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Whereas Irelands has been meh, third best. Meh, third best. Meh, third best. Meh, third best. And yet Ireland STILL hold the all-time 4/5/6 Nations record for wooden spoons, at 25. If, as expected, the Oirish walk this non-vintage year, they will STILL only equal the Welsh record for 6N Grand Slams...

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Derwyn wrote: ↑Tue Feb 20, 2024 12:43 pm https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hJRoB-rnBkw
If you got a spare couple of minutes then this will tell you why Beard is selected.

Captain in all but name.

At least we will have some grunt in the second half.

That was actually quite insightful (better than the Netflix doc in any case!)

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Cardiff Rugby: Jacob Beetham (Brecon); Owen Lane (Rhiwbina), Rey Lee-Lo (Karaka), Ben Thomas (St Peter’s / Llandaff), Aled Summershill (Porth Harlequins); Tinus de Beer (Blue Bulls), Ellis Bevan (Old Silhillians); Rhys Carré (St Joesph’s), Liam Belcher (Porth Harlequins), Will Davies-King (Chepshow)...

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I would agree they don’t have the sort of superiority of talent that perhaps characterises the very, very best sides in history such as England 2000-2003 and the Kiwis under Henry and Hansen but they’ve depth and quality across the pitch. That is quite a high bar tbf. My clear recollection of the E...

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Waboso speaks out - https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/325b0776-a129-47bd-8cc6-0c7542d5e3f4?shareToken=05688d4dbf0e5a7942e58e9db9b352f0 He regards himself as half-Nigerian, a quarter English and a quarter Jamaican. And here’s what he said the other month But who would be the priority for the Wales ...

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Meagre first team appearances, but if the recent games I've seen and heard about are anything to go by, he's well on his way to becoming a good pro 10, and wears the 'plays in england shield' which automatically adds 2 points to his rating out of 10 Does he have an English granny? - Baxter & Borthe...

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10 stocks are fine, mismanagement means our three prime aged 10 are not resilient for test rugby or not experienced and th eplayers they should be. Costello and Lloyd are not future stars, Costellow I see no point in, Lloyd is a great bench option if we want a 6-2 split. We have two very capable 10...

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A bit of optimism...... XV of Players (u25 - injured / not selected), who could come in to bolster the squad in next few years: 1 Garyn Phillips / Cameron Jones 2 Dewi Lake / Efan Daniel 3 Rhys Litterick 4 James Fender 5 Ben Carter / Christ T 6 Plumtree / Tristan Davies / Ryan Woodman 7 Jac Morgan /...

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Look at this shite. Running backwards, eyes only for the receiver, zero threat or guile, and then throwing a pass so bad it allows Underhill to separate Thomas's ribs. That's absolute toss. I've seen U16s look more confident and convincing at 10. https://twitter.com/ITVRugby/status/1756370377398255...

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You need 24 hour ban mate to cool off I don't want to see you ever near the Welsh rugby thread talking about Cardiff and its trove of dogshit players again. Piss off you woman, stop f*cking talking to me, sound like your on the f*cking blob, we lost like we have at twickers for the last 12 years. Y...

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Quins89 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 8:28 pm
P in VG wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 8:26 pm What are you feeding these Orclets?!
We haven’t had many powerful packs in about 15 years or more.

This is a very very good pack and for the first time in ages really powerful.

Fair do's - looks like a good crop. Hoping for not too many scrums for the rest of the game!

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What are you feeding these Orclets?!

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What about subscribers? 1.1m subs on YouTube in 6 months. I can say the opposite, I didn’t really hear much of him when he was buried on a news network, now he’s free to make whatever content he wants, I’ve not heard the end of it. Algorithms innit - you're clearly a desperate alt-right, proud-boy ...

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By the metric of millions of viewers vs 10’s of thousands within legacy outlets that he competes with . This isn’t difficult to understand, the world of media and media news has changed for ever See above, those millions of views are very questionable. I was hearing his opinions all the time when h...

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The US right have gone from a cold-war footing where Russia was THE big adversary, to a place where a former Fox News poster boy is chucking Putin soft-balls so he can be better understood on the other side of the pond. It's so bizzare

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“the perception that green spaces are dominated by white people can prevent people from ethnic minority backgrounds from using green spaces”.

Sounds like their own prejudice & racist views towards white people are keeping them from enjoying the lovely countryside

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Theflier wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2024 11:01 am Brace yourselves, reports Lloyd is struggling to make fitness

Oh dear God

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It is set up to be less attritional than a normal Gatland team. If we play slow with that team it will be a disaster. But then it would be whatever team we selected so at least he looks like he's taken the hint from Scotland. It worked against a Scotland team who were tired after battering us for 5...

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So he's removed every carrier from the pack and replaced them with a high energy defensive player? Anyone who thinks Gats had anything to do with the resurgence last weekend is a moron, he understand one game plan, high energy defence, a big carrier in the mid field. I once again look forwrad to he...

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Botham OUT

Seb Davies & Dillon Lewis IN

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He was at the Ospreys for years, and although he was never bad, he seemed to be exactly what he appeared to be, a squad filler player who plugged gaps as and when needed. His performances certainly never made the Ospreys consider they needed to make him a guaranteed starter, let alone a starter at ...

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About Wales? I think about Welsh rugby all the time since they are part of the URC and the 6 Nations and I take no pleasure in their decline. The Welsh fans are great craic and Cardiff is a brilliant away weekend. The whole city seems to gets involved in a way you don't see in the other 6 nations d...

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Honestly, if Scotland don’t muller us, they should hang their heads in shame. They did us easily last year and out side this weekend is considerably weaker. Scotland have made much of being a good side. A good side not respected. A good side goes to Cardiff and absolutely buries us. There’s no mock...

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Jeff the Bear wrote: ↑Fri Feb 02, 2024 11:14 am
Hawk97 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 02, 2024 11:10 am
Da iawn diolch wrote: ↑Fri Feb 02, 2024 11:09 am
Am I the only one who thinks having three captains on the park is a bit weird?
No, it’s bizarre.
To me that screams of big egos and the coach not having the balls to tell some players that they're not captaon/vice captain.

They need 2x VCs in case Finn goes AWOL

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Just for context - the injured, unavailable or not selected first XV looks pretty decent: Front row: G Thomas, Lake, Francis 2nd row: Rowlands, Fender Back row: Plumbtree, Faletau, Morgan, SH: Hardy (not much choice here!) FH: Anscombe / Jarrod / Patchell / Sheedy Centres: Hawkins, North Back 3: LRZ...

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Brown Elias doma, beard, Jenkins, botham, refell, wainwright, Davies, Costello, dire, Timmy, watkin, adams, winnett Tbf, the only WTF! selections there are Brown, Beard and Watkins (you could add Winnett, and notwithstanding I didn't think he was fit which is why I think this is bullshit, he is the...

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expected french team in the press, with moefana on the wing and bb on the bench, 6-2 split 15. Ramos; 14. Penaud, 13. Danty, 12. Fickou, 11. Moefana; 10. Jalibert, 9. Lucu; 7. Ollivon, 8. Alldritt, 6. Cros; 5. Willemse, 4. Gabrillagues; 3. Atonio, 2. Mauvaka, 1. Baille Remplaçants : 16. Marchand, 1...

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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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