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No no no not like David Wallace, all Ireland players are stiff and unathletic, don't you know anything.

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I don't know about Bofelli but Argentina have a number of VERY impressive wings, Montero Cordero Moyano.. Matera is just a joy to watch. The modern back rower: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wfh8XdulAQ What makes him 'modern'? I'd say how he's got both the strength to be a forward but really is a...

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Ah yes but you know what the problem here is: it doesn't matter how much footage you show of Fre players looking good.......... when it's all against Fre players. Whereas we see reality when you have a proper benchmark. ;) Knew you'd say that. But then, you force the obvious answer...: I've also sh...

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He'll be Irish manager when Joe goes back to NZ. He has done an unreal job with Leinster. Possibly even more impressive than Joe so far. would Ireland let an Englishman be the headcoach though ? Are they that open-minded ? https://cdn-01.independent.ie/incoming/article31092990.ece/91cd7/AUTOCROP/w6...

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Ah yes but you know what the problem here is: it doesn't matter how much footage you show of Fre players looking good.......... when it's all against Fre players. Whereas we see reality when you have a proper benchmark. ;) Knew you'd say that. But then, you force the obvious answer...: I've also sh...

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Boxcar Ira wrote:He'll be Irish manager when Joe goes back to NZ.

He has done an unreal job with Leinster. Possibly even more impressive than Joe so far.

would Ireland let an Englishman be the headcoach though ? Are they that open-minded ?

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wouldn't be one bit surprised if he kept Copeland at 8, he's playing the best rugby he's played since arriving here, CJ at 6 Pom at 7 and Copeland at 8 would the best use of resources right now. Agreed. We'll still need a performance of epic proportions to win. Honestly, I don't think so. A diligen...

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mmm I'm going to go with Scarlets. Because: - La Rochelle may feel deep within themselves they blew their Euro campaign in those last two pool weekends when they eaaaaasily could've insured a home quarter. If Scarlets start strong, being away they may feel a sense of inevitability and think about th...

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Other two CC 1/4F's discussion thread. https://scontent-mrs1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/28951078_10155126580486691_4705658654376642832_n.png?_nc_cat=0&oh=a518209e837d0d73c951951003ba35a5&oe=5B2C6D29 Scarlets home advantage and relative rookies as are La Rochelle. CLERMONT vs RACING 92: If there's a tim...

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Toulon to edge this one. Munster's injuries are bad enough, but unfortunately Keatley is not playing well. He had another poor game at the weekend. Munster got away with it at GP14 level, but Toulon in the NTHCSBH when it matters ....nah...Toulon's game I'd say. :? :( Toulon certainly couldn't get ...

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Penaud is a beast. The B&I are going mad over Huw Jones and Ringrose, but I reckon Penaud is even more dangerous than both. Every inch you give him is a potential clean break, really literally every inch you give him. He made the most out of every single ball he got in the last two games, and he's ...

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Home advantage has to count for something I suppose, but I'm scratching my head trying to figure out how in the hell we're going to stop Toulon getting front foot ball. Might check them around the fringes, but not wider out. Just can't see it going our way, TBH. A few too many missing. Hope to be p...

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Diego wrote:All the homies

coz all da homies in da house. Knowmsyin ?

I'm trying to spam the vote, when you vote it gets back to the page where you can click "submit your vote" so I keep clicking that but it's not working...

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koroke hangareka wrote:
naki wrote:
CrazyIslander wrote:
naki wrote:Yes, that’s rugby LEAGUE.

In the realm of union he’s as kiwi as pavlova and Crowded House.
So he's an All Black but not a kiwi.
He’s Australasian
Best kind of Asian.

Race supremacist. Disgusting.

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I'm going to say Leinster by 7. Might change a tad depending on the matchday XV's, but generally that's the gist. England's 6N campaign has been pretty awful but it wasn't accidental. Itoje, Farrell, Vunipola (his brother out injured)...were all players that could've made the World XV just last year...

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G'waaaan Toulon, 'tis your field. I'd worry about La Rochelle if I were you mate. No point in worrying. It's just nice to be in the quarters. I don't expect to get much further. Well then I guess that'll make you one ecstatic fellow to see the semi. Munster fans, settle down Clermont wasn't playing...

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Just shocking by Clermont. - Spedding once again showed his liability in defence at FB as he was skinned for 2 tries. He also butchered a decent attack (a rarity for ASM) by throwing the ball at least 1 m behind all the players outside him. - Fluke. :lol: The Sky commentators reckoned he'd not put ...

