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2015-16 rugby, world cup year
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anagallis_arvensisFull MemberPosted 8 years ago
Anscombe still injured for a few more weeks so expecting to see Hook called up to replace 1/2p
PigfaceFree MemberPosted 8 years agoAt Gloucester on Saturday it was a full dress rehearsal for World Cup games, road outside closed and security before you went in, checking bags and a pat down body search. Was allowed to take water in but had to take the top off as it could be used as a weapon? Anyone enlighten me how
Tom-BFree MemberPosted 8 years agoWas allowed to take water in but had to take the top off as it could be used as a weapon? Anyone enlighten me how
Seriously? I have to say, I’ve very little desire to go to any of the world cup games, and I’m dreading the football style soap opera that the media will create around the England team when the tournament starts.
Still, plenty of rugby on TV…..happy days 🙂
deadlydarcyFree MemberPosted 8 years agoAny news on the two welsh injuries? (Everybody seems to be talking as if they’re definitely out…is that the case?)
IdleJonFull MemberPosted 8 years agoIreland were below par, I was quite shocked at how bad they appeared in the first half, surely there must be a reason for that? I commented on the English players looking tired at the end of the first half, but the intensity didn’t look overly high to cause both those symptoms? Have the NH coaches over stressed the training?
I’m putting it down to teams wanting to play at match intensity, to get game fit, but not to actually risk anything. They don’t want to show the opposition any new moves, or how they might really play. Did you notice that not a single team did anything interesting? The only time ground was made was by individual breaks (rarely), by bash-bosh one man attacks, or by well established methods, eg rolling mauls. I can’t imagine for a moment that any of the NH team are going to play the same way in two weeks.
IdleJonFull MemberPosted 8 years agoWas allowed to take water in but had to take the top off as it could be used as a weapon?
The top could be used as a weapon? Or are plastic bottles somehow more deadly when intact? 😆
Fwiw, at the Milton Keynes Bowl yesterday (Foo Fighters, not rugby) we were allowed a 500ml bottle. (For 11 hours!) No reason that I can see, other than corporate greed. I wonder whether a claim could be made against the organisers if someone collapsed through dehydration?
wreckerFree MemberPosted 8 years agoAny news on the two welsh injuries? (Everybody seems to be talking as if they’re definitely out…is that the case?)
I think Webb is FUBAR, HP confirmation due today from what I heard on the radio. I heard HP needed oxygen when carried off so it might well be bad news.
tinybitsFree MemberPosted 8 years agoWas allowed to take water in but had to take the top off as it could be used as a weapon?
I think it’s something to do with throwing the bottles around. I’ve however never seen this at the rugby (in fact, pints of piss at a festival is all I’ve experienced.
I’m sure it was in Marting Johnson bio, that he was playing at Buenos Aires and one of the England team got hit by a an opened can of beer. The player opened it, took a swig and chucked it back. All MJ could smell in the next scrum was beer breath!
DaRC_LFull MemberPosted 8 years ago– celebrating a try scored after 4 minutes in a friendly, warm up game the same way as if you’d just won the world cup shows a lack of sense of proportion.
Not if you think you are silencing the Cipriani supporters and clinching a place in the starting line up.
I like May even less after that celebration,
And how do you feel about Ashton?
wreckerFree MemberPosted 8 years agoJonny May is hardly the most objectionable chap. From the interviews I have seen he appears a bit….well….boring.
Kryton57Full MemberPosted 8 years agoNot if you think you are silencing the Cipriani supporters
There’s more overall ability there than May, making that statement quite absurd IMHO.
PigfaceFree MemberPosted 8 years agoHow do May and Cipridrunkdrivemaybewhoknowsdidboffkellybignorksani get put together one is a wing and the other is a 10
jimdubleyouFull MemberPosted 8 years agoAt Gloucester on Saturday it was a full dress rehearsal for World Cup games, road outside closed …
You should try Twickenham – they’re shutting the main road (A316) for about 6 hours every game so they can make people pay for a park & ride at Kempton instead of parking near the ground. You can’t park near the ground because they put 2 multi-storey hospitality marquees on the back car park.
Up side is that I got QF4 & SF2 tickets in the residents ballot.
Swings & roundabouts 🙂
PigfaceFree MemberPosted 8 years agoI dont think the road closure is about gouging more money out of you but for safety (I may of been duped) Kingsholm leaving is a bit of a mare with traffic etc.
anagallis_arvensisFull MemberPosted 8 years agoPretty sure 1/2p and Webb were being given gas and air not oxygen. Webb is screwed 100%. 1/2p looks pretty much screwed too.
