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Derwyn wrote: ↑Tue Jan 30, 2024 3:31 pm Tuesday and there’s been no talk about the roof

The Zip-wire people insisted on it being open!

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Fair point, well made. So, what collection of has-beens, never weres and never will bes is Gatland going to pick for this coming weekend? Any ideas? I suppose, given rank desperation, we should go with what we’d like to see rather than what he will go with. What Gatland will pick: Thomas, Elias, As...

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Fair point, well made. So, what collection of has-beens, never weres and never will bes is Gatland going to pick for this coming weekend? Any ideas? I suppose, given rank desperation, we should go with what we’d like to see rather than what he will go with. What Gatland will pick: Thomas, Elias, As...

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So who are the best prospects at 10?

Dan Edwards at the Ospreys looks good?

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I wish Klopp had not announced he was leaving till the end of the season. This could derail the season now. Wonder if they will try and get Alonso to replace him? Could go both ways tbh - either players down tools - or they fight harder to give him a good send-off Imagine they'll go for Alonso - bu...

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I know most actors would be totally useless in an actual war, but when you look at the average ages of the men that went to war in WWI and WW2, then todays layabouts are a joke. No point sending them up against the Russian bear. The Russian ‘Bear’. A ferocious masculine creature, immune to hardship...

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I guess softcock Boomers would be too old for conscription

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Genuine question from an Irish fan. Why are some players affiliated to regions and some to clubs? (Not referring to the ones with English clubs, I mean the ones affiliated to Aberavon, RGC, Ebbw Vale etc.). If a player is the a regional academy does that mean he doesn't have a club side at all? The...

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Great result for Ospreys youth

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My point exactly Yes, it's highly unusual for any household to have tiny pockets of water anywhere at all. You're both kind of right Aedes species eggs can survive in a dehydrated state for many months (possibly years)- but they do need water for the larval stage Anopheline mosquito eggs need water...

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Peak Bateman was 1990 - running riot for Neath, which is why he went up north. Being benched for A very capable and much younger Mark Taylor in 1999 is no reflection on Bateman’s greatness. So we're judging him on one year? So looking at Bateman's career. Notwithstanding he was a fine player, but t...

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Scarlets the first Welsh team ever to score nil points in challenge cup!

Shambles.

3 year contract for Peel

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Cardiff Rugby: J Beetham; A Summerhill; R Lee-Lo, B Thomas, M Grady; T de Beer, T Williams; R Carre, E Daniel, K Assiratti, T Williams, R Thornton, A Mann, E Jenkins (c), M Martin Replacements: D Hughes, R Barratt, R Litterick, S Davies, L Timani, T Young, E Bevan, O Lane. Is new Wales Cap sensatio...

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Jonathan Davies at 12 is troubling, but the thing I always see in the Scarlets team right now is a lack of experience and/or quality at 3, 4, 5. Without Lousi and a really stand out tighthead it's just a soft underbelly. The Edinburgh options in the same positions of Nel, Skinner and Gilchrist are ...

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I reckon we'll lose heavily to Scotland first up

Rally - but lose a relatively tight game to England (IFW with the winning try)

Sans lube vs Ireland & France

50/50 vs Italy at home

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"Scotland" have a strong squad with some more poaches added. Watson and Harris dropped says it all Harris has been dropped because he's playing in an absolutely dogshit Glaws side. If playing for an absolutely dogshit side is a pre-requisite for being dropped then we'll have about 4 players in our ...

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Gavin Rees-Zammit

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Unavailable / injured / not selected Wales XV:

Carre, Lake, Francis
Ball, Christ T
Plumtree, Morgan, Faletau
Webb, Anscombe
Hawkins, Keiran Williams
LRZ, Liam Williams, Giles

Bench: Smith, Parry, Lewis, Hill, Young, Rhodri Williams, Jarrod, Max Llewelyn

I'd fancy that to beat our first team....

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Weakest Welsh squad since the 90s for my money

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Derwyn wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2024 1:57 pm I don’t know where to begin.

Rhys Ruddock's glaring omission?

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Corey Domachowski, Kemsley Mathias, Gareth Thomas, Ryan Elias, Elliot Dee, Evan Lloyd, Keiron Assiratti, Leon Brown, Archie Griffin, Adam Beard, Dafydd Jenkins, Will Rowlands, Teddy Williams Taine Basham, James Botham, Alex Mann, Mackenzie Martin, Tommy Reffell, Aaron Wainwright Tomos Williams, Gare...

