General rugby thread

[The Mad Monk]

Kermit power said:

The Mad Monk said:

desolate said:

The Mad Monk said:

Who has a plastic pitch?

Saracens

Anyone else?

Worcester, Newcastle, 47 other clubs in the lower divisions, numerous schools... They're vile things which quite frequently crop up as a problem. Dylan Hartley has blamed the Sarries one for the severity of his knee injury...

You are right and I am wrong. I had an understanding that Newcastle had a hybrid (similar to Twickenham) pitch, but it seems it is fully artificial.

Isn't the burns thing on artificial pitches a hangover from the Mk1 artificial pitches? Nowadays you don't get burns from the Mk111 pitches? Or am I wrong again?

[RDM]

Regarding synthetic pitches. It also appears that the issues with them affect the away team far more than the home team for some strange reason.

ETA and after further reading it appears that how bad the pitch is is dependant on what the score was.

Edited by RDM on Friday 13th September 08:39

[Kermit power]

The Mad Monk said:

You are right and I am wrong. I had an understanding that Newcastle had a hybrid (similar to Twickenham) pitch, but it seems it is fully artificial.

Isn't the burns thing on artificial pitches a hangover from the Mk1 artificial pitches? Nowadays you don't get burns from the Mk111 pitches? Or am I wrong again?

Alex Mitchell (Northampton Saints) and the burns he got off the Sarries pitch last season.... I'm assuming that the Sarries pitch is the latest and "greatest"?

[irocfan]

Gareth Thomas has HiV

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-49675303

[magooagain]

Bugger!

[Welshbeef]

irocfan said:

Gareth Thomas has HiV

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-49675303

Oh no - hope this can be managed and it never progressed.

[phil_cardiff]

Not the death sentence it once was thankfully.

[anonymous-user]

phil_cardiff said:

Not the death sentence it once was thankfully.

Hasn’t he had it for a bit? He’s doing pretty well with it so far anyway.

[snake_oil]

It seems like he has had it for a while. I think it can be managed indefinitely now, and that's part of the reason he's come forward with it, to break the taboo and inform.

[Welshbeef]

Who was the vile person that was going to put him ?

[phil_cardiff]

Welshbeef said:

Who was the vile person that was going to put him ?

The press. Not sure which rag.

[Welshbeef]

phil_cardiff said:

Welshbeef said:

Who was the vile person that was going to put him ?

The press. Not sure which rag.

Pigs.
Hopefully whichever rag it is is boycotted by people of Wales (just like the Sun is in Liverpool)

[JonChalk]

Welshbeef said:

phil_cardiff said:

Welshbeef said:

Who was the vile person that was going to put him ?

The press. Not sure which rag.

Pigs.
Hopefully whichever rag it is is boycotted by people of Wales (just like the Sun is in Liverpool)

BBC says a “tabloid”, not many of those; depends on your view of Express/Mail. ?

[Welshbeef]

JonChalk said:

BBC says a “tabloid”, not many of those; depends on your view of Express/Mail. ?

Poor guy he has had to face a huge amount issues in his life & to any Rugby fan he is a living legend.

He has helped other sports people come out a great person.

Shame on the press

[phil_cardiff]

JonChalk said:

Welshbeef said:

phil_cardiff said:

Welshbeef said:

Who was the vile person that was going to put him ?

The press. Not sure which rag.

Pigs.
Hopefully whichever rag it is is boycotted by people of Wales (just like the Sun is in Liverpool)

BBC says a “tabloid”, not many of those; depends on your view of Express/Mail. ?

I wouldn't put it past the local rag (Western Mail), an awful paper.

[zetec]

phil_cardiff said:

I wouldn't put it past the local rag (Western Mail), an awful paper.

Who is the Western Mail operated by? If it’s Trinity Mirror or Reach as they now call themselves then they are scum of the highest order. Hounding people on, grabbing screenshots and pictures from social media, then publishing them. Journalism at its worst.

[Welshbeef]

zetec said:

Who is the Western Mail operated by? If it’s Trinity Mirror or Reach as they now call themselves then they are scum of the highest order. Hounding people on, grabbing screenshots and pictures from social media, then publishing them. Journalism at its worst.

Boycott - hit them where it hurts.

[JonChalk]

Saw a full page front page on the Daily Mirror at friends mums place. Don’t know if they started it, but certainly leading on it. May be a Welsh version only?

[Welshbeef]

So it appears it’s not the press at all but two individuals who were blackmailing him so he cut the chase and went to the Western Mail.

Wonder if he went to the police about them

[olimain]

Rob Howley sent home over alleged betting breach

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/49733089