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The Sun God wrote:
Jake wrote:it is a seriously brilliant piece.

Graham Simmons, ex Sky.
Has he left SKY...?

We can live in hope...

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Is Anthony Watson fit? He didn't play for Bath at the weekend. Scotland pose a serious threat so having pace off the bench would be useful. JJ has to start for me. Watson was the travelling reserve for England, wasn't released back to Bath for the game. Ah. That'll explain it then! I'd rather him t...

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theo wrote:Is Anthony Watson fit? He didn't play for Bath at the weekend.

Scotland pose a serious threat so having pace off the bench would be useful.

JJ has to start for me.

Watson was the travelling reserve for England, wasn't released back to Bath for the game.

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I'm lead to believe the touch judge was from dorking and also the player who pushed him over after 'words'. Not sure that is correct if my recollection of Dorking's club colours is correct. Looks like the Chichester flanker punched the Dorking touch judge (can he be called an assistant referee if h...

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I'm lead to believe the touch judge was from dorking and also the player who pushed him over after 'words'. Not sure that is correct if my recollection of Dorking's club colours is correct. Looks like the Chichester flanker punched the Dorking touch judge (can he be called an assistant referee if h...

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Too lazy to do the digging myself but what was the reason for McGrath benching behind Healy against Italy? Was it just squad rotation, minor injury or summat else? Rotation. Joe probably desperate to get Healy back to his 2013 form, so can't blame him Fair enough, I thought it might be something li...

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Too lazy to do the digging myself but what was the reason for McGrath benching behind Healy against Italy? Was it just squad rotation, minor injury or summat else?

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Bullettyme wrote:And only Goode is still playing. Fancy that.

I think even Andy Goode has called it a day.

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Mercer's a good prospect but let's not go overboard about him, he looked really good at u20 level and he's done well in his appearances for Bath so far but he's nowhere near the physical levels for international rugby yet. Give him a season or two to fill out a bit more first and see whether he can ...

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By his standards it was. I'm not saying he was a catastrophe or anything but Daly made a couple of really important tackles while out of position, while JJ made a couple of small but telling mistakes in addition to the ones he got right. However I think this is at risk of making too much out of a m...

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Nieghorn wrote:Was that man with the water for Gits formerly with England? Looks familiar.

Paul Stridgeon = ex England fitness coach and heading to NZ with the Lions

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Did Stade report back on the quality of the Romanian Pizzas?

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The fact that it remained so tight until the last fixtures meant numbers were boosted. Strange line to include. Typically the games are sold months in advance and I can't remember attendances dipping if a team has nothing to play for. It's not like the tournamet has an element of "turn up on the da...

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Are Sarries trying to bulldoze Falcons - Itoje and Rhodes on the flanks? What with Skelton in the second row, that's some serious beef they're putting out.

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Phredd wrote:Wow another 8k people to freeze to death on a cold wet matchday.

It might be worth having a look at the plans for the stadium:

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It's probably a competition between the Rec and Kingsholm for the poorest pitch at the moment - both look poor compared to the likes of Franklin's Gardens.

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theo wrote:They should put a synthetic pitch down while they're at it.

I'm not sure they would be allowed to due to the Summer use of the Rec for cricket.

Pitch isn't quite as bad as it used to be for drainage but it could still be better.

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No problem

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Has anyone ever used the Enterprise Investment Scheme or the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme? Looking at both to raise some funds for the business. They look fairly straightforward but wondering if anyone has any experience of them We have used EIS for a number of clients - key is to make sure th...

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Has anyone ever used the Enterprise Investment Scheme or the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme? Looking at both to raise some funds for the business. They look fairly straightforward but wondering if anyone has any experience of them We have used EIS for a number of clients - key is to make sure th...

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Has anyone ever used the Enterprise Investment Scheme or the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme? Looking at both to raise some funds for the business. They look fairly straightforward but wondering if anyone has any experience of them We have used EIS for a number of clients - key is to make sure th...

