General rugby thread

[BigBen]

epom said:

It’s actually on free to air here for the first time in I don’t know how many years.
Stade Francais are a shambles.

For those of us with a VPN where is here?

[epom]

BigBen said:

epom said:

It’s actually on free to air here for the first time in I don’t know how many years.
Stade Francais are a shambles.

For those of us with a VPN where is here?

Ireland, on RTE2

[LRDefender]

Black Lion squeezed past RC Vannes 22 - 19 in the European Challenge Cup. I think B.L. will be annoyed they didn't score a few more tries & gave away too many penalties. The attendance was somewhat reduced due to the ongoing protests but it was still a good day. And a beer for £1.50 is a bonus!

[Majorslow]

LRDefender said:

Black Lion squeezed past RC Vannes 22 - 19 in the European Challenge Cup. I think B.L. will be annoyed they didn't score a few more tries & gave away too many penalties. The attendance was somewhat reduced due to the ongoing protests but it was still a good day. And a beer for £1.50 is a bonus!

£1.50 a pint!!!!! Paid £7.20 for a pint at Sarries a couple of weeks ago, and it wasn't even for me as I was driving!!

[DirktheDaring]

As much as it grates, I paid £15.99 for a month to month sub with Premier Sports and watched some great rugby this weekend.

Not quite TNT levels of production, but not too bad overall. (A bit like the IoM TT subscription which can be flakey).

[Kermit power]

I'm not really sure I can be bothered with the Champions Cup any more.

The absurdity of inconsistent salary caps coupled with the ludicrous current "Round of 16" knock out phase means that the likes of Toulouse, Leinster and Sharks can pretty much play their U15 teams in the group stages of they went to now that they've knocked up big bonus point wins in the first round, knowing that wherever they finish the group, they can then pretty much field a France, Ireland or Springbok team in the knockout phase to power through from wherever.

Either World Rugby needs to step in and impose a globally consistent salary cap, or the English clubs need to scrap theirs!

[Tindersticks]

fk

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7859539x9vo

Police fear former England rugby international Tom Voyce may have died after he went missing in an area of Northumberland which was flooded during Storm Darragh.

[DodgyGeezer]

Tindersticks said:

fk

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7859539x9vo

Police fear former England rugby international Tom Voyce may have died after he went missing in an area of Northumberland which was flooded during Storm Darragh.

[Unreal]

That's bloody tragic. Hard to imagine losing your life in such circumstances. One minute just driving home, next minute, fighting for your life. Just wrong place and wrong time.

[fttm]

Tragic indeed , 3 days missing yeah fearing the worst outcome .

[Hill92]

Netflix have a new rugby game show from Korea called Rugged Rugby: Conquer or Die. 8 teams competing in scrum, line out, maul, kicking and other contests.

[Smollet]

fttm said:

Tragic indeed , 3 days missing yeah fearing the worst outcome .

https://news.sky.com/story/body-found-in-search-for-ex-england-rugby-player-tom-voyce-13272192

[DodgyGeezer]

reading between the lines in this short piece it does appear that all is not well in the Borthwick set-up. Has SB picked up some bad habits from EJ with regard to coach churn?

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

[Leins]

Not a classic tonight but a Leinster win nonetheless. The most promising thing for me though is how assured Sam Prendergast is at 10 at only 21 years old. Still time to go, but the future is very bright indeed for the guy

[the tribester]

XCP said:

But how dull was the Tizard red card in the 83rd minute!

Still no news on the outcome of any follow up disciplinary hearing, although the following weeks red cards and hearings have been published.

[XCP]

Bears played well today. Record score at Welford Road apparently!

Merry Christmas!!

[Unreal]

XCP said:

Bears played well today. Record score at Welford Road apparently!

Merry Christmas!!

Was a great game. Leicester didn't play badly. Was just a great open fast paced match.

[Smollet]

Unreal said:

Was a great game. Leicester didn't play badly. Was just a great open fast paced match.

Far more entertaining than last night's drab affair.

[Alickadoo]

Talking of Bill Beaumont

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

Which we weren't, is he going to be a better chairman than his predecessor?

I mean, he may be straight and all those words, but is he a shrewd and dynamic leader?

[Unreal]

Alickadoo said:

Talking of Bill Beaumont

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

Which we weren't, is he going to be a better chairman than his predecessor?

I mean, he may be straight and all those words, but is he a shrewd and dynamic leader?

I'd like to see some much younger faces in place. It's been far too old boys' club forever. There's a place for pensioners in an advisory capacity but the game should be run by dynamic individuals not dinosaurs.