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- Mon Oct 19, 2020 3:22 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread
- Replies: 37805
- Views: 1646274
Re: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread
I am starting to think this might be one of those seasons where a team nobody thought had a hope of winning the PL might actually do it. Maybe it might be worth putting a bet on someone like Everton to actually do it. Just imagine the Liverpool supporters if Everton had to do it. :lol: :twisted: Ev...
- Mon Oct 19, 2020 12:25 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread
- Replies: 37805
- Views: 1646274
Re: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread
COME ON WEST HAM :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: That was earnt by West Ham. That wasn't a collapse. I've watched them do this at Arsenal as well. Seriously hard working and awkward team to face. They. Just. Keep. Coming. I agree. They've made big improvements this season. A little more firepower and...
- Mon Oct 19, 2020 12:20 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Untrustworthy Saffas slink away from RC
- Replies: 500
- Views: 9322
Re: Untrustworthy Saffas slink away from RC
There is 35 weeks until the Lions tour is scheduled to start. 9 rounds of European rugby, 24 rounds of English rugby, 6 Autumn internationals, and whatever happens with 2021 6N. How could anybody expect the Lions tour will go ahead as planned?
- Sun Oct 18, 2020 1:48 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Australian rugby TV deal thread
- Replies: 192
- Views: 3991
Re: Australian rugby TV deal thread
Rather than get mangled up in the SR thread, this one is a bit of clear air to focus on this particular subject I like the look of this news. Possibly getting the footy on free-to-air. https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-union/rugby-australia-looks-to-strike-rights-deal-with-nine-20201008-p56386.htm...
- Sun Oct 18, 2020 12:36 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread
- Replies: 37805
- Views: 1646274
Re: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread
Badly needed win for United. Rashford a lot better as striker. He was very good this evening. Mata i think was the difference. A lot more creativity tonight. Newcastle very poor. Just sat back and didn't put any pressure on United Mata had instant chemistry with Bruno when he joined. They fit each ...
- Sun Oct 18, 2020 12:31 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Australian rugby TV deal thread
- Replies: 192
- Views: 3991
Re: Australian rugby TV deal thread
You might be the only bloke in Australia getting value out of Foxtel. Surprised you have the requisite time for all that. After sport I watch a couple of movies a week, and thats it. I don;'t watch much TV at all, but when I do I watch mainly Foxtel. I think you need to get rid of it and find shows...
- Sun Oct 18, 2020 12:27 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Australian rugby TV deal thread
- Replies: 192
- Views: 3991
Re: Australian rugby TV deal thread
I'm not wedded to Rugby staying on Foxtel, they have taken Rugby for granted for years and treated it like a 3rd rate sport. But at least they cover all of the Rugby, SR, all tests, the RC, 6N, NZ Mitre 10 Cup etc. As a Rugby fan they provide all the content I want. I will have to pay more under th...
- Sun Oct 18, 2020 12:17 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Australian rugby TV deal thread
- Replies: 192
- Views: 3991
Re: Australian rugby TV deal thread
Foxtel sure aren't doing anything for the game. I'm not wedded to Rugby staying on Foxtel, they have taken Rugby for granted for years and treated it like a 3rd rate sport. But at least they cover all of the Rugby, SR, all tests, the RC, 6N, NZ Mitre 10 Cup etc. As a Rugby fan they provide all the ...
- Sun Oct 18, 2020 12:14 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Wallabies Fans, any positives from the game?
- Replies: 47
- Views: 1036
Re: Wallabies Fans, any positives from the game?
Probably play with one less Fijian winger next time out.
- Sun Oct 18, 2020 12:11 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Australian rugby TV deal thread
- Replies: 192
- Views: 3991
Re: Australian rugby TV deal thread
Foxtel sure aren't doing anything for the game. I'm not wedded to Rugby staying on Foxtel, they have taken Rugby for granted for years and treated it like a 3rd rate sport. But at least they cover all of the Rugby, SR, all tests, the RC, 6N, NZ Mitre 10 Cup etc. As a Rugby fan they provide all the ...
- Sun Oct 18, 2020 12:10 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Australian rugby TV deal thread
- Replies: 192
- Views: 3991
Re: Australian rugby TV deal thread
Saturday evening FTA game into every household in Australia, and subsequent access to the sponsors that delivers. Fans would still need to subscribe to Stan to follow their team. So it's not really a FTA sport, it's still a pay per view sport like it currently is. It's a lot more access to the comm...
- Sun Oct 18, 2020 12:04 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Australian rugby TV deal thread
- Replies: 192
- Views: 3991
Re: Australian rugby TV deal thread
It would - but so is the gap between $285m and $150m. What value is BSKYB or equivalent? Given the likely revenue knock anyway the 10 option is marginally more likely to grow the game (there is no mention of NRC, Origin etc so not sure how grass roots this is) vs. Foxtel etc. I think this value in ...
