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Genuine question - what is Scotlands try/match figure like compared to Ireland, and how are they balanced between outside backs and others? My impression is that Scotland score plenty of tries (but leak a lot too), compared to Ireland, and that the outside backs score a lot compared to the pack. My...

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He’d have made my starting side over Lowe cause we have no pace and he has loads. Lowe has a strike rate of 0.4 tries per game, Graham 0.74. Lowe will finish chances, Graham will create them as well as finish them. Obviously Lowe does make chances, but playing for Scotland Graham is presented with ...

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15. Hugo Keenan (Ireland) 14. Mack Hansen (Ireland) 13. Huw Jones (Scotland) 12. Sione Tuipulotu (Scotland) 11. Blair Kinghorn (Scotland) 10. Fin Smith (England) 9. Alex Mitchell (England) 1. Pierre Schoeman (Scotland) 2. Luke Cowan-Dickie (England) 3. Finlay Bealham (Ireland) 4. Tadhg Beirne (Irel...

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Confirmed . Eugh , they stink the world up This is just insane. Surely to goodness someone in the Lions must have seen how badly this would play given that he's the coach's son and has been playing like a drain on the rare occasions he has played. I am off to look at some Engliish club websites. I ...

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I'd forgotten about Graham. I had him down as injured in my head, for some reason. I'd have him there in a heartbeat. I bet he could even do a decent job at 13 if asked. He missed the tail end of the season but is fit again. He’d have made my starting side over Lowe cause we have no pace and he has...

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Da iawn diolch wrote: ↑Thu Jul 03, 2025 10:01 am I'd forgotten about Graham. I had him down as injured in my head, for some reason.

I'd have him there in a heartbeat. I bet he could even do a decent job at 13 if asked.

He missed the tail end of the season but is fit again.

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bimboman wrote: ↑Thu Jul 03, 2025 8:28 am Tom Jordan is in Auckland.

And not in the Scotland 23 for the Maori ABs. Which is a surprise to put it mildly.

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Nor is Darcy Graham.

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When I was a lad in the 60s and early 70s, it was never hard to tell the difference between forwards and backs. Our Edinburgh season tickets are beside the away team subs seats. My son (25 and ex TH so played in the modern era) and I play a game trying to work out which of the players we do not reco...

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Glasgow and Scotland have both deployed Staff McDowall (centre) as a lineout forward. He's 6 ft 5 but lighter than forwards that size. He is very effective.

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Scotland U20 Men team to play England U20 at Payanini Center, Verona on Sunday (kick off 2.30pm BST/3.30pm local) – live on RugbyPassTV 15. Jack Brown (Edinburgh Rugby) 14. Nairn Moncrieff (Edinburgh Rugby) 13. Johnny Ventisei (Glasgow Warriors) 12. Kerr Yule (Glasgow Warriors) 11. Fergus Watson (Gl...

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DVdM - He's more a donkey than a rugby player, but a helluva physical handful. Was (pleasantly) shocked to see him pass at one point! Lots of hairy moments. Schmidt (as said above) will torture him Like he didn't manage when Scotland beat the Wallabies in the Autumn. DvdM is what he is, he has stre...

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Anyone know of any family with three generations of Lions? Just struck me there's an outside chance for the Wood family with Keith's son in the Munster academy. He's not highly rated so probably won't happen but just curious if it's been done. According to the Times, Fin Smith is the first grandson...

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Thank you Baroness Casey! Let's not forget people like Sherblue and Corbyn Dallas were also strongly against an national enquiry and called people who supported an enquiry far right. I'd imagine it's people like these that were involved in the cover ups 'for the good of diversity'. Her headline fin...

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You aren't normally this obtuse Joe No, and fair's fair, it was a glib off-hand comment I meant very little by and have no real issue apologising for any offense caused but we've seen 1,200 (?) deaths on October 7th, (at least) 50,000 deaths in Gaza and the potential death-toll for a ground invasio...

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You based a whole country and their history on that one contention. Yeah, and it was a totally heartfelt contention in a very serious conversation. Anyhow, Beevor has written the historical record, Scottish cowardice is in the (literal) history books now, nothing you or I can do about it. In a conv...

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You know soldiers from the south were more likely to get medals for bravery than nordies? We're just better, braver, people ( also, the Scots had a rep for hiding from fighting , iirc, have at it etc) Given that you are talking about my father, uncles and other relatives I'd be interested to see th...

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You know soldiers from the south were more likely to get medals for bravery than nordies? We're just better, braver, people ( also, the Scots had a rep for hiding from fighting , iirc, have at it etc) Given that you are talking about my father, uncles and other relatives I'd be interested to see th...

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Check when those of British decent actually arrived. Mostly in the last 70 years. ...and even the Irish that were here from the beginning were convicts and not really there by choice. This is what I find perplexing. It was the British colonialists and the British Empire who did the bad stuff. But a...

