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Can Scannell retire now please

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"not what you associate with a player of his quality"?

The two things anyone who watches rugby associates with Niall Scannell are not straight lineouts and knocking the ball on.

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CM11 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 04, 2026 1:16 pm
Conspicuous wrote: ↑Sat Apr 04, 2026 1:15 pm Shambolic from Munster , utterly shambolic . Don’t seem to have the heart or the wit
Tactics were awful.

It is obviously easier to play with a lead, but you just watch how Exeter slow everything down in the second half, and we have about 10 minutes total in play time.

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Just unimaginably awful. Kendellan just watching the bouncing ball off the lineout. No idea what on earth Casey is doing with that cocked up pass - just slow the bloody game down!!!!! So depressing and absolutely baffling Munster haven't had a Hooker who is up to European rugby (let alone able to co...

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Been awful by Munster. As much as Casey and Crowley made such a huge difference last week, they're joint game management this week with the wind has been properly awful.

Exeter being allowed to do great (not so legal) work slowing ruck ball, and the team isn't learning.

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Skiaddict wrote: ↑Sat Mar 14, 2026 11:06 pm Pollock had the high tackle? I never saw the replay

He f**ked up after winning the turnover (think he ripped the ball off DuPont) then with a minute left he tries to force an offload and turns the ball over.

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Quite funny that Pollock fucks it tbf

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Duuuuumb rugby there. France offside the whole time mind.

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Saint wrote: ↑Sat Mar 14, 2026 10:45 pm
ManInTheBar wrote: ↑Sat Mar 14, 2026 10:44 pm How could advantage for the penalty be over?
The ref changed his call from deliberate knock on to accidental

Yeah, seems like the TMO must have instructed him?

Looked deliberate to me. Of course TV director doesn't replay.

Then clear knock on off the restart.

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Definitely a deliberate knock on

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Itoje has had an excellent game

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I'd be very pissed if I was French at that last ruck

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Go a bit closer to the post Ollie ffs

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Guy Pepper suuuuuuuuuuucks

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I don't really think any team gets penalised for what France does based on the way the game is generally being reffed. But England definitely should be pissed they got a yellow when France didn't England have been penalised for that exact offence - lifters blocking the jumper - multiple times in th...

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Pepper should have done way better at that one ruck - the other England 7s all would have turned that over

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I don't really think any team gets penalised for what France does based on the way the game is generally being reffed.

But England definitely should be pissed they got a yellow when France didn't

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Crap communication, Brace wanted to see what Meafou does to the side of the maul.

TBF I think his right arm is bound.

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That defence was horrendous from France, school boy stuff

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England are playing better, but France's decision to not contest the ruck is letting England get really quick ball.

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Horrific defence again

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Who was the moron who flew out of the line?

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Your whole game is about territory and pressure, and you pick a lock at 6, and you don't compete at the first two lineouts.

f**king mad.

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One angle looked short, the other looked on the line. How the TMO says that definitively is just massive incompetence.

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Beirne robbed of another turnover there

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Mulleh wrote: ↑Sat Mar 14, 2026 4:47 pm Crowleys best game in green so far

As well as all the good stuff, I've loved the Bigger impression defensively and at the breakdown.

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Great by Timoney at the kick off

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Great multiphase there

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That was excellent by the 19 tbf

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Duff Paddy wrote: ↑Sat Mar 14, 2026 4:36 pm Really poor by Balacoune

He's hurt.

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Really good score, but definitely looked like holding on with Timoney.

And Ringrose can once again piss off.

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Duff Paddy wrote: ↑Sat Mar 14, 2026 4:26 pm Holding on

Deffo on Sheehan

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Awful by Ringrose

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Stop picking the ball up at the ruck like a moron Ringrose

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Nonsense call that

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We got lucky with the second score, TOB joins the maul ahead of the ball as he thinks Doris has it. That creates a bit of the confusion that allows Sheehan to peel off.

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Australia to Japan and back to NZ is annoying from a travel day perspective, but they'll all be flying in business class and they can pretty much stay on the same sleep schedule for the 3/4 weeks they are travelling. You'd also expect that the team that plays Japan will be second string - and I woul...

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I think that's a homer call, on his feet, but enters from the side

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Furlong was perfectly good 1st half until the try at the end. But was completely gassed by that point and offered nothing 2nd half. As I said in the match-thread, the reason that game was close was because (as well as their very welcome physical commitment) they won most of the aerial contest - or a...

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Why did JGP take that on his left boot? Baffling decision.

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