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by TheFrog
Fri Mar 29, 2024 1:27 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Ranking the World Cup Winning Scrum-Halves
Replies: 23
Views: 308

Re: Ranking the World Cup Winning Scrum-Halves

Joost for me. The best.
by TheFrog
Fri Mar 29, 2024 1:25 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 53195
Views: 2312399

Re: War in Ukraine...

Waves after waves of missiles and drones hitting critical infrastructure. Ukraine is really struggling at the moment.

In parallele, the parliament doesn't manage to agree on mobilization. Unless there is a major shift in US support and Ukraine mobilization, the summer could be very difficult.
by TheFrog
Thu Mar 28, 2024 1:15 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 53195
Views: 2312399

Re: War in Ukraine...

https://e3.365dm.com/24/03/768x432/skynews-emmanuel-macron-french-president_6496638.jpg?20240321105124 https://www.reuters.com/resizer/v2/https%3A%2F%2Farchive-images.prod.global.a201836.reutersmedia.net%2F2016%2F01%2F08%2F2016-01-08T182553Z_20757_GF20000087878_RTRMADP_0_RUSSIA-POLITICS.JPG?auth=80...
by TheFrog
Thu Mar 28, 2024 12:27 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 53195
Views: 2312399

Re: War in Ukraine...

by TheFrog
Wed Mar 27, 2024 4:36 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 53195
Views: 2312399

Re: War in Ukraine...

Turkey obliging. 147 ISIS suspects arrested. I don't remember them making such crackdown after the Bataclan. But I may be wrong.
by TheFrog
Wed Mar 27, 2024 4:32 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
Replies: 18096
Views: 819943

Re: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents

It looks like that will be tested. Gag order issued. https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/26/politics/trump-hush-money-trial-gag-order/index.html https://www.loc.gov/static/exhibitions/drawing-justice-courtroom-illustrations/images/objects/political-activists-on-trial/dj0039-enlarge.jpg On point, but to...
by TheFrog
Wed Mar 27, 2024 12:43 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
Replies: 18096
Views: 819943

Re: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents

:x That would be the typical mien of his legal team, yes. The fella just seems to lack an STFU button. It looks like that will be tested. Gag order issued. https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/26/politics/trump-hush-money-trial-gag-order/index.html https://www.loc.gov/static/exhibitions/drawing-justice-...
by TheFrog
Tue Mar 26, 2024 4:43 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 53195
Views: 2312399

Re: War in Ukraine...

Looks like social networks in Russia are getting a bit of paranoia


https://www.intellinews.com/speculation ... sb-318425/
by TheFrog
Tue Mar 26, 2024 4:35 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 53195
Views: 2312399

Re: War in Ukraine...

So the Ukrainians organized everything from Turkey it would appear now...


https://www.intellinews.com/moscow-terr ... ts-318318/
by TheFrog
Mon Mar 25, 2024 4:51 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 53195
Views: 2312399

Re: War in Ukraine...

Trump decided on the US troops withdrawal from Afghanistan unilaterally, without consulting his coalition partners. While he was kept in check by his administration in Korea, he will have learned from his first mandate and the books that were written about him by his former staff... He blocked milit...
by TheFrog
Mon Mar 25, 2024 2:25 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 53195
Views: 2312399

Re: War in Ukraine...

I was listening to LBC radio last night. They had Philip Ingram who is an intelligence expert formerly with the British army. He said Trump won't pull the plug on NATO as the US has managed to create an environment where they are making and selling all these weapons to European countries and creati...
by TheFrog
Mon Mar 25, 2024 12:36 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
Replies: 18096
Views: 819943

Re: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents

So the greatest business man of all times, the billionaire winner or the winner billionaire, as you wish, struggles to gather half a billion to pay a bond... another legend that goes down crashing?
by TheFrog
Mon Mar 25, 2024 12:35 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
Replies: 18096
Views: 819943

Re: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents

Mr Mike wrote: Mon Mar 25, 2024 12:20 pm
Ted. wrote: Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:13 am I'll just leave this here.


https://twitter.com/i/status/1772084859114045883
That may be the most relatable thing he has ever done.
:lol:
by TheFrog
Mon Mar 25, 2024 12:33 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 53195
Views: 2312399

Re: War in Ukraine...

