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This may seem implausible, and indeed I could have been mistaken, but I once saw a shot of him and his mates at the Oval watching some cricket. The camera lingered on him for about a minute, and I saw a pretty confident decent looking bloke drinking a pint and talking shit with his mates, who also ...

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I really wish I could just not care about Edinburgh anymore, but it makes me so angry to see the team I grew up supporting, that represents my hometown, be allowed to die such a slow painful death. Ditch the senile old twunt before christmas and get someone like Phil Smith in before the end of the ...

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Yes, that's the problem. Robshaw and Brown haven't had enough criticism. Everyone's always really nice about those two. You are relentless when it comes to Saracens. Your bigging up of Jamie George was one of the funnier things I've read on here, but your goalpost shifting when it comes to Farrell ...

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Was Farrell-Barritt-Tuilagi tearing New Zealand a new one a fluke? If NZ was our last game then I might side with picking Ford as the form selection from the Premiership. As it is, we need proven performers to stand up in our opener, which means doing away with the likes of Twelvetrees and Burrell ...

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Burrell touched the ball five times and knocked on, threw a forward pass or offloaded to nobody for four of them Man of the Match my arse :lol: should have been Fisher or Clark Kays' rather strange reasoning, was he was last man standing of the starting back line ! Falcons hooker would have been a ...

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Did I just hear correctly that this is the first time Leicester have been nilled in the premiership? Surely that can't be right? It's when they've conceded 20 or more or something along those lines. Anyway, what an absolute humiliation. How late were the centre withdrawals? Tigers were marmalised u...

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Slade and Hill for England.... All aboard! :D Devoto and Slade competing at 12, Tuilagi and Hill for the 13 jersey, I like the sound of that. Slade looks a very intelligent player - hope he doesn't turn out to be his generations' Allen, the glue that holds the club backline together, but not making...

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dt678 wrote:
dt678 wrote:
openclashXX wrote:and of course Twelvetrees gives away the final penalty of the game
He's been pants since ... a while now.
tbf it was Kvesic at the end there.

Correct, Kvesic, but a last chance play. Slade very classy, hope he has the physic for the next level. Ewers could be a beast as well.

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My approach has been simple - live in a wealthy area of a small, prosperous and safe first world country. Worked out well so far. Bingo. 1. Live in a nice neighborhood and avoid travelling to ghettos, dangerous neighborhoods, cities or countries. 2. Don't go out drinking on Friday or Saturday night...

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Quite a few positions are still wide open and could be decided on current form vs previous performances. Hooker - probably the most open of all in the forwards, each of the three main contenders have some drawbacks in their game and it likely to be whoever's in form and fit at the time. Don't rule ...

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Just seen the highlights now on ITV4. Ford was very good but Cipriani was stellar I must admit. I'd still pick Ford (personal preference) but Cips was shit hot with those highlights. Exactly the same here except I'd pick Cips over Ford. Ex-wasps bias. What a great advert this weekends rugby has bee...

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That Cipriani can shine in a losing performance is a big tick in his favour in my opinion. While Ford is excellent when things are going well I'm not so convinced about how he will stand up when they aren't, and when you're playing one of the SANZAR teams that is going to happen. Carter aside, no f...

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The LDH suggests Sarries will run rampant, they looked massively more settled, cohesive and on-plan. I reckon they'll have it by a score and a bit. Should be good though, Harlequins are an entertaining side to watch as a neutral when they click and Sarries always provide satisfying quantities of oo...

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So here we go again.. It is tedious and tiresome just how disgraceful Israel is.. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29122352 More hysterical defence of the indefensible on here by the usual suspects in.... 3-2-1 I'm in. http://elderofziyon.blogspot.co.uk/ You'll find all you need to debunk ...

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saffer13 wrote:
badmannotinjapan wrote:P.Div was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more entertaining.
Have you seen Meyer in the coaches box during games?

Yes and always think, ''God, I hope the paramedic with the defibrillator is handy''

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Watching from the sidelines I wasn't massively impressed with Strettle's performance yesterday. A couple of bombed chances (most notably an over-run support line from a Hodgson pass when it was a clear 2-on-1) and his tries weren't exactly flashes of individual finishing brilliance. To see him win ...

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Very interesting, thanks for posting No it isn't, its complete drivel written quite coherently by an 'academic'. It ignores the central fact that Sunni's and Shias have been murdering each other whenever they get the chance, for over 1.000 years. Occasionaly some western politicians get suckered in...

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Gloucester meh as usual. That's generous. Plus ca change. On a dry, hard pitch and an opponent allowing them a high tempo game and you'll see them put in the odd big score and surprise result. Most of the time, their soft forwards will be pummelled to leave their lightweight backs spending a misera...

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you do not want to be paying demurrage to save on an IT geek's fees This. Feck all necessarily stupid about it. Day rate for a container ship ? Pure guess, but probably 30K - 80K a day, based on rates for offshore oil field kit. Container ships also have very tight berthing schedules. Seems reasona...

