Le Taupe XIV et la mégalomanie d'un secretaire d'état ripoux

[TheFrog]

After La Rochelle earlier this morning, Toulouse is the other big name falling at home.

Racing are back in business.

[Tichtheid]

Russell kicked very well, his remit was obviously to keep Toulouse very deep and that was what he did.

and Racing won

[Torquemada 1420]

Would you guys know a friend who has a reliable source of Top14 feeds during the weekends? I am asking for a friend.

You can try
- FB streams: https://fbstream.tv/stream/rugby
- or USA goals (I kid you not) https://www.usagoals.sx/b/rugby-union.html

The former is probably the more reliable but has fewer games and feeds. The latter you need all the usual blockers for and can be unreliable when there is high demand.

[Torquemada 1420]

Russell kicked very well, his remit was obviously to keep Toulouse very deep and that was what he did.

and Racing won

If you mean he kicked deeper than Ntamack, you are right. He won that battler every time: hence my comment on Ntamack's poor (again) game management. F**k knows why 2 sides who never play that way decided to do that last night but it was a sh*t watch.

Russell also blew a try when he was caught and hauled back short of the line by Dupont.

{EDIT} Doussy (Racing skills coach) has said they no longer had the luxury of playing how they like but had to play how they thought they could win. So they decided kicking deep and beating ST at the breakdown was the best tactic. So you are correct Tichtheid.

[TheFrog]

Would you guys know a friend who has a reliable source of Top14 feeds during the weekends? I am asking for a friend.

You can try
- FB streams: https://fbstream.tv/stream/rugby
- or USA goals (I kid you not) https://www.usagoals.sx/b/rugby-union.html

The former is probably the more reliable but has fewer games and feeds. The latter you need all the usual blockers for and can be unreliable when there is high demand.

Thanks!

[TheFrog]

Would you guys know a friend who has a reliable source of Top14 feeds during the weekends? I am asking for a friend.

A friend mentioned IPTV
PM bok_viking , he can help you

Thanks again.

Listening to Radio France Auvergne in the meantime. Hoping Clermont get their acts together and bring back 4 points from Pau.

[TheFrog]

It is a heart breaker. Clermont this year are decisively average.

It is a long transition for the club....

[Torquemada 1420]

Nope didn’t even get 1. Pau played very well, mainly in the second half. Clermont isn’t playing as a team anymore, a bit like the SF or Toulon.

Said earlier in the season, some hard questions should be asked at ASM. How does a side full on intl players (regardless if some are ageing) get to look like a bunch of journeymen? How slow is Jedrasiak now for example? Only Penaud has managed to stay afloat and that's because he is a natural: a freak. Whole place needs a clear out from players to staff. ASM's discipline was pathetic too.

Pau played the best offloading rugby I think I've ever seen from them.

[Torquemada 1420]

It is a heart breaker. Clermont this year are decisively average.

It is a long transition for the club....

Very. And will be even longer unless they actually start it.

[TheFrog]

It is a heart breaker. Clermont this year are decisively average.

It is a long transition for the club....

Very. And will be even longer unless they actually start it.

They have, but just now. Strong focus on youths. The loss in the number of French internationals has also caused a major reduction in the salary cap, forcing them to adapt.

[laurent]

For the francophile Bakary Meïté Wrote a book about his covid year

if you missed it he worked as a cleaner in a paris hospital during the first covid confinement.
he now writes a really good column in Rugbyrama

https://livre.fnac.com/a16498798/Baky-M ... earchpos=1

it will be available in march

[TheFrog]

For the francophile Bakary Meïté Wrote a book about his covid year

if you missed it he worked as a cleaner in a paris hospital during the first covid confinement.
he now writes a really good column in Rugbyrama

https://livre.fnac.com/a16498798/Baky-M ... earchpos=1

it will be available in march

Great, thanks for sharing.

[laurent]

Haouas Trial has completed at last he got suspended sentence.

https://www.rugbyrama.fr/rugby/mohamed- ... tory.shtml

[TheFrog]

Haouas Trial has completed at last he got suspended sentence.

https://www.rugbyrama.fr/rugby/mohamed- ... tory.shtml

His accomplice is named Mohammed Salah

The guy must be wondering whether, if he had been the soccer player, he would have had a suspended sentence too.

[laurent]

Haouas Trial has completed at last he got suspended sentence.

https://www.rugbyrama.fr/rugby/mohamed- ... tory.shtml

His accomplice is named Mohammed Salah

The guy must be wondering whether, if he had been the soccer player, he would have had a suspended sentence too.

Well he is already in jail for other crimes so not very likely.

[laurent]

The group to prepare the Scotish game.

