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Silly girl... she filled herself up on potatoes when she could have had a rosbif dinner instead, had she just bided her time.

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Winnie wrote: ↑Sat Aug 02, 2025 12:42 pm Would never have stopped big Willie John McBride

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Martin Johnson shook the fck out of two lightening bolts at the same time in one Lions test. There’s a picture somewhere

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DragsterDriver wrote: ↑Sat Aug 02, 2025 12:19 pm Has anybody spotted that germ Wigglesworth yet?

He’s been doing a lightning dance - the wriggly cvnt

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ZuLu wrote: ↑Sat Aug 02, 2025 11:10 am How is Porter's ear f**ked already

Because Itoje is pushing on it in every scrum

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Cicero wrote: ↑Sat Aug 02, 2025 11:03 am dont get why genge is benching again 2 weeks in a row. should be starting this week. furlong hasnt been rotated at all.

It’s called tactics. It’s a thing in rugby at most levels.

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I quite liked the PG Tips lady but she got cut short because of adverts

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Duhan doesn't seem to feature in many people's test sides. Would it be mad for him to finish this tour as top try scorer, and not play a minute of test rugby? Would that be a first? So far this tour, he's: - 1st for tries (5) - 3rd for carries (47) - 1st for metres carried (336) - 2nd for defenders...

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It pretty much always is in SR, especially if the player goes through with the tackle. If he had landed on his head then it would have been yellow/red. The outcome should not determine if a law has been broken or not. He saw that he was early and even drove up into the tackle. It’s a card for mine....

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I'm not going to fall into the retard's trap of trying to predict what Farrell will do. This would be my 23 for Saturday, assuming injured players remain unavailable. - Kinghorn. Neither he nor Keenan have set the tour alight, but I feel like his ceiling is higher. - Freeman. He can't be that ineff...

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Good selection. I would swap Morgan and Pollock to the bench to give us better options for Saturday. Otherwise makes sense

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Not a whinge just an observation: Pre tour i did post there had been little chat around it in my circles and no real visible excitement- and so it came to pass. No pub breakfast visits, nothing. Deader than disco. I was out and about in London yesterday, and only saw a handful of Lions jerseys. Not...

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I'm not sure I entirely trust ESPN's stats, and there are some glaring omissions (why no ruck stats?), but the attacking numbers they're showing for most of the replacements are damning. Lions really lost all their momentum. I'll refrain from singling out a particular player who just happens not to...

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Slim 293 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 18, 2025 10:23 pm
DeDoc wrote: ↑Fri Jul 18, 2025 7:11 pm My best guess is it is related to insurance
Nope… has a contract with RA and the Tahs, and is eligible to play for the Wobs.

Not sure that is the answer to any relevant question that has been asked?!

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Is this the most Scotsmen in a lions test this century? Doesn't bode well Possibly. And had to choose them carefully to make sure they got actual Scottish ones. Although I still have my doubts about the Scottishness of someone called Huw Jones. Unlike Sione who is properly into the deep fried stuff.

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Suspect Pollock made way for Aki. Unusual but sort of see the logic.

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Fully expecting Ben Earle to be a late withdrawl on the morning of the test after he injures his bicep celebrating the fact his poached eggs were done just to his liking. Awful wit kant. And I can see Itoje suffering a tour-ending wrist injury from overclapping the pancake flipper’s accuracy on Sat...

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backrow wrote: ↑Fri Jul 11, 2025 7:55 pm Mr social media now saying the fuel cutoffs to both engines may have been changed and switched off manually, as other errors and causes now ruled out like contaminated fuel

Someone used the wrong pump. Don’t suppose they pulled away with the hose still in too?

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4071 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 11, 2025 3:22 pm Good to see we prioritised having infinite back row cover (and still no Ted Hill) in favour of maybe picking someone who could play FH if Ford goes down injured.

We're ok: Heyes to 9 and JVP to 10.

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IRB World Rankings: (as of 07/07/2025) 1. South Africa 92.78 2. New Zealand 90.98 3. Ireland 89.83 4. France 88.90 5. England 86.72 6. Argentina 82.98 7. Scotland 82.36 8. Australia 82.08 So this is the rankings as of today. I think Top 5 will get seeded and Australia might get a top seed as a host...

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It is a remarkable coincidence that with Wigglesworth away with the Lions, their attack has become stodgy and lacks punch (Jones aside) whilst England’s has become so much slicker…

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TBF, Iraq had a big miltary in 1990. It was a bit dated though, and then went against the US military at its absolute peak in terms of capacity. This was the Cold War US military at its most techically advanced, but with the USSR out of the picture so they could go all-in on the Middle East theatre...

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DragsterDriver wrote: ↑Tue May 20, 2025 7:51 pm Isiekwe? The lock stocks are really scraping the barrel.

