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by Da iawn diolch
Wed Mar 27, 2024 9:43 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Mathieu Raynal Gooooone.
Replies: 15
Views: 590

Re: Mathieu Raynal Gooooone.

Great referee when my teams won. Useless referee when they lost. He'd have been useless if we won last weekend. Penalising a player for pushing an obstructing opponent, but then ignoring a very obvious block leading up to a try? These aren't small things that are easy to ignore. They are very obvio...
by Da iawn diolch
Wed Mar 27, 2024 1:45 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Jeremy Guscott v Manu Tuilagi - who was better?
Replies: 84
Views: 1575

Re: Jeremy Guscott v Manu Tuilagi - who was better?

So then we're debating semantics. Carlos Spencer would be in the discussion for the most talented player to ever play the game, but he 'only' managed to bag 40-odd caps. For me personally, a peak (even if curtailed by injury) performance is more valuable and important in defining greatness than some...
by Da iawn diolch
Wed Mar 27, 2024 1:40 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 37644
Views: 2585388

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

It’s the Turks fault and that 2016 league win seems a long time ago now given we still reap the effects. However, wru vanity projects, namely paying off the stadium, the zip line, the hotel have cost and will continue to cost millions, all for alternate revenue streams, they don’t understand that s...
by Da iawn diolch
Wed Mar 27, 2024 1:38 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 37644
Views: 2585388

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

Yes - those teams have bulging trophy cabinets....... They've won as many RWCs as we have, and are all currently ranked higher than we are. You're starting to sound like English football fans, where brief purple patches have created this delusion that we're better than we actually are. The national...
by Da iawn diolch
Wed Mar 27, 2024 12:04 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 37644
Views: 2585388

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

Is there a successful international team out there with only 2 or 3 domestic pro sides? Italy and Scotland both beat us in the 6N and Argentina beat us in the RWC. At the moment we are less successful than countries with two clubs and a country with one club. Yes - those teams have bulging trophy c...
by Da iawn diolch
Wed Mar 27, 2024 12:01 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 37644
Views: 2585388

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

Sure. It's clear we can't keep going like this, but I am yet to be convinced that we don't have the money. What I am certain of is that we aren't spending money efficiently, and the regions don't get treated fairly by the WRU, who don't seem to understand their value to Welsh rugby at all. The 'maj...
by Da iawn diolch
Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:59 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 37644
Views: 2585388

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

Looks like the Dregs are likely to post a loss in the region of £2m, against a turnover of <£10m. Hardly a shining examples of financial management either. At some point the penny is going to drop, and we're going to realise that there's not enough money being generated to support four regions. I d...
by Da iawn diolch
Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:58 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years
Replies: 181
Views: 2750

Re: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years

No. Look as I said, I accept that many are quite happy with the high stakes intensity being lost in test matches because the ball is being hoofed away from the strike zone. I am not, neither am I seeing teams doing less pick and goes. The stupid irony of this whole discussion is that most the time ...
by Da iawn diolch
Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:49 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 37644
Views: 2585388

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

Looks like the Dregs are likely to post a loss in the region of £2m, against a turnover of <£10m. Hardly a shining examples of financial management either. At some point the penny is going to drop, and we're going to realise that there's not enough money being generated to support four regions and f...
by Da iawn diolch
Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:27 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 37644
Views: 2585388

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

Yeah - because no Premiership clubs have gone bust recently right? None of the three teams that went bust had as bad a ratio of loss to turnover as the Scarlets have just posted. Let than sink in for a moment. This is how bad Welsh reejuns are currently being run. Seems to be some missing context -...
by Da iawn diolch
Wed Mar 27, 2024 10:39 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 37644
Views: 2585388

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

Offload Foxy, Scott and Ken That would be a million quid back alone. The more I read about how the reejuns are run, the more depressing the future looks. How are we letting a club with a turnover equivalent to the poorest side in the Premiership spend fortunes on relics like those three, and then p...
by Da iawn diolch
Wed Mar 27, 2024 10:29 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Saracens vs Harlequins at Tottenham stadium (The Showdown)
Replies: 78
Views: 1132

Re: Saracens vs Harlequins at Tottenham stadium (The Showdown)

RFU declares "nothing to see here" The Rugby Football Union has insisted that the television match official who appeared to ignore foul play on Owen Farrell after the pundit Austin Healey had seemingly spotted the incident first was not influenced by the TV commentary during Saracens’ victory again...
by Da iawn diolch
Wed Mar 27, 2024 10:26 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years
Replies: 181
Views: 2750

Re: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years

And we wonder why rugby is dying in Australia. Soon the same will happen in NZ too, if not already. If you listen to the pundits and read the comments on here. Not only are they happy to see the attacking team lose their hard-earned advantage if the ball is held up over the try line , but they are ...
by Da iawn diolch
Wed Mar 27, 2024 10:23 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Mathieu Raynal Gooooone.
Replies: 15
Views: 590

Re: Mathieu Raynal Gooooone.

