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@Victor-Meldrew said in NH International Rugby:

@MiketheSnow said in NH International Rugby:

Fast as fuck too, with great speed endurance.

So was Super Sid.

There's a video on Youtube of most of the '72 Wales NZ game. Apart from nicking the ball, seemingly at will, out of Gareth Edwards' scrum put in, he set up a try by sheer pace down the side line - absolutely blitzed the Welsh defence. Had a shit pass though.

And a great Maori side-step!

Bones

I may have missed this elsewhere...

'Of course it was [a forward pass]' says Wayne Barnes

Wayne Barnes has revealed how his mistake in the 2007 Rugby World Cup quarter-final spurred him on to become one of rugby's top referees.

mariner4life

that's pretty solid from Wayne

jegga

@Bones said in NH International Rugby:

I may have missed this elsewhere...

'Of course it was [a forward pass]' says Wayne Barnes

Wayne Barnes has revealed how his mistake in the 2007 Rugby World Cup quarter-final spurred him on to become one of rugby's top referees.

I was always more fucked off with WR for appointing him when he wasn't ready. Good on him for owning his mistake and using it to make him a better ref, Paddy O'Brien could learn a lesson from that.

This poor bastard apparently cried when the pitcher came over to console him after the game

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armando_Galarraga's_near-perfect_game

Daffy Jaffy

Ben Skeen goooone!
With Rugby World Cup 2019 final referee Jérôme Garcès having announced his international retirement, Andrew Brace (Ireland) makes his Six Nations refereeing debut, while Matthew Carley (England) returns as a referee. Both were assistant referees at Japan 2019.

Mike Adamson (Scotland), Mike Fraser (New Zealand), Frank Murphy (Ireland) and Ben Whitehouse (Wales) return to the squad as assistant referees, while James Leckie (Australia), Glenn Newman (New Zealand) and Brian MacNeice (Ireland) are included in an expanded Television Match Official (TMO) panel after Ben Skeen announced his retirement.

Luke Pearce (England) will kick-off a new decade of men’s Six Nations rugby when he takes charge of champions Wales against Italy at the Principality Stadium on 1 February.

Nigel Owens (Wales) will make his 98th test appearance when he referees France v England at Stade de France the next day, while World Rugby Referee Award recipient Wayne Barnes (England) will take charge of France versus Ireland at the same venue on 14 March, his 90th test as a referee.

Stargazer

@Daffy-Jaffy said in NH International Rugby:

Ben Skeen goooone!

I hope it's not just an international retirement. I don't want him anywhere near NPC either.

Machpants

Oooh Ireland just keeps on going up on the fluffybunny scale

Joe Schmidt's not-so-fond farewell as IRFU blame him for World Cup failure

The fall-out from World Cup failure has not treated the once untouchable New Zealander well as his former employer has stuck the boot in with its Japan 2019 review.

taniwharugby

@Machpants

haha

In what amounted to a PR buck-passing exercise that ensured IRFU high performance boss David Nucifora and incoming head coach Andy Farrell – Schmidt’s assistant since 2016 – were absolved of blame

Irish Rugby to Schmidt

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antipodean

What astonishes me the most is how Farrell got promoted to head coach despite never doing that job, at any level. Tells me all I need to know about the IRFU.

Crucial

This has a stink of Nucifora all over it.

Catogrande

Rob Howley found guilty of illegal betting on rugby matches, including Wales matches and Wales players - 18 month ban from all rugby.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/50629124

Stupid all round from Ollie (Edit: I mean Stan) but this takes the biscuit for sheer idiocy:- "Howley, 49, used his Welsh Rugby Union phone and email account to place bets."

booboo

From Stuff:

Howley was found to have placed 363 bets with three separate bookmakers covering a total of 1163 rugby matches over a period of five years.

(Something wrong with their maths. May have mixed the matches and bets around.)

The WRU said Howley lost about £4000 on his bets

Catogrande

@booboo said in NH International Rugby:

From Stuff:

Howley was found to have placed 363 bets with three separate bookmakers covering a total of 1163 rugby matches over a period of five years.

(Something wrong with their maths. May have mixed the matches and bets around.)

The WRU said Howley lost about £4000 on his bets

Likely there were some accumulators going on.

Or decumulators if you take your second point into account

Machpants

@booboo said in NH International Rugby:

From Stuff:

Howley was found to have placed 363 bets with three separate bookmakers covering a total of 1163 rugby matches over a period of five years.

(Something wrong with their maths. May have mixed the matches and bets around.)

The WRU said Howley lost about £4000 on his bets

Great coach - losing 4k