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Brexit is estimated at costing around £2 billion a week, and that seems a lot to me. Supposing they accidentally doubled the calculations, and there are no serious studies observing anything like that, it'd still be a loss of £50 billion a year. I don't mind if anyone wants to claim the loss of £10...

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does that mean they're banning gambling firms advertising on shirts, as that would be something at least

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Brexit is estimated at costing around £2 billion a week, and that seems a lot to me. Supposing they accidentally doubled the calculations, and there are no serious studies observing anything like that, it'd still be a loss of £50 billion a year. I don't mind if anyone wants to claim the loss of £100...

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The best thing about Trump is how he manages, with very little effort on his part, to turn normally sane and balanced people into screeching, frothing lunatics. Roll on the election! :lol: To be honest I get the impression most of them were screeching, frothing lunatics long before they joined the ...

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For the record, I don't know a single person voting Tory and I would usually know loads. Same. Most Tories I know have basically gone silent since the Liz Truss debacle. The brand damage was so catastrophic (especially as the Tory go-to was that Labour would crash the economy) that it still hangs o...

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Until the French picked the right SH. He didn't shit the bed, but he was hardly Dupont Ah he was better than not shitting the bed. A bit much to ask him to be comparable to Dupont though! He was a mix of good and bad. He also took some chances/liberties. What he did do was play at a good tempo, and...

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CM11 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2024 10:45 am
piquant wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2024 10:42 am It couple simply be Dupont, again. His absence looked a consistently defining thing
Until the French picked the right SH.

He didn't shit the bed, but he was hardly Dupont

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It couple simply be Dupont, again. His absence looked a consistently defining thing

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The best thing about Trump is how he manages, with very little effort on his part, to turn normally sane and balanced people into screeching, frothing lunatics. Roll on the election! :lol: To be honest I get the impression most of them were screeching, frothing lunatics long before they joined the ...

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It's not exactly difficult to follow, supposing you've seen the England Vs Ireland game. Watching the Furbank it's pretty apparent Frawley is doing some very odd things, either he's a very weird player, or it's a consequence of an earlier moment that does lead eventually to him being removed for a H...

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Penalties are awarded at the scrum for a random act of cheating. In that there'll be any number of offences and the ref happens to pick one, sometimes they go back and forth to try and even things out, sometimes they really go for one team. Whatever it takes an inordinate amount of time and the supp...

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it had never occurred to me to read the name as 'yawn' for whatever reasons all I see is 'Dan the pillock' That was definitely funnier in your head. F uck me, this thread!!! Just about the only thread I now bother with here and it's unreadable. Back to rugby please Fine, has there been any action a...

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how do you walk a scrum backwards when the other side continues pushing? there are some hard skills to master on rugby, but that one I think would prove beyond anyone really maybe if the side advancing grasp what's happening and are very nice about moving forwards you'd be able to manage walking bac...

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it had never occurred to me to read the name as 'yawn' for whatever reasons all I see is 'Dan the pillock'

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Very clever of you to have it as the English player v a guy not nominated. You can pretend to be objective without being able to lose. :P I didn't realise JGP wasn't nominated. And I certainly wouldn't have gone for Aki over JGP. I also don't care about the award, it's a gimmick. Ireland have the o...

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Earl was playing well in the first 3 games, even if very little attention was being given to England because their team performance was dire and only rose to acceptable in the last two games. Probably overall one gives the award to Earl or JGP, and then the question is do those early team performanc...

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I don't agree with the crooked LO being allowed. I do, if you don’t contest a lineout, you shouldn’t win it. The counter argument there is you have two defensive pods as the team not throwing in, you mark front and middle which forces a call to go long and then the throw isn't straight. And now you...

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Is that really worse than the glib observation you could simply relocate Palestinians to Egypt?

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If other people who commit crimes face sanctions that's a good thing

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Now is the winter of our discontent...

or as camping shops like to putting their window 'now is the discount of our winter tents'

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There are reasons to want what Earl offers at 12, but it's hardly like there wouldn't be reservations, and then is it really something to trial at test level? Even supposing the player would be game Just skipping past decision making, handling, positioning, communication seems all rather odd, rather...