Somehow fitting that his last 6N game was his absolutely shambolic display in the Wales-Italy match. That said, the calibre of referees replacing him (like Piardi) have managed to somehow seem even less competent. salty Not at all. We were by far the worse side. I'd just be happier if we had compet...
by Da iawn diolch
Wed Mar 27, 2024 9:05 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 37644
Views: 2585388

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/68664820 Offload Foxy, Scott and Ken That would be a million quid back alone. The more I read about how the reejuns are run, the more depressing the future looks. How are we letting a club with a turnover equivalent to the poorest side in the Premiership spen...
by Da iawn diolch
Wed Mar 27, 2024 9:00 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Jeremy Guscott v Manu Tuilagi - who was better?
Replies: 84
Views: 1575

Re: Jeremy Guscott v Manu Tuilagi - who was better?

Hawk97 wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:55 pm
Foot Up wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:53 pm Manu edges it based on landing an all time punch on Chris Ashton
Ashton gets a ton of credit for just taking it standing up tbf.
I'm not sure he really knew much about that decision.
by Da iawn diolch
Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:59 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Mathieu Raynal Gooooone.
Replies: 15
Views: 590

Re: Mathieu Raynal Gooooone.

Somehow fitting that his last 6N game was his absolutely shambolic display in the Wales-Italy match.

That said, the calibre of referees replacing him (like Piardi) have managed to somehow seem even less competent.
by Da iawn diolch
Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:56 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years
Replies: 181
Views: 2750

Re: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years

And we wonder why rugby is dying in Australia. Soon the same will happen in NZ too, if not already. If you listen to the pundits and read the comments on here. Not only are they happy to see the attacking team lose their hard-earned advantage if the ball is held up over the try line , but they are ...
by Da iawn diolch
Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:54 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years
Replies: 181
Views: 2750

Re: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years

When a tackle is complete your supposed to release. Its only being brought up because you appear to think mauls are happening. It's called Law. You don't need to release over the try line, hence the call of held up. It's called stupid laws. Hence the thread. That doesn't make it a maul though. It's...
by Da iawn diolch
Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:51 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years
Replies: 181
Views: 2750

Re: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years

I would have thought that as fans we love seeing tries being scored. So my question is this: Would more tries be scored from a 5m attacking scrum or this abomination of a fvcking scull fvck of an abortion of a kick from the defence's try line to 60m away from the try line and deep into the attackin...
by Da iawn diolch
Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:28 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Why have Newcastle been so poor this season?
Replies: 28
Views: 1099

Re: Why have Newcastle been so poor this season?

They're all making losses. It's all a ruse right and they're all in good health? Not sure where you're getting your numbers from. The Northampton financial statements state a £126k loss to June 22 on their own website. So an even bigger loss to June 23 - brilliant. Falcons are a basket case current...
by Da iawn diolch
Tue Mar 26, 2024 5:25 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Jeremy Guscott v Manu Tuilagi - who was better?
Replies: 84
Views: 1575

Re: Jeremy Guscott v Manu Tuilagi - who was better?

Manu Tuilagi's recent effective international retirement got me thinking as to where he sits in the all time England XV reckoning. Tuilagi was at his best and played most of his test rugby at outside centre where Jeremy Guscott was heretofore regarded as the greatest England 13 (sorry Tinds). But p...
by Da iawn diolch
Tue Mar 26, 2024 3:07 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Jeremy Guscott v Manu Tuilagi - who was better?
Replies: 84
Views: 1575

Re: Jeremy Guscott v Manu Tuilagi - who was better?

Peak Manu was unplayable. Guscott was great, but never unplayable.

The sad thing for England fans is that Peak Manu ended about 4 years ago, and nobody seems to have told the coaches.
by Da iawn diolch
Tue Mar 26, 2024 2:57 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Why have Newcastle been so poor this season?
Replies: 28
Views: 1099

Re: Why have Newcastle been so poor this season?

Yeah, it's all going swimmingly. Falcons made a loss of £2.5m to June 22 but according to you they don't give a fudge - you're a moron. The rest of the Prem is doing great also (accounts to 2023 ( other than Bath and Gloucester) Saracens -£5m loss Bristol -£4.5m loss Sale - £4m loss before tax Quin...
by Da iawn diolch
Tue Mar 26, 2024 1:46 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years
Replies: 181
Views: 2750

Re: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years

I’d prefer to see sustained periods of attack than hoofing the ball back to the middle third. But apparently held up is the new ultimate play that deserves a 30m territorial gain. It's not "a 30m territorial gain". It's possession, behind their tryline, without being able to kick direct to touch or...
by Da iawn diolch
Tue Mar 26, 2024 1:33 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years
Replies: 181
Views: 2750

Re: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years

If I didn’t know better, I’d presume that the author didn’t like anything about rugby except the pick-n-go and scrums. And why does the attacking team deserve an advantage? Did the other team offend in some way? They failed to ground the ball - it should be looked at as an error. It is much easier ...
by Da iawn diolch
Tue Mar 26, 2024 1:32 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years
Replies: 181
Views: 2750

