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Posted: **Wed Dec 08, 2021 11:52 am**

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Posted: **Wed Dec 08, 2021 12:53 pm**

Looks weak

Posted: **Wed Dec 08, 2021 1:12 pm**

A full strength Quins would take them to the cleaners.

Posted: **Wed Dec 08, 2021 2:18 pm**

3 Sharks players in the world 15.....

That is unacceptable. Should have been more

Although that makes us the strongest franchise in the world......

Has any franchise ever featured as many before.
I doubt it

Posted: **Wed Dec 08, 2021 3:31 pm**

Bit harsh that Fickou didn't make the cut.

Posted: **Wed Dec 08, 2021 6:53 pm**

I don't understand the selection of the props.

They had their heads shoved up their arses by the Springbok props.

Posted: **Wed Dec 08, 2021 7:13 pm**

Hogg is a bit of an odd one. He had a poor enough lions tour.

Posted: **Wed Dec 08, 2021 7:14 pm**

How did BB get in there?

Posted: **Wed Dec 08, 2021 7:22 pm**

Uncle fester wrote: Wed Dec 08, 2021 7:13 pm Hogg is a bit of an odd one. He had a poor enough lions tour.

Only if you’re Welsh

Posted: **Wed Dec 08, 2021 8:33 pm**

Chilli wrote: Wed Dec 08, 2021 6:53 pm I don't understand the selection of the props.

They had their heads shoved up their arrest by the Springbok props.

I was going to mention that but I didn't want to be too negative.

Malherbe is my first choice at tighthead for a world XV, Furlong hasn't been at his best but does offer a lot around the park.

Posted: **Thu Dec 09, 2021 6:56 am**

Tichtheid wrote: Wed Dec 08, 2021 8:33 pm
Chilli wrote: Wed Dec 08, 2021 6:53 pm I don't understand the selection of the props.

They had their heads shoved up their arrest by the Springbok props.

I was going to mention that but I didn't want to be too negative.

Malherbe is my first choice at tighthead for a world XV, Furlong hasn't been at his best but does offer a lot around the park.

Anyone of Ox, Ginger Ninja, Fat Frans, Koch and Trevor could have been chosen above those 2 decidedly average Poms.

Posted: **Thu Dec 09, 2021 7:28 am**

Chilli wrote: Thu Dec 09, 2021 6:56 am Anyone of Ox, Ginger Ninja, Fat Frans, Koch and Trevor could have been chosen above those 2 decidedly average Poms.

One is Welsh and the other Irish.

Posted: **Thu Dec 09, 2021 8:15 am**

Aye, front row should definitely have been all Saffer. They turned everyone into cat food this year.

Other than that, surprisingly few complaints with it.

Posted: **Thu Dec 09, 2021 9:22 am**

Chilli wrote: Thu Dec 09, 2021 6:56 am
Tichtheid wrote: Wed Dec 08, 2021 8:33 pm
Chilli wrote: Wed Dec 08, 2021 6:53 pm I don't understand the selection of the props.

They had their heads shoved up their arrest by the Springbok props.

I was going to mention that but I didn't want to be too negative.

Malherbe is my first choice at tighthead for a world XV, Furlong hasn't been at his best but does offer a lot around the park.
Anyone of Ox, Ginger Ninja, Fat Frans, Koch and Trevor could have been chosen above those 2 decidedly average Poms.

Bit harsh on a couple of levels, they are not Poms as has been said, but Furlong is at least a furlong from being decidedly average, at his best he really is one of the very best tightheads in the sport.

I don't think he's hit those heights this year.

Posted: **Thu Dec 09, 2021 11:27 am**

assfly wrote: Thu Dec 09, 2021 7:28 am
Chilli wrote: Thu Dec 09, 2021 6:56 am Anyone of Ox, Ginger Ninja, Fat Frans, Koch and Trevor could have been chosen above those 2 decidedly average Poms.
One is Welsh and the other Irish.

Etymology 1 Edit
Australian from 1912.[1][2] Shortening of pomegranate, rhyming slang for immigrant (“imme-granate”), with additional reference to the fact that the harsh Australian sun could turn British immigrants' skin pomegranate red.

Posted: **Thu Dec 09, 2021 11:28 am**

Tichtheid wrote: Thu Dec 09, 2021 9:22 am
Chilli wrote: Thu Dec 09, 2021 6:56 am
Tichtheid wrote: Wed Dec 08, 2021 8:33 pm

I was going to mention that but I didn't want to be too negative.

Malherbe is my first choice at tighthead for a world XV, Furlong hasn't been at his best but does offer a lot around the park.
Anyone of Ox, Ginger Ninja, Fat Frans, Koch and Trevor could have been chosen above those 2 decidedly average Poms.

Bit harsh on a couple of levels, they are not Poms as has been said, but Furlong is at least a furlong from being decidedly average, at his best he really is one of the very best tightheads in the sport.

I don't think he's hit those heights this year.