Groupe France
ALLDRITT Grégory (Stade Rochelais)
ATONIO Uini (Stade Rochelais)
BAILLE Cyril (Stade Toulousain)
BAMBA Demba (LOU Rugby)
BARASSI Pierre-Louis (Lyon OU Rugby)
BARLOT Gaëtan (Castres Olympique)
BECOGNEE Alexandre (Montpellier Hérault Rugby)
BERDEU Léo (Lyon OU Rugby)
BOUDEHENT Paul (Stade Rochelais)
COUILLOUD Baptiste (Lyon OU Rugby)
CRETIN Dylan (Lyon OU Rugby)
CROS François (Stade Toulousain)
DULIN Brice (Stade Rochelais)
DUPONT Antoine (Stade Toulousain)
FAVRE Jules (Stade Rochelais)
FICKOU Gaël (Racing 92)
FLAMENT Thibaud (Stade Toulousain)
GROS Jean-Baptiste (RC Toulon)
HAOUAS Mohamed (Montpellier Hérault Rugby)
HASTOY Antoine (Section Paloise)
JAMINET Melvyn (USA Perpignan)
JELONCH Anthony (Stade Toulousain)
LAVAULT Thomas (Stade Rochelais)
LEBEL Matthis (Stade Toulousain)
LUC Aymeric (RC Toulon)
LUCU Maxime (Union Bordeaux Bègles)
MACALOU Sekou (Stade Français Paris)
MARCHAND Julien (Stade Toulousain)
MAUVAKA Peato (Stade Toulousain)
MOEFANA Yoram (Union Bordeaux Bègles)
NTAMACK Romain (Stade Toulousain)
PENAUD Damian (ASM Clermont Auvergne)
RAMOS Thomas (Stade Toulousain)
REBBADJ Swan (RC Toulon)
REY Jérôme (Lyon OU Rugby)
TAOFIFENUA Donovan (Racing 92)
TAOFIFENUA Romain (Lyon OU Rugby)
VAKATAWA Virimi (Racing 92)
VANVERBERGHE Florent (Castres Olympique)
VILI Tani (ASM Clermont Auvergne)
WILLEMSE Paul (Montpellier Hérault Rugby)
WOKI Cameron (Union Bordeaux Bègles)

[TheFrog]

Villiere out and suddenly we realize that we do not have so much depth on the wings.

Will Danty pair with Moefana while Fickou moves to the wing again?

I expect a carpet bombing of Jaminet's backyard, now that this weakness has been identified. Let's see whether he rises to the occasion.

Unless Dulin comes back at 15 and Jaminet moves to the wing?



In the meantime, Toulouse struggling in Pau... but a red card may save their day.

[Torquemada 1420]

Toulouse were being hammered by 14 men Pau. Took another dim piece of thuggery resulting in a 2nd red to get them back into the game. And they still lost! Is it me, or PI players still susceptible to more acts of foul play than other nations?

Bookies and Bernol had ST to win this one. After 6 losses on the bounce

[Torquemada 1420]

Villiere out and suddenly we realize that we do not have so much depth on the wings.

Will Danty pair with Moefana while Fickou moves to the wing again?

I expect a carpet bombing of Jaminet's backyard, now that this weakness has been identified. Let's see whether he rises to the occasion.

Unless Dulin comes back at 15 and Jaminet moves to the wing?

They will probably move Fickou to wing but that's a mistake. Should simply bring Thomas back in. Regardless of whether Jaminet copes badly or not under the high ball, what other option is there? Dulin reverted to being sh*t at that too at the start of this season.

[TheFrog]

Villiere out and suddenly we realize that we do not have so much depth on the wings.

Will Danty pair with Moefana while Fickou moves to the wing again?

I expect a carpet bombing of Jaminet's backyard, now that this weakness has been identified. Let's see whether he rises to the occasion.

Unless Dulin comes back at 15 and Jaminet moves to the wing?

They will probably move Fickou to wing but that's a mistake. Should simply bring Thomas back in. Regardless of whether Jaminet copes badly or not under the high ball, what other option is there? Dulin reverted to being sh*t at that too at the start of this season.

Thomas is still injured.

[Torquemada 1420]

Thomas is still injured.

Where did that happen? Saw him against ASM a few weeks back and he wasn't subbed.

[Torquemada 1420]

Still wondering how coaching at Clermont and LaR have jobs.

Also, would be hilarious if RCT went down.

[TheFrog]

Thomas is still injured.

Where did that happen? Saw him against ASM a few weeks back and he wasn't subbed.

Harmstring injury during training with French squad.


On another note, Jordan Joseph is doing quite well with Pau. Finally, it looks like he may have started to work rather than just rely on his exceptional potential. And... surprise surprise, he is called in the group preparing the Scotland game.

Azagoh also called.

[Torquemada 1420]

Thomas is still injured.

Where did that happen? Saw him against ASM a few weeks back and he wasn't subbed.

Harmstring injury during training with French squad.


