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Selim The Sot

OK. Marler improved after putting the weight back on. Cole, ditto. Hughes went backwards after losing weight for Wasps... That's the same heavier Coles who, bar a modest improvement in his last game (and rescinded acclaim from Jake) has been widely derided on here as being a fairly static shadow of...

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"Not being fat" is a skill now? It's not a skill but it can be a factor. Excessive weight at some point is clearly going to have a measurable affect on accumulated fatigue and fatigue impacts negatively on motor skills and general performance. It's why Wales and Exeter thought that 'not being fat' ...

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"Not being fat" is a skill now? It's not a skill but it can be a factor. Excessive weight at some point is clearly going to have a measurable affect on accumulated fatigue and fatigue impacts negatively on motor skills and general performance. It's why Wales and Exeter thought that 'not being fat' ...

Selim The Sot

"Not being fat" is a skill now? It's not a skill but it can be a factor. Excessive weight at some point is clearly going to have a measurable affect on accumulated fatigue and fatigue impacts negatively on motor skills and general performance. It's why Wales and Exeter thought that 'not being fat' ...

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This is the same Jamie George who keeps scoring and/or creating tries from chip-throughs? He does and he is unquestionably the best current option for his country, but that doesn't negate the fact that he would be even better if he further improved his physical condition by ditching the deadweight ...

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It's another hideous development and all refs need to make it absolutely clear that it won't be tolerated. All kinds of variants of this unedifying tactic have been creeping in for a long time, tacitly accepted and even encouraged by coaches. The sport's authorities invariably take a geological age ...

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Covfefe wrote:On sky now. Is it live?

It is on Alpha Centauri.

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1959 Lions v. BOP-Thames Valley-Counties at Rotorua, 26-24 ... to Terry McLean, easily the best and most enjoyable game of the tour. Then perhaps on the following Saturday the 4th test at Auckland, sitting just beyond the touchline with all the kids under 13, in awe of DB Clarke, and filthy that we...

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Just back from walking on the common to watch the sun set at its northernmost point. I do this every year with my wife, and four grown up sons. I know that we've got all summer in front of us, but part of me is sad to think that the nights are drawing in too. On a pedant's point the sun will be set...

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Are we basically ok with giving any Irish player a Lions pass on the basis that they beat an undercooked/understrength NZ team last year (before getting hammered by them at home)? Are you referring to POM? England, then the All Braggs now his form on tour has been irresistible. Gats gave Warburton ...

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le chat wrote:gatland's picked the form team, throwing Williams and Daly (who has done nothing wrong) into the pot, the dancers, the form horses, he's prepared to go out and play against the All Blacks

And he's still got the all dancing form horse, Halfpenny, to come on.

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Daly& Williams in. No Itoje.

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Saw the 1966 Aussies, who left very little imprint, and then the '67 All Blacks ('The Unsmiling Giants'/Wallace Reyburn) who did leave an enormous impression. Watched Scotland shade England 16-15 at Twickenham in 1971. Only a week later the teams met again in a Centenary International at Murrayfield...

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Grizz Wyllie wrote:That Lions 'counter attack' looked like it was from the 50s. Every pass to a guy stood deadly still.

Jeff Butterfield, Bleddyn Williams and Cliff Morgan have just done a collective grave roll.

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First game was Scotland V New Zealand in 1967 sitting in the schoolboy enclosure at Murrayfield. I went with the school, all our teams played Edinburgh schools in the morning, then we were dropped off in George St in central Edinburgh and just told when to be back. We were expected to make our own ...

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It's mightily well deserved but it's a terrible statue unworthy of the great man. Looks like some skinny bloke about to stamp on some deserving springbok's head (or possibly David Chisholm).

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ScarfaceClaw wrote:
Diego wrote:iarmhiman was banned? When? Why?
Actually, why was he banned?

He's pushed his luck before with unacceptable remarks about the silly old Queen..And now he' a had a go at poor Jake, leaving him with little choice other than to expel the idiot..

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Kid Curry is still a relatively small unit. When he's been roided up to Hooper levels he' s going to be a very serious menace at the breakdown.

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Can anyone think of another 18 year old who has started in the pack for England? Buggered if I can. Youngest player ever (except a kid in 1912) I can't recall any 18 year olds but a couple of 19 year old back rowers, Bryan West and David Gay, made their debuts against Wales in 1968. There was also ...

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Can anyone think of another 18 year old who has started in the pack for England? Buggered if I can. Youngest player ever (except a kid in 1912) I can't recall any 18 year olds but a couple of 19 year old back rowers, Bryan West and David Gay, made their debuts against Wales in 1968. There was also ...

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On the 1980 SA tour (recent to me) Stuart Lane severely injured his leg in the first minute of the first game and had to return home. He subsequently never got another Welsh cap, let alone another Lions opportunity. He can still proudly say that he played for the Lions, though.

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Joost wrote:Whichever club Micky Steele-Bodger played for has had this sewn up for half a century!

