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Is anyone in the process of starting the Olympic 7s thread, Rio’s was the best bit of the forums Olympic experience
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Jul 23, 2021 16:45
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Wyn Jones is out with an injured shoulder so Sutherland goes in at loosehead with Mako on the bench.
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Jul 24, 2021 14:37
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lenoon posted:Is anyone in the process of starting the Olympic 7s thread, Rio’s was the best bit of the forums Olympic experience I think it's next week so we've got a few days before it. I had tickets for the women's but, well 
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Jul 24, 2021 15:05
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harperdc posted:I think it's next week so we've got a few days before it. I had tickets for the women's but, well That sucks dude, sorry.
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Jul 24, 2021 15:07
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Loosehead was already a weak point, Mako's scrummaging just isn't good enough at the minute and Sutherland has had a couple of knocks. Does not bode well.
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Jul 24, 2021 15:07
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I hope Sutherland holds up, the starting Boks front row was poor in the A game so I don't have much worry for him, it's just how long he can go before Mako has to come on and stink up the scrum.
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Jul 24, 2021 17:00
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Wil Greenwood is such a prick. He's just tried to tell Sam Warburton how to play flanker and Nigel Owens how to ref.
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Jul 24, 2021 17:27
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Feels like the Lions have lost their heads a bit - hopefully they can use the break to gather themselves.
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Jul 24, 2021 17:49
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fallingdownjoe posted:Feels like the Lions have lost their heads a bit - hopefully they can use the break to gather themselves. Yeah, they're playing pretty poorly. At least they've got a lot of room to improve.
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Jul 24, 2021 17:51
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Curry needs someone to calm him the gently caress down. 3 pens and 2 were totally needless. Itoje has been massive.
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Jul 24, 2021 17:53
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Good try.
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Jul 24, 2021 18:10
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Forward pass I think.
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Jul 24, 2021 18:10
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Yeah the pass seemed firmly forward. Slightly odd decision all round!
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Jul 24, 2021 18:14
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HappyCamperGL posted:Forward pass I think. Definitely forward. Jonker still hosed it up though, he was onside.
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Jul 24, 2021 18:14
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That oNe looked good though.
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Jul 24, 2021 18:18
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Lions with fast ball look dangerous.
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Jul 24, 2021 18:26
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DickEmery posted:Wil Greenwood is such a prick. I can't imagine watching this sort of thing without a Southern Hemisphere commentary team, and someone staying sane o.O
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Jul 24, 2021 18:42
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I'm very curious about what the local commentary crew make of this game.
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Jul 24, 2021 18:46
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Lmfao. What was that.
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Jul 24, 2021 18:48
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Forward off Kolbe saving the Sheriff and Sinckler some blushes, back in my day front rows looked for contact not fancy arse passes 
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Jul 24, 2021 18:48
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Forward need to stop throwing loving shoes to the backs.
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Jul 24, 2021 18:54
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What a finish this is setting up, Springboks are going to feel very hard done by if the Lions squeak this out after that first half performance they put in.
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Jul 24, 2021 18:56
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I'm quite drunk but did SA have 2 or 3 disallowed tries?
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Jul 24, 2021 18:59
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Itoje was loving immense.
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Jul 24, 2021 19:01
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Great first half from SA but they looked shattered in the second. Not sure the Lions deserve that but a side can't get bullied in the last 30 and expect to win either.
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Jul 24, 2021 19:04
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Vaders Jester posted:Great first half from SA but they looked shattered in the second. Not sure the Lions deserve that but a side can't get bullied in the last 30 and expect to win either. Lions managed the game really well and dominated with the replacements. Great win.
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Jul 24, 2021 19:16
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redknob posted:I'm quite drunk but did SA have 2 or 3 disallowed tries? Two tries disallowed by TMO who SA was assured would cheat for them.
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Jul 24, 2021 19:44
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Lawes and Itoje were great today. Lions deserved the win but they tried hard to lose it.
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Jul 24, 2021 19:51
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Madkal posted:Two tries disallowed by TMO who SA was assured would cheat for them. Whoa this is pretty serious if true, are you quite sure? If so, you should leak this to the media or write the Rugby Union. TMOs who assure teams of cheating for them is a grave offence!
