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Some of you may have seen it previously but I recently watched a documentary on in flight entertainment called the Glory Game about Joost Van Der Westhuizen's diagnosis with ASL and the work he has been involved with various doctors to help with their research. Worth a watch on you tube.

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46 minutes ago, ddfg said:

Some of you may have seen it previously but I recently watched a documentary on in flight entertainment called the Glory Game about Joost Van Der Westhuizen's diagnosis with ASL and the work he has been involved with various doctors to help with their research. Worth a watch on you tube.

I struggle to watch anything with him as he is now - genuinely heartbreaking to see a player I loved as a wee boy just slowly fade away.

There was a lovely story after Ireland's first test win though. There was a J9 Foundation event that they had been asked to send a representative to - the entire squad and backroom staff rocked up to support Joost.

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Pleased to see Edinburgh moving to Myreside. A nice ground where I enjoyed watching my cousin playing for Watsonians a few years back. I just had a look at the fixtures and and the first few games are listed as being at Murrayfield, which, unless I've missed something, is surely a mistake.

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Pleased to see Edinburgh moving to Myreside. A nice ground where I enjoyed watching my cousin playing for Watsonians a few years back. I just had a look at the fixtures and and the first few games are listed as being at Murrayfield, which, unless I've missed something, is surely a mistake.



Can't remember the specifics but I'm sure I read at the time they announced the move it's not until Oct time that they are moving and are back Murrayfield for the Glasgow game.
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10 minutes ago, afca32 said:

Pleased to see Edinburgh moving to Myreside. A nice ground where I enjoyed watching my cousin playing for Watsonians a few years back. I just had a look at the fixtures and and the first few games are listed as being at Murrayfield, which, unless I've missed something, is surely a mistake.

Pretty sure they are only at Myreside for the 2nd half of the season as a trial.

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In Rugby League, Scotland are in one of the two 'super groups' for the World Cup 2017 (hosted by Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea) along with New Zealand, Samoa and Tonga.


Australia has agreed to play their QF tie in Darwin, assuming they qualify. They have also decided to play the October Test v NZ at NIB Stadium in Perth which will be the first RL Test there.
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18 minutes ago, Eednud said:


They have also decided to play the October Test v NZ at NIB Stadium in Perth which will be the first RL Test there.

I just got an email offering me the chance to get tickets for this game in the pre-sale

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1 hour ago, Salvo Montalbano said:

Nobody watching the Challenge Cup semi final on BBC2? Bruising start and Wigan 6-0 up on Hull. Huge Hull support but not so much from Wigan. I cancelled my Sky Sports ages ago so I'm glad to get my RL fix.

Cracking game, building up to some finish.

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What's the story with how long a referee will play advantage before it is over? Watching the Hurricanes Chiefs game and Chiefs had advantage after a knock on, after three or four passes they got nailed in a tackle and he brought it back for the scrum from which they have totally dominated the next 10/15 min possession. I get that they could have had the scrum straight off but how long is reasonable for the advantage to be played?

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3 minutes ago, ddfg said:

What's the story with how long a referee will play advantage before it is over? Watching the Hurricanes Chiefs game and Chiefs had advantage after a knock on, after three or four passes they got nailed in a tackle and he brought it back for the scrum from which they have totally dominated the next 10/15 min possession. I get that they could have had the scrum straight off but how long is reasonable for the advantage to be played?

Its different for a Penalty advantage compared to a scrum advantage. On a knock on you would get probably to the next breakdown or if you have gone more than 5m past the advatage line. 3 or 4 passes if you haven't crossed the advantage line isn't really an advantage.

On a penalty the advantage can last quite a while, ie 2 or 3 phases depending on whether it looks like you will score or not

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