You've missed my point - or haven't watched the clip - which shows Howlett aghast at the result of his having to employ the New Zealand team tactics of deliberately targeting prone try scorers in order to injure them.
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- Thu Apr 28, 2022 8:23 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Tackling after try.
- Replies: 47
- Views: 3478
Re: Tackling after try.
- Wed Apr 27, 2022 9:27 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Tackling after try.
- Replies: 47
- Views: 3478
Re: Tackling after try.
I'm fairly sure world rugby clamped down on this a few years ago? Everyone used to be at it, NZ were past masters. This is my favourite: https://youtu.be/c2USK9DolxU?t=251 At least Kiwis seldom whinged when it was done to them. Touch a Saffer after they’d finally managed to dot down and all hell br...
- Tue Apr 26, 2022 2:27 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Tackling after try.
- Replies: 47
- Views: 3478
Re: Tackling after try.
I'm fairly sure world rugby clamped down on this a few years ago?
Everyone used to be at it, NZ were past masters. This is my favourite:
https://youtu.be/c2USK9DolxU?t=251
Everyone used to be at it, NZ were past masters. This is my favourite:
https://youtu.be/c2USK9DolxU?t=251
- Thu Nov 19, 2020 1:51 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Black Brit in Ireland: 'MOPEY Paddies disgust me'
- Replies: 415
- Views: 14663
Re: Black Brit in Ireland: 'MOPEY Paddies disgust me'
Vintage spite thread
Lots of niggle and off the ball stuff from the lad in green, rather like February.
Lots of niggle and off the ball stuff from the lad in green, rather like February.
- Wed Aug 12, 2020 1:12 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: American Cops behaving Badly (All inclusive thread)
- Replies: 6897
- Views: 710546
- Tue Aug 11, 2020 1:46 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: IRB first to call bullshit on Trans Sport
- Replies: 326
- Views: 22780
Re: IRB first to call bullshit on Trans Sport
Whatever you say chief I'm not actually attempting to read your bizarre mind. "my lad got hurt once but I'm not telling" Commiserations on being the first father who had a son hurt playing one of the most physical games on the planet. Maybe bring him to tennis. The conversation, 'chief', was about ...
- Tue Aug 11, 2020 12:05 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: IRB first to call bullshit on Trans Sport
- Replies: 326
- Views: 22780
Re: IRB first to call bullshit on Trans Sport
Swing and a miss.Mullet 2 wrote:well then
Rugby always hurts, that's the point
- Tue Aug 11, 2020 11:27 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: IRB first to call bullshit on Trans Sport
- Replies: 326
- Views: 22780
Re: IRB first to call bullshit on Trans Sport
Nope.Mullet 2 wrote:Define hurt
- Tue Aug 11, 2020 11:01 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: IRB first to call bullshit on Trans Sport
- Replies: 326
- Views: 22780
Re: IRB first to call bullshit on Trans Sport
And mine.Mahoney wrote:Apart from both of my sons.towny wrote:Each year, exactly zero Young kids get hurt from bigger kids running at them.
This has to stop!!
- Thu Jul 02, 2020 11:52 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: I am Not a Racist
- Replies: 105
- Views: 9485
Re: I am Not a Racist
Yourmother wrote:So they’ve renewed the ssl certificate.
Indicating they are planning on keeping the forum for another year?
SSL extended for 3 months, free Let's Encrypt cert. No commitment there.
- Mon Jun 29, 2020 12:59 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Your favourite Bond theme song??
- Replies: 48
- Views: 3802
Re: Your favourite Bond theme song??
Agreed.LandOTurk wrote:That's about right I thinkjohnstrac wrote:Carly>Shirley>daylight>McCartney>even more daylight > rest.
- Fri Jun 26, 2020 2:27 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: End of PR days..make your confessions. Absolution assured!
- Replies: 166
- Views: 9939
Re: End of PR days..make your confessions. Absolution assure
Oh, he didn't realise I think I mainly used the dialogue from The Crow.shanky wrote:Damn. That’s impressive.pieman99 wrote:I once had a rewarding conversation with Globus only using quotes from Withnail & I.
And a credit to the both of you.
- Fri Jun 26, 2020 2:21 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: End of PR days..make your confessions. Absolution assured!
- Replies: 166
- Views: 9939
Re: End of PR days..make your confessions. Absolution assure
I once had a rewarding conversation with Globus only using quotes from Withnail & I.
- Fri Jun 26, 2020 11:41 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: End of PR days..make your confessions. Absolution assured!
