General rugby thread

[Kermit power]

Wow!

How on earth is football more popular than this???

Well done Gloucester!

I shall be supporting Saints as the underdogs in the support match at Twickenham tomorrow, then hoping for a nice bonus point performance from Quins in the main event!

[tight5]

Falcons go top of the league !!!!

[DocJock]

Good match.

I'm looking forward to seeing the Leicester backline in action this afternoon...

[Kermit power]

DocJock said:

I'm looking forward to seeing the Leicester backline in action this afternoon...

Can't bear to wait until the Bath match tomorrow them?

[DocJock]

LOL, I even set my Sky+ last night to record it tomorrow!!

Getting old sucks, I tells ya!

[Kermit power]

Does anyone know why replacements don't have their names on the back of their shirts?

I can't imagine that they use a stock of interchangeable shirts for the replacements, so why not just make life easier for the spectators and put the name on there?

[Kermit power]

Cracking defending from 13 man Bath to hang on for the win there!

[iwantagta]

Amazing first weekend!
Bath fan so exceptionally pleased with our result. Thought we were going to lose it.
Odd refereeing the entire game - 1st half he gave Bath nothing, 2nd half he gave Leicester nothing until he started binning the entire Bath team.

Irish were excellent.

Think Worcester may struggle this year - definitely looks like the strongest premiership ever!
Excited about how the season will pan out.

[Jinx]

Had a great day watching the exiles at Twickenham last Saturday (warm-up match wasn't too bad either if you are a sarries fan) .

[DocJock]

Tuilagi out injured again and out of the autumn internationals. His other knee this time.

That bloke has to be the unluckiest player in the league.

[The Mad Monk]

Jinx said:

Had a great day watching the exiles at Twickenham last Saturday (warm-up match wasn't too bad either if you are a sarries fan) .

How many exiles were playing?

[Jinx]

The Mad Monk said:

How many exiles were playing?

Not that many in the team at the moment - though if we start playing in Europe again we might get some back.

[iwantagta]

DocJock said:

Tuilagi out injured again and out of the autumn internationals. His other knee this time.

That bloke has to be the unluckiest player in the league.

Not convinced its all luck. He doesnt give off the air of someone who looks after themselves brilliantly.
May be unfair. Maybe its because he is like a highly tuned car that has components which fail as there is so much power going through it.

[DocJock]

There is a concern that there are players whose musculature is too great for their skeletons, hence joint injuries.

[speedy_thrills]

Springboks really struggling against the All Blacks, just completely swept away with the speed of the game .

[The Mad Monk]

speedy_thrills said:

Springboks really struggling against the All Blacks, just completely swept away with the speed of the game .

Yes, they struggled all the way to a 57-0 defeat.

[JonChalk]

..............

Well, that was embarrassing.

[GravelBen]

I thought the Boks actually looked fairly strong and threatening for the first 10, maybe 20 minutes but couldn't turn it into points and after that they just fell apart (or got taken apart, its hard to tell the difference sometimes). Fun for us to watch in NZ but I feel a bit sorry for the SA supporters.

[The Mad Monk]

The ABs look more unstoppable than ever, at the moment.

[Kermit power]