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Not having a go, but who are the other 5'10" flankers and inside centres?

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In the amateur era, hell even in the first 10 years of the pro era, it was possible to get a pro contract without being involved in the top level churn of strength and conditioning. A guy like Cameron Jowitt ended up playing for Leinster having decided to spend a year here playing amateur rugby. In...

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Without knowing too much about it - like how often it's used, just for 1 yard drives - it's reminded me of an insta post I saw the other day of old Bucs FB Mike Alstott and that many commenters said they don't have big boshing FBs anymore who were who you'd call to get that short first down. :(( htt...

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Rees doing a great job of calling this Spanish try!

https://youtu.be/QUEqgakWngA?si=_QBKNo8ApOeromhi&t=551

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I was initially as bummed as I was joyed that the broadcasting deal might block me out / that the teams might see some money. I'm glad to hear that teams are free to stream because when I clicked on the TNT link ... apart from being a crazy $30 quid a month (iirc) ... I was redirected to a generic D...

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I see that six of his clubmates are South African ... Tom in the changing room:

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Dropping this here in case it works / if anyone is interested. Women's uni semi final upset ... my local uni vs the #1 seed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViQDBp6jETk The 8 seed, U of Victoria, won their semi yesterday (kinda ho-hum) and are playing last year's champs Laval of Quebec City in the ...

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With the way things are, feels like it should just be groups of four. Play each other once, declare a winner of the series on points with no ??? over not playing certain teams in the same group. Or keep as-is and actually play everyone with shorter turnarounds and an extra week (would that be enough...

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Duff Paddy wrote: ↑Sun Nov 05, 2023 2:58 pm Only workable is

1 Italian
2 Scottish
3 Welsh
4 Irish
6 English

Two pools of 8
Playoffs

I'd love to see English talent concentrated in just a few teams rather than 10-12.

Likely they won't ever relent, though.

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To be fair even though I am a fullblooded Springbok supporter this bible bashing the team does is a bit cringe even Siya's instagram feed feels a bit like his gearing for a post rugby career as a pastor. I know his wife is also reborn in a big way. I guess SA things are so tough that people hold on...

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Dropping this here in case it works / if anyone is interested. Women's uni semi final upset ... my local uni vs the #1 seed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViQDBp6jETk The 8 seed, U of Victoria, won their semi yesterday (kinda ho-hum) and are playing last year's champs Laval of Quebec City in the f...

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I don't get this type of attack on the protestors. The plane is going anyway. Do you want them to burn yet more oil to go by car? Ah, but they could start a movement to end frivolous trips abroad by saying she had a VR vacation that she had to watch via a fixed-time stream in her student dorm there...

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Need to learn professionalism lessons from Lord Clive of Bald. Book own hotels, bring own pillows, hire personal assistants for each player to mist them with cool water all night long.

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Speaking of crowds, Quebec City turned out 3500 people on a week night for a women's university quarter-final. Home town crowd, but that's apparently their largest attendance figure ever. Friday night's semi against a powerhouse, with loyal (rich) traveling fans, will likely smash it, as will the fi...

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I'd have thought the real 7 stages are: 1. Shock ... that the ref/ARs/TMO all didn't see what you just saw 2. Denial ... waiting for the slo-mo replay or even going back if your telly allows 3. Anger ... at how even among the top 10 World Rugby refs, Dixon/O'Keefe/Peyper are allowed to take charge 4...

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Theflier wrote: ↑Wed Nov 01, 2023 9:44 pm I think its coaching, kiwis just don't care or understand how to kick. Given in wales our 3 kickers are all top class clutch kickers and one of them is a kiwi, has to be coaching. Anscombe especially was shit when he came over and now inside the 40m is deadly

Harry Plummer for the ABs!

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Do spoilers even work any more?

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More ammo to just ban jackaling.

Push over, shoulders above hips, until it's clear. Can't pick it up and play it immediately, then step over and heel it back.

[Yeah, I know, filed under: "Things that will never happen". World Rugby loves a jackal penalty rush-in from all corners circle jerk.]

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Good points. Something simple like moving the offside line back might just work - the only thing I’d consider borrowing from league I have the feeling it was tried in NZ and abandoned mid-trial? Am I mis-remembering? If not, I envision it'd be so difficult to manage without ARs being very strict......

