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- Thu Jan 25, 2024 4:35 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Sign Me Up!?
- Replies: 70
- Views: 2715
Re: Sign Me Up!?
I guess softcock Boomers would be too old for conscription
- Wed Jan 24, 2024 3:15 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
- Replies: 37948
- Views: 2642321
Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
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...
- Sun Jan 21, 2024 4:25 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
- Replies: 37948
- Views: 2642321
Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Great result for Ospreys youth
- Sat Jan 20, 2024 10:47 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Mosquitos
- Replies: 65
- Views: 1854
Re: Mosquitos
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...
- Fri Jan 19, 2024 11:25 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
- Replies: 37948
- Views: 2642321
Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
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...
- Fri Jan 19, 2024 11:08 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
- Replies: 37948
- Views: 2642321
Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Scarlets the first Welsh team ever to score nil points in challenge cup!
Shambles.
3 year contract for Peel
Shambles.
3 year contract for Peel
- Fri Jan 19, 2024 4:00 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
- Replies: 37948
- Views: 2642321
Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
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...
- Fri Jan 19, 2024 11:40 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
- Replies: 37948
- Views: 2642321
Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
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 ...
- Wed Jan 17, 2024 11:37 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
- Replies: 37948
- Views: 2642321
Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
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
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
- Wed Jan 17, 2024 11:32 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
- Replies: 37948
- Views: 2642321
Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
"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 ...
- Tue Jan 16, 2024 2:58 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: LRZ
- Replies: 423
- Views: 20345
Re: LRZ
Gavin Rees-Zammit
- Tue Jan 16, 2024 2:29 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
- Replies: 37948
- Views: 2642321
Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
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....
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....
- Tue Jan 16, 2024 2:06 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
- Replies: 37948
- Views: 2642321
Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Weakest Welsh squad since the 90s for my money
- Tue Jan 16, 2024 1:59 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
- Replies: 37948
- Views: 2642321
- Tue Jan 16, 2024 1:53 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
- Replies: 37948
- Views: 2642321
Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
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...
- Tue Jan 16, 2024 1:47 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
- Replies: 37948
- Views: 2642321
- Tue Jan 16, 2024 12:58 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Goodbye our Irish friends & others
- Replies: 175
- Views: 9443
Re: Goodbye our Irish friends & others
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 ...
- Tue Jan 16, 2024 12:47 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Goodbye our Irish friends & others
- Replies: 175
- Views: 9443
Re: Goodbye our Irish friends & others
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...
- Tue Jan 16, 2024 12:34 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Goodbye our Irish friends & others
- Replies: 175
- Views: 9443
Re: Goodbye our Irish friends & others
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...
- Tue Jan 16, 2024 12:11 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Goodbye our Irish friends & others
- Replies: 175
- Views: 9443
- Tue Jan 16, 2024 12:10 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Goodbye our Irish friends & others
- Replies: 175
- Views: 9443
Re: Goodbye our Irish friends & others
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...
- Tue Jan 16, 2024 12:00 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Goodbye our Irish friends & others
- Replies: 175
- Views: 9443
Re: Goodbye our Irish friends & others
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 ...
- Tue Jan 16, 2024 11:13 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Goodbye our Irish friends & others
- Replies: 175
- Views: 9443
Re: Goodbye our Irish friends & others
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 ...
- Mon Jan 15, 2024 10:48 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
- Replies: 37948
- Views: 2642321
Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
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...
- Sat Jan 13, 2024 9:01 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
- Replies: 37948
- Views: 2642321
- Sat Jan 13, 2024 1:19 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
- Replies: 37948
- Views: 2642321
Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
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
Lots of good young young forwards at the Ospreys
- Fri Jan 12, 2024 11:09 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
- Replies: 37948
- Views: 2642321
Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Perpignan were shite - but decent showings from some of the Os, even if the performance was a bit disjointed
- Fri Jan 12, 2024 10:47 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
- Replies: 37948
- Views: 2642321
- Thu Jan 11, 2024 5:22 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Natwest boss says stop bitching, buying a house is easy as f##k!
- Replies: 914
- Views: 44636
Re: Natwest boss says stop bitching, buying a house is easy as f##k!
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...
- Thu Jan 11, 2024 4:08 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
- Replies: 37948
- Views: 2642321
Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
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 ...
- Thu Jan 11, 2024 10:48 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
- Replies: 37948
- Views: 2642321
Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
It's going to be Rhys Ruddock or Dan Lydiate at 6....Jeff the Bear wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2024 10:38 amI 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.)
- Wed Jan 10, 2024 2:20 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
- Replies: 37948
- Views: 2642321
Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
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...
- Wed Jan 10, 2024 2:12 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Natwest boss says stop bitching, buying a house is easy as f##k!
- Replies: 914
- Views: 44636
Re: Natwest boss says stop bitching, buying a house is easy as f##k!
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...
- Wed Jan 10, 2024 1:17 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
- Replies: 37948
- Views: 2642321
Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
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...
- Mon Jan 08, 2024 2:55 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
- Replies: 37948
- Views: 2642321
- Sun Jan 07, 2024 1:41 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Natwest boss says stop bitching, buying a house is easy as f##k!
- Replies: 914
- Views: 44636
Re: Natwest boss says stop bitching, buying a house is easy as f##k!
Pretty much this. All these ‘all landlords & banks are evil’ type articles fail to ever point out that whilst affordability has fallen on the x salary side, so have expectations of buyers increased who by almost any metric , have a better life than in the 1970-80’s Newer cars More holidays More res...
- Sun Jan 07, 2024 1:02 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
- Replies: 37948
- Views: 2642321
- Thu Jan 04, 2024 1:14 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
- Replies: 37948
- Views: 2642321
- Thu Jan 04, 2024 12:43 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
- Replies: 37948
- Views: 2642321
Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/article-12923695/Warren-Gatland-Test-Wales-unions-England-France.html Grim reading Seems the WRU remain uber-c*nts - offering the regions a £500K loan to retain Senior players (who will be off with Team Wales most of the season anyway) - how does that ev...
- Thu Jan 04, 2024 12:24 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
- Replies: 37948
- Views: 2642321
Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/article-12923695/Warren-Gatland-Test-Wales-unions-England-France.html Grim reading Seems the WRU remain uber-c*nts - offering the regions a £500K loan to retain Senior players (who will be off with Team Wales most of the season anyway) - how does that ev...