- Mon Jul 27, 2020 7:54 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Stephen Jones call for Fiji to be suspended from Rugby
- Replies: 45
- Views: 2804
- Mon Jul 27, 2020 7:40 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Wallabies 2020 thread
- Replies: 2440
- Views: 43288
Re: Wallabies 2020 thread
Tate has to start at 9, and it can't be JOC at 10. He is a hardy little bastard, but he cannot orchestrate a backline. Toomua at 10, JOC at 22. Simone will offset a lot of Toomuas limitations, and you're much more likely to get some fluency in the backline.
- Thu Jun 25, 2020 8:58 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The lockdown and mental health
- Replies: 15
- Views: 795
Re: The lockdown and mental health
Mine is better. No pressure to do anything.
- Thu Jun 25, 2020 8:39 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Japan RWC was a massive success
- Replies: 126
- Views: 3107
Re: Japan RWC was a massive success
RWC should only ever be played in near perfect weather conditions, and should be moved to the best time of year depending on where its being hosted.
- Thu Jun 25, 2020 8:10 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 441136
- Views: 16512476
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
You'd be foolish to write off any of the older Irish players. All class, and they've had a huge break to rest their bodies that they've basically never been afforded before. I expect Sexton, Murray, and POM to return to something like their previous best after all this.
- Thu Jun 25, 2020 7:28 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread
- Replies: 37805
- Views: 1646274
Re: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thre
I watched a decent bit of Bundesliga football while the PL was off and it's clearly a better league without crowds. The technical ability of players even down nearer the bottom of the league is far better most teams outside the top 4 or 5. La Liga is boring as fcuk with no crowds also. I enjoyed Bu...
- Thu Jun 25, 2020 7:20 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Game Reviews
- Replies: 8145
- Views: 546812
Re: Game Reviews
Nah, it was good for a while, and then was just super samey and boring.matta25 wrote:Disagree. I loved The Last Jedi.Al Davis 2 wrote:
Star Wars was turrible tbh
- Fri Jun 19, 2020 8:25 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Favorite beers (for when the rugby is on) - Official thread
- Replies: 2719
- Views: 237359
Re: Favorite beers (for when the rugby is on) - Official thr
I just stocked up with a shedload of heavy Dark beers for the Solstice - it looks like the event will run in July now which is good as the pubs are open properly. I've been buying way more cases than I ever have but realise, I'm spending less... It's still weird going into a pub in Sydney. Had a Sc...
- Fri Jun 19, 2020 5:25 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Favorite beers (for when the rugby is on) - Official thread
- Replies: 2719
- Views: 237359
Re: Favorite beers (for when the rugby is on) - Official thr
i meant the sour beer options were much stronger as in better/more varied, but didn't proofread!! still does work to a certain extent. glad you're well, although i can only shudder in horror at the thought of your original accent mixed with however many years of WAs!!! Ah there are lots of options ...
- Fri Jun 19, 2020 5:23 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Favorite beers (for when the rugby is on) - Official thread
- Replies: 2719
- Views: 237359
Re: Favorite beers (for when the rugby is on) - Official thr
Dark Beer festival at my local this week. Last night I had a 6.7% Chili stout from Ballistic , a 7.5% Violet Crumble stout from Dainton, a 9% Barrel-Aged stout from 8 Wired and the finisher was a 15% Jule Mælk by To Øl... That's another one of my locals. That beer is tasty as all hell. Keep an eye ...
- Thu Jun 18, 2020 7:09 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Attn: Boredies and Lurkers - can you take 2 mins to help me?
- Replies: 52
- Views: 2015
Re: Attn: Boredies and Lurkers - can you take 2 mins to help
Update on this.
The quantity and quality of the responses is more than I hoped. Thanks to everyone who took the trouble. Especially the lurkers!

The quantity and quality of the responses is more than I hoped. Thanks to everyone who took the trouble. Especially the lurkers!

- Thu Jun 18, 2020 7:04 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Favorite beers (for when the rugby is on) - Official thread
- Replies: 2719
- Views: 237359
Re: Favorite beers (for when the rugby is on) - Official thr
Was chatting to my local brewer last weekend when I picked up this week's supply. Although he'd only started about 12 months ago, he'd managed to get a pretty good foothold in the local pubs - enough so that he was making a decent living. But he's actually seen his business more than quadruple duri...
- Thu Jun 18, 2020 6:47 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 441136
- Views: 16512476
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Its the opposite of a captain abandoning ship. I've returned to go down with the ship, as your glorious leader.
- Thu Jun 18, 2020 3:53 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Amazon's Middle-Earth series
- Replies: 65
- Views: 2385
Re: Amazon's Middle-Earth series
What he did was create an amazingly rich universe filled with intrigue. TBH if they made a TV show about the goings on of Tom Bombadill I would definitely watch it. As long as they stick to the high fantasy style and don't try to make it something with more mass appeal, it'll be good.
