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- Wed Apr 10, 2024 5:42 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: LRZ
- Replies: 423
- Views: 18117
Re: LRZ
I’ve always thought this. Especially a two on one situation. Guaranteed TD It’s known in football that a hook-and-ladder play (forward pass to receiver, then lateral, or as we would call it, pop-pass to on-rushing other receiver) is almost automatically high-yardage when executed. https://youtu.be/...
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 9:36 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread
- Replies: 45614
- Views: 2989847
Re: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread
If I were Southgate, I’d start (assuming fitness): Pickford Walker - Stones - Gomez - Shaw Rice - Bellingham (box to box role) Saka - Maddison - Foden - Rashford (if in form, ‘so more likely Grealish) Kane Only issue if Rashford is not on form, which speedster is piling on past pivot-Kane (a la Son)...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 2:35 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rob Baxter to World Rugby, Stop messing with the scrum and maul
- Replies: 105
- Views: 1515
Re: Rob Baxter to World Rugby, Stop messing with the scrum and maul
Pretty sure England made their fans more happy in the last two games than the previous dour 18. Rugby is a game that deserves to be played positively. Under the current laws. Define "positive" throwing it about endlessly like Super Pacific Rugby, which doesn't seem to be faring that well with crowd...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 12:29 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: LRZ
- Replies: 423
- Views: 18117
Re: LRZ
While we're comparing the sports, it's always intrigued me why the lateral pass is not used more in NFL. Videos of last-action plays, usually from college football, are highly entertaining. Is it as simple as the risk of dropping a ball being passed is too high? As far as I've understood, it's a pl...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 10:59 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: LRZ
- Replies: 423
- Views: 18117
Re: LRZ
While we're comparing the sports, it's always intrigued me why the lateral pass is not used more in NFL. Videos of last-action plays, usually from college football, are highly entertaining. Is it as simple as the risk of dropping a ball being passed is too high?
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 10:28 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rob Baxter to World Rugby, Stop messing with the scrum and maul
- Replies: 105
- Views: 1515
Re: Rob Baxter to World Rugby, Stop messing with the scrum and maul
While I agree generally with Baxter that the laws are changed far too often, scrums are a blight, for the professional game at least. Getting rid of the hit should get rid of time wasted setting and resetting scrums while keeping it as a scrummaging contest. Just have the front rows engage first, w...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 9:57 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rob Baxter to World Rugby, Stop messing with the scrum and maul
- Replies: 105
- Views: 1515
Re: Rob Baxter to World Rugby, Stop messing with the scrum and maul
While I agree generally with Baxter that the laws are changed far too often, scrums are a blight, for the professional game at least. Getting rid of the hit should get rid of time wasted setting and resetting scrums while keeping it as a scrummaging contest. Just have the front rows engage first, wi...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 12:42 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread
- Replies: 45614
- Views: 2989847
Re: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread
2018 - Southgate got the most he could out of a mediocre squad by the standards of good teams, with goals largely made from set-piece. Remember the love train? Southgate (imo) did that by making them enjoy and be proud to play for England, a contrast to previous cohorts. Still let Croatia into the ...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 2:08 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: DUNE 2:OFFICIAL THREAD
- Replies: 274
- Views: 24517
Re: DUNE 2:OFFICIAL THREAD
You’ve never had that pov? Not lived.triplebogey wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2024 4:02 pmThe first person view of riding the sandworm was like nothing I've ever seen basically.
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 1:52 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Baltimore bridge has collapsed.
- Replies: 95
- Views: 3457
Re: Baltimore bridge has collapsed.
Top right? The top right of your standard risk matrix is the outcome from something with severe consequences that is almost certain to happen. https://safetyculture.com/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwp-website.safetyculture.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2023%2F12%2F5x5-Risk-Matrix.png&w...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 1:40 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread
- Replies: 45614
- Views: 2989847
Re: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread
My mistake, just remembering Kane’s miss on his second of the night. It was terrible. Watching the highlights reminded me that England did not get the run of the whistle that game. General points still stand. I’d take Southgate over any of Taylor, Hoddle, Keegan, McLaren, Eriksen, Capello, Big Sam, ...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 1:18 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Jeremy Guscott v Manu Tuilagi - who was better?
- Replies: 88
- Views: 2375
Re: Jeremy Guscott v Manu Tuilagi - who was better?
