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As a chiefs fan I couldn't be less interested in the whole headdress nonsense However I would comment that the worried Waspies might be better served in terms of improving quality of life fretting about their club actively promoting gambling, given the casino on the premises, which has far more dele...

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Gulf in class today. Hopefully a big wake up call for a few Chiefs players and coaches. That really should be a huge lesson today. Pack went Ok by and large, but the backs let them down so often, they just ask too much of their forwards time and again. The quality of passing and decision making was ...

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Rupert Cox and excellent

not words normally associated together.

Him, Morris and Barnes were the reason ditched Sky

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or just stop dicking around with the laws every 5 minutes, stop the freeze framing of every incident, and just get on with the game and ref the clear and obvious, and accept that everyone makes errors, and that 80 minutes should be more than enough time to overcome the odd lapse. Post match analysis...

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It was the perfect denument to the game. Exeter were stupid throughout not kicking points in the first half, then scoring right in the corner at the end. Ref allowed a lot of stuff at the breakdown, which is fine, but it's not conducive to a good watch on a pitch like that in the rain As a chiefs fa...

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That was a shambolic finale. TBF Nig got there in the end Fair play to Nigel Owens, absolutely no panic and complete clarity about the time at the end as he discussed it with the TMO to ensure the right decision. Loved that: “Was time up?” “Technically yes” “I don’t want ‘technically’, you slopey-sh...

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that is all

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From a chiefs pov I'm gutted Saracens aren't there.

Would have been a great way to finish them off once and for all.

Same tactics for Racing I'm sure. Run them off the park. Should at least make for an entertaining final, unlike that dreadful first semi.

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Lenient whilst at the same time blowing up for 35 penalties.

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I wouldn't pay money to watch a single GP game so far since the restart.

All ruined by the whistle. Monday's ref meeting could be a long one.

Really hope all parties can get their arses in gear asap, as the game is unwatchable at the moment

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Rob Baxter is a good bloke. marked contrast to Gustard gesticulating in the stands. Right result, even if ref did over compensate for his howler in the final 5 mins. Chiefs got lucky all game at scrum time, so can't really complain about the ending, even if a few calls look harsh. We are severely w...

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I know its Sarries and so everything should be a death sentence, but this is clearly a proportionate punishment for a minor and inadvertent infraction I'd have some sympathy if it were in isolation but no-one can believe anything these ***ts do is unintentional other than getting caught. Keep in mi...

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ScarfaceClaw wrote:You won’t see Farrell drop many like that in his career.

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Simmonds has allegedly been told he has no international future by EJ. Actually a poor reflection on Jones, as the backrow is all about balance, and the role Simmonds was given was not balanced. He did as well as most others would have done, and has since proved himself more than capable against a l...

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Saracens v Leinster with two well rested teams will be fantastic.
Hopefully the TMO won't be there, as he was not the most balanced in that final quarter.

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"Not a bad replacement" says that idiot Sanderson after Billy goes off, as as to glout.

Can we speak to him again please BT

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Because now Leicester won’t go down. Tigers are a proper club Who've cheated the cap too, oddly when they were good Cheating seems endemic in the English game - Saracens, Bath, Leicester, Harlequins... It’s why Barf fans in particular shouldn’t take the high ground, if similar punishments had been ...

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EverReady wrote:I've taken from that Stephen is dying. Goodnight sweet prince

Definitely a recipient of some of the "Wray foundation money for the mentally unwell"

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All the idiots tweeting they are going screw the league by throwing matches against everyone but Exeter.

They've already lost once to them, so at worst we're talking a 5 PT swing in a season.

Absolute clowns.

Their club is irrelevant. Time to start getting used to that fact

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It wasn't worth the wait. What a pile of shite. :roll: This is the end of Saracens, the greatest club team ever stephen jones A ridiculous end to a nonsensical process, which will leave plenty of people much the worse for it So Saracens are officially relegated. Perhaps we should first look at rugby...

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exactly, then no one gets promoted...[/quote]
Good news. With Flybe about to go to the wall, it’ll make away fans trips to the Islands very difficult.[/quote]
Newcastle are the only team to have suitable facilities for the premiership, no?[/quote]

Leeds do.....[/quote]

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A reminder that these guys are all at Sarries: Mako Vunipola, Jamie George, Vincent Koch, Will Skelton, Maro Itoje, George Kruis, Nick Isiekwe, Billy Vunipola, Elliot Daly, Ben Spencer, Richard Wigglesworth, Owen Farrell, Alex Lozowski, Duncan Taylor, Nick Tompkins, Sean Maitland, Alex Lewington, B...

