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Players play on injured all the time (and used to in the past, back when only injury subs were allowed). Zebo today, for example. If an adult chooses to keep playing with an injury that’s silly but their choice. As to the reasoning: see the thread. This is the dumbest idea I’ve heard on PR. Congrat...

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Players play on injured all the time (and used to in the past, back when only injury subs were allowed). Zebo today, for example. If an adult chooses to keep playing with an injury that’s silly but their choice.

As to the reasoning: see the thread.

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As I said, they can’t play in their team’s next game. Should stamp the gamesmanship quickly.

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We tried that. One side in particular always managed to get the exact number of injuries every game. :D :D I like the 4 person subs bench but leave it to the coaches to determine when they come on. So players who go off injured aren’t then allowed to play in their teams next game? It’s a bit silly ...

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Great finish!

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It would be more effective to limit the number of subs no?Drop it by 1 or 2? I don't see it as WR's place to dictate the makeup of the sub bench, as stated above there are pros & cons and should be left to the coaching team to decide. Four subs.. Front row and utility player on the bench. And/or in...

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Scrums should remain, but be improved. What is wrong with getting rid of the hit? And rucks are also an essential part of the game. But they have big safety issues as currently played, and very inconsistent reffing. Make players stay on their feet, as rucks used to be. Yes get rid of the hit.... An...

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Some antipodean contributors seem to think these scrum and maul laws will get people watching rugby there again, but what if it doesn't (likely imo), all it will have achieved is ruining the sport for the rest of the world. Pretty sure England made their fans more happy in the last two games than t...

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Doesn't even need a rule change, just the refs to do their job. Totally agree. God knows what Mathew Carley thinks he’s doing in that screen cap. Waiting for a butterfly to appear? It’s like the refs have been hypnotised or something. I don’t remember having to put up with this nonsense at the ruck...

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Are you saying that what I said is not true. I’d guess the point is he doesn’t know if it’s true and it seems likely that you don’t either. So if the research shows that banging your head into things causes trauma then why wouldn't banging your head into knees, hips etc and at your own volition be ...

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Meanwhile, we have this happening in the NH https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GJTKFuRWMAAiQ8d?format=jpg&name=large Stamped out in super rugby by the refs saying use it as soon as the ball is safe in the ruck That’s my team. Urg. I hate this stupid tactic and fully support the idea of calling use it as s...

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Meanwhile, we have this happening in the NH https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GJTKFuRWMAAiQ8d?format=jpg&name=large Stamped out in super rugby by the refs saying use it as soon as the ball is safe in the ruck That’s my team. Urg. I hate this stupid tactic and fully support the idea of calling use it as s...

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Players aren't any safer playing rugby today than 20 years ago. The single biggest problem is the nature of the game. Let's give you a simple example, the biggest trauma to the head comes from the attacker getting his head down and smashing into the knees, thighs and hips of the opposition player. ...

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CM11 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2024 12:56 pm Very clever of you to have it as the English player v a guy not nominated. You can pretend to be objective without being able to lose.

Interesting that you see this as winning and losing.

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Two foundation unions. So the same vote as all tier 2 unions in the rest of the world. Seems the eight foundation unions (which include Straya and NZ) plus Argentina, Canada and Italy all have two seats each. As do six regional associations. Now, I take it as given that senior figures in the key NH...

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fatcat wrote: ↑Tue Mar 19, 2024 10:00 pm
Are you able to read? Well read AND understand what you've read technically
What, like this?

nardol wrote: ↑Tue Mar 19, 2024 4:42 pm He by definition wast great because England to waant great

You can almost see the froth at the corners of his mouth.

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Mr. Very Popular wrote: ↑Sat Mar 09, 2024 8:31 pm Well done England, cracking game of rugby, loved it.

Very gracious response from the Irish posters on this thread.

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Combined team? Ireland: 15. Hugo Keenan (UCD/Leinster)(38) 14. Waboso 13. Robbie Henshaw (Buccaneers/Leinster)(70) 12. Bundee Aki (Galwegians/Connacht)(54) 11. James Lowe (Leinster)(29) 10. Jack Crowley (Cork Constitution/Munster)(12) 9. Jamison Gibson-Park (Leinster)(33) 1. Ellis Genge 2. Dan Shee...

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Is a rip automatically a knock on these days?

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The above point about Mavis not having to work is key. It means they don’t need to pay for full time nursery - around £2k in London (£1.2k where I am). It was simply much easier to have a family and house in the past in the UK.

