Australia again

[Saintjay]

Gatland said the other day, come the World Cup, people will be scared to have us in their group.

I'm not worried, you're worried.

I'm more worried someone could get a nasty cut from tripping over the speed bump that is the 73rd person he's tried at fly-half.

 

[Welsh Exile]

I had a dream last night the WRU were making a breaking announcement but it never came.

 

[odw26]

Is anyone else getting boxing repeat instead of Reds V Wales on Sky?

 

[BiggusLaddus]

I had a dream last night the WRU were making a breaking announcement but it never came.

You woke up too soon!

Queensland Reds v Wales: Cory Hill pulls out for personal reasons

Head coach Warren Gatland says captain Cory Hill has pulled out of Wales' tour match against Queensland Reds for "personal reasons".

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Welsh Exile]

Is anyone else getting boxing repeat instead of Reds V Wales on Sky?

Yeah wtf is going on.

 

[Welsh Exile]

And now it just randomly comes on. What a joke.

 

[Welsh Exile]

I like our kit.

 

[RedruthRFC]

Is anyone else getting boxing repeat instead of Reds V Wales on Sky?

Blame Bill Gates!

 

[Welsh Exile]

Blame Bill Gates!

I think I'll stick to blaming Gatland, thanks.

 

[Welsh Exile]

Leaving it a bit late there. Actually feel a bit for the Reds.

 

[Welsh Exile]

Oops. Maybe spoke to soon.

 

[Ferrari333SP]

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Georgia played some beautiful rugby.

Honestly the six nations should start looking at building it into a euros type competition Spain, Portugal and Georgia all imo at a level where they could win a game at that level.

Could bring in Romania to make it even.
Idk promotion and relegation in tier 2 is prob easier and fits in better with the time. Also feel that tier 1 teams must have to play a tier 2 nation on all tours. Even if just one game.

 

[Croket66]

Unfortunately Georgia has to play without two last minute forfeit : their captain #6 Beka Gorgadze and their most capped player, the winger Sandro Todua, the two oldest players of the squad
Cockerill decided to make a lot of changes with picking a very young squad since he was appointed Georgia's headcoach as I wrote before.
Today from the starting XV 11 players are from 20 to 25 years old, 4 in a 26-28 age range and not a single one older than 28.
The Georgia's junior program is very well builded with the U20 always finishing in the JWC top10
The team moved from a full forwards oriented gameplan to a very balanced gameplan with every a year a couple of U20 backs included in the senior squad.
Maybe the forwards are a bit less dominant than the Mamuka Gorgodze Era, but the team is overall better and more enjoyable to watch.
Now they have to work hard on defending mauls, lineouts, and to be overall faster. They showed for a while that they are fit to play 80 min at international level while most of Tier2 team are struggling a lot from min 60

 

[AngloScotsHybrid]

International arrest warrant issued for former Australia rugby captain Rocky Elsom

Elsom was found guilty of forgery by a French court relating to his time as president of rugby club Narbonne

www.independent.co.uk

You can take a guy out of Australia but you cant take Australia out of the guy ;-)

 

[Derpus]

An Australian to captain Scotland against Australia is peak 2024 test rugby.

 

[General Melchett]

An Australian to captain Scotland against Australia is peak 2024 test rugby.

Quite a few ex-pros have him in their Lions 15 so you might get a closer look at him next summer. Brilliant player and a great character from what I've read.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

International arrest warrant issued for former Australia rugby captain Rocky Elsom

Elsom was found guilty of forgery by a French court relating to his time as president of rugby club Narbonne

www.independent.co.uk

You can take a guy out of Australia but you cant take Australia out of the guy ;-)

He was over here as an assistant coach fir a second tier Dublin rugby school. Thought it was strange when I first heard it but made sense in light of this.

Troubled guy, if I remember correctly rumours were that he came over here as a player because he needed the money to pay off debt (although never played like a guy cashing in and is a club legend in 21 appearances). This is sad to see, hope he can sort himself out whatever the result.

 

[Derpus]

He was over here as an assistant coach fir a second tier Dublin rugby school. Thought it was strange when I first heard it but made sense in light of this.

Troubled guy, if I remember correctly rumours were that he came over here as a player because he needed the money to pay off debt (although never played like a guy cashing in and is a club legend in 21 appearances). This is sad to see, hope he can sort himself out whatever the result.

Stab at what % of the Lions will be made up of Saffas, Kiwis and Aussies?

 

[Welsh Exile]

Stab at what % of the Lions will be made up of Saffas, Kiwis and Aussies?

It's the British and Irish lions plus commonwealth. One of the benfits of having one of the biggest empires in history is we can claim several countries as our own. The Irish got on board with it so it's about time you got with the programme too.