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Plucky Brit posted:
The only way that this would happen is if France played (and beat) New Zealand the week before.
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Welp, France will go without Nyanga, Fofana and now Picamoles. The former two are injured (groin and ribs, respectively), while Picamoles is dropped for acting like a petulant oval office when Rolland binned him. Saint-Andre has called up Rabah Slimani (prop), Bernard Le Roux (flanker), Antoine Claassen (no. 8), Morgan Parra (halfback) and Remi Lemarat (centre) to the squad, but Parra may not be available after getting sent off on the weekend for a headbutt on Rene Ranger of Montpellier in a Top 14 fixture on the weekend. What a dumb gently caress. Here's a video of Morgan Parra being a dumb gently caress, if anyone wants to see it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_wfXFZXP90 edogawa rando fucked around with this message at 21:20 on Feb 25, 2014 |
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Feb 25, 2014 21:15
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My housemate just stumbled upon this gem : http://vimeo.com/38845207
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Feb 25, 2014 22:54
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AMAZING. Thanks for the share.
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Feb 25, 2014 23:50
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What exactly has James O'Connor done now?
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Feb 26, 2014 02:15
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Tyma posted:My housemate just stumbled upon this gem : I also appreciate this.
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Feb 26, 2014 02:19
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Gambrinus posted:What exactly has James O'Connor done now? Signed with Toulon by the looks of it.
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Feb 26, 2014 02:27
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Tyma posted:My housemate just stumbled upon this gem : It's pretty depressing to be so universally hated, but it does make it that much more satisfying when we kick your arses. 
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Feb 26, 2014 02:30
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GuardianOfAsgaard posted:It's pretty depressing to be so universally hated, but it does make it that much more satisfying when we kick your arses. To be fair, I quite like the English team, it's the English media and the BBC that makes everyone else hate them so much.
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Feb 26, 2014 02:39
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Vaders Jester posted:To be fair, I quite like the English team, it's the English media and the BBC that makes everyone else hate them so much. Don't forget the commentators!!! e: or is that included in media? Well, in any regards, gently caress England!
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Feb 26, 2014 02:51
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gently caress England. It is known. edit: also, gently caress Leicester.
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Feb 26, 2014 02:56
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Vagabundo posted:Welp, France will go without Nyanga, Fofana and now Picamoles. The former two are injured (groin and ribs, respectively), while Picamoles is dropped for acting like a petulant oval office when Rolland binned him. Uh..what the gently caress did Ranger do to deserve a yellow? He was even back ten metres. Are they calling that a tip tackle?
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Feb 26, 2014 08:17
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Was he back 10 meters?
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Feb 26, 2014 08:19
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Mister Chief posted:Was he back 10 meters? Yes, or extremely close to it anyway. You can eyeball it using the 22m and 40m markings.
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Feb 26, 2014 08:42
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GuardianOfAsgaard posted:It's pretty depressing to be so universally hated, but it does make it that much more satisfying when we kick your arses. It's pretty pathetic to be taken in by this myth every time someone trots it out. They cut out all the Welsh people saying Ireland (would be 50/50 imo) and the Italians saying France. Besides, most Scots would've probably said "anyone". Edit : The Irish hate you, but you know, 'cos of the dead people.
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Feb 26, 2014 10:41
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DickEmery posted:It's pretty pathetic to be taken in by this myth every time someone trots it out. This is true, beating England is hella fun, but most people I talk to loving hate the Irish side at the moment. Plus I hate to admit it, but there's a lot of likeable people in the England set-up at the moment. The days of Healey, Dawson etc are long gone thank gently caress
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Feb 26, 2014 11:13
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Smorgasbord posted:Uh..what the gently caress did Ranger do to deserve a yellow? He was even back ten metres. Are they calling that a tip tackle? I think it's more that it looks like he lifted him and then failed to support his weight to the ground. From the slow mo it looks like he let him go while Parra's feet were still off the ground which is probably what he was carded for. Whether this is a fair decision or not is another debate entirely.
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Feb 26, 2014 12:37
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I'm confused as to what either of them did wrong? Why the red for Parrah? I feel like there was less than nothing wrong with either of them?
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Feb 26, 2014 14:07
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He pretty clearly headbutted Ranger.
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Smorgasbord posted:Uh..what the gently caress did Ranger do to deserve a yellow? He was even back ten metres. Are they calling that a tip tackle? IRB posted:A directive was issued to all Unions and Match Officials in 2009 emphasizing the IRB’s zero-tolerance stance towards dangerous tackles and reiterating the following instructions for referees: He picked him up and slammed him into the ground. Not exactly having "regard to the player’s safety". Wasn't a tip tackle but was deserving of a yellow. Para's weak-rear end head-butt was still a head-butt. Look, both offences were a bit poo poo but were still given the correct sanction. If Ranger and Parra wanted to prove how tough they were then why not loving punch each other.
