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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/2020/05/06/rfu-working-plans-no-scrums-tackles-shorter-matches-post-lockdown/ Can anybody copy and paste this? Top tip to get round the telegraph paywall - reload the page, the whole page will briefly appear, hit ctrl+A to copy all, copy and paste to word (or...

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This was so popular in the 80s. I just watched and admit I sniggered now again but Jesus. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjI5VNAevsw In a bout of nostalgia the other day I watched porridge. Obviously a lot of the views are out of date, but the general comedy remains quite amusing Yeah, i still enj...

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Pretty sure I played against Semesi Rokoduguni when he played low-level southern counties rugby for Lytchett Minster (the nearest team to the army base where they were posted, who basically had a Fijian backline for half the season!) - that was a long and painful afternoon :uhoh: Probably played aga...

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Umbro made some decent England shirts back in the day - wouldn’t mind a more ‘classic’ design

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Decent player and everything, but it's strange to see an AB captain who wouldn't be a near-automatic pick in a world XV - assume he has some captaincy credentials at SR level that elevate him (like a Blackadder or a Thorne)? Sam Cane would be picked in any team Maybe not at 7, but he's the sort of ...

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Decent player and everything, but it's strange to see an AB captain who wouldn't be a near-automatic pick in a world XV - assume he has some captaincy credentials at SR level that elevate him (like a Blackadder or a Thorne)?

Joost

This was so popular in the 80s. I just watched and admit I sniggered now again but Jesus. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjI5VNAevsw In a bout of nostalgia the other day I watched porridge. Obviously a lot of the views are out of date, but the general comedy remains quite amusing Strange how some ...

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Pulp Fiction was his best, it was a masterpiece. The man is a genius - he has three films that belong in the top ten greatest Hollywood films list- Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction and True Romance (we know). Kill Bill was shit Inglorious bastards was shit but had one of the best opening scenes ever Dj...

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I thought that contentious Bruce Lee scene set up the finale nicely. In reality, no way is a bar brawling stunt man laying a finger on him, but then this is a fairytale after all... Really liked Pitt’s character; probably QT’s best since Hans Landa (and one of BP’s best film roles). Think he was pa...

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Burns to Japan, Goode (loan), Matthews and Kruis also possibly to Japan (the latter having been on the books for quite some time). https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/article-8279389/Player-exodus-begin-England-fly-half-Freddie-Burns-seals-Toyota-Shokki-Shuttles.html Would be a real shame ...

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Robert Förstemann at hooker!

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This is it. The club men are wrong as well. I genuinely believe test rugby has a Wimbledon like status, People see Rugby internationals as an event to go to. They aren't interested in following the game. People follow their football club and will happily watch Test Rugby, Wimbledon, a big athletics...

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Rocking up to the uni rugby team during freshers week and concluding that almost to a man they were the biggest shower of c*nts on campus. An observation subsequently shared by many at universities across the land. You aren't kidding. Absolute tossers the lot of them. Just one massive clique with f...

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I recall being the only one (on the bored, anyway) to say in about 2012 that Jonathan Joseph was a perfectly good defender at 13 and that selecting him there for the Saffa tour wouldn’t be an issue - everyone else thought you needed to be a big guy to defend at centre (a hangover from the sort of th...

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German efficiency eh? Who'd have thought!

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People would rather watch paint dry. Someone needs to make this clear to the players, (or at least their Agents), & clubs ! I've banged this drum for a while - it has been clear for years that rugby has massive delusions of grandeur. Christ knows how they get sustained by people who play in front o...

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Still think that Aus backline from the ‘99 RWC is the best and most complete I’ve seen

Burke
Tune
Herbert
Horan
Roff
Larkham
Gregan

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O'Gara at 360 (or even 260), that's got to be an error? Former Olympic Gold Medalist Michael Johnson was able to bench press 220kg when he was in his prime. I find no reason not to believe that Ronan O'Gara was benching about 140kg more. He's got the pecs for it. Nah. A quick google says 315 pounds...

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I have bought the book based on a couple of Twitter posts and reviews - not started on it yet but it looks an interesting read. It has been likened to John Daniell's book on life at a French club. Confessions of a Rugby Journeyman ; great book May give this one a look too "Mercenary" in case anyone...

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duke wrote:I have bought the book based on a couple of Twitter posts and reviews - not started on it yet but it looks an interesting read. It has been likened to John Daniell's book on life at a French club.

