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Theflier wrote: ↑Fri May 10, 2024 9:27 pm Did they win?

Handily.

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Come on you beautiful Dragons!

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Of all the halves of rugby I have seen played, that was one of them.

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Nice attempt Hughes.

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COME ON YOU MIGHTY DRAGONS!!!!

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Kicking the ball away like that, send him off!

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penguin wrote: ↑Fri May 10, 2024 7:44 pm
bessantj wrote: ↑Fri May 10, 2024 7:38 pm Alright lads, Dragons are playing rugby on a lovely day, I have the weekend off and I'm 3 beers deep!
You'll need a few more. Purely medicinal....

I'm up for this, they've been having a fine old time at Rodney all day today.

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Alright lads, Dragons are playing rugby on a lovely day, I have the weekend off and I'm 3 beers deep!

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It is what it is, just another step in the slow, sad decline of Welsh rugby.

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Didn't see the match, just watched the highlights. Well done Italy.

The second Italian try was a wonderful bit of rugby.

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Which is THE try for North?

Evans has the try v Scotland in 88
Williams has the try v South Africa in 08

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henry wrote: ↑Sun Mar 10, 2024 9:20 pm Righto, let’s enter dream world. Who can we have to replace Warren Gatland?

And he can build a team around Jarrod Evans?

I'll give it a go, I always did well on Jonah Lomu Rugby.

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Everyone was slow, you could have a tea break with some of the time it took Wales to get the ball out and away.

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TheFrog wrote: ↑Sun Mar 10, 2024 6:53 pm
bessantj wrote: ↑Sun Mar 10, 2024 6:45 pm
franch fan wrote: ↑Sun Mar 10, 2024 6:44 pm

Oups I forgot about that!
Wish I could.
The only time I felt embarrassed by France winning handsomely. I had managed to get 4 or 5 tickets and invited Welsh friends to come with me to the game. Felt sorry for them all afternoon.

Eh, it was 98 not the worst defeat that year.

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Da iawn diolch wrote: ↑Sun Mar 10, 2024 6:51 pm
ChipSpike wrote: ↑Sun Mar 10, 2024 6:48 pm
Da iawn diolch wrote: ↑Sun Mar 10, 2024 6:45 pm
Costelow was awful. Williams had some ok moments, but was also no great shakes.
Both Davies and Lloyd were awful. Such a bad decision to bring them on. I think Gatland is past it.
There are no test standard halfbacks in Wales.

I dunno, on my day I'm pretty good,

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franch fan wrote: ↑Sun Mar 10, 2024 6:44 pm
bessantj wrote: ↑Sun Mar 10, 2024 6:38 pm
franch fan wrote: ↑Sun Mar 10, 2024 6:36 pm

Already forgot the 51-0 during the 98 Grand Slam?
That was in England (Wembley).
Oups I forgot about that!

Wish I could.

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25 minutes of commited defence isn't enough to win test matches. When the game got tough we looked lost. Forwards getting blasted away in the carry by their opposite numbers. Acres of space in the outside channels. Nobody apart from Reffell slowing down the ball. 10 and 12 missing tackles and getti...

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I know it might be cheeky to say this after shipping 45 points but Wales put in some strong defence today. 25 minutes of commited defence isn't enough to win test matches. When the game got tough we looked lost. Forwards getting blasted away in the carry by their opposite numbers. Acres of space in...

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franch fan wrote: ↑Sun Mar 10, 2024 6:36 pm
TheFrog wrote: ↑Sun Mar 10, 2024 6:32 pm After conceding their biggest lost to Ireland in France and their first ever draw in France to Italy, France beat a new record with their biggest ever win in Cardiff.
Already forgot the 51-0 during the 98 Grand Slam?

That was in England (Wembley).

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Dyer missed a couple of tackles but tackling Penaud is a hell in and of itself. He was a good threat going forward though, made good yards.

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I know it might be cheeky to say this after shipping 45 points but Wales put in some strong defence today. No they didn't. Every single tackle they put in today was a passive soak tackle, which unfortunately for Henry, I'm going to talk about in my ratings thread. Yes they did, how dare you say som...

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There's a lot of effort in the lads if not quite the ability to match it.

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I know it might be cheeky to say this after shipping 45 points but Wales put in some strong defence today.

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Feels like the moral victory lines are wearing a bit thin now. That's not a particular good France team and they've just put 45 on Wales in Cardiff. Hard to see where Wales go until they pull a half decent 10 and some non-useless props out of somewhere. Well learning to get the ball out quicker and...

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Welsh defence not looking at who was coming up there. But look at the ball being passed to moving players. total opposite to he Welsh team.

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Winnie wrote: ↑Sun Mar 10, 2024 5:43 pm The Welsh love setting up their team mates to be absolutely emptied

I don't understand the long miss pass out to players who are static or need to jump to catch the ball. Just asking for the opposition defence to smash them.

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Bugger, nearly there.

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Perhaps Wales are tired because they seem quite glacial out there. Not bothered to get to the rucks and slow to get the ball out.

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TheFrog wrote: ↑Sun Mar 10, 2024 5:33 pm
bessantj wrote: ↑Sun Mar 10, 2024 5:32 pm That small passage from the steal was some of the dumbest rugby you could play. I don't get the thought process there.
They gifted the French that try.

It was very silly to try and take the kick when you don't have your blockers. Pass it to the outside half and let them kick it. Crazy stuff.

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That small passage from the steal was some of the dumbest rugby you could play. I don't get the thought process there.

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Bugger. Wales need to keep the ball more. That Penaud is more dangerous than Hamas.

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Schoolboy error by Wales.

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Dyer really needed to make that tackle.

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Ooof French shoot the load early. Very dumb.

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Come on Wales another bite at the onion.

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Ah bugger. Made France work for that one though.

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Phew, I know there were some infringements but that was some stiff defence.

TheFrog wrote: ↑Sun Mar 10, 2024 5:13 pm There was a naughty feet from an offside player that killed the momentum here.

Great bit of shit housery.

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You know didn't come off but a good attempt from Wales.

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So French players get sexually aroused from forward passes?

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I bloody missed the bloody try!

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