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Feb 26, 2014 14:23
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Yeah, he lifted and dropped him so that's a auto-card, then Parra headbutted him back for another auto-card. I think both have to be referred to the disciplinary committee as well.
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Feb 26, 2014 14:30
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Other than possibly being off-side, there was absolutely nothing wrong with Ranger's tackle.
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Feb 26, 2014 18:51
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Vagabundo posted:Other than possibly being off-side, there was absolutely nothing wrong with Ranger's tackle. Exactly. I'm all for player safety especially around concussion and actually dangerous tackles but that's just a damned good hit.
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Smorgasbord posted:Exactly. I'm all for player safety especially around concussion and actually dangerous tackles but that's just a damned good hit. After being pretty badly hurt in a dangerous tackle I absolutely hate seeing them, but there's nothing wrong with that.
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Feb 27, 2014 10:17
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Smorgasbord posted:Exactly. I'm all for player safety especially around concussion and actually dangerous tackles but that's just a damned good hit. I think the issue the ref likely had was that Parra was picked up and wasn't put down "safely" by Ranger, which seems to be what refs are looking for when assessing if a tackle is dangerous or not. It wasn't a tip tackle but it could be viewed as dangerous by the officials. In my opinion it looked like a much bigger man tackling a smaller man and physics happened.
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Feb 27, 2014 12:43
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Parra's been banned for two weeks,so he'll be back in time for Saint-Andre to not select him for the Ireland match. Johnny Sexton has damaged thumb ligaments and will miss Ireland-Italy.If we're lucky,he'll be back for the France match.If not,he might be out for the next 6 weeks. 
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Feb 27, 2014 19:34
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Vaders Jester posted:I think the issue the ref likely had was that Parra was picked up and wasn't put down "safely" by Ranger, which seems to be what refs are looking for when assessing if a tackle is dangerous or not. It wasn't a tip tackle but it could be viewed as dangerous by the officials. Nah if you watch the action replay he tackles low and then stands up with the guy. Sure if the "victim" was a big guys instead of a small one he may not have lifted him up as much but that's irrelevant. You can see him basically pick him up by the legs and stand upwards instead of simply pulling him down.
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Feb 28, 2014 05:21
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The Blues are running wild like Hulkamania at the moment.
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Feb 28, 2014 08:39
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Tamati Ellison is playing for the Rebels? 
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Feb 28, 2014 10:08
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Jason Woodward couldn't hit water if he fell out of a boat.
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Feb 28, 2014 10:35
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That's a really poo poo yellow card against the Rebels, I hate that holding crap. If he stuck with the chopping motion rather than the uppercut style he probably would've been ok.
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Feb 28, 2014 10:53
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I get poo poo 24/7 for being a Hurricanes supporter living in Christchurch, so thought I'd send a wee text to a whoooole lotta people tonight saying simply " "You'd think I had murdered a baby.
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The Hamster Man posted:I get poo poo 24/7 for being a Hurricanes supporter living in Christchurch, so thought I'd send a wee text to a whoooole lotta people tonight saying simply " Crusader fans are almost all giant babies.
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Feb 28, 2014 11:11
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I can't loving stand the Crusaders but I don't really know why.
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Vagabundo posted:The Blues are running wild like Hulkamania at the moment. I was in a pub down by the viaduct and ended up being in the "Crusaders Section" - they were giving me heaps (I was wearing a Blues Jersey) when the score was 17 to 3. At the end of the night they were all quiet and downcast. I didn't feel the least bit sad for them.
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ElectroMagneticJosh posted:I was in a pub down by the viaduct and ended up being in the "Crusaders Section" - they were giving me heaps (I was wearing a Blues Jersey) when the score was 17 to 3. At the end of the night they were all quiet and downcast. I didn't feel the least bit sad for them. Last season a Crusaders guy was hanging out at the pub I usually watch games at (in NSW). He was so dour and boring until they started winning then he was smugger than a Jeremy Clarkson look alike who just won a Clarkson Smug Face competition. I'm a Kiwi and a Chiefs supporter so I kinda knew what to expect but he was pretty bad, even the Tah's guys I hang out with were asking me why the 'saders guy was such a knob.
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Feb 28, 2014 16:17
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The new Chiefs shirt seems to be really successful? Almost every sports store in Wales seem to be selling them.
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Mister Chief posted:Tamati Ellison is playing for the Rebels? He wants to play in the Top League in Japan and in the Super Rugby competition like Fumiaki Tanaka does. The Rebels agreed to those terms, while the NZRU told him to gently caress off.
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That was the Super Rugbiest ending I've ever seen. All 30 players just collapsed to the ground, the moment the whistle blew 
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Tyma posted:That was the Super Rugbiest ending I've ever seen. All 30 players just collapsed to the ground, the moment the whistle blew Was it a good match? I was all  when I saw Fourie scored in the 77th minute.
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