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Edinburgh beat Glasgow today while playing some pretty nice rugby at times. I expect them to play some more nice, expansive rugby next week in the second leg of the 1872 cup and then return to being loving terrible in the attack for the rest of the season.
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Vaders Jester posted:Edinburgh beat Glasgow today while playing some pretty nice rugby at times. I expect them to play some more nice, expansive rugby next week in the second leg of the 1872 cup and then return to being loving terrible in the attack for the rest of the season. Our defence is pretty good these days too. Tom Brown's gonna have to find a new tailor so he can fit Taqele Naiyaravoro in his pocket.
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Dec 27, 2015 18:22
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Painkiller posted:Our defence is pretty good these days too. Tom Brown's gonna have to find a new tailor so he can fit Taqele Naiyaravoro in his pocket. Aye, best defence in the Pro12, I just wish our backs would play more like they did today more often.
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Dec 27, 2015 18:24
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Tyma posted:It sucks watching Patchell win the big derby match for a team that can't wait to shovel him out the door What pisses me off most about the Blues is that they don't seem to be building a team that will win the European cup. They seem to just be headless. I know the Dragons have no hope of being a big team but the Blues should be contenders. stavros880 posted:Am on a train so missed this game. Sounds like I'll have to watch the highlights So the line out wasn't called and it turned into a ruck where the ref gave a pen. try.
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Dec 27, 2015 18:25
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Glad Edinburgh have got their poo poo together recently, not so long ago they were semi finalists in the Heineken Cup and even though it's highly unlikely anyone from the Pro 12 will do that this year it's good to see more competition in the league. Ulster managed to give connacht their first loss at home yesterday in a tight one, hoping Leinster and Munster take some lumps out of each other today.
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Dec 27, 2015 18:52
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Munster's gone a wee bit poo poo these days.  Edit: Good interception and try there.
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Ultragonk posted:What pisses me off most about the Blues is that they don't seem to be building a team that will win the European cup. They seem to just be headless. I know the Dragons have no hope of being a big team but the Blues should be contenders. Ultragonk posted:So the line out wasn't called and it turned into a ruck where the ref gave a pen. try. Ahh...that makes more sense. I thought you were saying the Dragons threw a crooked line out and the ref went full retard and awarded a penalty try 
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Dec 27, 2015 20:55
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Painkiller posted:Our defence is pretty good these days too. Tom Brown's gonna have to find a new tailor so he can fit Taqele Naiyaravoro in his pocket. Knowing nothing about NH rugby, but being a tahs follower I'd have thought he'd have to find an orthopod to repair his bones. How did it go in the end, was Taqele any good?
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Dec 27, 2015 23:16
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Quins drew 39-39 with Gloucester today in an absolute thriller, real try of the year contender in there too.
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Unimpressed posted:Knowing nothing about NH rugby, but being a tahs follower I'd have thought he'd have to find an orthopod to repair his bones. How did it go in the end, was Taqele any good? Taqele has been alright so far, sometimes goes missing but he dominated the Euro game against Scarlets. Against Edinburgh he wasn't given any space at all (Edinburgh's defence is really good this season).
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Dec 28, 2015 01:52
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/35193795 Bath seem to have gone mental since Burgess left and are now signing any backrow player they can find.
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Vaders Jester posted:http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/35193795 It's quite odd. Also lol at the salary cap, we're not even pretending at this point. Also fantastic news Tyma! Rhys Priestland has decided that he will make himself available for selection for Wales if asked! I knew you'd be happy!
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Tyma posted:Someone has illustrated the entire history of Rugby Union in one image This is the most amazing thing ever. I must have it.
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Vaders Jester posted:Taqele has been alright so far, sometimes goes missing but he dominated the Euro game against Scarlets. Against Edinburgh he wasn't given any space at all (Edinburgh's defence is really good this season). Glasgow don't seem to know quite what to do with him or how best to get him into the game. He only dominated against the Scarlets because they kept kicking down his throat. It's weird since Townsend is usually good at using unique players (e.g. Nakarawa), but Glasgow just treat him as an orthodox winger.
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Painkiller posted:Glasgow don't seem to know quite what to do with him or how best to get him into the game. He only dominated against the Scarlets because they kept kicking down his throat. It's weird since Townsend is usually good at using unique players (e.g. Nakarawa), but Glasgow just treat him as an orthodox winger. Aye, I think they sometimes go wide a little too soon and don't give him enough space to run. DTH was incredible at avoiding tackles which made it easier for that sort of stuff so it seems to just be taking time for everything to click.
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Dec 30, 2015 20:47
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The 2nd Glasgow vs Edinburgh game this weekend is being moved to Murrayfield because Scoutston looks like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6FiX7uC-eo If the rain keeps coming Glasgow are going to struggle to fit in all their fixtures. They've already missed one due to rain and one due to the Paris attacks.
