|
Brok Harris (Dragons prop) did well only getting two weeks for this https://twitter.com/c_kirwan/status/1214869050263851010
|
#
?
Jan 8, 2020 20:24
|
|
|
|
| # ? Apr 23, 2024 20:18 |
|
|
I was wondering if some of them are going to go full mercenary and demand the total income as previously agreed or they'll walk.
|
|
#
?
Jan 9, 2020 00:01
|
|
|
so that's all it takes for ospreys to be good, a two man advantage.
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2020 14:47
|
|
|
HappyCamperGL posted:so that's all it takes for ospreys to be good, a two man advantage. And a hailstorm. And an off-pitch debacle that means we get to play against their C-team. And we're still losing.
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2020 15:19
|
|
|
Tyma posted:And a hailstorm. The lack of confidence in this Ospreys team is amazing.
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2020 15:24
|
|
|
bessantj posted:The lack of confidence in this Ospreys team is amazing. I don't know what you're talking about. We at The Ospreys believe in our team's ability to win this game!  - I expect Alun Wyn Jones to do a "CM Punk", and sign his Saracens contract on live TV, during the post-match interview. Tyma fucked around with this message at 15:39 on Jan 11, 2020 |
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2020 15:36
|
|
|
Tyma posted:I expect Alun Wyn Jones to do a "CM Punk", and sign his Saracens contract on live TV, during the post-match interview. I don't think they could afford him. After watching the Castres/Dragons game I think the standards of reffing are getting worse. The Dragons may as well have not turned up,pinged completely off the park.
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2020 17:03
|
|
|
Glasgow - Exeter game was excellent despite Poite being all over the place like a mad man's poo poo.
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2020 18:54
|
|
|
Vaders Jester posted:Glasgow - Exeter game was excellent despite Poite being all over the place like a mad man's poo poo. it was but glasgow just seem to make too many stupid decisions these days. both this and the la rochelle games should have been won. gibbins in particular was very lucky not to see red today.
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2020 19:41
|
|
|
Vaders Jester posted:Glasgow - Exeter game was excellent despite Poite being all over the place like a mad man's poo poo. Has he managed to work out what an offside is?
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2020 21:13
|
|
|
Vagabundo posted:Has he managed to work out what an offside is?  No. The scrum was also the wild west but that's nothing new either.
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2020 22:16
|
|
|
HappyCamperGL posted:it was but glasgow just seem to make too many stupid decisions these days. both this and the la rochelle games should have been won. gibbins in particular was very lucky not to see red today. There were a few dumb decisions and Gibbins should have seen red but the offside line and the scrums were absolutely butchered on top of bizarrely penalising Glasgow for time wasting at their own lineout when they had no hooker on the pitch and were discussing who was taking the throw in.
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2020 22:17
|
|
|
Vaders Jester posted:
The overall standard of refereeing right now is shocking, but the French ones are a special level of poo poo.
|
|
#
?
Jan 11, 2020 22:22
|
|
|
Apparently James Hook is going to retire at the end of the season to focus on his writing career - something that I had no idea was even a thing until just now. He's an excellent player, but I think there'll always be an element of what could have been, as he spent his career being moved around the backline and never having a chance to settle and develop in a specific position.
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2020 02:37
|
|
|
Vagabundo posted:Apparently James Hook is going to retire at the end of the season to focus on his writing career - something that I had no idea was even a thing until just now. He's been coaching youth games for a while, and I've seen him travel with his team to matches that have taken place at the same time as Ospreys matches, so that's definitely the direction that he's been planning to head in for a long time. He got his first book deal a few months ago. It's a childrens' book about overcoming (some kind of) adversity, in order to play rugby. That's kind of close to my heart, so I hope it does well  - In other news, Sergio Parisse is going to retire... uh... "now", because didn't somehow didn't make it into Italy's 6-nations squad.
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2020 19:51
|
|
|
Italy do need to start working out their future.
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2020 21:26
|
|
|
Tyma posted:He's been coaching youth games for a while, and I've seen him travel with his team to matches that have taken place at the same time as Ospreys matches, so that's definitely the direction that he's been planning to head in for a long time. He's also talking about how Franco Smith, the current Italy coach, will call him up, and that he'll be playing in at least one of the two home fixtures Italy has after the opening round. It, I dunno, comes off as pretty loving arrogant and entitled. edogawa rando fucked around with this message at 22:16 on Jan 14, 2020 |
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2020 22:14
|
|
|
Maybe his ego just got too big to work with.
|
|
#
?
