The Rugby Thread

[Jabbawolf]

Mitchell such a good 9 though

 

[Tredman]

What a try that is

 

[Jabbawolf]

What a try that is

Agreed - backs and forwards combining beautifully.

 

[darlowolf64]

Wales getting an absolute battering

 

[sycophantia]

Always like Maro Itoje but he seems to be getting better and better.

 

[jd1981]

Beating Wales on their own turf is fun but even I’m feeling sorry for them

 

[ROVERT47]

What a day!, Wolves virtually safe and the Sons of Glendower given an absolute bollicking in their backyard. Bread from heaven.

 

[jd1981]

England won’t win the 6 nations but apart from a poor 30 minutes in Dublin it’s been a good campaign.
This has to be Wales equivalent of the 1-5 we had v Albion in 2012.

 

[leedswolf]

I'm not a lover of the modern iteration of RU, especially international, but I am making an exception this evening

 

[jd1981]

That’s a an absolute bottle job by the officials with the none red card
Basically rugby attitude is make accidental head contact in a genuine rugby collision sorry that’s red if it endangers and opponent.
Deliberate head contact after play has stopped that’s not bad enough for a red. Inconsistent crap, fully expect the TMO to face some massive scrutiny.

 

[Tredman]

A masterful piece of bitter, whiny, snidy whining reporting from Stephen Jones in the Times today.

 

[jd1981]

A masterful piece of bitter, whiny, snidy whining reporting from Stephen Jones in the Times today.

Yep after giving praise to England he then has to give reason as to why it’s nothing special and everything was down to Wales being rubbish.
Same bloke who tried claiming at the World Cup that England rugby fans were trouble makers after one incident in Marseille. Just comes across as very anglophobic without an objective opinion.
Comes across that if Wales were properly run they’d walk all over England every time.
Snidy passive aggressive post on X to last night.

 

[Tredman]

Yep after giving praise to England he then has to give reason as to why it’s nothing special and everything was down to Wales being rubbish.
Same bloke who tried claiming at the World Cup that England rugby fans were trouble makers after one incident in Marseille. Just comes across as very anglophobic without an objective opinion.
Comes across that if Wales were properly run they’d walk all over England every time.
Snidy passive aggressive post on X to last night.

He’s always been a cunt, must have something on Murdoch to have not been sacked after all these years.

 

[Tredman]

Not a great first half by the Lions. Particularly shit by van der merwe at the end, don’t think he has the handling ability to play this style of rugby.

 

[Jabbawolf]

That was such a rusty performance - at time they tried to be the Barbarians not the Lions, and got punished.

Particularly poor from Cowan-Dickie, Van der Merwe, and Marcus Smith is just a liability under the high ball.

 

[Tredman]

That was such a rusty performance - at time they tried to be the Barbarians not the Lions, and got punished.

Particularly poor from Cowan-Dickie, Van der Merwe, and Marcus Smith is just a liability under the high ball.

Harsh on Smith. Don’t think he made a mistake under the high ball and was pretty much the only creative force on the pitch. Picking 2 big lugs in the centres was a poor choice.

 

[jd1981]

lions really are overhyped
2001 lost
2005 lost
2009 lost
2013 won
2017 drew
2021 lost

 

[Tredman]

lions really are overhyped
2001 lost
2005 lost
2009 lost
2013 won
2017 drew
2021 lost

Not really sure you get the Lions.

 

[Jabbawolf]

Harsh on Smith. Don’t think he made a mistake under the high ball and was pretty much the only creative force on the pitch. Picking 2 big lugs in the centres was a poor choice.

Didn’t see any effective creativity from him at all. Chose to run from deep a few times, and got caught pretty much every time.

 

[jd1981]

Not really sure you get the Lions.

I do they’re just not very good as we’d like them to be