Re: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years

Couldn't disagree more. If you cross the line and can't get it down, you've failed horribly. You're lucky you don't have to return to your hospital of birth and apologise to your midwife for wasting their time. This. So much this. By definition the defending team did a better job than the attacking...
by Da iawn diolch
Tue Mar 26, 2024 1:19 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years
Replies: 181
Views: 2750

Re: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years

I would not say league is shit, it obviously has its popularity in Aus and NZ. But what annoys me is that we are moving away from what makes rugby, rugby. The waiting around for another scrum is what makes rugby, rugby? 15% of the game is spent forming scrums - is this what makes rugby, rugby? What...
by Da iawn diolch
Tue Mar 26, 2024 1:17 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years
Replies: 181
Views: 2750

Re: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years

I'm not sure if you're new to rugby, but the object is to ground the ball, not merely cross the ball over the line. Perhaps you're thinking of American football? As aforementioned on this thread. All fundamental laws of the game are void behind the goal line, excepting the forward pass. The defende...
by Da iawn diolch
Tue Mar 26, 2024 12:09 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years
Replies: 181
Views: 2750

Re: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years

There is some very rose tinted views on the goal line dropout. It is supposed to stop pick and goes by forwards near the try line, but yet we still see tons of it. Teams are just getting better at recycling the ball if it is short. The game does not stop if we are near the try line. I thought that ...
by Da iawn diolch
Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:53 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years
Replies: 181
Views: 2750

Re: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years

Indeed. This fundamental tenet appears to have been all but abandoned, to the game's massive detriment. It's not about "doubt". If there's not enough evidence to give the try, either the attacking team didn't do a good enough job, or the defending team did a really good job. Why do the attacking te...
by Da iawn diolch
Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:45 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years
Replies: 181
Views: 2750

Re: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years

Sure. To the defending team. If in doubt the outcome should always fall with the attacking team. I will die on this hill. Indeed. This fundamental tenet appears to have been all but abandoned, to the game's massive detriment. It's not about "doubt". If there's not enough evidence to give the try, e...
by Da iawn diolch
Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:14 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years
Replies: 181
Views: 2750

Re: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years

THere is a key point of difference between defending once in goal and in the field of play. In goal is like the laws of the game almost no longer apply to the defence. They can hold on, do not need to release, lie on the ground and play the attacking player while off their feet. This has given the ...
by Da iawn diolch
Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:10 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
Replies: 112282
Views: 7525581

Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread

Danny Care confirms international retirement One has to admire his consistency. As bad on his 1st cap as his 101st Things are finally looking up He should have gone after the world cup, but I suspect he and Scabbers had some kind of gentlemen's agreement to get him to 100. He might have had the odd...
by Da iawn diolch
Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:01 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Why have Newcastle been so poor this season?
Replies: 28
Views: 1099

Re: Why have Newcastle been so poor this season?

No money This is the answer. They are spending the least on wages in the Prem by a country mile. They don't attract the talent, and what little they develop tends to go elsewhere for more cash. This is what ringfencing and high salary caps have done to the Prem. We basically have three cohorts of c...
by Da iawn diolch
Mon Mar 25, 2024 1:25 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 37644
Views: 2585388

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

It could be that Baxter is a c*nt? Forget about the nasty evil Baxter bit for a moment. The root cause of the problem here is the droves of young, Welsh players leaving Wales. Solve that, and we don't have to worry about finding someone English to blame. Wales can't compete with English Fee-paying ...
by Da iawn diolch
Mon Mar 25, 2024 12:39 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 37644
Views: 2585388

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

Baxter evidently is a top drawer strategist, milking an endless stream of talent which is then failed at pro level without forcing the kids into tough decisions. Who knows, but they are scraping the barrel of eligibility with James, his father was born in a hospital in Bristol, that’s the entire cl...
by Da iawn diolch
Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:20 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Why have Newcastle been so poor this season?
Replies: 28
Views: 1099

Re: Why have Newcastle been so poor this season?

Margin_Walker wrote: Mon Mar 25, 2024 10:07 am They don't really sell though. They just shed players at the end of contract or even mid contract recently. There's no windfall from it as there's not a transfer market to speak of in pro rugby.
This too.

It's not even good business to invest in youth as it is in Wendyball.
by Da iawn diolch
Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:19 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Why have Newcastle been so poor this season?
Replies: 28
Views: 1099

Re: Why have Newcastle been so poor this season?

No money This is the answer. They are spending the least on wages in the Prem by a country mile. They don't attract the talent, and what little they develop tends to go elsewhere for more cash. This is what ringfencing and high salary caps have done to the Prem. We basically have three cohorts of c...
by Da iawn diolch
Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:18 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
Replies: 112282
Views: 7525581

Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread

I think he likes JVP- but the lad definitely needs to be less of a bomb scare. Quirke is good but too fragile. He brought JVP through from the Tigers academy and gave him his first senior contract (as he did with Steward and several others), which might explain the loyalty. JVP has so far looked li...