Where are the Welsh posters?

[SaintK]

Wales team to face England at Cardiff on Saturday

Wales: 15. Leigh Halfpenny, 14. Louis Rees-Zammit, 13. George North, 12. Max Llewellyn, 11. Rio Dyer, 10. Sam Costelow, 9. Gareth Davies, 1. Corey Domachowski, 2. Ryan Elias, 3. Keiron Assiratti, 4. Dafydd Jenkins, 5. Will Rowlands, 6. Christ Tshiunza, 7. Jac Morgan (capt), 8. Aaron Wainwright.

Replacements: 16. Elliot Dee, 17. Nicky Smith, 18. Henry Thomas, 19. Ben Carter, 20. Taine Plumtree, 21. Tomos Williams, 22. Dan Biggar, 23. Mason Grady.

A few old faces and a few names I certainly haven't seen or heard of before! An old England prop poach and Kiwi poach on the bench!

[sockwithaticket]

Be interesting to see if the team benefits from the injection of youth and not having the veterans breathing down their necks.

A bit surprised to see Henry Thomas has actually made a match day squad.

Where are the Welsh posters?

Shh, we've got Gog plus occasionally TB63 and c69. That's fine.

[TB63]

Occasionally my arse..

[Biffer]

Be interesting to see if the team benefits from the injection of youth and not having the veterans breathing down their necks.

A bit surprised to see Henry Thomas has actually made a match day squad.

Where are the Welsh posters?

Shh, we've got Gog plus occasionally TB63 and c69. That's fine.

Almost too many.

[Jim Lahey]

Lot of new names there, will be interesting to see how they go.
Sicknote 1/2p will probably pull out before the game so maybe another new face to come.

[Guy Smiley]

Occasionally my arse..

goes shopping?

[TB63]

Occasionally my arse..

goes shopping?

Talks more sense than my mouth...

[sockwithaticket]

England team

[clydecloggie]

England treating this as a glorified training run by the looks of that team.

[sockwithaticket]

It's what they are really, tbh. That goes double when the man in charge has only had 5 games with his squad so far.

I suspect he's probably close to deciding a starting XV and it'll mostly involve players not involved at the weekend, but bench and depth pecking order is entirely up in ther air.

[inactionman]

Not the quickest backline (seem to have said that before), JC2 and Malins aren't exactly slow but they're not Usain Bolt either.

Interested to see how Pearson goes after some great performances for LI. He's a specimen and a half, and we haven't always picked a hard-running 7 in the team

[Line6 HXFX]

Interesting that Gatland mentioned "waiting for things to play out" in Wales, refering to whatever ongoing drama that was happenning, before he could really take control..

Now he finally feels like he finally is, after 6 long wasted months (after a lot of retirements and players abandoning welsh rugby), in the short, crucial build up to a world cup.




Yeah, I know how I will go spend 90 quid, this weekend, on a ticket to this entitled, f'king shit show.

[Ymx]

On Amazon prime in 15 mins?

[Ymx]

https://watch.amazon.co.uk/detail?gti=a ... vent&r=web

[sockwithaticket]

The roof may be shut, but it looks pretty damp in there.

[sockwithaticket]

Marcus 'van der Merwe' Smith beating tacklers for fun.

[Biffer]

WRU 'not sexist' in its dealing with the women players and their contracts.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union ... 3qn1zqgwxo

Got to say, that's probably right given they treated their male players like shit during negotiations as well.

[Insane_Homer]

Fiji consign Wales to their 10th test defeat in a row, little wonder they're hiding.

[OomStruisbaai]

The Scots also disappeared

[fishfoodie]

Fiji consign Wales to their 10th test defeat in a row, little wonder they're hiding.

Gatland is probably wondering wtf he was thinking when he signed the contract.

I know it's probably a lot of money, but the Welsh setup is going to be a dumpster fire for another decade unless they kill at least one of their teams, & wrestle control of the Union away from the petty politicking that's brought it to this sorry state.

[OomStruisbaai]

Fiji consign Wales to their 10th test defeat in a row, little wonder they're hiding.

Gatland is probably wondering wtf he was thinking when he signed the contract.

I know it's probably a lot of money, but the Welsh setup is going to be a dumpster fire for another decade unless they kill at least one of their teams, & wrestle control of the Union away from the petty politicking that's brought it to this sorry state.

Want to join GPS.

[fishfoodie]

Fiji consign Wales to their 10th test defeat in a row, little wonder they're hiding.

Gatland is probably wondering wtf he was thinking when he signed the contract.

