I wonder if Fardy will get cited after the sat match? I've just rematches the match - just before the Vunipola try, Robshaw steals the line out and charges for the line. He is held up, but Fardy grabs him round the neck, and tries to rip him off by his ear. Robshaws ear was bleeding after. Nasty.
@namaste seems to have a substantial lead in the French Rugby knowledge stakes !
@namaste seems to have a substantial lead in the French Rugby knowledge stakes !
I've obviously got far too much time on my hands!
Still, there's the Olympic 7s coming up and the RC and the end of the Super Rugby season. PLenty to keep us going.....
I wonder if Fardy will get cited after the sat match?
It seems that the ruling on this one has been relaxed a little lately as almost everyone was at it over all Tests
I think we should take a moment to compare and contrast the determination, fortitude, skill under pressure, organisation, team spirit and professionalism of our English national rugby and football teams.
A moment is all it would take, its a one sided drubbing. Perhaps there is something in this upper class, private school elite stuff after all 😀
Luke Fitzgerald retires shame he was pretty useful
[url= http://www.warriors.co.uk/news/9722.php ]Dean Ryan leaving Warriors[/url]
That's unexpected 😯
but I see rumour he's going to Bath...
Hum, I wonder if he's considered rehabilitaed now ?
After a grim summer tour to New Zealand, where Wales lost all four of its matches, the Welsh Rugby Union has publically released the findings of its post tour analysis report.
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Crusaders v Rebels...,surely someone must feel a little bit sorry for Australian players??! 😯
Good old East Terrace - they also had an amusing piece on the #hayneplane:
“Being the first to lift that trophy and get my face in the papers and represent the lads was special,” said the [s]San Francisco 49er[/s] Fijian sevens player. “It made all the eight minutes of sacrifice, pain and effort this season in the sevens worth it. It’s moments like these that make you get up in the morning and switch football codes.”Hayne’s journey to World Sevens glory with Fiji is a Rocky like rise to success that blazes a trail for anyone who dares dream of playing for one nation in one sport, then to swap nations in that sport, then to play another sport entirely, then to swap sports again and then to aim for a spot in the Olympics.
Crusaders v Rebels...,surely someone must feel a little bit sorry for Australian players??!
Just watched the first half - if the Rebels were a pack of mangy dogs, a vet would've put them down by now.......
10 mins into the 2nd half - three more tries 64-7!
And Stephen Moore's face yesterday after the Brumbies got hammered. Poor fella, looked even worse than after the England tour! 😥
What a pasting for the Aussie sides from the Kiwis so far this weekend:
Blues (bottom of NZ conference) 40 - 15 Brumbies (top of Oz conference)
Reds 5 - 50 Chiefs
Crusaders 85 - 26 Rebels
Looks like the NZ sides are gearing up nicely for the play-offs. The joke is that the Lions might end up as top seed with home advantage by virtue of having a somewhat easier fixture list whilst the NZ teams have had to knock seven bells out of eachother - twice each.
Yeah, there have been rumblings in the press here about having to play the toughest* teams twice. Bringing in the new teams can only be a good thing, in a wider view of the sport, but the current format is pants. I think the table shows it all - even the Blues, who have had a shit season, look like they could make the payoffs.
*in their own opinions, but probably true.
