Exclusive photo of the away crowd at the next "London" Wasps v Harlequins game in Coventry....
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So, NotNots/Reading Samoans/"London" Irish in Reading, "London" Welsh in Oxford, and from what I hear, "London" Scottish are trying to squeeze in to the Pro12!
Here's a real London club!
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Billy backing off
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Fair cop guv
Just watching munster scarlets. Christ munster are a team only their mother could love. Think that gimp Mahony is going to lamp the ref soon.
Is it just me or is the ref in that game having a bit of a mare a_a?!
Rookie italian ref in Munster was always going to be the case. Seemed to give up reffing munster in the second half.
Whisper it but I wonder if 1/2p will make the wales team for autumn internationals, the braindead angry man at 15 for Scarlets is playing so well this season.
Tigers finally find some form on a wet night at Welford Rd. Not a great game but Tigers managed to shut quins out for 70 minutes.
Hopefully thats Tigers season back on track. Not sure whether Ulster next week is to early thought, could have done with an Italian team first really!
Please with tonights game though. Not pretty but a win is a win.
Agree with that ads. What a differance Ayzerca (sp) made. Another couple of players back, youngs, mulipola, Cole, 2nd row and maybe 5 or 6 backs and I reckon they'll be competing well!
Oh, and living scully. He's like a backs Lewis moody. Running around like a loon!
Horrible feeling Sale will get butt-****ed by Saints tomorrow, Saints are the Prem Champs for a reason!
Oooops
Are we allowed to discuss the "other" code on this thread? Could be a cracking game this afternoon.
Who is playing?
Wigan and St Helens.
I was right :/
No lube no reach round for Sale
I fell asleep at half time, woke up around 70 mins and we'd conceded another 3 tries 😯
Anyway, on the subject of Sale, what options do I have for getting to the ground from Piccadily?
We go via Victoria, get on the Liverpool train & get off at Patricroft then walk up via Liverpool Rd.
Tram to Eccles from Piccadilly is also doable.
Are we allowed to discuss the "other" code on this thread? Could be a cracking game this afternoon.
interesting start...
Oooof!
What a ****
Crikey what rattled his chain?
WTF! He needs a biiiiig ban for that. 😯
Crikey! The first punch I can understand, but the one in the floor?!?!
Worse than Hore or Clark.
Nasty, nasty stuff. Not what run and wriggle needs to see to promote it as a sport outside of the already very, very narrow market it has.
On a par with Hoare but Clark is simply unforgivable
On a par with Hoare but Clark is simply unforgivable
Valid. Clark's was a criminal assault. Nothing that could be put down to the "red mist" of aggression. An act of vile assault.
I take it back. That's as bad as Hore. Now, where does it stand alongside a two man, deliberately targeted spear tackle? Dirty, cheating, nasty Kiwis.
The bloke that got KO'd elbowed Flower in the face a couple of seconds prior to getting decked. First punch was fair cop imo, the one on the deck was not nice. He threw a few more in the resultant brawl too. Not even close to what Clark did imo, I'm of the opinion that he should have received a minimum 2 year ban (preferably lifetime)
In other news London Welsh only lost by 20 points today, easily there best result of the season, against rugby unions answer to the Harlem Globe Trotters aka Newcastle Falcons 🙂
First punch was fair cop imo, the one on the deck was not nice.
Yep, that seems right. First punch was "red mist" act of retaliation. Second punch was unforgivable.
Am off on my travels tomorrow, so won't get to see the Ospreys game. 🙁
St Gavin of Henson starts his second game in a row tomorrow. I sense an injury coming on.
@pihgface nice clip.
Yes let's discuss the other code. Hopefully most of it won't be like that clip. He deserves a long ban and that's pretty close to an assault charge too
Another pro12 game spoilt by piss poor ref. I'm no Blues fan but the ref got so much wrong and always in favour of The Ospreys.
