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Old 31-05-2015, 13:50
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I'm sure last year it was on Sky Sports, a bit odd that they're not showing it this time.
Probably got caught up in the whole BT v Sky England v Premier Rugby debacle. Still, YT is better than nothing to see Trelawny's Army carry the trophy home!

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Old 01-06-2015, 11:08
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Strettle joins Clermont on 3 year deal

I'm guessing that means he's dropped from England training squad then.

Lancaster will be on hiding to nothing if he lets Strettle stay in on a technicality.
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Old 02-06-2015, 06:24
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Cipriani in trouble - will he be dropped?

England rugby star Danny Cipriani has been arrested on suspicion of drink-driving following a car crash.

The Sale Sharks fly-half was unhurt in a collision between his Mercedes and a Toyota in Chelsea, west London, at about 05:15 BST on Monday.

Cipriani, 27, was breath-tested and taken to a west London police station before being released on bail.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-32970302
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Old 02-06-2015, 09:38
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One step forward, two steps back for Danny. If he get's charged, then Lancaster will drop him.

Funny thing is the All Blacks bent over backwards to keep their players in the squad, regardless of their indiscretions at the last RWC.
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Old 02-06-2015, 14:54
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Just noticed that the U20 World Championships are being shown on BT and on ESPN

BT have 3 games today on BT2

3.30 - France v Wales (or Frances v Wales as it says in the Radio Times !) - Pool A
5.30 - England v Japan - Pool A
7.30 - NZ v Scotland - Pool C

ESPN are showing 1 game....

3.30 - Ireland v Argentina - Pool C
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Old 03-06-2015, 16:54
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I believe S4C are showing all the Wales games too.
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Old 05-06-2015, 07:33
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Sad news with All Blacks flanker Jerry Collins killed in a car crash in France. Only 34


http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/33017982
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Old 05-06-2015, 08:28
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Sad news with All Blacks flanker Jerry Collins killed in a car crash in France. Only 34


http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/33017982
Very sad news. Great player & by all accounts top bloke off the pitch. Remember him turning out for a second team in Devon whilst on holiday there.
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Old 05-06-2015, 08:33
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Very sad news. Great player & by all accounts top bloke off the pitch. Remember him turning out for a second team in Devon whilst on holiday there.
That's the exact story I thought about (although thought it was in Wales), apparently he agreed the night before in a pub, what a guy to do something like that, particularly in the professional era.

Sad times.
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Old 06-06-2015, 08:58
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Expensive business if you want a replica kit!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rug...ica-shirt.html

Mind you which sports organisation doesn't take advantage of the punters..
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Old 06-06-2015, 15:31
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I believe S4C are showing all the Wales games too.
England v Wales tonight at 7.30 on BT Sports 1

Ireland v Scotland at 3.30 on BT Sports 2
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Old 06-06-2015, 21:56
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Expensive business if you want a replica kit!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rug...ica-shirt.html

Mind you which sports organisation doesn't take advantage of the punters..
All sports organisations, or more to the point their shirt manufacturing partners, now realise now there are people out there stupid enough to part with £120 just to wear the same shirt that the team on the field are wearing. Personally I've always gone for the more mid-range £30-60 range option if available.
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Old 07-06-2015, 12:24
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About the best that could be said for Wales was that at least they turned up in red, not grey. Otherwise, the same poor handling and breakdown work as against France. Deja vu for England as well. Good first half, not so good second.
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Old 09-06-2015, 02:22
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All sports organisations, or more to the point their shirt manufacturing partners, now realise now there are people out there stupid enough to part with £120 just to wear the same shirt that the team on the field are wearing. Personally I've always gone for the more mid-range £30-60 range option if available.
Nothing makes me chuckle more on match day than seeing a middle aged overweight man in the tight "official" shirt (the 120 one)...

The cotton one is only 55.
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Old 13-06-2015, 13:11
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Congratulations Sir Gareth Edwards on your Knighthood in the Queen's Birthday Honours.
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Old 13-06-2015, 17:05
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Congratulations Sir Gareth Edwards on your Knighthood in the Queen's Birthday Honours.
Very well deserved and should have been awarded years ago.
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Old 13-06-2015, 17:55
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Congratulations Sir Gareth Edwards on your Knighthood in the Queen's Birthday Honours.
An all-time great who would have excelled in any era. Arise Sir Gareth!
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Old 14-06-2015, 19:37
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Arise Sir Gareth. Long overdue. Many congratulations to a great man of Rugby.
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Old 15-06-2015, 20:28
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Much better first half from the England U20 forwards. Still fear that the South Africans can make up the 12 point deficit if they go away from the high tackles and bump and grind and use their superior backs.
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Old 20-06-2015, 19:39
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The World U20 Final is on now on BT Sports 2

England v NZ

5 minutes gone.......England have scored a try, 7-0
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Old 23-06-2015, 10:50
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Strettle joins Clermont on 3 year deal

I'm guessing that means he's dropped from England training squad then.

Lancaster will be on hiding to nothing if he lets Strettle stay in on a technicality.
So he has either jumped or been pushed.

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/201...orld-cup-squad

I must say as a casual observer of the game, how many more ways can a sport and a country think up to shoot itself in the foot?

- Won't pick players who go abroad (even in other home nations?) to better themselves, but then replace the latest player with a plastic Brit who has got to return from his home in Fiji.

- Don't select players because of off-field indiscretions, I assume Cipriani will get the push or miss the cut if he is convicted for drink driving.

- Have domestic bans for foul play that impact on a players ability to play for his country.

A World Cup should showcase the best players in a sport and not have petty rules get in the way.
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Old 24-06-2015, 13:30
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A World Cup should showcase the best players in a sport and not have petty rules get in the way.
In any line of work there are conditions of employment. I imagine if I was convicted of drink driving or had headbutted someone, regardless of my ability to do my job, I'd not be in said job for much longer.

The domestic league thing I think IS a bit petty - but then that's the problem with modern professional rugby where the money men control the leagues AND the international sides. Lord knows the Welsh boys are testing "Gatland's Law" to the limit of its credance lately.

Also, this is RUGBY, not football. We have standards. Our players are expected to be role models, both in off-field behaviour and on-field discipline. Given the antics the last bunch of English hooray henries got up to in New Zealand (jumping off boats, going to strip clubs etc), it's no wonder England have a zero-tolerance approach to wankeritis this time round.
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Old 24-06-2015, 15:35
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Seems Strettle news came as a surprise to Lancaster. I know he was probably only an outsider to make the squad but a couple of injuries and anything can happen. Hope it's not a decision he comes to regret.
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Old 03-07-2015, 10:11
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Sam Warburton forgets that you should never tell team mates that you have a phobia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnguLPs_RBI
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Old 04-07-2015, 08:31
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Super XV final about to start (on SS1)

Fancy the Highlanders may upset the Canes
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