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loving awj must give the best blow jobs... itoje is the standout in that position hands down.
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# ? Jun 21, 2017 20:43 |
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So the Lions captain is fully fit, but on the bench. Maybe Gatland should have picked a captain who was actually the best in their position?
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# ? Jun 21, 2017 21:02 |
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I'm not surprised that Itoje is on the bench to be honest. He's excellent and has been great all tour but I thought Gatland would use him as a serious impact sub at the 50/60 minute mark. He's the kind of player that can lift really lift a team when he comes on and might just swing things if it's close, more than any other player on tour at the moment.
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# ? Jun 21, 2017 21:04 |
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Plucky Brit posted:So the Lions captain is fully fit, but on the bench. Maybe Gatland should have picked a captain who was actually the best in their position? There is not a single player this time who was both a dead cert starter and had captaincy experience. I'd much rather they pick the team on form, who gives a gently caress if the tour captain doesn't start
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# ? Jun 21, 2017 22:28 |
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I don't think these players are smart enough to play tricksy games with the refereeing. There's too many of the same players who were unable to comprehend Italy's stupid ruck-dodging clown parade, they're just not that savvy about the laws.
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# ? Jun 21, 2017 22:46 |
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bigfoot again posted:There is not a single player this time who was both a dead cert starter and had captaincy experience. I'd much rather they pick the team on form, who gives a gently caress if the tour captain doesn't start What was ever going to possibly stop Owen Farrell from starting the tests?
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# ? Jun 21, 2017 22:59 |
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Tyma posted:What was ever going to possibly stop Owen Farrell from starting the tests? Between the 10s initially picked, Farrell is by some distance the best.
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# ? Jun 22, 2017 00:16 |
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Tyma posted:What was ever going to possibly stop Owen Farrell from starting the tests? Yeah maybe Farrell. Personally I don't like my goalkicker and playmaker to have to think about captaincy as well. I feel like most really successful teams have a forward as captain. They're just much more in the mix of things.
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# ? Jun 22, 2017 08:37 |
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I think the lions team actually looks pretty ok but I can't see them actually doing much
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# ? Jun 22, 2017 17:54 |
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gently caress the teams, here's what everyone was really looking forward to
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# ? Jun 22, 2017 18:25 |
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Jesus this Samoa v Wales game is hard to watch and I don't mean the quality of the feed from Samoa. Edit: 10-9 Samoa at the half. Wales have been pretty terrible and Samoa don't seem to have the players to take advantage. bessantj fucked around with this message at 08:37 on Jun 23, 2017 |
# ? Jun 23, 2017 08:24 |
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TRISHY posted:I'm going to be really embarrassed if we lose to Italy. You had to loving say it didn't you.
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# ? Jun 23, 2017 08:42 |
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I actually hope we lose to Italy. ARU and the rest of the stakeholders need to realise that the house is on fire as they play their parlour games.
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# ? Jun 23, 2017 09:22 |
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And Wales beat Samoa 19-17 despite playing some really lovely rugby.
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# ? Jun 23, 2017 09:58 |
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hooman posted:You had to loving say it didn't you. I know. I knnnoooowwwww. Whyyyy Stephen Moore is captain, I'll never know. loving Cheika.
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# ? Jun 23, 2017 19:34 |
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So who else is there?
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# ? Jun 23, 2017 21:02 |
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Maybe Adam Coleman (though it would be good if he stopped injecting himself into every single on field scuffle)? Basically he and Hooper are the only forwards who own their spot and Hooper is poo poo at being captain and I'm losing optimism he might grow into the role. Great player, but leading others is more than setting a great example.
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# ? Jun 23, 2017 22:59 |
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This ref in the Fiji v Scotland game is calling some utter bullshit foul play calls against Fiji. Apparently if a guy jumps to take a pass you're not allowed to tackle him until he lands edit: now a Scottish guy in the bin for nothing, this ref is hosed in the head Smorgasbord fucked around with this message at 04:05 on Jun 24, 2017 |
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Smorgasbord posted:This ref in the Fiji v Scotland game is calling some utter bullshit foul play calls against Fiji. Apparently if a guy jumps to take a pass you're not allowed to tackle him until he lands If a player is in the air, you need to wait until they land.
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# ? Jun 24, 2017 04:18 |
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Vagabundo posted:If a player is in the air, you need to wait until they land. From a kick, sure.
