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With apologies to A-A
Liam Williams; Hallam Amos, Jonathan Davies, Jamie Roberts, George North; Dan Biggar, Rhys Webb; Rob Evans, Scott Baldwin, Samson Lee, Bradley Davies, Luke Charteris, Dan Lydiate (capt), Justin Tipuric, Taulupe Faletau.
Replacements: Ken Owens, Gethin Jenkins, Tomas Francis/Aaron Jarvis, Jake Ball, Ross Moriarty, Gareth Davies, Rhys Priestland, Gareth Anscombe.
From bbc.co.uk
With apologies to A-A
I was going to post that!!
Was just readings gussets thoughts about the england wales game. Reminds me of something that really aanoys me about commentators...Wales are not trying to kick to touch ffs. Havent done so for years. Its not poor kicking, you could argue its poor tic tacs but dont blame the kicker!
Cannot understand how Baldwin is picked over Owens.
Even from penalties when they get the throw? They missed at least one of those.
On the subject of hookers AA, what has happened to Hibbard? Just totally out of form? Not seen too much of him other than the highlights on ITV4....gone from first choice Lion to not in the international squad in 3 years! Tom Youngs has enjoyed a similar fall from grace too!
Hibbard has been immense for Glaws(my English team) this year,getting on a wee bit though.
Tom Youngs has enjoyed a similar fall from grace too!
The difference being - Tom Youngs was shite!
Hibbard is a cult hero at Gloucester and as Duckman says been playing well.
37 is no age at all, very sad news.
Hibbard played shit and then buggered off to Gloucester mid camp. Pissed on his chips
loum - MemberBut the Japs have tickets to sell
Oooh! Don't know if you can say that? Think it has to "Japanese" doesn't it?
Tssk tssk! 🙄
Apologies to all our Japanese contributors for what I'm sure was an unintentional slur.
namastebuzz - MemberOooh! Don't know if you can say that? Think it has to "Japanese" doesn't it?
But its ok to demean and belittle us as a nation by calling us Scots? Racialist!
But its ok to demean and belittle us as a nation by calling us Scots? Racialist!
I thought I'd demeaned and belittled your nation by referring to you as "Jocks" rather than "Scots"? 😉
Anyway a big thanks to the nation who play in dark blue for handing us the title a week early.
Anyway a big thanks to the nation who play in dark blue for handing us the title a week early.
France.
France.
😆
Pissed on his [b]Welsh[/b] chips
His Glaws chips are doing fine thanks 😀
We like uncompromising hookers here in Gloucester 😉
In the same way T Youngs is a cult hero at Tigers. I imagine Cockerill is glad he's not in the England setup.
@ namastebuzz - that sledging was at Scott gouly- they called him "girlie" all game. Pretty imaginative ....... Not
that sledging was at Scott gouly- they called him "girlie" all game.
Well the poor fella must've been terribly sensitive.....
You can see why he was upset, when that well known after dinner raconteur and wit Wade Dooley is giving you dogs abuse,not being able to put him down with a wittier response must really create self doubt.
8 weeks for Francis. Odd not much for a gouge
On the high end for a nose tweak, though.
that well known after dinner raconteur and wit Wade Dooley
Although he (the beat copper) did come up with the great line after Paul Ackford (the Inspector) had been knocked out by that Frederico Mendez punch at Twickenham in 1990:
"You can tell which one of us sits behind a f***ing desk!"
Entry point 12 weeks. Judged at less serious end for type of incident.
"You can tell which one of us sits behind a f***ing desk!"
I take it back, that was a thunderbolt of a (sneaky) punch mind.
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On the high end for a nose tweak, though.
😀
Had we managed to loose he'd have thought 8 weeks was a bargain price for the 15 v 14 win. He'd be the toast of Wales for those 8 weeks.
@grahamt1980 - missed your link earlier, so did most here while arguing about not much of anything ... 😯
EDIT (too old): @loum my point is the rwc is now the clear pinnacle of international rugby, the 6N after is always a rebuilding year and its too early for Lions selection to be of interest. Personally I have for a number of years seen the Investec games against RSA or NZ as probably more important. The 6N is an excellent torunament and the losses to Wales and Ireland when we had a shot at grand slams where telling and big important games lost when the pressure was on. Its just a psersonal view but I've not paid to watch England v Italy more than twice and one if those was an away game as I'd never done a Rome international.
Although he (the beat copper) did come up with the great line after Paul Ackford (the Inspector) had been knocked out by that Frederico Mendez punch at Twickenham in 1990:
I was at that game. (Don't know what I did to deserve it! 😆 )
It gives me a warm feeling when I remember Dooley is a citing officer now.
To be fair, what Wade Dooley didn't know about dirty play...
Wasn't mendez still a teenager at the time of the incident?
I think he was 19 - could be wrong.
Although it was an awesome punch it was a bit of a cheap shot as Ackford was looking the other way. Mendez was sent off although generally if two big blokes squared off against each other the ref would just tell them to calm down and get on with the game.
The good old days.....
I saw Neil Back get a good smack from an AB. Asked about it after the game Back said, "I might have been holding on" 😉
What is the betting Marler gets a token short ban for the elbow and the verbal gets swept under the rug and forgotten by next week by the media?
Apparently Wade Dooley's line to the ref as he came round after being ****ted by a rather young and enthusiastic newcomer (who happened to be called Martin Johnson"
"Don't-send-him-orfff...."
jambalaya - Member
@grahamt1980 - missed your link earlier, so did most here while arguing about not much of anything ...POSTED 12 HOURS AGO # REPORT-POST
#jambabollocks. I supposed it would have only been "anything" if he had called him Jewish,eh?
What is the betting Marler gets a token short ban for the elbow and the verbal gets swept under the rug and forgotten by next week by the media?
What verbal? 😉
No idea, but did you see that elbow? 😉
I liked the excuse from John Beattie after a Calcutta Cup match when he'd famously decked Wade Dooley near the start of the match:
"I thought it was Maurice Colclough".
Apparently the plan had been to rile Colclough as he'd supposedly been scared of Beattie on the Lions Tour of NZ. However the plan backfired as everyone knew that you weren't supposed to upset "The Swamp Thing" at all costs.
Law 10.4 a: "Punching or striking. A player must not strike an opponent with the fist or arm, including the elbow, shoulder, head or knee(s)."Sanction: Penalty kick."
Is this still the law? If so, all the yellow/red cards and bans for punching are total bollocks.
Is this still the law? If so, all the yellow/red cards and bans for punching are total bollocks.
Yes. However, if you take a few seconds and read further you'll see why the further punishments are not bollocks. It always surprises me when incidents like this are discussed, how few people actually take the time to read through the laws properly or find out why there is citing and how it works.
However, if you take a few seconds and read further
I can't - I've got the modern day affliction of having an attention span of about 10 seconds...... 🙂
OK I read futher and got to the bit about yellow cards and stuff - fair enough.
My point is - it's getting a bit like wendy-ball with all this "hands to the face" nonsense. The Ashton banning was plain ludicrous.
The best comment I heard was from Aussie League legend, Andrew Johns, when commentating on an NRL game:
"They ruined it all when they changed the laws so that a bloke could no longer punch another bloke."
He was referring to the "afters" at the play-the-ball when a gobby little scrum half would push and shove an 18st prop and get no retaliation. THe same applies in Union so ****s like Owen Farrell or Mike Brown can run up and shove some huge forward who can no longer lamp them in return.
