Brendan Gallagher
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So to sum up..
Jonny Sexton and repeat offenders owen farrell and zander fagerson all free to play every last min of their teams world cup
Meanwhile tonga's george moala, a first time offender, gets 10 weeks
This alas is how the T1 and T2 system works
Rugby apartheid
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I have now watched this at least 30 times since Saturday and the in out swerve to shred the last Wales defender is one of the greatest moments of rugby virtuosity I have ever seen. It s right up there with Phil bennet starting the Barbarians try
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Not sure ive ever seen a team that gets away with so much "stuff" at the breakdown. Off feets, hands on ground, offside, sealing
Good luck to them, did their homework and knew that Dickson never pings this
But please, no whinging, when a ref does 'suddenly " apply the laws!
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Not often Eddie Butler strikes a sour note but it was irritating to hear him namecheck New Zealander Toa Haalafihi and South African Braam Steyn for Italy but to sidestep that Jonny McNicholl and Willis Halaholo of wales are Kiwis not to mention Wales' English contingent!
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Can we now have a long over due period of silence from those who insist the lack of relegation in no way affects the integrity of the Premiership. Gloucester 64 Bath 0.
FFS!
#Rugby
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game was won and lost midway through second half when wales committed 3 professional fouls on the hoof on their line. Dee 2, Biggar 1. No yellow card
60 secs later wales go up field and fiji cop yellow from first deliberate pen. DEE, who shdnt be on park scores
Horrific reffing
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@BBCSport
Where's Mark Cavendish? Biggest cycling story/achievement of the year x 10 and then some
and where is Tom Daley's diving partner. He didnt win the gold medal on his own
who choses these short lists?
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@Peston
@Telegraph
Is that the inquiry voted for unanimously by H of C and featuring a majority of cons? Asking for the sake of accuracy
Ps why are we paying this multi millionaires legal fees?
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Rugby, v badly, needs a world cup in Argentina
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@Jake_Kanter
wonderful
For some reason Reminds me of the time in Hollywood when David Niven entered a David Niven lookalike competition and came third
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So cane just took out a puma way ahead of the ruck right in front of Gardner and he just ignored it
Exactly the same offence he pinged gonzalez forbin first half
Unplayable
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So heres the thing
Most of the rugby excellence has come from pools A and B
But the much derided pools C and D hv provided the closer more competive games, more entertainment, more stories, more colour, more engagement
Just saying
Jus
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@rugbyontnt
100% they shd hv. When the ball fell at least 3 french defenders walked towards kicker or moved grom stationary position. They are not allowed to do that with a pen and only allowed to do that with a con if kicker has begun his approach
Italy done in cold blood
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@jaredwright17
Goes early for me and certainly before any movement towards the ball
Why aren't world rugby releasing the wide angled footage the tmo looked at?
If it was 100% legal it's one of the games great plays in history and needs to be showcased as 2 what a legal charge down looks like
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There may hv been a few greater players than JPR - tho not many - but he has always been the first name on the team sheet of my all time world xv. What a player, force of nature and competitor. What an iron willed presence. They broke the mould. RIP
#JPR
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A personal tribute to a good mate, a great journo and, to my mind, the true inventor of the modern day sporting podcast along with his partners in crime at
@cycling_podcast
@friebos
@lionelbirnie
#cycliing
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6 weeks since Prem clubs played in Europe and 5 weeks since a Prem league game. And it will be nearly 3 weeks b4 their nxt league game
Inexplicable disastrous torpedoing of the club scene. No footfall, no cash flow, no tv, no fecking interest at height of season!
#rugbydesert
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I doubt very much if Bath fans, soaked to the skin clinging on to their temporary stand as the weather closes in, would turn their noses up to some of Doncaster's facilities!
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Only two things can stop Leinster this season
Toulouse and dupont on a v special day
A ref who takes against them at the breakdown where they get away with murder
Dont think either will happen
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@AdamWagner1
So If I believe myself to be travelling at 30mph in a 30mph area, but in fact am travelling at 35mph when I cause an accident by excess speed that's is presumably perfectly ok?
