is a differente level, bar the first scrum I can't see Georgia pounding England and in my opinion that's not even close to reality. Most of the scrums are collapsing with no clear winner.
English's scrum is very strong and among the best ones.
Liar liar, your panties on firehappyhooker wrote:You're having a good go at the olding/Jackson threadMick Mannock wrote:Some posters only come on to English-intetest threads to give vent to their anti-English biggotry.
I’ve only ever posted a quick congratulations sentiment, just a peep round the door and then a stroll back to normality. The Welsh thread has had the odd knock on the door, I can’t remember any fückwittery and never puts the guys off the Penderyn.ovalball wrote:I never post on other national threads. Do others, or is it limited to our thread.Mick Mannock wrote:Some posters only come on to English-intetest threads to give vent to their anti-English biggotry.
Henry must have posted more on the English thread than the Welsh thread. Understandable really.Plato'sCave wrote:I’ve only ever posted a quick congratulations sentiment, just a peep round the door and then a stroll back to normality. The Welsh thread has had the odd knock on the door, I can’t remember any fückwittery and never puts the guys off the Penderyn.ovalball wrote:I never post on other national threads. Do others, or is it limited to our thread.Mick Mannock wrote:Some posters only come on to English-intetest threads to give vent to their anti-English biggotry.
Something in the fitness regime I remember being blamed, I think?ovalball wrote:It's not really much better than 'OK' - certainly not as dominant as we once were - normally holds its' own for the most part. It's much better than it was in the RWC when it got beasted - still can't understand what the coaches did to neuter it so badly.julian wrote:When I played there was nothing better that training with a superior forward's pack.
We used to learn a lot more and made us better players, I recall training against first division when I was just leaving youth divisions and even they massacred us it was an outstanding learning experience.
Of course this is a differente level, bar the first scrum I can't see Georgia pounding England and in my opinion that's not even close to reality. Most of the scrums are collapsing with no clear winner.
English's scrum is very strong and among the best ones.
Good postMick Mannock wrote:Liar liar, your panties on firehappyhooker wrote:You're having a good go at the olding/Jackson threadMick Mannock wrote:Some posters only come on to English-intetest threads to give vent to their anti-English biggotry.
Maybe he feels more EnglishKeith wrote:Henry must have posted more on the English thread than the Welsh thread. Understandable really.Plato'sCave wrote:I’ve only ever posted a quick congratulations sentiment, just a peep round the door and then a stroll back to normality. The Welsh thread has had the odd knock on the door, I can’t remember any fückwittery and never puts the guys off the Penderyn.ovalball wrote:I never post on other national threads. Do others, or is it limited to our thread.Mick Mannock wrote:Some posters only come on to English-intetest threads to give vent to their anti-English biggotry.
Frodder wrote:When are they going to replace France in the 6N?
Are the frog national team still using that one built by eads/airbus? That machine looked incredible!DragsterDriver wrote:A lot better than scrum machines. Stupid things.
"Not even close"? The resident Georgian poster on this very bored/thread would disagree. In fact he has on various occasions.The Sun God wrote:Not even close. Soccer and wrestling are their two major sports.True Blue wrote:Rugby is the main sport in Georgia is it not? Will be interesting to see how they go against Italy later in the year.
2nd most popular, after soccer, according to Wiki.WoodlandsRFC wrote:"Not even close"? The resident Georgian poster on this very bored/thread would disagree. In fact he has on various occasions.The Sun God wrote:Not even close. Soccer and wrestling are their two major sports.True Blue wrote:Rugby is the main sport in Georgia is it not? Will be interesting to see how they go against Italy later in the year.
I am as entitled to my opinion on referees as you are. You will never know the bone chilling feeling that comes from hearing 'today's referee is George Clancy' in an international, so it must be hard to have empathy.YOYO wrote:You idiot.croyals wrote:Not at all. The refs from Ireland that are on the international circuit are by far the worst of the lot, though they are marginal improvements on Alan Lewis who had the sole redeeming feature of being a cricketer.YOYO wrote:Yes croyals? Is that an apology I sense?croyals wrote:"a grenade"YOYO wrote:I felt it not necessary to post the preceding quotes. Light hearted bantz met with a grenade from croyals. I figured my retort was fair and just.
I wouldn't trust Wikipedia on that, because even in the country it's disputed.ovalball wrote:2nd most popular, after soccer, according to Wiki.WoodlandsRFC wrote:"Not even close"? The resident Georgian poster on this very bored/thread would disagree. In fact he has on various occasions.The Sun God wrote:Not even close. Soccer and wrestling are their two major sports.True Blue wrote:Rugby is the main sport in Georgia is it not? Will be interesting to see how they go against Italy later in the year.
Possibly, but what is he like at refereeing ?YOYO wrote:JP is proper good at referring, right?JM2K6 wrote:Somehow I don't think that's going to be the slam dunk you clearly believe it is
