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- Wed Mar 27, 2024 12:42 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Baltimore bridge has collapsed.
- Replies: 92
- Views: 2581
Re: Baltimore bridge has collapsed.
Top right? I assume impact rises bottom to top of the matrix, possibility drops left to right. So the lowest possibility but highest impact. Edit I have been involved in risk planning where risks in that corner are mitigated on the basis that they may be incredibly unlikely, but if they do the impa...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 2:49 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Ernie Els's daughter is making her Springbok rugby debut against Spain
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1321
Re: Ernie Els's daughter is making her Springbok rugby debut against Spain
Seems like a perectly pleasant looking young woman to me. This is not me in dirty old man mode, I was just intrigued to see why she attracted such disdain. https://cdn.24.co.za/files/Cms/General/d/9510/d9430a04f35042508647b5e66f2135d6.jpg https://cdn.24.co.za/files/Cms/General/d/9394/9ca4f806223141b...
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 12:07 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Irish Courts: U.K. not a safe country
- Replies: 103
- Views: 2875
Re: Irish Courts: U.K. not a safe country
Realpolitisk isn't surprising. Not least in the specific context of the formulation of the judgment and the undertakings to stop the behaviour. The Court stated that this case was highly significant and so it bypassed the lower court and went straight to the higher court. The Court stated that as t...
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 12:10 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Irish Courts: U.K. not a safe country
- Replies: 103
- Views: 2875
Re: Irish Courts: U.K. not a safe country
I was being unduly glib, but Cam is ultimately right. Ireland v UK is a wildly political judgment - understandably so - where the Commission had strongly rapped the UK's knuckles, leading to the trial wherein it was found that it wasn't torture - merely Diet Torture - but that the UK would make sur...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 11:42 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: URCR12 Stormers vs Embra
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1043
Re: URCR12 Stormers vs Embra
Edinburgh were poor. Even if they thought kicking was a good tactic to start with, what kind of idiot keeps it up when the opposition are not only running everything back at you, but are doing so very effectively. The story is that the team is not very confident in the coaches. Not that they've lost...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 11:29 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Irish Courts: U.K. not a safe country
- Replies: 103
- Views: 2875
Re: Irish Courts: U.K. not a safe country
Never supported the IRA but it was torture, which was pointless when they had so many informers in their ranks. The point I am arguing is Camroc's claim that the British were found guilty of torture. No matter how nasty their behaviour was, nor what anyone's opinion was, they were not so found by a...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 10:36 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Irish Courts: U.K. not a safe country
- Replies: 103
- Views: 2875
Re: Irish Courts: U.K. not a safe country
That's one hell of a reading of that case. :lol: Since I assume you are meaning the torture case I did some checking. In fairness I was only aware of the judgement by the European Court of Human Rights that it was inhuman and and degrading, but not torture, not that the European Commission of Human...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 12:15 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Irish Courts: U.K. not a safe country
- Replies: 103
- Views: 2875
Re: Irish Courts: U.K. not a safe country
You do realise that the reason for that was because the UK was found guilty of of using "cruel and inhuman" punishment (ie torture) on terrorist suspects (ie Irishmen) by ECHR. There was a case Irish Govt took to the ECHR claiming that the detention and interrogation practices in NI breached three ...
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 2:01 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Leo Varadkar gggooonnnnnnnnnnneeeeeeeee!
- Replies: 137
- Views: 3065
Re: Leo Varadkar gggooonnnnnnnnnnneeeeeeeee!
* thing is, ones like you refer to are NOT directly translatable to V, it would not be correct to just replace this - it's just the nearest approximation in English for a number of different combinations in Irish. It's a large part of why a lot of Irish names are not quite pronounced correctly by t...
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 1:34 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Irish Courts: U.K. not a safe country
- Replies: 103
- Views: 2875
Re: Irish Courts: U.K. not a safe country
Well they used to refuse to extradite known terrorists so this isn’t a new thing You do realise that the reason for that was because the UK was found guilty of of using "cruel and inhuman" punishment (ie torture) on terrorist suspects (ie Irishmen) by ECHR. There was a case Irish Govt took to the E...
