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Squad is being announced now. First name on the team sheet is Matthew Morgan! Backs Matthew Morgan, Liam Williams, Jordan Williams, George North, Alex Cuthbert, Mike Phillips, Gareth Davies, Rhodri Williams, Dan Biggar, James Hook, Steven Shingler, Jon Davies, Jamie Roberts, Cory Allen. Forwards Gethin Jenkins, Paul James, Adam Jones, Rhodri Jones, Sampson Lee, Aaron Jarvis, Ken Owens, Matthew Rees, Scott Baldwin, Alun Wyn Jones, Luke Charteris, Jake Ball, Ian Evans, Aaron Shingler, Josh Turnbull, Dan Lydiate, Taulupe Faletau, Dan Baker. I sincerely hope Matthew Morgan has a good insurance policy  tarbrush posted:I'm sorta sad I missed it. I'll make a Trip Report after I manage to restore my will to live! Tyma fucked around with this message at 22:30 on May 30, 2014 |
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I'm sorta sad I missed it.
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May 30, 2014 22:28
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Oh hey Steven Shingler.
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May 30, 2014 22:59
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 Trip Report : I'm not sure I like Rugby anymoreThe match kicked off 10 minutes late, to an empty looking stadium. The traffic was a nightmare, and people were being turned away from the ticket office when we got there. Nobody was scalping tickets, either. Just lots of confused fans trying to drive out of the stadium and clogging it up further for the people trying to get in. The promotional materials and matchday programmes were all made up to look like they were printed on 1950s newspaper, which was pretty cool. The Ospreys club shop and ticket office were trying desperately to give away any stock that wasn't nailed down, and Cardiff Blues were handing out litter rubber stress-relief balls in the shape of rugby balls. They didn't help :{ After announcing the teams, the MC asked the crowd to cheer, to indicate where they were from. It became obvious that the 5,000 empty seats were Newport and Cardiff fans still stuck in the traffic. When the MC asked the crowd to cheer if they were from Llanelli, he was drowned out with boo'ing. The first half atmosphere was loving bizarre. Everyone went in undecided about which team they should be cheering for, and just sat on their hands until they figured out which team they preferred. By the time 20 minutes had passed, the crowd realised they were watching a farce, and just started talking amongst themselves. It was like being at a giant saturday morning kickabout. It's easily the worst 40 minutes of rugby I've ever watched. At half time, there were some mixed-gender Touch Rugby exhibition matches, one of which had a female scrum-half who threw some sick cut-out passes. In the space of 2 minutes, the crowd became absolutely absorbed in this one Touch Rugby match, which included a literal standing ovation for one of the tries. The players realised 20,000 were actually paying attention to them, and started going hell-for-leather. It was literally the best part of the evening. When the teams gathered in the tunnel for the second half, three officials had to come out at stop the Touch Rugby match, which seriously pissed off the crowd. Nobody wanted to go back to watching The Probables vs The Possibles.~ Matthew Morgan came on in the second half, and the crowd continued to poo poo all over the match, except when Morgan got the ball. It seemed like the possibility of Matthew Morgan scoring some crazy solo try was the only thing that would validate the past two hours of our lives. The crowd passed the time in-between Morgan getting the ball, by singing Swansea football songs, and throwing stress-relief balls to each other. At one point, Morgan made a good break and kicked the ball over the last defender, but was blocked by Corey Allen. The crowd went absolutely loving ballistic, and instantly turned on The Probables. It was obvious at that point that the referee was under instructions to not red card any players, and the futility of the whole match became clear. The crowd turned absolutely livid. - It was like being at a Christmas derby match, except the entire crowd was on the same side. From that point on, both the referee and The Probables team were a combined evil force, who were standing in the way of Morgan scoring some sort of cool try. Every time he got the ball, the crowd would rise to their feet, and the moment he passed the ball, they'd sit down and start talking amongst themselves again. After the final whistle match, Mike Phillips ignored the post-match formalities, and ran over to a huge group of Ospreys fans near the touchline. I don't know what was said, but he hung around until after both teams had gone back to the dressing rooms, and signed autographs for fans in the front row. I really don't want to watch it back on TV to check, but apparently 3 players were injured?
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May 30, 2014 23:51
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You could hear that the crowd weren't interested on the coverage. There was just a smattering of polite applause when a try was scored but otherwise the general hum of a lot of people talking.
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May 31, 2014 00:01
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Sorry to distract from Welshrugbychat but am I the only one who reads S'bura Sithole as "S'bura Shithole?"
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May 31, 2014 00:17
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No you are not
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May 31, 2014 01:59
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No but I think Sithole is still pretty funny.
