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Dougie-Drew

Dillon lewis' effort for that last try was a Welsh rugby classic. Up there with Lou Reed's effort against Australia a decade ago It was our captain They hit a line between them, daf at least makes an effort. Dillon just stands and watches https://twitter.com/Ringo26/status/1761833387134792025?s=20 ...

Dougie-Drew

Frodder wrote: ↑Sat Feb 24, 2024 6:41 pm
Dougie-Drew wrote: ↑Sat Feb 24, 2024 6:00 pm Dillon lewis' effort for that last try was a Welsh rugby classic.

Up there with Lou Reed's effort against Australia a decade ago
It was our captain

They hit a line between them, daf at least makes an effort. Dillon just stands and watches

Dougie-Drew

Dillon lewis' effort for that last try was a Welsh rugby classic.

Up there with Lou Reed's effort against Australia a decade ago

Dougie-Drew

In an effort to divert thoughts from the impending doom, I just watched Patchell put in a cracking performance on his Super Rugby debut. Yes, it was against one of the traditionally weaker teams, but it was choc full of Patchell highlights, those being ropey defence, and sumptuous passing. :thumbup...

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Clearly not grounded but ah well

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Does Harri O'Connor look like he has any potential, not seen much of him but looking to hop on a hype train of a young tighthead

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I remember watching what must have been one of first Pro games, against Leicester in the Anglo Welsh cup thing. He was 18 opposite a 17 year old George ford and they both looked absolutely electric. Obviously he never really developed into what we hoped for, but I fondly remember those early days of...

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10 is definitely going to be a problem position for us. Why are all the prospective options all so short as well? This is probably utter nonsense, but I get the general impression that shorter 10s struggle to control a game as effectively. Possibly because they get less distance on their line kickin...

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henry wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 11:37 am I feel down this morning.

We went out with a whimper.

A whiff of pressure-induced poor performance.

A chance blown.

Although, to be fair, saved us from a mighty semi final humping.

I'm not too bothered, as yeah there's absolutely no chance of beating NZ

Dougie-Drew

Not looking to stir, and this may not be based on a statistically significant sample size, but Wayne Barnes seems to be an Ian Porter sceptic at scrum time. I thought he called the game pretty well today, but he does seem to have a pretty consistently different perspective on that from other interna...

Dougie-Drew

Congratulations Argentina, you grew into the game as it went on whilst we shrunk away a bit

Dougie-Drew

I turn 50 this year. Last year I had a moment where I looked in the mirror and just broke down . So many things wrong with me. So I decided to get fit. I took it slowly and the results started to come. I started running longer and on trails and I signed up for an off road ultra marathon. Doable giv...

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I've been very impressed with Gareth in particular, and the niniashvilli try on the weekend helped me see why gatland doesn't rate Nicky as highly as I have.

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The stats might contradict this, but Daf seemed to get through a mountain of pretty effective work today, with very few mistakes. He seems like such a generally competent rugby player, displaying good awareness on both sides of the ball and a pretty stellar work rate. Could be a 100 capper if he avo...

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Reffell has looked very good, I think he's taking the bench spot from basham with this performance

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Clash of the great 8 hopes. Martin vs Tuipolotu Time for Tui to man up now Kalimafoni has gone. Thought Martin was a future th lock myself No chance, his game is all carrying, unlike the wet flannel opposite him in red Considering he was considerably less effective than a 17 year old Morgan Morse t...

Dougie-Drew

If you’re feeling glum after that, I recommend watching Virgin Rugby Ireland on YouTube. The clip they have online after Wales demolished Australia is something to behold. A funereal silence. The bitter disappointment. It brings a smile to the face. Haven’t got around to torturing myself with the O...

Dougie-Drew

Derwyn the neutral, impartial and fair!

Oversees the petty squabbles of this bored like king Solomon keeping watch over his dominion.

Dougie-Drew

https://i.ibb.co/rfYyDPw/IMG-2921.gif Top passer, carrier and tackler among the backs. Absolutely endless energy, and makes/takes contact in a way that a bloke weighing 94kg has no right to. Yes, yes...he played well. The best thing he's doing at the moment is bringing others onto the ball. North's...

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RodneyRegis wrote: ↑Sun Sep 24, 2023 9:54 pm
The Sun God wrote: ↑Sun Sep 24, 2023 9:44 pm
RodneyRegis wrote: ↑Sun Sep 24, 2023 9:33 pm

Was just wondering why this thread wasn't about Ireland.

You are a very strange fcuker. You do know you don't need to type every brain dead thought that comes into your head... Right.
Missus wasnt up for the ride then?

Dougie-Drew

Lake's co-captaincy has been my only "Wtf?" moment under Wozza so far. How can you make your third choice hooker, who gets the throwing yips under pressure, as your co-captain for a RWC? I predict we will never see Lake at a RWC again. If he sorts out his throwing he'd be our clear number one, I st...

