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The All Purpose Rugby Union Thread
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richie4eva
17-06-2011
Originally Posted by Marmite Baby:
“Mike Phillips getting into trouble again. He really must cure that burger addiction.”

Of all the times to get indefinitely suspended especially with the World Cup nearly upon us
Mike Teevee
20-06-2011
Johnson names his 45-man training squad

BBC Rugby
Mike Teevee
01-07-2011
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/r...n-2305076.html

Wasps get a new DoR, but don't fancy paying any compo
vaughan6477
17-07-2011
Biggest surprise result in International Rugby for quite some time , Samoa beat Aussies in Sydney
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugb...h/14175299.stm

They're in Wales WC group though and we've never beaten them in that tournament
Mike Teevee
18-07-2011
NZ don't care about England's change strip

a big (media) fuss over nothing????
sensoria
18-07-2011
Originally Posted by vaughan6477:
“Biggest surprise result in International Rugby for quite some time , Samoa beat Aussies in Sydney
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugb...h/14175299.stm

They're in Wales WC group though and we've never beaten them in that tournament”

That was a massive result quite impressed by them. I know the Aussies didnt field their number 1 team but it ws still a big scalp.

We have just had a documnetry go on line about our last two games of the season, I am quite tempted to post it for anyoen interested but then again annonimity goes out of the window!
sensoria
18-07-2011
Originally Posted by Mike Teevee:
“NZ don't care about England's change strip

a big (media) fuss over nothing????”

I heard a rumour the shirt had moari symbols on it, if that is the case then I think it goes a bit to far.
Mike Teevee
01-08-2011
England start the trimming process

..... and finally unveil controversial black kit
vaughan6477
01-08-2011
Matthew Rees could be a doubt for the world cup
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugb...h/14364944.stm
Be nice to see the all Wales Lions test front row from two years ago play together again but it's been ages as each one of them has been injured since then.
sensoria
02-08-2011
Originally Posted by Mike Teevee:
“England start the trimming process

..... and finally unveil controversial black kit”

I like that England Shirt!!

I think Shaw will be dropped which is really sad. Would have liked him to have one more shot but think he is to old. I remember 2003 the warm up game against Wales he got man of the match then Woodward dropped him from the squad!!
sensoria
02-08-2011
Originally Posted by vaughan6477:
“Matthew Rees could be a doubt for the world cup
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugb...h/14364944.stm
Be nice to see the all Wales Lions test front row from two years ago play together again but it's been ages as each one of them has been injured since then.”

He is a big loss for Wales. I hope Wales have found a new way to play because they have been very predictable up to now.
Mike Teevee
02-08-2011
Originally Posted by sensoria:
“I like that England Shirt!!

I think Shaw will be dropped which is really sad. Would have liked him to have one more shot but think he is to old. I remember 2003 the warm up game against Wales he got man of the match then Woodward dropped him from the squad!!”

I'm quite tempted to get both shirts, white RWC without log and black with logo

yeah I reckon it's very likely that Shaw will be dropped, but I think we need to start trusting the younger players. I think Lawes deserves to be well ahead of Shaw
sensoria
02-08-2011
Originally Posted by Mike Teevee:
“I'm quite tempted to get both shirts, white RWC without log and black with logo

yeah I reckon it's very likely that Shaw will be dropped, but I think we need to start trusting the younger players. I think Lawes deserves to be well ahead of Shaw”

£94 quid for the black shirt!!!

I Lawes and Palmer I think are the number 1 pair for the world cup. Palmer has been exceptional.
Mike Teevee
02-08-2011
Originally Posted by sensoria:
“£94 quid for the black shirt!!!

I Lawes and Palmer I think are the number 1 pair for the world cup. Palmer has been exceptional.”

whilst they may be a bit low rent I got my last rugby shirt from Sports Direct/Lilywhites

should be able to get black shirt for £40-50
Frood
02-08-2011
Originally Posted by sensoria:
“£94 quid for the black shirt!!!
I Lawes and Palmer I think are the number 1 pair for the world cup. Palmer has been exceptional.”

Yeah but if it annoys the All Blacks and their follwers it's worth it

Saw the piffle spouted by their PM about New Zealand being the only team to wear black with pride - or something like that.

