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Jeff the Bear

Mugnificent performance by the Ospreys against big money Leinster. The ref has been the difference so far. We're game against an admittedly average Leinster (although tbf, it's not as if we are going gangbusters ourselves). Leinster obviously have a much higher ceiling on their potential performanc...

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Remarkable that for a team that doesn't seem to have won a single contact, the Dragons are in the lead. As is often the case, it just feels like we're waiting about for the dam to burst...but it's decent enough so far.

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Recently finished 3 Body Problem, and I was a bit disappointed with it. I'd been led to believe it was some serious hard Sci-fi, and it definitely started that way...but then became a bit schlocky, with nonsensical and outlandish plot points. Currently very much enjoying the second season of Foundat...

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P in VG wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2024 8:51 pm Wyn Jones got to be worth a punt for someone - still a really good player

Same for Conbeer

I'll give you Conbeer, but Wyn Jones is slower than a wet weekend in Tenby, and his scrummaging isnt what it used to be either.

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Crocodile roll gone. Bloody good, absolutely hate that. I'm a keen student of the law of unintended consequences, and I can't help but feel that banning the croc roll will directly impact their stated aim to "reduce the amount of kick tennis in the game." It has been shown time and again that if yo...

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Joe Hawkins set to leave Exeter, a disastrous career move if true Depends on where to. If it's some no name French D2 or Japanese team, then yes, that would be bad. If its just to another English prem team, then isn't it just more of the same. Given that he was on a multi-year contract, you have to...

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All jokes aside, Ireland wouldn't be the force they have become without the specific abilities of JGP, Aki and Lowe (Lowe's ability to relieve pressure with 50 to 70m long kicks is incredibly underrated in particular). These are the 'value added' players (alongside Sexton) that have elevated the tea...

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penguin wrote: ↑Mon May 06, 2024 9:19 pm Another dragons signing. Shane Lewis-Hughes... Good player.

Still wanting you see more front five players.

Bit of an odd one that. I thought he was a lot better than 'being offloaded to the Dragons' level.

Dragons will have a tasty backrow next year of Lewis-Hughes, Basham and Wainwright.

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TranceNRG wrote: ↑Sat May 04, 2024 12:41 pm Parisse should be no 1. Very average no 8.

Couldn't disagree more. One of the all time great players on my opinion. Had absolutely everything you could want from a classical 8...and then had the ball handling skills of a back as well.

Jeff the Bear

Pretty much. I have a national role within my organisation, so even though there is a local office, I have no direct work with anyone in the office. Although I am nominally supposed to go in a certain amount, my boss, who is the thick end of 1000km away from me, doesn't seem to give a shit. As such,...

Jeff the Bear

Well, there's the actual winner of this sort of discussion : I don't want to see a ghost It's a sight that I fear most I'd rather have a piece of toast Life by Des'ree Then there's one of my personal favourites for just how ridiculous it is: Patrick Bateman I f**ked God up the ass I f**ked God up th...

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As an aside, Super Rugby are getting the full Patchell experience. Glimpses of class, a promise of more to come...then injured for the rest of the season.

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The team, from the Chinese Academy of Sciences...

I think these must be the same lads that were working on Covid 19.

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The fact that average players for our regional teams are effectively French D2 level players will never not be depressing...not least because it once again shows that the French D2 teama can outbid us for that level of player. I agree with the sentiment that you you need the Lane's of the works to g...

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I do believe there is a fair amount of survivorship bias with these sorts of stories. For every Kwagga or Savea, there will be thousands of similar sized players who don't make it. You have to be extremely gifted to make it to International Rugby if you are 'small'.

Jeff the Bear

Theflier wrote: ↑Mon Apr 29, 2024 7:00 pm
Derwyn wrote: ↑Mon Apr 29, 2024 6:55 pm

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Very good use of AI. I've been saying for a while now that we surely must be at a stage where we even without AI we should be able to insert chips in balls/boots, alongside multiple camera angles, which then could be used to judge things like offsides and forward passes with mm accuracy...so with A...

Jeff the Bear

Given a few / several cameras at various angles, and with decent computing power, do you think the most recent versions of AI could ref a rugby match to people's (general) satisfaction and in real-time? Genuine question, thought of it while perusing the thread on the fanciful law changes put forth ...

