The Rugby Thread

[Dinowolf]

What kind of tackle is this ref. Gauzere?

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Never trust a still for crying out loud.

 

[Dinowolf]

Never trust a still for crying out loud.

If you watched the match you must have seen this airborne tackle around his head.

It was diabolical, but he got away with it because of the poor standard of refereeing.

That's my point. I hope he isn't reffing in the WC

 

[Johnny75]

Never trust a still for crying out loud.

It was a shocking tackle and nothing was done by that shithouse ref. He was appalling.

 

[Dinowolf]

Following Wales 'try' against England, World Rugby have amended the rules to stop it happening again.

https://www.skysports.com/rugby-uni...gainst-england-sparks-world-rugby-rule-change

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

It was a try. Now the rules change. Fair enough.

 

[Donegal Wolf]

England tearing us a new one here. England very good,

Looks as per usual we have timed our World Cup preparation as per all the previous ones. Peaking 12 months fucking early.

 

[Dinowolf]

Good result for Ireland at Wales.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Just goes to show how silly the rankings are at the moment. Excellent result for Ireland. A lot of our experiments didn't really push for squad inclusion, apart from Rhys Patchell who looked okay. Just waiting for Gatland's final 31 in an hour.

 

[Dinowolf]

Current World rankings

1. Ireland (89.47 points)

2. New Zealand (89.40)

3. England (88.13)

4. South Africa (87.34)

5. Wales (87.32)

6. Australia (84.05)

7. Scotland (81.00)

8. France (79.72)

 

[Tredman]

Not a good start

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Idiotic action. The betting rules are well known.

It does give Stephen Jones the opportunity to integrate into the coaching team before Gatland leaves and Piyac (sp?) joins after the world cup.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Separate thread for the World Cup or leave it all in here?

 

[Tredman]

Separate for me I think (though we didn't bother for cricket WC IIRC?)

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

I think it is worthy of a separate thread. Pretty massive event.

 

[Dublin Drummer Wolf]

My best mate has just landed in Japan, he got lucky in the ticket lottery and managed to get tickets for all Ireland's group games, so he did a couple of weeks around Asia, ending up in Japan for the WC.

He's just found out that the weather is to be a downpour on Sunday for the Scotland game, with a risk of it even being called off. What a pisser.

 

[BillyDee]

RugbyX anyone? 5v5 rugby on a half pitch.
https://www.rugbyx.com/?gclid=Cj0KC...wBFTTvyn5EBcidtr8gQ8tzy2NIOUSM2UaAisZEALw_wcB
No..?

 

[BillyDee]

Sarries docked 35 points and fined for salary cap breach. Oof...

 

[Nando]

Ouch. Not overly surprising when you look at the players on their books.

 

[Johnny75]

They were warned about it too.