I agree about Lawes and plamer. The former looks a very special player.
Cade Foster
02-08-2011
Got to love the Kiwis complaining about englands away strip being black as if they own the colour, oh what colours your away strip oh yeah its white same as england.

Wales is black too I think everyones trying to annoy the Kiwis.
sensoria
03-08-2011
My 30 England players for the World cup.

I have cut the bolded ones.



Forwards (22):

Props: Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers), Alex Corbisiero (London Irish), Paul Doran-Jones (Northampton Saints), Tim Payne (London Wasps), Andrew Sheridan (Sale Sharks), Matt Stevens (Saracens), David Wilson (Bath Rugby).

Hookers: Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints),Lee Mears (Bath Rugby), Steve Thompson (London Wasps).

Locks: Mouritz Botha (Saracens), Louis Deacon (Leicester Tigers), Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints), Tom Palmer (Stade Francais), Simon Shaw (London Wasps).

Back row: Tom Croft (Leicester Tigers), Nick Easter (Harlequins), Hendre Fourie (Sale Sharks), James Haskell (Unattached), Lewis Moody (Bath Rugby), Chris Robshaw (Harlequins), Tom Wood (Northampton Saints).

Backs (18):

Full-backs: Delon Armitage (London Irish), Ben Foden (Northampton Saints).

Wings: Chris Ashton (Northampton Saints), Mark Cueto (Sale Sharks), Ugo Monye (Harlequins), Charlie Sharples (Gloucester Rugby)

Centres: Matt Banahan (Bath Rugby), Riki Flutey (London Wasps), Shontayne Hape (London Irish), Mike Tindall (Gloucester Rugby), Manusamoa Tuilagi (Leicester Tigers).

Fly-halves: Toby Flood (Leicester Tigers), Charlie Hodgson (Saracens), Jonny Wilkinson (Toulon).

Scrum-halves: Danny Care (Harlequins), Joe Simpson (London Wasps), Richard Wigglesworth (Saracens), Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers).


Some of the things he may change is cutting an extra second row to have Croft as cover. He migh want an extra hooker.
Mike Teevee
04-08-2011
England team announced for Saturday

Scotland team from earlier in the week
vaughan6477
04-08-2011
Wales team for Saturday

Wales: Rhys Priestland (Scarlets); George North (Scarlets), Jonathan Davies (Scarlets), Jamie Roberts (Cardiff Blues), Shane Williams; Stephen Jones (Scarlets), Mike Phillips; Paul James (Ospreys), Huw Bennett (Ospreys), Craig Mitchell (Exeter), Bradley Davies (Blues), Alun Wyn Jones (Ospreys), Danny Lydiate (Newport Gwent Dragons), Toby Faletau (Dragons), Sam Warburton (Blues, capt).

Replacements: Lloyd Burns (Dragons), Ryan Bevington (Ospreys), Luke Charteris (Dragons), Ryan Jones (Ospreys), Tavis Knoyle (Scarlets), Scott Williams (Scarlets), Morgan Stoddart (Scarlets).

Be interesting to see how the back row goes but the front three fills me with dread. Bench lacks proven quality apart from Ryan Jones.
richie4eva
06-08-2011
Predicting a narrow England win later at Twickers

Wales won't be blown away again like in 2007 when we had the incompetent Gareth Jenkins in charge
sensoria
06-08-2011
I predict England by 25 points.
vaughan6477
06-08-2011
Originally Posted by richie4eva:
“Predicting a narrow England win later at Twickers

Wales won't be blown away again like in 2007 when we had the incompetent Gareth Jenkins in charge”

Things have a nasty habit of repeating themselves at Twickers for us though. The front row we've selected fills me with dread tbh. It may be a case of getting whatever little ball we win to George North quickly and see if he can do some damage. Still it's nice to see some of the London press are in hyperbole overdrive about Manu Tuilagi today. Be good to see Roberts and Davies keep him quiet and we know he can be riled from the Ashton assault.
gemmaovwales03
06-08-2011
What's happened to Stephen Jones?

Edit: Injured up in warm up oh dear
richie4eva
06-08-2011
Try for Wales

George North gets the ball down in the corner

Excellent passage of play
vaughan6477
06-08-2011
Originally Posted by richie4eva:
“Try for Wales

George North gets the ball down in the corner

Excellent passage of play”

Tuilagi looked a bit small on Norths back there.
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