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  • #31
    It is.

    But I feel it would be my duty to try and save at least one of the other poor little fellows from expiring on the floor.
    It is better to keep silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt

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    • #32
      Hands and knees, sucking the carpet. What an image.

      Probably wouldn't be the first time, though.
      " ... and the following morning I should see the Boks wallop the Wallabies again?" - Havak
      "The only thing worse than being quoted in someone's sig is not being quoted in someone's sig." - finbar, with apologies to Oscar Wilde.

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      • #33
        That would be telling.
        It is better to keep silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt

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        • #34
          Cripes. Serge Betsen to Wasps. Never seen a flanker playing in a wheelchair before.
          " ... and the following morning I should see the Boks wallop the Wallabies again?" - Havak
          "The only thing worse than being quoted in someone's sig is not being quoted in someone's sig." - finbar, with apologies to Oscar Wilde.

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          • #35
            It was a bit surprising - who in their right mind would go to that club?
            It is better to keep silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt

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            • #36
              Poor officiating all round this weekend. The Pelous yellow card was a joke yesterday, and the French ref and French touch judge in the Challenge Cup final were plain p*ssweak in their tolerance of Bath's cynicism. Lee Mears dragged down a Worcester player off the ball, fewer than ten metres from the touchie, he signalled the offence but couldn't identify the offending player. Worcester picked up three points, Mears should have been in the bin for ten minutes. As should Danny Grewcock any number of times for offences at the breakdown. Pat Sanderson looked ready to throttle the ref and I don't blame him.

              I suppose Munster deserved the win yesterday. I'd rather watch Toulouse play, for all the frustration they can deliver. Bath were too good - and too cynical - for Worcester today.
              " ... and the following morning I should see the Boks wallop the Wallabies again?" - Havak
              "The only thing worse than being quoted in someone's sig is not being quoted in someone's sig." - finbar, with apologies to Oscar Wilde.

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              • #37
                What's that? 6 out of 6 for Nigel Owens and Munster?

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                • #38
                  And Darryl Hair is being a c*nt again.

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                  • #39
                    It's in his genes.

                    I'll also nominate the player the Welsh need to watch our for in South Africa - Ryan Kankowski. I think he debuted against Wales in November, but he's developed into a very gifted #8. Tall, amazingly quick, terrific ball skills.
                    " ... and the following morning I should see the Boks wallop the Wallabies again?" - Havak
                    "The only thing worse than being quoted in someone's sig is not being quoted in someone's sig." - finbar, with apologies to Oscar Wilde.

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                    • #40
                      I suppose Munster deserved the win yesterday.
                      Sorry, but both penalties that gave 6 points to Munster were silly. Munster consistently tackled and obstructed Toulouse players without the ball. Their try follows a scrum where the Munster flankers were not linked to their second row. Although they played the same rucks for all the game, the first penalty they got for their consitent diving was at the 73rd minute...
                      Now, they had had two matches with that ref in the quarter and semi final, so they knew what fouls they could get away with.

                      The good point with this match is I finally understood how the ELV about using hands in rucks might be something good. Munster would have to do something other than tuck/pick-n-go.
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                      • #41
                        One of the Munster flankers certainly wasn't binding (legally) for most of the match. As I said, a poor weekend for officiating all round.
                        " ... and the following morning I should see the Boks wallop the Wallabies again?" - Havak
                        "The only thing worse than being quoted in someone's sig is not being quoted in someone's sig." - finbar, with apologies to Oscar Wilde.

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                        • #42
                          The ABs squad is, at this point, less than half a squad. It's missing the Crusaders contingent playing in the S14 final next Saturday. Against, incidentally, the Waratahs. Will Ewen McKenzie emulate David Nucifora? Winning the title after he was sacked? The Waratahs aren't without a chance either. Their defence has been outstanding, probably the only one in the comp capable of containing the Crusaders. Whether they can do it for long enough is the question.
                          " ... and the following morning I should see the Boks wallop the Wallabies again?" - Havak
                          "The only thing worse than being quoted in someone's sig is not being quoted in someone's sig." - finbar, with apologies to Oscar Wilde.

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                          • #43
                            Munster squeezed the life out of the game with that long period of retention at the end. You don't keep the pill that long without a few cases of hands on the deck.

                            Tigers young guns against the classic All Blacks was apparently a very good game.

                            What is the situation with Jerry Collins - I've seen it reported that he is "done with NZ rugby" at just 27 years old? But apparently may move abroad if he doesn't retire altogether? Bit of a circus for a simple move north?

                            Crusaders v Waratahs - played on the same day that we need to beat the hateful insects?
                            It is better to keep silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt

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                            • #44
                              Jerry wasn't selected in the ABs squad because he had announced his retirement from Kiwi rugby. On the other hand, Graham Henry said he wouldn't have been selected anyway because his S14 form had been average at best. Which is right. I saw quite a lot of him during the season and his heart never really seemed to be in it. The passion, the murderous tackles, were AWOL. He has a child somewhere in England and I suspect his heart is there rather in New Zealand.

                              I'll have to look up that Leicester-Classic All Blacks match. Like to know what happened.

                              I had a lunch organised for Saturday. I shifted it to Friday night dinner so I could watch the S14 final in the morning and that other minor affair later in the day.
                              " ... and the following morning I should see the Boks wallop the Wallabies again?" - Havak
                              "The only thing worse than being quoted in someone's sig is not being quoted in someone's sig." - finbar, with apologies to Oscar Wilde.

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                              • #45
                                A real dilemma for you - either myself or the nose will be insufferable on Sunday.

                                The classic ABs won of course.

                                Very few first teamers featured for Leicester after our surprise making of the GP final. The latest (and youngest) Tuilagi got a start for us though.


                                Some more info:

                                All Blacks: Spencer; Faatau, McLoed, Ginson, Randle; Nacewa, Marshall; Deacon, McFarland, Hayman, Flavell, Maling, McDonald, Blackie, Tia Tia. Reps: Heather-Anderson, Sorenson, Miller, Robinson, Lowen, Bersma.

                                Tigers: Culpin; M Tuilagi, Twelvetrees, Lawson, Cobden; Cornwell, Murphy; Young, Chuter, Cole, Gillanders, Green, Pienaar, Bell, B Deacon. Reps: Sammons, Brown, Hemingway, Goldspink, Youngs, Tuilagi, Hurrell.

                                Referee: Ashley Rowden.

                                THE SCORING

                                2min: Flavell try, Spencer miss con 0-5; 26: Blackie try, Spencer con 0-12; 35: Faatua try and miss con 0-17; 36: Gillanders try, Twelvetrees con 7-17; 54: McFarland try and miss con 7-22; 58: Tia Tia try and miss con 7-27; 64: Hemingway try, Twelvetrees con 14-27; 67: Marshall try, Randle con 14-34; 71: Hurrell try, Twelvetrees miss con 19-34; 73: Randle try, Flavell con 19-41; 78: Penalty try, Murphy con 26-41
                                It is better to keep silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt

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