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The All Purpose Rugby Union Thread
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Frood
12-06-2010
Ireland committing suicide against the All Blacks.

Heaslip = silly, silly boy
Psycho_Ned
12-06-2010
Going to be a public execution for Ireland this, can't see them keeping less than 70 points off the board.

Time for O'Gara to be put out to pasture he's been a shadow of his former self for a long time now.
ff999
12-06-2010
Ooh this is looking very bad for England - look like they don't know what to do.
sensoria
12-06-2010
Originally Posted by ff999:
“Ooh this is looking very bad for England - look like they don't know what to do.”

Exactly right, they get the ball and there seems to be no idea what to do with it other than pick and go.....mainly backwards. Awful awful performance. England need to test them in the backs with some bloody passing.
sensoria
12-06-2010
Goodness me, I am a die hard England fan, but I would have been horrifed if England had won that, playing for penalty trys via the scrum, is not going to win games.
ff999
12-06-2010
To be honest, I would take ANY win against Australia, but to go for the penalty try option to win was so friggin unimaginative.
It's like they know they're crap at the rest of the game, and that's all they've got to go on.
jeez...
sensoria
12-06-2010
Originally Posted by ff999:
“To be honest, I would take ANY win against Australia, but to go for the penalty try option to win was so friggin unimaginative.
It's like they know they're crap at the rest of the game, and that's all they've got to go on.
jeez...”

England didnt stretch Australia at all, one dimensional rugby isn't going to win test matches. I was astonished how bad England were with the ball, they treated it like a terrorist weapon and spent the whole game trying to kick it away.

The team look to afraid to try anything.
richie4eva
12-06-2010
South Africa beating France, so looks like a clean sweep for the southern hemisphere today
vaughan6477
12-06-2010
Yawn , same old reamings for the Northern Hemisphere nations when we go down South. Can't see it changing anytime soon again , unless one of the home nations , France or Italy find an exceptionally streetwise group of players at the same time like England had in the Woodward era.
pakokelso93
12-06-2010
Originally Posted by I love Ellie:
“Can't they do a 'red button' like S4C do?”

Nope no red button form BBC Alba.

Scotland v Argentina on BBC 2 Scotland with John Beattie and Andy Nichol Commentating, sounding blatently off-tube in Glasgow !!

Beattie forgetting that by apologising from the pictures from Aregntina... 4:3 they are and breaking up from ESPN Host Broadcaster
Sigurd
12-06-2010
Result: Scotland 24, Argentina 16.

Good. I didn't watch all that much of the game, but I gather that all of Scotland's points came from penalties while Argentina scored two tries. Still, a win's a win.

Edit: I think there may have been a Scottish drop goal as well. All points scored by Dan Parks anyway.
richie4eva
12-06-2010
Originally Posted by Sigurd:
“Result: Scotland 24, Argentina 16.

Good. I didn't watch all that much of the game, but I gather that all of Scotland's points came from penalties while Argentina scored two tries. Still, a win's a win.”

At least the north salvaged SOME pride after the results earlier
sensoria
14-06-2010
http://rugby-from-the-heart.blogspot.com/

Not sure if anyone is interested, but I am doing a blog during the summer tours. I know its a bti self indulgent but I think its better than a massive post with my overblown opinions.
Mike Teevee
15-06-2010
England beat Aussie Baa Baa's

well it's a start I suppose
david1955
15-06-2010
Originally Posted by Mike Teevee:
“England beat Aussie Baa Baa's

well it's a start I suppose”

I only saw the " highlights" but we won. A grim game , but was it worse than the stuff we have been seeing from " The Other Game" as my rugby master used to call it.
Mike Teevee
16-06-2010
Ladies and Gents I give you the new Stade Francais....

home

kit

my eyes!!!!

david1955
17-06-2010
England Rugby Union star Andy Ripley has died aged 62. He had been battling against cancer for five years.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rug...om-cancer.html
Frood
17-06-2010
Originally Posted by david1955:
“England Rugby Union star Andy Ripley has died aged 62. He had been battling against cancer for five years.
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Dreadfully sad news.

