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Christ, I hope not. He is not a good 12. After many hours' reflection, I still cannot see a redeeming reason for calling Farrell up. There is no good playing reason for it, with far better options as a 12/midfield cover (Jordon, Steward, Dingwall etc) if that's why he's in. Not that we need another ...

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Hartley maybe? Leach is a fighter though... and if no one else... This is the crux of the issue there is no obvious candidate Leach, Hartley, Ahmed all have significant negatives others - Liam Dawson is probably next best, but he's 35 - Bethell has a decent off break, but as a frontline spinner (or...

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Wasn't it 2009 last time the kiwis got this upset about a so called French "c" team? Carisbrook? Bottles thrown at the French after the loss? One of my all-time favourite tries from one of my all-time favourite players https://youtu.be/zGcdjenXlLk?si=1jinKX8k3BwD9Fyj Just going through the thread, ...

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Advantage to India, even if just because we are batting last, the pitch is showing signs of crumbling and they have Jadeja, as well as Bumrah, to make some use of that.

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Cricket has been dying in the UK since I were a lad. Somehow it survives... Private schools and Asians. White State school kids don't play anymore White state school kids haven't played for decades. We got a term a year and it was a minority, and mine was a grammar school. County championship crick...

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No love for the League 2 play-off finals here? Wimbledon going up! Story for the old-fashioned, non-monied corners of the association game.

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Bonk seems to have disappeared too, unless you're a very tired cyclist.

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Looking at the other options he could easily be in the test 23. Lowe, Freeman and Keenan nailed on to start at 11, 14 and 15 if fit. After that it's wide open. It really isn’t barring injury + Farrell loves a centre at 23 One of either Kinghorn or Keenan start with other on the bench, I’d have King...

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Graham and Ben Curry both v unlucky in my view. The latter was the best English flanker across the 6Ns and covers ground and jackals better than his brother (and others), which will be key against Oz in Oz. I'd also like Faletau there as a proper 8 and late-game leader. Ford instead of Marcus Smith....

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at least 4 into the starting 15 off the top of my tete:

Ofwood
Roadrunner
Ramos
Alldritt
either Meofana or Fickou

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Mulleh wrote: ↑Sat Apr 05, 2025 5:24 pm Trump spending over 12 hours on the golf course the past 3 days alone.

Cant beat that work ethic

Man of the people

4-hour rounds? Given he’s American, I’m pretty impressed he’s that quick.

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Quite, he was was bloody good either at full back or wing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZPZLnA_HWc Could feel that from here!!!! Rogers could never surf without pain after that, bent part of his rib-cage. To Rogers's credit, he bore him no ill-will for the tackle. Ruffling his hair after running...

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RodneyRegis wrote: ↑Mon Mar 31, 2025 8:11 pm Who was the lad who could play anywhere along the back line to a better standard than any of the incumbents but never ever got picked?

Tom Croft

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I remember Delon Armitage being quite good, expected him to have a long stint at 15 but he was injury-prone then he effed off to France iirc. Foden was good at kick returns, but not great at the full back basics. Alex Goode wasn't solid under the high ball. Lewsey had some strong games at 15, but w...

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Lewsey was a very good player. and often underrated. I preferred having him at FB than Robinson (and Robinson at 11) when both were playing. But I rate both May and Watson v highly, something had to give, and it wasn't going to be Robinson. Strange that we've not had an all-round FB since Lewsey at...

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Intervening years I would have Sheridan in over Woodman. You have to keep Johnson at 4! that's iconic. What's Tindall doing at 6? Originally went with Sheridan, but Woodman was better around the field. Perhaps would go with Sheri against der Bomb Squad for his sheer strength. Re Itoje, was counteri...

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No version of Billy V was better than Dayglo, nonsense Or back if you move them around for that matter. 6 curry 7 back 8 hrhr 6 hrh 7 back 8 dallaglio 6 hrh 7 curry 8 dallaglio Billy doesn't get a look-in. I'm a massive Dayglo fan but at his peak, Billy was far more explosive. HRH and Curry can loo...

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I'll have a go, though difficult to look past most of the '03 team as they seem so totemic: 1. Woodman 2. Thompson 3. Vickery 4. Itoje 5. Shaw/Johnson 6. HRHRH 7. Curry, T. 8. Vunipola, B. (early version) 9. Bracken 10. Wilko (v early Cipriani would be controversial choice) 11. May 12. Greenwood 13...

