Winters coming;all inclusive rugby thread.

Great to see a great Ospreylian back on home turf! 😉

I’ve enjoyed tonights game-bit of a drubbing though!

What a performance!!! 7 tries away from home, great return to action after the last few weeks

SUFTUM

Bugger Dan Lydiate has broken and dislocated ankle.

Ospreys Munster was a good game too, thats two good Rabblebank games in a row I’ve seen 😮

Another heavy defeat for Sale today! What is going on?!

Ospreys seem to be geting tHE session together at last.

Has DWarf given up on his galacticos?

Swedish i pad 😯

I thought Powell was unlucky to be sent off and he showed his frustration to the Bath fans.
First viewing it looked high but on the replay it was absolutely fine IMO and the Bath player milked it a bit which was disapointing.

Leicester Friday so I think we would be doing well to reverse our losing streak then!!!

Tight win for Glaws it would seem, but its these type of away matches against lower placed sides they would have lost in previous recent seasons. Barth and Tigers (H), then Quinns (A) should give an indication as to any top 4 potential

Spikey’s back…

So was he suspended or injured?

Given his previous, what do you reckon? 😉

Planet rugby suggested that he had a scrap after a few beers while out injured….

So his ban has been lifted after one game which he couldnt have played in anyway. Seems a little odd to me.

I hope it was a storm in a teacup. I likes Phillips.

I agree, I like him on the pitch. Great to have another flanker! 🙂 However, he needs to keep it on the pitch!

SA 31 – AUS 8
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Shaun Edwards doing a fine job as Defence/Discipline coach @ London Irish then 🙄

As far as I’m aware all he did was go out on the beers after a loss which is a big no no in France. Not seen anything to suggest he was fighting again.

Sometimes star signings help smaller clubs. Others are just bad news, unnecessary drains on a club’s financial resources, talented men coining it on past reputations but all the while setting bad precedents for the club’s youngsters they ought to be setting examples to.

Which category Mike Phillips slots into we’ll leave to you to decide, but was it coincidence that after he was suspended indefinitely for getting into a scrap while out on the sauce after Bayonne were hammered by Toulouse last week, Bayonne bounced back to nick the Basque derby in Biarritz and gain their second win of the season?

We don’t think so. He’s had a lot of chances, this might be one silly night out too many.

from here

loose pass

sputnik – Member
SA 31 – AUS 8

A score which really flatters the Ozzies… 😆

suspended indefinitely

or for a week when he was injured anyway, I’d love to know their sauce for saying he was scraping.

Unsurprising ban for Brady after his bizarre tackle at Bath. At least Powell is available for Friday.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/19820611

thank god Woodward isnt picking the squad this time!!!

The optimism! The shirt! Oh dear……

Why do they do it? Every year. It’s just not fair on the fans.

Samson Lee is a bit of a monster for a 19 year old isnt he! Good to see Stoddard back too.

and then Staddart scores 😀

Another win for Ulster without playing well. Very emotional night at Ravenhill. Top if the table, happy days!!

SUFTUM

Sale getting there surfer, as is Gray, Scottish second rows might leave us needing a new skipper. Gray and Thomson in the boiler house? yes please!

Some big results today in the Aviva the not nots did well.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/19804180

OOOOF! Quite a show by Exeter there!

Glos beating Barth is a given these days but I was expecting the present top 6 to start to break away but Exeter and Irish had other ideas.

Did anyone hear Ian Robertsons talk about Gav this afternoon. Apparently he has only met him once and was none to complimentary. Robertson was asked to interview him in NZ in 2005 (I think) Gav asked who the hell he was, said I have never heard of you when Robertson explained. When asked if he was going to do the interview Gav wanted to know if it was contractual and if it wasn’t he could pi 5 5 off. Robertson said people in Wales wanted to hear him and he said they can get lost as well I don’t give a toss about them.

Never heard a player get slated like that before, I am no fan of Robertson he is an awful commentator. Also tells me that what on of the guys I work with who played with him in school and juniors says is true.

He is still a brilliant player 😆 just don’t want to be in the same room as him.

WHAT A PASS 😆

oh and robertson is a complete ****

A reasonable afternoon for the orange one.

He was off the pace and rusty but he posses a range of passing very few can match.

Don’t think I’ve seen a team so outclassed and outplayed come so close to winning a game!
They went into the sarries 22 4(?) times and scored 3 tries. Sarries lack of execution and killer instinct was very obvious today. They struggle to win games if they don’t get enough penalties. I think sale may do welsh a real favour this season. That pass aside, Hanson was largely anonymous today but then welsh had very little possession.

The service from the 9 was awful too but like you say its hard to blame the half backs when the forwards are being outclassed. The subs Sarracens bought on were bloody impressive, they didnt help, but they were impressive names to have on the bench. Ross will start the more important games, the ones welsh need to win