Jan 14, 2020 22:18
|
|
|
In other news, the tyre fire that is the SRU can now be seen from space. https://twitter.com/AlasdairReid3/status/1217049114111893506
|
|
#
?
Jan 15, 2020 03:06
|
|
|
Vaders Jester posted:In other news, the tyre fire that is the SRU can now be seen from space. Wasn't he the one that got the SRU a £70k fine for comments during the world cup?
|
|
#
?
Jan 15, 2020 10:42
|
|
|
bessantj posted:Wasn't he the one that got the SRU a £70k fine for comments during the world cup? Yep, the very same fuckwitting pillock.
|
|
#
?
Jan 15, 2020 10:53
|
|
|
Was Hook dropped from the welsh team for some specific reason? I remember wondering why I hardly ever saw his name mentioned in an international context a while back. Edit: realised I might be thinking of Henson lenoon fucked around with this message at 13:32 on Jan 15, 2020 |
|
#
?
Jan 15, 2020 12:00
|
|
|
Toonie decided to abandon predictable selections and got back to picking names out a hat. Beneficiaries include Cornell du Preez and Ratu Tagive. https://twitter.com/Scotlandteam/status/1217389747674472448?s=20
|
|
#
?
Jan 15, 2020 13:59
|
|
|
lenoon posted:Was Hook dropped from the welsh team for some specific reason? I remember wondering why I hardly ever saw his name mentioned in an international context a while back. He was a bit weird as he was a talented player, but never seemed to fit in. Not really reliable enough to play 10 for a Gatland game plan (I seem to remember him constantly giving away interceptions). Not big enough to play 12 for a Gatland game plan (Roberts and Henson were favoured there). Not really fast enough to play 15. I think he had the dual bad luck of playing under Gatland, and essentially being relegated to a utility player, as there were better starters in every position he played. stavros880 fucked around with this message at 21:13 on Jan 15, 2020 |
|
#
?
Jan 15, 2020 14:19
|
|
|
HappyCamperGL posted:Toonie decided to abandon predictable selections and got back to picking names out a hat. Beneficiaries include Cornell du Preez and Ratu Tagive. Wat, Ratu Tagive has played 9 games for Glasgow, he might have only played 9 games in Scotland at all. Kyle Steyn has turned out a few times for the 7's team but wasn't great there so surely 15's is the game for him. I'm not sure how these guys are even qualifying to play for Scotland, Nick Haining has 0 games in Scotland, having played for Bristol before. Thomas Gordon, another New Zealander has at least played amateur rugby here.
|
|
#
?
Jan 15, 2020 14:27
|
|
|
Aramoro posted:Wat, Ratu Tagive has played 9 games for Glasgow, he might have only played 9 games in Scotland at all. Kyle Steyn has turned out a few times for the 7's team but wasn't great there so surely 15's is the game for him. I'm not sure how these guys are even qualifying to play for Scotland, Nick Haining has 0 games in Scotland, having played for Bristol before. Thomas Gordon, another New Zealander has at least played amateur rugby here. Haining's gran is from Dundee and has played well for Edinburgh this year in the absence of Mata, Gordon I think through his grandparents though I thought Flockhart was better for Glasgow. Ratu I've no idea about though Steyn plays well for Glasgow at centre and wing this year. Du Preez has been a hell of a player for Worcester this year since his really nasty throat injury so will be good to see him back if he can keep the form he had before he destroyed his leg at Edinburgh. Vaders Jester fucked around with this message at 16:57 on Jan 15, 2020 |
|
#
?
Jan 15, 2020 16:52
|
|
|
bessantj posted:Wasn't he the one that got the SRU a £70k fine for comments during the world cup? Yup, suggestions are that it's actually accumulated bonuses over 4 years all being paid in the same calendar year but have to be registered as income though those bonuses have to be from the standpoint of the reduction of debt, the BT deal, and attendance numbers because it sure as hell isn't performance related. Vaders Jester fucked around with this message at 16:57 on Jan 15, 2020 |
|
#
?
