I can’t do United right now. I’ve had a long week at work, babysitting grandson since I came home yesterday….im tired and drained, just don’t need the misery of watching United on top of everything else
Rugby Union 23/24 Discussion
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You have chosen wisely.
And breathe! We finally beat them in a knockout game. I almost couldn’t care what happens in the rest of the tournament now 
Also missed that ridiculous game earlier, will definitely have to give it a watch, must have been amazing live
Saints taking the piss so far against the Bulls. If Exeter beat Toulouse tomorrow there could be 3 English sides in the semis
Kidbob gets his justice after years of painAnd breathe! We finally beat them in a knockout game. I almost couldn’t care what happens in the rest of the tournament now
I watched the rugby too and I regret nothing. Recorded the United game to watch later but won’t bother. Won’t give those useless bastards 90 minutes out of my day.
It was incredible.
For every 4-3 vs Liverpool there seem to be about twelve 2-2’s at Bournemouth
Even in very bad seasons there was always a chance we might turn it on against a lower half team and put on a show. It was the grim certainty today that we would be shit and the match would be shit that did me in. Never in doubt.
Holy shit. Leinster have just signed Jordie Barrett!
(Side note, another reason to prefer rugby to football. Massive transfers can be confirmed without even a single rumour about it beforehand)
(Side note, another reason to prefer rugby to football. Massive transfers can be confirmed without even a single rumour about it beforehand)
Alongside very reasonable prices for the semi, it's a good day to be a Leinster fan.
This is wild. He can't play for NZ while not playing for a NZ team, right?
At 27, it seems young to make that decision.
Extended his New Zealand rugby contract too so imagine it’s no more than a few months jaunt, arrives in December
It's for 6 months
It's apparently only a 6 month deal and he's taking a Sabbatical. He signed up to a new Contract with the All Blacks til after the 2027 WC.
https://www.skysports.com/rugby-uni...for-next-season-as-all-black-takes-sabbatical
fecks sake, can’t Leinster be content with fielding 80% of the Irish team? Need to add Snyman & Barrett as well?
Thank you everyone for all responding
I cannot wait for Saracens to fall apart next year Obviously it had to be Farrell with the key offload that ends up winning the game.
So frustrating not to come away with a win from that, but I guess it’s a good sign that they can compete so well with the best team in the league without Finn Russell on the pitch.
Hopefully Bristol do us a favour (yuk) and we can get them back to the Rec for rematch in the play offs.
Obviously it had to be Farrell with the key offload that ends up winning the game.So frustrating not to come away with a win from that, but I guess it’s a good sign that they can compete so well with the best team in the league without Finn Russell on the pitch.
Hopefully Bristol do us a favour (yuk) and we can get them back to the Rec for rematch in the play offs.
I cannot wait for Saracens to fall apart next year
So frustrating not to come away with a win from that, but I guess it’s a good sign that they can compete so well with the best team in the league without Finn Russell on the pitch.
Hopefully Bristol do us a favour (yuk) and we can get them back to the Rec for rematch in the play offs.
Farrell taking 56 of his permitted 60 seconds to take the match winning penalty from right in front of the sticks was pure shithousery. Bath took a wee bit too long to get going. By the time they finally did, Sarries were 12-0 up.
I’m sure most players would have done the same. Considering the winning penalty came from Bath losing the ball in the Saracens 22, then knocking it on in the same position five minutes later, it felt pretty frustrating at the time.
Looking back, the seven points conceded on half time, a man up, was a killer.
A few weeks ago, Fin Smith was given the hurry up by Luke Pearce during Northampton's win over Sarries while taking a straight forward conversion when he had plenty of seconds remaining on the shot clock. Pearce invoked the spirit of the law while Fin Smith did nothing wrong via the laws. Maybe Pearce got told for that after the game.
Yeah I saw that. No chance Farrell bothers to listen to the ref in that situation though.
After the Queensland Reds beat the Crusaders in Christchurch for the first time since 1999 earlier today, I can post this without having the dubious honour of my team losing to the worst Crusaders side since 2001
Verrrrrry brave by Gibson Park there. Took a big risk chucking it out in the direction of three Northampton players and gets the big reward.
Devastating by Leinster.
Missing this as I’ve been travelling most of the day. Are saints at least making it competitive?
It’s all Leinster, but the saints did just score a try
Ross Byrne's kicking is keeping Northampton in it.
Great finish. Leinster too strong though.
Leinster just about squeeked it. Would have been more comfortable if Byrne had got any 7pts he missed from kicks.
Yeah, that’s it basically. Weird game. Went from extremely relaxed to agonising without any obvious reason. If he’d kicked his points it would have all felt a lot more comfortable.
If they had've lost that there'd be serious questions about his 2 from 5. It's just not good enough.
Whatever about the difficult conversions, he has to be making that penalty in the centre of the pitch.
Was made look worse by his opposite number slotting 100% of his kicks. Including two conversions exactly as difficult as the ones Byrne missed.
It’s a shame because his all round game was very good and he’s usually quite reliable off the tee. Hopefully got that all out of his system before the final.
Is ross byrne good enough?
Ireland just beat GB in 7s tournament semi-final. Playing NZ in the final just after 11am. TNT 2 (also on rugbypass streaming service- which is free) Worth a watch. 7s is nuts.
@moses should have tagged you in as well, with your newfound love (well, fondness) of the oval ball.
Excellent, a perfectly middle aged morning. I shall take a break from potting up veg seedlings.