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General Rugby Discussion II

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    #1232
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,454 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Folau up to his gay-bashing bull**** again?


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    #1233
    MJohnston
    Registered Users Posts: 10,653 ✭✭✭✭MJohnston


    pickarooney wrote: »
    Folau up to his gay-bashing bull**** again?

    Aye, on Instagram. Said they're all going to HELL (emphasis his). He should talk to the Pope about that one.


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    #1234
    errlloyd
    Registered Users Posts: 12,611 ✭✭✭✭errlloyd


    Yeah_Right wrote: »
    Read one a couple of years ago that was quite interesting. It was a history of the sport going back to the 1800s (even earlier I think) and how it was spread to different parts of the world. I think it was called The Oval World. I'll have to dig it out of some boxes to confirm the title.

    I saw a book with that description and name on amazon. Sweet. I might buy it so. Thanks for the recommendation.


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    #1235
    Sangre
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    MJohnston wrote: »
    Aye, on Instagram. Said they're all going to HELL (emphasis his). He should talk to the Pope about that one.

    Happy to use religion to denigrate an entire group but also says he is happy to play on a Sunday as its as an 'expression of his faith'. :rolleyes:


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    #1236
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,454 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    His Twitter feed is just constant bible quotes and repetitions of 'God is great'.

    He doesn't seem to be all there, to be honest.


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    #1237
    molloyjh
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    bilston wrote: »
    I may have said it once or twice(!) But yes a B&I league would be bloody brilliant! Big TV deals, big crowds, big sponsorship, it would grab a lot of attention from non rugny folk...that said Ulster would be in the 2nd tier right now, so let's hold off for 2 or 3 years!.

    But the TV money outside of England is proportionally less than it is in England, no? So it would be financially less beneficial for them to go down that route, i.e. a bit more money to be spread out over a lot more teams. And would that also mean an end to the Champions Cup? Where would it fit in the calendar? Would the B&I league make more per club than the AP and CC comps combined?


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    #1238
    Burkie1203
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    New sponsor for premiership

    https://twitter.com/MartinPengelly/status/981495754693992448?s=19


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    #1239
    sydthebeat
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    No outcome yet on the spain, belgium, russia, tahaiti, etc etc controversy ???


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    #1240
    ScrubsfanChris
    Registered Users Posts: 8,599 ✭✭✭ScrubsfanChris


    Burkie1203 wrote: »
    New sponsor for premiership

    https://twitter.com/MartinPengelly/status/981495754693992448?s=19
    The Arthur J Gallagher & Co Premiership is quite a mouthful :pac:


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    #1241
    bilston
    Registered Users Posts: 17,802 ✭✭✭✭bilston


    molloyjh wrote: »
    But the TV money outside of England is proportionally less than it is in England, no? So it would be financially less beneficial for them to go down that route, i.e. a bit more money to be spread out over a lot more teams. And would that also mean an end to the Champions Cup? Where would it fit in the calendar? Would the B&I league make more per club than the AP and CC comps combined?

    Why would it mean an end to the Champions Cup?


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    #1242
    The Lost Sheep
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    sydthebeat wrote: »
    No outcome yet on the spain, belgium, russia, tahaiti, etc etc controversy ???
    Wont be for a while.
    bilston wrote: »
    Why would it mean an end to the Champions Cup?
    If we went from teams qualifying from 3 leagues to just 2 for europe then yeah it possibly would lead to end of champions cup due to overkill of teams playing same sides over and over


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    #1243
    irishbucsfan
    Registered Users Posts: 37,978 ✭✭✭✭irishbucsfan


    A few people here haven’t read the article :D


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    #1244
    Jack Kanoff
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    sydthebeat wrote: »
    No outcome yet on the spain, belgium, russia, tahaiti, etc etc controversy ???

    They're all accusing each other of playing illegible players in the competition..could end up with the major parties being expelled worst case scenario.