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 3:12 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: URCR12 Stormers vs Embra
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1043
Re: URCR12 Stormers vs Embra
Edinburgh Rugby team to face DHL Stormers at DHL Stadium in the BKT United Rugby Championship Saturday 23 March (kick-off 3.05pm GMT/ 5.05pm local) – live on Viaplay 15. Emiliano Boffelli (37) 14. Wes Goosen (23) 13. Mark Bennett (100) 12. Matt Currie (30) 11. Jake Henry* 10. Ben Healy (14) 9. Ben ...
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 2:33 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Gregor Townsend
- Replies: 137
- Views: 3098
Re: Gregor Townsend
You've highlighted the two gaping holes in the "Toonie oot" argument. 1. Can anyone say categorically that this team have a higher ceiling? 2. If so, which currently available coach would be a shoo-in to get that extra out of them? I don't buy it, and the test coaching landscape is bleak at the mom...
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 1:50 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Gregor Townsend
- Replies: 137
- Views: 3098
Re: Gregor Townsend
Cotter took Scotland from abject to average. The players thought highly of him, and whilst his career has foundered since I think he should have been given the opportunity to continue what he'd started. I was not impressed with Townsend being appointed when he was, but ate humble pie as initial resu...
- Thu Mar 21, 2024 1:21 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Leo Varadkar gggooonnnnnnnnnnneeeeeeeee!
- Replies: 137
- Views: 3065
Re: Leo Varadkar gggooonnnnnnnnnnneeeeeeeee!
* thing is, ones like you refer to are NOT directly translatable to V, it would not be correct to just replace this - it's just the nearest approximation in English for a number of different combinations in Irish. It's a large part of why a lot of Irish names are not quite pronounced correctly by t...
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 1:36 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Wales Vs Italy - 6N Official Match Thread - Welsh wooden 🥄?
- Replies: 855
- Views: 10536
Re: Wales Vs Italy - 6N Official Match Thread - Welsh wooden 🥄?
For the first time i 24 years, I can understand the statement: “Yeah you scored some tries in the end but the match was over”. It’s the first time in 24 years that I thought after 10 minutes: “Ok, we got this, we can win this.” The first time Italia controlled the game from the first minute till th...
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 12:34 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Could this be the worst 6 Nations ever?
- Replies: 169
- Views: 5900
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 2:18 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Itlay v Scotland Match Thread
- Replies: 376
- Views: 5753
Re: The Official Itlay v Scotland Match Thread
As I am half Scots / half Italian I don't know wether to laugh or cry. However, one of the keys for Italy is you no longer look down the Italian team sheet and cringe at some of the names. Weaknesses and weak players used to be blindingly obvious in the past but now every player is at least solid. N...
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 9:31 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Dispute with employer over pay
- Replies: 28
- Views: 678
Re: Dispute with employer over pay
Having worked in HR for 10 years then my input is........if it's not in writing it ain't happening. I've seen countless people screwed over due to this Pretty much this. Recollections vary, and what you think may differ from others. If it was never formally articulated in writing by someone with th...
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 1:37 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Is there a pushback against the safety initiatives in Rugby
- Replies: 125
- Views: 4647
Re: Is there a pushback against the safety initiatives in Rugby
Agree with this, the physicality is a major selling point. I was speaking to a work colleague who played rugby in the forces and at a reasonable amateur level, he was saying that the tackle height crept up after professionalism because of the introduction of former Rugby League coaches and apparent...
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 11:10 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Stuart Hogg
- Replies: 34
- Views: 1303
Re: Stuart Hogg
Hogg is disliked by many in Scottish rugby. That being said he seems to have completly lost it and be on a downward spiral. There are concerns for his mental health, as in, there has to be something wrong with him to fuel this behaviour repeated again and again over a period of time. There have been...
