The Rugby Thread

[Paddingtonwolf]

It never will be with the Boks. That’s how they play.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Kwagger Smith is a penalty machine

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

That is a fucking awful decision

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Has this referee been paid by Erasmus?

 

[Parkins left foot]

2nd try wasn't - swung the game with that

Unlikely to get back now

 

[Donegal Wolf]

Shit tactics (run straight at the world's biggest team and then kick it in the air) played not too lose rather then try to win the game.
Shit execution of tactics.
Shit back 3, couldn't catch a ball between them and couldn't tackle.
Referee got big decision wrong (doubt it would have made much difference with the Lions tactics)
Shit series 1 linebreak between them in 2 games.
In fact next week if they are going to do this again a better alternative would be to stick Ijote and Ezebeth in the middle of the field and let them box the head of each other for 20 mins, would be far more entertaining and save us all a bit of time.

And Will Greenwood can fuck off as well, no idea why someone thought he was a good commentator.

Time for Gats to earn his money.

 

[Dinowolf]

3rd and final Test vs South Africa

British and Irish Lions: 15 Liam Williams; 14 Josh Adams, 13 Robbie Henshaw, 12 Bundee Aki, 11 Duhan van der Merwe; 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Ali Price; 1 Wyn Jones, 2 Ken Owens, 3 Tadhg Furlong, 4 Maro Itoje, 5 Alun Wyn Jones (c), 6 Courtney Lawes, 7 Tom Curry, 8 Jack Conan.

Replacements: 16 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 17 Mako Vunipola, 18 Kyle Sinckler, 19 Adam Beard, 20 Sam Simmonds, 21 Conor Murray, 22 Finn Russell, 23 Elliot Daly.

 

[Tredman]

Looks like we are going to try and play the Boks at their own game. That’ll end well

 

[Dinowolf]

Biggar misses his first kick.....
then goes off injured after 11 mins

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

This is tight. Gutted for Biggar but Finn Russell has been excellent. Four years time I will be at the first Lions test in Brisbane if all goes to plan.

 

[Dinowolf]

HT 10-6 Lions

 

[Dinowolf]

FT 19-16 Boks

 

[Donegal Wolf]

Looks like we are going to try and play the Boks at their own game. That’ll end well

Two tries in 3 matches both from lineout mauls, shows how well that worked.

 

[Tredman]

Two tries in 3 matches both from lineout mauls, shows how well that worked.

Didn’t manage the watch the last match but it does seem a wasted series.

 

[Newbridge Wolf]

Gutted to loose the series after getting the result in the first test It wasn't pretty viewing with both teams playing a game of percentages over risking anything expansive, but a real arm wrestle in the forwards.

Some bloody tough bastards in that SA pack

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

World 12s sounds like the world said that the Hundred was the biggest sporting fuck up in history and the rugby chiefs have said “hold my beer”

 

[Donegal Wolf]

New competition started tonight United Rugby Championship, which is Pro12 teams plus the 4 South African sides who used to play in Super Rugby.
Due to the format will be at least one South African side playing in Europe next season.

Couple of interesting games tomorrow to see how strong the new teams are ( even though they are missing their internationals at the moment)
Bulls v Leinster & Sharks v Munster.

 

[Donegal Wolf]

World 12s sounds like the world said that the Hundred was the biggest sporting fuck up in history and the rugby chiefs have said “hold my beer”

Looks like it's dead in the water this one, Premiership and French clubs told them they can do one about using their players and with the rugby championship on at the same time they won't be getting best SH players either.

 

[Jabbawolf]

As a Tigers fan, their renaissance under Borthwick has been superb, and hammering Saints always goes down well in these parts.

 

[Dinowolf]

Furbank starts at fly-half for England vs Tonga