- Replies: 166
- Views: 9939
Re: End of PR days..make your confessions. Absolution assure
I'd take the Lions winning a tour over England winning a world cup.
- Fri Jun 26, 2020 10:29 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Bournemouth beach...WTF?
- Replies: 79
- Views: 6985
Re: Bournemouth beach...WTF?
lumpenproletariat mainly, locals have been avoiding the place apart from litter picking.Bimboc69 wrote:Stupid entitled Southern English twats
- Wed Jun 17, 2020 10:55 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Hey Jake
- Replies: 251
- Views: 21675
Re: Hey Jake
I've also had the CP mob on ignore since those times (the only posters I do have on ignore), so I've no idea what their input has been on this thread, but I doubt it has been of any value.
Edit: I see it's been quoted. Yeah, thought so.
Edit: I see it's been quoted. Yeah, thought so.
- Wed Jun 17, 2020 9:52 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Bored Legends /Hall of Fame
- Replies: 266
- Views: 28772
Re: Bored Legends /Hall of Fame
Don't think so, I always suspected refry/harrysomething was a multi of muffstuffa.
- Wed Jun 17, 2020 9:48 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Cliff Richard
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1836
Re: Cliff Richard
His 1958 hit single "Move It" is often described as Britain's first authentic rock and roll song; in the opinion of John Lennon of the Beatles, "before Cliff and the Shadows, there had been nothing worth listening to in British music" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff_Richard Cliff Richard & The ...
- Tue Jun 16, 2020 4:41 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: PR Deep Dive - what makes a good Match Thread?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1926
Re: PR Deep Dive - what makes a good Match Thread?
Opposition fans insisting a clear yellow/red card one of theirs received wasn’t or insisting a clear “penalty only” one of my players got would be a Red for anyone else playing for another team because “conspiracy..!” The best ones have at least one marginal/obvious/innocent high tackle offence/let...
- Tue Jun 16, 2020 4:24 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Aphrodite's Child - Vangelis/Demis Roussos
- Replies: 2
- Views: 813
Re: Aphrodite's Child - Vangelis/Demis Roussos
The Four Horsemen is my favourite of theirs, wonderful track.
- Mon Jun 15, 2020 12:30 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Hey Jake
- Replies: 251
- Views: 21675
Re: Hey Jake
https://www.theforum365.com/Torquemada 1420 wrote: Thx.
Link? The only one I can find is on the F365 site but that's the one that's still part of the Planet Sport.
No idea what the current new account sign up approach is I'm afraid.
- Mon Jun 15, 2020 12:14 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Hey Jake
- Replies: 251
- Views: 21675
Re: Hey Jake
Hah. Thanks for that. Would be a tad amusing if we all jumped before they scuttled the ship, leaving Jake to go down heroically with no-one to see. PS Is the rugby forum simply a sub-forum on the 365 site? It's a top level forum alongside the footy ones, anyone with a login has access to all of the...
- Mon Jun 15, 2020 11:18 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Hey Jake
- Replies: 251
- Views: 21675
Re: Hey Jake
Jake may be in the doghouse as it seems he leaked on here that the forum was closing, this was spotted by the F365 mods for whom it was the last straw, they setup their own forum over a weekend and all their users have moved over. They also setup a Rugby forum specifically for us, takeup has been li...
- Fri Jun 12, 2020 10:23 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: How many kids does Mr. Smith have?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3464
Re: How many kids does Mr. Smith have?
Top marks for misdirection in the thread title
- Fri Jun 12, 2020 10:10 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: How many kids does Mr. Smith have?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3464
- Fri Jun 12, 2020 12:32 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: A Soundtrack for revolution (Choons)
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3098
- Thu Jun 11, 2020 12:39 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: A Soundtrack for revolution (Choons)
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3098
Re: A Soundtrack for revolution (Choons)
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings version of "This Land Is Your Land" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ78uDio_ao
- Mon Jun 08, 2020 12:17 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Your favourite South African music?
- Replies: 156
- Views: 15280
Re: Your favourite South African music?
Hugh Masakela (with Tony Allen) - Rejoice (2010)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWEQG7N ... eaSQbM-xxn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWEQG7N ... eaSQbM-xxn
- Fri May 22, 2020 12:16 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Film Hidden Gems/Duds
- Replies: 126
- Views: 18671
Re: Film Hidden Gems/Duds
Aniara is a fantastic existential Sci Fi film. Aniara is a 2018 science fiction film written and directed by Pella Kågerman and Hugo Lilja. The film is an adaptation of the 1956 Swedish poem of the same name by Harry Martinson. The film is set in a dystopian future where climate change ravages Earth...
