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by dt678
Fri May 26, 2017 2:18 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: John Mitchell to coach the Bulls - His plans
Replies: 58
Views: 8869

Re: John Mitchell to coach the Bulls - Confirmed

Big letdown for me, I think Mitchell did an incredible job here in the States. I was frustrated with the Eagles and I quit following them under the Tolkin era. The team looked a thousand percent better under Mitchell. I wish USA Rugby had some huge benefactor and we could keep Mitchell. Best of luc...
by dt678
Tue May 09, 2017 2:31 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Letter from DP
Replies: 974
Views: 128873

Re: Letter from DP

Congrats on the release DP. :thumbup: :thumbup: Looking forward to reading more about the silk purse you somehow cobbled together out of that sow's ear.
by dt678
Sun May 07, 2017 2:00 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The rise of the kick-pass
Replies: 51
Views: 5476

Re: The rise of the kick-pass

Toro wrote:
I just wish Beaudy wasn't over playing it before the Lions series :frown:
It's all a big sham and we'll see the Lions' midfield savaged as they will all be seagulling out on the wing waiting for the kick pass.
by dt678
Tue May 02, 2017 7:04 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Letter from DP
Replies: 974
Views: 128873

Re: Letter from DP

:lol: :thumbup:

I saw all the reactions before reading it, but it still wrong-footed me. Well spoilered 'tah.
by dt678
Wed Apr 19, 2017 5:21 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Letter from DP
Replies: 974
Views: 128873

Re: Letter from DP

Kiwias wrote:
GDBFC99 wrote:
Pat the Ex Mat wrote:For those who haven't registered, I'd recommend his blog. The stories are fascinating
Indeed good read. Some people in really sad situations there.
It really highlights how well DP has dealt with this situation.
Cometh the hour, cometh the man indeed.
by dt678
Thu Mar 23, 2017 1:51 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Wallabies so far
Replies: 1189
Views: 110500

Re: Wallabies so far

2. Josh Mann-Rea (Brumbies) Nah, he was capped for the Kiwis years ago... I remember his last test in Bizzy . Nick White just needed to grind the ball through a couple of phases and put it in the stands and he panicked and gave the ABs a great lineout position and Fekitoa scored at the death.
by dt678
Thu Mar 23, 2017 5:25 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Wallabies so far
Replies: 1189
Views: 110500

Re: Wallabies so far

Just for a lark, here's the Wallaby XV from the stats of the first four rounds of Soup: http://www.rugby.net/s/vopba5LBErO 1. Tom Robertson (Tahs) 2. Josh Mann-Rea (Brumbies) 3. Allan Alaalatoa (Brumbies) 4. Sam Carter (Brumbies) 5. Rory Arnold (Brumbies) - currently 11th 6. Jack Dempsey (Tahs) - c...
by dt678
Thu Mar 23, 2017 4:51 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Wallabies so far
Replies: 1189
Views: 110500

Re: Wallabies so far

Just for a lark, here's the Wallaby XV from the stats of the first four rounds of Soup: http://www.rugby.net/s/vopba5LBErO 1. Tom Robertson (Tahs) 2. Josh Mann-Rea (Brumbies) 3. Allan Alaalatoa (Brumbies) 4. Sam Carter (Brumbies) 5. Rory Arnold (Brumbies) - currently 11th 6. Jack Dempsey (Tahs) - cu...
by dt678
Tue Mar 21, 2017 11:32 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Final Player Ratings for the Six Nations
Replies: 24
Views: 3585

Re: Final Player Ratings for the Six Nations

Where do the stats the feed into this model come from if I may ask, are they available to the public? I just wrote a script or two to scrape them off ESPN into a cloud database. They tweak them slightly so that people can't do it for gambling databases, but I figure it's close enough for the player...
by dt678
Tue Mar 21, 2017 11:31 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Final Player Ratings for the Six Nations
Replies: 24
Views: 3585