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@SixNationsRugby
No italy a better team than Wales across the 5 games. Poor reffing cost them wins over Scotland and Wales
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@PippaMusgrave1
It was a baddish tackle. Over here as a first offence with admission of guilt and remorse etc it wd be 4weeks say. But to get 10 weeks when repeat offender farrell walks free is total madness
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Meanwhile boxing to ban all punching and pro cyclists will incur life bans if they crash and hurt themselves. Horses set to be barred from all equestrian events . F1 impose 100mph speed limit, skiers must only do the snow plough and surfers can only surf in 3ft waves or less
A back page for the history books…
Professionalism marked the end of the beginning.
Does today now mark the beginning of the end?
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I reckon Leinster hv been off their feet at 30+ rucks this game... And with 40 seconds left reynal pings saints. Unbelievable!
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@bbcapprentice
The poorest final five in the competitions history with most of the more talented candidates inexplicably kicked off. Some shocking calls this year
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11 of portugal squad play in Pro D2 and the league is rightly v proud
Time for RFU and Bill sweeney to stop fecking around and reboot the once equally as strong Championshjp
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@andNickMullins
Ridiculous
Italy, supporters of European rugby since 1996, not even allocated a single place in the EUROPEAN champions Cup
NO effort to get Georgia involved
Assumption that fans are all minted and can nip down to SA
Sounds like along lunch gone wrong with the suits
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Memo to the RFU. That brilliant Tonga try just now ? Scored by a championship player with Coventry
Your welcome
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Why do no commentators ever mention that tomasso Allen's mum captained italy women, thar he was born on Italy and grew up speaking Italian
Only background ever mentioned id his jockbok uncle!
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I want to start seeing this in English rugby again
La Rochelle by the way were Pro D2 nobody's as recently as 2014. And challenge cup winners Lyon were in Pro D2 in 2016
RFU must upgrade the championship and must come under the umbrella of the Premiership. No more elitism
La Rochelle has a population of 75,000 or so. Some 20,000 were in Marseille yesterday for the
#HeinekenChampionsCup
final. Looks like most of the rest of them were here...
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@ZelenskyyUa
@MrHarryCole
@BorisJohnson
Can I politely point out that it is the British taxpayer that is rightly showing solidarity with the brave people of Ukraine as the fight on
Johnson has very little to do with it, it was Johnson who as Foreign Secretary vetoed assistance to Ukraine. He always has his own agenda
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Is this the Beth Rigby who didn't 'do the decent thing' and resign when actually done for being on the piss at a big birthday party during lockdown?
Funny old world saint
the sheer fuckwittery of our looney right wing media knows no bounds
Q: On Jan 31 you tweeted the PM is now under criminal investigation for breaking his own lockdown laws & should do the decent thing & resign. But now you are under criminal investigation and are not resigning. What do you say to those you say you are a hypocrite?
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The case for the lions touring South America again grows ever stronger
That would be some tour, on and off the field
Blazers will never let it happen though. Halfwits
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@BBCRosAtkins
@Otto_English
"When you fight us, you will see our faces not our backs" is my favourite Zelensky quote to far. Talk obut cometh the hour cometh the man
Keep the quick reports and catch ups coming maestro
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@AnushkaAsthana
You are rather missing the point
Johnson was the landlord of an illegal lock down boozer that has received 126 fines , ie nearly 1% of the total throughout the UK. He was personally at 6 illegal parties although his part only investigated in 2 of them.