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 2:21 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: A Bit Salty
- Replies: 183
- Views: 11511
Re: A Bit Salty
Both my wife and I have relatives born to parents on overseas military postings, plus we both have numerous friends who are (now ex) military. Sorry if I was preachy, but I am the kind of pedant who finds this kind of stuff interesting, not least as I have relatives who have represented Scotland, It...
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 11:31 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: A Bit Salty
- Replies: 183
- Views: 11511
Re: A Bit Salty
Point of order re. Sam Overthehill, if you’re born overseas to a serving member of our country’s armed forces, you’re almost certainly de facto born in the UK. ‘British Forces Overseas’ is the correct term, I think. His old man Greg (my old man’s former boss) was a serving RAF Officer, on (a relati...
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 5:55 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: A Bit Salty
- Replies: 183
- Views: 11511
Re: A Bit Salty
South Africa can't claim Duhan anymore. Nobody even knew him when he left. He obviously benefited massively from the coaching he received so Scotland should take the credit for making him into an international, so I wish him all the best and it's great to see him doing so well. Played for the 20s a...
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 5:48 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: A Bit Salty
- Replies: 183
- Views: 11511
Re: A Bit Salty
South Africa can't claim Duhan anymore. Nobody even knew him when he left. He obviously benefited massively from the coaching he received so Scotland should take the credit for making him into an international, so I wish him all the best and it's great to see him doing so well. Played for the 20s a...
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 5:44 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: A Bit Salty
- Replies: 183
- Views: 11511
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 9:45 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The OFFICIAL Scotland v England Match Thread
- Replies: 797
- Views: 11165
Re: The OFFICIAL Scotland v England Match Thread
Obviously the usual suspects will make hilarious comments about Scotland paoches, but it emerges that England had better preparation time for the Calcuttta Cup than Scotland did. It showed on the pitch. Scotland’s head coach, Gregor Townsend, has vented intense frustration at being deprived of five ...
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 6:32 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Official France vs Italy - 6 Nations Day 3
- Replies: 427
- Views: 6666
Re: Official France vs Italy - 6 Nations Day 3
Law 8.21 The kick must be taken within 60 seconds (playing time) from the time the team indicated their intention to do so, even if the ball rolls over and has to be placed again. So the clock correctly should not have stopped. But does law 8.27 apply? If the opposing team infringes while the kick i...
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 6:08 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Official France vs Italy - 6 Nations Day 3
- Replies: 427
- Views: 6666
Re: Official France vs Italy - 6 Nations Day 3
As I am 67, I think nottanu wrote: ↑Sun Feb 25, 2024 6:03 pmplease come and play for BenettonEdinburgh01 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 25, 2024 6:00 pm I am Scottish born and bred, but my mother is Italian.
France is not my favourite team right now.
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 6:00 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Official France vs Italy - 6 Nations Day 3
- Replies: 427
- Views: 6666
Re: Official France vs Italy - 6 Nations Day 3
I am Scottish born and bred, but my mother is Italian.
France is not my favourite team right now.
France is not my favourite team right now.
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 12:18 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The OFFICIAL Scotland v England Match Thread
- Replies: 797
- Views: 11165
Re: The OFFICIAL Scotland v England Match Thread
Ultimately England aren't very good and are at their level at the moment. Beating Italy and Wales relatively consistently, but losing to France, Scotland and Ireland. No one in the camp will be content about the loss. It is true though that England don't have a big derby game. That game that hurts ...
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 12:14 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The OFFICIAL Scotland v England Match Thread
- Replies: 797
- Views: 11165
Re: The OFFICIAL Scotland v England Match Thread
England don't give a shit about Scotland. It's just another team. It's your guys that make such a big deal of it. Any rugby players who are content to have a new record set against them by anyone should not be on the pitch. If that really was 'just another game' for those England players they have ...
