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Why haven't British adults learnt the correct order of numbers? Why don't they know backs are called backs and numbered that way because they are usually standing behind the forwards? If it's not what you're used to, I get it looks odd. It looks perfectly normal to us, just the way it's been done f...

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But not in the position that's required and with no fvcking experience of a lions tour. Prenderghastly ffs Tom Jordan or Ford definitely are way ahead of our Owen in the form and positional stakes. I'll give you prenderghastly. There were two English 10s selected ahead of ford. Jordan doesn't cover...

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CM11 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 03, 2025 10:12 am
topofthemoon wrote: ↑Thu Jul 03, 2025 10:10 am
Akkerman wrote: ↑Thu Jul 03, 2025 4:56 am
They can't even get the number of players in the squad who have toured three times correct. Sadly looks like the bit about Farrell is going to be accurate.
Who else has toured 3 times?

Russell.

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So, we've selected a back row that is basically three sevens. And the player actually in the seven shirt is probably the slowest of the three. It seems like only yesterday everyone was playing two 6s and an 8 The ABs are the exception - they have been playing 2 x 7s for a few years. Even the ABs ar...

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Schmidt would expose him horribly Would he? Didn't even manage that against Scotland in the Autumn. Sorry to say but he'll likely take the Lions more seriously. Yes I'm sure the reason the veteran coach on his first significant tour with his new country, with an historic Grand Slam on the line wasn...

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Owen Farrell, the former England fly half, is the front-runner to receive a sensational call-up to the Lions tour, Telegraph Sport can reveal. Full back Elliot Daly suffered a suspected broken forearm in the 52-12 victory against the Queensland Reds. The Lions will get the result of an X-ray that D...

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freddie111 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 03, 2025 8:09 am
Da iawn diolch wrote: ↑Thu Jul 03, 2025 7:51 am I absolutely love watching Duhan throw players off him like Johnny Bravo.

I don't love the idea of the Aussies targeting his wing with kicks and overloads.
Schmidt would expose him horribly

Would he? Didn't even manage that against Scotland in the Autumn.

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Jocks are in NZ, aren't they? They'd be the handiest to get someone into camp ASAP. Flying from Tblisi to Sydney might be a bit of a trek, though! No, it's the French B team in NZ. Scotland are also in New Zealand currently. Playing the Maori ABs this Saturday; over to Fiji the following weekend; a...

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:thumbup: Was afraid that I was losing my marbles. Law 16.19 does not cover restart kicks. If a maul is formed immediately after a player has directly caught an opponent’s kick in open play , a scrum that is awarded for any of the above reasons will be to the team of the ball catcher. I’m not disag...

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shame for Daly if thats it-been playing well and covers so many positions.genuinely had a chance of making test 23 Read some where that Daly has played in pretty much every Lions game since start of 2021 tour. May or may not be true He has been in the matchday 23 for every one of the Lions' last 11...

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Is a maul off a kickoff not a scrum to the team in possession? Yes. But bizarrely he said it wasn't a maul until after he caught it..... It's Doleman ffs. :thumbup: Was afraid that I was losing my marbles. Law 16.19 does not cover restart kicks. If a maul is formed immediately after a player has di...

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We will be fine. [In 2025, the US tourism sector is experiencing mixed trends. While domestic travel is robust, international travel is facing some challenges. International visitor spending is projected to decline by 4.3%, partly due to the impact of higher tariffs and negative sentiment towards t...

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What is this shit getting added in now? Per the head contact process if it is not a high degree of danger it is not a red card. If it is an always illegal action then no mitigation can be applied but it would be starting from a yellow card. Is there now some newly invented branch to the process for...

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China relies on Iran for its oil completely beholden to them being able to drill and ship it, as for them militarily attacking the Middle East from Djibouti :lol: , f**king deluded. No it doesn't. F'sakes even a tertiary check can confirm that. Iran relies on shipping 90% of it's oil to China but i...

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What is this shit getting added in now? Per the head contact process if it is not a high degree of danger it is not a red card. If it is an always illegal action then no mitigation can be applied but it would be starting from a yellow card. Is there now some newly invented branch to the process for...

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What is this shit getting added in now? Per the head contact process if it is not a high degree of danger it is not a red card. If it is an always illegal action then no mitigation can be applied but it would be starting from a yellow card. Is there now some newly invented branch to the process for ...

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Tui over Aki? Not sure. Genge and Porter are nailed on for the 23. Itoje/Beirne +a.n. other. Might see Beirne shifted to 6? Freeman is very very good. Conan is nailed on for the 8 i think, after that ive no idea what the backrow will be. Thought Pollock was kinda poor in his time on the pitch but s...

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Most pointless tour of all time. All Andy Farrell needs to do is echo Roy Keane and go "Lads, it's Australia" - Ireland, England and Scotland would all win 3-0 down there, for the Lions anything less than a 20+ pt hammering in each test would be a failure. The beauty of the lions is that it's a scr...

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Congrats to Leinster but while they may be comfortably the best team in the league, their website is trash! Keeps crashing on player profile pages - and there is surely no possible way that James Ryan is 107kg?

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lorcanoworms wrote: ↑Thu Jun 12, 2025 10:32 pm Here's hoping Sam is more Prendergoat than Prendergeist.

Prenderghastly?

