6N 2018
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That's one of the best tries I've seen. The pass reminded me of playing a video game where you just throw a Hail Mary and it (unrealistically) goes to hand. Absolute thing of beauty.
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@no-quarter said in 6N 2018:
That's one of the best tries I've seen. The pass reminded me of playing a video game where you just throw a Hail Mary and it (unrealistically) goes to hand. Absolute thing of beauty.
It's pretty standard play for a Scottish backline these days.
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@no-quarter early nominee for try of the year.
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@antipodean said in 6N 2018:
I’ve got things to do, all of which can wait till I watch three, no make that four more times.
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Rugby porn at its beautiful best.
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@antipodean said in 6N 2018:
Wayne Barnes would've called it back for a forward pass. Even after viewing the replay.
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Drunk fan has out of line behaviour .... gets filmed.
Social media picks it up ... goes viral.
Every man and his dog offers his opinion on it. Equally split amongst into 3 types ...
- This doesn't happen in our game, disgraceful, not what rugby represents, not part of our values
- As a (Scotland in this case, but insert country here), I'd like to say this isn't representative of the vast majority of us, please accept our apologies
- Fuck him he deserved it, look at what he says/writes has to expect retribution etc ...
And then of course fans of soccer (in this country anyway) look at it and have a good old giggle, as the haughty taughty rugby fans have long looked down on football behaviour with contempt.
All countries can say what they want, they all have their fair share of dickhead fans, and despite what many will tell you, it's not usually a tiny minority. Fans are passionate, they make mistakes and go overboard. All countries, all places. I've been spat on in Australia, sneered at in Twickenham, punched by a bok in London, verbally abused in Wales, and treated with utter contempt in Scotland. I've also witnessed plenty of AB fans being dickheads too.
The SRU shouldn't apologise, not their doing. Apart from winning of course, but who the hell should apologise for that?
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@majorrage Well said Major.
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Wales XV
L Williams, North, Watkin, Parkes, S Evans; Anscombe, G Davies
Smith, Dee, Francis, Hill, B Davies, Tipuric, J Davies, Faletau (capt)Replacements:
Owens, R Evans, Lee, S Davies, Jenkins
A Davies, Patchell, HalfpennyWales team nnamed for Italy match in Cardiff this coming Sunday
Lots of changes.
Although Halfpenny has been great we now need to score tries
North on borrowed time. Shit against Italy and then Halfpenny / Williams on the wing for France match
Good to see Watkin in there. Owen Williams must be thinking wtf after a great Autumn
Parkes earns his place, so too Evans and Davies
Anscombe last chance saloon. Great to see Patchell on the bench not BiggarNeeded to test our reserve front row. No harder test than the Eyeties. Hopefully number one ball from our own scrum
Interesting backrow. Run them off the parkGreat bench.
All to play for. High tempo, high scores.
I'm happy
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@majorrage said in 6N 2018:
I've been spat on in Australia, sneered at in Twickenham, punched by a bok in London, verbally abused in Wales, and treated with utter contempt in Scotland. I've also witnessed plenty of AB fans being dickheads too.You must have a really unlikeable face.
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@majorrage said in 6N 2018:
I've been spat on in Australia, sneered at in Twickenham, punched by a bok in London, verbally abused in Wales, and treated with utter contempt in Scotland. I've also witnessed plenty of AB fans being dickheads too.You must have a really unlikeable face.
Hahahaha, alternatively he's the AB fan being a dickhead he's referring to so has deserved all of that.
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@majorrage said in 6N 2018:
Drunk fan has out of line behaviour .... gets filmed.
Social media picks it up ... goes viral.
Every man and his dog offers his opinion on it. Equally split amongst into 3 types ...
- This doesn't happen in our game, disgraceful, not what rugby represents, not part of our values
- As a (Scotland in this case, but insert country here), I'd like to say this isn't representative of the vast majority of us, please accept our apologies
- Fuck him he deserved it, look at what he says/writes has to expect retribution etc ...
And then of course fans of soccer (in this country anyway) look at it and have a good old giggle, as the haughty taughty rugby fans have long looked down on football behaviour with contempt.
