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Well, we had a word with tje lads at WR and said we don’t like scrums and mauls so we’ll change the rules so we can have a mark from the kick off… :roll: Nonsense. Instead, we told them we were bored today and wanted to see the ‘memories of 2003’ crowd having a wee meltdown, so let’s tinker with so...

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Hawk97 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2024 9:14 pm FR: Woodman, Thompson, Vickery - 02-03
SR: Johnson, Kay - 01-03
BR: Hill, Dallaglio, Back - 00-03
9-10: Dawson, Wilkinson - 00-06ish
Centres: Guscott, Carling - 90-97
Back 3: Cohen, Lewsey, Robinson - 02-06

basically the 03 winning team.. Guscott Carling are very underrated

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'winning' a penalty is not what happens... That's just meeja-speak. One side is penalised for transgressing the laws. If you allow yourself to be pushed backwards but keep within the law, then you don't get penalised. Of course any self respecting front row isn't going to allow that. Clearly teams ...

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What’s wrong with the stronger pack being rewarded. Another solution, let’s make the quickest wingers wear high heels. Why need to stop teams with the quickest players being rewarded with 7 points. They get rewarded by winning the ball, it the penalty being awarded many times on dubious grounds at ...

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I am pretty sure no team that received a red card ever beat the All Blacks? Ever... and has a team receiving a red card ever beaten SA? Has England ever lost to a team receiving a red card? Some games you just know the red card will decide the result... ie any team playing those three sides at leas...

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If WR want to improve the scrums IMO they should get rid of the current pat-a-cake nonsense and have the front rows fold together first before the rest of the pack bind on with no pre-bind to the front row. You then start with a far more stable base as you have removed the hit/momentum advantage co...

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If WR want to improve the scrums IMO they should get rid of the current pat-a-cake nonsense and have the front rows fold together first before the rest of the pack bind on with no pre-bind to the front row. You then start with a far more stable base as you have removed the hit/momentum advantage co...

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Also it is only on a Free Kick from the scrum. You can still win a pen from a scrum. Also it would still be an offence to deliberately concede a free kick from a scrum. I don’t think it will de power the scrum as much as feared. It prevents you from using a strength, and leads to a tap and go again...

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The French subs came over to congratulate while the ball was being grounded last night. Would be funny if it was chalked off for them obstructing England from attempting to stop the try being scored. It going to happen at some point, Also if they are on the pitch before the ball is grounded would t...

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Too many people on the pitch a lot now. The one that irks me most is when a try is scored and the subs rush in. A law should be made that of they are within 20m of a try being scored by their team it's automatically disallowed and a 5m penalty to the defending side Just don't allow them to 'warm up...

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Yeh we had no reason to be confident after mullering France with a record score playing great rugby and swatting Wales and Italy aside :roll: We are not as good as many of the Iris press or neutrals we're saying but we still are a very good team. Test of that is the reaction vs a handy Scottish sid...

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Boeing we're taken over a couple of years ago and apparently the new management are prioritising inclusivity over thoroughness and QA. Fixed it. This sort of rumour is a nonsense. All major companies are pushing diversity and inclusion, particularly in engineering and it has zero impact on QA. Boei...

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can Aus fall out of the top 10 before the Lion tour ..

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We’re above Scotland but can’t beat them for shît. Scotland, stop choking! As for Italy, bravissimo. Let’s hope they can go back to back. Have they ever done so in the 6N? Do not think they ever done back to back, but i do seem to remember them winning two matches in a 6 nations before 2012 or 2013...

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England attack is poor, they seem unable to adapt their attack to take advantage of turnovers or breaks . it almost as if we set moves to play and can only play those moves not to adapt to play what in front of them.

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Brief Lions discussion on the other thread got me thinking about the squad. Ireland and Scotland currently likely to provide a decent chunk of the squad so ignoring that argument who do the Welsh and English see coming through to challenge for a spot next year? Maybe a back row player for England, ...

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I am always suspicious by how we get a spate of these headlines. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/2024/02/20/twickenham-stadium-rugbys-old-trafford-decaying-cash-cow/ Especially as there is now a discussion as to how old Trafford can be knocked down and rebuilt on Trafford park as the nationa...

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A good start would be to cease calling going to the place the 'Twickenham experience' as if it is some kind of paranormal event. I think the best times I have had there was when you could book a space in the old West or North carparks and bring a spread of food and booze for a pre and post match se...

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I wouldn't trust the current bunch of arseholes to organise a piss up in a brewery. Their recent financial management of the game as a whole has been rotten. "Renovation plans in the TSMP include reducing Twickenham's capacity from 82,000 to 80,000 to "improve spectator comfort", repairing the roof...

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Bang on. 👍 In any case, the Maori are universally recognised as the native/indigenous people of New Zealand and they only arrived in the 13th century, and massacred the original inhabitants! Hold true only to the extent that moa are considered the original inhabitants. The same people who say that ...

