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Did anyone have an issue with Marcus even going for the DG? This has come up on my beloved eggchasers podcast. Someone wrote in to say it was a dumb move, as a try would give us the BP and only 3 points behind Ireland and we had the kick in front of posts anyway. I mean….I hadn’t even thought about...

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Fair call. So the cop pressed charges because she hurt his feelings - that’s where we’re at, right? Cops being cops. Like everyone else they have the right to do their job without being abused. Its also phenomenally stupid to say anything that could be construed as offensive to a copper Cops needed...

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Mate. Ffs. Is this reverse woke? No white has ever had their feelings hurt by being called white. Ffs!!!! Sure but that’s a different point. You guys are arguing about whether this speech deserves to be seen as “racist”. It’s obviously a debatable point. I’m just talking about my quickie glance at ...

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Italy only lost to England by 3 point s, drew with France and beat Scotland. They could've been second on the table with a match to go. Last match is against the bottom side Wales. It may have only been 3 points on the scoreboard but Italy were nowhere near winning that game Edit: i'm still glad En...

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its fairly common knowledge around Briz about who he is.

I wouldnt dream of divulging the intel though

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Not sure how anyone could be a shoe in ahead of Bundee. Reffell is great but his cause is probably helped by the fact Wales have been under pressure for much of this tournament, I don’t think he’s much of a ball carrier or link man Reffell has been exceptional in a losing cause every time he's play...

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Faz and Steward are better than that. Happy that we've moved on to open up our style of play but no point knocking those players etc. Also long term I'd like Josh Hodge to be looked at, once he's bulked up a couple of cycles. Nope, Care and Daly out next. Agreed. Who are we phasing Care and Daly ou...

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I noticed that Chessum packed down at 8 on defensive scrums to allow the specialists to cover better. A smarter attack than Ireland I think would have targeted the 8 off scrum ball as it can be hard to defend from 8 at the base

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As I am flying easyJet Bristol to Toulouse first thing Monday I want the result that leads to the quietest flight. Guess that means a Wales win...

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The Irish posters and all Irish people i have spoken to have all been very gracious in defeat. Ireland are a great team - England played well beyond expectations. It's the press i am annoyed with and some of the qoutes leading up to this game around " hammering" England and no England player would ...

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Great to see the Welsh sage on here admitting error and misjudgement. Such generosity of spirit. Oh. Wait. Ireland were muck, and that was 100% of England's capability. A 1pt win, at home, in the last minute, by a droppie. If Smith slips, you finish with two wins. If Ford doesn't pull that ridiculo...

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This just goes to show how little the media and us to be fair, know what is going to happen in these high stakes matches. Sport is great. Correction, the 6N is great :smug: It is but dare I say it needed the two results today to rescue this edition from being one of those tournaments most fans don'...

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Mitchell is some player. First time we’ve had serious pace in our backs for years. Pack was big and dynamic. Chessum experiment worked. Earl is world class. I still think we would be better off with a genuine back rower. Underhill is brave but limited and Earl will start to get marked out of games ...

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Irishers a tad bitter that one of the few Scots on here cheering for England instead of Ireland.. The country that subjugated your country and your people versus likeable cheeky chappies from windy and rainy desolate island across the water? What happened to you man You guys obsess over this shit t...

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Every sub was a downgrade on the starter. Except maybe Smith who I would put level with Ford.

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Earl is genuinely a monster. Now he's getting a run of games he is just getting more and more influential

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Some of that decision making at the end. Every time England messed up a chance Ireland were like oh though luck here have another go. The whole performance was off today. It happens. Look at the England team 99-03 as an example, One Grand Slam from that group. It's so hard to get after it every gam...

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RodneyRegis wrote: ↑Sat Mar 09, 2024 7:43 pm I've literally no idea how that happened. Just incredible.

I know right.

We always had the players to at least challenge but they haven't had the right stuff. Right from the first whistle I felt they were in with a shout though

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Well. That was tremendous. Great game and so many moments when things were working.... I watched the Wibble Rugby video and thought "what are you going on about" but a lot of that was in the game. There were so many moments of improvement. The personnel changes, Feyi-Waboso, Martin, Furbank - all e...

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Duff Paddy wrote: ↑Sat Mar 09, 2024 6:44 pm
blindcider wrote: ↑Sat Mar 09, 2024 6:42 pm
puku wrote: ↑Sat Mar 09, 2024 6:40 pm

Bent ref...allegedly.
Behave, you lads have also been winging about the ref.

I think he's done just about ok, just not consistent for either side
Puku that famous Ireland supporting kiwi

Ah my sincere apologies Puku, that's an unforgivable sleight

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redderneck wrote: ↑Sat Mar 09, 2024 6:43 pm
DOB wrote: ↑Sat Mar 09, 2024 6:42 pm
TheBouncer wrote: ↑Sat Mar 09, 2024 6:37 pm

Ford
Comfortably the better 10 on the field so far. He’s had tougher kicks than Crowley but kept his team on the front foot.
His pack have delivered the front foot. Not Ford.

