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- Wed Jun 03, 2020 10:34 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 112687
- Views: 7621989
Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
Like sure Saracens players have been very good in Europe and very good for England, but it's a chicken and egg situ. Anthony Watson didn't become one of England's finest wingers because of Europe. George Ford's not exactly had a stellar time in Europe. Half the English clubs are either shite in Eur...
- Wed Jun 03, 2020 9:21 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 112687
- Views: 7621989
Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
So Humphrey's is out at Gloucester Can't believe they will appoint from within when Dai Young and Rob Howley are both available They might not combine the Head Coach and DoR roles, but will they want someone on the same sort of money as Humps? I say that as someone who likes Humphreys as a player a...
- Mon Jun 01, 2020 7:29 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Will Britain ever apologise for slavery & the civil war?
- Replies: 68
- Views: 9010
Re: Will Britain ever apologise for slavery & the civil war?
You all missed the British Govt’s formal apology, then?
- Thu May 28, 2020 9:46 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
- Replies: 27114
- Views: 2015478
Re: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
I'm pleased with myself. Came up with a way to do single arm bench press, so I can actually get a decent range of movement compared to floor press. Have my coffee table* alongside the kitchen table. Lie on top of it to one side so that my elbow can travel all the way backwards, while my free hand b...
- Thu May 28, 2020 9:35 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
- Replies: 61014
- Views: 3370810
Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
Oh facebook. Part of a couple of a community groups. Got the usual crazies saying that coronaviruses have been part of the flu vaccine for ages, and that there's no difference between the deaths this year and last. Ask them for evidence they don't provide any. Look up a flu insert and the numbers, ...
- Wed May 27, 2020 3:56 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
- Replies: 27114
- Views: 2015478
Re: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
I'm a KB man these days, comrade. Aha, do I detect another devotee of the RKC/Strongfirst KB stuff? If not, I'd thoroughly recommend Pavel Tsatsouline's articles/books/videos on KB exercises and programming (most of which can now be had for free on youtube etc) - although some of the earlier videos...
- Wed May 27, 2020 3:27 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
- Replies: 27114
- Views: 2015478
Re: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
I'm a KB man these days, comrade. Aha, do I detect another devotee of the RKC/Strongfirst KB stuff? If not, I'd thoroughly recommend Pavel Tsatsouline's articles/books/videos on KB exercises and programming (most of which can now be had for free on youtube etc) - although some of the earlier videos...
- Wed May 27, 2020 8:38 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Great GIFS Thread (Not all NSFW have been spoilered...)
- Replies: 22269
- Views: 3785939
Re: Great GIFS Thread (Not all NSFW have been spoilered...)
https://media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/ezgif-7-a9fea5dd0dc0.gif https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=one+ping+only+vasily+gif&&view=detail&mid=CD8B8D405CDFE84556DDCD8B8D405CDFE84556DD&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Done%2520ping%2520only%2520vasily%2520gif%26qs%3Dn%26sp%3D...
- Sun May 24, 2020 1:24 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The PR Book Thread
- Replies: 1528
- Views: 224089
- Sun May 24, 2020 1:15 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The PR Book Thread
- Replies: 1528
- Views: 224089
Re: The PR Book Thread
Ah, fair enough! I love Le Carré’s stuff, must get round to watching the BBC adaptation of the Little Drummer Girl at some point
- Sun May 24, 2020 12:53 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The PR Book Thread
- Replies: 1528
- Views: 224089
Re: The PR Book Thread
Le Carré has written contemporary novels - you could try Our Kind of Traitor or A Most Wanted ManAkkerman wrote:what are the best contemporary spy books out there, something like le carré but for our times, not the cold war ?
no grisham or lee child please
- Fri May 22, 2020 1:03 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Entertaining Pics Thread (definitely with NSFW content)
- Replies: 55702
- Views: 9447062
Re: The Entertaining Pics Thread (definitely with NSFW conte
He’d probably had 12 pints...happyhooker wrote:A journalist could probably spell allowedWinnie wrote:
Who’s the Irish Minister of Alcohol these days? (Kermit?)
- Fri May 22, 2020 12:21 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Entertaining Pics Thread (definitely with NSFW content)
- Replies: 55702
- Views: 9447062
Re: The Entertaining Pics Thread (definitely with NSFW conte
He’d probably had 12 pints...happyhooker wrote:A journalist could probably spell allowedWinnie wrote:
Who’s the Irish Minister of Alcohol these days? (Kermit?)
- Mon May 18, 2020 3:16 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: TV Shows you wish were still on
- Replies: 42
- Views: 6144
Re: TV Shows you wish were still on
Father Ted :( +1 Even if Dermot Morgan and Frank Kelly still around and funny, I don't think Graham Linehan is particularly well equipped for writing comedy these days. :uhoh: "I hear you're a woman now, Father?" Pretty sure there was only ever going to be 2 series and I think it's one of those sho...