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I watched 3 episodes. May watch the rest. Didn't make me want to switch off, but didn't make me want to rush back either. I felt like it would have been interesting to introduce people to some of the principles of the game e.g. have a guy Corbisero or Mike Ross talking about the scrum and what it i...

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I haven't watched either but one is over the course of the season and the other just 7 weeks, yeah? One is about a journey of hopefuls and attempt to finish that journey with success. The other is less journey and more documentary? And finally, you're way more likely to be interested in a sport you...

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Can't compare. Wrexham has two, well one and a bit Hollywood stars as it's niche-expanders. If Wrexham' s backers has been two local lads who'd made their fortunes in the cutthroat world of decking, would it have blown up the way it did? There both sports documentaries, Wrexham a team i did not car...

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Nah lads. An opening season (hopefully it will be renewed) needs to be light on technical. That's something which can be dropped in, in future. It's about creating/playing on human interest, and drama. Pull in eyes beyond our niche. Not sure it's done enough on that score but fingers crossed Not sa...

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There's a rivalry aspect which would be risky as feck, but fascinating, to expose: for me, the most intense rugby rivalries are within squads, rather than between them. Doesn't suit the genre though. Also think the genre would be better suited to the grind of a long season: ie. club level rugby. I ...

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Big enough in France. Reasonably well known in most rugby countries I'd say. Not near Lomu level. Ah he was. Gillette adverts the lot. He couldn’t go out without getting mobbed around 2003. In the UK. FFS yes no one had heard of Wilkinson, apart from the 10 English fans who watched the final;. Fort...

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Amazing that this tory party kicked the likes of Ken Clarke out.. I still think the best example of why the country is the state it is in was question time when Rees Mogg was being told by a wine importer that brexit had made business harder for him, Rees Mogg refused to listen to him (the importer...

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Amazing that this tory party kicked the likes of Ken Clarke out.. I still think the best example of why the country is the state it is in was question time when Rees Mogg was being told by a wine importer that brexit had made business harder for him, Rees Mogg refused to listen to him (the importer ...

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Greedy wit kant. The one rugby thing that "casuals" watched taken away. Growing the game? lol This government have been truly terrible where sport is concerned. Yes loads of other areas too. They have literally no long term vision or understanding of how important sport exposure is. Well at least t...

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Farrell announced by Racing. Two-year contract is the interesting part. Presumably leaves him free to return to England ahead of the 2026-27 season and put himself in contention for a World Cup spot, if he wants. Also should keep him available for the Lions. I see a decent likelihood that he'll do ...

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Ghost-Of-Nepia wrote: ↑Sun Jan 21, 2024 4:58 am
Eugenius wrote: ↑Sun Jan 21, 2024 1:55 am A couple of one dayers no ?
Yes. Which is why I said he didn't play tests.

Was he good enough to play tests if he had concentrated on cricket instead to trying to do both and eventually concentrating on rugby?

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Too much recentism - so, to add some history... Don Clarke - played a bit of rugby and was also a fast bowler for Auckland and ND Vic Pollard - played a bit of cricket and football for NZ Mark Burgess played some cricket and was also NZ footballer of the year George Nepia - Rugby and League Inga Tu...

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Mailata is the only one I can think of that’s a regular starter for either offense or defense (not special teams). He was a leaguie in Straya. Must have chucked on a TON of weight because he’s an offensive tackle now - the biggest position in the sport. There’s punters that were in the AFL. Do you ...

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There have been a few league converts who have made a success in Union (and a few who were marginal), and before Union went processional there were a few that went the other way. But has there been any America football players who failed the draft and made it in rugby to a professional level, or any...

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According to Wade, the salaries between NFL practice squad and playing rugby for Wasps were pretty comparable - bearing in mind that Wade will have been one of the highest earners at Wasps at the time he left: In an interview with the Money section of the Telegraph, Wade – who availed of the Intern...

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Sandy Park - it is freezing and miles away from pitch.. but easy to get to from motorway..

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Do you want to expand on that? Some Welsh lad goes to America to try to learn a different sport and rugby is doomed? is it in more trouble than when Wade tried in 2018.. Although i do dagree the money required to keep clubs going is greater than what most generate esp those who do not own their gro...

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Rugby is in so much trouble. Do you want to expand on that? Some Welsh lad goes to America to try to learn a different sport and rugby is doomed? is it in more trouble than when Wade tried in 2018.. Although i do dagree the money required to keep clubs going is greater than what most generate esp t...

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Faz Sr officially announced https://e0.365dm.com/24/01/2048x1152/skysports-andy-farrell-lions_6417967.jpg?20240111085905 Andy Farrell has been announced as the next head coach of the British and Irish Lions for their 2025 tour to Australia Under the 48-year-old, Ireland accomplished near enough eve...

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Masterji wrote: ↑Wed Jan 10, 2024 8:46 pm I think the only solution to school shootings is to arm all the staff and kids.

Fire Engines planning on using petrol rather than water.

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