Didn’t Grewcock fight Harrison at one of these?

Have faith 😯

Backs looked very good, particularly Arscott and Cueto. Braid was excellent as usual.
Scrum was rubbish though and that would be my concern. Kulemin looked pretty good when he came on and I though Gaskell played well also.

Cipriani looked OK and I had the briefest of chats with him after the game and he was was very friendly and said hello to Surfer junior which was nice.

Is Surfer junior female?

🙂

Male

Giteau hasn’t been great for 3 years now, as soon as he got old enough to have to work harder to play at the same level he stopped seeming interested. I am making my vets debut tomorrow, 45 years old,spent the last 7 years with a whistle in my piehole; what could possibly go wrong? Meeting at 11am for team brandy…not how I remember pre match prep.

I agree it was not late either, Lawes was out to take him off the pitch though.

I was there too 🙂

Not sure how the ban is justified for the length of time….. lets be honest lots of coaching staff have directed bad language to ref with no ban

As a Leicester fan I was disappointed with his behaviour at such a big family event, he showed himself up.

From BBC Sport:

England World Cup winner Josh Lewsey is appointed as the new head of rugby for Wales.

Lewsey will take on operational and strategic management of the whole game in Wales from community to elite level outside the senior international squad.

“I’m delighted to have been offered this opportunity to play a pivotal role in ensuring the strength and wellbeing of the national sport of Wales,” Lewsey said.

“Everyone involved in rugby knows how passionate the whole of Wales is about the sport, so I’m fully aware of the huge responsibility I’m accepting.”

Lewsey could do a good job there.
I’ve always liked him, not only is he an ex squaddie but he gave Celebriani a cracking black eye.

welsh rugby is in real trouble but that’s another story. Not sure what the job involves or how Lewsey is qualified. Could be a bit of a Gatland yes man though.
meanwhile

“Leicester’s Richard Cockerill criticises new scrum laws”

A new three-stage scrum engagement sequence will be used this season, while scrum-halves must now feed the ball straight.

“When they change these laws, nobody asks Premiership coaches about the laws of the scrums,” Cockerill said.

“Who changes these things and what’s their agenda?”

**** off you self important moaning ****

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/23888263

Spent yesterday on a spa break in bath (haven’t felt that uncomfortable since I accidently stayed at a nudist camp in Austria) but the Mrs insisted.

Anyway the the B&B owner insisted that Henson wouldn’t get in the Bath team because Banahanahanenan is a better player, almost choked on my bacon!!

Why? A good player is a good player. If they’re so bitter that they can’t respect that, maybe they’d be better off with a round ball. I doubt the welsh have too much bad to say about gatland and Edwards.

You’re not too far wrong!

Although Edwards is an English and welsh name…..you can have him anyway.

Toby Flood out cold for ten mins and taken away in an Ambulance from the pitch last night after some cheating micker led with the elbow. Hope he’s OK but sounds serious.

https://mobile.twitter.com/tobyflood/status/373851556472713216/photo/1?screen_name=tobyflood

Classy.

I don’t think there’s any “allegedly” about it Piggie. It was Dan Tuohy. As it was a friendly, Leicester will have to lodge a complaint for him to receive further sanction. If it’s as blatant* as reports are suggesting, I hope they do.

*I haven’t seen footage.

Agreed @wrecker, perhaps not fair to make a direct comparison and am a bit negative on Farrell as he was so ordinary (or worse) for England, an example of the RFU having too much money and not knowing what to do with it.

form?

Parling and Flood look like they’re at a pyjama party! Parling’s even giving Toby a cuddle 🙂

Whilst I hold Tuohy fully responsible due to reckless play someone needs to tell the modern outside half that tackling round big guys legs is a much safer option. If you go high on a roided up backrower its not gping to end well. Either that or step back and push the lock in the way! The game has moved on since Wilkinson got away with smashing everything that ran down his channel ( if he ever did get away with it).

evidence is from years of watching cycling! just making the point that he’s huge!