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Northmore is an odd call. Would have expected Beard or Ojomoh to be in front of him, especially as he’s been playing 12 for most of the season.

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Hawk97 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 08, 2025 2:01 pm So apparently Tom Willis, at the weekend, achieved 2nd overall all time for Carrying + Tackles stats (he had 40 combined). And that was in 60 mins, all others in top 10 were 80 mins

The guy is a freak

Beat 11 defenders as well, a record for a tier 1 forward.

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I'm really not sure how good ojomoh is or what his ceiling is- but he's earned a run out. Surely the same is true of all England's options at 13? It's even true of Marchant. His ceiling is pretty clear, but is he actually any good at the moment? Someone needs to put their hand up and make the case ...

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RodneyRegis wrote: ↑Sat Jul 05, 2025 10:53 pm Atkinson 17 tackles. Impressive. Would like to see him get more ball in early phase play. Preferably with anyone but slade outside him.

Only on the pitch for 55 minutes as well, it was a good effort.

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Bit hard to disagree with this. Perhaps only Mitchell did himself any favours. I thought Cummings and Jones were good. Pleased for Cummings- must have been a difficult few days for him. I don’t recall him putting a foot wrong and did a lot of good stuff too. Good comeback after last week.

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Well that was shit. Most of the test side to come from the Wednesday team now, and it’ll be interesting to see how they handle switching both squads around over the next two weeks.

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Winnie wrote: ↑Sat Jul 05, 2025 12:57 pm Anyone not playing tonight put themselves forward for test selection

Yes, I reckon it’s relatively easy to pick the majority of the 23 now.

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Mr. Very Popular wrote: ↑Sat Jul 05, 2025 12:45 pm In over with elbows on the ground is a pen?

14 just flopped over off his feet and stopped the clear out on 7.

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Fin Smith has been surprisingly poor for me. Not really doing anything at all. Can’t blame a fly half when he’s got no options outside him apart from Jones. And if Earl is his only carrying option up front - it’s too predictable Hopefully the bench offers more We've made plenty of line breaks. He's...

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Beirne playing himself off the tour He looks old. Old and knackered. He’s not the only one, overtraining maybe? In truth there are a ton of players playing themselves out of contention tonight. From the starting team I reckon there’s no more than a handful that will be involved in the first test now.

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Our restarts are awful

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That's not the law. By the laws, the tackle was completed. If the player wanted to continue, he needed to release and regather the ball. A very soft try from the referees. As Rog said, it's not your opinion that matters it actually what happened, Ref is very sympathetic to the Warraths. Really? The...

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Probably the least impressive half of rugby by the Lions so far. Earl and Jones ok but the rest have struggled to do much. Huw Jones a genuine positive Lineout and Cowan dickie have been solid (throwing is usually a weak spot for him) Apart from the penalty - Earls has been the only other forward t...

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Probably the least impressive half of rugby by the Lions so far. Earl and Jones ok but the rest have struggled to do much. The front row has been good. Backs just not in sync at the moment, some of that is due to slow ball or bad presentation but there’s too much high risk stuff on the gainline and...

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Zakar wrote: ↑Sat Jul 05, 2025 11:48 am
lnstr93 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 05, 2025 11:47 am
PornDog wrote: ↑Sat Jul 05, 2025 11:45 am It wasn't foul play, but you can't get more in at the side! Totally illegal
It was illegal.on every single way lol, in the side, no wrap, head contact.
fudge off you soft bag of pig shit. It was none of that.

It was definitely in at the side but I didn’t think there was much else in it.

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Clunky to say the least.

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nardol wrote: ↑Sat Jul 05, 2025 11:13 am Hansen acting as a sort of distributor so far. Good stuff.

Was earl tripped or did he trip?

Fell over his own feet.

Nice try, lovely pass from Tuipolotu.

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Yep, but he plays as if he doesn't. Suspect it doesn't help that he gets picked for every single game as long as he can walk. :( Played as if he did at the weekend. Only so much cortisone you can pump into it. Will stop the pain but won't stop your inability to push off or change direction. Pretty ...

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Farrell? Seriously?

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Who did you go with, forrester? Expedia. £1500 including tickets for the best 3 1/2 weeks of my life. 3 dollars to the pound, it was utterly mental. Yeah, was great fun. We did the full 6 weeks - loved it. Was always planning to do this one for my 50th but two kids at Uni put paid to that. The pric...