The buck stops with him
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@jaredwright17
Love Jenks to bits.... but he is well out of order here
Over an almost nothing "incident"
Shows level of frustration in the wales camp
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@RhysPJones98
and Georgia, Portugal, Spain, Romania, Russia. European nations should automatically have a right to be promoted to Europe's top competition. Not having that right has already almost killed them off. Parachuting South Africa in is no solution to anything
Bovine thinking from 6N
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As a youngster Barry John was the first sportsman of any description I ever saw who did things in slow motion and without apparent exertion
Yet known speedsters and hard cases cdnt lay a hand on him
He was a magician in that real sense. What u saw made no sense
#barryjohn
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@TelegraphSport
@GavinMairs
What an utterly dreadful idea, zero interest in this crap. Can we hv the old heineken cup back please. Ta
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World Rugby need to give host broadcasters a kick up the arse. Pictures weren't slick enough, not enough replays of big moments let alone contentious decisions, way too many wide shots, we werent in their with the action. Need to up their game
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@willgkelleher
Who could possibly have predicted such a stitch up?!
Remind me what is bath's capacity when you take away the temporary stand, as you must, under any criteria
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Are scotland still at RWC2023? Asking for concerned friends!
Their 14 days between r1 and r2 is only 4 days less than the 18 days allocated for Namibia to complete their entire 4 match pool programme
Madness of the highest order from RWC schedulers
#rwc2023
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Spain v Portugal World cup decider comfortably thebest rugby match I've watched this season
Shames the 6n that they wont take REC1 under is umbrella & implement promotion an relegation
Shames
@ITVsport
that as world cup rights holders they couldn't be bothered to show the game
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@chrisshipitv
@UKPoliticsLive
As a resident of sussex for 65 years i find their hijacking of Sussex deeply offensive
Neither of them have anything to do with this great county they r just using and abusing the name for commercial gain
Pretty shameful behaviour, they do nothing but take
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This was actually a cracking game (28-19 Blues after a late comeback and try of the season contender) which included 78 mins of excellent rugby and this game of kick tennis which became a war of wills and brinkmanship. don't mind one of those per game
V decent crowd as well.
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@RoryStewartUK
Mick Lynch is a genius because:
1: He stays calm and polite when piss poor right wing pundits try and goad him
2: He listens v patiently to the question/insult, never interrupts while all the while sharpening his stiletto to apply when they finally shut up
Glorious to watch
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@alexshawsport
Id b careful there. No provable link whatsoever beteeen mnd and contact sport has yet be found. All sorts of people of widely different backgrounds randomly get and have got this horrible disease over many years
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@DominicWard14
@EnglandRugby
To be fair ollie chessum provided the flip!
It all happened v quick but i think faz, reacting to a stellar legal hit, reached out first in direction of negri face and negri immediately reacted
It was all a bit handbags, neither seemed too bothered afterwards tbh
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Outstanding reffing from former France Womens XVs and 7s star Aurelie Groizeleau at the Italy U20 game with England tonight. TMO only allowed to come in once.Totally in control. Definitely one to watch. Superb 6- 0 win by Italy whose pack blasted England off the park
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This france u20 team, as previously discussed, r completely off the fecking richter scale. Their best ever and 13 of the 23 are a year young. And their best 2 backs r at home with the senior squad!
The rest of the rugby world need 2b v afraid
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Complete shambles that rugby can not tap into great little rugby communities like Ordizia - and many others - on mainland Europe. Have been kept at arms lengths for decade after decade by the big boys who don't want any gatecrashers to THEIR party
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We must stop this twaddle abt MOM always coming from winning side
Who was the best player on the park on the night?
Even Ireland will tell u it was Scalabrin
Either take these awards seriously or bin them
Ah man. Italy U20 miss out on a first ever win in Ireland at U20 level by a single point. Led with 6 mins to play and had the final play to find a winner.