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Painkiller posted:The 2nd Glasgow vs Edinburgh game this weekend is being moved to Murrayfield because Scoutston looks like this: I feel their pain, my rugby club had to cancel practice this week because of rain too.
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Happy new year, here's to irpand being poo poo when it naytrerrs
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Painkiller posted:The 2nd Glasgow vs Edinburgh game this weekend is being moved to Murrayfield because Scoutston looks like this: https://youtu.be/bVQTczeM4WA
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Jan 1, 2016 03:49
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A paddling pool is no place to play a rugby game.
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It sucks if you're an outside back standing around doing nothing, but for the forwards it's loads of fun
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Mr Chips posted:It sucks if you're an outside back standing around doing nothing, but for the forwards it's loads of fun Everyone reduced to the same skill level, but forwards are bigger so become more important. I loved playing in rainy conditions as a forward; the flashy back moves failed so it was left to the forwards to score tries through rucking in the mud.
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As a front rower games that were played in swamp conditions were great. Apart from scrummaging, which there was usually a lot of since a muddy ball being handled by loads of forwards tended to be knocked on all the time. Do miss spending a month or two of Saturdays mucked up from head to toe in the lovely irish winter though.
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I was not a fan of games in swamps as a second row. Rucks, mauls and scrums in heavy, clay mud were exhausting.
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I played one game in a proper downpour. As a centre, it was atrocious.
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I played a game against Ayr once which started in sunshine, second half was marked by the start of the hail stones and the game ended in a blizzard. Still scored some nice tries with our flashy back moves. Go County!
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Ulster-Munster was one big long wet fart of a match that ended 9-7 to Munster on the back of two missed penalties from noted ginger racist Paddy Jackson. E: V V I only saw highlights of the Saracens match but three penalty tries is just taking the piss out of Leicester. The scrums were hilariously mismatched and Leicester should be ashamed of themselves. MyChemicalImbalance fucked around with this message at 01:11 on Jan 5, 2016 |
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An afternoon in a pub has convinced me that Saracens are boring and didn't do anything positive all game which would earn their bonus point victory, and the Sharks Wasps game was dull as all gently caress and I hate them both.
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Apollodorus' south-of-the-border rivals have just unveiled John Mitchell as their new coach, signing with US Rugby on a 4-year deal.
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Had my first-ever rugby training session last night and thoroughly enjoyed it. I had no idea about how to pass or where to stand or entirely what the hell I was doing (fourth team apparently rarely train so I was with the firsts and seconds), but it was great. Bring on session two on Thursday! And also lots of reading on where I should stand in a line because I really had no clue, especially when the ball switched sides.
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fallingdownjoe posted:And also lots of reading on where I should stand in a line because I really had no clue, especially when the ball switched sides. Start with behind the guy who has the ball, or will have the ball before you. That's your starting point.
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http://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/35245732 Does he have another son he can shoe-horn into the Irish squad?
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Just read the Farrell appointment. That'll make the England game funny to watch.
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To further kick Rhys Patchell in the dick, Cardiff Blues have signed Matthew Morgan. It's not a dual contract, but it's definately a "hey, you sign this contract if you ever want to play for wales again" deal.
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Ouch, between that and signing Nick Williams who almost killed him that one time Patchell's getting it bad. Which member of management's cornflakes did he poo poo in? V V didn't even realise that. Always rated him, Wales have a load of nearly great 10's at the minute. MyChemicalImbalance fucked around with this message at 22:54 on Jan 7, 2016 |
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Is he not pissing off to Scarlets in the summer?
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I remember one match I played in college (also known as uni) in which the field was approximately 90% mud at the beginning of the match and there were at least ten pools of standing water. At one point the referee stopped play during a ruck because he was worried someone was about to drown. Afterwards, we found a building that had a faucet on the outside and used it to wash off, only to discover that we were standing in front of the door to the art museum where a black tie donors' gala was being held. They did not appreciate having 20 muddy shirtless rugby players hanging around. Also, heard about John Mitchell. Pretty loving excited. Maybe we can Win a Rugby some day soon!
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Glasgow continuing their traditional "poo poo in Europe" trend. e: I say that and then Nakarawa scores a great try from a lineout. Vaders Jester fucked around with this message at 15:27 on Jan 9, 2016 |
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Wayne Barnes is a monster.
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Ulster came back from 23-0 at half time to Oyonnax to win 24-23, with noted lovely person Paddy Jackson kicking a 50m penalty in the 77th minute to take the win. Still an outside hope of an Irish team in the knockout stages, until we get Saracen'd next week at least. MyChemicalImbalance fucked around with this message at 01:33 on Jan 11, 2016 |
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