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# ? Jun 24, 2017 04:22 |
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Unimpressed posted:Maybe Adam Coleman (though it would be good if he stopped injecting himself into every single on field scuffle)? Basically he and Hooper are the only forwards who own their spot and Hooper is poo poo at being captain and I'm losing optimism he might grow into the role. Great player, but leading others is more than setting a great example. You don't want your captain to run the risk of getting whistled out of the game because they're an indisciplined dildo. Coleman shouldn't even be suggested as a potential captain, even as a joke. Smorgasbord posted:From a kick, sure. No. It's covered by World Rugby in two separate areas of Law 10.4. http://playerwelfare.worldrugby.org/?documentid=63 Law 10.4 (e) Dangerous tackling. A player must not tackle an opponent whose feet are off the ground. Sanction: Penalty kick ... (i) Tackling the jumper in the air. A player must not tackle nor tap, push or pull the foot or feet of an opponent jumping for the ball in a lineout or in open play. Sanction: Penalty kick edogawa rando fucked around with this message at 04:51 on Jun 24, 2017 |
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OK, that's a bullshit rule but a rule all the same. The ref has still been terrible.
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# ? Jun 24, 2017 04:51 |
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Vagabundo posted:You don't want your captain to run the risk of getting whistled out of the game because they're an indisciplined dildo. Coleman shouldn't even be suggested as a potential captain, even as a joke. Of course not, but he can learn. S Moore constantly gets on the wrong side of the refs anyway and Hooper has had a chance to learn but hasn't. So next lovely option in the queue of poo poo is Coleman, or at least I can't think of any other forward. I guess maybe Sio, but he's in and out too.
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# ? Jun 24, 2017 05:03 |
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Fiji are a cool and fun team to watch
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# ? Jun 24, 2017 05:06 |
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Fiji up by 10 with 10 to go!
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# ? Jun 24, 2017 05:10 |
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Is beating the Wallabies at home, and then losing the Fiji the next week the most Scotland thing that Scotland can do?
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# ? Jun 24, 2017 05:24 |
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This is loving nuts
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# ? Jun 24, 2017 05:24 |
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So Fiji beat Italy and Scotland in consecutive weeks
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# ? Jun 24, 2017 05:30 |
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Oh the wallabies... Edit: feel like italy got hard done by on that try sleep with the vicious fucked around with this message at 06:16 on Jun 24, 2017 |
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So what's to stop the ball carrier jumping immediately before the defensive line?
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# ? Jun 24, 2017 06:33 |
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Ratios and Tendency posted:So what's to stop the ball carrier jumping immediately before the defensive line? Such a shame that rugby has now been plagued by people jumping around like a bunch of rabbits all the time.
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# ? Jun 24, 2017 07:18 |
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Hey guys, the Wallabies are a bit poo poo.
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# ? Jun 24, 2017 07:19 |
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Go Italy!
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# ? Jun 24, 2017 07:40 |
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lol go Italy
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# ? Jun 24, 2017 07:43 |
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And you can count on Quade...
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# ? Jun 24, 2017 07:44 |
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Didn't Italy lose to Fiji and Scotland before this? loving hell, Wallabies.
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# ? Jun 24, 2017 07:46 |
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Joke's on you kiwis, get ready for a century of actually competitive rugby only on your end of season tour of England and Ireland.
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# ? Jun 24, 2017 07:51 |
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Jesus gently caress, where do you even start when it comes to fixing this Wallabies team. That scoreline massively flatters them, and there's no loving way they were 13 points better than the opposition. They've got just under 8 weeks to improve, or they're going to have a long, long Rugby Championships, where they're going to get hosed by the All Blacks and what looks like a potentially resurgent Springboks team. edogawa rando fucked around with this message at 08:02 on Jun 24, 2017 |
# ? Jun 24, 2017 07:59 |
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Nah, it's going to be short. Bledisloe will be over after 15 minutes in the first two games. Unless something seismic happens, we're going to slowly slide down firmly into the second tier eventually relying more and more on overseas players who didn't even learn their rugby here. And that's assuming it's not too late already. In the Australian sporting market, we'd need the best management in the world just to stay up there. Instead we have the worst. We'll always have Shute shield though. Go woodies.
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Watching it in Liam Williams home clubhouse. Hilarity should ensue.
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# ? Jun 24, 2017 08:16 |