Rugby world cup

Howley as scrum half surely.

TandemJeremy:

…..let go man. You need to be able to accept criticism.

*chuckles*

*drop kick onto page 69*

Wot no glitch?

Also from gwladrugby, this had me giggling:

‘Entitlement Leprechaun’ demands world cup victory

The Entitlement Leprechaun has presented the IRB with a seventeen-volume dossier detailing over three-thousand years’ worth of hardships visited upon the Irish race which in his view validates his case that it’s their year. An IRB statement confirmed that the route to winning the world cup would still be decided by the traditional scoreboard method rather than by finding the end of a rainbow.

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I think the only Wales players who could be considered in a world cup 15 are those who played in 1987, and maybe Shane for his performance against NZ in erm…. 2003.
So we need Paul Thorburn in to kick the goals, sod Blanco and that running crap! His conversion to win the 3rd place play off from wide out with the last kick of the game was something special.

video is not the world cup I know but this is great….bosh

PS More tabloid titletatle
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10756439

seems harsh to me:
http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,16024_7222926,00.html

still as long as we never see some **** dirty Saffa only get a yellow for a blatent gouge again I’ll be happy.

blimey. Is that ban valid for domestic games too? To me I thought he was just reaching for something to grab, when he realised it was a blokes eye he noticably stops.. But then I think I might be considered one of rugbies bleeding heart liberals (unless you have a pony tail, then I’m vitriolic) ..

Ask the youngest Quinnell if he thinks that ban is lenient. Or ask Cueto if he thinks it is too long.

that isn’t my point, there isn’t a person on here who thinks eye gouging is tolerable or something you should be lenient about. The fact of the italians sudden withdrawal of his hand makes you think he was not aware of where his hand was and as soon as he realised he pulled back. Seems like a tough call to know exactly what the chap is thinking.

In cuetos case it was a bit more obvious as he could see where his hands were, so his 8 weeks or whatever it was is lenient compared with this italians ban. Weren’t there some french guys who were banned for 26 and 52 weeks last year? Very naughty anyway.

Thorburn really could belt it, couldn’t he? That was massive! Even more so when back thed with you remember the weight of the balls we played with back then!

the vid is here game highlights look about 1.10 onwards[/url] tbh any contact with the eye is bad, maybe 15 weeks was lenient for benefit of the doubt. I guess you have to send that message. Those highlights are worth watching, the green machine looks devastating.

Seems harsh on the dirty Italian but I suppose, he did admit it, albeit saying it wasn’t deliberate – his responsibility not to make contact with another player’s eyes though.

his responsibility not to make contact with another player’s eyes though.

Yep.
Isn’t this a bit like spear tackles, I’m sure i read somewhere that the tackler have a responsibility to the tackled, to protect them from harm after they have stopped them?

Yep, like when New Zealanders didn’t take that responsibility.

O’Driscoll speared at the Lions tour, anyone? Remind me, what was their punishment for that?

Oh yes, my mistake, they were from New Zealand, so it doesn’t count.

*Self modded bad word*

Both the French guys last year had previous. I had some fecker from Orrel put his fingers in my eyes while I was at Scottish, I was in a maul and pinned, the feeling of helplessness as the finger hooked into my eye was only topped a second later as my teeth sank into his thumb and he screamed and removed his fingers. The worry was that even then,20 years ago, that was not unusual.Fingers in eyes is the lowest of the low, I am pleased to say in 5 years of reffing,I have had one complaint of it.

When a tackler lifts a player I am shouting “Tackler,careful!” that is instruction for Premiers up here. It is all the tacklers responsibility, you will get sent off for a spear faster than a punch.

Rees got 12 weeks for his which was deemed accidental too.

of course this was “at least a yellow”

Ellis and Phiilips playing together that was bound to end in a fight!

Both the French guys last year had previous. I had some fecker from Orrel put his fingers in my eyes while I was at Scottish, I was in a maul and pinned, the feeling of helplessness as the finger hooked into my eye was only topped a second later as my teeth sank into his thumb and he screamed and removed his fingers.

