The 2016/7 Rugby Union Thread

[GB72]

Can see a new England captain for the six nations. George is a better hooker anyway

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Glasgow playing some great stuff again, fabulous rugby.

 

[GB72]

Have to agree. Whilst we need Racing to win to give us any chance, Glasgow are playing very well and if it cannot be us then I would love to see them do well.

 

[GB72]

Not sure how you missed out on a bonus point. Hope that doesn't come back to bite you especially as Racing will probably put a B team out now and Munster could score a truck load

 

[Val]

Not sure how you missed out on a bonus point. Hope that doesn't come back to bite you especially as Racing will probably put a B team out now and Munster could score a truck load

Amazing that we take 8 from Racing and feel disappointed. Proud warrior tonight, regardless. Hopefully Leicester do us a favour tomorrow.

 

[GB72]

Favour done, all in your own hands now

 

[Val]

Favour done, all in your own hands now

I heard it wasn't a pretty game? Didn't see it at all.

 

[GB72]

Was there. Ugly but went expecting a stuffing again so relatively happy.

 

[Val]

So with the champions cup all but done talking points this weekend

Glasgow doing the double over Racing (last seasons finalists)
Scarlets taking down Toulon
A crazy howler by the ref to allow Connacht to sneak the win against Wasps.
Northampton potentially in hot water for fielding a weekend team.

Fun weekend all round I suppose :rofl:

 

[Deleted member 15344]

So with the champions cup all but done talking points this weekend

Glasgow doing the double over Racing (last seasons finalists)
Scarlets taking down Toulon
A crazy howler by the ref to allow Connacht to sneak the win against Wasps.
Northampton potentially in hot water for fielding a weekend team.

Fun weekend all round I suppose :rofl:

Glasgow were very impressive - one hell of a display from Russell and Hogg again

 

[GB72]

Cannot see how Northampton can be in trouble. Squads are declared before the competition starts so how can you then complain when a pretty disclosed squad is used.

 

[Val]

Cannot see how Northampton can be in trouble. Squads are declared before the competition starts so how can you then complain when a pretty disclosed squad is used.

I don't disagree, squad game as we've been told by many man coaches over the years. I doubt anything would have been said had the score being closer

 

[Lord Tyrion]

France have announced they will no longer select people who are looking to qualify through the residency route. They may pick existing players who qualify but not going forwards. No more artificial players. Well done them, I wish England would follow suit.

 

[Val]

Now that fixtures are confirmed I'm heading down to the Glasgow v Tigers European cup game in Jan. Hopefully still very significant from a Glasgow perspective.

 

[GB72]

May see you there.

 

[Val]

May see you there.

Be good to catch up for a beer. We are staying at the Holiday Inn express at the King Power and tickets are in the H and B stand (north?) upper tier.

 

[fundy]

watched 2 games of rugby the last couple of games and both have been all but ruined by red cards due to the new high tackles laws.

Barringtons today is ridiculous. Parling who is over 6 and a half foot is at about 4 foot and on the way down when Barrington makes control. Tackle is not out of control or malicious but according to those who make the laws thats now a straight red card (btw i think Barratt commits more of a foul than Barrington does and expected him to be carded)

Gonna be a lot of games spoilt by every contact area being overly reviewed and anything marginally high leading to a red card, diminishing the spectacle

Might as well give each player a yellow flag to tuck in his shorts and call grabbing that a tackle

 

[Deleted member 15344]

I think they got it the wrong way around - Barritt should have had the red card - high and dangerous and then Barrington yellow - BUT - he did go in with he shoulder first and arms down which can be deemed out of control. It's certainly going to cause some issues though as it settles down.

They are doing it for the right reasons to try and take care of the players but got to be careful not to get the bubble wrap out.

 

[USER1999]

Good win for Munster.

 

[Blue in Munich]

watched 2 games of rugby the last couple of games and both have been all but ruined by red cards due to the new high tackles laws.

Barringtons today is ridiculous. Parling who is over 6 and a half foot is at about 4 foot and on the way down when Barrington makes control. Tackle is not out of control or malicious but according to those who make the laws thats now a straight red card (btw i think Barratt commits more of a foul than Barrington does and expected him to be carded)

Gonna be a lot of games spoilt by every contact area being overly reviewed and anything marginally high leading to a red card, diminishing the spectacle

Might as well give each player a yellow flag to tuck in his shorts and call grabbing that a tackle

I think they got it the wrong way around - Barritt should have had the red card - high and dangerous and then Barrington yellow - BUT - he did go in with he shoulder first and arms down which can be deemed out of control. It's certainly going to cause some issues though as it settles down.

They are doing it for the right reasons to try and take care of the players but got to be careful not to get the bubble wrap out.

If it qualifies as a foul then I'd agree with the bits I bolded, but I'd question if Barrington was actually high as opposed to Parling being low? Undoubtedly caught by Barritt first and that caused the problem for Barrington as he had no time to react to the change in Parling's movement.