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May 31, 2014 04:08
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Tyma that sounds like one of the best live rugby experiences I have ever heard 
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May 31, 2014 04:15
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I've never wanted the Waratahs to win anything ever but here we are.
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May 31, 2014 05:57
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Had no idea Hoiles was back playing.
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May 31, 2014 07:15
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Vagabundo posted:Had no idea Hoiles was back playing. He had a bone splinter in his foot and it took 3 years and flying to Sweden for a doctor to find it.
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May 31, 2014 08:09
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Harsh yellow and penalty try IMO. I'm not entirely convinced that was a deliberate knock-on by Proctor.
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May 31, 2014 08:54
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Shouldn't even have been a penalty. He knocked it back towards his own try line which is completely legal.
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May 31, 2014 08:56
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I just shook the hand of one of the English props and his hand was double the size of mine Jesus Christ
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May 31, 2014 09:05
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Yep, it looked like a mistimed attempt to scoop a Blues pass towards Barrett. Also, why can't the Blues do this away from Eden Park?
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May 31, 2014 09:05
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pizzaman5000 posted:I just shook the hand of one of the English props and his hand was double the size of mine Jesus Christ Did you spit in yours first?
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May 31, 2014 09:09
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Mister Chief posted:Did you spit in yours first? I didn't want to be thrown out of the cloud like a dwarf
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May 31, 2014 09:18
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I'm not mad, I'm just disappointed.
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May 31, 2014 09:42
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Can't embed this but boy is it worth clicking. http://gfycat.com/ThinUnpleasantDanishswedishfarmdog
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May 31, 2014 12:38
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Tyma posted:At one point, Morgan made a good break and kicked the ball over the last defender, but was blocked by Corey Allen. The crowd went absolutely loving ballistic, and instantly turned on The Probables. It was obvious at that point that the referee was under instructions to not red card any players 1) Corey Allen and Matthew Morgan were on the same team. 2) If it's the incident I'm thinking, then the crowd are pretty daft expecting a red (or even a penalty). Rhodri Williams was coming across for the ball, his momentum took him into Morgan and Morgan went down like an Italian footballer with his hands out and looking to the ref before he'd even hit the floor. Maybe in real time at the stadium it looked bad, but the replays showed there was nothing to it. 3) You're right, Matthew Morgan was one of the few good things about this shitshow of a training session. With the teams set up the way they were there was never a chance of a good game breaking out. Tyma posted:Cardiff Blues were handing out litter rubber stress-relief balls in the shape of rugby balls. They didn't help Assuming this was a typo that ended up being accurate 
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May 31, 2014 16:07
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Who thinks Wales will make it out of their pool next year?
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May 31, 2014 16:13
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Mister Chief posted:Who thinks Wales will make it out of their pool next year? I've analysed all the data and have come to the conclusion that Rhys Priestland is a "world cup specialist" and will lead us to to the semi finals before an evil frenchman robs us of glory.
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May 31, 2014 16:25
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Did Owen Farrell just injure himself kicking the ball away after his disallowed try?
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May 31, 2014 16:37
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Empereur Norton posted:Did Owen Farrell just injure himself kicking the ball away after his disallowed try? It looks like it  Extra time in the final, time to check the rules for penalty shoot outs....
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May 31, 2014 16:54
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Glasgow are done.
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May 31, 2014 19:53
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Too many injuries, too early on for Glasgow. They just tired out towards the end against a very good Leinster side. Pretty good match overall, even if it was a one sided affair after 60 minutes.
