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Beale and O’Connor both looking their age tonight.

I got drunk and expended valuable marriage points for this?

boere wors wrote: Sat Nov 13, 2021 7:19 pm

FalseBayFC wrote: Sat Nov 13, 2021 7:19 pm

PCPhil wrote: Sat Nov 13, 2021 7:17 pm
Ahh, but the bounce, the bounce.

Its very well conditioned I'll give him that.

fucking annoying

Brute!

You're all just jealous, I'd love to still be able to grow my hair out to his length without the recession being blindingly obvious.

Yet again, Slade eats the space and fucks the overlap.

This is a very frustrating match to watch. Full of could have beens, should have beens.

Hal Jordan wrote: Sat Nov 13, 2021 7:22 pm Yet again, Slade eats the space and fucks the overlap.

He's just not quick enough to go an outside arc and he's not big enough to go direct.

Watch Eddie take that personally and never pick Simmonds again.

Lol. Nothing like 2 flying wingers

Wingers everywhere must loathe Blamire...

Glorious! Love seeing long range front rower tries.

FT 32-15 Poms

sockwithaticket wrote: Sat Nov 13, 2021 7:24 pm Watch Eddie take that personally and never pick Simmonds again.

Well, shoulda finished himself. Chuckle.

After the cricket tomorrow, one of either Aus or NZ will have had a pretty shit sporting weekend.

FalseBayFC wrote: Sat Nov 13, 2021 7:26 pm After the cricket tomorrow, one of either Aus or NZ will have had a pretty shit sporting weekend.

I’m picking us

Decent scoreline in the end but that was pretty poor.

So in the RC v 6N matches it was 3 - 2 last week
Now RC 5 - 4 6N

Ymx wrote: Sat Nov 13, 2021 7:27 pm

FalseBayFC wrote: Sat Nov 13, 2021 7:26 pm After the cricket tomorrow, one of either Aus or NZ will have had a pretty shit sporting weekend.

I’m picking us

I'm backing the Black Caps for tomorrow. I need to see Wade and Warner defeated.

Steward looks like a slimline Dylan Hartley.

JM2K6 wrote: Sat Nov 13, 2021 7:28 pm Decent scoreline in the end but that was pretty poor.

Really poor performance. If the pack play as badly as that next week, SA will run riot.

FalseBayFC wrote: Sat Nov 13, 2021 7:29 pm

Ymx wrote: Sat Nov 13, 2021 7:27 pm

FalseBayFC wrote: Sat Nov 13, 2021 7:26 pm After the cricket tomorrow, one of either Aus or NZ will have had a pretty shit sporting weekend.

I’m picking us

I'm backing the Black Caps for tomorrow. I need to see Wade and Warner defeated.

As nice as that would be it is not going to happen without some miracle.

So my entire weekend is hanging by a thread.

Scotland lose
AB's get man shamed
England win
F1 becoming an unwatchable farce

And tomorrow I have to deal with us in a final playing against Austalia in a sport they have dominated us in for over a century.

I may have to drink.

Lobby wrote: Sat Nov 13, 2021 7:29 pm

JM2K6 wrote: Sat Nov 13, 2021 7:28 pm Decent scoreline in the end but that was pretty poor.

Really poor performance. If the pack play as badly as that next week, SA will run riot.

Rassie will have seen England’s poor protection of their ruck ball and send in Etsebeth and Kolisi to counter.

Lots of movement at the top of the rankings so far this week:

1 (↑2) South Africa 91.83 (+0.49)
2 (↓1) New Zealand 90.02 (-1.34)
3 (↑4) England 86.61 (+1.17)
4 (↑5) Ireland 86.30 (+1.34)
5 (↓3) Australia 85.09 (-1.17)
6 France 84.25
7 Scotland 82.78 (-0.49)
8 Argentina 80.81 (+0.50)
9 Wales 79.99
10 Japan 78.50
11 Fiji 77.01
12 Georgia 73.73
13 Samoa 73.59
14 Italy 70.15 (-0.50)
15 Tonga 68.57

Blake wrote: Sat Nov 13, 2021 7:33 pm Lots of movement at the top of the rankings so far this week:

1 (↑2) South Africa 91.83 (+0.49)
2 (↓1) New Zealand 90.02 (-1.34)
3 (↑4) England 86.61 (+1.17)
4 (↑5) Ireland 86.30 (+1.34)
5 (↓3) Australia 85.09 (-1.17)
6 France 84.25
7 Scotland 82.78 (-0.49)
8 Argentina 80.81 (+0.50)
9 Wales 79.99
10 Japan 78.50
11 Fiji 77.01
12 Georgia 73.73
13 Samoa 73.59
14 Italy 70.15 (-0.50)
15 Tonga 68.57

That'll wipe the smile off Irish faces - hollow victory today

JM2K6 wrote: Sat Nov 13, 2021 7:36 pm

Blake wrote: Sat Nov 13, 2021 7:33 pm Lots of movement at the top of the rankings so far this week:

1 (↑2) South Africa 91.83 (+0.49)
2 (↓1) New Zealand 90.02 (-1.34)
3 (↑4) England 86.61 (+1.17)
4 (↑5) Ireland 86.30 (+1.34)
5 (↓3) Australia 85.09 (-1.17)
6 France 84.25
7 Scotland 82.78 (-0.49)
8 Argentina 80.81 (+0.50)
9 Wales 79.99
10 Japan 78.50
11 Fiji 77.01
12 Georgia 73.73
13 Samoa 73.59
14 Italy 70.15 (-0.50)
15 Tonga 68.57

That'll wipe the smile off Irish faces - hollow victory today

Jeez. Wales at 9. Most Welshies are on PR aren't they? The Swarm are really going to go to town on that.

