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by pieman99
Thu Apr 28, 2022 8:23 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Tackling after try.
Replies: 47
Views: 3447

Re: Tackling after try.

mr bungle wrote: Wed Apr 27, 2022 9:55 am Yeah, Howlett was known across the rugby world as a thug.
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.
by pieman99
Wed Apr 27, 2022 9:27 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Tackling after try.
Replies: 47
Views: 3447

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...
by pieman99
Tue Apr 26, 2022 2:27 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Tackling after try.
Replies: 47
Views: 3447

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
by pieman99
Thu Nov 19, 2020 1:51 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Black Brit in Ireland: 'MOPEY Paddies disgust me'
Replies: 415
Views: 14483

Re: Black Brit in Ireland: 'MOPEY Paddies disgust me'

Vintage spite thread :thumbup:

Lots of niggle and off the ball stuff from the lad in green, rather like February.
by pieman99
Tue Aug 11, 2020 1:46 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: IRB first to call bullshit on Trans Sport
Replies: 326
Views: 22577

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 ...
by pieman99
Tue Aug 11, 2020 12:05 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: IRB first to call bullshit on Trans Sport
Replies: 326
Views: 22577

Re: IRB first to call bullshit on Trans Sport

Mullet 2 wrote:well then

Rugby always hurts, that's the point
Swing and a miss.
by pieman99
Tue Aug 11, 2020 11:27 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: IRB first to call bullshit on Trans Sport
Replies: 326
Views: 22577

Re: IRB first to call bullshit on Trans Sport

Mullet 2 wrote:Define hurt
Nope.
by pieman99
Tue Aug 11, 2020 11:01 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: IRB first to call bullshit on Trans Sport
Replies: 326
Views: 22577

Re: IRB first to call bullshit on Trans Sport

Mahoney wrote:
towny wrote:Each year, exactly zero Young kids get hurt from bigger kids running at them.

This has to stop!!
Apart from both of my sons.
And mine.
by pieman99
Thu Jul 02, 2020 11:52 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: I am Not a Racist
Replies: 105
Views: 9404

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.
by pieman99
Mon Jun 29, 2020 12:59 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Your favourite Bond theme song??
Replies: 48
Views: 3762

Re: Your favourite Bond theme song??

LandOTurk wrote:
johnstrac wrote:Carly>Shirley>daylight>McCartney>even more daylight > rest.
That's about right I think
Agreed.
by pieman99
Fri Jun 26, 2020 2:27 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: End of PR days..make your confessions. Absolution assured!
Replies: 166
Views: 9811

Re: End of PR days..make your confessions. Absolution assure

shanky wrote:
pieman99 wrote:I once had a rewarding conversation with Globus only using quotes from Withnail & I.
Damn. That’s impressive.

And a credit to the both of you. :thumbup:
Oh, he didn't realise :lol: I think I mainly used the dialogue from The Crow.
by pieman99
Fri Jun 26, 2020 2:21 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: End of PR days..make your confessions. Absolution assured!
Replies: 166
Views: 9811

Re: End of PR days..make your confessions. Absolution assure

I once had a rewarding conversation with Globus only using quotes from Withnail & I.
by pieman99
Fri Jun 26, 2020 11:41 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: End of PR days..make your confessions. Absolution assured!
Replies: 166
Views: 9811

Re: End of PR days..make your confessions. Absolution assure

I'd take the Lions winning a tour over England winning a world cup.
by pieman99
Fri Jun 26, 2020 10:29 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Bournemouth beach...WTF?
Replies: 79
Views: 6914

Re: Bournemouth beach...WTF?

Bimboc69 wrote:Stupid entitled Southern English twats
lumpenproletariat mainly, locals have been avoiding the place apart from litter picking.
by pieman99
Wed Jun 17, 2020 10:55 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Hey Jake
Replies: 251
Views: 21480

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.
by pieman99
Wed Jun 17, 2020 9:52 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Bored Legends /Hall of Fame
Replies: 266
Views: 28583

Re: Bored Legends /Hall of Fame

Don't think so, I always suspected refry/harrysomething was a multi of muffstuffa.
by pieman99
Wed Jun 17, 2020 9:48 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Cliff Richard
Replies: 8
Views: 1820

