Lydiate is an immense player. Wales frontline 22 is very strong, any injuries and were screwed though as usual
1/2p
Cuthbert
Davies
Roberts
North
Priestland
Phillips
Gethin
Hibbard
Adam
AW Jones
Evans
Lydiate
Warburton
Faletau
Hook
Scott Williams
Lloyd Williams
Ryan Jones/Tipuric
Bradley Davies
Paul James
Owens
Mitchel/Andrews
6N Wales
Beer cup C/A
Prem; Salaries to win over the season and then lose final to Tigers.
Rabo; Leinster.
As for my homeland;Scotland 5th in 6N in annual race to bottom with Italy,hopefully with another backs-to-the-wall win over another home nation to relieve the horrendous suffering and longing for the return of the amateur game that being a Scottish rugby supporter features. Edinburgh to flatter to decieve as they did two seasons ago. Meanwhile Glasgow will continue to provide a return for the money spent/develop players and stil be sucking hind tit to Embra. Still; at least I can enjoy the knock out stages of the Hiney as a neutral 😀
Too early for lions 2017 picks? 🙂
Too early for lions 2017 [s]picks[/s] arguments?
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Chris Deans as back up centre for the 2017 Lions
Couple of interesting pieces
http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/23561013
Interesting stuff a_a. Tons of people on here you and I included have been going on about the head injuries for ages....I get the feeling much more stringent regulations regarding them will be implemented sooner rather than later.
Am looking forward to this season. I'm coaching the U7 tag rugby squad at Ledbury RFC. Ive been "playing" touch rugby all summer. A mate who has just retired from playing for Worcester Warriors is going to carry on there in corporate ticket sales so I should still be able to get hold of [i]keenly priced[/i] tickets for Stoner Jr and I on Friday nights.
If you've never been, it's a great ground, with a pub in one corner 🙂
What do we think of BT Sport? I get it for free now and can watch it on my computer. They're showing the whole Aviva PL. Might watch a few more games this season.
My missus works for BT....free rugby on-line for me then 8)
I think it will work for BT,We are moving into a new house and the rugby is the clincher in putting up with their awful customer services.
I think it will work for BT,We are moving into a new house and the rugby is the clincher in putting up with their awful customer services.
Exactly the same here. Bye bye virgin!
However;over on Sky....Oz v NZ Saffers v Argentina and the ITM cup on Sat, I predict the Aussies for the Championship, played three tests this Summer already that will have been a bit harder than France or Scotland.
However;over on Sky....Oz v NZ Saffers v Argentina and the ITM cup on Sat, I predict the Aussies for the Championship, played three tests this Summer already that will have been a bit harder than France or Scotland.
Carter out
South Africa to introduce racial quotas for their second tier teams.
AA What to do about Gethin, is this going to be his last season? He is so fragile these days.
At least if he plays for the Blues he'll be looked after, who knows though. He is one of the all time greats for wales though. At his best he was amongst the very very best.
Six nations - genuinely don't know. Have a feeling that Wales won't do it again, but can't see one of the other sides winning it either!
Prem - Saracens beat Harlequins in the final (and that hurts to say as a Tigers Fan!)
HC - Clermont
Rabo - no one cares, not even the players in the matches....
Looking forward to the season, starting with the Bath Bristol warm up game at the rec on Saturday!
no one cares, not even the players in the matches.... 🙄
South Africa to introduce racial quotas for their second tier teams.
That didn't really work when they introduced that with their choice of head coach.
Yes but I think the job spec included the phrase "deluded lunatic" he was a shoe in.
Excellent, my first wound up welsh fan of the season!
Rabo - no one cares, not even the players in the matches....
Thats true, we keep the best players in the squads to do well in Europe
I'm really looking forward to this season. Hoping Schmidt will bring some of the Leinster style to the Ireland team and a top three finish in the 6N would be realistic.
Ulster have a very settled squad and if we have better luck with injuries this season then we will do very well in the Rabo and Heine.
Anybody got a link to anything on the comings and goings in the rabo/prem/french leagues?
Interesting point about the rabo....I have no idea who won last season even though I caught quite a few games (more than 50% of which were dire!)
How many pages before a_a has an arguement? I'm going for page 5 🙂
Edit: here you go duck man....all the major stuff from the beer cup teams.
http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/heinekencup/news/player_transfers.php
How many pages before a_a has an arguement? I'm going for page 5Â
depends how long it takes for he who rhymes with spokes to turn up!
Now be fair AA it wasnt just the Adelaide bagpipes you argued with 😆
I love this, makes me happy on so many levels
http://www.greenandgoldrugby.com/analysis-where-now-for-the-wallabies-scrum/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/23712031
should add 6 weeks for being ****s. Maybe the should consider having a coach who doesnt act like a spoilt child.
Seems strange that their chief exec is taking umbrage over the process in the hearing. I can't help but think he should put his own house in order first. Cockeril lost the plot totally,if you did that on a Sat night you would wake up in the cells*
* Well obviously not in Dundee where I grew up; that sort of agressive posturing/shouting is known as "foreplay"
Montpellier v Toulon is on BT sport at present, did not realise they had the top14...wife is going to love that 🙂
So what else is on bt sport? Moving house soon so could get it.
On BT sport
Prem rugby
Top 14
Motogp from 2014
Wta tennis
Lot of football by the look of it
Aussie rules
Get espn and some sort of redbull thing not sure if that will include mtb or not.
May be more, top14 is not mentioned anywhere except the on screen guide.
Oh and they are main shirt sponsors of Edinburgh and Glasgow i believe partly because Sky refused to sell them advertising space during HC, not sure they picked the best teams to get good value.
Thanks. Havent sky got the cider league too or is that still going to be avaiable on ted button?
Think Sky have it from next year still on red button etc this year
Glad to see the ban, Cockerill and Leicester need to understand you cannot behave like that. All rather bizarre as it was a comfortable win for Leicester so what to get so wound up about ?
Who needs Dan Carter!
aus-nz turning into a cracking game.
[quote=mikey3 ]aus-nz turning into a cracking game.
wish I'd got to the pub now (in NZ this week) but it's pissing it down and knackered.
Genia showing his class again as is Conrad Smith who is easily the best centre in the world at the moment.
'twas a great game.
Just got the new BT Vision box set up, now watching the World Club Rugby Sevens and chuckling at Saints getting stuffed by San Francisco!
Its going to be a good winter 🙂
just back from Bath v Bristol warm up. Bath look reasonable, Bristol look a long way short of a premiership team. 69-5 is a bit of a drubbing!
Duckman......your Aussie prediction might need a bit of a review after today's result 😉 Good to see Richie back on deck and in fine fettle post sabbatical.
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Duckman......your Aussie prediction might need a bit of a review after today's result Good to see Richie back on deck and in fine fettle post sabbatical.
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Wife and kids just gone out... Both games on the HD,Trade Wind in the fridge and a big tub of M-I-L's dog breath chilli bubbling away nicely...my badly behaved fourth years are in trouble tomorrow periods 1 and 2.
Gloucester getting properly humped by New York of all teams in the 7's!