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 11:19 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The OFFICIAL Scotland v England Match Thread
- Replies: 797
- Views: 11165
Re: The OFFICIAL Scotland v England Match Thread
Scotland never got out of 3rd gear, Russell didn't even run the first half. They did just enough to dispatch england. I have not rewatched the game, so apologies if first impressions are incorrect, but I was surprised at the lack of fire in the England performance. I expected England to come out de...
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 9:48 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The OFFICIAL Scotland v England Match Thread
- Replies: 797
- Views: 11165
Re: The OFFICIAL Scotland v England Match Thread
Scotland never got out of 3rd gear, Russell didn't even run the first half. They did just enough to dispatch england. I have not rewatched the game, so apologies if first impressions are incorrect, but I was surprised at the lack of fire in the England performance. I expected England to come out de...
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 9:25 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The OFFICIAL Scotland v England Match Thread
- Replies: 797
- Views: 11165
Re: The OFFICIAL Scotland v England Match Thread
I said England would beat Scotland, and I was right. I just never expected it to be in finding novel ways of throwing away possession and losing the game. I don't think I've seen so many knock ons from both sides since I was coaching minis. Scotland were there for the taking. Apart from a few moment...
- Fri Feb 23, 2024 10:50 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The OFFICIAL Scotland v England Match Thread
- Replies: 797
- Views: 11165
Re: The OFFICIAL Scotland v England Match Thread
England will win this. It is not as if the Scots have been putting England away comfortably, the scores in the last few matches have been close. England meanwhile have won what, 8 out of the last 9 games they have played with the loss being to SA. It may be eye bleeding rugby, but they are winning, ...
- Thu Feb 22, 2024 4:25 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The OFFICIAL Scotland v England Match Thread
- Replies: 797
- Views: 11165
Re: The OFFICIAL Scotland v England Match Thread
Engerland Starting 15. George Furbank 14. Tommy Freeman 13. Henry Slade 12. Ollie Lawrence 11. Elliot Daly 10. George Ford - vice captain 9. Danny Care 1. Ellis Genge - vice captain 2. Jamie George - captain 3. Dan Cole 4. Maro Itoje - vice captain 5. Ollie Chessum 6. Ethan Roots 7. Sam Underhill 8...
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 2:31 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Athletics general thread
- Replies: 157
- Views: 8816
Re: Athletics general thread
World Athletics plans to trial new format for long jump take-offs World Athletics is considering introducing a new format for measuring long jump take-offs. A "take-off zone" will be used instead of the traditional wooden board, where a no-jump is called if the athlete's foot crosses the line. The ...
- Sat Feb 17, 2024 6:10 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Pontins: No Dirty Irish welcome
- Replies: 76
- Views: 1895
Re: Pontins: No Dirty Irish welcome
We all agree on that.November2019 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2024 4:58 pm There are umpteen Irish Mac names. McCarthy, McGrath, MacAuliffe, McInerney, McCabe, MacGovern etc etc.
My original point was that to say all names beginning Mac is wrong as it was a Gaelic rather than Irish thing.
- Sat Feb 17, 2024 3:34 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Pontins: No Dirty Irish welcome
- Replies: 76
- Views: 1895
Re: Pontins: No Dirty Irish welcome
Any name with Mc is originally Irish . Mc comes from Mac which is Irish or Scots Gaelic for "son of". True Scottish names are names like : Campbell, Stewart, Taylor You might like to think about that again. Mac or Mc is common in Northern Ireland due the Scots who settled there in the Ulster planta...
- Sat Feb 17, 2024 2:49 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Pontins: No Dirty Irish welcome
- Replies: 76
- Views: 1895
Re: Pontins: No Dirty Irish welcome
How does an Irish republican leader have the distinctly Scottish name McDonald anyway? Any name with Mc is originally Irish . Mc comes from Mac which is Irish or Scots Gaelic for "son of". True Scottish names are names like : Campbell, Stewart, Taylor You might like to think about that again. Mac o...