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may be down to their respective ages, Roko at 29 isn't going to have an especially long shelf life relative to Yarde at 24. I'm a little biased but think Roko has more ability to beat players one on one and would like to have seen him with another opportunity. Can't see either of them in the team co...

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Amazed Itoje has dropped off the radar for a number of posters so quickly. Given his form over the last year, the second row is him plus AN Other (Gray the younger being the prime candidate for me). Wouldn't have Itoje in the back row, Stander, Faletau in contention at 6 with Billy at 8 (fingers cro...

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Homer a candidate for England?! :? He's ok at club level, but has never looked like a future international to me. I don't think Homer is first choice fullback for Bath let alone a full international. With the bulk of the players available, I would expect Watson to be at fullback, Banahan and Roko o...

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Homer a candidate for England?! :? He's ok at club level, but has never looked like a future international to me. I don't think Homer is first choice fullback for Bath let alone a full international. With the bulk of the players available, I would expect Watson to be at fullback, Banahan and Roko o...

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danny_fitz wrote:
duke wrote:What's the Admiral Nelson at Whitton like these days? Not been there for a couple of years but used to be a reasonably good watering hole for those of use coming in from the M3.
North of the A316 mate, wouldn't know.

And there was me thinking the Thames was the only boundary that mattered

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What's the Admiral Nelson at Whitton like these days? Not been there for a couple of years but used to be a reasonably good watering hole for those of use coming in from the M3.

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having S Burger at 7 instead of J Burger is such an enormous upgrade in attack for Sarries, Schalk loves getting his hands on the ball whereas I've seen stats in the past where Jacques carried the ball once all game I'm obviously biased but I'd say Schalk Burger (along with maybe Picamoles) has bee...

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Marsh, Bob Taylor, Boucher and Healy in the middle

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Can he play 12? Because thats what Bath are massively missing, not a 13 or wingers. I guess you mean can he play 12 the way you would want him to play. Not really. Given that Bath pretty much have the current England incumbents at 12 , 13 and 14 I'm surprised they have signed an outside centre or w...

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Can he play 12? Because thats what Bath are massively missing, not a 13 or wingers. I guess you mean can he play 12 the way you would want him to play. Not really. Given that Bath pretty much have the current England incumbents at 12 , 13 and 14 I'm surprised they have signed an outside centre or w...

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Was I imagining it when he got sat on his backside by Attwood early doors yesterday?

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Has he moved on from Bournemouth? Last I heard he was coaching there.

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JJR wrote:
duke wrote:That was the disallowed try from recollection, wasn't it?

Yes it was disallowed but Brown didn't know that before he ushered Foley over the line.

The reason I mentioned it was because Brown was having to cover for Burrell who missed Foley in the first place due to the obstruction.

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That was the disallowed try from recollection, wasn't it?

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I have a Garmin Edge for cycling which does the basics well and has no issues picking up satellites and recording my rides. Where I have had problems in the past is in downloading routes to it which have caused it to crash, I had to do a factory reset to get the machine working again. I'm not sure w...

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You'd be surprised how good he'd look with players of that quality around him. He's the best goal kicker in the world since Wilkinson which any team would covet. I'm sure the team would still look good, but even though he's perhaps one of the best kickers in the world (would still take 1/2p in fron...

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Do not go gently into that long night, rage, rage against the dying of the light

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There's no great mystery to it, there just isn't a high-performance rugby culture in Hants (or Dorset/Wilts for that matter). People play for fun and those who fancy at crack a high-level rugby either tend get themselves a scholarship to one of the rugby public schools and get into a club academy o...

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Davestar wrote:
Molesworth wrote:
Davestar wrote:
SecretAgentMan wrote:
Molesworth wrote:In a fairly ridiculous coincidence, my school's two most famous Rugby Alumni (who played for England) were both called Richard Hill.

BWS - when?

1995-2002

Just found out the Beast went to BWS as well.

You missed the legend that was David Egerton off your list...

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