Rugby Thread

[SteveW86]

Another win for the Boks over England. Properly physical match that.

It was a good game!

 

[spongebob59]

SA deserved winners but I still don't know how the Martin neck roll was given

 

[IanM]

Just sent my mate back his message, hailing England's 5 point defeat to the Aussies, as a disaster!

 

[Captainron]

Wales will do well to keep the margin under 30 here I think. They’re 20/1 in a two horse race which is unbelievable really.

 

[D-S]

Interesting to see a female referee in the Ireland Fiji game, to the untrained eye it was refreshing and she seemed very good but experts may well disagree.

 

[upsidedown]

Interesting to see a female referee in the Ireland Fiji game, to the untrained eye it was refreshing and she seemed very good but experts may well disagree.

She's been doing it for a while, very well too

 

[Arthur Wedge]

Interesting to see a female referee in the Ireland Fiji game, to the untrained eye it was refreshing and she seemed very good but experts may well disagree.

She has done a few tests now - it was one of the easier tests to do but as with most rugby matches the players treat the ref with respect regardless

 

[BrianM]

Great result for Scotland, played superb today

 

[upsidedown]

Cracking performance with some awesome defending,

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Australia beat England - Australia world class. Scotland beat Australia - Australia ordinary.

Only kiddin'...though sometimes... (nb...what do you expect from a Scot...)

Great result - great tries and great defensive work.

 

[Bunkermagnet]

Australia beat England - Australia world class. Scotland beat Australia - Australia ordinary.

Only kiddin'...though sometimes... (nb...what do you expect from a Scot...)

Great result - great tries and great defensive work.

But they were..... but as you said, what more do you expect from a Scot?

 

[Captainron]

Scotland are a very dangerous team. Inconsistently awesome. They just need some small tweaks/ improvements to their basic phase play. This will allow their fabulous backline a better platform to play off.

I think having a new coach might genuinely help. A new voice in charge could be the he tonic. Gregor has been there since 2017. Might be time to move him up to DOR and install a new coach. Stay away from Johan Van Graan or Franco Smith though please

 

[Val]

Interesting to see a female referee in the Ireland Fiji game, to the untrained eye it was refreshing and she seemed very good but experts may well disagree.

She’s been on the pro circuit a while, decent referee and did the last ladies RWC final

 

[Val]

Scotland are a very dangerous team. Inconsistently awesome. They just need some small tweaks/ improvements to their basic phase play. This will allow their fabulous backline a better platform to play off.

I think having a new coach might genuinely help. A new voice in charge could be the he tonic. Gregor has been there since 2017. Might be time to move him up to DOR and install a new coach. Stay away from Johan Van Graan or Franco Smith though please

Franco will be the next head coach IMO. Both he and Gregor have contracts with the SRU finishing at similar times. Coincidence?

 

[Arthur Wedge]

Tom Voyce: England rugby star feared dead in Storm Darragh flood

Northumbria Police says a search is continuing where Tom Voyce's car was found near Alnwick.

www.bbc.co.uk

Really sad news

 

[Arthur Wedge]

Bristol giving Leicester a proper thumping at their place

A point a minute first half

Randall again showing why he should be starting at 9 for England

 

[Captainron]

Toulouse are just unreal. Making Leicester look like absolute chumps here. Amazing rugby

 

[spongebob59]

BREAKING: RugbyPass are reporting that TNT are officially set to land the Six Nations rights for next year, taking it from BBC & ITV.

The Rugby Paper also reported similar yesterday that this could be the last year on free-to-air TV.

Travesty. That’s going to dramatically effect viewing numbers and the popularity of the tournament.

An alternative needs to be figured out, the Six Nations MUST be on FTA TV.

 

[Arthur Wedge]

BREAKING: RugbyPass are reporting that TNT are officially set to land the Six Nations rights for next year, taking it from BBC & ITV.

The Rugby Paper also reported similar yesterday that this could be the last year on free-to-air TV.

Travesty. That’s going to dramatically effect viewing numbers and the popularity of the tournament.

An alternative needs to be figured out, the Six Nations MUST be on FTA TV.

That’s what’s happens when the sport lobbys to get the category downgraded to B

That allows them to get the money in from the subscribers

TNT are very good with the Premiership

But losing the 6 Nations won’t help the sport

 

[PhilTheFragger]

Off to Dublin to see the Ireland V England 6 Nations match on Saturday.

Hopefully England can catch Ireland on an off day, but not expecting a walkover by either team.

Hopefully a tight game with some flowing rugby and England nudging it at the last

Eternal optimist