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lol is that directed at me?

Hammerhead wrote:Totally agree with you Xantippe. Very offensive and ignorant post.

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O'Connell was a world class player right up to the moment he got injured. His work at the breakdown was world class, his lineout work was world class, his tackling was world class. Obviously his scrummaging and restart work was pretty exceptional. He's up there with the best four or five second row...

Again, if you don't think 14 men for 30 minutes and 3 points would have changed the game you are truely idiotic enough to think looking like a fool is banter. 14 men for 30 minutes? You think the props clean out was a red? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Have you ever played rugby, nothing in that, barely ...

Ha, I remember playing against Belvo, their 8 had about 6 inches and three or four stone on me, big rangy fellow, went low he pushed me face first into the ground, tried to go high got a hand in the face, pushed his hand down hit him, he got a paw loose and offloaded. Sometimes you come up against b...

Scotland get an admittance from WR that Joubert was wrong. Meanwhile Farces gets a semi final and we get no justice because we put up and shut up. I bet we didn't even ask for a citing. :roll: Garces wasnt worth twenty points, Garces didnt make shite of our backrow, thats the ultimate in sour grape...

I think you are slightly overstating the losses. Argentina played two kids at second row, Matfield has been put out to pasture in favour of two young bullocks in the row in SA. POC is a motivational loss, definitely. Playing loss, no, he can be adequately replaced, he is not a world class player, he...

Better passing and handling, keeping the ball alive, attacking space, less bulking up , more aerobic fitness etc. Problem is once the 6 nations comes around this will all be forgotten. Whenever someone mentioned Irish provinces playing more in a super rugby style, you'd get comments like "bask...

I dont get the complaints about "bulk", its a lack of power, and size and power go hand in hand. If anything I'd say we are underpowered, undersized and slow if we are talking about our physical preparation. Look at Wales, they are big fast and powerful, same with the Boks, they are undeni...

Better passing and handling, keeping the ball alive, attacking space, less bulking up , more aerobic fitness etc. Problem is once the 6 nations comes around this will all be forgotten. Whenever someone mentioned Irish provinces playing more in a super rugby style, you'd get comments like "bask...

Pace, pace, pace, offload, pace, power, power, pace pace, offload, offload, power also, did I mention pace?

Nah bro, Gordon Darcy says injuries are down to Wales doing too much gym work in pre season, our injuries are just bad luck our injuries were pretty much all in the one (ultra physical) match Wales were losing 2 or 3 guys for the tournament and beyond every game Name one Wales injury that is due to...

Very generous ratings. Did Best hit anyone or make any carries of note? Healy was anonymous, buckled in a few scrums, carried nothing, hit nothing. Aside from "not getting mangled" in scrums did Ross contribute anything in open play? Jordi Murphy combined all of POM's worst traits, too sma...

I assume Joe is keeping plan B for a tilt at a first ever hat trick of Six Nations victories.. We will win some matches by playing "rugby by numbers" Once we are in a fit state both mentally and physically we will probably win another 6 Nations but we will not win a RWC playing rugby that...

Look at the domestic game in Ireland, Wales, Scotland. Dead on its feet, we are always punching above our weight due to not having a secondary competition, a pan european pro 12 second division or alternate conference systems with national selections from Spain, Georgia etc would add more games more...

Look at Earls for the first try, he is way too close to DK, he instantly drifts, zero pressure, he does not lead, which as a 13 his job is to do. Im not absolving Kearnage Deux from blame, just pointing out that Earls doesnt have the nose to defend in the thirteen channel. He catches up to DK,why di...

Earls played the game plan he was given, a joe smith ireland team play a low risk, tight defensive game, which does not allow for a center to come up and leave a gap, which would be seen as a risk. You can not blame earls for the defensive frailties shown by our back 3. Earls job today was to be an...

^The Earls as a center experiment has to be over, he doesnt know how to lead a line or shut down space, I know he's second choice blah blah blah, but defence is the bedrock teams are built on, you cant pick suspect players in key positions, especially if you have two carthorses on the wings. Very l...

... you find good players by playing matches and doing gym work . Parody account? Power and pace are an inescapable part of the modern game, you build on your genetic aptitude/ability in the gym(or make up for what you dont have through hard work). Becoming (or being) an explosive athlete is part o...

^The Earls as a center experiment has to be over, he doesnt know how to lead a line or shut down space, I know he's second choice blah blah blah, but defence is the bedrock teams are built on, you cant pick suspect players in key positions, especially if you have two carthorses on the wings.