Confessions of a Rugby Journeyman; great book

May give this one a look too

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forum.dogfacedbisexualcabals.com

Should attract like-minded people

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Remember Genge being quite vocal before the covid situation about club hypocrisy, expecting and demanding player loyalty while not looking after injured or retiring players in return. Get what he's saying about the RPA though; how can you have a players' union that's funded by the RFU and Premiershi...

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Shame AWJ will be too old for the Lions tour next year; would’ve been good material for a room-mate video diary

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You watch some of the skills and pace Cipriani could put on at all levels and it's real shame. Why and how did he fudge things up so badly? Was he really that toxic in camp/a total partyboy waster and/or were coaches just unfair on him? Attitude i guess. If Farrell or Sexton had that ability with t...

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What a player Larkham was; always seemed to have all the time in the world on the ball and had a very low error count for an ‘attacking’ 10 (which usually is just code for ‘can’t kick and fudges up half of the stupid 50:50 sh!t they try’) Also, for a guy who looked like a bunch of twigs tied togethe...

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Just finished re-reading Parting Shots and the follow-up The Spanish Ambassador's Suitcase Both are collections of 'First Impressions' and 'Valedictory' dispatches by various British ambassadors from the latter part of the 20th century, setting out their views of the countries they were posted to an...

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Lee Byrne at fullback. Very good at leading with the knee or boot when jumping for high balls, and very good at injuring other players. Didn't he break Thom Evans' neck with his crotch? Indeed. And knocked out Southwell with a kick to the head. https://www.rugbydump.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/0...

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Bit of a position change for McRae, who was a 10 or 15 - he'd have got his arse handed to him in the second row! A lot of one-off incidents in that team, I'd be more tempted to go for serial offenders... 2 - Dylan Hartley (though tbf there will be a lot of competition at hooker) 4 - Danny Grewcock (...

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Was Corbs called up late? Healy injured his ankle in one of the tour games and missed the tests. Maybe that's when Court got his callup. From memory, he was injured that 6N and wasn’t going to be fit in time for the start of the tour, but was an injury replacement (for Healy?) and made the tests. H...

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Jake wrote:Alex Corbisero v Aus, 3rd Test.

4th choice LH, rated below Tim Payne (!) produces MoM performance in clinching test.

You what!?

Corbisiero was first choice for England by then and Payne (whose last game for England was 3 years prior) wasn’t on the tour!

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Jonny Wilkinson - 2011 RWC Pool game vs Argentina - surely the only time in his career where he couldn't hit a barn door!

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Darryl Marfo. Called up to the Scotland squad in the 2017 AIs after a succession of injuries left us with our first 4 LHPs unavailable. Started three games. Won v Samoa and Australia (latter by a record score) and lost narrowly v NZ (the one where Hogg looked to be in for the try at the end). Got f...

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Nick de Luca 43 caps I think the entire Scottish backline from 2003 until about 2015 (with the exceptions of Hogg and Patterson) could make this list. Some serious deadwood there. I never rated Sean Lamont, he just struck me as a big lad that wasn’t particularly fast but tried to bully opponents. T...

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I didn't get the fuss about Heart of Darkness tbh - wonder if it's one of those books that seems more significant when it's studied in its historical context (the savagery of colonialism in the Congo etc) but the psychological aspects of it didn't seem that thought-provoking or groundbreaking. It's ...

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c69 wrote:ROG SA 2009

The irony being that him not pulling out of a tackle for the first time in his career lost us that game

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Lot's from the Robinson-Ashton-Johnson era I think. Tom Wood. I never understood his appeal to coaches. Seemed to be touted as a future England captain by Lancaster, a shame he wasn't very good for his 50 caps. Matt Stevens. Always seemed to be a sub who was going to be a first team starter. It nev...

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I always though Geoff Parling looked like the unlikliest international ever. Looks like the lad sitting outside your local shop begging for coins with his mangey dog: https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/A61D/production/_104352524_geoff_parling_getty_aus2.jpg Unfortunately in his appearances...

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We should probably rename this the 'looks like Tarzan, plays like Jane' XV thread

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It’ll pass. We had mayhem in the supermarkets on Thursday and Friday but it has settled down now. Try to use online delivery or click and collect. It's easier to get the quantities you want if you are prepared to go early. Online rationing is pretty stark Not here it isn’t. You sound like a prepper...

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happyhooker wrote:The french prop, 3 weeks!!

There was a suggestion Ritchie made contact with his eye area, which is what’s meant to have sparked that reaction - looking at the replays, you can see his point!

Assume that’s the end of Marler’s season then - really silly thing to do in hindsight!

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