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Gatland: "He trained fully today. He felt his hamstring was a little tight on Tuesday. They didn’t think it was sprained. He’s probably just doing things a little quicker than he’s used to." That's Garland speak for "he's leg is hanging together by a thread and will snap off during the captains run"

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Surely Botham is a better option than Basham?
When is Tschunza due back? Height not be the Messiah but he at least has bulk, athletiscm and lineout ability. Wainwright, Reffel and Botham looks tiny but might be the best we can muster.

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I am sure Grady will be starting to gather interest too

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What you said. https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2RT4JBF/bordeaux-france-10th-sep-2023-bordeaux-france-september-10-luke-tagi-of-fiji-is-tackles-by-will-rowlands-of-wales-during-the-rugby-world-cup-france-2023-match-between-wales-and-fiji-at-stade-de-bordeaux-on-september-10-2023-in-bordeaux-france-photo-b...

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3rd ban for an English player in the space of what, 6 weeks? A month? It’s a pattern of behaviour. Player censure doesn’t appear to be modifying it. Perhaps a points deduction would encourage compliance? Dirty, cynical, cheap shot cnuts. What you said. https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2RT4JBF/bordeaux-fra...

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Don't know, never met him

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Lake has to start surely?
Agree re Wainwright, Basham to 8.

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Some great passes here. I rate this one highly, looks like a simple run of the mill pass but this one took bravery, Henson pops the perfect pass putting Shanklin in the hole and gets thoroughly wiped out by Tuqiri I think it is. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ypknmmOI2xE&pp=ygURR2F2aW4gaGVuc29uIHBhc3...

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Biggest waste of talent for Rugby Union was Jonathan Davies, he's at 10 for any union team.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rt4AIRMzJ2o

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Just checking to see if Pivac has been sacked yet.........

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:lol: , well if July to September isn’t representative of a whole economy what is. This will reverse quickly with construction workers about to face huge pay cuts. As I said I heard it on the news this morning for the year. Anyway the bottom line is the Tories have depressed public sector wages for...

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Top tips, don't sneeze, don't cough and....this one is crucial don't go over the bars on your next ride a month or so later and land on them again, hearing them crack again was.....disappointing

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MVDP pays a $1400 fine to go home and can't go back to Aus again....bet he doesn't f**king want to either! Are the Dutch cycling team a bunch of clowns, no security for MVDP here following the Olympics ramp farce... Bet MVDP will be happy to get back to Alpecin too

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Adams to 15, then Cuthbert and Zammit...not ideal but better than other options.

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. No recognition that some halfbacks are measured, dignified, statesman-like figures. The likes of Dr David Kirk, Nick Farr-Jones and Mike Phillips

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Jesus Christ, thought I'd watch the last few km of stage 2 Vuelta Burgos, what fuckwits thought a fast downhill with a speed bump 700m from the finish was a good idea, feel a bit sick now.

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Need to tech advice. My old bike that I had on my kickr core has finally packed in. I recently bought a new bike with a 12 speed 10-33T cassette. My old scrapper bike was a 12-28T so I need to change the cassette on the trainer. The problem is that I can't find a 10-33T cassette for love nor money....

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. Also, any update on Ofa? He looked like he was seeing stars after Aki clobbered him.

That should have been red too, how was it not even reviewed??

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Right boys were are going from the gun, Roglic you sit on Wouts wheel and Wout you force the break, blow UAE to bits early

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. 11. Josh Adams – Took his try well, but truth be told, Cuthbert once again showed that he can’t be left out at the moment. Before he went off, he was the best Welsh player on the pitch. Anywho, Adams is a great solid player, and proved it once again off the bench. 6/10 Adams looks like he was glu...

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I don't understand why teams like JV or Ineos are taking charge of leading the pack and allow Emirates a quiet break? Because they are f**king dumb, WVA wins his 240th stage, gains a 240 000 point lead in green jersey comp and they all lose more time to Pog...great. Should have just sat back and wa...