JM2K6 wrote: Sat Nov 13, 2021 7:36 pm

Blake wrote: Sat Nov 13, 2021 7:33 pm Lots of movement at the top of the rankings so far this week:

1 (↑2) South Africa 91.83 (+0.49)
2 (↓1) New Zealand 90.02 (-1.34)
3 (↑4) England 86.61 (+1.17)
4 (↑5) Ireland 86.30 (+1.34)
5 (↓3) Australia 85.09 (-1.17)
6 France 84.25
7 Scotland 82.78 (-0.49)
8 Argentina 80.81 (+0.50)
9 Wales 79.99
10 Japan 78.50
11 Fiji 77.01
12 Georgia 73.73
13 Samoa 73.59
14 Italy 70.15 (-0.50)
15 Tonga 68.57

That'll wipe the smile off Irish faces - hollow victory today

You wish !

I might not have been entirely serious in suggesting that Ireland care more about the world rankings than a win over the all blacks

Sandstorm wrote: Sat Nov 13, 2021 7:33 pm

Lobby wrote: Sat Nov 13, 2021 7:29 pm

JM2K6 wrote: Sat Nov 13, 2021 7:28 pm Decent scoreline in the end but that was pretty poor.

Really poor performance. If the pack play as badly as that next week, SA will run riot.

Rassie will have seen England’s poor protection of their ruck ball and send in Etsebeth and Kolisi to counter.

Most gratifying to see proper counter rucking. Less so to see it against England.

JM2K6 wrote: Sat Nov 13, 2021 7:51 pm I might not have been entirely serious in suggesting that Ireland care more about the world rankings than a win over the all blacks

yeah, I figured you might have been,

I'm still buzzing.

A couple of days ago; I think the bookies had NZ +10; which I thought was a bit generous; I'd have settled for us finishing within a score.

I'm not going to get too excited; because I think we're all well aware that they had a long series of games ahead of today; but it was nice to see our young back row in action today against a quality side; & just see the game plan that has worked for Leinster for years; be played by a team wearing green.

England just need to pay off EJ; & his shithouse selections, & gameplan.

FalseBayFC wrote: Sat Nov 13, 2021 7:19 pm

ScarfaceClaw wrote: Sat Nov 13, 2021 7:17 pm

FalseBayFC wrote: Sat Nov 13, 2021 7:15 pm

Just a reference to Dane Coles in the earlier match. You may have missed it.

That was a great call from Coles.

Snorted my beer when I heard it.

Who was he talking about? Sexton?

I delayed going to the pub to watch that cripple fight.

Ymx wrote: Sat Nov 13, 2021 8:01 pm

FalseBayFC wrote: Sat Nov 13, 2021 7:19 pm

ScarfaceClaw wrote: Sat Nov 13, 2021 7:17 pm
That was a great call from Coles.

Snorted my beer when I heard it.

Who was he talking about? Sexton?

Yes.

Only just seen Eng v Aus.

Strange game because Eng almost looked better man for man in every position and seemed to dominate. And yet hard to recall any meaningful continuity. As for Aus, for what was once the smartest side in the world for 2 decades, this was a deluge of errors and pens (most of them dim). Summed up by the fiasco at the end to hand Eng the gloss. We'll struggle to see a worse individual performance this year than the one provided by Rodda at lock for Aus.

Yet to see 2nd half of Ire v ABs but seems they must have kept up the effort of the 1st half which was hugely impressive. Congrats Paddies.

NZ 238 tackles

Torquemada 1420 wrote: Sat Nov 13, 2021 9:06 pm NZ 238 tackles

All with arms??

Youngs snd Farrell destroyed every attacking option England had...ball so slow.. why is Farrell standing at 10 most of the time.. you have a Ferrari 10 and a couple of fucking Trabants either side of him

England forwards need to have a word with themselves too...sloppy..not protecting the ball, allowing the counter ruck...but then Youngs has a lot of blame there as he just waits and waits and waits until all the Australian defence are up and ready.

If England perform like that next week the Saffers will despatch them with ease.

ASMO wrote: Sat Nov 13, 2021 9:14 pm Youngs snd Farrell destroyed every attacking option England had...ball so slow.. why is Farrell standing at 10 most of the time.. you have a Ferrari 10 and a couple of fucking Trabants either side of him

England forwards need to have a word with themselves too...sloppy..not protecting the ball, allowing the counter ruck...but then Youngs has a lot of blame there as he just waits and waits and waits until all the Australian defence are up and ready.

According to PR, Eng delivered a performance of total rugby with " exquisite interplay between Farrell and Smith" [/Jake]