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A reminder that these guys are all at Sarries: Mako Vunipola, Jamie George, Vincent Koch, Will Skelton, Maro Itoje, George Kruis, Nick Isiekwe, Billy Vunipola, Elliot Daly, Ben Spencer, Richard Wigglesworth, Owen Farrell, Alex Lozowski, Duncan Taylor, Nick Tompkins, Sean Maitland, Alex Lewington, B...

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There is no reason why they would be permitted to negotiate their own punishment unless the product itself was in danger rather than 'just' one of the ingredients. Their leverage cannot have been limited to their own activities IMHO. Of course not. Bath would be just as f**ked if it all came out in...

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Double wrote:
fatheralice wrote:What happens if Jersey were suddenly to get a few B+I Lions loaned for the rest of the seaon, and win the Championship?!
Probably not a great deal, given that Jersey's facilities could charitably be described as a garden shed with a large lawn.

exactly, then no one gets promoted...

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Anyway. Good riddence to Wray. He ran out of friends a while back, but had the audacity to think he could bully his way out of the mess he made. The other directors such as Nick Leslau should be held to account too. Seriously think he should be setting up fund for players and staff financially distr...

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What happens if Jersey were suddenly to get a few B+I Lions loaned for the rest of the seaon, and win the Championship?!

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This is very odd on a number of levels, not least given how emphatic Sarries were about now being in compliance only two months ago . All very depressing The Q and A reply Saracens posted back in November mentioned above looks pretty damning for McCall. Will the Club now be forced to sell players t...

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Saracens were under the cap "salary wise" No sh1t sherlock You'd have to be pretty fckin retarded to submit a wage bill to PRL that added up to beyond the £7M + credits cap. Not sure the cap manager would need to do much forensic work to press auto sum at the bottom of that spreadsheet :roll: This ...

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Doubt the players will leave. They'll get paid out in full in championship. Still eligible for Eng, and will probably prolong their careers through an "easy" year. Not sure about the comments re championship side must meet salary cap to be promoted. That is true that the team for the promoted season...

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Players will be able to be paid their agreed wages if they are relegated, as there is no cap in the championship.

Maybe the players have stood their ground? Would be a good time to do it given where we are in the RWC cycle.

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Matt Gallagher any use? Apparently coming to Munster IQ Yeah, he's decent, not getting a whole pile of gametime, and I get the impression that the club sees Malins as the future at full back, rather than Gallagher. Fun fact: His dad is a former All Black. Would seem an odd player to offload though ...

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I just edited my post. I didn’t count older players who are uncapped and have qualified on residency grounds - like Steenson for example. Why not? You could just as easily not count Charlie Matthews. He's never going to play for England. If anything, he's doing more harm to up and coming young Engl...

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as stated further up

EQP is EQP

. It is a fairly silly status, no doubt, but it is what it is.

Very little point calculating % EQP in a squad, and drawing conclusions, when your starting point is wrong.

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I took a look at the lineups for Round 8 and the EQP numbers look like this: Saracens: 13 starters 6 bench Bath: 11 starters 7 bench Harlequins: 11 starters 3 bench Northampton: 11 starters 2 bench Leicester: 10 starters 4 bench Wasps: 10 starters 3 bench Exeter: 10 starters 7 bench Gloucester: 8 s...

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So we're really going to count 37 year old Kiwis as EQP now. Ok. :uhoh: Eqp is eqp. My point was more that you'd already been told that your figures were wrong for 2 teams. Yet still try and peddle the same nonsense figures. Get all your numbers right, then maybe I'll argue the merits of counting 3...

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So we're really going to count 37 year old Kiwis as EQP now. Ok. :uhoh: Eqp is eqp. My point was more that you'd already been told that your figures were wrong for 2 teams. Yet still try and peddle the same nonsense figures. Get all your numbers right, then maybe I'll argue the merits of counting 3...

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Given the absences and last minute withdrawls for Exeter, and a very disrupted training week, 3 points away at Glasgow is not a bad return at all. Poite was shambolic. Managed to call just about every decision wrong which is quite some feat! Neither team had a clue what he was wanting. The Nowell pe...

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He said shoulder with no force, i.e.he got it totally wrong only debate on the Gibbons elbow was whether it was low or mid-range entry point. Deliberate point of Elbow to side of the head I'd argue is mid range. Poite needs to retire. If he misses it fair enough, but to review, and come up with com...

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Points deductions are very possible this season, if they are found to be in breach before the end of the season - hence the mid season audit. However, the final cap spend can't really be calculated until the end of the season, when all the credits and bonus payments etc are totted up, so more likely...

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