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I'll have a go, though difficult to look past most of the '03 team as they seem so totemic: 1. Woodman 2. Thompson 3. Vickery 4. Itoje 5. Shaw/Johnson 6. HRHRH 7. Curry, T. 8. Vunipola, B. (early version) 9. Bracken 10. Wilko (v early Cipriani would be controversial choice) 11. May 12. Greenwood 13....

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Scotland spoiled very well, slowing down our ball for most of the match. The irony is that at least twice, we cleared out too quickly, giving room for the Scottish counter-ruck to turn over the ball before Mitchell (or Spencer?) could spin it out.

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Cheers. I still think Launch was dropped or passed over after injury far too early. He was a fantastic hard-work lock, if perhaps a little heavy in the lineout. Just didn't look flashy or hard and did look exhausted even before he'd sung an anthem.

A shame about our exiles o'er the water.

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Has Launchbury finally stopped playing? And what's happened to Ribbans?

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I'm with Dawn and Fatcat on this, so they must be right.

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And I think Bracken had as good a pass as Smith. Stringer’s was excellent too. He’d give Smith a few tips.

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One key factor when comparing DuPont to 9s elsewhere is the different role the French expect from their scrum half. Le petit general- whether DP, Parra or whoever - is more of a playmaker so doesn’t just fire laser passes from the scrum or ruck then move on to do the same again, or box kick to order...

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Chessum Earl Willis This backrow has it all. (So would Hill over Chessum but he won’t pick Hill) No, we need to pick Curry. The ultimate full 80-minute dynamo player, who can do the full range of flanker duties. Just play Tom in the first half, Ben in the second, make them wear the same shirt and d...

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He reminds me of Thomas Muster when he was the world #1 in tennis but only played on clay. Let me quote PR for you. Scroll through the comments section of social media posts which Dupont is the subject of and you are almost certain to find comments from South Africans stating that he is ‘overrated’...

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Quite bold to pick Chessum in the squad, given that he hasn't played a minute of rugby in 3 months. Not least because Martin has been out since December with a knee injury... A strong tigers bias throwing in Heyes as well. Quick count by club. Bath 3 Briz 2 Exeter 1 Gloucs 0 Leicester 5 Newcastle 0...

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Where are you? Leafy Cheshire Cheshire - lovely!!! So poms don’t say ‘mate’ anymore? They definitely did when I lived there and I only lived a few minutes away. Mate is used as a generic title more down south in England, either between friends or (more rarely) as a safe title for someone you've jus...

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madman wrote: ↑Thu Dec 12, 2024 7:02 pm lawrence Dallaglio won the world cup playing 7s and 15s,

Named him above. First international appearance was in the 7s WC wasn’t it? The Dallaglio charge and all.

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danny_fitz wrote: ↑Thu Dec 12, 2024 4:34 pm
Nieghorn wrote: ↑Wed Dec 04, 2024 4:48 pm
Keith wrote: ↑Wed Dec 04, 2024 9:58 am Sharpe is the greatest TV series of all time
Would be better if they had a budget for more extras.
The Waterloo episode looked like pub carpark dust up.

Sounds realistic. They would have all been drunk.

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2003 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 05, 2024 10:20 pm A band no one has mentioned yet is The Who.

Ive always loved them but barely hear anyone mention them anymore

Collectively, a good challenge to Jagger for stage presence (so I'm told).

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The Quarrymen. Lord knows what happened to them.

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The Beeb's report on the second day contained a chart of the top batsman by average runs in overseas tests. Of the top 14, 8 are English, which surprised me. It implies that it is harder to bat in England than elsewhere. Or certainly that it used to be, as of those 8 only 2 (Brook and Chris Broad) p...

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Tony Blair

Pontius Pilate
Which leads me to the other side of this coin: those who have been found guilty of things they didn't do. I'll start with Judas Iscariot.

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PS. Best Tarantino-related film is True Romance.

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Anyhoo Shane is the best western ever made (new topic, go) Old Western or Modern Western? Unforgiven is superb, but it's quite different from the heyday of spaghetti westerns like the Dollars Trilogy or older ones like Shane. It only exists because of the success of the previous ones. Young Guns fo...

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https://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=229314 The Russian military has assembled a significant force of 50,000 soldiers, including over 10,000 North Korean troops, as preparations are underway for a major offensive aimed at reclaiming territory seized by Ukraine in Russia's Kursk region. This ne...

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NATO is a defensive organisation Serbia would like to have a word Fair enough, one instance, though it was an intervention and not an invasion. NATO never had any intention of taking another country. You will no doubt argue those are semantics; after all, Russia would say they are intervening in Ea...

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