General Rugby Discussion II

sydthebeat

Bazzo wrote: »

What are you talking about? We got some vintage Beauxis at the weekend.

i was watching that on a in projector screen in the sandymouth hotel and i couldnt work out who kicked that ball..... i though it had to have been a forward.

cant believe it was a 10

prawnsambo

sydthebeat wrote: »

i was watching that on a in projector screen in the sandymouth hotel and i couldnt work out who kicked that ball..... i though it had to have been a forward.

cant believe it was a 10

To be fair to Beauxis, he got the ball directly from an England lineout throw. He had a bunch of befuddled English forwards in his face and literally just grabbed it and kicked it.

It's worth repeating that he got it directly from an English lineout throw.

pickarooney

sydthebeat wrote: »

i was watching that on a in projector screen in the sandymouth hotel and i couldnt work out who kicked that ball..... i though it had to have been a forward.

cant believe it was a 10

Who is miming kicking behind Beauxis? It's hilarious!

prawnsambo

pickarooney wrote: »

Who is miming kicking behind Beauxis? It's hilarious!

The number eight, Marco Tauleigne.

pickarooney

pickarooney wrote: »

Who is miming kicking behind Beauxis? It's hilarious!

Holy shít. This is definitely one of those gifs that get's better with each viewing.

The French are mad altogether. Great bunch of lads outside of the whole 2023 thing.

sydthebeat

Deleted User wrote: »

Holy shít. This is definitely one of those gifs that get's better with each viewing.

The French are mad altogether. Great bunch of lads outside of the whole 2023 thing.

and the scotland thing .....

sydthebeat

sydthebeat wrote: »

and the scotland thing .....

And all the Laporte fraud stuff. And the Lomu's. And breaking POC. And all the money in the top 14.

Yup, a great bunch of lads.

PTH2009

who_me wrote: »

Can't watch that video right now (at work), but is that the game where there was a potential try, and it all came down to the question asked?

If the ref asked "is it a try?" there was no clear view, no try, Ireland win the 6N. But IIRC he asked "any reason not to award it?", there was no clear view, try, France win.

Sickening. Back then I was starting to think I'd never see Ireland win another 6N (we were on a record smashing slam-less streak, and a record equalling championship-less streak). Now we have 3 in 5 years. #NotThatWeKeepCount

2009- We had the title wrapped up before we faced Wales and almost lost the GS

2014- France scored a try late in the game that was a forward pass and if they had scored that then England would of won the title

2015- well thats it own story and goes down in Infimany

we dont do things easy and cant see Saturday being any different. Hopefully im wrong and we hammer England

errlloyd

It seems mad that Ireland v England is the middle game and there is almost no time between this game and the next one. I presume TV cameras will flick away from the trophy presentation etc.

Surely from a TV rights POV and everything it makes sense to try and predict the game most likely to be the decider and put it last? (And surely that was this game)

Podge_irl

PTH2009 wrote: »

2009- We had the title wrapped up before we faced Wales and almost lost the GS

It wasn't technically won - Wales could have pipped us though would have needed a 15/16 point win or so.

PTH2009

errlloyd wrote: »

It seems mad that Ireland v England is the middle game and there is almost no time between this game and the next one. I presume TV cameras will flick away from the trophy presentation etc.

Surely from a TV rights POV and everything it makes sense to try and predict the game most likely to be the decider and put it last? (And surely that was this game)

i think the 6N fixtures are drawn 2 years in advance ???

I wonder will they put Wales vs France on 3e and have the trophy presentation/interviews etc on after the Ireland game ???

irishbucsfan

Podge_irl wrote: »

It wasn't technically won - Wales could have pipped us though would have needed a 15/16 point win or so.

They also could have won if they'd gotten a bonus point. It just would have been really really really really difficult for the to do that due to their non-invention.

.ak

pickarooney wrote: »

Who is miming kicking behind Beauxis? It's hilarious!

Haha only after seeing that!! 🤣

Yeah_Right

errlloyd wrote: »

It seems mad that Ireland v England is the middle game and there is almost no time between this game and the next one. I presume TV cameras will flick away from the trophy presentation etc.

