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Do they have a name for this series of tests just past where Southern Hemisphere teams visited Eng/Sco/Ire/Fra?
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I think you're confused. The games just passed were the Northern Hemisphere teams touring the South (eg Ireland in Oz). These are usually called the Summer Tests, or Mid Year Tests. The Southern teams tour the North around November. Those are called the Autumn or End of Year tests.
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Jul 3, 2018 20:18
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Oh! For some reason, I thought they were paying up north. Thanks.
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Jul 3, 2018 20:29
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Yamada absolutely clowned Folau there.
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Jul 7, 2018 12:03
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henry pyrgos is taking the long arduous journey down the m8 to edinburgh. sad to see him go but he's too good to be third choice scrum half tbf, and should fit in with the gunners style of play. he is being replaced at glasgow by some aussie called nick frisby who used to play for the reds. is he any good?
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HappyCamperGL posted:henry pyrgos is taking the long arduous journey down the m8 to edinburgh. sad to see him go but he's too good to be third choice scrum half tbf, and should fit in with the gunners style of play. Not particularly.
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Jul 9, 2018 04:35
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Unimpressed posted:Not particularly. The prefect replacement for Henry Pyrgos then.
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Jul 9, 2018 10:58
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Strange move, I guess at least he's available during the international windows.
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Jul 9, 2018 11:45
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Aramoro posted:The prefect replacement for Henry Pyrgos then. He’s a perfectly respectable to good club level player and a good guy to give Price a kick up the arse on the fairly regular occasions he decides to play bad
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Jul 9, 2018 11:53
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bigfoot again posted:He’s a perfectly respectable to good club level player and a good guy to give Price a kick up the arse on the fairly regular occasions he decides to play bad He's broadly fine but I do not see the point in shuffling players between Edinburgh and Glasgow and not promoting young players into those 2nd and 3rd tier picks for positions. Sean Kennedy and Nathan Fowles are both good players who could do with some more game time. I just don't get why the SRU are spending money shuffling second string players from Glasgow to Edinburgh again.
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Jul 9, 2018 14:37
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Sam Warburton has retired from rugby at 29. Repeated injuries seem to have taken their toll on him. Thankfully Wales seem to have plenty of 7s to replace him.
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Jul 18, 2018 12:23
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Pretty sad to see that he had to retire an excellent player for Wales and the Lions.
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Jul 18, 2018 12:35
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Jul 18, 2018 13:41
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An incredible player, and seems like a thoroughly decent person. I'm sure he has a lot of good work ahead of him.
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Jul 18, 2018 15:44
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Judging from the vague and positive praises I’ve seen on social media, I actually presumed he was dead.
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Jul 18, 2018 18:09
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I've lost count of the number of times I’ve heard “I never rated him before but he was loving outstanding today” in relation to the breadman.
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bessantj posted:I've lost count of the number of times I’ve heard “I never rated him before but he was loving outstanding today” in relation to the breadman. Never rated him as an opposition player but he was an outstanding Lion, real old fashioned inspirational leader and it's sad to see him go.
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Jul 18, 2018 22:35
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Everyone should be watching the Chiefs / Hurricanes. This has been great so far.
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Jul 20, 2018 08:44
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Although that was a loving atrocious call.
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Jul 20, 2018 08:46
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And that was pretty bullshit.
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Jul 20, 2018 09:12
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Too many intercepts, boys.
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Jul 20, 2018 09:21
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Why do referees hate the Chiefs so much?
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Jul 20, 2018 09:57
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Faark.
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Jul 20, 2018 10:04
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That was loving stupid.
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Jul 20, 2018 10:15
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If only they had got it together a bit earlier. Bugger.
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Jul 20, 2018 10:19
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Well I was stuck working so I can’t say if the Chiefs were robbed or not. Anyways we lost so I’m happy to own up to my toxx. I’m away for work at the moment so if anyone can search it, I’d appreciate it, I’ll pay it out tonight.
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Jul 20, 2018 17:05
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loving Waratahs can't even stay consistent between two halves let alone two games. The lions are gonna gently caress us up bad.
