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It was Australia, not Australia A.
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Maybe don't use that halftime talk again?
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Will a prop charge him down as he's launched?
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It's the post war period I worry about. Our survivors will be stumbling around a radioactive wasteland whereas those Dublin public schools are going to keep on churning out Leinster players.
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Perfect comparison.
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Throughout this period, other teams suffered a lot of career threatening rib injuries from the laughing.
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Youngsters won't remember, but in the 90s all Welsh males between 20 and 35 who hadn't gone north were drafted into the squad on rotation. Usually worked ok, but you did get the occasional Alun Edmonds.
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He's your Alan Reynolds. I respect that.
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Who didn't?
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John was good though, so it's not a great comparison to Russell. Maybe Colin Stephens?
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The jury's out on whether he's afraid of tackling, or just really bad at it. As someone who was both, I'm still not quite decided on the precise nature of his glaring weakness. Russell, on the other hand, just thinks it's beneath someone of his genius.
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Between 0.78 and 0.81 I think. Would need to check, this was just my estimate from watching the game.
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Not every fly half can be nails like Arwel Thomas. But, in a Lions year, it is unfortunate that neither Scotland's nor Ireland's 10 is up for it. Anscombe has become favourite almost by default.
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Irish Slam after Slam in the postwar future.
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I think that massive error undermines his arguments on anything.
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In this context, it's interesting to read about the 'Small Blacks', the NZ rugby team capped at 85 kg per player. It's possible that the pro game will be driven towards a weight limit by insurance and litigation costs.
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LRZ..., LRZ..? I remember the name I think. Was he a previous generation's Ellis Mee?
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Should do.
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Ed, somebody blocked me on by here for defending you yesterday. Does that mean nothing to you?
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'Jac, you've captained the lions, won the world cup, multiple slams and put 5 stars on the Ospreys shirt. But that second Gats spell was clean off wasn't it?'
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The St Helen's redevelopment is going to be a magnet for world class players. We're basically fighting them off now.
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Mee is ahead of VdM at the moment but I think it's still all to play for. We can't get ahead of ourselves or lapse into that most un-Welsh behaviour, arrogance.
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Nice coach you've got there. Very nice.
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Or pass it onto your children I suppose.
I moved up to Scotland a few weeks after 32/31 and haven't left yet. They are without doubt the most wonderful of people living in the most beautiful of countries.
Can't play rugby though.
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Not going to lie, when Scott Gibbs won Scotland their last trophy 26 years ago, I went absolutely crazy. Was looking forward to something similar.
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Ed, sorry you're experiencing this. It feels far more like Musk's twitter than the calmer rugby discourse we're trying for on here. Are we sure they/them isn't one of those Bots I've heard of?
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Is it because they haven't done the combined 23 thing? Because that does seem to back Ed's analysis?
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If we put aside the red tinted glasses, I think we have to say that Tuipulotu would have walked into the 23. There's an argument he would have started. Excellent player.
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Anscombe is in box seat for Lions 10, that is for sure.
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Is it that you were always going to class us as favourites for this one?
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Him and Shane must have had fascinating chats about the technical aspects of games back in the day.
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No surrender to the IRB.
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Today brings this unfortunate realisation that nobody in the 6n is a very good side. And yet we're bottom.
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Easterby is falling apart in the role play exercise of his interview.
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In @seiwilliams.bsky.social coming blockbuster 'Irish rugby; what went wrong and why is it hilarious?' this match will be seen as pivotal.
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Only when Dewi Lake is injured.
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Massive learning experience for me moving up here is that there are loads of different Scottish accents. It's like it is in Wales, but sounding Scottish.
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With just one (admittedly brilliant) Osprey in the starting XV, this one rests heavily on the Cardiff / Llanelli axis of feeble. If we win, the credit is all yours.
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He'll just keep adding back rowers through force of habit.
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I feel embarrassed for him the way he's openly begging for the job. Show some respect for the Irish players mun.
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We're in a bit of a glasshouse here, Ed. We haven't even got Dan Edwards in the squad.
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Looks weak. I'm not saying we're going to hammer them, but I'd be very surprised if this is a close game.
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I was in East Lower for that one. The single worst decision I'd seen until the Celtic league started.
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The one major rugby scandal with no Irish involvement. Purely the Scots. Alone.
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He nailed the Scots over Granny Gate though. Scandalous that was. No need to look it up, it was just awful.
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I read all your tweets in that accent.
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Every Leinster comment on URC games is essentially
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Ed's referring to Inspector M'Orse, RTE's drama about a corrupt video ref on the payroll of the RFU. It's absolutely brilliant drama though, of course, pure fantasy.
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He's seen the highlights reels of Morgan Morse. Doesn't fancy it.