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Slade still stinking the place up. Like the look of the back row. No idea what Oghre and Langdon have got to do to get aa place on the bench ahead of Dan who had a poor end to the season. England: Carpenter; Roebuck, Slade, Atkinson, Feyi-Waboso; Ford (co-c), Spencer; Baxter, George (co-c), Heyes, ...

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RIP Brian. Good Vibrations was the 1st single I ever bought - loads of great memories attached to that and other BB songs. We were certainly a generation blessed by great music and Wilson was a huge part of that. For some reason every time we went to the beach as kids in the 60's and 70s... that so...

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RIP Brian. Good Vibrations was the 1st single I ever bought - loads of great memories attached to that and other BB songs. We were certainly a generation blessed by great music and Wilson was a huge part of that.

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PornDog wrote: ↑Wed May 21, 2025 10:14 am My favourite cold open....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FNHD_RyoL8

Brilliant. Cheers was such a good show. Excellent theme song as well.

RIP Norm

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fatcat wrote: ↑Fri May 16, 2025 9:43 pm I'm tempted to say don't be ridiculous, you deluded spacker Rodders, but being as I'm polite I shall have to say I disagree with you. Right now Mitchell is by far the best scrum half we have.

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So what does that leave us with? 1. Iyogun 2. Langdon 3. Heyes 4. Kpoku (if available) 5. Lockett 6. Ben Curry 7. Underhill 8. Willis 9. JVP 10. Ford 11. Radwan 12. Dingwall 13. Ojomoh 14. Roebuck 15. Carpenter Subs: 16. Baxter 17. George 18. Opoku-Foudjour 19. CCS 20. Fisilau 21. Randall 22. Donog...

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Alright - I’ll buy all of that. Nothing about Faz has caused me to doubt him up to this point, and - as well as being able to play some decent rugby - I reckon that touring group will have a good bit of the craic, too. Big personalities need to come out and bring everyone together, before the test ...

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korben_dallas wrote: ↑Thu May 08, 2025 2:18 pm the fudge is that ear ring

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Da iawn diolch wrote: ↑Thu May 08, 2025 1:12 pm
ovalball wrote: ↑Thu May 08, 2025 1:11 pm
Da iawn diolch wrote: ↑Thu May 08, 2025 1:07 pm
They'd be my starting wings, with King Blairhorn at 15.
Who would be your 9-15 ?
Gibbo, Russell, VdM, Tuipulotu, Jones, Freeman, Blairhorn.

Wouldn't be unhappy with Ringrose at 13.

From the 6n - that's what I'd like to see - Wouldn't be surprised if Keenan starts at 15 though.

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If Russell is the starting 10, as many expect to be the case, I'd have VdM in the test XV. The way those lads linked to find space against England was outrageous. He's a big bloke who can run. So's Freeman, who can also play fullback or in the centre. They'd be my starting wings, with King Blairhor...

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I'm really not sure what point you're failing to make here. Leinster players have been systematically rested all season, making use of a squad with 30+ internationals. Saints rested a bunch of their first-choice players in one match against the side that ever club rests their first choice players f...

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Ah, you want to deal in hypotheticals. I see. Yet they did, as most teams have done this season (e.g. Bath rested Russell and gave a Premiership debut to Donoghue), and still won. Most of what is discussed here is hypothetical. Yes they would have rested some players but do you think they'd have ri...

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The double exclamation mark really makes that post pop. My points are simple, if you're able to follow: 1. Northampton clearly still have some pride, hence continually fielding strong XVs in the league 2. Northampton are still technically in contention for the playoffs, even if it requires a mad ch...

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Yeah, that's just not true. The semi-final backs have racked up a lot of minutes this season, because of injuries to Furbank, Hendy, Sleightholme, Odendaal. Their backup to Fin Smith is an NRL convert who was signed from Edinburgh's bench. Saints squad is VERY light outside the first-choice forward...

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I think he's just denying that they were resting players. And the stats appear to justify that statement. As I said previously - it is more about having a greater choice to decide between resting and match sharpness. I think we can agree that Leinster got it all wrong, and saints got it right. Whet...

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Yeah, that's just not true. The semi-final backs have racked up a lot of minutes this season, because of injuries to Furbank, Hendy, Sleightholme, Odendaal. Their backup to Fin Smith is an NRL convert who was signed from Edinburgh's bench. Saints squad is VERY light outside the first-choice forward...

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I do think Leinster's player management needs tweaking at the very least, but yeah. Every time an English team loses to an Irish team, it's because of rested players. Every time an English team beats an Irish team, it's because they've been forged in the red-hot fires of the Premiership! You can se...

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I do think Leinster's player management needs tweaking at the very least, but yeah. Every time an English team loses to an Irish team, it's because of rested players. Every time an English team beats an Irish team, it's because they've been forged in the red-hot fires of the Premiership! You can se...

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It is funny that we are on the narrative now of "steel sharpening steel". In the past when Irish teams have won it was because of the protections they got, the lack of relegation etc. :lol: I do think Leinster's player management needs tweaking at the very least, but yeah. Every time an English tea...