Marco Scalabrin with one of the most brilliant individual performances alongside a dominant Italian pack. So close. 🇮🇹
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@StevenLuatua
Appalling decision on every level An islander or a T2 player from around the world with 3 previous bans for a similar tackle wd get three months minimum
Absolutely sickens me to see this
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@AndyGoode10
@rugbyworldcup
@lionsofficial
Bigger question is how to aussies warrant a full tour and why r lions acting as their cash cow
Tour the Pacific islands+japan
Tour argentina, uruguay and Chile
Spears the love
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@PaulBrandITV
Johnson wins
Thats what he he has been working for even tho three days ago Police had no problems at all. His lawyers hv blocked it all the way,
Sue Gray report a waste of time
Police investigation will take 6 months min
Never has the UK been more like North Korea than now
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@EmmaKennedy
uve got it wrong re Harry. Many didnt like the way he took the tax payers funding until the moment he chose not to honour his part of the deal anymore and then shamelessly trashed his family. And still wants us to pay for his protection
Not remotely concerned who he marries
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@JeremyVineOn5
He didny say that
He said the language used is not dissimilar
Get these things right please
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@ATRightMovies
Decent 7 out of 10 film. Worse films hv won Oscars
But not remotely in the same league as Goodfellas. Not in the same street
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Two years ago since we lost Richard Moore . Here enjoying a " sustaining" early morning breakfast with
@willfoth
somewhere in France before daily TDF madness begins.
Trenchermen both!
2007 from memory. Possibly the maddest hottest tour we did together
Gone but not forgotten
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@JoeNaConnacht
Extraordinary stats given that ireland probably get away with more nonsense at the breakdown than any test team on the planet.
This is my big concern.... Thst they suddenly lose the ref, as happened to Leinster in Euro final v la rochelle
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Siya kolisi praising ben okeefe post match for his xcellent communication during the match
The two seen hving a v long chat before second half started
Fine and dandy but okeefe has no french and made no attempt 2 extend france the same courtesy and communication skills
Poor
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Leinster brilliant... But as ever breaking ever law in the book at just abt every breakdown. Get away with murder every week. Been saying and writing it for years
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@conallmagrealis
@AggressiveJuice
@katrinatulloch
But to write a hugely profitable and carer launching book taking in the subject and glory in the adulation that book received?
Pisspoor
And remember she cdnt pick him out of the line-up ..and in court there was only one black male present when asked did she recognise him? !!!
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Meanwhile in France todsy this is deemed as only a yellow
Carton JAUNE !? Quelle honte,
@LNRofficiel
&
@ProvaleRugby
alors vous dites quoi. J’en ai marre de voir les choses comme ça toutes les week-ends, réveillez vous
#cartonrouge
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@jaredwright17
I have never ever seen a team offend and break the law on such an industrial scale at the breakdown as leinster. And get away with it.
They dare the ref to ping them and most back down abjectly
And if ref is brave enough to stand up to them, they adapt instantly and behave!!
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Abs v good tbf but doing that Leinster thing of flopping off their feet at every breakdown. impossible to play against
Gardner not man enough to ping it and alas very few refs are. Blights the game
Also seems to hv endless time to listen to cane but montoya gets short shrift
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How it all started 16 years ago
A little trade secret, my news piece had to appear as Dan Harbles* cos the desk had called me off the Tour the night b4. I had promised a cav wd win in 3 earlier stages and they lost patience!
*dan Harbles is an anogram of handlebars!
#TDF2024
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@Sonjamclaughlan
So much more than just a great commentator. Citizen of the world interested in everybofy and everything. Brilliant touring companion particularly down in Nz with the 2005 lions when his good cheer ess much needed and at rwc2011 when he was so excited by Wales.
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@JumboVismaRoad
@rogla
Im the biggest rog fan on the planet but this is utter bollox. The crash was totally down to him. Hr chose to ride the other side of the road to the small group, lost ground, came veering across recklesdly to try and take the bsck wheel on not lose time. Owes wright an apology
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@BeaumontDMD
@carolecadwalla
Since when is exposing the truth destroying people? They do that themselves
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Searching in vain in sunday tel and sunday times sports supps for reports of tom pidcocks xtraordinary victory at strade bianche, the outstanding athletic performance by any Brit in any sport this year
And its a pretty quiet weekend
No wonder printed press is in free fall
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@LBC
@IanpayneLBC
No, hes one of the few celebrities to hold this truly awful, dishonest evil government to account. He shd be getting a k not johnsons disgrace of a father
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@RugbyInsideLine
Portugal did explain this Endlessly to England but rfu insisted on billing it as full Portugal team and not tweaking the selection a bit
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@CharlieFelix
@bencoles_
You cd write book on the unheralded, underrated players Saracens have signed - and continue to sign - for peanuts and made into great players. Abt 3 divisions ahead of any other club in that respect but it doesnt suit the narrative of those who only think they "bought" success
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@AllBlacks
Photo opportunity and all that ... But pretty inefficient way of a bloke getting his bags to his room
Now they will now hv to be sorted from hugr pile in the lobby , reunited with their owners who then hv to carry them to their room anyway !