Re: Final Player Ratings for the Six Nations

Mog The Almighty wrote: They're fundamentally flawed because don't take the team or the opposition into account.
They do actually take factors like the opposition in the match stats were generated into account. But your point is well taken. There are many aspects in which reality and statistics are tenuously related.
by dt678
Tue Mar 21, 2017 1:44 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Final Player Ratings for the Six Nations
Replies: 24
Views: 3585

Re: Final Player Ratings for the Six Nations

Where do the stats the feed into this model come from if I may ask, are they available to the public? I just wrote a script or two to scrape them off ESPN into a cloud database. They tweak them slightly so that people can't do it for gambling databases, but I figure it's close enough for the player...
by dt678
Mon Mar 20, 2017 6:39 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Final Player Ratings for the Six Nations
Replies: 24
Views: 3585

Re: Final Player Ratings for the Six Nations

Jiffy Jnr - top British and Irish centre - nailed on :thumbup: :uhoh: Probably if JJ had played against Italy he would be #1? surely the ratings should be weighted by playing time and not absolute? I spent some time putting together an "Impact" algorithm to complement the "In Form" algorithm used h...
by dt678
Mon Mar 20, 2017 6:35 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Final Player Ratings for the Six Nations
Replies: 24
Views: 3585

Re: Final Player Ratings for the Six Nations

1 to 8 is actually OK! 9 to 15 x( Hey dt678, how are you scoring the back 3 players? We've discussed in other threads that the official stats give ludicrously high 'carrying' stats to back 3 players (and 8's), seemingly because they count catches from up and unders and then runs from that point to ...
by dt678
Mon Mar 20, 2017 6:05 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Final Player Ratings for the Six Nations
Replies: 24
Views: 3585

Re: Final Player Ratings for the Six Nations

obligatory Lions XV from that 15 Brown 14 Earls 13 J Davies 12 Farrell 11 Zebo 10 Ford 9 Webb 1 McGrath 2 Owens 3 Furlong 4 Launchbury 5 Lawes 6 Itoje 7 Stander 8 Heaslip 1 to 8 is actually OK! 9 to 15 x( Bar CJ playing at 7, which would be his weakest position, I'd take most of that pack. The back...
by dt678
Mon Mar 20, 2017 6:04 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Final Player Ratings for the Six Nations
Replies: 24
Views: 3585

Re: Final Player Ratings for the Six Nations

MaccTaff wrote:Jiffy Jnr - top British and Irish centre - nailed on :thumbup:

:uhoh:
Probably if JJ had played against Italy he would be #1?
by dt678
Mon Mar 20, 2017 5:50 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Final Player Ratings for the Six Nations
Replies: 24
Views: 3585

Final Player Ratings for the Six Nations

From the match statistics: http://www.rugby.net/s/Pm6ekm0Nw88 There is something of a statistical anomaly in the last iteration, with French and Welsh players moving up. The rating algorithm takes playing time into account and with those players logging up to 102 minutes last weekend, they all get a...
by dt678
Mon Mar 20, 2017 5:26 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Nathan Hughes
Replies: 67
Views: 6226

Re: Nathan Hughes

Yes - I was referring to how dominant he was for Wasps in League and Cup. It seemed around the time he had the incident with George North that became mortal again. He looked a better carrier since we used him in the wide channels, and he wasbigger and not expected to do anything else. Now his workr...
by dt678
Mon Mar 20, 2017 5:16 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Nathan Hughes
Replies: 67
Views: 6226

Re: Nathan Hughes

Hughes seems to be in his sophomore slump. Nowhere near the form he was showing in the season running up to the RWC. This is his first season of international rugby. Yes - I was referring to how dominant he was for Wasps in League and Cup. It seemed around the time he had the incident with George N...
by dt678
Mon Mar 20, 2017 4:00 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Nathan Hughes
Replies: 67
Views: 6226