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 ...
by pieman99
Tue Jun 16, 2020 4:41 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: PR Deep Dive - what makes a good Match Thread?
Replies: 19
Views: 1911

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...
by pieman99
Tue Jun 16, 2020 4:24 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Aphrodite's Child - Vangelis/Demis Roussos
Replies: 2
Views: 808

Re: Aphrodite's Child - Vangelis/Demis Roussos

The Four Horsemen is my favourite of theirs, wonderful track.
by pieman99
Mon Jun 15, 2020 12:30 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Hey Jake
Replies: 251
Views: 21480

Re: Hey Jake

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.
https://www.theforum365.com/

No idea what the current new account sign up approach is I'm afraid.
by pieman99
Mon Jun 15, 2020 12:14 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Hey Jake
Replies: 251
Views: 21480

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...
by pieman99
Mon Jun 15, 2020 11:18 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Hey Jake
Replies: 251
Views: 21480

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...
by pieman99
Fri Jun 12, 2020 10:23 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: How many kids does Mr. Smith have?
Replies: 26
Views: 3440

Re: How many kids does Mr. Smith have?

Top marks for misdirection in the thread title :lol: :thumbup:
by pieman99
Fri Jun 12, 2020 10:10 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: How many kids does Mr. Smith have?
Replies: 26
Views: 3440

Re: How many kids does Mr. Smith have?

'had' ?
by pieman99
Fri Jun 12, 2020 12:32 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: A Soundtrack for revolution (Choons)
Replies: 23
Views: 3080

Re: A Soundtrack for revolution (Choons)

Redskins - kick over the statues - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEZTZ3_cqHY

:nod:
by pieman99
Thu Jun 11, 2020 12:39 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: A Soundtrack for revolution (Choons)
Replies: 23
Views: 3080

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
by pieman99
Mon Jun 08, 2020 12:17 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Your favourite South African music?
Replies: 156
Views: 15119

Re: Your favourite South African music?

Hugh Masakela (with Tony Allen) - Rejoice (2010)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWEQG7N ... eaSQbM-xxn
by pieman99
Fri May 22, 2020 12:16 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Film Hidden Gems/Duds
Replies: 126
Views: 18543

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...
by pieman99
Fri May 22, 2020 11:20 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Sidesteps
Replies: 29
Views: 4440

Re: Sidesteps

Woddy wrote: Jason Robinson appearing to sidestep in the air through the French backline and score (can't remember the year)
This one? https://youtu.be/c2USK9DolxU?t=275 ooh la la!
by pieman99
Fri May 01, 2020 12:57 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Peak Del Amitri
Replies: 20
Views: 1992

Re: Peak Del Amitri

The answer is Crows In A Wheatfield.
by pieman99
Wed Apr 29, 2020 4:24 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Mr Dominator Porn
Replies: 42
Views: 5111

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...
by pieman99
Wed Apr 29, 2020 8:59 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Has anyone heard from Globus?
Replies: 290
Views: 43880

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...
by pieman99
Wed Apr 29, 2020 8:39 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Entertaining Pics Thread (definitely with NSFW content)
Replies: 55648
Views: 9391318

Re: The Entertaining Pics Thread (definitely with NSFW conte

kiap wrote: Image
Minor point of order, that's a cotton picker not a combine harvester. Gist of it does strongly resonate however :(
by pieman99
Fri Apr 17, 2020 11:22 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Gorgeous man XV.
Replies: 159
Views: 12184

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...
by pieman99
Fri Apr 17, 2020 6:04 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Gorgeous man XV.
Replies: 159
Views: 12184

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.
by pieman99
Wed Apr 15, 2020 12:24 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: 1 man XV
Replies: 115
Views: 10475

Re: 1 man XV

Tom Croft

Or a brick outhouse centre, from left field and allowing time for positional awareness, Sam Burgess.
by pieman99
Wed Apr 15, 2020 10:52 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Furlough shit storm coming??
Replies: 77
Views: 7150

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?
by pieman99
Tue Apr 14, 2020 1:08 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Your favourite players regardless if they were great XV
Replies: 81
Views: 7872

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
by pieman99
Tue Apr 14, 2020 10:04 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Yet another XV, most disliked player
Replies: 77
Views: 7355

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...