Cripes! Pinged for feeding!
havent seen that for a while.
THAT was a game! Tigers dead and buried by half time but came within a whisker of beating Bath. That enforced break worked for Bath though, Ford is great isn't he? Pity he's only 12!
Ford is great isn't he?
no, he may become so but he aint great. Made some very poor decisions early on and his kicking from hand and floor needs work. He's good, he aint great though.
He was certainly more visible than a certain Mr Henson, if the commentators hadn't mentioned him before the game you'd have missed him. Hope Bath didn't pay too much on that effort.
Tigera did very well considering how many injuries they have this early in the season, can't think of many other teams that would have come back from that sort of kicking before half time. Their No9 Mele was a liability in the first half, sorted himself out in the 2nd it seems.
He was certainly more visible than a certain Mr Henson
You'd hope so he was the outside half!
Hyperbole overload to suggest Ford is great though! Henson had a ropy start but did OK. Nice pass to put Banahanahanhan away.
The first pass Henson received was certainly interesting!!
Just got back from the match, Bath deserved their win, but inthinknit would have been very different with a full strength Tigers side. Thought Joseph and the Bath full back were very good, and not too many scrims will get on top of Leicester this season.
Henson was poo, shown an almost complete lack of interest for the majority if the game. In fact he looked a little more interested in the fat ginger man who kept standing up and shouting 'I love you Gav'!
shown an almost complete lack of interest for the majority if the game
Bingo!!! Allen must be real shit for not making hay down his channel then!
Ospreys just drew 29 all away to Leinster... good result
Outside of Lamb? You could be Tana Umanga and fail to get anywhere!
Oh right, so a players contribution may have something to do with those around him? I see.
Henson looked fairly interested tackling Munipola early on or tackling Crane in the corner just prior to the injury break at the end. A poo player who was uninterested might have been expected not to complete the 80 mins too.
Henson had a mare in the first 15, but settled after that. Steady game for him, but its a new team to him and he could do well. Ford is good, but is only 20 so certainly has the potential for greatness.
If that's the best b can do against a tiggers 2nd XV with a manager consigned to the stands and at the wreck, they ain't going to be setting the world on fire this season. Felt bad for the tiggers winger who pulled his hamstring, he was having a good game. The b full back looked very good.
I would agree with that wrecker. I thought Ford didnt make the best use of the dominant pack or play the game in the right areas second half.
For those of you who care (not you Wrecker)
IRB statement :
Following an initial review, the IRB confirms that it was incorrect for referee Romain Poite to issue a yellow card to Bismarck du Plessis in the 17th minute of The Rugby Championship match between New Zealand and South Africa in Auckland on Saturday.
Just as players and coaches make mistakes, the decision was an unfortunate case of human error by the match officials, who, having reviewed the match, fully recognise and accept that they made a mistake in the application of law.
All match official performances are thoroughly reviewed and assessed by the IRB and are considered when appointments are made for future test matches.
Nice to see forest gump scoring trirs for exeter. Wonder if Gatland would ever forgive him.
Yeah he looked very good...what is Gatlands beef with him?
EDIT: I'm guessing that it will be a while before we see Nick Wood again...quite what Jacque Burger did in just over a minute to deserve that is beyond me! 😯
James spat the dummy when Prydie was picked over him and walked out of training camp about 3 or 4 years ago. Not been in the squad since. He's fast and strong but has always lacked footballing ability.
Edinburghs first home match and a win 8O. It was with a last kick of the match penalty but a win is win of which i did not see many last year.
The Edinburgh pack looked really strong particularly Ford and Nel in the front row. They destoryed the Dragons at almost every scrum...except an Edinburgh penalty scrum and with the Dragons a man down which the Ref thought Edinburgh collapsed it 🙄
Bit of work to be done with the backs but overall not a bad start.
Well done to Glasgow as well for winning away at Ulster.
Who would you drop for him AA? 8)
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I was just about to post that. Pretty safe considering Eastmond should be back in at 12.
Who would you drop for him AA?
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If you were Bath would you not just stick Henson on to try and take a penalty late on, he is a decent kicker is he not?
AA, I was wondering which of the Welsh back 3 you would drop for him. As to the Salaries offer, could Bath not just dip whoever will be kicking in a vat of Dulux orange and get their fans a payout?