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Jul 21, 2018 13:11
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Attendance at the QFs looks a bit alarming
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Jul 22, 2018 08:56
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slothrop posted:
 So I was in Brisbane for work, and saw a guy wearing a Chiefs jersey. I got all excited and shouted Go the Chiefs!, he ignored me.
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I'll join you on this one. Also relying on this thread to remind me/keep me honest when we inevitably don't win.
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Guinness Pro 14 Details The Pro 14 went from complete radio silence to “lots of promotion” this morning, in order to officially confirm a lot of things that were already scaring away supporters. There are no Canadian teams, no worldwide season, and the South African teams still can't take part in the Heineken Cup. - Conferences & Fixtures The biggest change is that all matches now take place on Friday nights or Saturday afternoons. This was a massive point of contention for many supporters, and along with the changes to broadcasting, is likely to create a massive generational turnover in supporters, making the league more accessible to some, and completely inaccessible to others. The conference system remains in place, with the conference participants unchanged.. How the teams in Conference A agreed to this is a complete mystery, but the Pro 14 insist that there will be a review at the end of the season, after we all watch another exciting Leinster vs Scarlets final. This year's Leinster vs Scarlets final will be held in Murrayfield! The final week of the regular season will once again conclude with two Welsh derby games back to back at Principality Stadium, as well as every other team playing their local rivals. Full fixture list is here : https://www.pro14rugby.org/match-centre/fixtures/ - Broadcasting All 152 games will air on the subscription-based TV network Premier Sports. Both the TV network and online streaming service are £9.99 a month. Over 100 of the games will also air on Eir Sport (this used to be Setanta Sports Ireland), which is available for free in Irish households who subscribe to the company's TV, Internet or Phone products. One game per week will aslo be shown on S4C, exclusively in Welsh. Select games involving Leinster, Munster and Connacht will also air on TG4, exclusively in Gaelic. Rugbypass will not be broadcasting the Pro 14.
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Jul 24, 2018 18:31
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Good to see the Pro14 is just going to shoot it's viewer base straight in the face for a quick buck.
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Jul 24, 2018 19:07
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One game on S4C? Fucker 
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Jul 24, 2018 19:11
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It looks like 1 bad game a week is on Freesports
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Jul 24, 2018 19:43
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The broadcast rights for me pretty much mean I won't be watching club rugby this year. It's just too expensive to get the only deal I can to watch the Irish games. The short term cash injection might work, but I just have to hope this won't cause problems for fan investment and gaining new fans down the line.
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Mrenda posted:The short term cash injection might work, but I just have to hope this won't cause problems for fan investment and gaining new fans down the line. The ARU is the poster child of "horrendous short term planning backfiring in the long term". This is one of their favorite decisions.
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Back to the bad old days when it was on Setanta. I know the move onto free TV here correlated with Ulster's rise in popularity and I think a move back onto paid TV could, along with everything else that has happened, lead to the crowds going back down to what they were 10 years ago. I won't be paying for Premier sports, I'll get to as many live games as I can but gently caress off if I'm paying a tenner a month for Zebre vs the Dragons and highlights of Swedish motocross .
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Jul 25, 2018 10:42
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It's ok, zebre v dragons will be the games on free channels
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Jul 25, 2018 10:45
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Gordon Langkilde has been arrested and the Welsh players seem intent on going forward with criminal proceedings. From the Telegraph quote:The Wales players attacked at the Rugby World Cup Sevens plan to take criminal proceedings against Gordon Langkilde “all the way” after the Samoan was arrested and charged with assault. Pretty shocking behaviour especially considering the game had nothing in it to suggest that this level of violence could be an outcome.
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bessantj posted:Gordon Langkilde has been arrested and the Welsh players seem intent on going forward with criminal proceedings. Chat poo poo, get banged? In all seriousness, that's pretty nuts and like you said, there wasn't any sort of niggle during the game that might have led to something like that afterwards.
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I think if someone had said something to set it off then the Welsh players wouldn't pursue it. No Welsh player is going to say "yeah, I called his wife a horse faced bitch then he broke my face." well Alex Cuthbert might have. But if someone had said something then we'd know about it, Welsh rugby is such a goldfish bowl someone would have gotten the word out by now and the WRU would have suspended the player.
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