Bleeding Russia has been a win. The US security guarantee has taken a reputational hit, though. At the cost of a generation of young Ukrainian men. This is no win Ukraine has been badly let down by us all. I meant from the extremely narrow and nuance-free perspective of NATO/the US. European rearma...
by TheFrog
Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:59 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 53195
Views: 2312399

Re: War in Ukraine...

So has Ukraine. This war has been a lose:lose situation for everyone involved. NATO has won though We're 8 months away from a US election where the candidate leading in the polls has been openly calling to abandon NATO allies from any future Russian attack It's a bit early to declare a victory We d...
by TheFrog
Mon Mar 25, 2024 1:29 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 53195
Views: 2312399

Re: War in Ukraine...

Dnipro Hydroelectric Station has been badly damaged by the Russian missiles waves. It is critical that the West provide more AA defenses. As it stands, the current trajectory of this war is now toward a Russian victory. The West is much too indecisive. 100K reserves are being prepared for a summer o...
by TheFrog
Sun Mar 24, 2024 5:07 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: F1 Thread
Replies: 17839
Views: 1193285

Re: F1 Thread

Sainz seems to be a better driver than Leclerc. Are Ferrari doing a big mistake letting him go?
by TheFrog
Sun Mar 24, 2024 4:53 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: F1 Thread
Replies: 17839
Views: 1193285

Re: F1 Thread

Zakar wrote: Sun Mar 24, 2024 12:22 am
Hawk97 wrote: Sat Mar 23, 2024 10:17 am Hamilton out in Q2

The Merc is a dog
Funny that Russell has done ok again.

The difference between drivers is negligible. It's 99.95% the car.
It seems that Hamilton isn't very good at giving useful feedback for his teams to fine-tune the car.
by TheFrog
Sun Mar 24, 2024 5:06 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 53195
Views: 2312399

Re: War in Ukraine...

Wave of Russian missiles strikes Ukraine’s Kyiv, wounds more than a dozen Putin is resorting to bombing cities again as a reaction to the attacks on Belgorod. Plus I guess this is also to try to show Russians he is avenging the people who died in the terrorists attack in Moscow. I am concerned that...
by TheFrog
Sat Mar 23, 2024 7:58 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 53195
Views: 2312399

Re: War in Ukraine...

A minor quibble. Like failing to heed the warning about an imminent attack from the Yanks in the first place. I am surprised the Russians don't claim that the US knew because they helped organize the attack. Shows that there are still some lines they do not want to cross. ISIS are a US creation. On...
by TheFrog
Sat Mar 23, 2024 7:53 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 53195
Views: 2312399

Re: War in Ukraine...

In the most unsurprising move ever, Putin has now vowed "revenge" upon Ukraine for the actions of the Ingusetian terrorists. It looks like he plans to use this to justify the next large mobilization and justify the next wave of crackdowns upon the already limited freedom of the residents of Moscow....
by TheFrog
Sat Mar 23, 2024 6:57 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 53195
Views: 2312399

Re: War in Ukraine...

feckwanker wrote: Sat Mar 23, 2024 5:13 pm Lovely video going around of the alleged terrorists having being caught and one having his ear cut off and fed to him.
x(

The humanity...
by TheFrog
Sat Mar 23, 2024 6:56 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 53195
Views: 2312399

Re: War in Ukraine...

Say what you will about the quality and competence of the Russian intelligence apparatus but they managed to take all four suspects alive and identify they were fleeing toward Ukraine where a ‘window’ had been prepared. Fantastic stuff. After letting them escape and travel 6 hours unimpeded towards...
by TheFrog
Thu Mar 21, 2024 12:56 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: World Rugby reads my Posts- 20min Red cardsds
Replies: 116
Views: 2209

Re: World Rugby reads my Posts- 20min Red cardsds

Are all Red going to be 20min, or will there be different levels of red? Say a red is given to a player for a Reckless tackle resulting in a head to head clash, but there was clearly no malice just poor tackling technique. And on the other hand a red is given to a guy who flies into a ruck to headbu...
by TheFrog
Wed Mar 20, 2024 1:49 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Six Nations Player of the Tournament nominees announced
Replies: 96
Views: 1839

Re: Six Nations Player of the Tournament nominees announced

tanu wrote: Wed Mar 20, 2024 1:45 pm
TheFrog wrote: Tue Mar 19, 2024 11:55 pm No love for Brex?
Agree with you, totally outstanding
As a combo, Lemoncello - Brex was the best pair of centers in the tournament.
by TheFrog
Wed Mar 20, 2024 1:09 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Six Nations Player of the Tournament nominees announced
Replies: 96
Views: 1839

Re: Six Nations Player of the Tournament nominees announced

Earl is my pick. Amazing player.