Cameron getting the respect he deserves.
Looks like the European Cup is going to get the revamp it needs (too many pointless one sided group games). Not sure about cramming the normal season in before Feb/6 Nations but possibility of having the South African sides join is a mouth watering one, add a couple of Welsh and Irish sides plus one from Scotland and Italy and you're done,
Funny, but Manu doesn't learn, does he? Wonder if England will take action. And I think Mr Burns has more important things to do rather than tweet about it.
With the European Cup, its not just the one sided contests but the easy qualification too in some quarters and the associated distribution of money.
After CaptainFlasheart's post... Would be nice for Bath to let Henson have a penalty or conversion right under the posts at Sarries 😀
Roberts is injured at the moment!! Henson miles away from that though.
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Cameron getting the respect he deserves.Looks like the European Cup is going to get the revamp it needs (too many pointless one sided group games). Not sure about cramming the normal season in before Feb/6 Nations but possibility of having the South African sides join is a mouth watering one, add a couple of Welsh and Irish sides plus one from Scotland and Italy and you're done,
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So I think we can now ignore the EPL's pretend reasons for demanding a revamp?(it's really about money)If you introduce qualification from the Rabo you will get 3/4 Irish sides,one Welsh and Glasgow,which is a crap day out. Banging on about the rabo sides not qualifying then trying to introduce quotas...Oh and it would be the end of Italian participation,bet the tigers would be glad of that mind,after their "one sided game" there last year.And as for South African teams,the key word is surely "European"
I think that there is a valid point though, you have the pull, you get the cash. You have to put your front line players in the line every week, you want the others to have to do the same.
The latest proposal is just grand standing, it'll end up being a qualification based, European cup.
IRFU is having a bit of trouble raising funds if I understand, not much take up of there bond sale which would indicate their let thinks they're over priced.
Might be of interest...
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/24153964
"Lower leagues? I would say roughly two people per team are on some sort of substances, could be fat-stripping supplement or a bulking supplement or something like that. From the Premiership to the Championship." he said.
Yet maximuscle who sell fat stripping and bulking supplements etc are linked with a load of rugby teams and have Chris Robshaw as an ambassador so is it suprising young players are taking stuff?
http://www.maximuscle.com/team/index
Suspect it is not very clear if some supplements are legal or not.
Scottish rugby is certainly not benefitting from these lean muscle bound giants that are rampaging about the game
I saw the Bismark/Carter tackle yesterday in a shop in Belgium. I don't think it was a harsh yellow, to the strict letters of the law it was a proper tackle but at full speed it is incredibly difficult for the ref to see it. Du Plessis is always running the risk of a yellow when you go in like that. What worries me is the size of these guys and the deliberate targeting of vulnerable parts of the body. Bakkies Botha did a similar thing to Adam Jones, got cited and banned for two weeks but stayed on the pitch. For the people bleating about rugby going soft, wind your necks in, it's not a blood sport, professionalism has created monsters the like we have never seen. How long before someone is killed in a collision between these gargantuan players.
Nothing like similar one was a legal tackle as has been seen with the irb recinding it. The other was an illegal entry to a ruck as seen with the ban. If its hard to see the ref didnt see it so shouldnt act on guesswork.
Was talking about the aiming to deliberately target a player for injury. Not like you to ignore what's written AA :lol
How you think Du Plessis was on side is baffling.
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Bless him you to love Mongo 😆 Scott Gibbs once stole a taxi 😆
Phew....
Quins look frighteningly good against Wuss on the telly tonight. Wish I'd gone to the Sale game now!
If we had lost another number 8 you may have had the call 😯
Cipriani was the difference tonight, he has in another league, excellent all round performance. If he could play like that every week!
We were just putting some daylight between us and Wasps when Surfer junior utters the famous words "looks like we've got this won" which of course started the Wasps fightback. A nervous last 20 mins came down to a couple of scrums in the middle of the park that we eventually won and then won a kickable penalty with 90 seconds to go, step up Cipriani 🙂
Few worrying injuries though, Peel, Gaskell and most worrying McLeod.
How you think Du Plessis was on side is baffling.
How could he possibly have been offside? The ball was kicked off, not caught, bounced backwards with no tackle and no ruck. He could have tackled Carter from behind him and not been offside.
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