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Check when those of British decent actually arrived. Mostly in the last 70 years. ...and even the Irish that were here from the beginning were convicts and not really there by choice. This is what I find perplexing. It was the British colonialists and the British Empire who did the bad stuff. But a...

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Most of the leaders, during the periods of peak evil, returned to the UK, right? Probably as heroes. Australia’s massive immigration in the previous century sees most current Australians with little or no ties to the British colonial crimes. Whilst Australia has become a lot less white and British ...

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Akkerman wrote: ↑Fri May 30, 2025 11:31 pm anyone started Dept Q with Matthew Goode, on Netflix ? it keeps appearing in my tiktok feed, looks interesting

We watched all of it in two sessions.

Formulaic 'brilliant misfits against the world solving crimes' but well executed. It benefits from having many fine Scottish character actors in it

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Anyone looking forward to Clarksons Farm due for release on Friday? My wife (farmer's daughter) watches very little TV, but is a huge fan and watched every one of the newly released episodes in one sitting. Some of it is a getting a wee bit contrived (I can believe he forgot one or two of the proce...

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Anyone looking forward to Clarksons Farm due for release on Friday? My wife (farmer's daughter) watches very little TV, but is a huge fan and watched every one of the newly released episodes in one sitting. Some of it is a getting a wee bit contrived (I can believe he forgot one or two of the proce...

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Girls who attend all-girls schools get better exam results than girls with similar records and backgrounds at mixed schools – and outdo boys at all-boys schools – according to research. While girls’ schools have long been known to outperform other types of school in England, the analysis by FFT Dat...

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DragsterDriver wrote: ↑Wed May 28, 2025 2:08 pm When Jalibert tackles Dingwall- Poirot comes from the subs bench, which probably increases the ban.

Is this something else? I can't keep track!

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Are there any other videos showing the alleged throat grab by Poirot? In the one that is general circulation Poirot is walking away from a group of players, Pollock comes from the side, pokes Poirot in the chest and gets shoved away for his troubles by a different Bordeaux player, and appears to be...

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Are there any other videos showing the alleged throat grab by Poirot? In the one that is general circulation Poirot is walking away from a group of players, Pollock comes from the side, pokes Poirot in the chest and gets shoved away for his troubles by a different Bordeaux player, and appears to be...

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Are there any other videos showing the alleged throat grab by Poirot? In the one that is general circulation Poirot is walking away from a group of players, Pollock comes from the side, pokes Poirot in the chest and gets shoved away for his troubles by a different Bordeaux player, and appears to be ...

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Are we passed the citing window?

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I've heard on the grapevine from one of the players that GB Sevens will no longer be funded full time. All full time players are having their contracts terminated and are being offered part time contracts. Most are chucking it and the expectation is that the team will cease to be viable and wither a...

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Well done Ulster breaking that magical 500 point barrier Murphy out to fúck It's embarrassing. Bottom Irish province for the first time ever. Not in the top tier of Europe for the first time ever Can't wait for Stats to talk about the green shoots. The IRFU have killed our province. I come in peace...

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Scotland's Hollie Davidson says becoming the first women to take charge of a European rugby showpiece is "unbelievable" after she was appointed referee for the Challenge Cup final between Bath and Lyon in Cardiff on 23 May. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/c0qg03yz0k7o She has been the best Sco...

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They should give people a chance. If you can demonstrate that the child you sent to private school isn't an entitled prick who thinks they are better than everyone else, you can have your money back each year. One of my sons set up a security firm with two of his mates, all three private school edu...

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They should give people a chance. If you can demonstrate that the child you sent to private school isn't an entitled prick who thinks they are better than everyone else, you can have your money back each year. One of my sons set up a security firm with two of his mates, all three private school edu...

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We met a friend we'd not seen for a while at the weekend. She is the deputy head of one of the larger private schools in Scotland. All local private schools have a community of interest in the impact of VAT so they are sharing information. Full disclosure, I went to a private school, my kids went to...

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So some quick web searching shows that the Lions organisation will generate a profit of somewhere in excess of £8 million or so after player expenses and club payments are dealt with. It costs around £3-4 million to finance the org during the "off" years, and the remainder gets split (evenly) betwe...

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Jordan not being picked is a travesty!

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Centres: Fraser Dingwall, Gary Ringrose, Tom Jordan, Huw Jones, Sione Tuipulotu I mentioned Jordan as a bolter a while back, and the BBC has him in their list of bolters. From the comments on those put forward by the BBC (and to be fair whoever selected the list must have been smoking something aro...

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One big thing is clothes... they often seem to be wearing brand new stuff... surely all clothes would be worn to buggery? And if they made their own stuff, would look quite primitive? And batteries? How the hell are batteries lasting for decades? Clothes I can handle. If most people are dead / turn...

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