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You can have the Newcastle players on a technicality, because they were promoted before the tour. Quinnell was obviously a massively wildcard. Solid bearding though. So it hasn't happened in the past 28 years of Lions tours. Quinnell and Bateman were at Richmond who got promoted (1st) along with Fa...

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bimboman wrote: ↑Tue May 06, 2025 4:55 pm Jamie Richie is as good as VDF.

I didn't base my team on who is best - just who I think is most likely to get picked.

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Porter
Sheehan
Furlong
Itoje
Beirne
Curry T
Van Der Flier
Faletau
JGP
F Russell
Lowe
Ringrose
Jones
Freeman
Keenan

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Lion's squads are traditionally selected on reputation and a body of work over a long period of time, rather than who played best in the last handful of games. To that end I expect the Irish to have the largest contingent of players in the squad and the starting XV for the 1st test - and a guy like ...

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He made his name in rugby league though and was an established pro player by the time he went to Union. Bollock is only 20!! Funny thing is 12 months ago there were 2/3 lads in his U20 squad I was even more optimistic/excited about… could genuinely see 5 potential test regulars in that squad You go...

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Fully expect Leinster to dominate the 2nd half and win by 2 or 3 scores. Can't see Saints keeping at the level they managed in the 1st half.

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Cicero wrote: ↑Sat Apr 26, 2025 5:48 pm 2 errors from sing in 2 minutes

She had her good moments but coughed up the ball far too often and looked a bit ponderous in defence.

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Think a few stalwarts got found out a bit today. Don’t think England have the backrow right, there’s a distinct lack of fetchers. Weirdly, lack of pace in the backline. More importantly going route 1 is stupidly effective if you punch around the rucks. We’ve nothing. Utterly nothing to stop it. Sin...

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Cracking match - France really took the game to England who looked a bit shellshocked at times. Not one of their better displays, far too many handling errors and a bit shaky under pressure. We missed Kildunne and losing MacDonald didn't help.

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france right back in it now-usual england,dominate then switch off and let teams back in. hunt/harrison go missing as they usually do against the top sides. under pressure they both not good enough. Sing 2 very easy tries but a few errors -lacks the pace you want at top level. England need to tackl...

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If thats not a knock on Scotland have won it at the death. Scotland 26-19 Ireland FT - Try: Fran McGhee. That was a great great game. Big win for the Scottish defence - Ireland just not clinical enough. Good game - I really enjoy the Women's 6N. I've taken more interest in it since 2 of my Grand Da...

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If thats not a knock on Scotland have won it at the death. Scotland 26-19 Ireland FT - Try: Fran McGhee. That was a great great game. Big win for the Scottish defence - Ireland just not clinical enough. Good game - I really enjoy the Women's 6N. I've taken more interest in it since 2 of my Grand Da...

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Wendigo7 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 26, 2025 4:16 pm Finally a Scrum Half who snipes. Emily Lane

Scotland 19-19 Ireland 72 mins

Great finish to a really good game coming here.

Irelands front 3 replacements doing a number on the Scotland scrum. Scotland lucky to only have one in the bin.

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Fantastic game this. 27 - 29 to England FT. Excellent win. Only saw the first half. After that first half, I thought France would win this. Excellent game - terrific comeback from the English Lads - thought it was all over when they went 22-5 down. Two evenly matched teams both happy to run the bal...

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Really good game against Spain who showed up well - very competitive and had the better of the 1st half but England turned it on in the 2nd, upped the pace and power. Love the speed which the youngsters play at - some lovely tries in there.

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SaintK wrote: ↑Mon Mar 31, 2025 5:58 pm
bimboman wrote: ↑Mon Mar 31, 2025 5:41 pm Lewsey was consistent…
Quite, he was was bloody good either at full back or wing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZPZLnA_HWc

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Would be a real wildcard- but pollock would be great value midweek on hard paddocks. I’d have him as starter seriously. He’s world class/ridiculous even with an average pairing around him. Put him around world class players and he goes into his own bracket because any presumed (and there’s basicall...

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Doesn't seem to be much about it in the rugby press yet but seems like Wade just broke the all time prem try scoring record (previously 101 by Ashton) Maybe my math ain't mathin', but if I've got this right - when he came back to rugby he was on 82 or 86 (I've seen 2 different numbers online) so at...

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Pollock for the Lions. I just don’t care anymore. He has to go. He’s one of those generational talents, world world stand out talents that come around every now and then. His energy is infectious, his ability and talent is the best in the British isles and Ireland easily. He’s just built different....

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Look, it’s an underwhelming set of coaches, with what will be an underwhelming squad, going on a underwhelming tour. Let’s just get it over with it. It'll be a very strong squad, picked largely from 3 sides that are all ranked higher than our opponents. Whether the coaches can meld a great side fro...

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So, Wiggy is being called up to what otherwise looks like and All Irish Lions coaching staff :shock: Wiggy is an attack coach right? Where would that leave Goodman then who is also attack? Perhaps he's setpiece attack or backs or something like that? O'Connell rumoured not to be going so that's no ...

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