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On 08/03/2017 at 23:41, dogmc said:


My lad was asked to make an appearance for a local u13 side last season as they had been invited to the gala 7s. Only on the bus down did he find out that said club had done zero 7s prep at all before playing against Melrose gala etc. The pumpings were fairly epic. 7s is so specialised now that it takes loads of training to prep for it.
I'd b very surprised if we took calcutta cup (and therefore triple crown) on sat but for some reason Eddie Jones seems to want to take a fast dynamic high tempo England squad back to turgid stick it up the jumper stuff so who knows.

The worst 7's pumping I have had was also my international debut (Im counting playing against an international team as me being classed as an international btw). My club run an annual 7's tournament, and were also hosting the barbados 7's trianing camp ahead of the Commonwealth games (2 of our first team squad were Barbados internationals at the time). I was playing for my club's 3rd team as a fat boys team in the social event. Barbados had 2 teams in the main event so everyone in their training camp could get game time, but my clubs first had beaten both on the Saturday. The Saturday night, had a beer festivals, bands playing etc which was a good night, teams camping overnight etc. Come the Sunday and only 3 of our first team turn up. Our club president is frantic as our 2nd team have all declined to play for our firsts as they were banking on winning the social event as the prize money would pay for the summer ball tickets the next month. Having just played our first game for the thirds, and by now my legs were like lead having played on the saturday which being an overweight 40 something had been hard work, we decided that we would have to step in to save face for the club. Probably not the sort of preparation that the Barbados national team probably wanted, but at least I can now say I have played international rugby!

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5 hours ago, come on shire said:

We want a Wales win preferably with no Irish losing BP. If Ireland do have to win then no winning bonus point.

I think I'd be more happy with an Irish win sans BP. If Wales win then England can secure the Championship tomorrow and will have extra motivation to beat us.  

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6 hours ago, The Saintee said:

Getting a wee bit excited ahead of the Calcutta Cup now :thumsup2

 

Only means one thing though......England to hammer us :(

It's now a 6 year tradition of my son's pal and his dad coming to Kinky Heights to watch the Calcutta Cup and it's been the same pattern...chili, rice, nachos, salsa, guacamole and a Scotland pumping.

I've taken the unilateral decision to mix things up and cook lamb rogan josh (currently bubbling on the hob) with veggie curry and home made naan.  I reckon this will make all the difference.  You can thank me tomorrow when we take home silverware.

3 hours ago, honestly united said:

The worst 7's pumping I have had was also my international debut (Im counting playing against an international team as me being classed as an international btw). international rugby!

The only two genuine internationalists I ever played against were both products of Ayr Academy.  Steve Munro who tortured us when he played against us at schoolboy level and Mighty Mouse who played for Jordanhill 3rds when recovering from injury and I turned out for the FP team in the 6th year.

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1 hour ago, Leggy Blonde said:

I think I'd be more happy with an Irish win sans BP. If Wales win then England can secure the Championship tomorrow and will have extra motivation to beat us.  

True, but we can also think of the scenario where we win tomorrow. The best results to go with that would be Wales to win tonight then Ireland to beat England next week - then we'd win the tournament regardless of how many bonus points anyone gets, provided we beat Italy.

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Used to play a select side when I was at uni called embra borderers made of guys in and around Scotland squad. Always a thrashing [emoji2] At u18 district level I played against toony who was at 10 for south of Scotland. We destroyed their scrum n line out....and we lost 50 nil. He was playing a different sport to everyone else on the field. It was incredible to see let alone experience.

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