That’s horrid. The concept of someone sticking their fingers in my eyes makes me judder…

Coincidentally, it seems I’ve at least seen you playing when I was a kid, as I went with my parents to Orrell pretty much every week whilst the game was still amateur. The pro game (and Dave Whelan of Wigan’s greed) killed that club. I couldn’t bring myself to switch to Sale as the north-west’s only premier club as in the first season they were promoted to Orrell’s division and someone put Dewi Morris in hospital with a spear tackle and a stamping. (As if the tackle wasn’t enough) Dirty dirty Sale…. At Edge Hall Road there was no tunnel as such, it took a strong police presence to get the Sale players off the pitch after that!

Playing for London Scottish, and I have to admit it was mostly 2xv rugby,was interesting in the early 90’s due to the slam. Everybody was out for a wee bit of payback,INCLUDING refs. Northern teams were less of a problem,they hated their immediate neighbours much more than the Scots 😀

Wow flash you have some major grudge against NZ don’t you ?
Tournament shouldn’t be here, spear tackles, chokers you’ve covered a lot of ground well done. I’m not entirely sure what your point is ruhr enough. Oh yeah NZ cheat and get away with it. All the time. Because that happens. 🙄

best named in unchanged Ireland Team. Roberts and North warming up to charge down O’Gara’s channel already! Some big calls for Gatland at 15, 6 and 1

Oh yeah NZ cheat and get away with it. All the time.

I shouldn’t worry NZCol – the green machine do it too 🙂

best named in unchanged Ireland Team.

They’re waiting till the 48hr deadline to submit. I had thought he was more or less out – but apparently not.

Scamper looks like you will be looking for a new centre.

Pigface, you talking about tindall? Nothing could make me happier Although my dislike of tindall was tempered somewhat with his performance against scotland – not brilliant but better, he managed some reasonably late offloads, about as good as you would expect from a top flight prop..

Not everything is about england players Toys 😉 no it is about Fuimaono-Sapolu.

Ah yes. I think he has retired 8)

Pigface – yes, Sapolu was twitter mad last season, but very pashionate about his club rugby. Still, got Tindall coming back plus Molenaar from injury to reinforce the current options being used.

Wilkinson to start on the weekend, just dont understand that at all. Flood has to be the better bet to start.

Johnson still thinks its 2003.

I didn’t think the england team was announced yet, my spies say flood at 12 replacing Tindall

Johnson still thinks its 2003.

Ahh well not as bad as Robinson who thinks he’s still coaching England circa 2004-6.

not as bad as Robinson who thinks he’s still coaching England circa 2004-6.

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Johnno’s going with the “if it ain’t broke don’t fix it” method. Unfortunately though, it is broke but the cracks have been papered over by unconvincing wins.

Word is Wilko will start with Flood likely to replace Tindall at 12 if the latter isn’t fit. When you look at JWs performances against the French over the years, it’s probably a good call.

Not considering Hape makes you wonder why he was picked in the first place. They should drop Youngs, Stevens and Lawes but they won’t. Haskell should be moved away from No.8 as he can’t control the ball like Easter can.

Hopefully the excitement of the Wal/Ire game won’t have worn off by the time the turgid drudgery of another England match attempts to suck the joy from my soul.

the turgid drudgery of another England match attempts to suck the joy from my soul.

That’s the English way shurely 😆 suck the creative life out of them Gallic types and then rumble over for a win.

Wales better win now. Have a bet with an Irish colleague that they will. The stakes? A night on the beer in Sydney.

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Anyone know any really cheap tittybars restaurants in Sydney? 😕

Ireland have got that win in the bag oflashhearty, best start saving.

Got to say in Wilkinson’s (or Johnson’s) defence, he pretty much single handedly took the steam out of many of the Scottish attacks in the first half on Saturday. He is a great steadying hand. He calmed the ‘chaos’

If England want to sit at the rugby top table in the future (and they really should be there) they need to move away from a JW style number 10. For Saturday, he may well be the right choice.

oflashhearty

I knew if I kept repeating it 😉

(though to be fair, I do just keep it for this thread)

Taz, I think thats just adding to why TJ hates him so much.. Cool.

Got to say in Wilkinson’s (or Johnson’s) defence, he pretty much single handedly took the steam out of many of the Scottish attacks in the first half on Saturday. He is a great steadying hand. He calmed the ‘chaos’

You have to wonder if there had been more constructive play from England there may have been less chaos though