I see they still have plenty of availability with only 1 week to go, that's rather strange. Considering the day out myself along with a few auvergnats friends who are coming to town for the occasion. Too far for them to come regularly from Cape Town. :D Seriously, they have crap support. Let me kno...

Guitou has made the executive decision to pull out of the SF clash. Servat, Steenkamp, Johnston, Poitrenaud, Burgess and Mc Alister won't make the trip to Paris. Yep, not surprising. SF on a roll, battling for qualification, very tough to beat + Edimburgh coming right after. But that means we will ...

Don't know wtf is happening here: http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x207/Starcowboy/race%20trib/France/65fra00w.jpg It's the 1965 French Grand Prix and at the end of the race American driver Ritchie Ginther is giving Innes Ireland (in the middle) and Jo Bonnier (top) a ride back to the pits on the...

Prison is no longer any form of deterrent with in room (no longer called cells) telephone, TV with sky, playstations, snooker, pool, education and great gyms, these days its easier for some than living on the outside! Is there a fuckwit training camp that you guys come up with this shit? Yes its ca...

I think it will be between Bayonne & Brive. The latter is far from being safe! Brive has a very tough run but they spoil like mad (like UBB) very hard to play.[/quote] I think 1 win will be enough for them. The UBB game is the key. UBB will be safe by then with nothing to play for: which could work...

Relegation run in games: 22e Journée USAP v Aviron Bayonnais 23e Journée Aviron Bayonnais v Biarritz Olympique 24e Journée Lyon LOU v Aviron Bayonnais 25e Journée Aviron Bayonnais v SU Agen 26e Journée Castres Olympique v Aviron Bayonnais 22e Journée USAP v Aviron Bayonnais 23e Journée USAP v Stade...

kiap wrote:

Torquemada 1420 wrote:

kiap wrote:'
Dragonfly with water bubble 'helmet visor'

Great image. More probably a damsel though.

Wide eyed?

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kiap wrote:'
Dragonfly with water bubble 'helmet visor'

Great image. More probably a damsel though.

Toulouse are in real danger vs. Edinburgh, they are struggling vs. every team that chooses to pass the ball around and light fires all around the place, something the Scots are pretty good at actually. Indeed. Especially out wide. Despite all their attacking prowess, ST is woefully short of pace in...

I'd just like to add to this discussion that Lille is doing really well in Federal 1 (might be going up, a bit too early to tell) and Strasbourg is progressing nicely (2nd season in Federal 1). That's the way forward for French rugby :) (I've got nothing against Castres, Bayonne and Brive BTW, just...

Although suitable (I remember fondly of the 2002 season as one producing the most exciting ruby), moving back to 2 pools of 8 is a no-go for Canal+ who were the main instigators of the current format. Their argument was that each team should face all the others. Theoretically that's very nice, exce...

What a lowlife. I hope the perpetrator is caught and then housed, at Her Majesty's Pleasure, in the Islamic wing of Strangeways. Because those inmates are not racists? Throwing acid on someone is a horrific thing to do. I am merely stating one outcome that might provide true justice. I'm trying to ...

The biggest budgets have the most French players. UBB has nearly no French on starting team. shortening the season might make the bigger club go for smaller squad. but I doubt any one is willing to shorten the season. going for twelve would require one less team dropped moving to 2 pools and 16 is ...

You can basically see three different leagues within the top 14. Those around the 17-15M who will fight for a play-off crumb (I believe the play-off were extended for their benefits): basically from Bayonne (17,2) to Lyon (14,8) Those below who will fight to avoid relegation Those above who are mor...

jonners wrote:What a lowlife. I hope the perpetrator is caught and then housed, at Her Majesty's Pleasure, in the Islamic wing of Strangeways.

Because those inmates are not racists?

These were the budgets for the season and relative positions in the table now: 1. Stade Toulousain 33,1M€ (+3,57M€ par rapport à la saison dernière) = Stade Toulousain 2. ASM Clermont 24,1M€ (+3,15M€) = ASM Clermont 3. Racing-Métro 22,4M€ (+3,46M€) +2 Rugby Club Toulonnais 4. Stade Français 21,3M€ ...

Yes, that's the football stadium where they played 5 of their T14 games, Toulouse was the last opponent to play there this season. I'm just back from the stadium, packed to the ceiling and massive atmosphere as usual. UBB proved to be their usual self, attempting to play as much as possible, a pain...

Ignatius wrote:Is John Maher back? He used to fix my Beetle in Manchester in the 90s and then moved lock stock and barrel to some Scottish island!

Yep, though not in their recent 'revival'. Buzzcocks are doing a couple of live shows with the original line up (including Howard 'handsome' Devoto) but I'd rather keep my memories. I saw Buzzcocks about 15 yrs ago, and they looked like old men then. Like the recent PIL revival (no Levene or Wobble...

Wow. This is an erudite thread right up there with board standards. Like them or not, no mention of the Buzzcocks or 10CC? [EDIT] I see Nui has commented on the Buzzcocks. Magazine is really the same analogy as New Order to Joy Division. Were The Fall really missing from the original list? :lol: Je...

Wow. This is an erudite thread right up there with board standards. Like them or not, no mention of the Buzzcocks or 10CC? [EDIT] I see Nui has commented on the Buzzcocks. Magazine is really the same analogy as New Order to Joy Division. Were The Fall really missing from the original list? :lol: Je...

Also 'The Thing'. Strange movie. Still trying to understand how exactly it works. The creature is able to break off pieces of itself and take control of a human body? Or just imitate them? Also. was the first form it was in, the giant insect thingy, is that its original form? Or is that a form it c...