You clown! That'll be like the bat signal for Globus.

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Woodward has always struck me as a coach who was nowhere near as good as he thought he was. That's a view that the folks at Southampton FC came to agree with. We mustn't forget that football was the egotist's first love , so we really ought to extend some latitude to him for failing with the Lions ...

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Woodward has always struck me as a coach who was nowhere near as good as he thought he was. That's a view that the folks at Southampton FC came to agree with. We mustn't forget that football was the egotist's first love, so we really ought to extend some latitude to him for failing with the Lions i...

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50 Breathtaking Photos of the Operation Barbarossa, 22 June 1941 Operation Barbarossa began on June 22nd, 1941. Hitler wanted to conquer Soviet territory. The invasion was planned to start on May 15th but, because of a number of factors, it was delayed. This delay proved a serious error on the part...

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A pack with five Lions is getting monstered in the scrums.

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Makita Bosch Professional DeWalt Milwaukee Hilti Are all quality brands. Even Hitachi. I'm told they do a tonne of the battery R&D and sell it to the rest. I have a mix of makita, bosch green, bosch blue and De Walt. They all do a good job but Makita are clearly superior to the rest in my experienc...

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I'm just watching Sri Lanka v UAE (because I have the Rugby Channel, and that's the kind of shit they show), and I'm pretty sure that there are no actual Arabs playing for the United Arab Emirates. Are there any other teams like that at the lower levels? It's odd that the Lankis still remain at thi...

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While we're on a tool theme, it's a month old now, but this thing of beauty http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-i5PN23njA8Y/VX2ilJybn2I/AAAAAAAAApk/mv-Gl8z5_VQ/s1600/SP6000_1.jpg And yes, festool do a much more expensive one. My chippie has the Festool version. It's gorgeous. And at the other extreme the Par...

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This is Eldanielfire catnip. Is he not up and about, yet?

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It's arrived! What has? Not one of your better photos.........rather blurred to my eyes! It's an unnecessarily expensive festool drill driver It is, indeed. Last year I was renovating a house and had left my drill driver behind, so I picked up a cheap Parkside branded (Lidl/Aldi) drill driver and i...

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Chuckles1188 wrote:
Plastic Sarrie wrote:Fazlet wins England player of the year at the RPA awards
Can't say it's undeserved. He's finally unequivocally showing what all those who've coached him have promised he would

And which just about everybody on here said he wouldn't.

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Reading Bill Brysons The Mother Tongue about the English language. Fascinating book. Anyone who insists on speaking "proper" English can get fcuked His travel oeuvre obviously has its fans and has payed the bills but it is, for the most part, knockabout repetitive stuff. His more considered work, w...

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West Hartlepool! Now there's a blast from the past. Teams I remember from England in the 70s and 80s: Rosslyn Park Richmond Gosforth Bedford Orrel Fylde Liverpool St Helens - Mike Slemens team I think Preston Grasshoppers Coventry Moseley No doubt missed a good few too. Obviously omitting some well...

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Wow 1971 :shock: :o Match Date Opponent Location Result Score Match 1 12 May Queensland Brisbane Lost 15–11 Match 2 15 May New South Wales Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Won 12–14 Match 3 22 May Counties-Thames Valley Pukekohe Won 3–25 Match 4 26 May King Country-Wanganui Wanganui Won 9–22 Match 5 2...

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Saints: 1 David Powell 2 Steve Thompson 3 Euan Murray 4 Peter Larter 5 Martin Bayfield 6 Bryan West 7 Bob Taylor 8 Tim Rodber 9 Dickie Jeeps (I was going to see it was hard to miss Dawson out, bit it was worth it just to shut him up) 10 Paul Grayson 11 Ben Cohen 12 Gregor Townsend 13 Jeff Butterfie...

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List your teams' Lions: SCARLETS 15 Liam Williams / Terry Davies 14 Ieuan Evans / JJ Williams 13 Jon Davies / Roy Bergiers / Ken Jones 12 Ray Gravell / Peter Morgan 11 George North 10 Phil Bennett / Stephen Jones 9 Dwayne Peel 1 2 Ken Owens / Robin McBryde / Matthew Rees 3 4 Delme Thomas 5 Derek Qu...

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They've had a few forwards but Nowell's the first Cornish born back in over half a century to make the Lions. That was the glorious Richard Sharp, who was the inspiration for Bernard Cornwell's eponymous hero (with an E). Not sure what Nowell will inspire - a cartoon flounder called Jacko, perhaps?

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Well it's this classic debate, in this sport as any other. I'm sure you'll agree, however difficult it is to compare players from various eras and all that...that it's difficult to sustain older era top locks (locks in particular) are better than the current top ones. I might have an easier time ad...

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Stan retired before I was born so if you can remember them you are an old timer, old timer. I saw the Meads brothers locking together in two tests, youngster. I never saw enough of Stan to judge, but a long time back I do remember being surprised when some Kiwis claimed that Stan was, marginally, t...

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