- Fri May 22, 2020 11:20 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Sidesteps
- Replies: 29
- Views: 4465
Re: Sidesteps
This one? https://youtu.be/c2USK9DolxU?t=275 ooh la la!Woddy wrote: Jason Robinson appearing to sidestep in the air through the French backline and score (can't remember the year)
- Fri May 01, 2020 12:57 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Peak Del Amitri
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2001
Re: Peak Del Amitri
The answer is Crows In A Wheatfield.
- Wed Apr 29, 2020 4:24 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Mr Dominator Porn
- Replies: 42
- Views: 5139
Re: Mr Dominator Porn
List is wrong, this guy has the biggest bench, Alistair Murdoch played for Aus 230.5 kg https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/24836477 some great quotes in that story from the WDFPF Belonging to our federation means people have to be lifetime drug-free. This is a very delicate matter because in pri...
- Wed Apr 29, 2020 8:59 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Has anyone heard from Globus?
- Replies: 290
- Views: 44128
Re: Has anyone heard from Globus?
In mourning for my old pal Genesis P Orridge who passed away last month. Went back a long way, worked together designing lift controllers for the BBC B Micro. Chris Serle (very tall man) always grateful. Pulled a few strings (mentioning no names, those in the know will get 'it') and got Throbbing G...
- Wed Apr 29, 2020 8:39 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Entertaining Pics Thread (definitely with NSFW content)
- Replies: 55697
- Views: 9441220
Re: The Entertaining Pics Thread (definitely with NSFW conte
Minor point of order, that's a cotton picker not a combine harvester. Gist of it does strongly resonate howeverkiap wrote:
- Fri Apr 17, 2020 11:22 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Gorgeous man XV.
- Replies: 159
- Views: 12271
Re: The Gorgeous man XV.
Ludicrous inclusion of Pocock as well. He's not a particularly good-looking man. There needs to be more flaxen hair in this XV. I'm thinking Lewis Moody and PSDT would be fine shouts. Lewis Moody?! :uhoh: I already called for PSDT :thumbup: This is why it's tricky, lewis moody is like a josh lewsey...
- Fri Apr 17, 2020 6:04 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Gorgeous man XV.
- Replies: 159
- Views: 12271
Re: The Gorgeous man XV.
A dishy XV is what's needed to get some new blood in here.
How about Rob Wainwright at 6? Preferable to that Aussie chap above who looks like he walked out of a laboratory.
How about Rob Wainwright at 6? Preferable to that Aussie chap above who looks like he walked out of a laboratory.
- Wed Apr 15, 2020 12:24 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: 1 man XV
- Replies: 115
- Views: 10553
Re: 1 man XV
Tom Croft
Or a brick outhouse centre, from left field and allowing time for positional awareness, Sam Burgess.
Or a brick outhouse centre, from left field and allowing time for positional awareness, Sam Burgess.
- Wed Apr 15, 2020 10:52 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Furlough shit storm coming??
- Replies: 77
- Views: 7203
Re: Furlough shit storm coming??
Well this is all a bit odd, did you have a Zoom meeting with the golf club last night OS?
- Tue Apr 14, 2020 1:08 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Your favourite players regardless if they were great XV
- Replies: 81
- Views: 7919
Re: Your favourite players regardless if they were great XV
1 Alex Corbisiero
2 Graham Dawe
3 Kyle Sinkler
4 Oliver Merle
5 Simon Shaw
6 Jean-Pierre Rives
7 John Jeffrey
8 Tim Rodber
9 Robert Jones
10 George Ford
11 David Trick
12 David Duckham
13 Alan Tait
14 John Kirwan
15 Iain Balshaw
2 Graham Dawe
3 Kyle Sinkler
4 Oliver Merle
5 Simon Shaw
6 Jean-Pierre Rives
7 John Jeffrey
8 Tim Rodber
9 Robert Jones
10 George Ford
11 David Trick
12 David Duckham
13 Alan Tait
14 John Kirwan
15 Iain Balshaw
- Tue Apr 14, 2020 10:04 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Yet another XV, most disliked player
- Replies: 77
- Views: 7402
Re: Yet another XV, most disliked player
Yeah he threw a load of digs at MOK one time. Four or five unanswered punches- only a yellow card. Mental. https://youtu.be/CdNObgWW3jY Some chin on MOK though I've always held O'Kelly in high esteem standing up to that, especially compared to how Sheridan coped. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnT...