@Bones said in Reds v Chiefs:

@booboo said in Reds v Chiefs:

and also a complete humour vacuum beside me

Ken hell mate. Better hope the wife didn't sneak a peek over your shoulder.

Wife was at home. Jr on the other side.

Had stuck up twat who had no sense of humour on my left. Really pissed off we lost so didn't have the chance to be condescending.

@Bones said in Hurricanes vs Blues:

Would've liked to see Rieko step up and be a lot more involved, a la Telea. Disappointing

In fact, my hunch is that Telea at 13 and RIoane at 14 would be an improvement!

having this tournament where it is so easy and cheap for away supporters to travel makes me so envious. It's almost quicker (and significantly cheaper) for Scots supporters to fly to Rome than it is for me to fly to Brisbane FFS

I see what @Bones means about Finn Russell. Definitely the fattest skinny first five I’ve seen since Andy Goode retired.

@Machpants said in 6N Wales v France:

@MiketheSnow said in 6N Wales v France:

France by 2-6.

Sadly close to France by 26 😞

We gifted at least 14 points and momentum

Well it's good to see the refs have dropped the favouritism. Hard.

@gt12 how did the Sam Gilbert slander work out for you 😉

All jokes aside, hard fought win. Think we should be glad to take that win and get home to regroup and take on the brumbies next week. As someone in the season thread suggested, Expect a couple changes to freshen up. I just hope we stick with Patchell as it is definitely working, injecting Ajay in late has also looked good the last 2 weeks.

We are in a pretty decent place, better than I thought we would be after 3 weeks anyway. Promising start to the season is nice for a change!

Woo hoo Rebels on top of the ladder ( Until tomorrow anyway)

@Tim said in Chiefs v Brumbies:

@Duluth Yeah, after watching some of the first half, the Brumbies defence and ruck work is really off. Usually they're good as slowing down opposition ball and getting set on defence.

I wonder if the concerns over the organisation's security aren't having an unsettling influence on the players?

Or it could've just been a shit day at the office.

@barbarian said in Crusaders v Waratahs:

Oh come on, the Tahs were paying $8.50 with the bookies here.

You can spin it any way you like, but a team who has consistently underperformed for the last six or seven years was up against the multiple time defending champions. I wouldn't call it David and Goliath, but maybe David and Goliath's younger brother, Hefty.

We were 13 up with three minutes left and my heart was pounding. I was sure they would somehow come back and dust us. That's the power of the Crusaders. Because that's just they type of shit they do.

That's ignoring the difference between the Crusaders of this year and those previous. Which was the point, I believe.

That also doesn't take anything away from a very good Waratahs performance.

Darry "looks like medial ligament, didn't look good"

@KiwiPie said in Reds vs Hurricanes:

@Dan54 said in Reds vs Hurricanes:

Have to say, I woke up this morning still on a bit of a hugh after Canes match last night, they were very good I thought. Aumua is certainly making a point how he wants to play.
nd the 'Egg sandwich guy' scored the winning try, will have to send grandaughter a message!!

Hope hugh didn't mind - apologies couldn't resist

Why did they put a 'U nest to the I on keyboard, actually for clumcy pricks like me the letters should be about 1cm apart!!😠 😵‍💫

Well that was a throwback to 90s super rugby with that scoreline. That Drua 14 is lethal.

@Billy-Webb said in 6N Scotland v England:

@Dodge said in 6N Scotland v England:

I am so so sick of us being shit and physically unable to actually play rugby - passing and catching seems to be beyond most of them.

Saw a tweet from Healey that summed it up for me, with all the time they’ve spent together why do they play like strangers, why is the timing so off? More simply though, why do they look as though they’re concentrating too hard to remember every action of a specific script rather than see a chance and play for it? These guys were presumably the best players at their school, the best players at their clubs, why can’t they pass and catch?!

I get the frustration. I completely empathise with it.
Life as a rugby fan eh?!

Depends on your timeline, but as a Bok fan I fear England in the next RWC.
Given the playing personnel, and importantly the coaching personnel which now includes Felix (bloomin genius) I believe England will be a real force. It will just take a bit of time to move on from Jones and learn new playing structures.
Patience... from fans especially, and you may well get rewards.

[Disclaimer: I hope I am utterly delusional and England sucks at RWC 2027] 😛

Dunno about this. They will always have players, I think they are lacking real leadership.

And I don't see the leadership coming through. That RWC winning team was chock full of them. Where is the next Johnson, Wilkinson, Greenwood or Dallaglio?

I'm just not seeing it.

@African-Monkey said in 6N France v Italy:

So what's going on with France?

Their Sevens team seem to be improving

@Daffy-Jaffy I really can't stand that Irish commentator. Not sure why, but he really grates me. No doubt, he's a massive Ireland fan and commentates exactly as one, but I don't have a problem with other countries commentators who do this (Oz, England, Safa).

I think he just commentates like Ireland are better at absolutely everything and the opposition should almost feel honoured to be allowed to play them.

Maybe it's just me.