Article: The Original Rugby Championship - Six Nations 2016
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="MiketheSnow" data-cid="558549" data-time="1455376360">
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<p>Shit weather, shit tactics, shit skill levels, shit decision making, shit kicking, shit TMOing.</p>
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<p>SHIT HALF</p>
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<p>You know whats shit Mike?</p>
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<p>That I dropped 40 euros and spent the afternoon sitting in the pissing rain. And that game was my reward. Only to have to listen to the Irish family blame their loss on the ref!</p>
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<p>That was probably the worst game of rugby I have ever witnessed live. I don't say that lightly, I played social rugby in Scotland so believe me I know shit rugby!</p>
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<p>I don't think there was a single line break, all the points came from idiotic discipline. Except the try which was when someone slipped over. The French media are crowing like they won the RWC pathetic. If I were the Argies I would have all 6 of these teams in my sights!</p> -
Finally managed to watch the Scotland v England game after being away and was mildly, pleasantly surprised as all I'd heard was that England were shite and Scotland were just a little bit shiter. I was frustrated by the England performance for most of the first half but the second half they seemed to put a bit more shape on their game - so progress of a sort. The pattern was similar v Italy although I never felt we were put under as much pressure by the Eyeties as we were by the Jocks. Eddie's use of the bench has been much more imaginative then the previous regime and that is a positive too. I was a little concerned though with the possession and territory stats, both of which favoured Italy considerably. I reckon that could cause us problems against teams with a sharper cutting edge - we're not NZ or Aus that can consistently thrive on less possession.<br><br>Similar to the Gareth Davies try issue, there was one point when Italy got behind our defence and put some real pressure on due to a glaring error by the officials - the ball went down the line and was juggled by the Italy 14 (I think), the ball went forward but was re-gathered but and here's the thing, it was re-gathered by a different Italian (4 I think) - that is a knock-on. I would have been mightily pissed off if the Eyeties had scored from that.<br><br>I agree with all the comments about the turgidity of the France v Ireland game - just dire. Wales v Scotland was exciting if not actually a good avert for skills. Wales worthy winners IMO but the Scots can take some positives too.
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<p>So something I'm pretty puzzled about...and I'll probably sounds rather Bart-like - but how on earth does a young professional athlete that is required to be pretty damn fit, manage to get in this kind of shape?</p>
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There's certainly room for improvement Bones! The thing is that he's got a pretty good engine and a decent turn of speed for such a larder. I sometimes wonder if for some guys it is enough to be the best in their club/province/test team rather than the best they can be? Woodward had a good comment (it can happen) prior to the Italy game in regard to Matt Dawson. Basically he showed Dawson a list of the England scrum-halves in order or preference with Dawson as No1. Dawson was naturally quite chuffed with this, then Woodward turn the list over and said "But if these guys (Marshall, Gregan, Joost etc) were English, you wouldn't even be in the training squad". Thankfully this was not lost on Dawson.
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Bones" data-cid="558894" data-time="1455535804">
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<p>So something I'm pretty puzzled about...and I'll probably sounds rather Bart-like - but how on earth does a young professional athlete that is required to be pretty damn fit, manage to get in this kind of shape?</p>
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<p>if you look at most of the props in the UK a very large percentage carry way to much body fat.</p> -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Catogrande" data-cid="558897" data-time="1455536367">
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<p>There's certainly room for improvement Bones! The thing is that he's got a pretty good engine and a decent turn of speed for such a larder. I sometimes wonder if for some guys it is enough to be the best in their club/province/test team rather than the best they can be? Woodward had a good comment (it can happen) prior to the Italy game in regard to Matt Dawson. Basically he showed Dawson a list of the England scrum-halves in order or preference with Dawson as No1. Dawson was naturally quite chuffed with this, then Woodward turn the list over and said "But if these guys (Marshall, Gregan, Joost etc) were English, you wouldn't even be in the training squad". Thankfully this was not lost on Dawson.</p>
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<p>Yeah he definitely appears to be pretty nifty whenever he shows up with the ball, I've been quite surprised by that. But still....imagine how good he could be if he added better mass to his frame....or how many more times he could make an impact around the field? I'm pretty sure he could be a LOT better....</p>
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<p>Edit: And I must say, at elite international level, that's quite possibly the best set of tits I've seen in mens rugby....</p> -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Bones" data-cid="558894" data-time="1455535804">
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<p>So something I'm pretty puzzled about...and I'll probably sounds rather Bart-like - but how on earth does a young professional athlete that is required to be pretty damn fit, manage to get in this kind of shape?</p>
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<p>Might be looking for a job as James Corden's stunt double :)</p> -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Catogrande" data-cid="558897" data-time="1455536367">
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<p>There's certainly room for improvement Bones! The thing is that he's got a pretty good engine and a decent turn of speed for such a larder.<strong> I sometimes wonder if for some guys it is enough to be the best in their club/province/test team rather than the best they can be?</strong> Woodward had a good comment (it can happen) prior to the Italy game in regard to Matt Dawson. Basically he showed Dawson a list of the England scrum-halves in order or preference with Dawson as No1. Dawson was naturally quite chuffed with this, then Woodward turn the list over and said "But if these guys (Marshall, Gregan, Joost etc) were English, you wouldn't even be in the training squad". Thankfully this was not lost on Dawson.</p>
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Sir Clive often speaketh bollocks, but that perticular anecdote I thought was extremely good value from him. <br><br>
What you wrote above in bold basically sums up English rugby for me.</p> -
<p>His real name is Andy Foode.</p>
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Athlete.</p>
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<p>I can't believe he played internationals......as a back !!!</p> -
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<p>I can't believe he played internationals......as a back !!!</p>
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<p>It does beggar belief. He's actually got a good skill set but fuck me mate, take a look at yourself. How can I up my game? Well I could be fitter. No shit!</p>
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<p>As regards him being an international, he was picked by Andy Robinson, so that doesn't count.</p> -
<p>Was made MOTM in a recent game.</p>
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<p>Still got enough to sparkle in the Premiership.</p> -
Nasty dig there at our flagship competition Mike - even if true
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="MiketheSnow" data-cid="559048" data-time="1455629858"><p>Was made MOTM in a recent game.<br><br>
Still got enough to sparkle in the Premiership.</p></blockquote>
If only George North could say the same.<br><br>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="MN5" data-cid="559037" data-time="1455614492"><p>I can't believe he played internationals......as a back !!!</p></blockquote>
To be fair he was way fitter back then, he even ran atleast one if not a couple of tries for England!<br><br>
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<p>To be fair he was way fitter back then, he even ran atleast one if not a couple of tries for England!<br><br>
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<p>Really? Was he?</p>
<p>He was always a tub of lard.</p>