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SaintK wrote: ↑Sun Oct 22, 2023 12:55 pm
message #2527204 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 22, 2023 12:48 pm
SaintK wrote: ↑Sun Oct 22, 2023 12:46 pm
Certainly Vunipola was when he came on
Everyone gets old, saint. Everyone.
30 is not old!!!

Yeah, he’s 4 years younger than Michael Lawes, amazingly.

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Ben OK got the decision very wrong. I saw the overhead view, 18 green started at a 45 degree angle then he went to 90 degrees as soon as the ball was in and his backrow partner ran around the side to help him push the scrum sideways. Genge's knee went down. You could have had a hundred different ca...

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Difficult to say the NZ players are better given the recent results between the two sides.. Ireland have won 5 from last 8. One of which featured a red card 30mins in. That is still a huge differential from where the clashes had been. Not far from split down the middle in games won, though. Is 2016...

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Hence providing their own ‘extreme provocation’ right back. Violence begets violence, and all that. An ancient and depressing cycle. We really refuse to learn from our history don’t we.

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Difficult to say the NZ players are better given the recent results between the two sides..

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Come on Fiji!

If England get through to the semi I’ve a horrible feeling this tournament will be spun as a success by the RFU. Then there won’t be the meaningful change we need.

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Australia is the correct answer to this thread. Quite the achievement by Mr Jones just how well he’s messed that ‘team’ up.

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You are a troll. You're not denying this, are you? I don't mind that, I was once a better version of you. Have a great day. I won't be chatting with you again on this forum, I'm kind of over posters like you. Your ego really doesn't withstand people poking holes in your argument well, does it? :lol...

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Mr Mike wrote: ↑Sun Sep 24, 2023 10:34 pm
Hawk97 wrote: ↑Sun Sep 24, 2023 10:30 pm Yeah we really like each other don’t we
Agreed and the English have as much (if not more) contempt for the balance of the British Isles as they do for the remainder of the world. Silly to suggest otherwise.

Strange man..

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Excited for this game (certainly more than for any of the England matches). Wonder if we’ll see these two face off in the later stages of the World Cup.

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I’m old enough to remember the time kiwis wanted to cite and suspend Kerevi for running over BB in Perth. Same thing. An amazing thing happened - the kind of stuff that blows peoples’ minds - negative people spend the week afterwards making noise and detracting from the brilliance. Wankers For this...

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Ah, this is such a crying shame. Could have been a great finale race to the season but unfortunately it's been decided by a 'strange' decision which has to call into question Masi's continuing role. I can only speak personally but it's certainly made me question whether I will consider continuing t...

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Ah, this is such a crying shame. Could have been a great finale race to the season but unfortunately it's been decided by a 'strange' decision which has to call into question Masi's continuing role. I can only speak personally but it's certainly made me question whether I will consider continuing t...

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Ah, this is such a crying shame. Could have been a great finale race to the season but unfortunately it's been decided by a 'strange' decision which has to call into question Masi's continuing role. I can only speak personally but it's certainly made me question whether I will consider continuing to...

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terryfinch wrote: ↑Sun Dec 12, 2021 4:00 pm Wife beater now being interviewed

Worse than wife beater. Prosecuted (until charges dropped) for trying to kill his gf by crashing into her. Not a guy to have round for a few beers, that's for sure.

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Merc strategy f**ked up. They had 2 chances to pit Hamilton for fresher tyres and didn't They f**ked up by not predicting Latifi would crash? yes clearly what I meant. They could have pitted him when he had a 30s lead and Max pitted and definitely should have pitted at the end with the safety car. ...

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Merc strategy f**ked up. They had 2 chances to pit Hamilton for fresher tyres and didn't They f**ked up by not predicting Latifi would crash? yes clearly what I meant. They could have pitted him when he had a 30s lead and Max pitted and definitely should have pitted at the end with the safety car. ...

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Excellent first half by England. Definitely not how I had hoped the game would go :? And the ref is also having a good game Agree - with both. Ref has made a few errors (bound to happen in rugby) but has been generally good. Would like him to speed up play a bit, though. England were told to get on...

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The Boks aren't a fit side. They are drastically out of condition. ABs will grind them for 15 minutes and then run in 3-4 tries in the last 1/4. Not if the Boks can get a breather with an 'injury' or shoelace issue before every restart. The ref is going to have to be stronger than simply chivvying ...

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From Tom Decent at 4:35 EST in SMH More complicated - sounds like the decision depended on Queensland. But not sure if that relates to Perth game, think it related to RC. So seems like ABs didn’t get on plane as they didn’t know what would happen next…. Marinos and Rennie slammed NZR for a lack of ...

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