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bimboman wrote: ↑Sat Nov 15, 2025 12:33 pm
Apparently he remembers absolutely nothing from Cardiff at all - not waking up, not the warmup, not his 20 minutes or so on the pitch, nothing.

fudge, that’d be enough for me to find an office job.

Sounds a lot like most of my trips to Cardiff, to be fair…

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If Roebuck and Steward are injured then there's not much to be done other than slotting someone else in. As long as the intention is for the 9 / 10 / 12 and 13 to be the same for NZ, then I don't have an issue with us playing those backs against Fiji. If we're going to switch back to DIngwall at 12 ...

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It makes no difference how quick your rucks are if you're in your own half and either Mitchell or ford are going to kick it. The oz were tossing their 'quick' ruck ball all day to players who weren't ready and it looked rushed, not skilled. It's just some statistic that someone's started reporting....

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Well, in this game they weren't - not meaningfully so. Of course, whether this speed is what they're aiming for... is a different matter, and I suspect Blackett in particular wants to see faster rucks, wherever possible. Interestingly, I saw some analysis of Aus and the criticism levelled at them w...

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According to that Wibble rugby series on England's attack, it's all about speed of ball to the attacking line and decision-making: from 9 to choose either FH or pod, as well as then from the FH or other distributor to pick what he describes as penetrators or playmakers - basically which runner in t...

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According to that Wibble rugby series on England's attack, it's all about speed of ball to the attacking line and decision-making: from 9 to choose either FH or pod, as well as then from the FH or other distributor to pick what he describes as penetrators or playmakers - basically which runner in th...

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Agreed re: stats and lies. There's always some way to provide confirmation bias if you look hard enough. However, on reflection - and having watched the game twice now - I think Freddie had one of his better games in recent times. Yes, he dropped a couple of balls that you'd expect him to take, but ...

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Pepper was anonymous but that would have been different had Steward passed that ball wide rather than his default of cutting inside. England are poor in the opponent 22 too often making the wrong decision. Curry’s two yard pass behind Chessum’s head butchered another try, desperately poor from some...

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Dingwall isn't upto it- and ford is done, move on. I'm undecided on Dingwall, but I agree that we would do better to focus caps and additional experience onto F Smith. Every minute Ford plays is a minute "wasted" in terms of opportunity for others, as I don't believe he'll be a starter for any seri...

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There was no tackle so law 14 isn’t relevant. Law 13 is, and in the ref’s view Pollock tried to get up and half way through that was close enough to the try line to turn “getting up” into “diving for the line”. The ARs clearly didn’t disagree, neither did the TMO. The only ones who do disagree are ...

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There was no tackle so law 14 isn’t relevant. Law 13 is, and in the ref’s view Pollock tried to get up and half way through that was close enough to the try line to turn “getting up” into “diving for the line”. The ARs clearly didn’t disagree, neither did the TMO. The only ones who do disagree are A...

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For someone who is being picked for solid defence on kicks, that's an odd take on Steward, did he actually catch one? Wasn't it his intervention that set up the one that EARL did SCORE? No, Roebuck took the ball (against Suaalii) and passed to underhill who tipped on quickly to Earl. I think Stewar...

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Pretty much the whole of that post above was bollix. Not sure whether you were quoting something or just posting your own guff? TBPs don’t feature. Yes the 10pt ranking difference is a cut off for effect assuming the win goes according to the rank. England benefit by 0.4 from a decent win. But NZ’s ...

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An interesting series from Wibble Rugby on England. Part 1 of 3 just out. Haven’t finished watching as Mrs told me to stop watching shit on YT but an intriguing take on where we are…

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Harsh ratings for me there - we’ve just dominated the #2 ranked team in the biggest ever game played in women’s rugby. For at least 60-65 minutes it felt like there would only be one winner. Mitchell and the backroom staff deserve a 10 for the way they have prepared the girls and the plan - and then...

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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

Aussie fairies

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

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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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