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Post by zephro on Apr 20, 2024 17:45:17 GMT
What a result! First win away in Italy since 1999.
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Post by Ulythium on Apr 22, 2024 10:38:12 GMT
Bristol beat Newcastle 85-14 yesterday.
Newcastle's record for the season: played 15, lost 15, with a points difference of -306.
They have five points overall, with Gloucester (the club that's right above them in the table) on 27.
Their last three games are against Sale, Bath, and Gloucester - hard to see them winning any of these.
There's no relegation this year, so they'll just have to go again for the 2024-25 season.
What a shitty situation.
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Post by zephro on Apr 27, 2024 14:25:37 GMT
Well this is unpleasantly tight.
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Post by LegendaryApe on Apr 27, 2024 15:14:45 GMT
Well this is unpleasantly tight. ...
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Post by zephro on Apr 27, 2024 15:27:03 GMT
Fuck's sake I think they forgot that kicking a draw would have guaranteed third place there. Fucking doing a Scotland. Fuck.
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Post by Ulythium on Apr 27, 2024 16:14:22 GMT
Not to belabour a point I've already made on umpteen prior occasions, but Karl Dickson's incompetence is nothing short of staggering. Let me set the scene: Quins vs. Saints, being played at Twickenham, close to the end of the Premiership season. It's not a full house - the top tier of the stadium is shut - but otherwise, it's a high turnout for what's supposed to be a showcase of top-flight English rugby. The powers that be, for reasons known only to them, appoint Dickson to referee the game. Not only is he the worst referee in the league by a handful of light-years, he's also a former Quins player. During the first half, Danny Care is sent to the sin bin for a high tackle on Courtney Lawes - a fair cop, no arguments to be had. In the second half, Care flops over the top of a ruck (playing Alex Mitchell, the Saints 9, in the process), and Dickson's hand immediately goes to his pocket...
... Before being retracted with an equal amount of haste. He went to card the offending player, realised it was his old teammate Care (who'd have to be sent off for receiving two yellows in the same game), and totally fucking bottled it.
Cue several replays and discussions with the TMO, in which Dickson desperately tries to justify keeping Care on the field, and succeeds in so doing.
Quins hastily bring on Will Porter for Care (who leaves the field smirking), and Quins avoid being down to 14 for the rest of the game... Which they go on to win, with Porter scoring two tries to help them over the finish line.
The posters on the Saints board are furious, and I don't blame them.
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Post by Danno on Apr 27, 2024 17:03:35 GMT
He's a fucking disgrace
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Post by alastair on Apr 27, 2024 17:16:17 GMT
Fra v England - it's a cracking game! France not giving up...
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Post by Danno on Apr 29, 2024 15:00:41 GMT
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