Champion's Cup: Covid bowl edition

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They're not ready for this competition yet.

It's funny, as an armchair fan I don't see what should be so different about it than league rugby, but so many teams new to flying high domestically seem to take a couple of years to settle into the Champions Cup.
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sockwithaticket wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 4:03 pm They're not ready for this competition yet.

It's funny, as an armchair fan I don't see what should be so different about it than league rugby, but so many teams new to flying high domestically seem to take a couple of years to settle into the Champions Cup.
Exeter being a prime example.

Ref completely ruined the Bristol game - he had a shocker.
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Craig Doyle doing legal damage control while Healy blithely accuses French directors of cheating (not unjustly tbf...) is quite funny.
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There's zero doubt that the French TV directors are a pack of self-serving cunts.
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Scarlets or Sale? Tough one, home team win for me
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Real route 1 stuff from Sale
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Try from the angry warthog, used Gareth Davis as a speedbump
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How did Sale not score that
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Properly butchered
Old men forget: yet all shall be forgot, But he'll remember with advantages, What feats he did that day
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ASMO wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 4:02 pm Bristol have been totally naive, Bordeaux smart and efficient, Racing will i suspect anihilate them in the quarters.
Thought this one would be close. Go out for a walk and when I come back, Brizzle have been bummed.
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Marylandolorian wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 4:17 pm
ASMO wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 4:02 pm Bristol have been totally naive, Bordeaux smart and efficient, Racing will i suspect anihilate them in the quarters.
Not sure about that, last 2 games were Bor 10 / Rac 15 and R 32/ B 33.
Needs more Finn Russell. :wink:
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Torquemada 1420 wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 4:55 pm
Marylandolorian wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 4:17 pm
ASMO wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 4:02 pm Bristol have been totally naive, Bordeaux smart and efficient, Racing will i suspect anihilate them in the quarters.
Not sure about that, last 2 games were Bor 10 / Rac 15 and R 32/ B 33.
Needs more Finn Russell. :wink:
He will still be banned you will be pleased to know
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rugbystreams seems to have crashed out. Anyone with a working stream pls?
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There is Saracens DNA all over this Sale performance
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Second try for the Warthog, Scarlets not at the races at the moment
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Thanks but can't ever get VIPbox to work in Firefox. :¬(
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Welsh domestic rugby looking in rude health. :roll:
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Torquemada 1420 wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 5:09 pm Welsh domestic rugby looking in rude health. :roll:
It continues to be bizarre the difference between their National, & Club performances.

I think Wales needs one less team, & Scotland needs one more.
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Scarlets donutted at halftime
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fishfoodie wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 5:14 pm
Torquemada 1420 wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 5:09 pm Welsh domestic rugby looking in rude health. :roll:
It continues to be bizarre the difference between their National, & Club performances.

I think Wales needs one less team, & Scotland needs one more.
Bizarre indeed. Ospreys put out pretty much 1/2 the Welsh ntl side and still lost at home to Newcastle. Dragons not expected to beat Saints on recent form but nonetheless, they lost to a side playing a man short for much of the game. And now this. Could be a humiliation.
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How was that now reviewed? Smashed him in the head
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Torquemada 1420 wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 5:21 pm
fishfoodie wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 5:14 pm
Torquemada 1420 wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 5:09 pm Welsh domestic rugby looking in rude health. :roll:
It continues to be bizarre the difference between their National, & Club performances.

I think Wales needs one less team, & Scotland needs one more.
Bizarre indeed. Ospreys put out pretty much 1/2 the Welsh ntl side and still lost at home to Newcastle. Dragons not expected to beat Saints on recent form but nonetheless, they lost to a side playing a man short for much of the game. And now this. Could be a humiliation.
Ospreys 14-0 after 15 minutes having scored two classy tries and looked like running away with it. I mean no disrespect but all Newcastle had to do to win was be competent, which they were.
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37 - 7 to Sale, never saw that coming
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ASMO wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 5:45 pm 37 - 7 to Sale, never saw that coming
And that’s a strong Scarlets team, no injury excuses.
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44 - 7 now
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47 - 7 now, humiliation for Scarlets
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The half century up
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57 - 14 now
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Welsh rugby is very strange.
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That's a paddlin'
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JM2K6 wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 6:15 pm Welsh rugby is very strange.
To cap the w/e off for them, their women lost 53-0 to France.
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Quins clearly not giving a shit about this comp, B side against Ulster, should be an easy win for the Nordies
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Torquemada 1420 wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 6:40 pm
JM2K6 wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 6:15 pm Welsh rugby is very strange.
To cap the w/e off for them, their women lost 53-0 to France.
Wasn’t it professionals against amateurs?
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GogLais wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 6:59 pm
Torquemada 1420 wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 6:40 pm
JM2K6 wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 6:15 pm Welsh rugby is very strange.
To cap the w/e off for them, their women lost 53-0 to France.
Wasn’t it professionals against amateurs?
I think the French women are semi pro?
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JM2K6 wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 6:15 pm Welsh rugby is very strange.
In a way so is English rugby. On the basis of this weekend England should be able to beat Wales comfortably even from 14-0 down. It’s an odd game.
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ASMO wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 7:00 pm
GogLais wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 6:59 pm
Torquemada 1420 wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 6:40 pm
To cap the w/e off for them, their women lost 53-0 to France.
Wasn’t it professionals against amateurs?
I think the French women are semi pro?
I don’t know tbh, just repeating what I heard on the telly, which may be dangerous.
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10 - 0 Ulster
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GogLais wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 7:01 pm
JM2K6 wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 6:15 pm Welsh rugby is very strange.
In a way so is English rugby. On the basis of this weekend England should be able to beat Wales comfortably even from 14-0 down. It’s an odd game.
That doesn't make any sense whatsoever
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My God..... has Marty actually lost weight ? :shock:
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