Work colleagues of mine who deal with Honours came back from an investiture at Buckingham Palace recently and were talking about him and how ill he looked. I said he was in his early 60s - they said he looked much, much older.

A good friend of mine who played decent standard rugby in the early 70s told me how, at Rosslyn Park matches, Ripley would finish the game and enjoy a few beers and a meal with the opponents. The whole Club, and opponents, would then head out to the main road. Ripley would rev up his Harley (it HAD to be a Harley), do a huge wheelie one way, turn round an head back with another huge wheelie then, to the roars of all gathered do a third one and head into town for the night.

I think my first rugby memory was this massive guy charging downfield with knees pumping and hair flowing behind him.

Could so easily have been the No8 in the great Lions 74 Test team and they wouldn't have missed a beat.

He's one of the players from those days who I think would have adjusted quite easily to the modern game.

I think he woud play at 8 in my 'select' England team of those I've seen play.

Goodbye Andy
sensoria
17-06-2010
Originally Posted by Frood:
“Dreadfully sad news.

Work colleagues of mine who deal with Honours came back from an investiture at Buckingham Palace recently and were talking about him and how ill he looked. I said he was in his early 60s - they said he looked much, much older.

A good friend of mine who played decent standard rugby in the early 70s told me how, at Rosslyn Park matches, Ripley would finish the game and enjoy a few beers and a meal with the opponents. The whole Club, and opponents, would then head out to the main road. Ripley would rev up his Harley (it HAD to be a Harley), do a huge wheelie one way, turn round an head back with another huge wheelie then, to the roars of all gathered do a third one and head into town for the night.

I think my first rugby memory was this massive guy charging downfield with knees pumping and hair flowing behind him.

Could so easily have been the No8 in the great Lions 74 Test team and they wouldn't have missed a beat.

He's one of the players from those days who I think would have adjusted quite easily to the modern game.

I think he woud play at 8 in my 'select' England team of those I've seen play.

Goodbye Andy”

Very sad news so many legendry stories, but I think he said it himslef best in his book.

“Dare we hope? We dare. Can we hope? We can. Should we hope? We must, because to do otherwise is to waste the most precious of gifts, given so freely by God to all of us. So when we do die, it will be with hope and it will be easy and our hearts will not be broken.”

sad sad day.
kwscott
18-06-2010
Does any one know when the new season guiness premiership fixtures are due out
Mike Teevee
18-06-2010
Originally Posted by kwscott:
“Does any one know when the new season guiness premiership fixtures are due out”

no idea, just checked GP website and couldn't find any info

I think it's soon though, as I think it usually get released with weeks of football fixtures
Phantz
19-06-2010
Wales just got SMASHED by the All Blacks 42-9.
Stunty
19-06-2010
Originally Posted by david1955:
“England Rugby Union star Andy Ripley has died aged 62. He had been battling against cancer for five years.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rug...om-cancer.html”

Very sad news.

I saw a picture of him receiving the OBE from HM the Queen,and was shocked by the image. He was such a big man, a huge man of rugby. Condolences to his family at this very sad time.
Stunty
19-06-2010
Originally Posted by Phantz:
“Wales just got SMASHED by the All Blacks 42-9.”

Yep, they almost got close to them when they were 15 - 9 down.

Dan Carter really is the mustard isn't he ..... fantastic player.


Now it's Australia v England.

At least they got the national anthem right today ..... the singer sang the last line correctly as 'God save THE Queen', although the players and crowd still sang 'God save OUR Queen'. Hmmmmm!
sensoria
19-06-2010
England massive win! mainly down to bad kicking from gitoue but also a great great perfomance by all the England team! Only the 3rd win ever on Aussie soil. Interesting stat Nathan Sharp has played in everyone!!
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