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Support Connacht. Someone has to.[/b]
Connacht have two dediated supporters here already...try Wasps.
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Want to see your team win? Munster or Leinster are for you.
Want to see a side with heart, sole and a dedication to the badge? The Newport Gwent Dragons are your men.
Want to see the most frustrating performances you possibly could? Watch the Ospreys or Cardiff Blues.
Want to see every game ruined by rain? Connacht for you.
Want to see a rather poor side occasionaly punch above their weight? Make your pick from Ulster and Glasgow, sir.
Want to see exciting Rugby at the cost of results? Go for the Scarlets.
Are you Scottish? Edinburgh, then.[/b]
Ulster are class bai....well most depth in the backrow in the Magners league anyway (and nobody outside of Ireland know who any of them are except Stephen Ferris and they lost Best and Wilson 2 years ago. Un-fricken-believable.).
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Most depth in the league, sir? The Cardiff Blues second back-row is a back-row of three Wales regulars (Well, Sowden-Taylor was last year). Rush, Williams and Molatika as the first choice, Powell, Warburton and Sowden-Taylor as second. None of which are bad players.
The Ospreys aren't bad either- Ryan Jones, Jon Thomas, Jerry Collins, Fiiiilllooooo, Marty Holah, ect. I'm not syaing Ulsters' are bad, though.
And it's a 15-man game, not a 3-man game. You could have the best back row in the world but if the rest of the team was hopeless, then you wouldn't get any further forward. (Or in the Blues case, world-class players almost everywhere but halfbacks, meaning that they're totally inadiquate.)
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Ulster have Ferris, Faloon, Pollock, Henry and Robbie Diack all of whom are very good players (except the last guy....he's just a good player, no adjective for him) but the great thing is that the oldest of them is Chris Henry who's only like 25.
But truth be told I was only standing up for Ulster. :s.
Anf Cardiff have world-class players almost every where but halfbacks...we really over-use the phrase 'World Class'. We need to make a 'linear scale of classness' to give people more options. 1. Absolute Useless Cack - through to - 10. One of the Best in the World. 9. Can be World-Class.
There's something for someone to do while they're bored.
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Why, now that you mention it, I'm very bored! How about:
1)
The Useless twat -
Why oh why are you a professional rugby player
2)
Below Average Man -
If your team is desperate with a mound of injuries look no further. In the Espoirs.
3)
The Fringe Player -
Will probably get a few league games and might do alright, but destined for mediocrity
4)
The Filler -
You'd rather not have him but he does an OKish job. Just don't play him in the Heineken Cup
5)
Average Man -
A solid Provincial player, nothing more.
6)
The inbetweener -
Good for the club, but doesn't cut it at international level
7)
International Class -
Maybe not outstanding, but good enough to make most national 22s
8)
The Lion -
Would be good enough to be in the Lions' 22
9)
Top-Drawer -
One of the best around in his position
10)
World Class -
Shaggin' deadly, one of the best in the world, period.
