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Sharks absolutely deserved that win. Poor, error-ridden performance by the Crusaders, and the Sharks defence was doubly impressive considering they were down a man from about 20 minutes onwards.
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irlZaphod posted:Leinster v Ulster: That finish more than made up for it though,I just hope O'Driscoll will be fit for the final.Right now,Glasgow are playing a lot better than Leinster are.
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Vagabundo posted:Sharks absolutely deserved that win. Poor, error-ridden performance by the Crusaders, and the Sharks defence was doubly impressive considering they were down a man from about 20 minutes onwards. No doubt. The Crusaders should feel embarassed by that loss. 15 on 14 most of the game - and 15 on 13 for a ten minute period - yet they couldn't put them away.
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The waratahs special move this season seems to be giving away penalties left, right and centre. They're very good at ensuring the other team has multiple opportunities for easy points.
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ColtMcAsskick posted:The waratahs special move this season seems to be giving away penalties left, right and centre. They're very good at ensuring the other team has multiple opportunities for easy points. Yeah, they're real poo poo aren't they...
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Unimpressed posted:Yeah, they're real poo poo aren't they... As a Hurricanes fan I'm qualified to tell you that indeed they are.
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Mister Chief posted:As a Hurricanes fan I'm qualified to tell you that indeed they are. Yeah, I forgot how they needed the ref's help to beat you guys 
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Mister Chief posted:As a Hurricanes fan I'm qualified to tell you that indeed they are. New South Wales the kings of attacking rugby Sorry Hurricanes 
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Unimpressed posted:Yeah, I forgot how they needed the ref's help to beat you guys And as a Blues fan, I can also say "yeah, the Waratahs are a bit poo poo."
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The new Cardiff Blues coach is Mark Hemmett. Warren Gatland has "suggested" that Gareth Anscombe should also sign for them before the squad for the Wales summer tour is announced. http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/warren-gatland-opens-up-gareth-7134511
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Vagabundo posted:And as a Blues fan, I can also say "yeah, the Waratahs are a bit poo poo." Well, at least you beat us, and you did say "a bit poo poo".
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Tyma posted:The new Cardiff Blues coach is Mark Hemmett. Warren Gatland has "suggested" that Gareth Anscombe should also sign for them before the squad for the Wales summer tour is announced. I think it's time for Gatland to gently caress off now.
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 The Dark Times are overhttp://www.rctoulon.com/en/news/article/jonny-wilkinson-annonce-sa-retraite/
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Tyma posted:
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Tyma posted:The new Cardiff Blues coach is Mark Hemmett. Warren Gatland has "suggested" that Gareth Anscombe should also sign for them before the squad for the Wales summer tour is announced. So they want him to move to Wales and spending his entire time getting trashed by the other pro 12 teams, in the hope that he'll play for Wales and spend his entire time shipping crash ball and kicking ineffectively? They expect him to leave the chiefs to do it? Does he have no hope of playing for NZ?
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Plucky Brit posted:So they want him to move to Wales and spending his entire time getting trashed by the other pro 12 teams, in the hope that he'll play for Wales and spend his entire time shipping crash ball and kicking ineffectively? They expect him to leave the chiefs to do it? Does he have no hope of playing for NZ? My favorite part of this article is Gatland deeming Anscombe to be "5th or 6th in the New Zealand pecking order", but suggesting he'd snap him up in an instant, and ship Priestland off to the farm. http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/warren-gatland-opens-up-gareth-7134511 There's a theory going around that the whole "Moving to Wales is the difference between picking you and leaving you out" aspect of the Anscombe talks is actually to entice James Hook to sign for The Ospreys, rather than The Rebels. He has a stipulation which allows him to terminate his Perpignan contract immediately, and could sign either a Central Contract or an Ospreys contract before The Trial Match.
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Plucky Brit posted:So they want him to move to Wales and spending his entire time getting trashed by the other pro 12 teams, in the hope that he'll play for Wales and spend his entire time shipping crash ball and kicking ineffectively? They expect him to leave the chiefs to do it? Does he have no hope of playing for NZ? At 10, he's behind Dan Carter, Aaron Cruden, Beauden Barrett, Colin Slade and Tom Taylor, while fellow uncapped 10s Lima Sopoaga and Hayden Parker have been more impressive At fullback, he's behind Israel Dagg, Charlie Piutau and Ben Smith, while Cory Jane, Barrett, Slade and Taylor can all play there as well. So, no; barring some Ben-Hur sized injury crisis or another 1986-like situation where the test side all get banned, the likelihood of Anscombe ever wearing a black jersey in a test match is rather low. edogawa rando fucked around with this message at 05:00 on May 20, 2014 |
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Anscombe is about the same level as Biggar at best. The whole situation is silly as the Great New Hope for Wales at 10 will be along soon anyway. (Welsh Messiahs are born at 19 and die by their 26th birthday)
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Vagabundo posted:So, no; barring some Ben-Hur sized injury crisis or another 1986-like situation where the test side all get banned, the likelihood of Anscombe ever wearing a black jersey in a test match is rather low. What happened in 1986?