Re: Nathan Hughes

Hughes seems to be in his sophomore slump. Nowhere near the form he was showing in the season running up to the RWC. This is his first season of international rugby. Yes - I was referring to how dominant he was for Wasps in League and Cup. It seemed around the time he had the incident with George N...
by dt678
Mon Mar 20, 2017 3:00 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Nathan Hughes
Replies: 67
Views: 6226

Re: Nathan Hughes

Hughes seems to be in his sophomore slump. Nowhere near the form he was showing in the season running up to the RWC.
by dt678
Thu Mar 09, 2017 3:55 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: SR Round 3: Kings vs. Stormers
Replies: 90
Views: 5323

Re: SR Round 3: Kings vs. Stormers

What's the status on Siya Kolisi?
by dt678
Thu Mar 02, 2017 4:40 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rock Climbing Chicks.........
Replies: 105
Views: 15484

Re: Rock Climbing Chicks.........

For those who follow all the climbing wankery, Georgie Abel would shit herself if she saw this thread. I consider myself pretty liberal and forward thinking but man, the rabid feminist diatribes just grind my gears. https://medium.com/@georgieabel/when-feminism-doesnt-go-far-enough-bc1374189f4b#.hw6...
by dt678
Thu Mar 02, 2017 4:33 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rock Climbing Chicks.........
Replies: 105
Views: 15484

Re: Rock Climbing Chicks.........

Great route and send, dt678! I Googled it and it is one of the New England classics! Yes - one of those sustained, slightly overhung routes with no proper rests and some pretty thin moves guarding the chains. There are definitely harder bits on it but no real lights-out, shut down moves. It is said...
by dt678
Mon Feb 27, 2017 11:30 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rock Climbing Chicks.........
Replies: 105
Views: 15484

Re: Rock Climbing Chicks.........

I turn 50 on Saturday and I decided a month ago that I wanted to send this climb before I reached that milestone. "Eyeless in Gaza" (5.12b/7b) - still a lot of snow on the ground here so we had to slog in with snowshoes but I sent it last Sunday. :thumbup:
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by dt678
Mon Feb 27, 2017 8:43 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Interesting breakdown strategy
Replies: 25
Views: 5287

Re: Interesting breakdown strategy

Haha - I remember this thread. So when the Chiefs started doing it was when the refs started talking about a 1m bubble (or it was of some dimension). Otherwise the defending side could just run around and fish the ball out of the non-ruck, no? So you ended up with the scrumhalf going and standing be...
by dt678
Fri Feb 24, 2017 7:55 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Height
Replies: 333
Views: 53993

Re: Height

P in VG wrote:Image
:lol:
by dt678
Fri Feb 24, 2017 6:41 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: So I've got this new thing
Replies: 6
Views: 1158

Re: So I've got this new thing

At the moment it's basically http://reddit.com/r/rugbyunion Still though, it could be interesting. Fair play for making it Cheers! A few differences: The rugbyunion subreddit is only loosely associated with the various subreddits. While the main sub is thriving, the next logical layer down is prett...
by dt678
Fri Feb 24, 2017 5:46 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: So I've got this new thing
Replies: 6
Views: 1158

Re: So I've got this new thing

backrow wrote:Can you post tits on it ?

I like tits
There are enough tits on the bored
by dt678
Fri Feb 24, 2017 5:26 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: So I've got this new thing
Replies: 6
Views: 1158

So I've got this new thing

Hi all, we are excited to be launching a new rugby social media application today and could use your help! The idea is to have a discussion/news/video social media site, but with rugby baked into the DNA. You share links, videos or start discussions but we also have schedules, results, stats, etc. a...
by dt678
Mon Feb 13, 2017 3:12 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Itoje really played at lock
Replies: 47
Views: 5550

Re: Itoje really played at lock

The fact the ref just didn't bother applying any laws when the ball was on the floor doesn't mean jackalling is dead. It seemed a conscious decision to not seriously contest over the ball. Whether it was a case of playing to the ref or the personnel not being in place to support those tactics both ...
by dt678
Sun Nov 27, 2016 5:15 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Billy goooooonnnnnee
Replies: 94
Views: 7684