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Waitrose again, Milton Keynes branch ! Budge Rodgers OBE. He was in front of me at the till, then scooted off to get something else. I said to the young cutie on the till, " do you realise that man was my childhood hero, Englands most capped rugby player." When he came back, the girl said to him, "t...

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nardol wrote:Milliband is about as statesman like as biffo

CON takes lead in today's Populus online poll Lab 34 (-4), Con 35 (+3), LD 8 (=), UKIP 13 (-2)
2:16 PM - 29 Aug 2014

Calm down girls.

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Some of these have my doubled over... The Truth about... School Violence: http://www.thetruthforyouth.com/NEW%20Comics/bnb/pages/BNB_1.htm Homosexuality: http://www.thetruthforyouth.com/NEW%20Comics/bw/ Abortion: http://www.thetruthforyouth.com/NEW%20Comics/c/pages/TC_1.htm Drugs and Booze: http://...

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So who is behind Wilson for the bench spot then? Thomas? Either of those get injured and we're in serious trouble. COS on Marler/Robshaw http://www.rfu.com/news/2014/august/news-articles/270814_marler_captain? https://www.clubcall.com/rugby-union/quins-boss-rejects-dallaglio-criticism-1738023.html?...

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The coach or captain trying to channel Churchill in the dressing room before a match is one of the most annoying and wanky things about rugby. I don't need to listen to some wannabe Cicero trying to rouse me before a match. Just shut the f**k up and let them go out and play. The "Do you realise tha...

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"In an ideal world the IRB would accept that their rule about no other elite rugby simply isn't required in this case. If the rule is to be enforced then the clubs should be due compensation as they're not able to meet obligations to commercial partners," This. Staging club games to finish just befo...

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The Telegraph has managed to misquote an article it published only yesterday, impressive. BJ didn't call for a reversal of the burden of proof for those travelling to Iraq and Syria, he called a change to the rebuttal presumption for those travelling to war zones. I know a Brit Syrian who went to v...

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Try and lower your standards. Hows the construction scene in Paris? Quite often you can walk on site and get put on. I was thinking more the food / beverage side. Your language skills would be a major asset in a prime tourist location and you would be too busy to get bored ! Getting your self estee...

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AND-y wrote:
HighKingLeinster wrote:
AND-y wrote:The myth is that the working class Welsh lads like kicking the shit out of the public school posh boys across the bridge much more than being paid.
wouldn't they techinically have to work to be working class?
*Being paid to play rugby.

" Boot Money."

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Spent most of my career in the offshore commercial diving industry. Before the big money private security contracts took off, it was where many ex services guys with the right backgrounds ended up when they wanted to earn good money. Have worked alongside, or in charge of, all of them, from the exot...

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Northampton Saints plc turns a profit for the 14th year: http://www.premiershiprugby.com/news/32492.php#.U_R2XcVdV8E :thumbup: When the night shift , or our Celtic Cousins, go off on a rant about the AP, the first thought that comes to mind is they should go and watch a match at The Gardens. Piggie...

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Would have liked to see the Glaws scrummy, Robson (?), in before Wworth.
LCD looks very small in comparison to other hookers. Cunningham at Quins looked promising before he broke.

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Help me out here please, confused. One of the Pumas backs kicks the ball towards touch. The No 8 slides into touch and bats the ball back into play. Another back picks up the ball and scores. Refered to the fourth official and try awarded !
I would have assumed a Cheetahs line out, what am I missing ?

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Could get better when more people adopt artificial turf? Was watching the 7s last night, where incidentally it did piss down for half the games, the commentators said that the Falcons had installed an artificial pitch. The discussion then covered the effect that would have on the Falcons game and h...

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http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view3/1921327/bunch-of-slack-jawed-faggots-o.gif This. However, for the avoidance of doubt, as in all matters of sporting etiquette, please follow the established English procedure. If its edible, in season and in range, its going in the freezer. A trophy photo consists o...

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Went on a business excursion with a guy I had known for several years, and who had seemed a fairly ordinary bloke, but who I found out was once a mad-keen mountaineer, and had conquered pretty much any peak of note in Europe. He told me he gave it up after ascending the Matterhorn and getting into ...

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Paddy Plod seem to have a possible choice of destination. As per G Fawkes poster. Gerrry Adams says: August 5, 2014 at 3:22 pm Irish police laptop found in Dutch brothel. Probe ordered (tee hee) http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/probe-ordered-as-garda-laptop-found-in-a-dutch-brothel-30481458.html

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My brother was sat in a pub in Donegal one NYE chatting away to Catt Blanchett but he didn't have a Scoobie who she was. Does that count? Actually, it probably doesn't as I do interact with my Brother. When John Major was PM he walked into a room I was in and I walked out deliberately so as not to ...

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Well done Tahs, commiserations Saders. Great game fot the neutral to watch.

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I think one of the main problems, from within the US, is the relative "zealousness" of the two sides. The pro-gun folks go nuts about it, turn into single-issue voters in regards to it, etc. But, the gun-control folks and the ones who want it out of society, they generally don't think much about ab...

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