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The majority of the squad went on a rebel tour to South Africa after the board decided they didn't want to step into the whole apartheid thing. They were summarily banned from the side for a bit. wiki page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_Cavaliers goatface fucked around with this message at 23:38 on May 19, 2014 |
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The Pro12's sponsorship by Rabodirect ends this year,and one of the possible sponsors is BT,who also sponsor all four Welsh regions and are possibly buying the naming rights to Cardiff Arms Park.However,Sky have the TV rights to the Pro12,meaning next year they may have to show a BT Pro12 match in the BT Cardiff Arms Park,with two teams who both have BT on their jersey 
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This is awful news  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-27490543
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Swan Curry posted:The Pro12's sponsorship by Rabodirect ends this year,and one of the possible sponsors is BT,who also sponsor all four Welsh regions and are possibly buying the naming rights to Cardiff Arms Park.However,Sky have the TV rights to the Pro12,meaning next year they may have to show a BT Pro12 match in the BT Cardiff Arms Park,with two teams who both have BT on their jersey Edinburgh and Glasow are also sponsored by BT Sport and I think BT are in talks with the SRU about the naming rights to Murrayfield so they might be suck showing Edinburgh matches sponsored by BT Sport soon too. 
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Here's a more in-depth story about the Neath RFC drama :[ http://www.southwales-eveningpost.co.uk/Neath-RFC-pound-60-000-debt-Neath-Port-Talbot/story-21113661-detail/story.html Swan Curry posted:The Pro12's sponsorship by Rabodirect ends this year,and one of the possible sponsors is BT,who also sponsor all four Welsh regions and are possibly buying the naming rights to Cardiff Arms Park.However,Sky have the TV rights to the Pro12,meaning next year they may have to show a BT Pro12 match in the BT Cardiff Arms Park,with two teams who both have BT on their jersey I don't really think Sky care that much about showing BT branding. Don't BT advertise heavily on all of their sports broadcasts anyway? The deal is kind of interesting, as BT struck it with Regional Rugby Wales, which is the umbrella company that oversees the business of all 4 welsh regions. It's the company instigated war with the Welsh Rugby Union over the salary cap, which resulted in the Central Contract debacle, and the WRU bidding against clubs to sign their players away from them. So far, BT definately have definately secured : * The BT Sport Cardiff Arms Park * Jersey sponsorship for The Dragons and The Scarlets * Jersey sponsorship for The Ospreys Away jersey and Heineken Cup jersey The really cool part of the deal is that all four Welsh regions are being integrated into the Premiership Rugby Sevens tournament this August, so it'll now be a 16-team tournament, and another chance for players to get injured 
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Wow, the Welsh trial game just got even more well-organised and not-farcical: 
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Wallabies have announced the squad for the France Tour: PROP Ben Alexander - ACT Brumbies Pek Cowan - Western Force Sekope Kepu - NSW Waratahs Scott Sio - ACT Brumbies James Slipper - Queensland Reds HOOKER Nathan Charles - Western Force Stephen Moore - ACT Brumbies Tatafu Polota-Nau - NSW Waratahs LOCK Sam Carter - ACT Brumbies James Horwill - Queensland Reds Luke Jones - Melbourne Rebels Rob Simmons - Queensland Reds Will Skelton - NSW Waratahs BACKROW Scott Fardy - ACT Brumbies Scott Higginbotham - Melbourne Rebels Matt Hodgson - Western Force Michael Hooper - NSW Waratahs Ben McCalman - Western Force Wycliff Palu - NSW Waratahs SCRUMHALF Will Genia - Queensland Reds Nick Phipps - NSW Waratahs Nic White - ACT Brumbies FLYHALF Kurtley Beale - NSW Waratahs Bernard Foley - NSW Waratahs CENTRE Tevita Kuridrani - ACT Brumbies Christian Leali’ifano - ACT Brumbies Matt Toomua - ACT Brumbies BACK-THREE Adam Ashley-Cooper - NSW Waratahs Nick Cummins - Western Force Israel Folau - NSW Waratahs Rob Horne - NSW Waratahs Pat McCabe - ACT Brumbies
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Where is the positional specificity coming from? I mean has McKenzie actually ruled out Toomua from playing fly half or is that just some made-up breakdown? Either way, glad to see they didn't pick Kane Douglas, even though I'm a Tahs supporter. I think the ARU needs to hold the line otherwise, we'll have a poo poo rugby comp and and a poo poo rugby team. I hope this is the usual early season dropping of Benn Robinson, since I still think he's the most effective scrummaging loosehead we have. PS by "made up" - I don't mean to imply you made it up.
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Unimpressed posted:Where is the positional specificity coming from? I mean has McKenzie actually ruled out Toomua from playing fly half or is that just some made-up breakdown? Yeah I was a bit surprised at how they announced it, but it's listed on the Wallabies website as that, just copied and paste. They won't announce the captain until they assemble at Sanctuary Cove...
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TRISHY posted:BACK-THREE Give the people what they want, Mcenzie! I don't care if he plays, just let him cover all of the PR stuff!
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Tyma posted:Give the people what they want, Mcenzie! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrcoFn3s7KM Yes.
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I'm trying so hard to find the post-match interview where he opens with the phrase "I was sweating like a gypsy with a mortgage."
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Just watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKXePwCllT0
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TRISHY posted:Yeah I was a bit surprised at how they announced it, but it's listed on the Wallabies website as that, just copied and paste. Well, it looks like it's an actual thing. McKenzie confirmed in G&GR that his options for 10 are Foley and Beale, and that the rest of the positional breakdown is intentional. I can understand Foley, but not Beale. Also, I can't understand outright ruling out the Brumbies' 10, Toomua.
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Why was Will Skelton selected? He's the Pierre Spies of Australia.
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Swan Curry posted:With Mowen gone,who's going to be captain?Will they just give it back to Horwill? Nah, I reckon Moore, or maybe Hooper.
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Mister Chief posted:Nick Cummins.
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