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Looks like a solid Irish side, McCloskey has been great this year and the back row looks pretty scary. As long as the wingers don't poo poo the bed or all die the week before the 6N, should be pretty good. Is Bowe injured at the moment or just not on form?
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Tyma posted:That Guy Who Didn't Understand The Rules has been banned for 14 weeks for his contribution to the Ospreys vs Clermont game. If you're going to push the ref, do it properly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaVakJDeIjc
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Vaders Jester posted:Looks like a solid Irish side, McCloskey has been great this year and the back row looks pretty scary. As long as the wingers don't poo poo the bed or all die the week before the 6N, should be pretty good. Is Bowe injured at the moment or just not on form? Bowe got injured in the Argentina match and may not be back until summer. McCloskey simply has to start, he's been the best centre in Ireland all year. I'll despair if Henshaw and Payne start again having both just come back from injuries.
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Cheers, wasn't sure if I'd seen Bowe playing recently or just imagined it.
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Swan Curry posted:Bowe got injured in the Argentina match and may not be back until summer. Jesus, those last two games of their World Cup campaign last year really hosed the Irish up didn't they? I guess there'll always be that "could have been" about the quarterfinal against the Argies, and how far Ireland could have gone in the 2015 tournament if they hadn't been torn apart by injury in the fixture right before. Anyway, Scottish team looks good and if they play like they did in the quarterfinal, they could do rather well this year. All the individual components of the team are pretty good.
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goatface posted:Is he on track for recovering from that knee? It was an ACL rebuild job wasn't it? News is good on Bowe, at 31 though his rehab is gonna be crucial. Would love to see McCloskey start just to see if he can constantly break the gain line at the next level like he has done for the last year and a half at Ulster. Stuart Olding makes his comeback for the Ulster A tomorrow night after tearing his ACL 40 seconds into his comeback after tearing his ACL 2 years ago. Super talented guy and ex team mate of mine who I wish all the health and success to in future after some seriously lovely injuries, unfortunately he's coming back into an Ulster squad that already has 3 Irish centres.
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I thought the whole point of that Nucifora guy's job was to stop this ridiculous situation where Munster have no centres while there are too many centres to count a few hours up the road. The only interprovincial move that's been confirmed so far is Rodney Ah You moving from Connacht to Ulster, which is fairly underwhelming when you think about how many talented players are struggling to get gametime in Leinster and Ulster.
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Looking at the job description from the article about his appointment on the Irish Rugby website, I'm not seeing "player movement" as part of his portfolio. It might fall under "provincial team performance," but things like too many players in one position at one province but a dearth of them elsewhere seems more like a long-term issue.
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I could see Cave and maybe even Payne leaving Ulster sometime soon but that could as easily be Marshall and McCloskey. Ulster fans are still pissy about Joe deciding Payne is a centre rather than a fullback since shoe horning him in at 13 means the rest of the back line needs rejigged for the sake of continuity for the Ireland team. Nucifora's only impact so far seems to be Madigan going to France. Rugby management structures baffle me at the best of times though so maybe he's done something good too  e: Toulon ask to join the English Premiership? Would be a hilarious move, could revive French rugby while putting a nail in the coffin of the English game. Can't see it happening but it does show just how mental Boudjellal is. MyChemicalImbalance fucked around with this message at 19:47 on Jan 22, 2016 |
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Watching Steffon Armitage butcher Bath is filling me with incoherent rage on so many levels.
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The Ospreys' ability to gently caress it up in new and unusual ways is quite impressive.
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Let's all take a moment to be thankful we're not Morgan Parra tonight.
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goatface posted:Pro 12 failure train Northern Hemisphere rugby knows all about failure doesn't it? 
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Dylan Hartley is now England captain. What fresh hell is this????
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YjIOpzYYtQ ladies and gentlemen, I give you the England first choice 10. e: Also, England are already the heels of the Rugby world so might as well go all-in on it. Vaders Jester fucked around with this message at 16:34 on Jan 25, 2016 |
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Apollodorus posted:Dylan Hartley is now England captain. Eddie Jones knows no one likes England so there is no point trying to make friends. The world cup squad of 2003 was full of arsholes and led by Johnson who was no angel
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Foxtrot_13 posted:Eddie Jones knows no one likes England so there is no point trying to make friends. The world cup squad of 2003 was full of arsholes and led by Johnson who was no angel Makes sense, he's doubling down on the England job.