His passing and timing have been good. His kicking piss poor

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puku wrote: ↑Sat Mar 09, 2024 6:40 pm
DOB wrote: ↑Sat Mar 09, 2024 6:36 pm How are we winning this game?
Bent ref...allegedly.

Behave, you lads have also been winging about the ref.

I think he's done just about ok, just not consistent for either side

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I'm glad we played Italy a month ago...

Although the self declared dark horses failure yet again is quite amusing

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Spot on. So why has the CPS brought it to trial if there is no case to answer? It's not up to the cop whether it goes to trial... the CPS has decided this? I didn’t say she didn’t break the law, but merely said she’s done nothing wrong. Insulting someone thats just doing their job is wrong (regardl...

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Hasn't been a toll since 2019, butt. Get with the programme. The irony of a Frenchman lecturing anyone on toll roads isn't lost on me either. (Yet I secretly love your buttery smooth and empty autoroutes. I like Les Gendarmes with les hairdryers much less.) Have Wales and the Welsh become that desp...

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Perhaps or perhaps it's just using stats to prove a point you want to make? Sam Warburton was discussing the same thing a week or two OK and reckons it's not a valid point, the Lions manage to cope with regular enough success. I think in the short-term it might help, but once you're in camp with na...

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and yet when England won in 2003 the starting XV had players from 9 clubs iirc. Leicester with 3 representatives had the most of any team... The 2019 squad (23 players) had 9 too, and that's counting Mark Wilson as a Sale player (as he was on loan to them that season only) It's a valid point as the...

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A good starting point is that the national side coaching ticket needs to be, indisputably, the best coaching ticket in the land. One which club/provincial players are enthused about being coached by. Start with that. The national coach doesnt need to be the best technical coach though. They need to...

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Owen Yes, I remembered him last night. In his prime maybe the bet of the lot?? That's a pretty decent list of strikers though in fairness to England. Never had a 20+ league season so not in the conversation as their best Won the Ballon D'or though whilst in a bang average Liverpool team, also playe...

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I don't know why people always point to stats "oh the other team actually kicked more" - yes, Russell kicks for territory, or cross-field - a lot. England box kick for kick chases which are 50-50 at best, and usually because either they have missed opportunities, are going nowhere, or because they ...

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Hooray here is Trostan to make even less sense than the other incoherent nutjobs

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Nah, he's an Australian who moved to Ireland as a professional rugby player who is eligible to play for Ireland. He's not Irish. There is no definition other than the crazy imps in your head which doesn't define Hansen as Irish. You might not like he learned his rugby elsewhere but if this was just...

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how on earth is mack hansen irish? he was born in australia,his father is australian,he was schooled in australia and lived all his life there until his early 20s. he played for australia u20. he has a strong aussie accent. yes he has a mother who left ireland to go to australia but that does not m...

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For me, the blitz did its job there. It confused Finn and made him put a crap kick in that even 5’11 Lawrence palmed out the air. The follow up is broken play, and it’s a shambles. I remember thinking during the game “how did neither of those two make contact?!”. One of the two flying in should hav...

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You could make it work if Hansen were fit and then you pretended Bealham was a starter No you couldn't. Hansen is Irish. Bealham is Irish. how on earth is mack hansen irish? he was born in australia,his father is australian,he was schooled in australia and lived all his life there until his early 2...

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Even Matt Stevens ended up returning home after retirement. Doesn't make him any less English or any more South African though... There could be many reasons (family, opportunity, etc.) for someone to move after their career is finished. For people with mixed heritage its not necessarily a binary c...

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Wait, a rush defence has been around for a long time, and club sides play rush defences. As far as I'm aware they normally also choose to rush or not. whats all this about a rush defence taking 15 games to 'bed in'?. Well they keep picking Daly and he doesnt seem to have realised we are playing a r...

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Ja I think this is an interesting measure. Even the most angliscised players for England have ended up back in SA quickly after retirement. What did CJ Stander end up doing? Bakkies gave Matt Stevens the correct treatment. Even Matt Stevens ended up returning home after retirement. Doesn't make him...

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Serious question....why didn't Rugby expand all over Scotland ike Football did. Soccer must have gotten a head start and was too successful. The Scots attend more soccer matches per head of population than anyone in Europe. Saves on heating costs to all stand huddled together in some sh*thole stadium

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Quins89 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 10:14 am Have we had a worse team than this one?

I don’t even know if the team in the 70s was this bad?

yes, England have had wooden spoons before and against much worse opposition.

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