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How do you solve the issue that the regions in no way tie into either 'traditional' or 'merit'? Its basically just English fixtures. There is no perfect solution - but more games against English West country rivals gets the blood pumping far more than fixtures vs URC teams. Would that remain so if ...

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And it's entirely self-inflicted. Nothing to do with who you're playing. I disagree. Welsh rugby has always been quite emotive - we undoubtedly have a 'village' mentality & only really get going when playing meaningful derby matches. That's how Welsh rugby developed - be it games against our neares...

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Cuz your teams are shit and broke. That's why we're looking to jump ship..... And it's entirely self-inflicted. Nothing to do with who you're playing. I disagree. Welsh rugby has always been quite emotive - we undoubtedly have a 'village' mentality & only really get going when playing meaningful de...

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Nolanator wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2024 12:09 pm
P in VG wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2024 12:00 pm Why do you assume we'll keep losing at the same rate?
Cuz your teams are shit and broke.

That's why we're looking to jump ship.....

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Track record. You couldnt win when you had money, why will you win when you dont have any? Specially in a league you consider to be of higher quality. Even when you did win Scarlets - people still didn't show up. Scarlets average attendance in 2017/2018 was 10,000 (from a population base of 185,000...

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Who's the slaphead in the pics? Lots more emotion evident in the posts by Welsh on this thread than Irish. Remind me who's more in a spin abotu this? Personally I'd love if the Welsh regions could bring the quality that the (good) Saffer sides do. A strong Celtic League is the obvious set-up. Have ...

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I do find it funny that, once the URC has found its legs and is proving to be an excellent competition, the Welsh are desperately trying to join the premiership again. If you can't make a success of it being a part of a strong and thriving league, how will you make a success of it in a basket case ...

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The only positive for an British/Irish league would be to witness the PR Micks meltdown. Educate me. What are the downsides (I acknowledge it’s a pipe dream)? At, this stage, I don't think there are any particular downsides. However, there aren't any upsides either really...unless you believe the s...

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Theflier wrote: ↑Sat Jan 13, 2024 8:59 pm Anyway, Cardiff are riding a wave of good feeling and are looking to take advantage of 4 consecutive sell out 12000 games.

Watch us get pumped for 50

Worried about Halaholo’s midfield defence

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Garyn Phillips looked like a beast when he came on - he's really filled out since I last took note of him!

Lots of good young young forwards at the Ospreys

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Perpignan were shite - but decent showings from some of the Os, even if the performance was a bit disjointed

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Derwyn wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2024 9:55 pm
Theflier wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2024 9:52 pm Are covid stadium restrictions back in force?
I hear they want a purpose built rugby stadium.

This should suffice.

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People in their 20's today spend much more money on lifestyle expenses than people in their 20's did in the 1990s, but what those pointing out this fact seem to forget is that those in their 20s in the 1990s spent much more money on lifestyle expenses than those in the 20s in the 1970s, who in turn...

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That is a special backrow; the 6 is really an 8 converted from lock, the 7 is a hooker and the 8 is 18 years old...truly this is the 'ghost of seasons future' backrow. We're all going to put out some weird combinations as squads get stretched, Ospreys just getting in early. It's not a bad back row ...

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Jeff the Bear wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2024 10:38 am
Frodder wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2024 9:38 am (not) Toby definitely crocked for the 6N. Our BR looks like

6 Morris (well my pick)
7 Tommy
8 Wainwright
I reckon Gatland will pick Mackenzie or Morse as a 6 before Morris (or move Wainwright back to 6 and have either of those two at 8.)

It's going to be Rhys Ruddock or Dan Lydiate at 6....

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I’ve been thinking about this, because there’s no way the WRU will allow the regions to hold any power over them. Expect every single player from now on to fall under the ‘wasnt given a fair market offer’ if and when gatland wants to select them If Grady goes - it's clear that the lure of playing f...

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Always the 80s interest rates chestnut...over and over it is trotted out..... It's elementary mathematics that one is better off buying a house with high followed by decreasing (variable or reneogtiated) interest rates compared to the inverse. I'm not even going to bother to explain it. That awkwar...

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To Bath at the end of the season, I assume? I'll be interested to see who they are shipping on, because their backline wage bill must be getting quite serious. Guess he's decided that he'd rather get out of the shitshow that is the reejuns and play some decent club rugby, as opposed to hanging arou...

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