Surely from a TV rights POV and everything it makes sense to try and predict the game most likely to be the decider and put it last? (And surely that was this game)

I'd say they didn't want give Irish fans a full day of pre-gaming especially as its Paddys Day 😆

Clegg

The Telegraph is reporting that Champions Cup matches will be shown live on free-to-air TV from next season. They say a deal is almost completed between Channel 4 and TV3 for both to broadcast at least 1 match during each of the pool stages.

PTH2009

does anyone have any pics of the area around the old Lansdowne road stadium compared to now ???

is the area totally unrecognizable today compared to 12-15 years ago ??

kuang1

Clegg wrote: »

The Telegraph is reporting that Champions Cup matches will be shown live on free-to-air TV from next season. They say a deal is almost completed between Channel 4 and TV3 for both to broadcast at least 1 match during each of the pool stages.

V interesting...never envisaged Channel 4 getting involved in rugby. Not terrible news!

prawnsambo

PTH2009 wrote: »

does anyone have any pics of the area around the old Lansdowne road stadium compared to now ???

is the area totally unrecognizable today compared to 12-15 years ago ??

Here's a shot looking back towards the Dart line from the turnstiles at the east end.



And looking from Gramd Canal Street:

Jack Kanoff

kuang1 wrote: »

V interesting...never envisaged Channel 4 getting involved in rugby. Not terrible news!

Agreed....as long as it's not comparable to sky's red button coverage of CL games...very few Irish people want to watch Spartak Moscow v Club Brugge....same would go for Bath v Treviso....
Unless the terrestrial channel's get games that are appealing to their home audience it's going to make for poor viewing figures.

Buer

PTH2009 wrote: »

is the area totally unrecognizable today compared to 12-15 years ago ??

Not really. 12-15 years ago was peak Celtic Tiger. Many of the buildings that are there today were already built. Google and the Gasworks development etc. was already completed around then, for example. The Oval on Shelbourne Road followed in 2006.

The bulk of the buildings in the area though are much older and have been around since the 19th century so not a huge amount of change has ever occurred there. You'd need to move a little closer to the docks for an area that is completely unrecognisable from where it was 20 years ago.

Bath Avenue, Lansdowne Road, Havelock Square etc. are all near identical to what they have been for decades.

sydthebeat

Ah so excited for this huge game this weekend... Two powerhouses of rugby going head to head. Hugely talented players on show all over the park.... Bookies can't split them...

All I can say is c'mon highlanders!!

PTH2009

prawnsambo wrote: »

Here's a shot looking back towards the Dart line from the turnstiles at the east end.



And looking from Gramd Canal Street:

Was the podium that's on west stand side there in the LR days ?

Yeah_Right

sydthebeat wrote: »

Ah so excited for this huge game this weekend... Two powerhouses of rugby going head to head. Hugely talented players on show all over the park.... Bookies can't split them...

All I can say is c'mon highlanders!!

With that post I have forgiven you for saying that Smith and Barrett weren't the best halfback pairing in the world.

Wexfordboy89

Srry if this has been posted already but western force are playing in a comp this summer seems there goona be playing nrc nxt year taking the spot of perth spirit think the same guy owns both teams.here the link for anybody interested

https://www.google.ie/amp/amp.timeinc.net/rugbyworld/news/rebirth-axed-super-rugby-team-90093%3fsource=dam

prawnsambo

PTH2009 wrote: »

Was the podium that's on west stand side there in the LR days ?

Podium?

This is an aerial view of the old grounds, possibly that might help?

Podge_irl

PTH2009 wrote: »

Was the podium that's on west stand side there in the LR days ?

No, it was built during the new stadium construction.

BBDBB

kuang1 wrote: »

V interesting...never envisaged Channel 4 getting involved in rugby. Not terrible news!

Celebrity Champions Cup Rugby - hosted by Rylan Clark-Neal, Sandi Toksvig and pitch side analysis by Emma Willis

P_1

Potentially an upset happening in Belgium. Belgium are 15-0 up against Spain and look like spoiling Spain's dream of qualifying for the World cup

The Lost Sheep

P_1 wrote: »

Potentially an upset happening in Belgium. Belgium are 15-0 up against Spain and look like spoiling Spain's dream of qualifying for the World cup

18-10 Belgium won

Romania qualify as Europe 1.

coco0981

The Romanian referee had to be escorted off the pitch at the end