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Jonathan Thomas is a particular bugbear of mine because I think he was a good player when he was a mobile backrower and then they got hold of him and said gym work and protein shakes for you that led to him being able to play badly at 6 and even more badly in the second row. Should have kept him dy...

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I’d have Smith over anonymous Thomas You mean Anonymous Thomas Jnr? https://d3gbf3ykm8gp5c.cloudfront.net/content/uploads/2021/09/19044957/Worcester-Warriors-head-coach-Jonathan-Thomas-PA-1024x630.jpg Shudder. But I will give him his due…he did have one glorious spell during the World Cup in 03. No...

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Theflier wrote: ↑Tue Sep 19, 2023 4:28 pm smith, Thomas, Refell and Morgan are 'training separately' i.e injured

That is really less than ideal.

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Interesting that Domachowski retains that bench spot, despite some unconvincing performances. Perhaps not that surprising since gatland has never really rated Nicky and I guess Corey does offer something more of a carrying option. Nicky carried really bloody well against Portugal. The scrum looked ...

Dougie-Drew

Interesting that Domachowski retains that bench spot, despite some unconvincing performances.

Perhaps not that surprising since gatland has never really rated Nicky and I guess Corey does offer something more of a carrying option.

Dougie-Drew

Is there a LHP in the world that an Australian would swap for Angus Bell? You would have to be blind drunk to take Kitshoff over him. Georgia was the second highly-regarded scrum he’s dusted up in a fortnight and he’s probably more of a threat with the ball than Tupou, who’s finding his fitness and...

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Get used to it lads, this is what 2024 wales looks like For the positives, Tshinza outplayed the rest of the tight 5 imo, a strong athletic game Lake was decent as a captain, shit as a hooker Smith was good in the loose, scrum was shit Grady did only get to play once williams had given away his cus...

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Given the options, I agree that Humphries should be fired off into the sun. The alternative is to realise that Dewi Lake has the yips and should therefore only be considered at 6/7. That or LRZ needs to learn how to throw in. I have thought before if Dyer developed that ability he might get a first...

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That wasn't great was it. I, like many, had hoped anscombe would show the form to justify the 1,2 approach with Biggar we used in 2019. Unfortunately, he looks even slower than Dan these days, genuinely glacial at times. Christ looked alright I thought and jac and Taulupe looked good. Tomos managed ...

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Tupou and Skelton out of the Wales game I am frothing at the thought of 4 more years of 'but we won the URC' another semi final will cause Terrible news for those two of course :( . From a selfish Welsh perspective where one of the biggest things I'm worried about against Aus is the scrum, there co...

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Lakes starting to have a whiff of Tshinzua about him, selecting based on how he looks, admittedly his loose work and carrying is great, but he's not a flanker. There's no point having 2 opensides if the whole game is spent running back kicks from the half way line because another line out in the 22...

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History did suggest that. Until last year. His first match back with wayuls after injury in the 6N and he was poor. Same again on Sunday. Well, poor by his standards anyway. He needs another 50 minutes. I agree. 50 minutes is about right for Faletau. Play Costelow not Anscombe, put Anscombe on a FB...

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Will Stuart for sure, Grant Gilchrist for Scotland another. Gareth Thomas (the current Welsh loosehead) is another, although I have come around a little on him. In saying that I initially thought this way about Josh van Der flier so shows what I know Gareth Thomas made 23 tackles on Sunday, the mos...

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Will Stuart for sure, Grant Gilchrist for Scotland another. Gareth Thomas (the current Welsh loosehead) is another, although I have come around a little on him.

In saying that I initially thought this way about Josh van Der flier so shows what I know

Dougie-Drew

Carley was awful. He denied Fiji two tries more or less against the advice of his TMO. The first one when the Welsh defender made a no arms tackle (which he had penalised Fiji for a few minutes before); and should have been a PT Fiji and automatic red card for Wales. The second when he called a dou...

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What irks me the most is the joy, and then annoyance, in watching Wales look like they are going to lose, and then win by the assorted 'neutrals'. We are the poorest Tier 1 nation, and have to fight an uphill battle most games. So it's a bit beyond the pale in my opinion for f u ckers from rich nat...

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https://i.ibb.co/fFg3frG/IMG-2946.jpg Beard's tackle count compared to Rowlands. Jac Morgan hasn’t covered himself in glory there. Some of those missed ones are excusable in context, a couple are from him flying across from a scrum and putting something on a Fijian player 30m away when the rest of ...

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Carley was awful. He denied Fiji two tries more or less against the advice of his TMO. The first one when the Welsh defender made a no arms tackle (which he had penalised Fiji for a few minutes before); and should have been a PT Fiji and automatic red card for Wales. The second when he called a dou...

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