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Floppykid wrote: ↑Sat Apr 13, 2024 5:47 pm
Da iawn diolch wrote: ↑Sat Apr 13, 2024 5:45 pm Larmour turning over with one forearm laying on the back of the tackled player.
Dickson is so so bad.
He didn't have a 3 replays and slow mo you chav.

He was looking directly at it.

He's an awful homer referee.

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La Rochelle fatties walking in midfield already. This bodes well for Leinster if they can keep the ball alive.

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Larmour turning over with one forearm laying on the back of the tackled player.

Dickson is so so bad.

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How has McCarthy got away with the maul turnover?

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sorCrer wrote: ↑Sat Apr 13, 2024 12:16 pm McClaren was the greatest ever.

Hard agree. I'm a patron of his foundation for exactly that reason.

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It’s a struggle when you have a ref stinking with incompetence awarding penalties to the infringing team. He was probably worth 10 points to Gloucester. That’s not to say the Pisspreys were good. Far from it. But they were not able to gain any momentum because of the previous. They were their own b...

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A game plan based on penalties is always going to depend on the referee, there’s just no attack and hasn’t been for years Yes, that is an issue, but it never fails to amaze/sadden/depress me when Welsh teams come up against middling English prem teams, the kind that are deemed to be a bit soft up f...

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The referee might be giving some odd calls at the breakdown, but he's not going to be the reason that the Os lose. He's certainly a contributing factor - he's ridden them hard all night He's really not. Ospreys were gifted one try scoring opportunity from a poor kick and some lax defence. Outside o...

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Ospreys persistent lack of explosive athletes continues to be their Achilles heel. Tries are just so hard for them to come by outside of a maul I don't think the personnel look too bad. Their inability to string together more than a couple of phases without either getting lost or making an error is...

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Owen Williams looks like the bloke who's been drafted in as a last minute ringer. Every time he gets the ball he doesn't seem to know what the plan is.

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The referee might be giving some odd calls at the breakdown, but he's not going to be the reason that the Os lose.

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Os basically throwing this away on account of not really knowing what to do with possession they are being given. First phase has been unadventurous, multiphase has been largely nonexistent. They've created absolutely nothing against very ordinary opposition. Second and third phase is basically dyin...

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Llewellyn off with a sore ankle having been largely ineffective. Not all his fault given the service, but not a great showing.

Rucks are a mess. Neither side is protecting their own ball well, so turnovers aplenty on offer.

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Walsh is trying much too hard. Got a bit keen under a couple of high balls in the first half and dropped them, and has just isolated himself and been turned over for the second time.

Edit: now he's just kicked it out long. Needs to chill.

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Competitive game here, but really not a great standard of rugby compared to the Heiny last weekend. Neither side really seems willing or able to string more than 2 or 3 phases together. Every time I watch Hastings play I realise how lucky Scotland are that Russell came along. Kieran Williams current...

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If geographic purity means more Welsh teams I’m happy to sacrifice it than wait for them to get their shit together and bin the dragons. Absolutely. In the meantime let's screw over travelling fans and force teams into fielding weakened sides. :thumbup: As long as no one is being asked to go to New...

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Doing a bit of research - not choosing everybody but in last 20 years we had: AWJ, Ian Evans, Jake Ball, Luke Charteris, Bradley Davies , Ian Gough, Cory Hill, Brent Cockbain, Chris Wyatt, Robert Sidoli, Ryan Jones* *I can't find Ryan Jones in any RWC squad - was he injured, out of form that year, ...

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Doing a bit of research - not choosing everybody but in last 20 years we had: AWJ, Ian Evans, Jake Ball, Luke Charteris, Bradley Davies , Ian Gough, Cory Hill, Brent Cockbain, Chris Wyatt, Robert Sidoli, Ryan Jones* *I can't find Ryan Jones in any RWC squad - was he injured, out of form that year, ...

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"With the injuries among those injured are co-captain Ruan Nortje and Springbok Marco van Staden. Celimpilo Gumede and Cameron Hanekom are both returning from injuries, but it is also uncertain if they will feature. The encounters against Leinster and Lyon resulted in a rash of injuries. Not only d...

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I don't understand the Bulls' decision. They are well placed in the URC for a home semi. But they have basically thrown the towel in for the Champions Cup, the same competition the $harks are fighting tooth and nail to get back into? "With the injuries among those injured are co-captain Ruan Nortje...

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Looking at the backrow is all good and well, and I agree with many of the comments but its our front 5 that is the biggest problem in the pack. I have no confidence in ANY prop, and with our hookers they all have a glaring weakness - Dee (scrum), Lake (darts), Elias (darts). Hard agree. Our prop st...

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It’s only really Bath with Du Toit and Schoeman but even then they’ve got Obano and Stuart who get a lot of game time. When you actually look around there is a smattering of foreigners but the vast majority of props are epq, it’s just that a lot of them aren’t international quality. Indeed. I'd say...

