General Rugby Discussion II

razorblunt

Deleted User wrote: »

That's very disappointing, the man could single handedly make **** of entire packs of forwards by himself. Terrific player. Feels like we've lost two world great test back rows this week.

On the other hand a hape of trees are about to get planted.

Did he every come out and make any statements about Folau?
He was quite vocal during the Potgieter incident and also his marriage pledge, so I found his silence quite jarring.

thomond2006

razorblunt wrote: »

Did he every come out and make any statements about Folau?
He was quite vocal during the Potgieter incident and also his marriage pledge, so I found his silence quite jarring.

It's not in his best interests to get involved and people would be well aware of his stance anyway.

sydthebeat

razorblunt wrote: »

Did he every come out and make any statements about Folau?
He was quite vocal during the Potgieter incident and also his marriage pledge, so I found his silence quite jarring.

i think it absolutely prudent to stay quite on that issue !!!

RugbyLover123

troyzer wrote: »

Pocock retiring from test rugby after the world cup. He's struggling with a calf injury and isn't expected to appear for the Brumbies again.

That’s very disappointing. Probably my favourite rugby player of all time. Was unplayable in a lot of games. A joy to watch. It’s a pity he’s off to Japan and not Europe so we’d see a bit more of him.

Erik Shun

Just because it made me chuckle

Yeah_Right

Rumours that Nonu is going to return to Toulon next season as cover for Basteraud who is off to Major League Rugby for a season. Thats a big coup for MLR.

sydthebeat

Yeah_Right wrote: »

Rumours that Nonu is going to return to Toulon next season as cover for Basteraud who is off to Major League Rugby for a season. Thats a big coup for MLR.

i dont think hes going to make the RWC squad, which was probably the reason he returned to the blues.

Shefwedfan

sydthebeat wrote: »

i dont think hes going to make the RWC squad, which was probably the reason he returned to the blues.

According to NZ fans that is exactly what his plan was, he wanted to try and get back into the squad. He has done fairly well according to reports but will not make the NZ WC squad


In that case he will be back for a big payday before retirement

Clegg

Here's the England side to face the Barbarians. There was a bit of chatted about Cipriani being involved. But again he's nowhere near the team.

15.Simon Hammersley (Newcastle Falcons)
14 Piers O’Conor (Bristol Bears)
13 Joe Marchant (Harlequins)
12 Johnny Williams (Newcastle Falcons)
11 Josh Bassett (Wasps)
10 Marcus Smith (Harlequins)
9 Alex Mitchell (Northampton Saints)

1 Ross Harrison (Sale Sharks)
2 Tom Dunn (Bath Rugby)
3 Ehren Painter (Northampton Saints)
4 Elliott Stooke (Bath Rugby)
5 Josh Beaumont (Sale Sharks) captain
6 Alex Dombrandt (Harlequins)
7 Ben Curry (Sale Sharks)
8 Teimana Harrison (Northampton Saints, 5 caps)

Finishers
16 Tommy Taylor (Wasps, 1 cap)
17 Beno Obano (Bath Rugby)
18 Paul Hill (Northampton Saints, 5 caps)
19 Will Spencer (Leicester Tigers)
20 Tom Ellis (Bath Rugby)
21 Ben White (Leicester Tigers)
22 Callum Sheedy (Bristol Bears)
23 Ben Loader (London Irish)

Squidgy Black

Clegg wrote: »

Here's the England side to face the Barbarians. There was a bit of chatted about Cipriani being involved. But again he's nowhere near the team.

15.Simon Hammersley (Newcastle Falcons)
14 Piers O’Conor (Bristol Bears)
13 Joe Marchant (Harlequins)
12 Johnny Williams (Newcastle Falcons)
11 Josh Bassett (Wasps)
10 Marcus Smith (Harlequins)
9 Alex Mitchell (Northampton Saints)

1 Ross Harrison (Sale Sharks)
2 Tom Dunn (Bath Rugby)
3 Ehren Painter (Northampton Saints)
4 Elliott Stooke (Bath Rugby)
5 Josh Beaumont (Sale Sharks) captain
6 Alex Dombrandt (Harlequins)
7 Ben Curry (Sale Sharks)
8 Teimana Harrison (Northampton Saints, 5 caps)

Finishers
16 Tommy Taylor (Wasps, 1 cap)
17 Beno Obano (Bath Rugby)
18 Paul Hill (Northampton Saints, 5 caps)
19 Will Spencer (Leicester Tigers)
20 Tom Ellis (Bath Rugby)
21 Ben White (Leicester Tigers)
22 Callum Sheedy (Bristol Bears)
23 Ben Loader (London Irish)

Chris Ashton was on The Rugby Pod and himself and Andy Goode discussed it, they reckon there's still a chance he could get called up into the training squad for the RWC considering the squad for the babas game is extremely young and more a chance for Eddie to see how the younger lads get on.

Exclamation Marc

Clegg wrote: »

Here's the England side to face the Barbarians. There was a bit of chatted about Cipriani being involved. But again he's nowhere near the team.

