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Jeff the Bear

Worse, I'm getting up at 4 on a work day to watch it.

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Patch scored again. (But admittedly, that’s all he did from the looks of the highlights). But we should take that crumb on what is likely to be a faminous weekend. He's shite H He's doing OK behind a committed and high-energy pack. Yet to see him under pressure, and as noted, he did nothing else al...

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redderneck wrote: ↑Sat Mar 09, 2024 5:20 pm
Skiaddict wrote: ↑Sat Mar 09, 2024 5:13 pm
0ber0n wrote: ↑Sat Mar 09, 2024 5:09 pm Brex is outstandingly underrated
As is Menoncello
Any country would be very happy to have them.

Indeed. A quality centre partnership with good balance between brains and brawn. I'd have them in a Welsh jersey in an instance.

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puku wrote: ↑Sat Mar 09, 2024 7:16 pm Offside by green after that Itoje clear out?

Yeah, came around the side.

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Is this the gingerest fly half battle in rugby history? Who’s the famous/great Welsh lad again? Surely he played against another fanta-pants at some point? Neil Jenkins...and I can't remember another particularly ginger 10 from his era. Either way, I thought Patchell was a super ginger, but Edmed i...

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Is this the gingerest fly half battle in rugby history?

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shereblue wrote: ↑Thu Mar 07, 2024 9:43 pm 5-28 HT. 5 players off injured inc both captains in 1st half - not to mention a YC against France. Men against boys. Game over as far as the result is concerned.

Yeah, Wales seem to be giving away about a stone+ per player.

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For all the talk of the centre changes, dropping Tompcyns is a fairly obvious decision. If our campaign could be summed up with any one image, you could pick it from the plethora of pictures of Tompcyns getting mullered on the gainline. The dropping of North is far odder. He's been one of the few pe...

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LandOTurk wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2024 1:43 am Why is Ryan Jones playing in a charity rugby game? I thought he had severe brain trauma? Is he one of the plaintiffs against the wru?

Maybe he'll use it as evidence of his diminished intellectual capacity.

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LandOTurk wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2024 1:41 am
TheFrog wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2024 11:34 pm
Frodder wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2024 9:29 pm

Positively Scottish
What can we do? Everybody loves France. We can't turn them back, that's contrary to our values.
So are you suggesting moving them onto England?

I think the UN designates that as 'cruel and unusual punishment'.

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I struggle to get that Ireland's success is down to (our Welsh TV) money. They obviously got their entire infrastructure right from top to bottom. I can't see them losing a 6N match for goodness knows how long. Money buys success. Any analysis that has ever been undertaken on money spent against tr...

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Been telling the Leinster lot for years that the fact that they keep on winning was the most obvious sign that they must have had one of the best budgets in Europe. Although I know the club game in Wales takes a portion of the WRU money, it still doesn't seem enough to do the damage it is (I.e. Is C...

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We're getting the full repertoire from Carre tonight. He's been mercilessly targeted by Leinster in defence (a few, if not all,of their breaks seem to have him somewhere near)...and then he swats away one of the best defences in the league with brute force for two tries. It still seems baffling to m...

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UncleFB wrote: ↑Sat Mar 02, 2024 5:54 am
henry wrote: ↑Fri Mar 01, 2024 1:07 pm Taff reject Rhys Patchell tearing it up in easy rugby I see.
Yeah, he took his team to an epic win.

Not his fault if a bunch of Kiwi no-hoppers can't give him the platform to perform his magic.

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Ospreys just lacking a bit quality in the end, but still a stand up performance from a scratch team. Losing BP is a good return.

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penguin wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 8:24 am Those lads were big but not exceptionally explosive with the exception of North.

I'd also suggest that they were the exception that proves the rule...the drop off in physicality from those lads to the next in line during that period was practically vertiginous.

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The court heard how on 6 January 2017, a staff member broke her back, bursting her vertebrae, jumping from the tower. The next day there were 11 accidents, then six on 13 January and another six on 18 January.

At what point do you not think..."actually, this appears pretty dangerous"?

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I've already responded to your text!

