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by penguin
Wed Mar 27, 2024 12:42 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 37641
Views: 2584158

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

Sure. It's clear we can't keep going like this, but I am yet to be convinced that we don't have the money. What I am certain of is that we aren't spending money efficiently, and the regions don't get treated fairly by the WRU, who don't seem to understand their value to Welsh rugby at all. The 'maj...
by penguin
Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:58 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 37641
Views: 2584158

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

Sure. It's clear we can't keep going like this, but I am yet to be convinced that we don't have the money. What I am certain of is that we aren't spending money efficiently, and the regions don't get treated fairly by the WRU, who don't seem to understand their value to Welsh rugby at all. The 'majo...
by penguin
Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:14 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 37641
Views: 2584158

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

Seems to be some missing context - Mudyryk mentions that they had some savings (which I guess is why they still exist) It's fun to bash the Scarlets and all - but the point about Covid loan repayments (compounded by rising interest rates) & the new punitive PRA is valid & blame lies more with the W...
by penguin
Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:53 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years
Replies: 181
Views: 2630

Re: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years

I'd like to see teams given the option to take a quick tap from a knock on rather than it being a scrum every time. Teams with a dominant scrum still have plenty of opportunity to make that count, but the game can be sped up if a team wants to.
by penguin
Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:26 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: LRZ
Replies: 241
Views: 11620

Re: LRZ

The worst case scenario for me is that he spends years around the periphery of a team, doesn't actually play much but wastes years when he could have been exceptional in rugby. I want him to either make a huge success of it or for it to burn out quickly and return to rugby...the middle ground is wha...
by penguin
Mon Mar 25, 2024 6:59 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 37641
Views: 2584158

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

Dmitri Arhip turning up at the dragons was a bit of a surprise. If he's fit and firing and we have the likes of dyer, carter, Dee, Wainwright, keddie all back we might actually be able to beat zebre this Friday. Exciting times... My god how I wish we had someone to play inside centre rather than Ste...
by penguin
Sat Mar 23, 2024 5:53 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 37641
Views: 2584158

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

They've unfucked it!
by penguin
Sat Mar 23, 2024 5:50 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 37641
Views: 2584158

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

Eddie James with more good moments in five minutes than Davies managed in seventy odd. Only two but still more.

Did he get that down?
by penguin
Sat Mar 23, 2024 5:42 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 37641
Views: 2584158

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

Theflier wrote: Sat Mar 23, 2024 5:36 pm
penguin wrote: Sat Mar 23, 2024 5:34 pm Get Jonathan Davies off FFS...
How many years until this stops being a valid post?😂😂😂

Mind Williams is where attacks go to die too
He's a dumbass at times but at least he carries hard. I really don't know what Jonathan Davies brings now. It's hard to watch.
by penguin
Sat Mar 23, 2024 5:34 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 37641
Views: 2584158

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

Get Jonathan Davies off FFS...
by penguin
Sat Mar 23, 2024 5:04 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 37641
Views: 2584158

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

Would like to see Eddie James come on at 12 and push Williams to 13. More pace in the 13 channel, more directness from the centres.
by penguin
Sat Mar 23, 2024 4:52 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 37641
Views: 2584158

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

Scarlets are looking lost against Benetton, early doors. The attack is so lateral. They just ship it down the line, with no one near an attacker. When the forwards go straight they are making yards... But they are so inaccurate. Really poor. Scarlets scrum totally destroyed just then. What?!? But t...
by penguin
Sat Mar 23, 2024 4:46 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 37641
Views: 2584158

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

Druid wrote: Sat Mar 23, 2024 4:38 pm Scarlets are looking lost against Benetton, early doors.
The attack is so lateral. They just ship it down the line, with no one near an attacker.