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I hope to go on a Lions tour at some point in my lifetime. I'm 40-ish now, when I was younger I didn't have the money, now I have young kids, so makes sense there's an older demographic. Went in 2001, whacked it all on a couple of credit cards. Best decision I ever made. Who did you go with, forres...

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triplebogey wrote: ↑Sat Jun 28, 2025 12:41 pm I hope to go on a Lions tour at some point in my lifetime. I'm 40-ish now, when I was younger I didn't have the money, now I have young kids, so makes sense there's an older demographic.

Went in 2001, whacked it all on a couple of credit cards. Best decision I ever made.

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irishrugbyua wrote: ↑Wed Jun 11, 2025 12:47 pm
forrester wrote: ↑Wed Jun 11, 2025 12:24 pm Rob Russell has just signed for Gloucester. He looks decent from the few clips they’ve posted. Any good or not?
good player alright, hope it goes well for him, thought he was unlucky to not stay with leinster.

Cheers

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Rob Russell has just signed for Gloucester. He looks decent from the few clips they’ve posted. Any good or not?

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Not sure about that last “tackle” from Steward at the end but thought Tigers deserved it overall.

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Scaramouche wrote: ↑Fri Jun 06, 2025 9:51 pm
bimboman wrote: ↑Fri Jun 06, 2025 9:23 pm Miles Reid should tour.
Such an under-rated player.

Offers far more than the (vastly over-rated) Barbeary.

Made 21 tackles and only came on at half time, he’s quality.

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bimboman wrote: ↑Fri May 23, 2025 9:34 pm How Spencer is losing caps to Randall is another scandal.

Or JVP

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Awful decision

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Unbelievable from Savea. Great to see Tom Savage putting it in at his age, wish he was still with us.

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Yep. Our front 5 has been good in the scrum and woeful elsewhere, and we have 1 twelve fresh out of the u12s in his breakout season. But even with that, at least you have had an attacking style of play. Even our established quality players have been regularly playing dreadful stuff. Reset required....

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Nah, I think glaws are a pretty quality side. They weren't really at the races yesterday and quins back row didn't allow them much, but they've looked the best attacking side in the league for a lot of the season. Sure bath have scored millions of tries but they are just a mega physical side and no...

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Nah, I think glaws are a pretty quality side. They weren't really at the races yesterday and quins back row didn't allow them much, but they've looked the best attacking side in the league for a lot of the season. Sure bath have scored millions of tries but they are just a mega physical side and no...

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This is pathetic by Gloucester They've had this kind of performance in them all season. There's a soft underbelly in that squad, and heads drop when they go behind. They shipped 40 to Bristol and 50 to Bath early in the season, and they took three absolute hidings in the Parker Pen. Take that freak...

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Porter
Sheehan
Stuart
Itoje
McCarthy
Lawes
Conan
J Willis
Mitchell
F Smith
Lowe
Tuipolotu
Jones
Freeman
Kinghorn

Genge
George
Furlong
Beirne
T Willis
Pollock
JGP
Daly

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We’ve missed 6 conversions as well, this is shocking from Chiefs.

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I'd rather neither ford nor Marcus went, bit of a waste of time. Oscar Beard possibly. Will Evans should but won't given his size. Northmore should go as a 13 but he's been messed around too much at 12. Also rather not bother with Underhill, slade, Daly, but they'll want experience I guess. I would...

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Time to start thinking about the summer tour. Assuming Itoje, Mitchell, George, Fin Smith, Freeman, Tom Curry, Earl, Chessum, Stuart, Genge will be on the Lions tour, and that Martin, Lawrence and IFW will be rested on injury grounds, who do you think should be on the tour to Argentina ? Who can fo...

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Scaramouche wrote: ↑Sat Apr 19, 2025 10:46 am Is Wade going back to Glos? The press reports mention a short-term contract at Wigan but no mention of what comes after.

Doesn’t look like it. Gloucester have just said he’s leaving at the end of the season with the clubs best wishes.

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polyallstar wrote: ↑Fri Apr 18, 2025 4:43 pm Christian Wade signs for Wigan Warriors RL once Gloucester season is over, interesting move

Not that bothered to be honest. Grabbed some headlines with the two hat tricks against Bristol but other than that has been very average.

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At least they are looking at a fairly radical change. It’s totally unsustainable at the moment. Whether the 57 old farts and the cabal of selfish owners can actually pull it off is another thing entirely. Yep, something has to give. With the exception of a couple of sugar daddy maniacs the clubs ca...

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