15.Simon Hammersley (Newcastle Falcons)
14 Piers O’Conor (Bristol Bears)
13 Joe Marchant (Harlequins)
12 Johnny Williams (Newcastle Falcons)
11 Josh Bassett (Wasps)
10 Marcus Smith (Harlequins)
9 Alex Mitchell (Northampton Saints)

1 Ross Harrison (Sale Sharks)
2 Tom Dunn (Bath Rugby)
3 Ehren Painter (Northampton Saints)
4 Elliott Stooke (Bath Rugby)
5 Josh Beaumont (Sale Sharks) captain
6 Alex Dombrandt (Harlequins)
7 Ben Curry (Sale Sharks)
8 Teimana Harrison (Northampton Saints, 5 caps)

Finishers
16 Tommy Taylor (Wasps, 1 cap)
17 Beno Obano (Bath Rugby)
18 Paul Hill (Northampton Saints, 5 caps)
19 Will Spencer (Leicester Tigers)
20 Tom Ellis (Bath Rugby)
21 Ben White (Leicester Tigers)
22 Callum Sheedy (Bristol Bears)
23 Ben Loader (London Irish)

Pat Lam (coaching the Babas) said that the RFU refused the request to call him up for the Barbarians team (in addition to not making this England team) and Lam is of the opinion he's in the world cup squad (or at least training squad) similar to other players who were refused.

Clegg

Adeolokun starts for the Barbarians.

15. Charles Piutau
14. Niyi Adeolokun
13. Malakai Fekitoa
12. Mark Atkinson
11. Taqele Naiyaravoro
10. Colin Slade
9. Rhys Webb

1. Joe Marler
2. Richard Hibbard
3. John Afoa
4. James Horwill (c)
5. Chris Vui
6. Steven Luatua
7. Francois Louw
8. Viliame Mata

Replacements

16. David Heffernan
17. Pierre Schoeman
18. Finlay Bealham
19. Facundo Isa
20. Liam Messam
21. Rhodri Williams
22. Brock James
23. Filipo Nakosi

Former Former

You would expect that Barbarians team to annihilate that England team.

Could this be Brock James' last ever game?

Former Former

Former Former wrote: »

You would expect that Barbarians team to annihilate that England team.

Very nice looking team from the Barbarians alright, here's hoping

Squidgy Black

Marcus Smith should run riot against the babas though considering they're generally all over the shop defensively, should be an exciting game.

sydthebeat

im absolutely all over baa baas -8

aloooof

sydthebeat wrote: »

im absolutely all over baa baas -8

Moved to -10 now. I'm considering Piutau @11/1 for first try scorer.

stephen_n

That BaBa’s back row Jesus

connemara man

All posts related to that Indo article and the two incidents moved to the Leinster thread

Squidgy Black

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/international/113194259/youll-go-to-hell-israel-folaus-wallabies-career-ended-amid-dads-intervention-says-report

Reports in the Aussie media that Folau was compromising with the ARU on taking his social media posts down until his father intervened.

Not sure how true that is considering the initial reports were that the ARU could not get in contact with him in the days following the posts.

salmocab

Squidgy Black wrote: »

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/international/113194259/youll-go-to-hell-israel-folaus-wallabies-career-ended-amid-dads-intervention-says-report

Reports in the Aussie media that Folau was compromising with the ARU on taking his social media posts down until his father intervened.

Not sure how true that is considering the initial reports were that the ARU could not get in contact with him in the days following the posts.

Maybe it was his father above?

Squidgy Black

salmocab wrote: »

Maybe it was his father above?

His da's a Christian pastor so in some way he does think he's above everyone who sins

thomond2006

https://www.glasgowwarriors.org/about-us/a-new-era

New logo for Glasgow. Looks gammy.

Squidgy Black

thomond2006 wrote: »

https://www.glasgowwarriors.org/about-us/a-new-era

New logo for Glasgow. Looks gammy.

Very 'MLR' styled.

sydthebeat

its as bad as the previous one....

i still dont understand why the word 'warriors' gets precedence over the word 'glasgow'?

stephen_n

sydthebeat wrote: »

its as bad as the previous one....

i still dont understand why the word 'warriors' gets precedence over the word 'glasgow'?

Part of the club's identity since the dawn of professionalism in 1996, the eponymous Warrior remains the centrepiece of the new badge, which has been refreshed to give an updated and modern feel.

Because some creative thought it sounded good in his spiel for selling the design.

razorblunt

sydthebeat wrote: »

its as bad as the previous one....

i still dont understand why the word 'warriors' gets precedence over the word 'glasgow'?

Ties in with the Warrior Nation stuff they have going on?

sydthebeat

razorblunt wrote: »

Ties in with the Warrior Nation stuff they have going on?

nah, the word warriors had precedence on the old logo too, long before the "warrior nation" fan club started.

their first logo was the GRUD cross with "glasgow" under... which morphed into Glasgow Rugby, but still the word glasgow was biggest...

i just dont understand why they have given prominence to the word warriors over glasgow.... its like what youd expect from an american football franchise.

stephen_n

sydthebeat wrote: »

nah, the word warriors had precedence on the old logo too, long before the "warrior nation" fan club started.

their first logo was the GRUD cross with "glasgow" under... which morphed into Glasgow Rugby, but still the word glasgow was biggest...

i just dont understand why they have given prominence to the word warriors over glasgow.... its like what youd expect from an american football franchise.

In all seriousness it’s probably an attempt to not solely tie the team to Glasgow. So it can appeal to others in the surrounding areas.

Squidgy Black

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-union/folau-takes-fight-against-rugby-australia-to-fair-work-commission-20190606-p51v53.html

Folau filed with the Fair Work Commission against the ARU for unlawful dismissal.