So some euro drubbings followed by Wales losing to nz, sa, aus and some PI team....who are we playing this season?
Anyone catch the Wasps v Baarth game?
Matt Mullan gave David Wilson a proper pasting in the scrums, and took great delight in telling him about it too 🙂
Wilson got sin binned for a trip on 45 mins and never came back on. It turned out to be a great game. Haskell is having a great season so far, as is Ford, Eastmond, the Bath 11 and the Wasps 12!
Is the Bath 11 Rokoduguni? He's class be surprised if he isnt in the next England squad. Did the Orange One get injured?
yep, he's bloody good. Fijian I think, and a serving in (not sure when he last turned up for work though!) the army as well.
If he's not in, there's no bloody hope for England backs, he's a class above in attack and defence compared to the English wingers in the last 6 nations. Him or May / that Exeter player with the silly hair. There's no comparison!
An Ulster player is alleged to have choked Glasgows Mark Bennett unconcious on Saturday. Feels like there has been an increase in unsavoury goings on in rugby of late.
On a positive note Edinbugh beat Dragons in a battle between two pretty poor teams. Match made worse again by the officials who did their best to make a bad game worse. Have to agree with A_A that the Pro12 refs are woeful this year.
[url= http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/oct/13/adam-jones-wales-rugby-world-cup ]Adam Jones - Guardian Interview[/url]
A dangerous, pointless and negative tactic that doesnt even sit in the rules properly.
Jones has been pretty poor this season so far. Samson to start and Rhodri Jones to bench for me.
IJS this is a difficult one O'Connor had both arms under Bennetts pits when the maul forms. The Ulster players try to keep him up and the Glasgow 7 tries to get Bennett to ground, after that it's very difficult to see what happens.
However at the end of the ruck O'Connor throws him off him. This suggests to me thar O'Connor had no idea the guy was in trouble. I doubt there is a player outside New Zealand who would be that callous. Bad as that action looks, it suggests to me he had no idea the guy was sparked and if I'm not stretching credibility suggests his initial tackle was not malicious.
If Sky have other angles that show a Ulster player choked Bennett deliberately then throw the book at them. No place for that in the game
So will Stefan be coming to the Premiership? Bath? And if so will he be in the England Squad for the WC?
Personally I reckon yes - at Bath and almost certain that he will be in the WC squad - there is no way that he would come back to England without some commitment from Lancaster that he would be the squad. Makes the choice of captain a fun selection issue!!
I don't see how he would get choked unconcious from arms under his pits, someone or something must have had pressure round his throat to have that result deliberately or otherwise. Surely the same "duty of care" must apply in these situations as now applies to challenging a highball in the air.
It has been said before but the same has to apply to the twisiting of players off of rucks by their heads/neck, the governing body should not be waiting for a serious injury before reacting to these sort of things.
Totally agree. The touch judge was right beside the maul and didn't spot anything so it's very difficult to tell what happened.
I would imagine the IRB will look at the choke tackle closely after this.
Townsend always has a bit of a moan about the opposition though. There was an article in a Glasgow rag I picked up in a hotel last week quoting Gregor moaning about his key players being targeted. ( I think it was Seymour and Matawalu against Treviso ) I believe he's got it wrong this time but nothing beats a bit of righteous indignation when you've been tanked especially having made 10 changes. 😉
@sadmad - where did you read/hear about Armitage ? He's had a couple of very good seasons in Toulon, won some nice trophies but a chance of a RWC squad place would be very tempting.
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So will Stefan be coming to the Premiership? Bath? And if so will he be in the England Squad for the WC?Personally I reckon yes - at Bath and almost certain that he will be in the WC squad - there is no way that he would come back to England without some commitment from Lancaster that he would be the squad. Makes the choice of captain a fun selection issue!!
Well if he does come back and I'd be very happy to see him at Leicester although I suspect this won't happen due to the cash needed), it's very good for England. Suspect Robshaw may make a swift move to 6!
