European Club Rugby
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@MiketheSnow 192 weeks, is that all? Generally physically abusing a referee in NZ is an automatic life ban.
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@Higgins said in NH club rugby:
@MiketheSnow 192 weeks, is that all? Generally physically abusing a referee in NZ is an automatic life ban.
Terrible precedent
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@Higgins said in NH club rugby:
@MiketheSnow 192 weeks, is that all? Generally physically abusing a referee in NZ is an automatic life ban.
It's his second ban for it except the previous time it was a criminal offence!
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Presentation given to RFU board on lowering tackle height before announcement
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@Daffy-Jaffy oh I do like this:
Encouraging evasion by the ball carrier has been shown to reduce head injury risk
Who would've thought if the tackler is evaded then there's no risk of a head injury?
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@Bones Might get whiplash from your BeeGee Williams-esq' sidestep.
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@Daffy-Jaffy said in NH club rugby:
@Bones Might get whiplash from your BeeGee Williams-esq' sidestep.
I'm more Connie than BeeGee... actually these days more Bridge.
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@Higgins said in NH club rugby:
Might use combinations of those numbers as the basis of my lotto ticket this week.
Like the Jewish bloke that used his tattoo numbers.
OK I’ll get my coat.
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Johnny Sexton goooooooooooonnnnnnneeeeeeee
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@sparky said in NH club rugby:
Johnny Sexton goooooooooooonnnnnnneeeeeeee
Not totally gone, just not playing until later in the year, should be back for the cup
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Meanwhile, Stuart Hogg announces his retirement post RWC. He's only 31 but has played 100 times for Scotland, so has some miles on the clock. A shame that he's going just as the Sweaties are playing the sort of game that he revels in.
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@Machpants Gone probably from Leinster rugby which is why I posted it in this thread.
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Two more Gallagher Premiership clubs in financial peril - reports
England’s Gallagher Premiership woke up to damaging headlines on Wednesday, with reports stoking fears about Newcastle and London Irish.
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So the Welsh salary cap being set at 5.2 then 4.5 million mean that those squads were paying more than that? More than English premiership squads - apart from Saracens ;). There's just be some severely overpriced players as the Welsh regional teams have been pretty average for a long time, unless their stars are much bigger
https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/65149876?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
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@Machpants said in NH club rugby:
So the Welsh salary cap being set at 5.2 then 4.5 million mean that those squads were paying more than that? More than English premiership squads - apart from Saracens ;). There's just be some severely overpriced players as the Welsh regional teams have been pretty average for a long time, unless their stars are much bigger
https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/65149876?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
100%
If other countries want to overpay our players, please be our guest