When the forwards go straight they are making yards... But they are so inaccurate. Really poor.
by penguin
Sat Mar 23, 2024 1:06 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 37641
Views: 2584158

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

Surely Thomas has to have some idea that he has that ball down? Should have been making it bloody obvious that it needed checking... Two disappointing results, but whereas ospreys made things hard for themselves, Cardiff looked pretty good and deserved that de beer kick to go over, for at least a dr...
by penguin
Tue Mar 19, 2024 10:41 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 37641
Views: 2584158

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

Tipuric is among the most gifted rugby players we've produced. Exceptional rugby brain, wonderful skillset that could have seen him play a number of positions. However if I was selecting the best Welsh XV of the professional era I would have Warburton at 7. Sometimes it's not about what you can do, ...
by penguin
Mon Mar 18, 2024 6:44 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 37641
Views: 2584158

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

We talked at the beginning of the season about either LRZ or Adams converting to FB...maybe now would be a good time for Adams to have a little challenge in that regard. I've still got hopes for Nagy. He's not the second coming of JPR, but he's solid under the high ball, has a boot on him...but mos...
by penguin
Mon Mar 18, 2024 3:43 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 37641
Views: 2584158

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

We talked at the beginning of the season about either LRZ or Adams converting to FB...maybe now would be a good time for Adams to have a little challenge in that regard.
by penguin
Mon Mar 18, 2024 1:14 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 37641
Views: 2584158

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

Grace could be a superstar, he certainly was in league. Hope he can stay fit because that would be a great addition. I'd also say that I think Keelan Giles is still worth a look. He's rapid, but he's also clever. In defence of Josh Adams, he's been excellent for years. While he has been really poor ...
by penguin
Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:19 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 37641
Views: 2584158

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

I'd like to see Max Llewelyn given another go - I know he's not been setting the world alight at Gloucester, but he's shown in the past that he can be a physical threat at 12, as well as having some nuance to his game. He's also played with Grady a lot. Like to see him included on the Summer tour. ...
by penguin
Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:50 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 37641
Views: 2584158

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

Maybe Grady won't be the all round player - sounds like he's quite quiet and not perhaps got the sheer arrogance that some top players have - but he showed a glimpse this weekend of what he can do. I'd take a limited 12 in terms of distribution with pace and power (and Grady has the potential to off...
by penguin
Sun Mar 17, 2024 2:43 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 37641
Views: 2584158

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

Sheedy might be the best bet for the medium term. It's not exactly an easy one to solve.... But anyone who plays ten needs a better platform, attacking shape and an all round team effort.
by penguin
Sun Mar 17, 2024 1:22 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 37641
Views: 2584158

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

I still think Costelow can be useful but that was dire. The best part about his game coming through was his ability to take the ball to the line. He's become utterly gun shy. All we're left with is a short kicking game and ball being shovelled on. I felt sorry for the players who had to be at the ba...
by penguin
Sat Mar 16, 2024 11:17 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 37641
Views: 2584158

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

Assume our U-20s lost. Amazingly, no. They were getting hammered, mainly due to the scrum disintegrating. Second half they turned it around and got their tails up. Forwards carrying effectively, a functional maul, some sharp play by the halfbacks... They looked competent. Amazing. Wouldn't have pre...
by penguin
Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:37 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 37641
Views: 2584158

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

Assume our U-20s lost. Amazingly, no. They were getting hammered, mainly due to the scrum disintegrating. Second half they turned it around and got their tails up. Forwards carrying effectively, a functional maul, some sharp play by the halfbacks... They looked competent. Amazing. Wouldn't have pre...
by penguin
Fri Mar 15, 2024 10:43 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 37641
Views: 2584158

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

Ospreys have signed Wales-qualified lock Will Greatbanks from French second-tier club Soyaux Angouleme for 2024-25.

Ospreys say the 21-year-old's father was born in Wales.
Ospreys stockpiling all the locks...
by penguin
Thu Mar 14, 2024 3:57 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 37641
Views: 2584158

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

Wales U20s: Matty Young;Huw Anderson; Elijah Evans, Macs Page, Aidan Boschoff; Harri Wilde, Rhodri Lewis; Josh Morse, Evan Wood, Kian Hire, Jonny Green, Nick Thomas, Thomas, Lucas de la Rua,Harry Beddall, Morgan Morse. Replacements: Harry Thomas, Jordan Morris, Sam Scott, Gethyn Cannon, Osian Thoma...
by penguin
Wed Mar 13, 2024 12:47 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 37641
Views: 2584158

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

Adams again? Jenkins back to the second row with Beard. Kemsley Mathias and Harri O'Connor on the bench is a worry for the scrums late on. North and Tompkins back. In some places not enough change, in others it feels too much. That front row we're going to end with is going to be unbelievably raw.
by penguin
Wed Mar 13, 2024 12:44 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 37641
Views: 2584158