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It's become apparent that the rules and officiating have taken the game down the slippery slope of being damn near unwatchable. Surely this spells the end of the greatness of this game. Whereas you can have a team that plays only one back reserve winning a RWC final, because officiating can reduce ...

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I didn't realize until now they don't all play each other. Well that's dumb.

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I should put my name in to be a pro coach in Wales. I'd teach them to put a shoulder onto a body (waist or legs) when tackling rather than just standing tall and using arms. Maybe even move on to passing the ball around rather than relying on crash balls.

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I think Billy's girlfriend / now wife did ok out of it. And it probably contributed to interest from a then website called 'Rugby for the Girls', which in turn led to the club doing 'one of those' calendars! ;) :shock: :D I was an interested observer at the photoshoot, I still have multiple copies ...

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We've gone seeking player sponsorship this year alongside the club's sponsors so a load of the guys are sponsored by the companies they work for or friend's companies etc. £100 to sponsor someone for the season, any time they score get MOTM whatever the sponsor will get tagged on social media. Now ...

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england make 9 changes and 1 positional(rowland) from australia game. Its great to have strength in depth and be able to rotate to keep players fresh but you do wonder if it hinders combinations developing and the backline to really gel together.Personally i would like to see a 'first' team that re...

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In 2008, Billy Twelvetrees was a little-known new arrival at Bedford. Not much was expected. A local lingerie shop owner had been pestering the club for ages to be a player-sponsor, and eventually they caved in and she became Billy's sponsor. Needless to say, Billy had an outstanding season, scorin...

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Interesting. As an aside, I'm also keen to find out a bit more how Montreal turned from an English dominant city in the 50s (that's my understanding anyway) to a truly bilingual city with English and French many decades later. I'll have to do some more research about it to help take my mind off an ...

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Be it the one you support or the one you played for, what's the most amusing / wholesome niche local sponsor they've had? My hometown club had a local pub called The Blue Anchor sponsor them for a bit. It always seemed to prompt at least one opponent to ask "Wasn't that the gay / leather bar from Po...

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I watched a documentary last year about language revitalisation. The group featured a group of well known Māori language champions who travelled to Canada, the US and Hawaii to meet up with the local indigenous communities in those countries and how were attempting to revitalise their traditional l...

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They could have protested at another game I really wanted us to beat the Boks. NZ changed after that, probably for the better because it opened a lot of eyes. That's interesting! In what way(s) did society change, you reckon? Anti-racist tour protesters were encouraged to take up the cause on behal...

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whezmabeer wrote: ↑Wed Oct 25, 2023 10:50 am
They could have protested at another game I really wanted us to beat the Boks.

NZ changed after that, probably for the better because it opened a lot of eyes.

That's interesting! In what way(s) did society change, you reckon?

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blindcider wrote: ↑Wed Oct 25, 2023 2:28 pm This armed forces style nickname trend is as cringeworthy as it comes

Could do a porn themed one given the use of 'finishers' by many teams now ... England's bench the 'fluffers'?

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Great reading, and keep sharing stories, but I have to interject ...

... poor Enz often gets teased about his age, yet many of you seem to be in the same vicinity!

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How many AREN'T out-of-touch old farts?

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Development in nations like Canada that can't, like Portugal, rely on a big neighbour's development system need something lower-down than international level to improve. We used to have a national league of provincial/regional sides, which then shrunk, then basically disappeared. Now we rely on MLR ...

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I think former England captain Sarah Hunter is the heir apparent. She’s currently in the English coaching set-up as one of the assistant coaches under John Mitchell. IMO there should be no heir apparent. Head coaches should have proven careers and be hired on the strength of their CV. Likewise I'm ...

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maverickmak wrote: ↑Wed Oct 18, 2023 2:40 pm Maybe just the camera, but de GOATe looks absolutely massive!

Isn't she like 6'0"?

... and what's with those trousers? 1930s fashion coming back too?

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If our players had any bottle, they'd all revolt and anyone who gets a call-up would revolt too.

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korben_dallas wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 11:43 pm why would fighting English fans all be dressed in Napolean costumes ?

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As mentioned, you'd have to do away with interpretation totally, and that'd include mitigation or materiality. Fans would likely be more annoyed with that. Regarding knock-ons, I've always felt the hand down / hand up scenario was the simple solution. Slapping down is purely cynical, while tipping u...

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