Wheres the kit master! On smoko?
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That TMO intervention a terrible precedent
TMOs r for tries and foul play
If they start reviewing other routine ref decisions they will hv to review every call
And games will take 3 hours
A number of un reviewed knock ons after that big intervention
Great game though
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@chjones9
An exceptionally good way to piss off nations like Argentina, Georgia, South Africa, Russia etc who never have -and never will - poach players. Countries where the jersey is not for sale and you don't get two bites of the cherry
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@BBCSport
Absolutely outstanding
A v modest understated, human, sometimes doubting and vulnerable athlete..... But actually one of the v best GB has ever produced
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@jpstafford
Dickson is just embarrassing sometimes. To think he gets these games ahead if Luke pearce. Simply baffling
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@RoryStewartUK
@ThatTimWalker
@RestIsPolitics
loved the pod and accept your explanation
Serious question. why would Rishi Sunak, worth £200m on his own and married to businesswoman daughter of a billionaire, even need £6000 from a Russian donator, oligarch or otherwise.
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@PippaCrerar
Starmer showing himself to be PM material, possibly for the first time. thats as strong a speech ive heard in H of C since Geoffrey Howe took Margaret thatcher apart limb by by iimb
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The young Caucau was the greatest rugby player ive ever seen. Totally different class. Some early footage to feast your eyes on
If you needed a reminder why the rugby world lost its mind over Rupeni Caucaunibuca in 2001 🔥
#Rugby
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Too hot and bolloxed to look it up... but I wonder how many england matches George Ford has ever played without either owen farrell and ben youngs calling the shots?
Ford is a player who needs to run the show
Which will make selection intetesting later in the tournament
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If england get within 30 points of either of these teams it will be a miracle
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@RichieLionel81
@bbcnickrobinson
@Telegraph
Bias towards the facts - you've nailed it. That's what I expect from the BBC and indeed all news organisations. Very rare and tricky but I have felt in recent months that the BBC is back' on it' and their staff have grown weary of reporting half truths and twisted data
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@dylmjack
Loads of misinformation on twitter, much of it deliberate and agenda driven. Suggest we just wait for the report
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@willgkelleher
Deliberately
He knew Berry and his two colleagues were in charge of next two test. That's the crucial context And they didn't have right of reply
Old fashioned bullying and intimidation, plus character assassination. Pretty clear cut case. Not rocket science
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@M0ManeMoProblem
@PippaCrerar
Thats to get an appointment. Another 6-9 months even a year for the necessary surgery
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World Rugby just taking the piss... because they can
And because they have disgracefully blatantly rigged the voting system in perpetuity so that the Six Nation, SANZAR block can never be challenged. Ever
Rugbys mafia
So few-to-no Tier 1 games for Portugal, Samoa, Tonga and potentially 1 of Georgia/ Fiji/ Japan (depending on who the 2 invitational sides are) until 2030.
And then only for the lucky promoted
🤯🤯🤯
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@SussexCCC
@iMRizwanPak
Fantastic player and battler, just what we need... but how much will we see of him?
Here's hoping though
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@knockedon1
I can assure that if any other player in the world had climbed out if the stands to abuse officials on final whistle in the manner he did it wd be a minimum 12 month ban
And those from smaller nations wd get a life ban
Ireland heaved huge sigh of relief when only 3 games
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