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Post by Danno on Aug 23, 2023 19:58:58 GMT
Being dead last and almost dead last in the other seven categories concerns me far more than the shit kick and clap tactics we've adopted.
Speaking of Youngs, did anyone see Watson and him combine for a kick and chase on Saturday? I shit you not, Watson motioned for the geriatric Youngs to chase his kick out of the 22, not the other way around.
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Post by zephro on Aug 23, 2023 20:56:02 GMT
Oh yeah the clapping.
Oh in other news the ITV pundit line up.... I know England won the cup in 2003 but give it a fucking rest. Wilkinson talks in inane management platitudes and Skelator himself clearly hasn't watched a game of rugby since 2005.
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Post by Ulythium on Aug 24, 2023 14:18:46 GMT
Anthony Watson ruled out of England's World Cup squad: www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/66608039No official replacement has been announced yet, but Jonny May is rumoured to be playing against Fiji on Saturday. |
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Post by Ulythium on Aug 24, 2023 14:20:13 GMT
Scratch that last part - May's definitely playing on Saturday!
Ford at 10 in Farrell's absence; Earl at 8, filling in for Vunipola.
Mitchell starting at 9.
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Post by Danno on Aug 24, 2023 14:24:05 GMT
Oh yeah the clapping. Oh in other news the ITV pundit line up.... I know England won the cup in 2003 but give it a fucking rest. Wilkinson talks in inane management platitudes and Skelator himself clearly hasn't watched a game of rugby since 2005. I loathe Earls. He reminds me of one of the snot nosed bully kids from primary school |
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Post by Ulythium on Aug 24, 2023 16:13:31 GMT
I detest Earls as well. Excellent player, but grade-A bellend.
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Post by zephro on Aug 24, 2023 17:43:32 GMT
Basically the formula is Saracens + England = bell end.
Duncan Taylor and Sean Maitland just seemed quiet not bellendish when they played for Scotland. Alex Goode gives off strong weird nerd vibes, presumably why he never got selected for England.
Shame about Watson I think he's genuinely class in the backline. Which is rare for England at the mo.
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Post by GigaChad Sigma. on Aug 25, 2023 18:51:29 GMT
What's a good strategy leading into a world cup?
Play an international with two teams that have decades old rivally.
It'll be fine...
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Post by Danno on Aug 25, 2023 18:59:31 GMT
What's a good strategy leading into a world cup? Play an international with two teams that have decades old rivally. It'll be fine... Get half your squad injured or banned and kick away every ball to avoid knocking it on. |
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Post by lordofthedunce on Aug 25, 2023 19:20:20 GMT
SA looking lethal
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Post by GigaChad Sigma. on Aug 25, 2023 19:49:18 GMT
This is fine meme.
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Post by elstoof on Aug 25, 2023 20:03:01 GMT
Are nz jetlagged
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Post by GigaChad Sigma. on Aug 25, 2023 20:04:48 GMT
The level of referee and TMO involvement is crazy.
Hope the WC won't be the same. Kills a, game.
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Post by elstoof on Aug 25, 2023 20:16:16 GMT
Pretty incredible that this is a packed twickenham, while england can barely muster half the ticket sales for tomorrow night
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Post by Danno on Aug 25, 2023 20:18:33 GMT
Well this is a fucking statement. Both sides are playing more or less their best available sides it seems?
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Post by Ulythium on Aug 25, 2023 20:24:15 GMT
Moronic stuff from Scott Barrett - a cheap shot on a stationary player at a ruck in a RWC warm-up game isn't the brightest of moves in the first place, but to do that when you're already on a yellow card?
Utterly brainless.
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Post by Danno on Aug 25, 2023 20:31:25 GMT
I've never been that impressed by him, he's a country mile away from breaking the Whitelock/Retallick partnership and NZ have almost as much depth as we do in the backrow, yet, like us, they seem obsessed with picking a lock at 6 because lineout.
Or maybe the Barrett family have big dirt on someone high up
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Post by lordofthedunce on Aug 25, 2023 20:35:11 GMT
Amazing by SA, can't believe they've put it all together to lift the prestigious Qatar Airways Cup.
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Post by zephro on Aug 26, 2023 9:13:18 GMT
Well I'm now looking at that opening game against South Africa with absolute dread.  |
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Post by elstoof on Aug 26, 2023 9:16:30 GMT
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Post by sport✅ on Aug 26, 2023 9:21:03 GMT
Amazing by SA, can't believe they've put it all together to lift the prestigious Qatar Airways Cup. It's a big statement to potential Saudi sponsors - so crucial in today's sporting landscape. |
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Post by Danno on Aug 26, 2023 15:17:17 GMT
Well I'm now looking at that opening game against South Africa with absolute dread. You'll be fine as long as you play Russell and 22 forwards. Honestly not much of a fan of this style of rugby, as impressive as it is. But I'm a Quins fan so I'm basically a champagne socialist |
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Post by Ulythium on Aug 26, 2023 15:23:28 GMT
I'm not sure which is worse - the weather at Twickenham, or the rugby being played there.
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Post by zephro on Aug 26, 2023 16:00:59 GMT
I'm enjoying one half of the rugby being played there, the half with the offloading.
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Post by Ulythium on Aug 26, 2023 16:06:27 GMT
England 22-30 Fiji.
Fiji's first-ever win over England, and thoroughly deserved it was too.
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Post by Ulythium on Aug 26, 2023 16:06:43 GMT
Oh, and Borthwick out!
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Post by Danno on Aug 26, 2023 16:08:54 GMT
#Bathwater out.
Nicely done, Fiji. Wales next.
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Post by elstoof on Aug 26, 2023 17:14:31 GMT
Lol
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Post by elstoof on Aug 26, 2023 17:35:02 GMT
Kevin Sinfield sounded bloody clueless before the match. I think they’re all holding hands around campfires, singing the songs the RFU sports psychologist taught them while the coaches tell them how big and brave they are
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Post by zephro on Aug 26, 2023 18:20:53 GMT
Well that was a much better second half. Scotland spent the first half dicking around thinking they could run it from anywhere.
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