I know it's probably a lot of money, but the Welsh setup is going to be a dumpster fire for another decade unless they kill at least one of their teams, & wrestle control of the Union away from the petty politicking that's brought it to this sorry state.

Want to join GPS.

That they would even think this would make things better shows how deluded they are, & how they don't understand the source of their problems.

Scattering their few decent players across the GP clubs, & having the home teams get trounced every weekend isn't going to move them forward; a few quid isn't going to fix the fundamental problems they have with too many teams, & too few decent players.

[sockwithaticket]

Fiji consign Wales to their 10th test defeat in a row, little wonder they're hiding.

Gatland is probably wondering wtf he was thinking when he signed the contract.

I know it's probably a lot of money, but the Welsh setup is going to be a dumpster fire for another decade unless they kill at least one of their teams, & wrestle control of the Union away from the petty politicking that's brought it to this sorry state.

He was thinking "Shit, not going too well down here in NZ is it? Wonder if I could get a solid gig elsewhere before I piss away my reputation?"

There's no way he'd have been under any illusions as to how fucked the Welsh game was, his tenure saw basically no renewal or revision of their structures and very little in the way of blooding a new generation to replace his golden one.

[Biffer]

The Scots also disappeared

At the game, you mouthy wank fuck.

[ScarfaceClaw]

He was clearly sparked out and no HIA?!

[Stranger]

Yep that was a bit odd

[ScarfaceClaw]

The Welsh are going to be absolutely gassed by half time. All they’re doing is defending wave after wave of Canary Yellow attacks.

[ScarfaceClaw]

Frost has got some wheels.

[Tichtheid]

A lock at full gallop is a wonderful sight

[Big D]

This is stinking from Wales.

[SaintK]

This is stinking from Wales.

Front to back!

[Torquemada 1420]

FM. I had Aus by 17. Maybe should have gone by 70.

[fishfoodie]

They badly needed that.

Still fucked, but at least they're now not going to be nilled, & it might gee up the players

[inactionman]

I used to take a fair bit of schadenfreudish satisfaction in watching Wales failing, as some of the fans could be utter dicks in the pubs of Bath*, but this has been like watching a puppy being kicked for a few years now.

I really hope they can get governance sorted and get collective acts together, the 6N with a weak Wales is just not the same.


*I'd caveat this by saying the actual rugby-attending fans were really good value, my ire is reserved for the boorish idiots who crossed over the bridge just for a day out drinking and shit-stirring.

[Paddington Bear]

I used to take a fair bit of schadenfreudish satisfaction in watching Wales failing, as some of the fans could be utter dicks in the pubs of Bath*, but this has been like watching a puppy being kicked for a few years now.

I really hope they can get governance sorted and get collective acts together, the 6N with a weak Wales is just not the same.


*I'd caveat this by saying the actual rugby-attending fans were really good value, my ire is reserved for the boorish idiots who crossed over the bridge just for a day out drinking and shit-stirring.

Largely agree with this - can promise you that Welsh fans being dicks in English pubs is not limited to striking distance from the border!

[Slick]

I used to take a fair bit of schadenfreudish satisfaction in watching Wales failing, as some of the fans could be utter dicks in the pubs of Bath*, but this has been like watching a puppy being kicked for a few years now.

I really hope they can get governance sorted and get collective acts together, the 6N with a weak Wales is just not the same.


*I'd caveat this by saying the actual rugby-attending fans were really good value, my ire is reserved for the boorish idiots who crossed over the bridge just for a day out drinking and shit-stirring.

Makes this “global expansion” bollocks even more idiotic. You have a proper rugby country like Wales dying on its arse while we scramble to play games in Qatar

[Torquemada 1420]

I used to take a fair bit of schadenfreudish satisfaction in watching Wales failing, as some of the fans could be utter dicks in the pubs of Bath*, but this has been like watching a puppy being kicked for a few years now.

I really hope they can get governance sorted and get collective acts together, the 6N with a weak Wales is just not the same.


*I'd caveat this by saying the actual rugby-attending fans were really good value, my ire is reserved for the boorish idiots who crossed over the bridge just for a day out drinking and shit-stirring.

Makes this “global expansion” bollocks even more idiotic. You have a proper rugby country like Wales dying on its arse while we scramble to play games in Qatar

IRB/WR lies continues unabated. Would not be surprised if Tonga never toured again.

[Torquemada 1420]

That's red.

[Enzedder]

That'll even it up

[Blackmac]

Pay for TNT and have to listen to this giberish. To be fair it's better than Jiffy.