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I like thursdays and hate fallow weeks, takes all the momentum. Love a friday night game as well. Non Saturday games are crap to get to and curtail the fun & booze element greatly. Pretty much every facet of the sport is worse now than 20 years ago, both on the pitch and off it. I'm always surprise...

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The last 5 episodes of Andor are all ranked 9.5 or higher on IMDB. First in history apparently to have 5 in a row that high. Some great characters and acting performances. I was really surprised by one relatively minor character. Sets and costumes were terrific. Its rankings on IMDB https://youtu.b...

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Last night did illustrate a huge problem for Scottish rugby. There was not one Glaswegian in the starting team though there three on the bench. And when I say Glaswegian I mean the Glasgow metropolitan area rather than the city itself. If all the injured players were back it would add one Weegie (C...

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As far as I can see this is just a paper transaction for re-organising the orgs. The value attached to the transaction is notional. Best analogy might be when Google sold itself to Alphabet It's sleight of hand utilising the VC money that poured into the AI business a few months ago to bailout Twit...

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I'm still wracking my brains trying to understand all of those selections - you can just about make an argument for the Freeman/Daly pairing - they'll swap back and forth during the game, especially if the starting positions aren't working - it does at least let them see how Freeman goes at 13. The...

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It'd be a lot easier to kick if we more often presented a running threat. As is we've little to no running threat and the only decent chaser is Freeman. At least Mitchell is decent at kicking even if he's hardly the next du Preez With the mediocre performances of Sleightholme and Murley and with th...

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Andy Goode is scathing of England in this latest pod. So is Jim but what’s new there. Their collective assessment with DB is brutal - basically the coaches holding the players back because they’re inexperienced. Fair! Tindall is similar on his shitefest but he makes an interesting point about the sy...

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bimboman wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2025 3:57 pm
blindcider wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2025 3:53 pm I reckon Italy will have been targeting the England match as 1. still the only team they haven't beat in the 6N and 2. Englands gameplan has clearly exploitable flaws that they can target
And their strongest 2 positions are our weakest

Head coach and attack coach?

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Magpie26 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 08, 2025 10:06 pm
ovalball wrote: ↑Sat Feb 08, 2025 8:57 pm Our bench looked much more effective this week. I was certainly very happy that George was on to take that last line out throw !
Yes, it was pleasing to see the bench make an impact for a change.

It usually makes an impact, but it was nice to see it be a positive one for a change…

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ManInTheBar wrote: ↑Sat Feb 08, 2025 8:13 pm
Quins89 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 08, 2025 8:12 pm
Keith wrote: ↑Sat Feb 08, 2025 8:10 pm The lineout was toilet. LCD can't be trusted
I’m always nervous when he’s hooker I’ll be honest.
Who's your pick then?

Stevie Wonder would have been an upgrade

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fatcat wrote: ↑Sat Feb 08, 2025 8:03 pm We'll probably win the next RWC.

A chance indeed. I think the next one is the JRWC.

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DragsterDriver wrote: ↑Sat Feb 08, 2025 7:58 pm Now we're fantastic again we beat Scotland right?

Right?

We’ve got to be due a lucky win against them at some point. Maybe this decade, maybe next?

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Itoje may have a boring voice but he actually had something interesting to say!

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Matt-A wrote: ↑Sat Feb 08, 2025 7:10 pm Taking Willis off that early striaght after a pen is a classic Eddie Jones decision in my opinion.

I suspect we all felt the same thing but it actually turned out to be a good sub!

Willis worked hard and a keeper, but all the replacements added something when they came on.

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Yep Finn starts for me Yeah no doubt about it. Quiet first half but he was incredible 2nd half. If Marcus stays at 15 let him learn his role against the other 3 teams. And pet finn play as a proper 10, kicks for touch, goal, he has to run the game if he's 10. And he can tackle Fin’s tackling was la...

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CrazyIslander wrote: ↑Sat Feb 08, 2025 6:47 pm
message #2527204 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 08, 2025 6:35 pm
CrazyIslander wrote: ↑Sat Feb 08, 2025 6:33 pm Move Marcus to 10.
He's finally having a decent game... Why?
Cos 10 has more influence on attack

Only when he gets the ball

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danny_fitz wrote: ↑Sat Feb 08, 2025 6:45 pm
ManInTheBar wrote: ↑Sat Feb 08, 2025 6:42 pm
DragsterDriver wrote: ↑Sat Feb 08, 2025 6:41 pm

France should be out of sight already.
But they are not

There's an old French saying which I here translate:
If we had some bacon we could have bacon and eggs, if we had some eggs
Un Oeuf is Enough

Isn’t that the new James Bond film?

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I foresee a brave start by England. Tactically, they will be on Dupont quickly and the forwards will match the French, man-for-man. Closing down space, suffocating and generally being a pain in the arse. There might even be a try for England in that first 30. Home advantage, ref giving us the rub of...

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