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Jul 24, 2021 19:53
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KinkyJohn posted:Whoa this is pretty serious if true, are you quite sure? If so, you should leak this to the media or write the Rugby Union. TMOs who assure teams of cheating for them is a grave offence! poor
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Jul 24, 2021 20:02
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Well I was going for SA purely for Faf's beautiful hair but it was such a good game with so many great players I really can't be upset by the result. Lions came out in that second half like maniacs.
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Jul 24, 2021 20:36
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Real game of two halves, the Boks definitely have enough in them to build on that performance and get a win next week though.
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Jul 24, 2021 21:16
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Because the men's tournament has just started, I put up a Rugby 7s thread in the Olympics subforum. beer snake, we never could make you this year
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Jul 26, 2021 02:17
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Nobody commenting on how Watson should have had a yellow if not a red for the tackle on Le Roux? A number of ref calls were marginal but that was a very clear error. Lions had a terrific 2nd half and deserved to win but Watson off for ten (or the rest of the game) could have been huge. The line out prior to lions try was very crooked.
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Jul 26, 2021 23:28
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therattle posted:Nobody commenting on how Watson should have had a yellow if not a red for the tackle on Le Roux? A number of ref calls were marginal but that was a very clear error. Lions had a terrific 2nd half and deserved to win but Watson off for ten (or the rest of the game) could have been huge. The line out prior to lions try was very crooked. Pretty sure the Venn diagram of people commenting on it and the people who thought Botia’s blatant shoulder to Damian McKenzie’s head a few weeks ago in the first All Blacks v. Fiji test is a flat circle.
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Jul 27, 2021 00:39
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Pretty much anyone with eyes would have thought it should have been a yellow card. Even the laughably bias B&I press were saying it was incredibly lucky to not have been a card.
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Jul 27, 2021 02:13
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edogawa rando posted:Pretty sure the Venn diagram of people commenting on it and the people who thought Botia’s blatant shoulder to Damian McKenzie’s head a few weeks ago in the first All Blacks v. Fiji test is a flat circle. I’m not sure what point you’re making, but I doubt that Fiji losing a player would have affected the result, whereas the Lions going down to 14 for 10 minutes or even the rest of the game could have been decisive.
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Jul 27, 2021 09:47
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therattle posted:I’m not sure what point you’re making, but I doubt that Fiji losing a player would have affected the result, whereas the Lions going down to 14 for 10 minutes or even the rest of the game could have been decisive. He complains about bullshit until someone agrees. I am a kiwi, watched the game, no idea what he is talking about and even if I did I would not care.
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Jul 27, 2021 10:20
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 Watson out for Faletau, Harris starting and Daly dropping to the bench at the expense of Williams, Mako swapping in for Sutherland and Murray starting in place of Price. I can see SA coming back stronger this week but the Lions bench looks a lot more poised to take advantage of a tiring team, whether they have the ability to exploit any space is another question. Not overly convinced by Biggar so far but I do like the look of that centre partnership.
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Jul 27, 2021 12:14
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therattle posted:I’m not sure what point you’re making, but I doubt that Fiji losing a player would have affected the result, whereas the Lions going down to 14 for 10 minutes or even the rest of the game could have been decisive. It's just a gripe about a clear double standard at the judicial level. But yeah, specifically this poo poo, which is praised and celebrated, often by the very same people that turn around and condemn Watson's tip tackle (which he should have at the very least gotten a yellow for). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv5IX9nN8ys Direct contact with the head, no mitigating factors, it's a straight red if there ever was one. Number of weeks on the sideline for Botia as a result of a visit to the judiciary? 0. This specific video is hosted on the official youtube channel of a national governing body, for gently caress's sake. Until this bullshit stops being celebrated, and consistently policed by the WR judiciary, any talk of concussion protocols will be just that: talk. But then again, I vividly remember the down-playing of Vunipola's shoulder-charge at Beauden Barrett's head in the second test 4 years ago, and the lack of any citing. edogawa rando fucked around with this message at 12:38 on Jul 27, 2021 |
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Jul 27, 2021 12:34
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