Etymology 1 Edit
Australian from 1912.[1][2] Shortening of pomegranate, rhyming slang for immigrant (“imme-granate”), with additional reference to the fact that the harsh Australian sun could turn British immigrants' skin pomegranate red.

Posted: **Thu Dec 09, 2021 11:56 am**

Chilli wrote: Thu Dec 09, 2021 11:28 am
Tichtheid wrote: Thu Dec 09, 2021 9:22 am
Chilli wrote: Thu Dec 09, 2021 6:56 am
Anyone of Ox, Ginger Ninja, Fat Frans, Koch and Trevor could have been chosen above those 2 decidedly average Poms.

Bit harsh on a couple of levels, they are not Poms as has been said, but Furlong is at least a furlong from being decidedly average, at his best he really is one of the very best tightheads in the sport.

I don't think he's hit those heights this year.
Etymology 1 Edit
Australian from 1912.[1][2] Shortening of pomegranate, rhyming slang for immigrant (“imme-granate”), with additional reference to the fact that the harsh Australian sun could turn British immigrants' skin pomegranate red.

Furlong is Irish, so definitely not a Pom by any definition, OED has it as a British person, Collins has it as an English person.

The Aussies and Kiwis I worked with assured me I wasn't a Pom.

Posted: **Thu Dec 09, 2021 11:57 am**

That might be true, but Poms are English in contemporary culture.

Posted: **Thu Dec 09, 2021 12:13 pm**

I don't know if this will be of any interest to anyone, I like the origins of words.

In Scottish Gaelic the word for English is Sassanach.

In Welsh the word is Saesneg
Irish - Sacs-Bhéarla (English speaker)
Cornish - Sowsnek
Breton - Saozneg

They are all basically from the same word, Saxon.

Posted: **Thu Dec 09, 2021 1:08 pm**

FFS. Opening post...

Here

Savea?

Posted: **Thu Dec 09, 2021 4:54 pm**

Tichtheid wrote: Thu Dec 09, 2021 12:13 pm I don't know if this will be of any interest to anyone, I like the origins of words.

In Scottish Gaelic the word for English is Sassanach.

In Welsh the word is Saesneg
Irish - Sacs-Bhéarla (English speaker)
Cornish - Sowsnek
Breton - Saozneg

They are all basically from the same word, Saxon.

It has always entertained me that Cornish and Breton are essentially badly spelled Welsh.

Posted: **Thu Dec 09, 2021 6:07 pm**

Tichtheid wrote: Thu Dec 09, 2021 12:13 pm I don't know if this will be of any interest to anyone, I like the origins of words.

In Scottish Gaelic the word for English is Sassanach.

In Welsh the word is Saesneg
Irish - Sacs-Bhéarla (English speaker)
Cornish - Sowsnek
Breton - Saozneg

They are all basically from the same word, Saxon.

Interesting, cheers!

Posted: **Sat Dec 11, 2021 6:20 am**

And doesn’t the name Saxon come from the Saex - the particularly distinctive knife they carried?

Posted: **Sat Dec 11, 2021 7:24 am**

Sinkers wrote: Sat Dec 11, 2021 6:20 am And doesn’t the name Saxon come from the Saex - the particularly distinctive knife they carried?

Hence it's appearance on the arms of Essex and Middlesex.

Posted: **Sat Dec 11, 2021 10:10 am**

And England is from Angle-land

Posted: **Sat Dec 11, 2021 10:34 am**

Yr Alban wrote: Thu Dec 09, 2021 4:54 pm
Tichtheid wrote: Thu Dec 09, 2021 12:13 pm I don't know if this will be of any interest to anyone, I like the origins of words.

In Scottish Gaelic the word for English is Sassanach.

In Welsh the word is Saesneg
Irish - Sacs-Bhéarla (English speaker)
Cornish - Sowsnek
Breton - Saozneg

They are all basically from the same word, Saxon.
It has always entertained me that Cornish and Breton are essentially badly spelled Welsh.

Well they are part of the Brythonic group of Celtic languages so similarities are to be expected.
Irish and Scottish Gaelic are Goidelic so quite different.

Posted: **Sat Dec 11, 2021 11:38 am**

Where do the word Poms originate?

Posted: **Sat Dec 11, 2021 11:52 am**

OomStruisbaai wrote: Sat Dec 11, 2021 11:38 am Where do the word Poms originate?

Thought it was American. Will check.

Edit: Aus.

Prisoner Of Motherland

Posted: **Sat Dec 11, 2021 11:57 am**

Ymx wrote: Sat Dec 11, 2021 11:52 am
OomStruisbaai wrote: Sat Dec 11, 2021 11:38 am Where do the word Poms originate?
Thought it was American. Will check.

Edit: Aus.

Prisoner Of Motherland

Also thought it's the Convicts.

Posted: **Sat Dec 11, 2021 6:39 pm**

Good analysis

Posted: **Fri Dec 17, 2021 3:37 am**

Agree with the comments on the front row.

I think a guy like Penaud is not far from making that team. Same for Ntamack and Fickou.

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