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Wendigo7 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:13 pm Remember that Barbeary is likely to come into the conversation post 6Ns as well.

He's been told he needs to work to work kick chase, and you'd think he'd need to get fitter for that apart from anything else

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Short Man Syndrome wrote: ↑Mon Mar 18, 2024 6:35 pm With a giant lump at 6, the prospect of Earls at 7 and Mercer at 8 would be pretty mouthwatering.

We have some nice options, now to select some that will (a) deliver and (b) deliver a balance across the backrow, pack and XV.

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Gats really doesn't look like he eats a sausage roll

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Ah yes, and potentially Mercer.

Though he's where Earl was before Earl had a good run of games. He has talent but so far hasn't been able to deploy it

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No Curry, Pearson, Willis, never mind the Pollock even?

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I'm not saying don't play them. Merely don't start adding more than say 10-15 senior games a season, and yes those are ever so slightly plucked from the air figures, don't let them go nuts on the weights even if they can push them absent concerns about skeletal maturity and because their game time ...

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I'm not saying don't play them. Merely don't start adding more than say 10-15 senior games a season, and yes those are ever so slightly plucked from the air figures, don't let them go nuts on the weights even if they can push them absent concerns about skeletal maturity and because their game time ...

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I'm not saying don't play them. Merely don't start adding more than say 10-15 senior games a season, and yes those are ever so slightly plucked from the air figures, don't let them go nuts on the weights even if they can push them absent concerns about skeletal maturity and because their game time s...

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Pick 'em young and some get away with it, some don't. it's on a bell curve not a specific age the bones mature at, and yes you can get damage anyway but it's inherently riskier with softer bones. and I would hope the game is improving, not repeating what have often proved mistakes. we know better, o...

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It's not a strength thing, it's a bone hardening thing. Exposure to the heavy weights and more time in scrums should be phased in after skeletal maturity. And that might have happened now for them, or it could still be happening and if you then load top end test rugby on them that's just a lot more....

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Feels like we have some key players now. Martin has started the games against SA, Ireland and France. We’ve won one and the other two have been within a point or two. He adds real grunt that you need. Earl is a menace, does everything. Lawrence genuine 12 finally Free-Bank is dangerous returning. W...

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so would Blamire

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I wouldn't be aghast to see Rodd return, but equally I've not seen anything yet which makes me concerned we might not see him back. And one needn't be swayed by experts, Eddie Jones or otherwise. Frankly there's very little point posting on the internet if you're going to let yourself be distracted ...

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That Ireland win the 6N and there are complaints about selection and performance really speaks to the improved standards.

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No issues with that last penalty. I think it was a penalty, and even if you think it wasn't the picture to the officials made it a reasonable call (i.e. not even close to a shocker) Interesting in hindsight he'd have had a better shot staying tall and looking to jackal over a carrier already going t...

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. Jarrod's defence is sh1te, Costelow's is good. Tis why one is out of, and the other in the Welsh squad. His reading what's his man and communication along the line and work in contact might be okay, it's looked wobbly but that could easily be problems inside and outside him. His depth coverage re...

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Has everyone forgotten Bevan Rodd? Or is never coming back? I'm not sure he's a test level player. Hopefully he both comes back and proves he is, but he looks a nice club option that's just a bit off the pace physically thus far at the very top of the game. That could easily be he's only just start...

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Loose Head Prop: Genge, Baxter, Haffar Hookers: George, Dan, Langdon Tight Head Prop: Cole, Opoku-Fourjour, Fasogabon I don't often accuse England and/or the RFU of acting sensibly, but keeping their grubby hands off some very young props looks a good idea. You really want them to be 22, maybe even...

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Loose Head Prop: Genge, Baxter, Haffar Hookers: George, Dan, Langdon Tight Head Prop: Cole, Opoku-Fourjour, Fasogabon I don't often accuse England and/or the RFU of acting sensibly, but keeping their grubby hands off some very young props looks a good idea. You really want them to be 22, maybe even...

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