ElVinoFull MemberPosted 8 years agoWent to Twickenham on Saturday as it was a chance to bring the kids to see England V Ireland at an almost affordable level compared to 6N prices. I thought May looked excellent really strong and sharp.
Ireland looked a bit rusty but I’m not too concerned yet. We have a few weeks to peak unlike England and Wales who will need to be sharp from the getgo.
DanWFree MemberPosted 8 years agoIf anyone is interested in the charity match mentioned a page or two back, it can be found here.
A combination of the “England” 9 having the most awkward looking pass in history and the Referee seemingly selected from a carry on film made it a little hard to watch but fait play to them all 😆
jambalayaFree MemberPosted 8 years agoMay’s celebration reflects how pumped up the team was before kick off,msg that’s a credit to the management. After last years 6N and this being the last warm up game and at home all makes sense to me.
Gutted for hp, a bit odd to do his ACL that way as a pro in good physical condition. Exactly how I did mine, stepping off one leg but I have a genetic weakness and even in my 20’s no where near his conditioning.
@jimdub very odd to close the road completely. Last RWC there was a lot of hospitality on the Quinns side of 316 so perhaps that’s it. I’m driving as usual and park near Twockenham Green. QF4 too.
dantsw13Full MemberPosted 8 years agoI have no problem at all with celebrating a try like that – it shows a bit of passion.
With a long tournament, injuries are bound to happen through the rounds. For Wales to lose 3 of their best backs before the competition has started must be a huge blow for Wales.
namastebuzzFree MemberPosted 8 years agoMay’s celebration reflects how pumped up the team was before kick off,msg that’s a credit to the management.
I thought England HAD won the RWC Final – then I realised it was 4 minutes into a warm up match….
If celebrating like a bunch of Association Footballers is a credit to the management then we’re in big trouble.
onehundredthidiotFull MemberPosted 8 years agoLast weekend of the groups is my sisters wedding. Groom reckons we’ll get the Scotland match OK but sa Wales is the same time as the meal. Is it OK to use an iPad with sky go as a place at?
dantsw13Full MemberPosted 8 years agoAnd Webb confirmed out too. Replaced by Mike Phillips and Eli Walker.
dantsw13Full MemberPosted 8 years agoI have to say, any player recently cut from larger training squads should definitely be keeping fit as I think we will see a lot more during the tournament.
wreckerFree MemberPosted 8 years agoOne last huzzah for spikey!
He’s going to be even more angry than usual!!!!
anagallis_arvensisFull MemberPosted 8 years agoEli Walker??? I rate him but that only leaves Williams as a full back who is also injured. Amos has one game as a full back. Morgan is shit. More worrying is we only really have 1 top flight goal kicker in Biggar…I’d have bought in Hook.
mrhoppyFull MemberPosted 8 years agoI’d have bought in Hook.
I’d never have cut him in the 1st place but Gatland must’ve caught him shagging his wife for all the look in he gets.
wreckerFree MemberPosted 8 years agoI’d have bought in Hook.
I’m staggered that he hasn’t. Wozza really doesn’t like him, does he?
anagallis_arvensisFull MemberPosted 8 years agoI suppose Calamity Cuthberts form may have caused Walkers call up.
dantsw13Full MemberPosted 8 years agoHow many players are Wales carrying injured in the squad still? I’ve heard AWJ and LW mentioned. Any others?
PigfaceFree MemberPosted 8 years agoHook has done something to upset someone but he has had his goes and has never really done it on a big stage. Gloucester rate him highly not sure if that is a compliment or not 😆
DanWFree MemberPosted 8 years agoGutted for hp, a bit odd to do his ACL that way as a pro in good physical condition.
His hamstring was heavily strapped so it kinda fits unfortunately
mrhoppyFull MemberPosted 8 years agoHook suffers from being a more ‘unpredictable’* 10 than Y Gat likes given how the team is set up. But I’d take him everyday over Priestland, who is predictable mostly in his ability to be shit, and he offers cover at 10, 12, 13 and 15.
*The opposition don’t know, his teammates don’t know and half the time it seems to take him by surprise too.
wreckerFree MemberPosted 8 years agoPriestland, who is predictable mostly in his ability to be shit
We’ll find out if he’s shit when we see him play for bath. Oh wait…..
anagallis_arvensisFull MemberPosted 8 years agoTo be fair to Priestland he was very good at the last world cup. Has been shit since though. Maybe Gatland can get him back together. Hook at 10 crabs across and takes up too much space and doesnt bring Roberts into the game like Biggar does and Priestland did.
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