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by message #2527204
Thu Mar 28, 2024 11:21 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Whats the wokest thing you ever read?
Replies: 27
Views: 446

Re: Whats the wokest thing you ever read?

AND-y wrote: Thu Mar 28, 2024 10:52 am If it is meaningless how is it "woke"? It's just word salad trying to sound smart for engagement I'd guess.

Well done on falling for and sharing it, super big brained of ya.
This is the wokest thing I've ever read.
by message #2527204
Wed Mar 27, 2024 5:33 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: LRZ
Replies: 241
Views: 11626

Re: LRZ

Louis Rees-Zammit signs with Roc Nation to boost NFL hopes
Former Welsh rugby union international aiming to land contract with NFL franchise after switching sports.
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by message #2527204
Wed Mar 27, 2024 5:23 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: 2024 U20 Rugby Championship
Replies: 12
Views: 310

Re: 2024 U20 Rugby Championship

Hippo pasture last time
by message #2527204
Wed Mar 27, 2024 3:37 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years
Replies: 181
Views: 2632

Re: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years

Did I just read that kicking the ball away is the problem with test rugby? Difficult to say. Not too long ago the Aussies and Kiwis did complain that the Boks were kicking too much, we need to see ball in hand attacking rugby all the time. No time for any of the other shyte rugby stuff apparently. ...
by message #2527204
Wed Mar 27, 2024 3:22 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Baltimore bridge has collapsed.
Replies: 91
Views: 2473

Re: Baltimore bridge has collapsed.

Top right? I assume impact rises bottom to top of the matrix, possibility drops left to right. So the lowest possibility but highest impact. Edit I have been involved in risk planning where risks in that corner are mitigated on the basis that they may be incredibly unlikely, but if they do the impa...
by message #2527204
Wed Mar 27, 2024 12:18 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Women's 6 Nations 2024 thread
Replies: 116
Views: 2205

Re: Women's 6 Nations 2024 thread

Sarah Beckett will miss 3 6 nations matches. Next available for the france game. Have to say that's stupidly light and I hate mitigation. Especially when Sillari has a broken leg and will miss potentially the rest of the season minimum, maybe rest of the year and is one of Italy's best players. She...
by message #2527204
Wed Mar 27, 2024 12:15 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Mathieu Raynal Gooooone.
Replies: 15
Views: 567

Re: Mathieu Raynal Gooooone.

Have been very impressed with ben breakspear when I've seen him on a couple of occasions. :thumbup:
by message #2527204
Wed Mar 27, 2024 12:10 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Baltimore bridge has collapsed.
Replies: 91
Views: 2473

Re: Baltimore bridge has collapsed.

Top right?
by message #2527204
Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:20 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread
Replies: 45218
Views: 2957707

Re: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread

IF England do win, it will probably be in spite of him. Heard this yesterday - under Southgate, England have won 6% of games against teams ranked around them. Not entirely sure what “around them” means, but it’s probably teams ranked a few positions either side of them. 6%. How are England ranked 3...
by message #2527204
Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:03 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years
Replies: 181
Views: 2632

Re: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years

shanky wrote: Wed Mar 27, 2024 10:15 am So, that confirms the ‘no evidence’ thing, then
If you reduce the penalty for something - anything - it becomes more likely to happen. Just like the stupidity of 20 minute red cards.... And 1+1=2
by message #2527204
Wed Mar 27, 2024 10:14 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years
Replies: 181
Views: 2632

Re: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years

When points for tries are disproportionately valued above points for penalty kicks, you get more penalties and yellow cards. I’m guessing you don’t have any evidence for that conclusion. But it sounded good all the same If only there was a basis for comparison, e.g. a similar game where points for ...
by message #2527204
Wed Mar 27, 2024 9:14 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years
Replies: 181
Views: 2632

Re: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years

I am amazed that rugby was allowed to move beyond 3 point tries and to implement the card system. Oh, hang on ... no internet worriers(sic) back then. :thumbup: Yes. When penalties are worth the same as tries, you get better, more interesting rugby None of this dashing about, getting out of breath....
by message #2527204
Wed Mar 27, 2024 6:27 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years
Replies: 181
Views: 2632

Re: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years

So you are saying the game has evolved. I'm thinking that what you think they were intended to be, and what they were actually intended to be are worlds apart I am thinking Lineouts and Scrums were intended to be was to restart the game. I think lineouts have managed to keep their original intent p...
by message #2527204
Tue Mar 26, 2024 2:07 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years
Replies: 181
Views: 2632