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Is there enough climbing to isolate Pog before the final climb today? Powder might be kept dry.
I think INEOS have to send someone away early and then sit in hoping that Jumbo have the sense not to help UAE chase

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Pogacar is unbelievable! 4 Ineos guys in the top 8 must give them some tactics possibilities to try and blow the race apart but Pogacar looks too strong and fresh. I haven't seen the stage but it seems that it was an unbelievable fast pace just the day after the cobbles and the day before the first...

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He's playing with our balls

https://youtu.be/E9p7xf42wM8

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Cross winds today would make it fun. I'd like to see Pog lose some time just to put him under pressure

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Tom Pidcock is going to be something special when he decides what it is he wants to do!!

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Yellow: Pogacar
Podium: Roglic and Martinez
Green: WVA
White: Pogacar
Polka Dot: Bardet
Stage 1 Winner: Ganna with MVdP as a cheeky outside bet

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Bernal riding the vuelta will be about as stupid as when Evanepoel did the giro as his first race post a big injury

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Kwiatkowski is out.

Is he, seemed to be going well on Strava yesterday!

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What's happened to Bernal and Carapaz? Focusing them on other Tours? INEOS Grenadiers THOMAS Geraint CASTROVIEJO Jonathan GANNA Filippo KWIATKOWSKI Michał MARTÍNEZ Daniel Felipe PIDCOCK Thomas ROWE Luke YATES Adam Bernal tt'd into the back of a bus and was lucky to walk again let alone ride, won't ...

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How the actual fudge did Jac Morgan or James Botham not get picked?

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I thought Cav had gone far too early, that was impressive. As was Pidcock in the MTB world Cup, completely destroyed the field in his first mtb race since Olympics.

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That's a valid criticism of his efforts to win the race on Sunday... ...but at the same time you don't want him to change how he races, because that's what makes him great to watch. If he were to revert to Armstrong/Skybot burn-off-the-competition-and-attack-late style racing, it would suck. True e...

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Pog is forcing it too much. He looks like a tour GC rider given a year off to do Flanders and is desperate to win. Compare his ride to MVdP, who sat back, let the race unfold and then pounced. Pog needs to accept he has to be prepared to lose in order to win. His big attack where he pulled back all ...

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Pogacar obviously recovered from Strada ok judging by his TT today

only beaten by Evanepoel and Ganna

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Jumbo Visma 1,2,3 Day 1 Paris - Nice. Laporte wins, Roglic 2nd, Van Aert 3rd That's absolutely sticking 2 fingers to the others. You have to seriously question the race smarts of both the other riders on the road and the DS of the competition. They were just so slow to read the situation. Race smar...

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Short Man Syndrome wrote: ↑Mon Dec 20, 2021 8:14 pm 1. Tom Smith
2. Fed Mendez
3. Adam Jones
4. Martin Johnson
5. Alun Wyn
6. Richard Hill
7. Richie McAwe
8. Scott Quinnell
9. Rob Howley
10. Jonathan Davies
11. Shane Williams
12. Scott Gibbs
13. Gav Nenson
14. Cau Cau
15. Christian Cullen

Henson to 15 and then Davies to 13...sorted

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Morne' Steyn His last minute penalty under pressure that clinched the B + I Lions Series some other Springboks ended World Rankings #1 therefore some great performances by Eben Etzebeth, Ox Nche', Frans Steyn and Siya Kolisi Springboks 7s 4-th consecutive tourney win J C Pretorius Olympics swimming...

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Though 6k a year doesn't seem like much.. I run almost that amount... did you mean 60k?

Michel Kaiakowski has only done about 35 000km this year and he's what you might called handy on a bike

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So when cycling increases massively deaths increase a bit, its a good news story twisted around to suit the "cycling is dangerous" morons. Oh and for those clueless dimmwits inhabiting this thread, watch this, focus hard and you might learn https://youtu.be/o9pmw2ckQSU I'm still in the protect myse...

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