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    #1245
    sydthebeat
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    Jack Kanoff wrote: »
    They're all accusing each other of playing illegible players in the competition..could end up with the major parties being expelled worst case scenario.

    Tahiti are already expelled, so the bar is set.

    Rugby Europe come out of this looking very very amateurish.


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    #1246
    prawnsambo
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    Jack Kanoff wrote: »
    They're all accusing each other of playing illegible players in the competition..could end up with the major parties being expelled worst case scenario.
    I know some of their names are hard to pronounce, but I didn't think it was something they could be expelled from the competition for. :p


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    #1247
    Former Former
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    Jack Kanoff wrote: »
    They're all accusing each other of playing illegible players in the competition..could end up with the major parties being expelled worst case scenario.

    In fairness, some of the foreign lads have funny names alright but expulsion seems a bit much.

    Edit: beaten to it, and that was going to be the highlight of my day.


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    #1248
    Jack Kanoff
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,119 ✭✭✭Jack Kanoff


    Brilliant! And I'm not going to edit it...I'm blaming the need for speed-typing after a half a bottle of green jalapeño sauce in Boojum yesterday


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    #1249
    thomond2006
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    Ben Betts has signed for Ealing Trailfinders.


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    #1250
    [Deleted User]
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    prawnsambo wrote: »
    I know some of their names are hard to pronounce, but I didn't think it was something they could be expelled from the competition for. :p
    Former Former wrote: »
    In fairness, some of the foreign lads have funny names alright but expulsion seems a bit much.

    tumblr_lmputme3co1qa6q7k_large.png


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    #1251
    Dog Botherer
    Registered Users Posts: 1,641 ✭✭✭Dog Botherer


    thomond2006 wrote: »
    Ben Betts has signed for Ealing Trailfinders.

    Thought he was off to Leicester, no?


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    #1252
    the perfect ten
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    I thought he went to Leicester a couple of seasons ago?


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    #1253
    Bazzo
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    the perfect ten wrote: »
    I thought he went to Leicester a couple of seasons ago?

    First I'm hearing of it


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    #1254
    the perfect ten
    Registered Users Posts: 311 ✭✭the perfect ten


    https://www.leicestertigers.com/news/betts-joins-trailfinders-for-new-season


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    #1255
    Buer
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    the perfect ten wrote: »
    https://www.leicestertigers.com/news/betts-joins-trailfinders-for-new-season
    Pretty sure that's a misprint. We'd have heard about that.


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    #1256
    the perfect ten
    Registered Users Posts: 311 ✭✭the perfect ten


    Also on the Ealing website:-

    http://ealingtrailfinders1stxv.com/news/ben-betts-to-join-ealing-trailfinders-from


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    #1257
    prawnsambo
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    Deleted User wrote: »
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    The only conflict there is in your head. Great minds don't stoop to that level. :P


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    #1258
    connemara man
    Registered Users Posts: 6,773 ✭✭✭connemara man


    https://twitter.com/Murray_Kinsella/status/981919897902112769?s=19


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    #1259
    irishbucsfan
    Registered Users Posts: 37,978 ✭✭✭✭irishbucsfan


    Interesting that they explicitly stated that they felt a replay would be the best course of action


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    #1260
    The Black Stags
    Registered Users Posts: 177 ✭✭The Black Stags


    Can I post this here:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLVXW0RmBmI

    'Tis about the 2nd division international scene in Europe, interview with an Irish coach who I think was working in Germany at the moment. Covers a bit of the controversy at the end of it too.


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    #1261
    prawnsambo
    Registered Users Posts: 13,375 ✭✭✭✭prawnsambo


    The Black Stags wrote: »
    Can I post this here:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLVXW0RmBmI


    'Tis about the 2nd division international scene in Europe, interview with an Irish coach who I think was working in Germany at the moment. Covers a bit of the controversy at the end of it too.
    FYP


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