Re: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years

Magpie26 wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2024 1:57 pm
message #2527204 wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2024 1:22 pm
Magpie26 wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2024 1:19 pm
I don't think many want to remove them, they just want them to be as they were intended to be.
We're way past that.
So you are saying the game has evolved.
I'm thinking that what you think they were intended to be, and what they were actually intended to be are worlds apart
by message #2527204
Tue Mar 26, 2024 1:53 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years
Replies: 181
Views: 2632

Re: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years

I can agree on this point. My assertion was the typical outcome. End of the day, I think held up is a good defensive play. But not worthy of the pressure let off. Others think differently, minds won’t be changed. So how would you reward this "good defensive play"? A 5m scrum, where they can kick th...
by message #2527204
Tue Mar 26, 2024 1:26 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years
Replies: 181
Views: 2632

Re: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years

The laws of rugby, and I read them the other day, specify differences in the amateur and professional games throughout the book. Really. Yep, there’s also a whole modified law set for “game on” to allow short sided contests without fielding a full team. So a different game then. There are modified ...
by message #2527204
Tue Mar 26, 2024 1:22 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years
Replies: 181
Views: 2632

Re: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years

The waiting around for another scrum is what makes rugby, rugby? 15% of the game is spent forming scrums - is this what makes rugby, rugby? What is it that makes rugby, rugby, if it’s not one team attacking with the ball while the other defends and competes for possession? Scrums. Lineouts. Rucks. ...
by message #2527204
Tue Mar 26, 2024 1:21 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years
Replies: 181
Views: 2632

Re: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years

No, at the professional level we want all those things to happen without delay. Sunday rugby is an entirely different conversation. It's the same fvcking laws, though. You can't change one without fundamentally changing the other. The laws of rugby, and I read them the other day, specify difference...
by message #2527204
Tue Mar 26, 2024 1:16 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years
Replies: 181
Views: 2632

Re: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years

The waiting around for another scrum is what makes rugby, rugby? 15% of the game is spent forming scrums - is this what makes rugby, rugby? What is it that makes rugby, rugby, if it’s not one team attacking with the ball while the other defends and competes for possession? Scrums. Lineouts. Rucks. ...
by message #2527204
Tue Mar 26, 2024 1:13 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years
Replies: 181
Views: 2632

Re: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years

League is shit, though. They think that turning union to the same shit by fvcking with the laws will somehow miraculously make their rugby-lite appear superior. I would not say league is shit, it obviously has its popularity in Aus and NZ. But what annoys me is that we are moving away from what mak...
by message #2527204
Tue Mar 26, 2024 1:10 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years
Replies: 181
Views: 2632

Re: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years

What's this? Be nice to non-neurotypicals week?
ADHDers are perfectly capable of hyperfocussing on the same attacking strategy a zillion times in a row.
by message #2527204
Tue Mar 26, 2024 12:56 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: LRZ
Replies: 241
Views: 11626

Re: LRZ

As an NFL fan, I’d be very happy if an English player was crushing their league. I know it’s not going to happen, but it would be cool, yeah. But you are a minority, NFL gets big crowds a couple of times a year but it's a tiny sport for the overwhelming majority of people in the UK. Earl, I’d say y...
by message #2527204
Tue Mar 26, 2024 12:48 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years
Replies: 181
Views: 2632

Re: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years

There is some very rose tinted views on the goal line dropout. It is supposed to stop pick and goes by forwards near the try line, but yet we still see tons of it. Teams are just getting better at recycling the ball if it is short. The game does not stop if we are near the try line. I thought that ...
by message #2527204
Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:41 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years
Replies: 181
Views: 2632

Re: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years

No, it's been elevated way above where it was. As has the maul. It's also no surprise that fans whose teams play conservative, boring AF rugby will fight tooth and nail to keep their boring AF rugby. We get it, but we also recognise that there is a time and a place for everything. Those who enjoy s...
by message #2527204
Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:26 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years
Replies: 181
Views: 2632

Re: Stupid laws world rugby have created in recent years

I like scrums but don’t think we need any more of them. It’s good when the players aren’t just standing around for half the game. It is the game. No, it's been elevated way above where it was. As has the maul. It's also no surprise that fans whose teams play conservative, boring AF rugby will fight...
by message #2527204
Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:36 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Baltimore bridge has collapsed.
Replies: 91
Views: 2473

Re: Baltimore bridge has collapsed.