Lol. Guscott 30 tries in 65, Manu 18 in 60. For a lot of his career guscott was scoring 3 in 5. His record stands up against pretty much any centre in any era. Manu not so much. From my memory him and Carling were kind of underutilized playing outsid e Rob Andrew who wasn't the most creative fly ha...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 12:47 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread
- Replies: 45614
- Views: 2989847
Re: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread
2018 - Southgate got the most he could out of a mediocre squad by the standards of good teams, with goals largely made from set-piece. Remember the love train? Southgate (imo) did that by making them enjoy and be proud to play for England, a contrast to previous cohorts. Still let Croatia into the g...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 12:47 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread
- Replies: 45614
- Views: 2989847
Re: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread
2018 - Southgate got the most he could out of a mediocre squad by the standards of good teams, with goals largely made from set-piece. Remember the love train? Southgate (imo) did that by making them enjoy and be proud to play for England, a contrast to previous cohorts. Still let Croatia into the g...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 11:38 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: post 6N Lions
- Replies: 47
- Views: 2213
Re: post 6N Lions
Porter Sheehan Fagerson Itoje McCarthy / Martin Curry vdF / Welsh kid Earl White Russell vdM Aki Jones Graham Keenan Assuming fitnes… Its going to look nothing like this. You are scottish i presume. Id be amazed if Fagerson,Curry,VDF, White, Aki, Jones, Graham were there in a years time. Doris has ...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 9:08 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: post 6N Lions
- Replies: 47
- Views: 2213
Re: post 6N Lions
Porter
Sheehan
Fagerson
Itoje
McCarthy / Martin
Curry
vdF / Welsh kid
Earl
White
Russell
vdM
Aki
Jones
Graham
Keenan
Assuming fitnes…
Sheehan
Fagerson
Itoje
McCarthy / Martin
Curry
vdF / Welsh kid
Earl
White
Russell
vdM
Aki
Jones
Graham
Keenan
Assuming fitnes…
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 8:48 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread
- Replies: 45614
- Views: 2989847
Re: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread
Owen Yes, I remembered him last night. In his prime maybe the bet of the lot?? That's a pretty decent list of strikers though in fairness to England. Never had a 20+ league season so not in the conversation as their best Heskey. More seriously, depends if you mean English or England. If you mean th...
- Sun Jan 14, 2024 11:05 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Can the scrum be saved?
- Replies: 157
- Views: 23538
Re: Can the scrum be saved?
Puma’s anecdotes do not suggest a rise in injuries. And if you can get rid of the hit, that would help speed up the formation stage at top levels (with all the extra weight/forces) especially. I like the idea of the front rows binding on each other first with second and then back rows to bind in aft...
- Thu Jan 11, 2024 8:20 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Players Underrated by other countries fans
- Replies: 94
- Views: 10639
Re: Players Underrated by other countries fans
And I’d add Michalak to the list. Was there any non-Frog who was not pleased that their back row could run through him? Whereas he encapsulated everything about wonderful French elan, and did if from 10 rather than 9, which they are used to and I still don’t understand.
- Thu Jan 11, 2024 8:13 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Players Underrated by other countries fans
- Replies: 94
- Views: 10639
Re: Players Underrated by other countries fans
Will Greenwood. Trevor Woodman. Joe Launchbury. I’d agree with Dempsey, and add DOC, Neil Jenkins and several Scottish backrows from the past decade. But as I’m neither Irish, Welsh nor Scottish, perhaps this is self-defeating. Greenwood, no way - superb, cerebreal player Woodman, maybe - but only ...
- Wed Jan 10, 2024 11:50 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Players Underrated by other countries fans
- Replies: 94
- Views: 10639
Re: Players Underrated by other countries fans
Will Greenwood. Trevor Woodman. Joe Launchbury.
I’d agree with Dempsey, and add DOC, Neil Jenkins and several Scottish backrows from the past decade. But as I’m neither Irish, Welsh nor Scottish, perhaps this is self-defeating.
I’d agree with Dempsey, and add DOC, Neil Jenkins and several Scottish backrows from the past decade. But as I’m neither Irish, Welsh nor Scottish, perhaps this is self-defeating.
- Tue Nov 28, 2023 1:08 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The OFFICIAL filum thread 2.0.Accept no substitues.
- Replies: 9246
- Views: 972620
Re: The OFFICIAL filum thread 2.0.Accept no substitues.
Not a War film fan then? I wouldn’t say that. I’ve seen loads but only the great escape and damn busters from pre 70s times. Goodness! So you’ve not seen any of the great WWII submarine films? Run Silent, Run Deep? Or The Enemy Below? I’m sure that there must be the greater part of the best war fil...
- Wed Nov 01, 2023 11:17 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 112636
- Views: 7586346
Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
Sorry, quite right. I meant Vickery.Short Man Syndrome wrote: ↑Wed Nov 01, 2023 10:45 pm Woodman was a loosehead.
edit: while doing some research, I discovered that the Beeb also know f-all about rugby front rowers, even great England players: https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/66896371
- Wed Nov 01, 2023 11:14 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 112636
- Views: 7586346
Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
Name an all-time great English tighthead prop. Or better still name five. Woodman, White, Leonard, Cole, 2019 Sinkler. Jeff Probyn remains the best scrummaging tighthead England have ever had. Maybe not so much in the loose, but he'd mangle anyone in the scrums, even today. I was trying to make the...