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May 31, 2014 20:05
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The scoreline doesn't really reflect how close it was,both teams were dead on their feet by the end and Leinster's two tries at the end were pretty lucky.If Glasgow hadn't had to use their bench so early,it would have been a tight game right until the end. Glasgow's handling would put some SH teams to shame,they can just throw it about at will and every player is always waiting for an offload.Finn Russell is becoming a fine player,I hope the Summer Tour goes well for him. e:Watched the Top 14 final,turns out you can buy success. tag youre fat fucked around with this message at 21:59 on May 31, 2014 |
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May 31, 2014 21:34
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The All Blacks squad to give the English a jolly good thrashing has been named. Hookers Dane Coles (Hurricanes, 15 caps) Keven Mealamu (Blues, 110 caps) Props Wyatt Crockett (Crusaders, 24 caps) Charlie Faumuina (Blues, 17 caps) Ben Franks (Hurricanes, 31 caps) Owen Franks (Crusaders, 54 caps) Tony Woodcock (Blues, 107 caps) Locks Dominic Bird (Crusaders, 1 caps) Brodie Retallick (Chiefs, 24 caps) Patrick Tuipulotu (Blues, 0 caps) Sam Whitelock (Crusaders, 51 caps) Loose Forwards Sam Cane (Chiefs, 14 caps) Jerome Kaino (Blues, 48 caps) Richie McCaw (Captain, Crusaders, 124 caps) Liam Messam (Chiefs, 29 caps) Kieran Read (Crusaders, 61 caps) Victor Vito (Hurricanes, 22 caps) Halfbacks Tawera Kerr-Barlow (Chiefs, 14 caps) TJ Perenara (Hurricanes, 0 caps) Aaron Smith (Highlanders, 26 caps) Five-Eighths Beauden Barrett (Hurricanes, 16 caps) Aaron Cruden (Chiefs, 29 caps) Colin Slade (Crusaders, 11 caps) Midfielders Ryan Crotty (Crusaders, 5 caps) Malakai Fekitoa (Highlanders, 0 caps) Ma'a Nonu (Blues, 88 caps) Conrad Smith (Hurricanes, 75 caps) Back Three Israel Dagg (Crusaders, 38 caps) Cory Jane (Hurricanes, 45 caps) Julian Savea (Hurricanes, 20 caps) Ben Smith (Highlanders, 26 caps) Also training with the squad will be hookers Nathan Harris (Chiefs) and Liam Coltman (Highlanders). Unavailable due to injury: Francis Saili (ankle), Charles Piutau (knee), Luke Romano (ankle) and Daniel Carter (currently on sabbatical) edogawa rando fucked around with this message at 11:06 on Jun 1, 2014 |
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Jun 1, 2014 04:05
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Vagabundo posted:The All Blacks squad to give the English a jolly good thrashing has been named. They look crap. We can 'ave em. ...
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Jun 1, 2014 10:57
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The England-Barbarians match is surprisingly good,both teams are willing to throw it about and there's been very few knock-ons.
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Jun 1, 2014 15:49
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Swan Curry posted:The England-Barbarians match is surprisingly good,both teams are willing to throw it about and there's been very few knock-ons. drat, didn't realise that was on.
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I just don't get the Auckland Blues this year. I keep going to matches at Eden Park and they keep winning there - but take them anywhere else and they can't buy a win. Kirwan did say he wanted to make Eden Park their fortress but I didn't realise he meant that they would be so poo poo once they left it.
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Jun 1, 2014 23:37
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ElectroMagneticJosh posted:I just don't get the Auckland Blues this year. I keep going to matches at Eden Park and they keep winning there - but take them anywhere else and they can't buy a win. Kirwan did say he wanted to make Eden Park their fortress but I didn't realise he meant that they would be so poo poo once they left it. I'm not sure the Blues are special in this regard. I read a few months ago that this year results have gone the way of the home team more than ever before in SR. SANZAR getting rid of neutral referees might have something to do with it. I haven't seen any recent data, and this might have changed with the resurgence of the Crusaders who seem to do well away.
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Jun 2, 2014 01:41
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Even taking that into account, the Blues at Eden Park are a completely different team to the one that plays elsewhere.
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Jun 2, 2014 02:03
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Vagabundo posted:Even taking that into account, the Blues at Eden Park are a completely different team to the one that plays elsewhere. Fair enough, I haven't watched enough Blues games to know one way or another. I reckon this year more than any it's going to matter how high up the table you finish. I can only assume that SANZAR will fork the cash for neutral refs for the finals, otherwise, it's going to be a major poo poo-storm.
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Jun 2, 2014 05:33
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Glasgow losing will probably hit them pretty hard, but they've done extremely well and it'll galvanise the team to do it again for next season. They're pretty much moving on leaps and bounds and I think they're going to be pretty much up there every season now. They lost really because they tried just a little too hard and wore themselves down, whereas Leinster played the full 80 minutes. Ironically, Glasgow did a sort of more-aggressive Scotland, but didn't have the fitness to keep it up. Offloading for Glasgow though is loving terrifying - I've only ever seen New Zealand be able to do the same sort of fast passing accuracy. Nakawara is just wtf  His hands must be made of some sort of glue or something. How he's able to do the poo poo he does is amazing.Now if we could just get this workload and mindset into the Scotland team we'd be in business.
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Jun 2, 2014 08:58
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Just wanted to say that my team (the Lions) are such great trolls. Also I got tickets to see Canada play Japan this weekend. Hoping for a good game.
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Jun 2, 2014 23:30
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Madkal posted:Just wanted to say that my team (the Lions) are such great trolls. Please provide us with an update on Adam Kleeberger's current beard status!
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What's the talk coming out of the England camp? Do they actually think they can win any of these tests?
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