European Club Rugby
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@Billy-Tell He's the best back at Ulster so their coach plays him on the wing. If he has stopped giving a fuck, I wouldn't be surprised.
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I saw this gif recently:
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@Tim The question has to be asked; where was the blindside defence from Ulster and why is their scrumhalf standing so deep on the wing?
Also; who much did Munster try to fuck up scoring that try?
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@antipodean Absolutely. He was pointing for a reason. He didn't exactly put much into the chase though ...
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Can't believe he was chosen as Player of the Year - he's been off-colour/disinterested for a few matches this season. Sure that a lot of that is down to the poor performance of Ulster this season, but still at least look like you give a fuck when you pull on the jersey.
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@Tim said in NH club rugby:
@antipodean Absolutely. He was pointing for a reason. He didn't exactly put much into the chase though ...
Pointing? I thought he was saying "Touch! bro...."
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That's the efforts of someone who is no longer interested.
Maybe he's homesick and wants to get back to Auckland. Who can blame him, he's probably in the prime of his career and he's not involved at the pointy end of either European or Pro12 seasons. Sure if he was playing for the Blues he probably wouldn't be playing playoff rugby either but at least he possibly would have All Black duties to look forward to.
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@Frye He was playing very well for Wasps last season, they were gutted to lose him to Ulster although that was always going to be the case. But if he's not interested in playing for Ulster anymore, he's not really screaming out "buy me" to any other team with that piss poor attitude.
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@Catogrande He has also been relegated to the wing for some 21 year old who would struggle to make the grade at ITM cup. Fairly galling.
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@Frye said in NH club rugby:
@Catogrande He has also been relegated to the wing for some 21 year old who would struggle to make the grade at ITM cup. Fairly galling.
I presume you mean Jacob Stockdale who played 16 and scored 9 tries. (CP 18 and 6). He's fairly handy for a 21 yr old. Hopefully, he'll tour in US and Japan in the summer.
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@Pot-Hale said in NH club rugby:
@Frye said in NH club rugby:
@Catogrande He has also been relegated to the wing for some 21 year old who would struggle to make the grade at ITM cup. Fairly galling.
I presume you mean Jacob Stockdale who played 16 and scored 9 tries. (CP 18 and 6). He's fairly handy for a 21 yr old. Hopefully, he'll tour in US and Japan in the summer.
Yeah, he looks handy.
Certainly makes sense to invest in a local youth with promise than a foreign star who packs a sad.
I was flabbergasted at the time at the risk Hansen took leaving Piutau out of the RWC squad for 2 rookies flakey under the high ball. I still actually think it was the wrong decision. But clearly they hold 'desire' as a selectable skill , so I'll give them a pass on that now.
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That video reinforces my opinion that he wouldn't make an ITM cup team. I feel bad ripping on the kid but lets be realistic here, half of the highlights are catching the ball and falling over the try line. The other half are against some awful Edinburgh, zebre or age grade defences.
I wouldn't be surprised if this was poor management from the Ulster coaching staff which initiated the issue.
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Jesus that gif makes me sad. What have you done Charles? You look big and disinterested. A huge test career turfed in for some more money doing something you clearly don't enjoy.
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@Frye said in NH club rugby:
That video reinforces my opinion that he wouldn't make an ITM cup team. I feel bad ripping on the kid but lets be realistic here, half of the highlights are catching the ball and falling over the try line. The other half are against some awful Edinburgh, zebre or age grade defences.
Dearie me, we are choosy. Yes some of his tries were against Edinburgh and Zebre, but also against Glasgow, Ospreys and Scarlets.
So okay, he wouldn't make it into an ITM cup team, he'll just have to make do with Ulster and possibly playing for Ireland in the summer.
New Zealand truly is in an exalted place.......
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@Frye said in NH club rugby:
That video reinforces my opinion that he wouldn't make an ITM cup team. I feel bad ripping on the kid but lets be realistic here, half of the highlights are catching the ball and falling over the try line. The other half are against some awful Edinburgh, zebre or age grade defences.
I wouldn't be surprised if this was poor management from the Ulster coaching staff which initiated the issue.
Hasn't stopped Keith Earls having a career and a huge Munster cheerleading squad.
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@Pot-Hale the unfortunate thing is there are 'highlight' reels out there now of just about every kid who is supposed to be the next big thing, and in a lot of cases many are just catching the ball, maybe a side step or 2 and falling over the line...jeez look at some of Naholo's tries this year, he could literally fall over and still score them...but if you are making a highlight reel about someone specific, you don't wanna include all the team stuff, even if he was involved in your clip
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@taniwharugby said in NH club rugby:
@Pot-Hale the unfortunate thing is there are 'highlight' reels out there now of just about every kid who is supposed to be the next big thing, and in a lot of cases many are just catching the ball, maybe a side step or 2 and falling over the line...jeez look at some of Naholo's tries this year, he could literally fall over and still score them...but if you are making a highlight reel about someone specific, you don't wanna include all the team stuff, even if he was involved in your clip
Ah thanks bro. I'll, like, bear that in mind for, like, next time I'm err..like, making a highlight reel, like. 👌
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@Pot-Hale wasn't a dig, but I know you are always on defence...more I saw a reel of a supposed big star coming out of NZ and it didn't look like he was anything special.