Re: Billy goooooonnnnnee

It looked bad yesterday. He was in top form so really gutted for him. And they are big shoes to fill for England but also Sarries. Looking at the stats, he's their top rated player in the Premiership this season.
by dt678
Thu Oct 27, 2016 6:12 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Fishing Thread
Replies: 265
Views: 40063

Re: The Fishing Thread

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That's me on the left with a big codfish. This is on the Andrea Gail from the Perfect Storm, which sank a few months later. Thankfully without me on board.
by dt678
Mon Oct 24, 2016 2:35 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Stumbling Boks 2016 EOYT : 0 from 3
Replies: 1486
Views: 97888

Re: Springboks 2016 EOYT

Glad to see the back of chicken runners like Morne Steyn, Vrou & Vermeulen, excited to see youngsters du Preez, Sergeal Petersen, Francois Venter and specially Roelof Smit. I would have preferred Paul Schoeman from the Cheetahs but Smit played well in the CC business end. Would love to see more exc...
by dt678
Wed Oct 12, 2016 8:28 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Rugby in total Crisis apparently
Replies: 113
Views: 9160

Re: NZ Rugby in total Crisis apparently

Dan Carter (in blue and white) plays for French team Racing 92 Phil Mercer from the BBC must be really scrapping the barrel here :lol: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37627971 A bit harsh on DC to be declaring NZ rugby in its death throes because he's off chasing a bit of filthy lucre in France.
by dt678
Thu Aug 25, 2016 2:08 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Wallaby Post Mortem
Replies: 798
Views: 55665

Re: Wallaby Post Mortem

I guess you could call this a post Mortlock ... http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/international/83548694/wallabies-great-stirling-mortlock-on-current-team-cant-scrum-cant-lineout-cant-tackle-cant-kick Mortlock, so often a thorn in Kiwi sides, offered an appraisal that brought back memories of the ...
by dt678
Mon Aug 22, 2016 5:06 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Bok Flyhalf concerns
Replies: 77
Views: 5658

Re: Bok Flyhalf concerns

Agree the kicking from hand was a problem. I don't recall Janties actually finding the deck with the ball once. With the hyper-aggressive line speed from the argies there was loads of space and yet it seemed we saw Tucelet and Montero finding themselves with the ball in hand at pace on a regular ba...
by dt678
Mon Aug 22, 2016 3:21 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Bok Flyhalf concerns
Replies: 77
Views: 5658

Re: Bok Flyhalf concerns

There really is only one choice now for a tactical kicking flyhalf to wear the Springbok #10 jersey . :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: What a bloody confusing clip if you don't know the context, had to watch that a few times just to figure it out. First time I watched it I started watching right after White...
by dt678
Mon Aug 22, 2016 3:05 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Bok Flyhalf concerns
Replies: 77
Views: 5658

Re: Bok Flyhalf concerns

Agree the kicking from hand was a problem. I don't recall Janties actually finding the deck with the ball once. With the hyper-aggressive line speed from the argies there was loads of space and yet it seemed we saw Tucelet and Montero finding themselves with the ball in hand at pace on a regular bas...
by dt678
Fri Aug 19, 2016 5:15 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Greatest Pro Athlete of the Modern Era?
Replies: 398
Views: 25725

Re: Greatest Pro Athlete of the Modern Era?

Kid A wrote:Who?

I'd go for Michael Johnson.
/thread
by dt678
Sun Jul 17, 2016 7:23 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Pinetree is a bit poorly
Replies: 3
Views: 711

Re: Pinetree is a bit poorly

Due to the flurry of uninvited well-wishers to the hospital, however, staff had to change the name on his door from Sir Colin to Mr M. After the publication of this article, due to a new flurry of uninvited well-wishers to the hospital, staff have changed the name on his door from Mr M to Mr P. Bes...