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https://m.independent.ie/sport/rugby/paul-kimmage-there-is-no-good-reason-to-avoid-dope-testing-in-schools-rugby/a159105454.html Rife. There’s being numerous ? over the years with the S&C programme at all levels of Irish ruggers But so have we. Probably more. I agree with the fact that we're all at...

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Top effort again.

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Far too generous - this was an Irish team that barely got out of third gear and was comfortably 17-0 up at half time and 31-7 at the end. And we played with an extra player for 20 minutes. While not underestimating Aki, our back line has far more caps than Ireland and Ireland have Keenan, Ringrose ...

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Good summation Jeff and ratings pretty fair . Gatland’s tactics may have been bog standard but they were effective and as you’d expect he had everyone up to speed on the finer details. Our lack of pace in the backline did make the task a bit easy for you and in that regard I think you might be unde...

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15. Cam Winnett - Another solid performance from the youngster. Good in the air, good with his positioning and good coming onto the ball. Got caught in two minds a couple of times running it back, but is doing a stellar job in his first pro season. 7/10 14. Josh Adams - At one point, he was one of o...

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Dobbin wrote: ↑Sat Feb 24, 2024 7:17 pm Saffers and Welshmen having a decent game, anyway

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Like I said Ireland played a decent game and Wales could only manage a small amount of decent play that garnered points. Wales couldn't manage much the Irish defence was resolute. I think had we scored at the end, the score would have been more reflective of the game. The scoreline flatters Ireland...

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Not the absolute hammering some feared/anticipated but Ireland played a decent game and won very well. Not a hammering, but we were never close to being in it. Like I said Ireland played a decent game and Wales could only manage a small amount of decent play that garnered points. Wales couldn't man...

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Not the absolute hammering some feared/anticipated but Ireland played a decent game and won very well. Not a hammering, but we were never close to being in it. No, we we not. I'd say as well our fitness wasn't quite there as well. Gatland teams of old would be able to 200+ tackles easy...we were bl...

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In an effort to divert thoughts from the impending doom, I just watched Patchell put in a cracking performance on his Super Rugby debut. Yes, it was against one of the traditionally weaker teams, but it was choc full of Patchell highlights, those being ropey defence, and sumptuous passing.

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Just caught up on the game. The Ginger Messiah bringing it.

Will be interesting though when they get to play teams that don't allow so much front foot ball.

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You just know that when the chips are down, the ringing of gruff Northern tones telling you to get back on your feet and get back into the defensive line just isn't going to work on the Frogs.

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I see Howley has suggested we’re aiming to create chaos. Sounds one step up down from the berserker rugby of kick and chase that the Irish used to enjoy. They’re going to have force my eyes open if I’m expected to watch the full bumming. It's a particularly tough decision for me as it's on at 3.15 ...

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Come on Shaun, you know the faggots, peas and gravy at the indoor market in Cardiff are better than any of the shite served up in Parisian cafés : Shaun Edwards' role questioned in France amid claim about relationship with coaches The Englishman has found his work come under increased scrutiny in re...

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Just seen the Wales team. Who has the Welsh rugby communal lube supply? I assume it's a Dragons supporter.

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henry wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 11:26 pm
Frodder wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 11:16 pm The Irish thread is comedy gold standard. Even Korben vs Theflier is amateurish shite in comparison

Serious business.

Are they still arguing over whether it's right to talk about running one of the lads out of Ulster? That was a great back and forth.

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For me, the Ospreys at least seem to give a shit about hard work, defence and set piece (which is good, because they don't have much of a attack). I've said it many times, but the regions should all set the base minimum target of being hard to beat, and fudge everything else. Both Cardiff and Dragon...

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The answer as to why Smith is never in contention and why a revolving door of seemingly useless fatties are is Gatland's mantra that you have to be two of "big, fast or skillful" to be in contention. Granted, the rest of them only manage one of them, but Nicky manages none of them, so doesn't get a ...

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For what it's worth i expect a win by 10 points and a bonus point. I think Wales will score some tries though. Adam Beard says he can't wait to tear into us. It's Gatland and it's against us. Going to be a messy game I think Ireland will win by 20 minimum. I don’t think we’ll score tries. Might sne...

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