Hawk97 wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:35 am
message #2527204 wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:33 am UK car insurance hike on the way, then.
Beeb says it took a while to fall... How are multiple people dead/injured? Off the boat?
On the bridge when it collapsed, I think?
'influencers'?
by message #2527204
Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:33 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Baltimore bridge has collapsed.
Replies: 91
Views: 2473

Re: Baltimore bridge has collapsed.

UK car insurance hike on the way, then.
Beeb says it took a while to fall... How are multiple people dead/injured? Off the boat?
by message #2527204
Mon Mar 25, 2024 1:29 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Why have Newcastle been so poor this season?
Replies: 28
Views: 1091

Re: Why have Newcastle been so poor this season?

They don't really sell though. They just shed players at the end of contract or even mid contract recently. There's no windfall from it as there's not a transfer market to speak of in pro rugby. This too. It's not even good business to invest in youth as it is in Wendyball. You reduce costs by inve...
by message #2527204
Mon Mar 25, 2024 1:26 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
Replies: 112282
Views: 7523505

Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread

DragsterDriver wrote: Mon Mar 25, 2024 10:34 am I think he likes JVP- but the lad definitely needs to be less of a bomb scare. Quirke is good but too fragile.
Raffi broke... But only once.
by message #2527204
Mon Mar 25, 2024 1:21 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: post 6N Lions
Replies: 47
Views: 1903

Re: post 6N Lions

that backline is basically all mercenaries/poaches- the lions should be british/irish players-do fans really want to see a backline of gibson-park,aki,lowe,vander merwe,tuipulotu ? would make the lions look ridiculous Europe has been a multicultural haven for many years. A team of w.a.s.p.s and gin...
by message #2527204
Mon Mar 25, 2024 1:20 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: post 6N Lions
Replies: 47
Views: 1903

Re: post 6N Lions

Last time I got very hot and bothered this far out from the Lions was 2004 when Ireland had a good year and the rest of the home nations were average to poor. A lot can happen (and did back then) in the intervening period. Given some of the ages of our players, it's likely we'll have less represent...
by message #2527204
Mon Mar 25, 2024 1:19 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 53167
Views: 2309650

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 message #2527204
Mon Mar 25, 2024 1:14 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Bath complete deal for Saffa lock.
Replies: 6
Views: 666

Re: Bath complete deal for Saffa lock.

Someone's bound to notice that Ba'ath are spending money like Saracens were a few seasons back... aren't they?
by message #2527204
Mon Mar 25, 2024 1:10 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: LRZ
Replies: 241
Views: 11626

Re: LRZ

I bet jiffy is glad there was no social meeja or wailingonline when he moved to league...
by message #2527204
Mon Mar 25, 2024 9:42 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Why have Newcastle been so poor this season?
Replies: 28
Views: 1091

Re: Why have Newcastle been so poor this season?

Ring fencing. They don't need to try.
by message #2527204
Sun Mar 24, 2024 10:34 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: post 6N Lions
Replies: 47
Views: 1903

Re: post 6N Lions

Is be amazed if curry isn't in there. My selection was based on 6N.
by message #2527204
Sun Mar 24, 2024 4:54 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Women's 6 Nations 2024 thread
Replies: 116
Views: 2205

Re: Women's 6 Nations 2024 thread

You'd love to say Italy are playing fantastically well.... But they're not
by message #2527204
Sun Mar 24, 2024 4:49 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Women's 6 Nations 2024 thread
Replies: 116
Views: 2205

Re: Women's 6 Nations 2024 thread

Didn't think Ward was held there, she certainly wasn't stopped. That red seems shit. Hardly dangerous by Beckett. I disagree. There was no tackle but she didn't try and get to her feet as required... Seen them given though. And Beckett went all croc roll straight on to her leg... England just playi...
by message #2527204
Sun Mar 24, 2024 4:30 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Women's 6 Nations 2024 thread
Replies: 116
Views: 2205

Re: Women's 6 Nations 2024 thread

Didn't think Ward was held there, she certainly wasn't stopped. That red seems shit. Hardly dangerous by Beckett. I disagree. There was no tackle but she didn't try and get to her feet as required... Seen them given though. And Beckett went all croc roll straight on to her leg... England just playi...
by message #2527204
Sun Mar 24, 2024 4:21 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Women's 6 Nations 2024 thread
Replies: 116
Views: 2205

Re: Women's 6 Nations 2024 thread

Passes are all going behind the runner

And now it's a red..