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Has it been confirmed anywhere if they are capping players on the Lions' side for the game against Argentina? They did for the Argentina match pre-tour in 2005 but did not for the game v Japan in 2021.

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Incidentally, the most games he's played in a season is 22. The final will be his 22nd match and he'll presumably add to that in the RC and summer/winter tests. 1,084 minutes played for Leinster in the 8 months since his club debut. Compared to 824 minutes for Munster across the 3 years and 8 month...

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Cullen mentioned offsides in the Scarlets try before half time so I had a look. First penalty was the tackle on JGP within 5m of taking the quick tap. The next was the scorer of the try being a good offside meter ahead of everyone else. That the second wasn't caught in real time isn't unexpected bu...

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I think the RWC might have slightly better rules for the kicking competition. 5 kickers. 3 spots to kick from. All players assembled behind the halfway line. Only the active kicker and the referee in half of the pitch the kicks are being taken from. Clearly in the event of an injury medics are still...

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It was reported by the assistant ref? I don't see how saints are responsible for one of their players being assaulted after the game's finished. Was the player not cited by Saints? That is my understanding. What decade are you living in? (and EuroCup rugby apparently never has allowed teams to cite...

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Let's hope they move it to the end of the season. Obviously means that summer tours will be out that year as well as the champions cup. The quotes from the EPCR say it will be four weekends, which is the same as the Champions Cup knockout stages. No Champions Cup knockouts so Prem, Top 14 and URC w...

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What I don't really get is the logistics of this and how it will affect the relevant leagues. If this competition is to replace the Champions Cup knockouts, are teams really going to fly off to play possibly 1 game and then home again? At least half the teams will be flying to the other hemisphere ...

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Missed the game, why is Pollock being crucified on social media? Topped the stats, had two tries disallowed but upset some chavs who attacked him after the final whistle and then then based their celebrations around him. Just think- the pinnacle of their careers and all they can think about Is Henr...

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fatcat wrote: ↑Fri May 23, 2025 4:00 pm Quins have signed George Turner of Scotchland.

Very good player. Also a complete nutter on the pitch and in training.

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Does anyone have a clip of the incident they can post here? I cannot fathom how it was only a yellow. https://packaged-media.redd.it/ztxcwpd69l2f1/pb/m2-res_470p.mp4?m=DASHPlaylist.mpd&v=1&e=1748077200&s=31ac5b694f7a0318bf01fa873a1ac22b89740739 There is zero mitigation. There was a change in direct...

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Not watching but I hear the woman ref has had a shocker re Underhill TMO agreed. ARs raised no objections. Pretty sure you'd have got the same decision no matter what set of of officials were there. The fundamental problem is refs are looking for any possible reason to reduce the sanction. They've ...

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The problem is that 7’s is completely different to rugby. There is very little overlap. We saw with the Keenan experiment that 7’s is actually detrimental to rugby in some cases. It’s a nice luxury but when money is tight the IRFU are right to cut their costs. Not sure what the likes of Argentina a...

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Zakar wrote: ↑Sun May 11, 2025 11:10 pm
Deadtigers wrote: ↑Sun May 11, 2025 5:41 pm
redderneck wrote: ↑Sat May 10, 2025 9:10 pm

Aaaaaaaah serves me right for only half watching
Aussie Born Scottish Samoans all look alike to you!?!
Australians of Scotish and Samoan ancestry

Tongan not Samoan. And also Italian.

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There wasn’t an act of scoring that was interrupted by the penalty offence. This is very obvious You remove the offending player, who prevented vdf from placing the ball on the line. No-one else was there to stop it. So, predictably, you're talking piffle as usual. You stupid melt, VDF was on the f...

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DragsterDriver wrote: ↑Sun Apr 20, 2025 8:47 pm
Aye wrote: ↑Sun Apr 20, 2025 8:35 pm message, what’s the news on these earmarked project players?

https://www.ruck.co.uk/project-players- ... r-england/
None of those can be capped.

Tyrone Green can, the other three can't.

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at the vast majority of contact situations players manage to tackle, ruck and maul without using their head first. https://d2779tscntxxsw.cloudfront.net/5b10a470cede1.png Head is always first. Same for Mauvaka. https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/03/15/22/96234215-14503349-image-m-42_1742078800114.jp...

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I am not sure you can establish intention beyond any doubt. If you watch the video at normal speed, he jumps on White and tackles him to the ground. He does not appear to be aiming for a headbutt. His shoulder connects with White's chin it seems, and maybe that was the intent. In any case, head con...

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tbf that's ridiculous, tmo has access to all cameras and angles there just isn't any clear shot of a headbutt, the intention is there and has been punished now I am not sure you can establish intention beyond any doubt. If you watch the video at normal speed, he jumps on White and tackles him to th...

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Reckon we’ll finish 2nd again next year. We’ll win one of Scotland and France but I reckon we’ll fall short, it’s still a young side. Come 2027 however I reckon the grand slam is properly on. Does the Nations Cup start in 2027 or did I imagine that? 6N matches are part of it? The Nations Cup is nex...

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Can anyone explain why the ref penalised Scotland for the two man clearout where they lifted the England player out of the ruck and off the ground? Randell didn't end up with his hips higher than his shoulders, it wasn't a maul so no issue with lifting the legs... Law 9.18 A player must not lift an...

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