All countries can say what they want, they all have their fair share of dickhead fans, and despite what many will tell you, it's not usually a tiny minority. Fans are passionate, they make mistakes and go overboard. All countries, all places. I've been spat on in Australia, sneered at in Twickenham, punched by a bok in London, verbally abused in Wales, and treated with utter contempt in Scotland. I've also witnessed plenty of AB fans being dickheads too.
The SRU shouldn't apologise, not their doing. Apart from winning of course, but who the hell should apologise for that?
That's pretty feral from a bunch of Scottish Rugby fans who seem on the whole to be a bunch of very polite snowflakes.
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Unsteady Eddie has made changes for France.
Everyone's favourite Mike Brown dropped for Daly and finally Hartley is gone (injury reasons only though)
England team to play France:
1 Mako Vunipola
2 Jamie George
3 Dan Cole
4 Joe Launchbury
5 Maro Itoje
6 Courtney Lawes
7 Chris Robshaw
8 Nathan Hughes
9 Danny Care
10 George Ford,
11 Elliot Daly
12 Owen Farrell
13 Ben Te'o
14 Jonny May
15 Anthony WatsonReplacements: 16 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 17 Joe Marler, 18 Kyle Sinckler, 19 James Haskell, 20 Sam Simmonds, 21 Richard Wigglesworth, 22 Jonathan Joseph, 23 Mike Brown.
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@majorrage said in 6N 2018:
I've been spat on in Australia, sneered at in Twickenham, punched by a bok in London, verbally abused in Wales, and treated with utter contempt in Scotland. I've also witnessed plenty of AB fans being dickheads too.You must have a really unlikeable face.
[de cock mode] your wife liked it [\de cock mode]
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@majorrage said in 6N 2018:
@majorrage said in 6N 2018:
I've been spat on in Australia, sneered at in Twickenham, punched by a bok in London, verbally abused in Wales, and treated with utter contempt in Scotland. I've also witnessed plenty of AB fans being dickheads too.You must have a really unlikeable face.
[de cock mode] your wife liked it [\de cock mode]
Damn, I don't have a dumb dumb mode button!
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Unsteady Eddie has made changes for France.
Everyone's favourite Mike Brown dropped for Daly and finally Hartley is gone (injury reasons only though)
England team to play France:
1 Mako Vunipola
2 Jamie George
3 Dan Cole
4 Joe Launchbury
5 Maro Itoje
6 Courtney Lawes
7 Chris Robshaw
8 Nathan Hughes
9 Danny Care
10 George Ford,
11 Elliot Daly
12 Owen Farrell
13 Ben Te'o
14 Jonny May
15 Anthony WatsonReplacements: 16 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 17 Joe Marler, 18 Kyle Sinckler, 19 James Haskell, 20 Sam Simmonds, 21 Richard Wigglesworth, 22 Jonathan Joseph, 23 Mike Brown.
Hmm. Plodding back row issue not addressed. Might be ok against the French pack but will need to be looked at before The Ireland game.
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@catogrande said in 6N 2018:
Hmm. Plodding back row issue not addressed. Might be ok against the French pack but will need to be looked at before The Ireland game.
It is by far EJs biggest problem. He has tried to address it with no results and keeps falling back on size.
Given that France have reshaped to a big bullying pack and both France and Argentina are in England's RWC Pool he is painting himself into a corner and having to commit to one style. A style that even Scotland have shown can be stretched as long as you don't take them on in a grinding fight.
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@catogrande said in 6N 2018:
Hmm. Plodding back row issue not addressed. Might be ok against the French pack but will need to be looked at before The Ireland game.
It is by far EJs biggest problem. He has tried to address it with no results and keeps falling back on size.
Given that France have reshaped to a big bullying pack and both France and Argentina are in England's RWC Pool he is painting himself into a corner and having to commit to one style. A style that even Scotland have shown can be stretched as long as you don't take them on in a grinding fight.
This is very much what concerns me. Eddie has said he could see Simmonds as a 7 and I think that might work too and he has invested some time in Tom Curry and Sam Underhill but they both keep getting broken.
It's certainly a problem.