Jan 15, 2020 16:55
|
|
|
Tagive is residency. He moved to Glasgow before the IRB upped the number if years required. But unfortunately has had a couple of bad injuries that have stopped him from playing for most of that time.
|
|
#
?
Jan 15, 2020 16:56
|
|
|
Tagive seems like a good player when I've seen him play for Glasgow and his story is one hell of a rough ride to get to where he is now. Not sure he'll make the final squad and at 28 he's getting on a bit but wing is looking a wee bit grim as far as depth is concerned after the first team and now that Seymour has retired.
|
|
#
?
Jan 15, 2020 16:59
|
|
|
At least the lesser spotted van der Merwe will be Scotland qualified this summer. Which will improve things.
|
|
#
?
Jan 15, 2020 23:10
|
|
|
Aye, though in true Scottish international backs tradition, he will immediately suffer a terrible career ending injury.
|
|
#
?
Jan 16, 2020 00:37
|
|
|
Apparently Saracens have failed to get under the cap for this season as well, despite the rumours of a fire sale for their squad, and may face automatic relegation as a punishment.
|
|
#
?
Jan 16, 2020 22:40
|
|
|
quote:Furthermore, any money paid as compensation to players for cutting short contracts would also be included in the wage bill. Relying on those players really loving the club that's getting rid of them.
|
|
#
?
Jan 16, 2020 23:10
|
|
|
The rules seem pretty comprehensive. I've no idea a) how they thought they'd get away with it and b) how they got away with it for so longPremiership rugby bigwigs posted:HOW DOES IT WORK?
|
|
#
?
Jan 17, 2020 00:19
|
|
|
I really think they should just be stripping them of titles, hilarious as relegation would be
|
|
#
?
Jan 17, 2020 00:33
|
|
|
tarbrush posted:I really think they should just be stripping them of titles, hilarious as relegation would be Why not both 
|
|
#
?
Jan 17, 2020 00:41
|
|
|
Wind up the club.
|
|
#
?
Jan 17, 2020 00:49
|
|
|
The best thing is that a couple of years ago there were a few clubs that were supposedly in breach of the cap and they all got together and sorted it out among themselves, effectively sweeping it under the carpet on the proviso no one else played silly buggers. Sarries still decided to say "gently caress it, lets pay our players under the table and maintain an absolutely bonkers squad out of the reach of even the richest French clubs, no one will notice or mind, surely?" And the rest of the clubs are now more than happy to hurl them under the bus.
|
|
#
?
Jan 17, 2020 11:09
|
|
|
Vaders Jester posted:The best thing is that a couple of years ago there were a few clubs that were supposedly in breach of the cap and they all got together and sorted it out among themselves, effectively sweeping it under the carpet on the proviso no one else played silly buggers. Sarries still decided to say "gently caress it, lets pay our players under the table and maintain an absolutely bonkers squad out of the reach of even the richest French clubs, no one will notice or mind, surely?" This is the funny bit, the whole of English rugby is basically an uneasy gentleman's agreement between a bunch of cutthroat bastards. The idea that Bruce whatsisname and the other owners wouldn't turn the screw is ridiculous. About the only thing that can save them is the poorer clubs worrying that relegating Sarries would impact gate receipts and maybe the TV deal.
|
|
#
?
Jan 17, 2020 11:21
|
|
|
|
| # ? Apr 23, 2024 20:18 |
|
|
Watching Tony Rowe, the Chiefs owner going to town on Sarries in the media is a thing of beauty. In further developments, apparently: - Club has to cut its wage bill by £2m by the end of January to comply with salary cap deadline. - Daily Mail is reporting Saracens told players this morning they WILL be automatically relegated at the end of the season and will be docked 35 points AGAIN, which would take their current points tally in the Premiership to -42. - Fellow Premiership clubs aren't interested in buying out Saracens players' contracts to sign them. - Should England internationals players move overseas to Top 14, Japan's Top League or Super Rugby, they would be unavailable for selection under current criteria. - Should Saracens win the Champions Cup in May they would not be able to defend their title next season IF they were relegated to the Championship
|
|
#
?
Jan 17, 2020 15:56
|
|