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Interesting promotion situation to see who goes ( or stays) in the Premiership. London Welsh will meet Cornish Pirates in the play-off final, but neither have a ground that will be approved by the Premiership. Pirates will not apply to take up promotion if they win , but London Welsh are considering moving to either Oxford , The Stoop , or Brentford football ground.
I think I can safely say the the members at Welsh will not approve moving to Oxford , but the other two options are possibilities. It does surprise me that London Welsh haven't moved before as their ground must be one of the worst in the Championship |
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Interesting how it affects Newcastle as well... they were always going to be favourites to bounce back with Deano at the helm... I also think Deano might have prefered a season back in the Championship to keep a low profile for a season.
If he does well with Newcastle he has to be the next England Coach in 2-4 years... |
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Well done Quins worthy winners of Aviva Premiership title
They were hanging on during the last 15 minutes, but eventually saw it through to the end. Considering they were top from week 3 of the league campaign, it would be hard to argue that they weren't the best team all season |
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Stunning comeback from the Ospreys to take the Rabo Direct title away at Euro champs Leinster. Two tries for Shane Williams on his last Os appearance.
Thanks for the memories Ickle.
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great win for Ospreys, second year running Leinster fail to do the double
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Just a day after title success , it seems the Os are in financial trouble.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/18242977 The recently commissioned report into the finances of regional rugby , should see us heading towards central contracts of some form soon. |
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So, who else is planning a bit of an all-dayer next Saturday? Fortune has given me the day off work... the local Wetherspoons seems like a good place to go for an early morning pint while the All Blacks take on the Irish. And then onwards......
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flicking between rugby and tennis today
Shane Williams last ever match against Barbarians should be a good 'un |
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Can't think why Alain Rolland is getting booed
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Me either! He's a splendid ref
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good win for Wales in the end
and farewell to Shane, a proper legend |
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30-21 final score to Wales
Off to Australia with heads held high, bring on the Wallabies ![]() Farewell to Martyn and Shane Williams, thanks for the memories guys
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Not bad for a B-Team eh. Beating the likes of John Smit, Shane Williams, Tindall, Stephen Donald, Heymans etc.
On to Australia now. Quietly confident we can win at least 1 of the three. Which would be enough for now I think. Also, can anyone please answer this question definitively: can an opposition player deliberately charge down a conversion kick? |
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yep, as long as the kicker has started his run-up the opposition can try and charge it down. Doesn't happen very often but I've seen Peter Stringer pick the ball up off the tee on a video on youtube.
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Has the super 15 finished now? How do these tests fit into the scheduling if not.
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Has the super 15 finished now? How do these tests fit into the scheduling if not.
unlike in northern hemisphere for autumn tests, where we're just expected to get on with it |
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Scotland doing quite well here
I thought they were going to get hammered |
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OMFG, Scotland have beaten Australia
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Well done Scotland in beating Australia 9-6 in atrocious conditions.
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cannot believe it, couldnt watch that last penalty but never had any doubts that laidlaw would score though.
the scottish conditions probably helped as well but defensively Scotland were brilliant. |
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1-0 to the North
Now onto All Blacks v Ireland |
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That was the best Scottish performance I've seen in a long long time
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congratulations Scotland..
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well done Scotland, fantastic result in poor conditions
hopefully a few more decent results on the way for northern hemisphere teams |
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Well done Scotland on a great victory.
![]() Thanks for putting more pressure on Wales to beat the Aussies though ![]() The highlight of the match was probably the unintentional flying headbutt between two Scottish players at the final whistle though. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wHQg...eature=related They both should've been red carded. ![]()
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