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

Wales team: 15. Cameron Winnett, 14. Josh Adams, 13. George North 12. Nick Tompkins, 11. Rio Dyer, 10. Sam Costelow, 9 Tomos Williams; 1. Gareth Thomas, 2. Elliot Dee, 3. Dillon Lewis 4. Dafydd Jenkins (capt), 5. Adam Beard, 6. Alex Mann, 7. Tommy Reffell, 8. Aaron Wainwright Replacements: 16. Evan...
by penguin
Tue Mar 12, 2024 1:43 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 37641
Views: 2584158

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

We do have some players with more power but they are either injured (Lake, Faletau, Fender, Tshiunza, Jac Morgan, maybe Plumtree - haven't seen enough of him to be sure, Leon Brown), unavailable (Moriarty, Ball - still only 32), not selected (Henry Thomas, Thomas Young) or too fat to consider, whic...
by penguin
Tue Mar 12, 2024 1:11 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 37641
Views: 2584158

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

We do have some players with more power but they are either injured (Lake, Faletau, Fender, Tshiunza, Jac Morgan, maybe Plumtree - haven't seen enough of him to be sure, Leon Brown), unavailable (Moriarty, Ball - still only 32), not selected (Henry Thomas, Thomas Young) or too fat to consider, which...
by penguin
Mon Mar 11, 2024 4:38 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 37641
Views: 2584158

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

<sigh> I know...
by penguin
Mon Mar 11, 2024 3:41 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 37641
Views: 2584158

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

What does everyone want to see next week for Italy? I'd say it's fairly clear that there should be some changes. I really like Assiratti but this hasn't been an easy time for him, so I'd bring in Dillon Lewis, and retain the other two front rowers with Gareth Thomas and Dee both showing plenty of wo...
by penguin
Mon Mar 11, 2024 10:50 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Jeff's All New And Gloomy Wales Ratings v France
Replies: 41
Views: 1275

Re: Jeff's All New And Gloomy Wales Ratings v France

Monk Zombie wrote: Mon Mar 11, 2024 8:31 am I don’t understand the doom and gloom. There is a lot to take away from the Welsh performance. At times the French looked very jittery in defence.
It's our default setting.
by penguin
Sun Mar 10, 2024 8:55 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 37641
Views: 2584158

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

My point is that you're saying "this bloke who's had 4 caps in 7 years would have made a difference". I'm telling you that sounds mental. Nothing is certain, but putting on a raw 21 year old blindside was our choice, and we could have had a guy who has mixed it with the best and looked good, albeit...
by penguin
Sun Mar 10, 2024 7:49 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 37641
Views: 2584158

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

Thomas Young is a fine club level player. There's nothing to suggest he can do it at test level, and you'd be insane to think he'd have made a shred of difference out there today. Very little to suggest he can't step up given he's been given four caps since his debut in 2017. He's class at the leve...
by penguin
Sun Mar 10, 2024 7:34 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 37641
Views: 2584158

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

Did you see the final score? Do you really think that sifting through the binjuice on offer by the reejuns to fill the bench would have really made a difference? Thomas young is binjuice? 👌 If you're taking that line then there's really very little middle ground we can agree on. Thomas Young is a f...
by penguin
Sun Mar 10, 2024 7:22 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 37641
Views: 2584158

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

So Thomas Young and Nicky Smith are the answer? I think you might have forgotten the question... Reffell going off was huge. Young is about the best like for like replacement we have. So yes. Selection was an issue, particularly the bench. We were 24-23 with fifteen minutes to go. A better bench mi...
by penguin
Sun Mar 10, 2024 7:14 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 37641
Views: 2584158

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

Bringing on young when you lose reffell would have maintained breakdown presence. Smith would have been a breakdown threat too as well as a different kind of challenge for a big scrum. Someone who has had more than a year at hooker, and any professional start would have given them an option to fres...
by penguin
Sun Mar 10, 2024 7:01 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 37641
Views: 2584158

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

Bringing on young when you lose reffell would have maintained breakdown presence. Smith would have been a breakdown threat too as well as a different kind of challenge for a big scrum. Someone who has had more than a year at hooker, and any professional start would have given them an option to fresh...
by penguin
Sun Mar 10, 2024 6:48 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 37641
Views: 2584158

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

And had the wru been able to offer some flexibility we could have had a new star in feyi-waboso... Instead we're likely to see a Cardiff lad in white for a decade.