- Wed Nov 01, 2023 9:47 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 112636
- Views: 7586346
Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
Why are you making that point though? What is the point of your point? That a historical England strength has seemingly suddenly become a weakness. What's your point? Name an all-time great English tighthead prop. Or better still name five. Woodman, White, Leonard, Cole, 2019 Sinkler.
- Wed Sep 13, 2023 11:24 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Bell-end XV
- Replies: 176
- Views: 5087
Re: Bell-end XV
Left wing? Nominally , but he showed his best form on the Right Though many thought him a bit of a flanker? F’ing narcissistic hypocritical shallow piece of shite. Made for being head of the RFU rather than a player. He would also claim to have been a hardcore fan who can remember watching from beh...
- Wed Sep 13, 2023 5:20 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Sound fcuker XV
- Replies: 135
- Views: 3440
Re: Sound fcuker XV
Seconded. For wearing Barnstaple 2nds socks, if nothing else.
- Tue Sep 12, 2023 5:53 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Players that are always selected but you don't know what they do
- Replies: 11
- Views: 566
Re: Players that are always selected but you don't know what they do
Who are some players that are always selected but you're not sure exactly what they bring? They appear mediocre or anonymous, but they must be contributing something to keep getting picked....? England has a few, but this is Charlie Ewels to a tee. Also Will Stuart from the current squad. Youngs No...
- Wed Aug 09, 2023 10:05 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread
- Replies: 45614
- Views: 2989847
Re: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread
Top 4
City
Liverpool
Toon
Arsenal
Relegated
Wolves
Luton
Sheff Utd
Top scorer
Haaland
Flop
Nkunku
Sack race
Incoming Wolves manager
City
Liverpool
Toon
Arsenal
Relegated
Wolves
Luton
Sheff Utd
Top scorer
Haaland
Flop
Nkunku
Sack race
Incoming Wolves manager
- Wed Jul 26, 2023 5:32 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Children of successful sports people who have succeeded in a different sport
- Replies: 88
- Views: 2723
Re: Children of successful sports people who have succeeded in a different sport
as do Miguel Angel and Rafael Nadal.
- Wed Jul 26, 2023 5:27 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Children of successful sports people who have succeeded in a different sport
- Replies: 88
- Views: 2723
Re: Children of successful sports people who have succeeded in a different sport
Not quite father/son, being uncle/nephew, but as they each won a World Cup in their respective sports, George and Ben Cohen deserve a mention.
- Tue Jun 20, 2023 11:29 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The *Official* 2023 Ashes Thread
- Replies: 2808
- Views: 50370
Re: The *Official* 2023 Ashes Thread
Question; the longer the delay goes on for, does that make it more and more unlikely the team chasing wins, and begins to favour the draw or bowling team result more? On balance, the team bowling. Less time means that the batting team don't need to worry so much about seeing the day out to reserve ...
- Wed May 31, 2023 1:17 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 112636
- Views: 7586346
Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
you mean, like Staying Alive?
- Fri May 26, 2023 9:49 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Interesting Trivia
- Replies: 197
- Views: 10638
Re: Interesting Trivia
St Patrick - not born in Ireland.
- Fri May 26, 2023 3:41 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Interesting Trivia
- Replies: 197
- Views: 10638
Re: Interesting Trivia
The common vole managed to migrate from continental Europe to the Orkneys without stopping off in Britain.
- Thu May 25, 2023 2:31 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Interesting Trivia
- Replies: 197
- Views: 10638
Re: Interesting Trivia
Almost all barcodes in the world have three sets of bars (a double line) that extend down further than the rest: one at the start, one in the middle and one at the end. The various sets of bars are specific to and denote a certain number. The double-line bar set is for the number 6. Revelations 13: ...
- Tue May 23, 2023 3:36 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Interesting Trivia
- Replies: 197
- Views: 10638
Re: Interesting Trivia
Salmon skeleton is made up of bones (like ours), sharks skeleton are made up of cartilage. Showing the the common ancestor for human and salmon was more recent.. Does that mean most fish are closer to humans than sharks? Actually I remembering hearing it mentioned that in terms of categorising crea...
- Mon May 22, 2023 6:15 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Interesting Trivia
- Replies: 197
- Views: 10638
Re: Interesting Trivia
Similarly, I believe that sea levels on the east of a body of water are usually slightly lower than on the western side, due to the earth rotating and natural inertia in the water.
- Thu May 11, 2023 9:09 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: War in Ukraine...
- Replies: 53703
- Views: 2353925
Re: War in Ukraine...
Brian Berletic is pretty good: https://www.youtube.com/@TheNewAtlas/videos No he is not, he just spouts anti Western shyte. Just like people who get into a frenzy with Mercouris and Ritter, ignoring the fact nothing they say is true and none of what the comment on ever actually happens The last Mer...
- Thu May 11, 2023 8:44 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rugby Could have been the world sport
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1190
Re: Rugby Could have been the world sport
Btw, I’m annoyed everyone - England fans particularly - have ignored my Hoof-bait; Hoof himself even more particularly.