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@MN5 said in Sports Memes:
@MiketheSnow said in Sports Memes:
huh ?
Jesus man
Reynolds owns Wrexham.
Ad was with no dog.
Swansea added the Dogg
Swansea and Wrexham - both Welsh football sides - are in the same division next season and will play each other to determine who's the best in Wales
Not that hard
@antipodean said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
@Mr-Fish said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
@Catogrande said in 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia:
Yeah back row and centres too close to call. With the former I think (hope) that balance is the deciding factor. Happy with Conan at 7 but the not quite the same need for a big munter at 6. So I’d Conan is at 8 I’d be tempted to go with Curry at 6 and Morgan at 7. If he goes with Earl at 8 then Chessum at 6. Bierne has shown he’s a lock, not a 6. Either way Pollock on the bench.
Midfield could be any combination of the Irish and Scottish guys. Two Scots probably in better form and have the combo with Russell but Farrell might favour his players. Also somehow a Prendergast, Aki, Ringrose combo just sounds better than a Russell, Tuipulotu, Jones combo, and we know that Russell is better than Prendergast so not sure how the maths works...
On displayed form I can't see how Aki is in contention.
Because Farrell
@booboo said in All Blacks v France II:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v France II:
@booboo said in All Blacks v France II:
@nostrildamus said in All Blacks v France II:
@booboo said in All Blacks v France II:
@sparky said in All Blacks v France II:
@reprobate Beauden Barrett must have got a YC for that, across his career for the Hurricanes, the Blues and the All Blacks, at least half a dozen times. I really wish he'd stop doing it.
Saved a try. Worth the yellow.
Is having your 10 in the bin worth saving 5 to 7 points given the 14 man team is more likely to concede points and far less likely to gain any? And is more tired than before (although perhaps this is minor if a back is carded?)
Little damage done: didn't we come out of that period on top?
Yes we played better when he left the field but my question is more regards general strategy than BB per se.
Sometimes it's worth it to concede a YC.
Never
Well we avoided the ignominy of a Paul Hardcastle backed montage of misery from S4C,
'All those who remember the war
They won't forget what they've seen
Destruction of men in their prime...
I really wasn't sure what was going on
N-n-n-n-nineteen, nineteen'
Just!!!
Going in to the last quarter we were well on our way to another angler's 'one that got away' lament, but great energy, purpose and skill from the bench saw us bring an end to our 'horribilis duos annos'.
A much improved forwards performance both in the set piece and loose gave us the platform we so desperately needed to dictate the tempo of the match.
Add in the missing, injured, and untried and we have a very good foundation from which to improve.
The backs - despite scoring all of the tries - I'm not so sure of.
Costelow's omission definitely improved things but both Hardy and Edwards come from the same long line of farmers' sons shoveling shit for the most of the match and putting ourselves under unnecessary pressure and giving Japan a sniff of victory.
Add in poor kicking from hand and kicking when we should have passed and vice versa and these two are not the future.
We can do better, we have better.
I'm very much in the minority but I think Ben Thomas is our most talented and assured back and with 18 defeats on the bounce I would have given him far more opportunity to impose that talent on the Welsh game plan from the 10 position.
'But he doesn't play 10 for his club' come the screams. So what!
Whenever he steps on the field he's always close to being the best back for both Cardiff and Wales.
Get him to 10, put a hard running inside centre in the Jamie Roberts mold trucking it up and fixing defences, and our outside backs will be scoring tries left, right & centre much like the current Scottish backline.
Morgan-Williams looked to the manor born and leapfrogs Hardy as Tomos Williams' understudy.
Employ a young, innovative coach and watch this team flourish.
Yes we'll get hammered by both South Africa and New Zealand in the Autumn but we should be able to give Argentina a good game and look to defeat Japan again.
Onwards and upwards the World Rugby rankings.
Great fun
@MN5 said in Memes/Tweets (No politics):
@MiketheSnow said in Memes/Tweets (No politics):
You have a lot of explaining to do. At first glance this appears to be a shite overly British meme that @Bones would share
Many levels
We looked older for our age back in the day
Some UK counties and cities have gone from country to chi chi
Wiltshire has stood still
Rugby Analyst's take
Excellent result, excellent series.
Tough, tough watch on TV with the sun & shade though
@MN5 said in AUNZ XV vs British and Irish Lions:
@MiketheSnow said in AUNZ XV vs British and Irish Lions:
@NTA said in AUNZ XV vs British and Irish Lions:
Backline starting to form up for the Lions IMHO, with the following as lock-ins for me:
9 Mitchell
10 Russell
11 VDM
12 Tuipulotou
13 Jones
14 Hansen
15 KeenanI’d be very happy with that
Word on the street
JGP, Russell, Lowe, Aki, Jones, Freeman, Keenan
Mitchell, M Smith / Farrell, Hansen (if they go 5-3 bench)
Only TWO Scots ??????
Pffft. That street is full of shit.
Green St
@NTA said in AUNZ XV vs British and Irish Lions:
Backline starting to form up for the Lions IMHO, with the following as lock-ins for me:
9 Mitchell
10 Russell
11 VDM
12 Tuipulotou
13 Jones
14 Hansen
15 Keenan
I’d be very happy with that
Word on the street
JGP, Russell, Lowe, Aki, Jones, Freeman, Keenan
Mitchell, M Smith / Farrell, Hansen (if they go 5-3 bench)
Absolutely fucking destroyed
By 14 men, 13 for 10 mins
@sparky said in AUNZ XV vs British and Irish Lions:
ANZ team have been a fucking embarrassment.
+1,000
So happy to see Eddie’s face
