Six Nations 2017
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I usually watch the 6 Nations matches in double speed on Sunday mornings due to time etc, but I watched this match in normal time due to it's significance. The game seems really slow - when Ireland were battering away in the first half I thought I was watching Macqueen era Brumbies ball.
So Ireland managed to strangle the life out of England who looked anything but clinical with the ball. Ireland are the record stoppers these days.
The off side line seems non existent in NH rugby. It's no wonder they often have to play from so far behind the advantage line.
I took particular notice of Itoje and Farrell after their talking up in this thread this week. I know he was playing 6 but there's no way I'd take Itoje over Retallick or Whitelock and Farrell kicks really well ... but I guess this wasn't a game to see his other skills.
Well, I'm happy that England didn't get the record outright, happy to share it with them.
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@mariner4life said in Six Nations 2017:
You lot celebrating Ireland beating England reeks of the Aussies celebrating Ireland beating us. It's a little distasteful.
I am happy to not take the moral high ground on this one - yay Ireland!
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@Crazy-Horse said in Six Nations 2017:
@mariner4life said in Six Nations 2017:
You lot celebrating Ireland beating England reeks of the Aussies celebrating Ireland beating us. It's a little distasteful.
I am happy to not take the moral high ground on this one - yay Ireland!
Fuck the moral high ground. Erin Go Bragh!
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@mariner4life said in Six Nations 2017:
You lot celebrating Ireland beating England reeks of the Aussies celebrating Ireland beating us. It's a little distasteful.
To me, it's not so much celebrating Ireland beating England, but celebrating England not beating Ireland so they don't set a new Tier 1 winning streak record. Is that distasteful, too, in your opinion? Or should we only celebrate draws when NZ is not involved in a game?
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I'm legitimately celebrating Ireland's win. The rest of yiz can go do one.
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@mariner4life said in Six Nations 2017:
You lot celebrating Ireland beating England reeks of the Aussies celebrating Ireland beating us. It's a little distasteful.
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What a mess there, at the end of the France-Wales match. It took 20 minutes to finish the game. If Barnes would have had the guts to yellow-card more Welsh players, it wouldn't have been such a shambles. I heard him say, after the French captain asked for about the 8th time why they didn't get a penalty try, that he couldn't award it because the scrum hadn't moved forward more than 1.5m. What's the rule there, anyone know?
Anyway, it was so clear that the Welsh pulled down the scrum all the time (due to fatigue), that more players should have been sent to the bin. The game would have lasted, maybe, 85 minutes, instead of almost 100. Bloody hell. And he wanted the TMO to look for biting? Why couldn't that wait until after the game? I'm sure the Citing Commissioner will have a look ...
Fortunately, the team that deserved the win most won.
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@mariner4life said in Six Nations 2017:
You lot celebrating Ireland beating England reeks of the Aussies celebrating Ireland beating us. It's a little distasteful.
You're telling me. It knocks the Scots from a respectable 2nd to 3rd/4th equal on the table.
Mind you the way they're carrying on on the Scots rugby chat forum on Facebook and hailing Vern Cotter as the second coming of Jesus Christ you'd think they'd just won the Webb Ellis Cup.
It's fucken good to come back here and keep it real with a bit of TSF hostility and cynicism.
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@Stargazer Barnes caved to Norths whinging about being bitten, running over from the sideline to cry and try tell anyone who'd listen that he had bite marks on his arm...
Barnes needs a rest and to be sat down and shown the massive inconsistencies in his game.
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@Stargazer said in Six Nations 2017:
Watching Ireland v England replay. How did Itoje not get a yellow card in the 18th minute? Late, shoulder tackle ...
He has seemed to get away with foul play or borderline the whole tournament, with several instances a match. It could come back to bite the lions in a big way unless gatland has been taking notice.
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@mariner4life said in Six Nations 2017:
You lot celebrating Ireland beating England reeks of the Aussies celebrating Ireland beating us. It's a little distasteful.
Yeah... nah.
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@Bones said in Six Nations 2017:
@Stargazer Barnes caved to Norths whinging about being bitten, running over from the sideline to cry and try tell anyone who'd listen that he had bite marks on his arm...
Barnes needs a rest and to be sat down and shown the massive inconsistencies in his game.
Refs seem so much more above the law than players ( in lots of sports and it shits me to no end ). If their blunders are apparent after people look at them impartially after the event they should be stood down, fuck, Barnes shouldn't have refereed another game after his efforts in 2007. Also they should be seen and not heard and let the game flow, Nigel Owens, Billy Bowden....fuck off with your 'quips' and 'idiosyncrasies'.....we're there to watch sport, not your self indulgent shit. I know NZ comedy is in a pretty poor state when shows like 7 days get airtime but with YouTube being readily available we don't need you dickwads trying to be characters.
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@MN5 said in Six Nations 2017:
@Bones said in Six Nations 2017:
@Stargazer Barnes caved to Norths whinging about being bitten, running over from the sideline to cry and try tell anyone who'd listen that he had bite marks on his arm...
Barnes needs a rest and to be sat down and shown the massive inconsistencies in his game.
Refs seem so much more above the law than players ( in lots of sports and it shits me to no end ). If their blunders are apparent after people look at them impartially after the event they should be stood down, fuck, Barnes shouldn't have refereed another game after his efforts in 2007. Also they should be seen and not heard and let the game flow, Nigel Owens, Billy Bowden....fuck off with your 'quips' and 'idiosyncrasies'.....we're there to watch sport, not your self indulgent shit. I know NZ comedy is in a pretty poor state when shows like 7 days get airtime but with YouTube being readily available we don't need you dickwads trying to be characters.
Barnes just kept digging the hole deeper for himself didn't he?
He's an odd one as he can go 98% of a game looking like a very good ref then completely fuck things up -
@Crucial said in Six Nations 2017:
@MN5 said in Six Nations 2017:
@Bones said in Six Nations 2017:
@Stargazer Barnes caved to Norths whinging about being bitten, running over from the sideline to cry and try tell anyone who'd listen that he had bite marks on his arm...
Barnes needs a rest and to be sat down and shown the massive inconsistencies in his game.
Refs seem so much more above the law than players ( in lots of sports and it shits me to no end ). If their blunders are apparent after people look at them impartially after the event they should be stood down, fuck, Barnes shouldn't have refereed another game after his efforts in 2007. Also they should be seen and not heard and let the game flow, Nigel Owens, Billy Bowden....fuck off with your 'quips' and 'idiosyncrasies'.....we're there to watch sport, not your self indulgent shit. I know NZ comedy is in a pretty poor state when shows like 7 days get airtime but with YouTube being readily available we don't need you dickwads trying to be characters.
Barnes just kept digging the hole deeper for himself didn't he?
He's an odd one as he can go 98% of a game looking like a very good ref then completely fuck things upYep, totally agree. The fact he is a very good ref, good communicator most of the time makes the fuck ups even more painful. During his brain explosions it's like he pre-decides stuff and then is too arrogant to change his mind:
This forward pass ruling was fucking amazing:
