Six Nations 2017
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@MiketheSnow Leaving aside the fact that I don't like to see any player injured, I think I'm more pleased about Cuthbert than the roof!
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@Crucial The ruling is actually that both teams have to agree to the lid being open but of course in reality it means the visiting side have the whip hand. I'm torn on this TBH, on the one hand the lid being closed makes it an awesome arena, on the other hand rugby is an outdoors sport. Hmmm. what to do?
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It's the same carry on with the roof every year. Although Eddie seems to have had more fun than usual this time. For me, the should be one question; Is it forecast to be pissing down? If the answer is no, then leave it open and stop going on about it.
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I struggle to think of a worse International winger than Cuthbert. How does he keep getting picked?
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France Team Line-up
Forwards
1 Cyril Baille
2 Guilhem Guirado (CAPTAIN)
3 Uini Atonio
4 Sebastien Vahaamahina
5 Yoann Maestri
6 Loann Goujon
7 Kevin Gourdon
8 Louis Picamoles
Backs
9 Baptiste Serin
10 Camille Lopez
11 Virimi Vakatawa
12 Gael Fickou
13 Remi Lamerat
14 Noa Nakaitaci
15 Scott Spedding
Replacements
16 Christopher Tolofua
17 Rabah Slimani
18 Xavier Chiocci
19 Julien Le Devedec
20 Damien Chouly
21 Maxime Machenaud
22 Jean Marc Doussain
23 Yoann Huget -
@mariner4life Because he is big.
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@Catogrande said in Six Nations 2017:
@mariner4life Because he is big.
That selection criteria should only apply to breasts, not rugby players.
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@mariner4life said in Six Nations 2017:
I struggle to think of a worse International winger than Cuthbert. How does he keep getting picked?
Nakaitaci was pretty cake last week...
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@Bones good point
Cuthbert has been awful for years. Couldn't score in a whore house with hundred dollar notes tied to his cock
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@mariner4life said in Six Nations 2017:
@Bones good point
Cuthbert has been awful for years. Couldn't score in a whore house with hundred dollar notes tied to his cock
Sounds like the voice of experience.
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@Crucial It's their stadium, they should get to choose.
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@antipodean said in Six Nations 2017:
@Crucial It's their stadium, they should get to choose.
Agree. I find it bizarre. For years the Wallabies hated playing at Carisbrook because they thought it was 'too cold'. Should Otago have been forced to put heaters out for them? Athletic Park some windbreaks?
I know I'm only going by what the press are eating up but it looks like Eddie and the team are spending a lot of effort trying to paint these pictures they are painting. Talking too much about not talking about something.
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@antipodean said in Six Nations 2017:
@Crucial It's their stadium, they should get to choose.
That's one point of view. The other is that rugby is traditionally an outdoor game and that the Principality Stadium goes against this and could offer the home team an advantage that is not open reciprocally.
As I said before, I'm torn on this one though
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@Catogrande expansive rugby and Warren Gatland do not go together so not sure it's an advantage
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@mariner4life said in Six Nations 2017:
@Catogrande expansive rugby and Warren Gatland do not go together so not sure it's an advantage
Is this not the most hackneyed cliche out there??
I'd say you'd be more accurate if you said Joe Schmidt and expansive rugby don't go together TBH.
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@Billy-Tell I've always been amused at that statement too. Certainly, Gatland's Wasps and Waikato teams scored bucketloads of tries. International rugby is different but often your style of play is dictated by the players at your disposal. It's not like Wales is England c1991!
And Howley is coaching the Welsh at the moment, not Gatland.
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@Catogrande said in Six Nations 2017:
@antipodean said in Six Nations 2017:
@Crucial It's their stadium, they should get to choose.
That's one point of view. The other is that rugby is traditionally an outdoor game and that the Principality Stadium goes against this and could offer the home team an advantage that is not open reciprocally.
The problem is a number of stadiums present a home advantage if you're used to their idiosyncrasies, such as wind patterns.
We also used to play with hobnail boots, heavy wool jerseys and leather balls.
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@mariner4life said in Six Nations 2017:
I struggle to think of a worse International winger than Cuthbert. How does he keep getting picked?
Sounds like someone needs to watch a whole lot more Scottish Rugby
