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Old 06-01-2012, 08:58
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Oh dear Alfie (Gareth Thomas)! The rugby world had no problems accepting your sexuality but going into the Celebrity Big Brother house.
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Old 06-01-2012, 10:35
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Oh dear Alfie (Gareth Thomas)! The rugby world had no problems accepting your sexuality but going into the Celebrity Big Brother house.
I love the show but for him, it will be very good, He received a lovely positive welcome and I reckon he could go very far!
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Old 06-01-2012, 11:19
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I've just heard a bit on the radio that there is a proposal to have a world club/ regional championship. Uk teams playing sides from South Africa /NZ/ Australia would be a fantastic idea. I hope this can be arranged.

I have never watched Big Brother , but best of luck to Alfie
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Old 06-01-2012, 11:45
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Alfie should have done Strictly or Dancing On Ice - at least that would be challenging & a good use of time. I imagine he'll be bored rigid sitting around in a house full of muppets for weeks.
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Old 11-01-2012, 14:08
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RFU Announce Senior and Saxon EPS

England Senior Elite Player Squad (32)
Forwards (18)

Mouritz Botha (Saracens)
Callum Clark (Northampton Saints)
Alex Corbisiero (London Irish)
Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers)
Tom Croft (Leicester Tigers)
Louis Deacon (Leicester Tigers)
Phil Dowson (Northampton Saints)
Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints)
Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints)
Joe Marler (Harlequins)
Lee Mears (Bath Rugby)
Ben Morgan (Scarlets)
Tom Palmer (Stade Francais)
Chris Robshaw (Harlequins)
Matt Stevens (Saracens)
Rob Webber (London Wasps)
David Wilson (Bath Rugby)
Tom Wood (Northampton Saints)
Backs (14)

Chris Ashton (Northampton Saints)
Brad Barritt (Saracens)
Mike Brown (Harlequins)
Lee Dickson (Northampton Saints)
Owen Farrell (Saracens)
Toby Flood (Leicester Tigers)
Ben Foden (Northampton Saints)
Charlie Hodgson (Saracens)
Joe Simpson (London Wasps)
Charlie Sharples (Gloucester Rugby)
David Strettle (Saracens)
Maunsamoa Tuilagi (Leicester Tigers)
Jordan Turner-Hall (Harlequins)
Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers)
England Saxons Elite Player Squad (32)
Forwards (18)

David Attwood (Bath Rugby)
Chris Brooker (Harlequins)
Paul Doran Jones (Northampton Saints)
Matt Garvey (London Irish)
James Gaskell (Sale Sharks)
Jamie Gibson (London Irish)
Joe Gray (Harlequins)
Tom Johnson (Exeter Chiefs)
Joe Launchbury (London Wasps)
Matt Mullan (Worcester Warriors)
Luke Narraway (Gloucester Rugby)
David Paice (London Irish)
Geoff Parling (Leicester Tigers)
George Robson (Harlequins)
Andrew Saull (Saracens)
Henry Thomas (Sale Sharks)
Thomas Waldrom (Leicester Tigers)
Nick Wood (Gloucester Rugby)

Backs (14)

Nick Abendanon (Bath Rugby)
Anthony Allen (Leicester Tigers)
Delon Armitage (London Irish)
Matt Banahan (Bath Rugby)
Freddie Burns (Gloucester Rugby)
Karl Dickson (Harlequins)
Alex Goode (Saracens)
Jonathan Joseph (London Irish)
Ryan Lamb (Northampton Saints)
Jonny May (Gloucester Rugby)
Ugo Monye (Harlequins)
Henry Trinder (Gloucester Rugby)
Billy Twelvetrees (Leicester Tigers)
Micky Young (Leicester Tigers)
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Old 11-01-2012, 16:51
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The local Sarries fans will be happy to have some of their players "finally" recongised by England.
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Old 16-01-2012, 21:22
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Very very sad news for Sale fans and RU in general. Former winger Selorm Kuadey has died aged only 24. No official cause of death published yet but from most reports it appears to have been self inflicted

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugb...n/16573838.stm
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Old 19-01-2012, 14:14
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Disappointed to see Chris Ashton going to Saracens but at least Saints have good strength in depth for wingers.
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Old 20-01-2012, 16:44
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Disappointed to see Chris Ashton going to Saracens but at least Saints have good strength in depth for wingers.
I'm not sure what to think about this move

on the one hand I can understand the gripes that Saints fans have about how this has been dragging on

on the other, he is joining the current champions and hooking up with his best mate (Joel Tomkins). Plus he wants a new challenge

anyway makes for an interesting second half of the season
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Old 30-01-2012, 13:22
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the secret of good comedy is of course timing

Today England are due to announce their captain for 6 nations

so............