But Lemoncello was huge. Heartbreaker.
by TheFrog
Wed Mar 20, 2024 1:07 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: World Rugby reads my Posts- 20min Red cardsds
Replies: 116
Views: 2209

Re: World Rugby reads my Posts- 20min Red cardsds

World Rugby want to destroy the game. That and the changes to scrums. What a dumb f**king post. I can't believe I voted you best French Poster. Yes, the body that runs rugby wants to destroy the game. Of course. It's all an inside plot by the lizard people. Use of hyperbole as a rethoric... Don't h...
by TheFrog
Wed Mar 20, 2024 12:22 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Proposed Rugby Law Changes
Replies: 176
Views: 2600

Re: Proposed Rugby Law Changes

I'm ambivalent on the not straight, refs don't call not straight line outs all the time when there's no jump already and imo throwing it straight at a restart is a key part of rugby as it's a contest for possession at all times (just like the scrum). The current interpretation of the kick chase law...
by TheFrog
Wed Mar 20, 2024 12:16 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: World Rugby reads my Posts- 20min Red cardsds
Replies: 116
Views: 2209

Re: World Rugby reads my Posts- 20min Red cardsds

World Rugby want to destroy the game. That and the changes to scrums.
by TheFrog
Tue Mar 19, 2024 11:57 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
Replies: 18096
Views: 819943

Re: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents

https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/19/politics/peter-navarro-jail-contempt-of-congress/index.html The ground is set for Trump's next impeachment . That is gloomy thinking Frog :( , although the thought of Navarro and Bannon potentially sharing a cell makes me smile. The same excess of powers will be used ...
by TheFrog
Tue Mar 19, 2024 12:39 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: France vs England - Official 6 Nations Thread - 16 March 24
Replies: 705
Views: 9596

Re: France vs England - Official 6 Nations Thread - 16 March 24

For me, the great take away is that England have completed their transformation. Against Scotland, they looked a shambles. Despite real physical domination, they could not string more than 2 passes before fumbling the ball. But they turned this around and against France, they showed how efficient th...
by TheFrog
Mon Mar 18, 2024 11:06 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 53195
Views: 2312399

Re: War in Ukraine...

More shells on the way: https://twitter.com/Maks_NAFO_FELLA/status/1769450580483735990?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1769450580483735990%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url= :thumbup: When will they reach the front lines? Already starting to filter through. Ukrainian artillery fi...
by TheFrog
Mon Mar 18, 2024 1:08 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 53195
Views: 2312399

Re: War in Ukraine...

Palesman wrote: Mon Mar 18, 2024 1:00 pm More shells on the way:
https://twitter.com/Maks_NAFO_FELLA/sta ... _&ref_url=
:thumbup:

When will they reach the front lines?
by TheFrog
Mon Mar 18, 2024 1:07 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
Replies: 18096
Views: 819943

Re: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents

Trump stirring shite with made up stories. Nothing new, but when a recipe works... https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/16/politics/donald-trump-congo-release-prisoners-immigration/index.html I was born in the Congo Republic.... but didn't spend time in jail there. Echos of the Mariel Boatlift. NPR had a po...
by TheFrog
Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:29 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
Replies: 18096
Views: 819943

Re: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36155710/ Stumbled upon this study that shows concern about US citizens fitness to serve for the country because of BMI and lack of physical activity. Of military-aged participants (unweighted n=5,964), 47.3% were eligible by BMI. Among BMI-eligible participants, 72....
by TheFrog
Mon Mar 18, 2024 3:59 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
Replies: 18096
Views: 819943

Re: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents

Trump stirring shite with made up stories. Nothing new, but when a recipe works...

https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/16/politics ... index.html

I was born in the Congo Republic.... but didn't spend time in jail there.
by TheFrog
Sun Mar 17, 2024 2:52 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 53195
Views: 2312399

Re: War in Ukraine...

by TheFrog
Sun Mar 17, 2024 11:52 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 53195
Views: 2312399

Re: War in Ukraine...

Estimates that up to 20-25% of Russia's refinery capacity has now been hit by Ukrainian drone attacks https://twitter.com/HerrDr8/status/1768935407469678598 Exports of refined oil products have been banned for 6 months in response, but so far the impact on wholesale fuel prices in Russia is limited...