Rugby Union Discussion - Six Nations Time

fecking Eddie Jones commentating on England tomorrow - feck me better get the sledging in tonight, because that’s going to be ear-aids
 
I’ve found this clip from a few years ago…..watching this scrumhalf take the ball in a bad position and just bull his way through the opposition, carrying various players on his back….watching it at the time I thought, “shit, this fecker might end up being the greatest”



Obviously loads more to his game, but the threat to just go ‘feck you’ and run through the whole team from anywhere, it’s unique


Yeah and his defence is incredible too. Did you see him basically lift Mack Hansen off the try line with one arm when we played them last year?

Then there’s the kicking. Which doesn’t get talked about much but is crazy good. Off both feet.
 
Dupont is Diego Maradona.
aye. messi’s clearly brilliant, but for me he’s missing the kind of mystique required to really win your heart. he’s probably just too consistent and too boring.
 
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Yeah and his defence is incredible too. Did you see him basically lift Mack Hansen off the try line with one arm when we played them last year?

Then there’s the kicking. Which doesn’t get talked about much but is crazy good. Off both feet.
The English commentary for that was brilliant. It was an ex player saying "that's basically impossible", as he was watching it on replay.
 
That's gonna be red, I think
Yeah amazed if that doesn’t become a red

The bunker is good because no ref wants to give Ntamack a red in Paris in the tournament opener…..the bunker allows the ref to not feel that pressure
 
That's gonna be red, I think

Yeah amazed if that doesn’t become a red

The bunker is good because no ref wants to give Ntamack a red in Paris in the tournament opener…..the bunker allows the ref to not feel that pressure

Called it.

He’ll miss games too. Such a brainless thing to do.
 
Le Garrec misses another fecking sitter to destroy my France +20 in each half bet. cnuts going right on the list
 
Yeah amazed if that doesn’t become a red

The bunker is good because no ref wants to give Ntamack a red in Paris in the tournament opener…..the bunker allows the ref to not feel that pressure

I think it's been a good addition. Oddly Quinlan was questioning whether the ref could have given a straight red but there isn't really anything to be gained from that.
 
I think it's been a good addition. Oddly Quinlan was questioning whether the ref could have given a straight red but there isn't really anything to be gained from that.
Luke Pearce would have :lol: Probably the only ref that would.

No I think you only see straight reds for really egregious stuff like punches or players getting mullered in the air and landing on their heads
 
I think it's been a good addition. Oddly Quinlan was questioning whether the ref could have given a straight red but there isn't really anything to be gained from that.

I didn’t really get that either. He shouldn’t give an onfield red without carefully reviewing all the footage and the whole point of the bunker is to save the fans sitting through all that faff. It’s a really clever/obvious initiative.
 
I didn’t really get that either. He shouldn’t give an onfield red without carefully reviewing all the footage and the whole point of the bunker is to save the fans sitting through all that faff. It’s a really clever/obvious initiative.

Especially when giving a red directly doesn't actually do anything. The player is immediately out with the yellow.