Armitage suspended after arrest

even I'm finding it hard to defend England players, even if the RWC media storm was largely rubbish
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Old 30-01-2012, 15:11
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the secret of good comedy is of course timing

Today England are due to announce their captain for 6 nations

so............

Armitage suspended after arrest

even I'm finding it hard to defend England players, even if the RWC media storm was largely rubbish

It gets worse! I'm certainly not going to defend him , unlike the players in New Zealand.

Chris Robshaw is the new captain despite only having one cap against Argentina.
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Old 01-02-2012, 14:34
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It gets worse! I'm certainly not going to defend him , unlike the players in New Zealand.

Chris Robshaw is the new captain despite only having one cap against Argentina.
I don't think the one cap thing is all that bad, there's been other players who captained on their international debut.

I think the main problem might be that Robshaw isn't even guaranteed a starting place, but who know how well he'll do in the next 2 games
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anyway predictions for the weekend matches

France vs Italy - France by 20
Scotland vs England - Eng by 10
Ireland vs Wales - Wales by 6
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Old 01-02-2012, 17:56
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I don't think the one cap thing is all that bad, there's been other players who captained on their international debut.

I think the main problem might be that Robshaw isn't even guaranteed a starting place, but who know how well he'll do in the next 2 games
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anyway predictions for the weekend matches

France vs Italy - France by 20
Scotland vs England - Eng by 10
Ireland vs Wales - Wales by 6
I think England will lose.

France 33 -12 Italy
Scotland 12-9 England
Ireland 27-Wales15
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Old 02-02-2012, 13:07
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My predictions are:

France 28-15 Italy
Scotland 15-12 England
Ireland 21-14 Wales
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Old 04-02-2012, 16:56
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Comfortable win for France to get the 6 Nations underway

And off we go for the latest installment of the Calcutta Cup
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Old 04-02-2012, 17:25
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The first 20 minutes have been awful. Riddled with mistakes!
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Old 04-02-2012, 17:38
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England are absolutely woeful. Lucky to avoid the wooden spoon at this rate.
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Old 04-02-2012, 17:46
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Very scrappy at Murrayfield

This first half is really dragging :yawn:
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Old 04-02-2012, 18:53
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Very poor match overall

Hopefully the match in Dublin will be a lot better tomorrow
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Old 04-02-2012, 22:19
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8 uncapped players in staring squad, fly half who hasnt played for country since 2008, of course it was going to be scrappy, but at least we won.

Not bad for a side that have trained together for 12 days. Scotland have been together for years and they wouldn't have scored if they'd still been playing now.
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Old 04-02-2012, 22:55
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8 uncapped players in staring squad, fly half who hasnt played for country since 2008, of course it was going to be scrappy, but at least we won.

Not bad for a side that have trained together for 12 days. Scotland have been together for years and they wouldn't have scored if they'd still been playing now.
How many times did England threaten the try-line? Just the once but the difference is they made it count.
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Old 05-02-2012, 04:49
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England were fortunate to win, but as usual Scotland just couldn't get a try. Has anyone ever had a worse game than Dan Parks.

You certainly couldn't criticise England for lack of effort and some of the guys gave outstanding performances , but the spark in the backs was missing. I thought Stuart Lancaster's decision to bring on all those new caps at once with England just narrowly ahead was a crazy gamble. It paid off , but he would have looked so foolish if England had lost.

Praise to the ref as well. That must be one of the very few games where the ref didn't just keep on penalising teams in turn at the scrum , and England can hardly ever have conceded so few penalties in a game.
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Old 05-02-2012, 13:00
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You certainly couldn't criticise England for lack of effort and some of the guys gave outstanding performances , but the spark in the backs was missing. I thought Stuart Lancaster's decision to bring on all those new caps at once with England just narrowly ahead was a crazy gamble. It paid off , but he would have looked so foolish if England had lost.
To be honest, I think it's the right step. He wants this to be a new era, so he's bringing in a brand new squad, that's fine by. If it means we endure a scrappy six nations then so be it, I'll just be happy if the focus is on the rugby for once. New caps need to be blooded, if they come on and we lose, at least he's trying something new.

Praise to the ref as well. That must be one of the very few games where the ref didn't just keep on penalising teams in turn at the scrum , and England can hardly ever have conceded so few penalties in a game.
I thought the ref was poor. The scrums were embarrassing to watch. There were times when Scotland got a penalty that England should have got and vice versa. International refereeing is in the doghouse, yesterday was a good example of why.
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Old 05-02-2012, 14:09
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I thought Italy played a lot better than the final score suggested, though France were clearly better side

whilst Scotland v England was unbelievable boring and yet I'm happy that England snuck out a win
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Old 05-02-2012, 15:20
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Wales are looking good
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