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https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12343345 https://img2.thejournal.ie/article/2563501/river?version=2563503&width=400 I don't see him opting for Fiji, and it seems like he's just throwing in the English qualified stuff to apply a bit of pressure on All Black selector...

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Andy Foode comes out in support of Burgess, agrees that Mike Ford is a snake

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bit disappointed that hask hasn't openly criticized lancaster and his coaching team before afaik, but chose to pour on now that burgess was doing the same Burgess was very complimentary about the England coaching team. A bit bandwagon-ish of Hask to jump on at that point - but yes, he did make a fe...

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only went online a few hours ago but comments are already making the news “Mike Ford wanted the England coaching job,” Burgess told the House of Rugby podcast. “I had to tell him I couldn’t play for him anymore. I’d lost respect for him. “I just felt that people behind the scenes were playing a dee...

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mdaclarke wrote:If this is true, then it has CVC's fingerprints all over it.

Are CVC the new boogeymen of rugby? Anything remotely connected with profit is now linked with them is it

Well it makes a change from PRL or Mourad Boudjellal I suppose

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I feel sorry for the Jags fans but the reality is that the format for SR was fatally flawed being spread across so many timezones. If the SA franchises can join in with 'easy rugby' club comps then surely the Jaguares can as well. No thanks. Nobody in Europe is going to stay up until midnight to wa...

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they should keep to their timezone neighbours and join MLR...

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Sarries lawyers must be the most highly-paid in pro rugby An ex-Saracens player is bringing a lawsuit against the club, a club doctor and a teammate following what he alleges was a career-ending injury suffered in a Budapest bar. Matt Hankin says the incident in 2015, where he was hit on the head wi...

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Has anyone learned anything about this England team over the course of the 6N that wasn't equally apparent 12-24 months ago? Prone to meltdowns Fullback a question mark Scrum still a liability Youngs absolute toilet, nobody better in the pipeline Lots of individually talented back rowers but no idea...

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Bin O'Keeffe was a shower of shit today, sorry to say

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Ludlam at 6 is basically an admission that Curry at 8 has failed

6 Ludlam
7 Underhill
8 Curry

is functionally identical to

6 Curry
7 Underhill
8 Ludlam

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Doormat has announced his departure from Quins, supposedly linked with a move to the MLR

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fatcat wrote:I'd prefer

6. Ewels
7. Dombrandt
8. Itoje

Needs more lineout

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Think it's time to revert to a more standard 6-7-8 format in the back row now

Hill-Curry-Dombrandt is my preferred trio

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If we end up with another 2018-style season where we shit the bed against every bit of major opposition then it'll be curtains for Eddie before the year is out

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Ben Youngs, he's not so good is he

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8 seasons in charge, plenty of big name signings during that period, yet not a single meaningful trophy to show for it Does Dai Young make it till the end of the season in his role? Former Wales skipper Dai Young has 'cancelled Christmas' with Wasps fans calling for his head in the wake of their Gal...

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10 points for anyone that can correctly date each of these Owen Jones headlines from the Corbyn-era without looking them up

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any equivalents from the Owen Jones/Ash Sarkar/Paul Mason crowd?

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Henry Taylor is by far the most promising of that crop bubbling away underneath Robson + Spencer

if we draw a line under Ben Youngs and move on from 2020 onwards then the three 9s I would have in the squad would be Robson, Spencer and Taylor

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https://twitter.com/rugbyworldcup/status/1191203685424095232 Can we stop pretending that despite whatever other qualities he has Owen is also a great defender? You could've picked a million better examples than Farrell getting stepped while making a cover tackle in a 10m channel by probably the bes...

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Can someone post the equivalent results from after previous WCs

I recall vividly there were posters after 2011 that expected the Lions back three to be North, Ashton and Foden

Similarly after 2015 most Lions sides had a truckload of Scottish players starting

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From the comments coming out of the RFU today it seems Eddie will stay on but Borthwick might be off to join a Prem club, maybe Leicester

Think if Eddie stays on then he should refresh his coaching staff somewhat - new scrum and lineout coach for sure

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It's true, they had a world class front row trio that weren't even starting the game for them. In hindsight we couldn't have done much to get an upper hand there against a team like them today But more broadly - when was the last time you can remember an English scrum dismantling the opposition comp...

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The more I reflect on it the more it feels like the set piece demolition today was a long time in the making We've never looked any more than steady at scrum time under Eddie - yet he's constantly talked up the 'English' style as being built around a dominant scrum and lineout In general we've picke...

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to me the current RWC squad basically breaks down into three distinct categories: 1. a young core of this side that should stay till 2023 (injury permitting) and will probably be at their peak given they'll be in the 26-30 age bracket by then - guys like Itoje, Sinckler, Curry, Underhill, Genge, Wat...

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South Africa's first try ever in a World Cup final, what a time to do it

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No of WC's between the capture and subsequent execution of dictator Saddam Hussein

Eng 1
Sa 0

Those are the cold hard facts.

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Genge is also not a particularly destructive scrummager The problem is that for four years Eddie has repeatedly emphasised that the traditional English game is built around rock solid defence and a powerful set piece - while we had a very good defence throughout his tenure I don't think at any point...

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What a strangely hollow game + feeling, despite never really being in control at any point throughout I reckon in the context of that game when Farrell missed the kick to bring us to 12-15 it was a turning point for sure, we lost all momentum and then the Saffas just blew us away But more structural...

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As an outsider there's certain selection templates that I instinctively associate as being in the All Blacks' DNA The hard-hitting blindside flanker The one-big-one-small centre pairing The big, powerful 11 matched with the smaller, fullback-cum-wing at 14 The fullback that's usually the single most...

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for future reference can we get some sort of menu pricing for haka infringements?

5k for crossing the half way line, 10k for lining up in a disrespectful formation, 20k pissing on Kieran Read's leg, 50k for kicking Sonny Bill in the balls etc etc

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You can’t hide from it, “Boks have no chance against this England team” is all we’ve heard. Presumably this is your own country's press Just read the Wales vs Bok match thread. All the Irish and Kiwis clairvoyanting about how whoever wins will get brutalised by England in the final? Yes, I've seen ...

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saffer13 wrote:You can’t hide from it, “Boks have no chance against this England team” is all we’ve heard.

Presumably this is your own country's press

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saffer13 wrote:Just loving the Pom arrogance and confidence on display here.

If you say it enough times maybe you can will it into existence

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all of these posts about being happy with Itoje banging your respective other halves

you lot have been spending too much time indulging your cuckoldry fantasies on certain adult websites

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JM2K6 wrote:
Wendigo7 wrote:Reckon we'll be right up for it.

Farrell and Eddie will have the team completely focused and grounded. One game at a time.
You are a fountain of cliches, aren't you

tearing into Wendy for trotting out over-the-top cliches is itself a cliche

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OomPB wrote:Itoje sound African, Nigerian? No Pom can play like this.

more non-white players in the England starting team than in the South African one

who's the real rainbow nation, boet

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sanjose1 wrote:Final or not they wont make up class difference, just too big, sorry England are certs

nice to have an Irisher on the England Grand Slam bandwagon

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SamShark wrote:
openclashXX wrote:are we Brexiting on Thursday or not then
Not, unless something very unforseen happens.

alright - when's the new date then

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