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he was still officially playing ?! Well, then you've got Jean-Baptiste Poux (1st cap for France in 2001) who actually played off the bench to help out the squad..38yo. Like this guy a lot, AJones. Funny, hilarious even. That way of muttering in his beard, and he'll drop something hilarious out of no...

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so hey fellas, what's the update ? Anyone have a more narrowed down and realistic injury list for the quarter in a week, or will that change during the week ? Also, would one of you start the official match thread ? :D All lovely matchups this quarterfinal-weekend and I can't wait to break them down...

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that Brad Thorn, he's just..everything he touches turns into gold doesn't it. Even as a coach, and God knows he's not known for his intellectual prowess. And yet. It seems just being a kiwi in and of itself will guarantee you some kind of success at coaching...

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I don't know about Bofelli but Argentina have a number of VERY impressive wings, Montero Cordero Moyano..

Matera is just a joy to watch. The modern back rower:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wfh8XdulAQ

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saw the highlights. 50 pts on the Lions ?? DAMN ! Lookin good ! I understand the problem is rather conducting a good season over the long term and developing good consistency rather than this sort of one off good display, but FIFTY and 6 well worked tries on the reigning runnerups is damn impressive...

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] doubt it. Toulon only have their domestic season to play for, as opposed to Clermont who have just the opposite. Toulon at home are going to angrily try to punish Clermont, who themselves won't want to invest too much and keep their players for the following week when they'll be playing their ent...

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The 2016 Furlong finding his international feet. What a way to introduce yourself. https://i.imgflip.com/270v0g.gif damn. He's one force of nature this guy. Do most people in Ireland really immediately/naturally know how to pronounce his first name ? Only those of us who are naturally athletic. :lo...

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The 2016 Furlong finding his international feet. What a way to introduce yourself. https://i.imgflip.com/270v0g.gif damn. He's one force of nature this guy. Do most people in Ireland really immediately/naturally know how to pronounce his first name ? Only those of us who are naturally athletic. :lo...

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Good on him. I wish him a happy retiration and to be very good. Good on him.

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Timothy Davis for me. I know he's not the most famous, I know he's not the most flashy of players, but I think he really deserves it and is underestimated in how consistent he is.

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What a nasty Nazi scumbag.

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how does one get a surname like 'Priestland' ? His ancestors lived in a community with only priests around, priest barbers priest shoe makers priest blacksmiths priest priests...but they all got decimated by a meteorite and only one survived and people would say about him: "hey look, it's that guy ...

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wamberal99 wrote:
Dork Lard wrote:Barrack Obama is a good man.

All good men barrack for Obama.

Barrack Obama is a good man.

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Barrack Obama is a good man.

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how does one get a surname like 'Priestland' ? His ancestors lived in a community with only priests around, priest barbers priest shoe makers priest blacksmiths priest priests...but they all got decimated by a meteorite and only one survived and people would say about him: "hey look, it's that guy f...

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YOYO wrote:The 2016 Furlong finding his international feet. What a way to introduce yourself.

damn. He's one force of nature this guy.

Do most people in Ireland really immediately/naturally know how to pronounce his first name ?

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aw man, this is getting awful close to
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HuTKuMCUpU

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Mur Facebook
http://www.lerugbynistere.fr/chroniques ... 181407.php

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Pacific Islander languages seem vowel-based, especially Samoan (as opposed to Fijian that seems to use a lot of the same consonants in stead: S's V's and T's) - so by being vowel-intensive there's little consonant work that can help settle names, and with the constraints of this vowel-intensive trad...

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I used to coach with a woman who has a PhD in sport psych and who works with all kinds of athletes in team and individual sports. For the team game, she said one of the biggest hurdles retiring athletes have to get over is the sudden loss of the sense of belonging to something and working toward so...

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You can see what he's saying, he's saying World XV, and he does mention Furlong would probably make the World XV. He's saying Ireland, despite winning the Grand Slam, probably would only have one of their players featuring in the World XV. Contest that claim. Supposing Furlong is the best THP in th...

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Adedayo Adebayo and of the Georgian surnames likes Millivanillikashvilli well actually, please, his full name is Adedayo Adeyemi Adebayo. Georgians eh, here'r a few: Tamaz Mchedlidze Vasil Lobzhanidze Giorgi Tsutskeridze Thankfully, the better known ones aren't too harsh on the tongue. I don't even...

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ZuLu wrote:He isn't too wrong really. My fellow Irish are getting a bit too precious, no wonder people are beginning to not like us

good on ya.

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