On another note, Jordan Joseph is doing quite well with Pau. Finally, it looks like he may have started to work rather than just rely on his exceptional potential. And... surprise surprise, he is called in the group preparing the Scotland game.

Azagoh also called.

Oh. Thanks.

Yes, Joseph had a great game. Esp after his PI colleagues decided they only wanted to play half a game. Had reservations about him because he was a freak in size at U20 and seemed a bit lazy = much harder to succeed at pro level. Unlike Macalou, for example, where it's pure athleticism. Hope he continues to put the work in because having a traditional, heavyweight 8 as an option is handy. The other one who worried me similarly is Bamba. Both need to understand that you can't succeed without the work rate.

[TheFrog]

Bamba needs to learn how to scrummage. And become disciplined. I am very disappointed too by his lack of progress. A shame, he is a freak.

Joseph, like a lot of kids who have it easy when they are young because they are freak and can break through defenses without putting much effort, discovered what it means to play rugby only when confronted with pros. Hope he has the will to succeed.

[laurent]

Bamba needs to learn how to scrummage. And become disciplined. I am very disappointed too by his lack of progress. A shame, he is a freak.

Joseph, like a lot of kids who have it easy when they are young because they are freak and can break through defenses without putting much effort, discovered what it means to play rugby only when confronted with pros. Hope he has the will to succeed.

Joseph was spoiled at Racing there was no game time for him there he should have stayed at Massy at least one more year at least there he would have had some game time

PS watch Massy get pillaged again in the summer.

[Torquemada 1420]

Bamba needs to learn how to scrummage. And become disciplined. I am very disappointed too by his lack of progress. A shame, he is a freak.

Joseph, like a lot of kids who have it easy when they are young because they are freak and can break through defenses without putting much effort, discovered what it means to play rugby only when confronted with pros. Hope he has the will to succeed.

Yes. It's sounds like a cliche but it's a way out of the ghetto but it's a short path if you think you can do no work when the game is rugby.

[Torquemada 1420]

Yet again, the sending off in T14 is a PI player. Botitu this time for Castres.

[Torquemada 1420]

Anyone thinking Berdeu is intl material....... missed 2 easy kicks and then committed a Poitrenaud to hand game to ASM which they should have lost.

[sturginho]

The Taupe XIV teams seem to be snapping up all the current azzurrini

https://www.onrugby.it/2022/03/15/giova ... ntpellier/

[TheFrog]

Anyone thinking Berdeu is intl material....... missed 2 easy kicks and then committed a Poitrenaud to hand game to ASM which they should have lost.

Well... don't forget the benchmark is Ntamack.

[TheFrog]

The Taupe XIV teams seem to be snapping up all the current azzurrini

https://www.onrugby.it/2022/03/15/giova ... ntpellier/

Montpellier as well.

[sturginho]

Another Azzurro moves to France

[Torquemada 1420]

Another Azzurro moves to France

Hopefully he can be more disciplined that their Fijian centres!

Note, it's not a move but a "joker" i.e. temporary cover for injuries.

[sturginho]

No chance of it becoming permanent?

[Torquemada 1420]

No chance of it becoming permanent?

I'd have to try and find the contact terms (lengths remaining) for Manu and Vatubua (as well as Tuimaba and Ipfekan (sp?) on the wings). On the face of it, a permie would reduce the wage bill but Pau would not buy out contracts before they expire.

[sturginho]

No chance of it becoming permanent?

I'd have to try and find the contact terms (lengths remaining) for Manu and Vatubua (as well as Tuimaba and Ipfekan (sp?) on the wings). On the face of it, a permie would reduce the wage bill but Pau would not buy out contracts before they expire.

In which case I hope he does well enough to find himself a spot elsewhere in the top 14

[Torquemada 1420]

No chance of it becoming permanent?

I'd have to try and find the contact terms (lengths remaining) for Manu and Vatubua (as well as Tuimaba and Ipfekan (sp?) on the wings). On the face of it, a permie would reduce the wage bill but Pau would not buy out contracts before they expire.

In which case I hope he does well enough to find himself a spot elsewhere in the top 14

Pau is not a great club for development anyway. He's welcome at Brive

[TheFrog]

I'd have to try and find the contact terms (lengths remaining) for Manu and Vatubua (as well as Tuimaba and Ipfekan (sp?) on the wings). On the face of it, a permie would reduce the wage bill but Pau would not buy out contracts before they expire.

In which case I hope he does well enough to find himself a spot elsewhere in the top 14

Pau is not a great club for development anyway. He's welcome at Brive

Joseph disagrees with your view.

[Torquemada 1420]

In which case I hope he does well enough to find himself a spot elsewhere in the top 14

Pau is not a great club for development anyway. He's welcome at Brive

Joseph disagrees with your view.

Badly worded. I meant developing their own youth. I hope you are right about Joseph because although he has played well the last few months, looked to me like he was stalling.