- Thu Jun 18, 2020 3:50 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 441136
- Views: 16512476
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
The annoying/weird thing about Connacht is they haven't been able to produce some raw gigantic humans. Those are the types of guys who usually come from outside the traditional pathways, like Tony Buckley/John Hayes/Donnacha Ryan/Tadgh Furlong. There must be, by the laws of averages, some absolutely...
- Thu Jun 18, 2020 3:44 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Favorite beers (for when the rugby is on) - Official thread
- Replies: 2719
- Views: 237359
Re: Favorite beers (for when the rugby is on) - Official thr
Was chatting to my local brewer last weekend when I picked up this week's supply. Although he'd only started about 12 months ago, he'd managed to get a pretty good foothold in the local pubs - enough so that he was making a decent living. But he's actually seen his business more than quadruple duri...
- Thu Jun 18, 2020 3:41 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Favorite beers (for when the rugby is on) - Official thread
- Replies: 2719
- Views: 237359
Re: Favorite beers (for when the rugby is on) - Official thr
It is. They need to do better with sours, though, like a lot of places. I'm a sour drinker 12 months of the year, and they almost never have something I want to pick up.MungoMan wrote:it is.mr bungle wrote:Garage Project is one of the best breweries in the Universe.
- Thu Jun 18, 2020 3:38 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Amazon's Middle-Earth series
- Replies: 65
- Views: 2385
Re: Amazon's Middle-Earth series
I won't watch it. No chance it will successfully transfer fron the source material If it was faithfully transcribed from the source material, it would be total and utter poo. You can't read any Tolkien and think "This was perfectly done, and no improvements could possibly be made." Its a rambling m...
- Thu Jun 18, 2020 3:30 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Teelings
- Replies: 236
- Views: 14246
Re: Teelings
So it seems a lot of the japanese stuff isn't actually whiskey at all. You'll have to elaborate. If you mean not aged three years and a day in the cask, that's only a requirement in Ireland and Scotland. There is no requirement for that in Japanese law. Bourbon by law in the US is only one year in ...
- Thu Jun 18, 2020 3:28 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Teelings
- Replies: 236
- Views: 14246
Re: Teelings
Elitest nonsense. Plenty of blended whisk(e)y is banging value for money. I'd go so far as to say that its easily better value than anything else on the market at the moment.Hellraiser wrote:
No blend is, particularly Jameson.
- Thu Jun 18, 2020 3:25 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Amazon's Middle-Earth series
- Replies: 65
- Views: 2385
Re: Amazon's Middle-Earth series
I won't watch it. No chance it will successfully transfer fron the source material If it was faithfully transcribed from the source material, it would be total and utter poo. You can't read any Tolkien and think "This was perfectly done, and no improvements could possibly be made." Its a rambling m...
- Thu Jun 18, 2020 3:19 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 441136
- Views: 16512476
Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
You seem to be labouring under the misapprehension that I won't fight you.Floppykid wrote:If Murray & POM don't rediscover top form after this, they're totally done.
- Tue Jun 16, 2020 9:37 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Bored Legends /Hall of Fame
- Replies: 284
- Views: 9948
Re: Bored Legends /Hall of Fame
fudge off, noob.Joost wrote:Must’ve missed that; story?SFBB wrote:I wish I could go back to that day. Absolutely excellent outcome.Farva wrote:I miss Gunners and his hair not getting him a root.
I also miss SFBB bailing Brumbieman out of prison.
- Tue Jun 16, 2020 9:35 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Bored Legends /Hall of Fame
- Replies: 284
- Views: 9948
Re: Bored Legends /Hall of Fame
I wish I could go back to that day. Absolutely excellent outcome.Farva wrote:I miss Gunners and his hair not getting him a root.
I also miss SFBB bailing Brumbieman out of prison.
- Sat Jun 09, 2018 7:24 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The new rules of pub etiquette.
- Replies: 182
- Views: 10348
- Sat Jun 09, 2018 5:44 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Official Match Prediction Thread
- Replies: 19
- Views: 862
Official Match Prediction Thread
I’ve looked into my crystal ball, and I’ve seen the future. NZ 42-12 France France will come out of the blocks flying, but will only get one try I’m their dominant first 20 minutes. NZ will then take control in the middle 40, scoring 6 trys. France will score a late consolation try. Australia 15-25 ...
- Fri Jun 08, 2018 11:35 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Achtung Citizens of Melbourne
- Replies: 7
- Views: 675
Re: Achtung Citizens of Melbourne
He’s a shite referee too, but that’s besides the point. He’s brought some man-child cabbage to the games with him.
- Fri Jun 08, 2018 11:33 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The new rules of pub etiquette.
- Replies: 182
- Views: 10348
Re: The new rules of pub etiquette.
The issue with cash was that you'd always break a note each time you ordered so would end up with mountains of loose change, which would then get frittered away on God knows what (tramps, charity collectors, kebabs etc) whereas just paying contactless reduces this potential waste massively. It chan...