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bessantj posted:I've seen a few people calling Folau's possible firing religious persecution. He's not being fired for his beliefs. He's being fired for being a spectacular douchebag. Granted, you could make a case that a lot of other rugby players should also be fired under those criteria, I guess. PS: Freedom of speech is not freedom from consequences of your actions, and in any case any professional sportsman's contract has (or should have) clauses dealing with unprofessional behaviour.
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Thel posted:He's not being fired for his beliefs. He's being fired for being a spectacular douchebag. Yeah but there are plenty of people falling over themselves to shout religious persecution at anything these days (and probably days gone by).
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bessantj posted:Yeah but there are plenty of people falling over themselves to shout religious persecution at anything these days (and probably days gone by). Or crying "Free speech" like it's some sort of immunity from getting your dumb rear end fired for being a shitlord.
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Whitehouse is being his usual glowing self in the Munster match, not giving a red card for a cheap shoulder to the face because it was only "medium force."
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goatface posted:Billy Vunipola has decided he will join him on that hill. Just saw this on Twitter. Weeewww lol
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Leinster Glasgow has been a really good game. Best two teams in the league.
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Score probably doesn't show how close it was up until the 75th minute though George Horne's intercept try in the 83rd minute was great.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/47869324 Billy Vunipola booed when he came off the bench for Sarries today 
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Vaders Jester posted:https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/47869324 Good
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Vaders Jester posted:https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/47869324 and we beat the fuckers too
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Best thing about it is that Bristol played "It's Raining Men" on the stadium PA after the match.
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Hey all- does anybody know if espn plus will broadcast the World Cup? I’ve been debating signing up since it means I could watch the union matches live on my fire stick on my tv but if I have to pay separate for World Cup coverage I might just stick with watching them on the computer.
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Jonny Gray made 43 tackles, missing none, in the Leinster/Glasgow game, that a huge effort from the man.
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areyoucontagious posted:Hey all- does anybody know if espn plus will broadcast the World Cup? I’ve been debating signing up since it means I could watch the union matches live on my fire stick on my tv but if I have to pay separate for World Cup coverage I might just stick with watching them on the computer. Couldn't tell you dude, might be worth looking to see if the BBC are broadcasting in your area?
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bessantj posted:Jonny Gray made 43 tackles, missing none, in the Leinster/Glasgow game, that a huge effort from the man. He's bonkers. A rest and a bit of a kick up the arse by being dropped to the bench in the 6N has done wonders for him the last few weeks.
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Vaders Jester posted:He's bonkers. A rest and a bit of a kick up the arse by being dropped to the bench in the 6N has done wonders for him the last few weeks. No doubt helped by Leinster's tight high phase play. But that is a monster shift no matter how you look at it. If he keeps it up he'll catch the eye of French teams.
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Vaders Jester posted:Couldn't tell you dude, might be worth looking to see if the BBC are broadcasting in your area? RWC is on ITV, not BBC.
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HappyCamperGL posted:RWC is on ITV, not BBC. Christ... my brain must have blanked that.
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Vaders Jester posted:Couldn't tell you dude, might be worth looking to see if the BBC are broadcasting in your area? Yeah, ITV was what I was thinking. It’s what I get for being a dirty American.
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Vaders Jester posted:Christ... my brain must have blanked that. HOW COULD YOU FORGET ABOUT BRAVE ENGLAND AT A TIME LIKE THIS, THE RUGBY WORLD CUP, THE TIME WHEN WE MUST ALL COME TOGETHER AND BELIEVE IN OUR BRAVE, ENGLISH UNDERDOGS!! GOD BLESS THEM AND MAY GOD SAVE THE QUEEN. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THESE ADVERTS. CMON IN-GER-LAAAAAND.
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Tyma posted:HOW COULD YOU FORGET ABOUT BRAVE ENGLAND AT A TIME LIKE THIS, THE RUGBY WORLD CUP, THE TIME WHEN WE MUST ALL COME TOGETHER AND BELIEVE IN OUR BRAVE, ENGLISH UNDERDOGS!! GOD BLESS THEM AND MAY GOD SAVE THE QUEEN. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THESE ADVERTS. gently caress, not the adverts! That means we have to listen to Paloma Faith butcher World In Union, like an asthmatic caught in a dry ice machine.
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bessantj posted:At least we'll get to see Woodward's face when England fail to make it out of the group again.  This?
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julian assflange posted:
Something like that only it looks like he's making GBS threads himself more.
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Communist Bear posted:So can we expect Vunipola to be sacked/removed or is English rugby going to ignore that he's a clear oval office? If I was a subscriber to BT Sport I'd be cancelling now. The shite Austin Healy went on about him, tantamount to support and commiserations for his tough week. An absolute disgrace from a professional broadcaster who'd you'd hope would have the sense to realise they want and need a diverse audience. I was fuming watching it. It'd have sickened me if I wasn't already a few stomach settlers deep.
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Communist Bear posted:So can we expect Vunipola to be sacked/removed or is English rugby going to ignore that he's a clear oval office? It's a first offence though? So probably just a warning.
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Communist Bear posted:So can we expect Vunipola to be sacked/removed or is English rugby going to ignore that he's a clear oval office? Despite winning, Saracens had an absolute NIGHTMARE of a day, and there's no way English rugby can ignore it, because it's incredibly visible. * Vunipola was boo'd every time he had the ball. * At one point, someone ran onto the pitch, for the sole purpose of confronting Vunipola, and actually managed to get face to face with him, before security intervened. * Saracens sold 15,000 tickets, which is less than 50% of the stadium capacity, for a European semi-final. 3,000 ticket holders didn't attend the game, and Munster's (away) supporters outnumbered Saracens (home) supporters by a ratio of more than 2 to 1. * After the match, Vunipola was given a post-match interview, and thus a chance to apologize. His only response was to insist that "I'm allowed to believe in what I believe in", and to deflect the question.
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It's pretty baffling to me the level of surprise that religious people believe in nasty intolerant poo poo, I mean it's all right there in the books they're always banging on about how do people not know this about them by now? edit: probably should qualify that with a 'some/most' religous people. Smorgasbord fucked around with this message at 11:50 on Apr 21, 2019 |
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