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Gloucester: Santi Carreras; Jonny May, Max Llewellyn, Seb Atkinson, Jake Morris; Adam Hastings, Stephen Varney; Jamal Ford-Robinson, Seb Blake, Kirill Gotovtsev, Freddie Clarke, Freddie Thomas, Ruan Ackermann (capt), Lewis Ludlow, Zach Mercer. Replacements: Santi Socino, Mayco Vivas, Fraser Balmain...

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Leinster v La Rochelle seems to be the pick of the action this weekend, but I surely can't be alone in feeling a bit underwhelmed by the Frogs/Mercenaries last weekend. They laboured past a pretty ordinary and injury-impacted Stormers side last weekend, and needed a missed kick to make sure of the r...

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Pom is 35 this year. If he’s playing in Ireland then he will be in an international squad similar to Healy and sexton to the end. He’ll then return to Munster broken,need recuperation and frankly he’s always been very poor in pro14 games. He’ll eake out one mega performance in a euro game putting b...

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Looking at the backrow is all good and well, and I agree with many of the comments but its our front 5 that is the biggest problem in the pack. I have no confidence in ANY prop, and with our hookers they all have a glaring weakness - Dee (scrum), Lake (darts), Elias (darts). Hard agree. Our prop st...

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Agreed on (not) Toby. He's done us absolutely proud and if he wants to go and play rugby elsewhere for £'s then he should go for it. Our options at 8 are Wainwright, Morris (well he's not really according to Gats) and Martin . Morse reminds me a little of Earl build wise. Christ, I hope Wainwright ...

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Its very different from "they played U20" to "highly rated at U20" although it's not like you to confuse a point to make a counter argument Marler, Wilson, Mako, Thomas, Corbisiero were all "highly rated" at U20, Lewis Boyce was not... My memory isn't good enough to be certain of which players were...

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I’m pretty sure Borthwick did pick the A team. Skivington talked about it at the time. Well blow me down, you're right. Scabbers did select it "in consultation" with Skivington. How weird. Not really. He’s the England head coach, why wouldn’t he have a lot to say on who plays for the A team. Whilst...

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Absolutely in 2/3 years time we could be stacked in the front row, the very fact we can all name half a dozen props aged 20 and under is unprecedented. As you say need to make sure we do everything right to aid their development. The fact Asher played U20 instead of A team this winter is a positive...

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Josh IS and James Harper were the England A tightheads in recent game against Portugal. So I think they are ahead of Painter in Borthwicks reckoning, unless Painter was on a bin run on that day and couldn’t make it. Scabnose doesn't select the England A side and nor does Baxter. I don't rate Painte...

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I reckon whoever we pick in the centres may well look better just for the fact we're likely to be picking a pack with the likes of Lake, Faletau and Morgan who should put us on the front foot a bit more. Playing with width, and therefore a footballing 12, then isn't such an issue, so Tompkins or Be...

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I reckon whoever we pick in the centres may well look better just for the fact we're likely to be picking a pack with the likes of Lake, Faletau and Morgan who should put us on the front foot a bit more. Playing with width, and therefore a footballing 12, then isn't such an issue, so Tompkins or Be...

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I reckon whoever we pick in the centres may well look better just for the fact we're likely to be picking a pack with the likes of Lake, Faletau and Morgan who should put us on the front foot a bit more. Playing with width, and therefore a footballing 12, then isn't such an issue, so Tompkins or Be...

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The good news about all these Under 20 players that aren’t as good as X or you don’t rate that highly, is that they’re almost guaranteed to get better. They’re 19. We need to be giving them the best environments to develop to their potential. I don’t know if that means bringing them on a tour to NZ...

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Baxter’s first choice has been Iosefa-Scott for most of this season up to 3 wks ago when he got injured, calf I think.Painter is immobile in the loose and still looks like the guy who collects your garbage. Despite his weight his scrummaging is rarely dominant. That's not true at all. He's been in ...

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I don’t think we should be picking Tomcyns for the foreseeable. If we've got a 12 who has learned to batter holes in the opposition defence then we drop Nicky Boyo like a hot potato (harsh - he was our MVP not so long ago). If Llewelyn plays like he did against England last year (4 carries for 4m, ...

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Think he'd already signed the contract so is exempt. Interesting! I didn't realise it was from the date of contract. Given it was less than a month between his Wales and Gloucester debuts, he'd definitely have signed the contract. That's promising. Given he's played a bit of 12 and 13 at the moment...

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I was very much expecting this response from you. :lol: Let's be honest, neither has a glittering canon of work for Wales just yet. Both obviously have potential, but we should call out poor performers (as I have with Daf) irrespective of potential, lest they become the perennial 'almost men'. Max ...

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Fudge it let's play Max and Mason in the summer Peak Bosh. Would be nice if both of them suddenly decided to have their first decent performance in a Welsh XV in the same match, but I'm not holding my breath. I was very much expecting this response from you. :lol: Let's be honest, neither has a gli...

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