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  1. Yoshimitsu

    South Africa vs British and Irish Lions - Test 3

    Hmm fully unconvinced. Van de Merwe's inclusion leads me to believe that Biggar may struggle to exceed his tally of 3 passes in the last game. Bomb Kolbe appears to be the plan. That's not near enough. I have some sympathy with the Lion's selectors. An obvious tactic would be to try and play...
  2. Yoshimitsu

    South Africa vs British and Irish Lions - Test 2

    This is proper comedy stuff from World Rugby. In a single passage of play, 2 South African players would have seen red cards in the vast majority of NH games over the past year. Kolbe's challenge on Tom Curry is negligent in the extreme. There's no attempt to lower the contact height, there's...
  3. Yoshimitsu

    [COVID-19] General Discussion

    It depends on what the purpose of the app is? If it's to manage spread, then it's like sticking a very small sticking plaster on the gaping wound of "opening up" when in an exponential phase of viral growth. I'd expect millions of people to be uninstalling the app over the next couple of weeks...
  4. Yoshimitsu

    South Africa vs British & Irish Lions - Test 1

    Well "wet" would mean "dampened", would mean made less exciting right? "Whet" on the other hand means "sharpened", made more anticipated...... Everyone loves a spelling pedant.......... But actually fully share the sentiment. Gatland has made some big calls here but mainly the right ones for...
  5. Yoshimitsu

    [COVID-19] General Discussion

    Vaccinate the smallest number of people possible in order to minimise the evolutionary pressure for vaccine escape. Vaccinate the most vulnerable. Invest heavily in therapeutics / complementary therapies to minimise the impact of others who my become infected. Put serious public health...
  6. Yoshimitsu

    [COVID-19] General Discussion

    I do wonder whether in days to come what is happening now will be viewed with the same disdain as George W Bush stood under a "Mission Accomplished" banner. It appears that the favoured strategy now is repeat eternal jabs for everyone for the rest of their natural lives. The long term impacts of...
  7. Yoshimitsu

    2021 British & Irish Lions Squad

    I suspect Murray doesn't answer back much. Gatland's strong on a united front and I suspect that Farrell in particular has qualities that may make that a problem.
  8. Yoshimitsu

    Premiership Rugby 20/21 - Grand Final

    Very much so. I can fully imagine a scenario where Smith is told he needs to work on his "defence" and "game management" i.e. "booting it away" before he'll be considered as an England starter. Which would ruin 90% of the stuff that's great about him now. The "it's too soon" brigade can bugger...
  9. Yoshimitsu

    Premiership Rugby 20/21 - Semi-Finals

    The thing is you probably couldn't even to that without offending somebody. You could call them the Exeter Dumnonii but the bloody Durotriges would probably kick off about it being exclusionary. Isn't "Saracens" also super iffy in terms of connotation? I mean Exeter make the argument that they...
  10. Yoshimitsu

    Premiership Rugby 20/21 - Semi-Finals

    I think he's got a point to be fair. But he's stuffed due to the fact that potential litigation is going to drive the direction of the game. Ultimately it doesn't matter how much current players wish to play a game that involves giving each other brain damage World Rugby cannot allow that. If...
  11. Yoshimitsu

    Premiership Rugby 20/21 - Rd 22

    I have a bridge to sell you. Afoa was "tactical" until the point Lam required him "injured", then he was "injured" until it dawned on Lam that they'd be playing with 13 at which point the safety of Afoa became moot and he allowed the player to return. I'll give Lam credit for his post-hoc...
  12. Yoshimitsu

    [COVID-19] General Discussion

    Glad you're O.K (and I hope the rest of your family recover fully too). It's an odd disease indeed. I know people personally who have tested positive with no symptoms whatever through to people that have died from it (underlying conditions contributed) and almost everything in between. How were...
  13. Yoshimitsu

    [COVID-19] General Discussion

    I'd hypothesize it's more likely to see what effect vaccinating has on the link between cases and deaths through whatever variant. Infections in the NW (U.K) are growing exponentially, if I had to punt on the next "problem" area it'll be Reading in the SE. The fact that the most vulnerable are...
  14. Yoshimitsu

    Premiership Rugby 20/21 - Rd 21

    No but threatening the ref might be. Lam said something along the lines of "If he goes back on and gets injured, it's on you" to the referee. That's pretty much a threat and needs addressing. If Lam felt that strongly about Afoa's safety than surely he'd have stood his ground, but no..... The...
  15. Yoshimitsu

    Premiership Rugby 20/21 - Rd 19

    Very much agree with this. Effectively Exeter play two massive aggressive flank forwards who also provide lineout threat. None of the back row particularly worry about turnover at the breakdown as that's not the plan. Attrition hits and constant pressure at the line are designed to win the ball...
  16. Yoshimitsu

    2021 British & Irish Lions Squad

    Gatland's an odd fish. I swear the Simmonds call-up is partly just to annoy Eddie. Sam's a tremendous player but he's not a Gatland player and he's not making the test team. The Boks will enjoy rag-dolling the little fella. To play Simmonds you need two massive and mental flank forwards which er...
  17. Yoshimitsu

    2021 British & Irish Lions Squad

    To make that work though you'd be looking at Price at 9, Russell at 10, something like Henderson, Daly and then Watson, Adams, Hogg. Warren's not going to go that way is he? Any "quick" gameplan dies on the altar of a Biggar Farrell alliance. Aki and Henderson are decent players but quick...
  18. Yoshimitsu

    2021 British & Irish Lions Squad

    Fair challenge but when Gatland says this “I thought he [Sinckler] defended well, carried the ball well, his set-piece was good, and there’s no doubt he is a fantastic rugby player. He’s just got a few demons to deal with.” you can see why he may choose someone interested in playing the game...
  19. Yoshimitsu

    2021 British & Irish Lions Squad

    Apparently Kyle is a massive bell end. That won't have helped his chances. I suspect Mr Gatland craves a tight ship. There are no rogues in that selection........ Warren doesn't require characters just absolute commitment to the cause. The interesting on to wtach will be Finn. "How many beers...
  20. Yoshimitsu

    General Concussion thread

    As a youth rugby coach this is devastating. It's already difficult enough to get players involved without the media deciding that it's time to get involved in killing it. There are sections of that community that would love to. It's still viewed as some elitist cult by some. Obviously there are...
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