- Mon May 18, 2020 3:02 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: TV Shows you wish were still on
- Replies: 42
- Views: 6144
Re: TV Shows you wish were still on
Father Ted :( +1 Even if Dermot Morgan and Frank Kelly still around and funny, I don't think Graham Linehan is particularly well equipped for writing comedy these days. :uhoh: "I hear you're a woman now, Father?" Pretty sure there was only ever going to be 2 series and I think it's one of those sho...
- Mon May 18, 2020 1:49 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: TV Shows you wish were still on
- Replies: 42
- Views: 6144
Re: TV Shows you wish were still on
Literally any decent sketch show (or, tbh, any decent comedy!): Armstrong and Miller Mitchell and Webb The Fast Show Harry Enfield and Chums Big Train Tbh, there have been very few must-watch comedy shows on terrestrial tv in the last decade (some of the below are probably older than that); bland, m...
- Sun May 17, 2020 7:10 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The airbrushing of Winston Churchill
- Replies: 568
- Views: 63455
Re: The airbrushing of Winston Churchill
Many many French fought like heroes around Dunkirk. A weirdly overlooked part of history. By who? It is pretty well known that the evacuation was only possible because French troops with no hope of rescue held the perimeter. What is odd is the number of people who think Dunkirk was the only evacuat...
- Fri May 15, 2020 12:28 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
- Replies: 61014
- Views: 3370810
Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
One reason we took it hard. https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1260950259259318273 Diabetes in 25% of deaths so far. I would hazard a guess that the majority will be Type 2, with all the additional issues that go hand in hand. Sure I overheard a stat on the news last night that a very high percenta...
- Fri May 15, 2020 11:48 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
- Replies: 61014
- Views: 3370810
Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
One reason we took it hard. https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1260950259259318273 Diabetes in 25% of deaths so far. I would hazard a guess that the majority will be Type 2, with all the additional issues that go hand in hand. Sure I overheard a stat on the news last night that a very high percenta...
- Fri May 15, 2020 11:41 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The airbrushing of Winston Churchill
- Replies: 568
- Views: 63455
Re: The airbrushing of Winston Churchill
OK, I don't have the stamina to read through this almost certain Irish-English clusterfuck dick waving headed by Bimbo and Mullet. Summary? Summary is that Churchill divides opinion depending upon who you ask. To Brits and maybe antipodeans he is , generally, seen as the man who successfully led hi...
- Fri May 15, 2020 10:43 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
- Replies: 61014
- Views: 3370810
Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
Does anyone seriously believe those London figures? 24 new cases a day is difficult to believe (and the implication that the virus could be gone within 2 weeks), but the R rate and numbers already infected seem plausible Thats probably 24 new detected cases, but yes, I could believe that. And equal...
- Fri May 15, 2020 10:15 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: When will you feel ready to go back to pubs again?
- Replies: 162
- Views: 16677
Re: When will you feel ready to go back to pubs again?
My local, which has it's own microbrewery, is currently doing takeaways on Fridays and Saturdays - you just turn up with your 4 pint milk carton (or your growler, if you have one) and get it topped-up from the pumps - if you time it wrong the queue is of Annabel Chong proportions though.
- Fri May 15, 2020 10:09 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
- Replies: 61014
- Views: 3370810
Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
24 new cases a day is difficult to believe (and the implication that the virus could be gone within 2 weeks), but the R rate and numbers already infected seem plausibleDuff Paddy wrote:Does anyone seriously believe those London figures?
- Fri May 15, 2020 10:00 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
- Replies: 61014
- Views: 3370810
Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
More on those stats (from behind the Telegraph paywall): Latest coronavirus modelling: A north-south divide and a worse over-75 death rate than first estimated The new data also shows that 10 per cent of the UK have had Covid-19 and that 16 to 25-year-olds have the highest chance of catching it By S...
- Thu May 14, 2020 1:24 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Entertaining Pics Thread (definitely with NSFW content)
- Replies: 55702
- Views: 9447062
Re: The Entertaining Pics Thread (definitely with NSFW conte
That’s some quick-drying mortar you’ve got there!camroc1 wrote:Won't notice a thing when they've plastered it before the foreman comes back from a boozy lunch with the design team.
- Thu May 14, 2020 12:57 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Entertaining Pics Thread (definitely with NSFW content)
- Replies: 55702
- Views: 9447062
Re: The Entertaining Pics Thread (definitely with NSFW conte
Not sure what the point of the lower line was!!
- Thu May 14, 2020 12:55 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Who is the second best European FH of professional era?
- Replies: 53
- Views: 7232
Re: Who is the second best European FH of professional era?
when France have started with Freddie at 10 at home, they've lost only twice...and the two times were all against Argentina! SIX NATIONS - Stade de France, 9 February 2013 France (3) 6 - 16 (3) Wales (FT) Yoann Huget Wesley Fofana Mathieu Bastareaud Maxime Mermoz Benjamin Fall Frederic Michalak Max...
- Thu May 14, 2020 10:50 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Who is the second best European FH of professional era?
