Official Rugby Thread

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Eeek.

 

[StephenZA]

Leicester Tigers move for Damian McKenzie and a flanker show signs of gathering pace | The Rugby Paper

!!!

That would be shocking about McKenzie, because there is no doubt he is in the long term plans of the All Blacks.
And if that did happen to somebody so young and talented in NZ watch the NZ papers have a hissy fit....

Arno Botha (who is a highly talented player) is probably lost to SA one way or another.

 

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Fantastic first half from the Brumbies.

 

[ripper868]

Not so good second half..

 

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Bit of a blowout in the end - impressive from the Canes, although the Brumbies certainly faded.

 

[ripper868]

Heh. Blowout. Hurricanes.

 

[Howe_zat]

heh

 

[hendrix]

Liam Messam is the worst good player in rugby

 

[ripper868]

Does TJ Perenara yell at referees more than he talks to his own team? I know it's a half backs job to keep the chat up but he dead set needs a dose of Nigel Owens. Aaron Smith as well. Shut the **** up and let the ref, ref.

 

[hendrix]

Does TJ Perenara yell at referees more than he talks to his own team? I know it's a half backs job to keep the chat up but he dead set needs a dose of Nigel Owens. Aaron Smith as well. Shut the **** up and let the ref, ref.

TJ Perenara is not very intelligent.

Aaron Smith is just a completely ruthless competitor who would steal an old lady's purse if he thought it'd increase his team's chances of winning.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

The Lions (Joburg team) have really improved dramatically in the last few years and Scott Robertson had done wonders with the Crusaders. Good luck to both teams

 

[Howe_zat]

https://twitter.com/PRO14Official/status/892305570715324416

They have clearly worked very hard on this and come up with a very professional looking system. It's just that the Bloefontein team playing away games in Newport will never not be silly.

 

[StephenZA]

https://twitter.com/PRO14Official/status/892305570715324416

They have clearly worked very hard on this and come up with a very professional looking system. It's just that the Bloefontein team playing away games in Newport will never not be silly.

I truly hope this works... And if it does it could actually be a threat to the superugby system in the long run.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

https://twitter.com/PRO14Official/status/892305570715324416

They have clearly worked very hard on this and come up with a very professional looking system. It's just that the Bloefontein team playing away games in Newport will never not be silly.

is it more or less silly than a team of Bloemfontein-schooled players being based in Parma though?

 

[social]

So Hooper is the new Wallaby captain

Expected but even if you ignore the fact that he probably isnt the best 7 in Australia, his captaincy to date has been at best incredibly mediocre

 

[Howe_zat]

England Rugby @EnglandRugby

SQUAD UPDATE | Denny Solomona and Manu Tuilagi have been sent home today from England's training camp following team culture issues.

1) That's a poor choice of words isn't it
2) FFS

 

[ripper868]

Yeah surely a better choice of words would be:
"Solomona and Tuilagi have been sent home for being very naughty boys, early reports show Tuilagi may not be the Messiah after all"
or:
"Tuilagi and Solomona won't stop being ****s"
or:
"Tuilagi and Solomna have been removed from training camp for disciplinary reasons"

I think options 1 and 2 probably the most sensible.

In other news the Crusaders win again.

 

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Force gone. Not really surprising, but disappointing.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Force gone. Not really surprising, but disappointing.

Yeah, looks very much a money rather than a rugby decision. Which is what literally everyone with even a passing interest thought would happen.

 

[social]

Yeah, looks very much a money rather than a rugby decision. Which is what literally everyone with even a passing interest thought would happen.

Force have more backing than Rebels

Nonsense really but Super Rugby is a joke in itself and the sooner we are out of it, the better