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Vaders Jester posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YjIOpzYYtQ Well, he's no Cam Newton.
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Foxtrot_13 posted:Eddie Jones knows no one likes England so there is no point trying to make friends. The world cup squad of 2003 was full of arsholes and led by Johnson who was no angel I can get behind this. Lancaster's England were the nicest blokes ever and everyone else still thought they were arrogant cunts. Given that, England may as well embrace their stereotype and try to be arrogant cunts.
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Apollodorus posted:Well, he's no Cam Newton. 
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My family and I are taking a vacation to Ireland, and we're looking at going to the Munster - Leinster game at Aviva Stadium on April 2nd. None have been to Aviva, a rugby game, (or Ireland really). What should we know, especially about bars near the stadium, what sections and rows we should look to get, and who to blindly root for.
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Well, you've picked a good game to start with. Support whoever plays good.
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Imagine Cam running lines off a decent 10. Imagine the carnage and beauty.
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An american football man.
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MyChemicalImbalance posted:Imagine Cam running lines off a decent 10. Imagine the carnage and beauty. TBQH he'd basically be like an American Sonny Bill Williams - massive athleticism and strength combined with exceptional game sense and handling. We should cut out the NFL talk though before I start drinking again in my depression over how USA's athletic talent is wasted a sport no one else in the world gives a poo poo about. goatface posted:An american football man. Yeah, this guy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMviY7cyQpo
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I hadn't decided who I was supporting at Superbowl after Wales beat Ireland, but that's decided it for me. Go Panthers!
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He likes giving away the ball to children in the crowd. It's cute.
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He seems like a really nice guy as well so the SBW comparison is pretty good. Also, to the Coco, I'd just go watch the match and enjoy the rugby, don't worry about rooting for anyone in particular and chat to folks around you, most rugby fans are happy to talk to people.
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Apollodorus posted:TBQH he'd basically be like an American Sonny Bill Williams - massive athleticism and strength combined with exceptional game sense and handling. My goodness, blatant forward pass from the halfback from the back of the weird scrum, and lots of tackling players without the ball and obstruction of the tackler. It's like the Lions "99" call, but both sides are doing it. Ridiculous! The tryscorer isn't placing the ball either!
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I know, right? But I live in North Carolina and this team plays in the next city over and is actually really good this year (only one loss) so all of a sudden I'm surrounded by Panthers paraphernalia. Meanwhile, in Rugby world, my number 1 supported team of Northampton Saints have made it through to the playoffs! All they have to do is beat the team I dislike thirdmost (after Toulon and Leicester) now, but honestly if they want that result they have to develop a better gameplan than "give it to the forwards or, failing that, kick it to the other team" by the time April comes around. Also: fourth try looked like a forward pass from almost every angle but the default; really should have been replayed, but I can live with the result. I can live with it. 
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MyChemicalImbalance posted:Imagine Cam running lines off a decent 10. Imagine the carnage and beauty. Would be interesting to see how he does in a sport with actual tackling*. Or he could play in the Southern Hemisphere I suppose. *seriously what is it with tackling in the NFL? The offensive play is amazing but the number of lovely tackles is like watching a defence staffed entirely by Cuthberts.
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Too many players going for highlight reel tackles instead of actually doing their job. It's no surprise that a lot of teams are talking to rugby coaches about tackling and kicking techniques.
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Ello! I am new to your sport, having grown up in a country that doesn't play this game and mostly being a football fan. I'm now dating someone who's REALLY into rugby and a Quins season ticket holder, and she's going to take me along to a game or two. I really like rugby, I just didn't grow up with it. I watched a 1 hour video on the rules and I've watched 2 live matches so far. Is there an amazing game that I should absolutely watch on Youtube or anything? I think I'm actually more interested in league versus international games, because I tend to prefer the fact that it's smaller and more local, and I'm actually to go to these games on a semi regular basis for much less money.
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