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Derwyn wrote: ↑Sat Apr 27, 2024 9:58 pm
Theflier wrote: ↑Sat Apr 27, 2024 9:28 pm We’re in serious danger of the dregs being the no.2 Welsh team

Jeff the Bear

DARPA announce AI is flying jets in dog fights against human pilots. https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/18/24133870/us-air-force-ai-dogfight-test-x-62a They won't say who won!! :lol: In previous simulated tests humans lost. Ahem... Let’s be honest this is mega dangerous - once the genie is out of the ...

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Hard to know what, to make of that performance. On paper, that Sharks team had a lot of quality, and so for the Scarlets to get within winning distance of them looks like a half decent effort. The effort looks a lot better as well when you consider that they ultimately lost just because of the scrum...

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Scarlets putting up a moderate fight, but you can see they are going to get overpowered and lose.

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Ellis Jenkins retiring. Sad news... Super player, very smart and very unlucky to pick up that injury after an incredible performance for Wales that looked like the arrival as an international. I always thought he was slightly undersized for what would have been potentially years of heavy-duty inter...

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Ellis Jenkins retiring. Sad news... Super player, very smart and very unlucky to pick up that injury after an incredible performance for Wales that looked like the arrival as an international. I always thought he was slightly undersized for what would have been potentially years of heavy-duty inter...

Jeff the Bear

You can't help but be despondent when you realise that had Cardiff and Ospreys had marginally (and would only have to be marginally) better squad, the Ospreys would have been a solid Top 4 team and practically assured themselves of a finishing in the Top 8 by now ...and Cardiff would have been heavi...

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Just looking at the table, Cardiff now have 11 BP from 14 games but only 3 wins. They've also had a draw. Their PD is only marginally negative. Must be hard to keep on getting the wrong side of close matches but equally it's good to see they've been competitive in nearly every game. Hopefully they ...

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farmerdave wrote: ↑Sat Apr 20, 2024 12:57 am No idea of the game or much else about it. I keep getting adds about it which feature Walton Goggins, absolutely loved him in Justified so lm really itching to see Fallout.

He's on top form again. One of the best actors out there in my opinion.

Jeff the Bear

Watching Cardiff lose yet another close match:

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Never been totally convinced by wave energy, broadly speaking. The maths makes sense and the technology is relatively simple however the operating environment, connection process and lifecycle costs are far more complex then other simple solutions. I'm a structural engineer, so take anything I say ...

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A game plan based on penalties is always going to depend on the referee, there’s just no attack and hasn’t been for years Yes, that is an issue, but it never fails to amaze/sadden/depress me when Welsh teams come up against middling English prem teams, the kind that are deemed to be a bit soft up f...

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Yeah, 14-13 at the half to the Saes. Ospreys have been competitive across the park, but apart from the try, it's been a bit of a slog. Anyone's game at this stage.

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Hard agree. Our prop stocks haven't been this low in as long as I can recall. The hookers aren't great, but they aren't our biggest issue. Our locks make me sad. Daf looks lightweight, Rowlands's form has dropped off a cliff, and Beard is a massive fanny. Doing a bit of research - not choosing ever...

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Bindi wrote: ↑Fri Mar 12, 2021 8:46 am For argument's sake, let's say it's not PEDs.

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Exeter won, despite the impediment of our lads. Did they improve second half? Max Llewellyn scored a cracker yesterday. His bread and butter carry off the back of a lineout... Knocking players back to stretch over. Considering Wales online were taking up Hathaway off the back of a decent try, but i...

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Ospreys just about winning a low-quality arm wrestle. However, a lack of genuine grunt is likely going to cost them in these sorts of conditions.

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Is this quin's game typical of URC sides? Glasgae don't appear to be able to do anything but give penalties away at every possible opportunity. They are getting ridden something atrocious by the refs (and I'm not a Weegie fan by any means). That penalty for what was clearly a 50/50 catch was ridicu...

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I came on to suggest the castles, but I see Lot has done it. Some of the best castles on the planet in that, region.

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He is, by some considerable distance, the best flyhalf playing in Wales at the moment...and that is either a testemant to his outstanding abilities, or a dire indictment of the lack of quality fly halves in Wales at the moment*

*I'll give you a hint...it's the latter.

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Derwyn wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 8:32 pm Perhaps they’ll get shut down before they get a chance to hire

As always, can't shut them down because the WRU have no power to do such a thing.

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