- Replies: 53
- Views: 7232
Re: Who was the second best European FH of professional era?
Sexton is probably your right answer but I voted Freddie mostly because as everybody know, I have a love affair with flair FHs like Spencer, Finn Russell or Freddie and Freddie was clearly a brillant one. Btw, I found a telling stat I didn't know about him which surprised me : when oFrance have sta...
- Thu May 14, 2020 9:01 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Teenagers.
- Replies: 49
- Views: 7087
Re: Teenagers.
But look on the bright side; at least your children can now sleep through the night and go to the toilet on their own!
- Wed May 13, 2020 10:35 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: F1 Thread
- Replies: 17847
- Views: 1205314
Re: F1 Thread
A question for the initiated; why aren't Renault able to escape the midfield of F1? Seems that they have all of the resources they could need and other teams (some with much less clout behind them) have been able to get better results with Renault engines.
- Tue May 12, 2020 3:04 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: VE Day: 75th Anniversary
- Replies: 166
- Views: 18444
Re: VE Day: 75th Anniversary
Not sure Dunkirk figures particularly highly in the British psyche tbh, certainly no more so than D-Day, the Battle of Britain, VE day etc as an important milestone in WWII. It will be interesting to see if the various commemoration days/anniversaries fall by the wayside or are amalgamated once the...
- Tue May 12, 2020 2:40 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: VE Day: 75th Anniversary
- Replies: 166
- Views: 18444
Re: VE Day: 75th Anniversary
Not sure Dunkirk figures particularly highly in the British psyche tbh, certainly no more so than D-Day, the Battle of Britain, VE day etc as an important milestone in WWII. It will be interesting to see if the various commemoration days/anniversaries fall by the wayside or are amalgamated once the ...
- Tue May 12, 2020 1:24 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: F1 Thread
- Replies: 17847
- Views: 1205314
Re: F1 Thread
Hope they bring back KimiKeith wrote:It'll be Ricciardo most likely, but I wouldn't bet against a solid number 2 type driver like the Hulk as a bolter.
- Tue May 12, 2020 11:56 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
- Replies: 27114
- Views: 2015478
Re: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
Those are some pretty heavy KBs. You live quite close by, don't you...? :P Haha, you must be missing the uni gym! I did think about going up to the common for a change scenery, but then thought about about getting laughed at while trying to lug the 48kg up the hill (let alone doing a workout afterw...
- Tue May 12, 2020 11:22 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
- Replies: 27114
- Views: 2015478
Re: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
How's everyone getting on? All good, probably the closest I've managed to follow a training programme since Uni tbh :blush: Working from home has been great for following a 'grease the groove' regime of multiple sets spread throughout the day using my pull-up bar and kettlebells (thankfully have a ...
- Tue May 12, 2020 10:06 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The best new and returning TV series of 2024?
- Replies: 11460
- Views: 1247319
Re: The best new and returning TV series of 2020?
Jordan was never a class act as a personality though - google his acceptance speech when he was inducted into the NBA hall of fame as an example; basically a long list of snipes at people who he thought had crossed him or he hated (like Father Ted’s golden cleric acceptance speech, but real!). It's...
- Mon May 11, 2020 9:39 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: XV by 100m relay XV
- Replies: 51
- Views: 6776
Re: XV by 100m relay XV
For England in the pro-era Genge Greening Sinks Jones (Chris) Itoje Croft Clifford Forrester Simpson Cips (pre ankle injury) May Catt Daly Robinson Balshaw For speed over 100m I’d go Tom Varndell over Robinson and reckon Mathew Tait would be in the back 5 somewhere. Guscott at 12 and Monye at 15 ( ...
- Mon May 11, 2020 8:44 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: XV by 100m relay XV
- Replies: 51
- Views: 6776
Re: XV by 100m relay XV
For England in the pro-era Genge Greening Sinks Jones (Chris) Itoje Croft Clifford Forrester Simpson Cips (pre ankle injury) May Catt Daly Robinson Balshaw For speed over 100m I’d go Tom Varndell over Robinson and reckon Mathew Tait would be in the back 5 somewhere. Guscott at 12 and Monye at 15 ( ...
- Mon May 11, 2020 8:31 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The best new and returning TV series of 2024?
- Replies: 11460
- Views: 1247319
Re: The best new and returning TV series of 2020?
Don't think I'll bother with the Last Dance, Michael Jordan overseeing everything leaves a sour taste. He comes across as a massive cúnt tbh. I always think that it's funny that we are surprised when high-achievers turn out to be single-minded. How the hell did they claw their way to the top of the...
- Mon May 11, 2020 8:33 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Your amateur v pro 15.
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2825
Re: Your amateur v pro 15.
Caucau deserves a particular nod for embracing the amateur ethos during the pro era (and still dominating!) OK , maybe should have said both training under professional times of today. Talent v talent The amateur guys wouldn't be able to make the adjustment - no time for a tinny or smoking a tab dur...