zephro
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Post by zephro on Sept 17, 2023 20:34:16 GMT
3 passes are a luxury. When I were a lad we worked 26 hours a down mill and we were lucky if we saw 1 pass, and lived in a shoebox on the road.
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Post by Whizzo on Sept 17, 2023 20:35:26 GMT
A shoebox? Luxury!
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Post by Danno on Sept 17, 2023 20:40:59 GMT
A road?? What's one of them then
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Post by Danno on Sept 17, 2023 20:43:43 GMT
Ok where the fuck is Smith playing??
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Post by elstoof on Sept 17, 2023 20:45:15 GMT
Got to give Ford some practice alongside a second fly half for when Owens back
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Post by Danno on Sept 17, 2023 20:49:47 GMT
Doesn't seem to matter, two Quins backs on and we finally see a bit of pace and skill in the attack
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Post by Whizzo on Sept 17, 2023 20:56:09 GMT
Happy with the result but what a shit performance. Japan making so many errors cost them.
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Ulythium
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Post by Ulythium on Sept 17, 2023 20:59:01 GMT
That was bloody awful.
The result was probably a fair reflection of the game overall, but the more enjoyable-to-watch team lost.
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Post by eleven63 on Sept 17, 2023 21:00:17 GMT
It was rubbish, but we won! So who cares ✌️
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Post by Danno on Sept 17, 2023 21:01:27 GMT
I'll accept it but it feels dirty.
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zephro
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Post by zephro on Sept 17, 2023 21:05:57 GMT
2 completely jammy tries then Japan just got too exhausted to really carry on. Imagine trying that against the Boks, France, Ireland or even a faltering New Zealand. If the draw was less insane we'd see it in the pool stages at least. It'd be hilarious but it'd be a fucking 7 try stuffing.
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Post by elstoof on Sept 17, 2023 21:08:46 GMT
The Lawes try, wasn’t it a knock on onto Marlers head?
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Post by Whizzo on Sept 17, 2023 21:11:44 GMT
Went backwards then off his face.
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zephro
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Post by zephro on Sept 17, 2023 21:16:09 GMT
Yeah like this but actually scoring a try
I will never find James Haskell looking like an idiot not funny.
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zephro
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Post by zephro on Sept 17, 2023 21:18:16 GMT
But yeah that game was like watching a 14 year old spending the entire bus trip from school attempting to beat up an 11 year old, then eventually manging it as the stop was coming up. Where everyone they claim victory but everyone else there goes "But did you though? Really?"
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Post by Danno on Sept 17, 2023 21:33:14 GMT
The Lawes try, wasn’t it a knock on onto Marlers head? Backwards off of Stuart's arm prior to the header that was totally planned. |
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Post by Danno on Sept 17, 2023 21:33:43 GMT
Yeah like this but actually scoring a try I will never find James Haskell looking like an idiot not funny. Find Haskell not looking like an idiot and I shall send you £5 |
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Post by elstoof on Sept 17, 2023 21:37:36 GMT
Remember when he head butted the post instead of scoring a try
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Post by zephro on Sept 17, 2023 21:38:18 GMT
Yeah like this but actually scoring a try I will never find James Haskell looking like an idiot not funny. Find Haskell not looking like an idiot and I shall send you £5 I won't even bother and just concede. |
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Post by muddyfunster on Sept 17, 2023 21:50:00 GMT
Man I'd forgotten that. Hilarious. Best bit is Hartley at 43s.
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Post by muddyfunster on Sept 17, 2023 21:55:49 GMT
Remember when he head butted the post instead of scoring a try Forgotten this a well. As a side note, what's the reason why players don't just intentionally ground the ball on the base of the post whenever they have an attacking ruck just short? So often teams basically can't defend it, because standing in front of the post would be to stand it an offside position, so it's basically a bit of try line that is totally open. I presume there is a reason, but it always seems much easier to me to just aim for the static padded object that's closer rather than attempt to smash through the big blokes standing either side. |
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Post by Danno on Sept 17, 2023 22:09:09 GMT
It still needs to be over the line, so the defending team tend to give up the cynical offside pen by getting in the way of the padding as soon as the ball moves
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Post by elstoof on Sept 17, 2023 22:10:37 GMT
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Post by zephro on Sept 17, 2023 22:10:38 GMT
Not a clue. Anytime someone bothers to remember you can do that the commentators tend to gush about how intelligent they are. I suspect collective amnesia.
Edit: well ignore me then I'd entirely missed that. Explains why nobody has done it in years.
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Post by Danno on Sept 17, 2023 22:16:44 GMT
Find Haskell not looking like an idiot and I shall send you £5 I won't even bother and just concede.  imgur.com/a/t4K8EDA.gif |
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Post by muddyfunster on Sept 17, 2023 22:18:22 GMT
Thank you. So they did close the loop hole. Admittedly I haven't regularly watched club rugby for a long time but I don't recall ever watching a player take full advantage. Still, it was basically unfair, and kind of amazing it wasn't updated sooner. A kid on my school team did it once (when clean through and he could have grounded it normally) just to be a cocky little shit for the sake of it. |
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Post by zephro on Sept 17, 2023 22:22:15 GMT
Thank you. So they did close the loop hole. Admittedly I haven't regularly watched club rugby for a long time but I don't recall ever watching a player take full advantage. Still, it was basically unfair, and kind of amazing it wasn't updated sooner. A kid on my school team did it once (when clean through and he could have grounded it normally) just to be a cocky little shit for the sake of it. I do watch club rugby and had entirely missed this. |
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Post by muddyfunster on Sept 17, 2023 22:32:48 GMT
Haha. I totally agree with you on the commentators though. I've seen several instances of the ball kind of accidentally grounded to the side of the post (after being shoved there and landing in the vicinity) and the commentators always banged on about intelligence. Every time it cropped up I'd think a) we all knew this rule by U13 rugby b) if they were that intelligent they'd have actively aimed for the very front of the post in the first place and saved some wasted effort.
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Post by Ulythium on Sept 17, 2023 22:48:38 GMT
I'm so glad they nixed that stupid loophole re the post protectors.
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Post by sport✅ on Sept 18, 2023 7:15:30 GMT
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