honestly united Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 Strauss has left Sale and will be joining up with the Bulls in SA for next season (hopefully after a successful world cup). Seems likely that the World Cup will be his swansong for Scotland as cant see him travelling over for the 6N's when he will be just starting pre-season for Super Rugby - and with so long out doubt he would be in shape. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afca32 Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 Fiji in full flight. Worth a watch. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 Thank f**k they're not in our group. Would love to see them rip Wales a new one though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honestly united Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 1 hour ago, Mark Connolly said: Thank f**k they're not in our group. Would love to see them rip Wales a new one though. I know a few Australians that are panicing that they are going to finish 3rd behind Wales and Fiji - they were already convinced that Wales will beat them, now they have lost arguably their best player in Falou, and Fiji looking dangerous, they are losing all hope of making the QF's 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 Wales getting knocked out at the group stage would be tremendous 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 Wales getting knocked out at the group stage would be tremendousIf they make it out the group they will play one of England, France or Argentina(USA and Tonga also in group but doubt they will finish top 2) and will hopefully get hammered by them 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
come on shire Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 Josh Strauss has left the Sale Sharks to return to South Africa to play for the Blue Bulls, who (I think) are a Currie Cup side. It means that we won't face him in Europe next season and it probs means that his Scotland appearances are finished tbh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 Josh Strauss has left the Sale Sharks to return to South Africa to play for the Blue Bulls, who (I think) are a Currie Cup side. It means that we won't face him in Europe next season and it probs means that his Scotland appearances are finished tbh.He’ll go down as a “what could have been”, I reckon. A bit like Matt Proudfoot, in that regard. I wonder if his heart was ever really in it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northsea80 Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 6 year extension to the Macron deal for Scottish rugby. Says it’s a seven figure deal and a large increase in the initial contract. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
come on shire Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 5 hours ago, Savage Henry said: He’ll go down as a “what could have been”, I reckon. A bit like Matt Proudfoot, in that regard. I wonder if his heart was ever really in it. According to legend he was using the Pro12/14 as a stepping stone to the English Premiership. However when he went to Sale he was consistent at coming off the bench so he never really made his mark tbh. At Glasgow he was solid but he never really stepped up in a Scotland shirt imo... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 Glasgow and Edinburgh Pro 14 fixtures 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northsea80 Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 New home and away jerseys. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honestly united Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Think I preferred the tartan on the side panel rather than the shoulders for the home top, and its a weird looking collar. I actually like the colour of the away top, if its wasn't for the collar I might actually have got that for next years trip to Cardiff 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Are these going to be just RWC jerseys or are they going to plonk a sponsors logo on the front and use then going forward in the 6N etc.? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 refs for the pool games have been named http://officiating.worldrugby.org/index.php?page=appointments&id=116 Ireland v Scotland International Stadium, Yokohama, Japan 22 Sep 2019 4.45pm Referee Wayne Barnes (England) Assistant 1 Pascal Gauzere (France) Assistant 2 Alexandre Ruiz (France) TMO Graham Hughes (England) Scotland v Samoa Kobe Misaki Stadium, Japan 30 Sep 2019 7.15pm Referee Pascal Gauzere (France) Assistant 1 Nigel Owens (Wales) Assistant 2 Federico Anselmi (Argentina) TMO Graham Hughes (England) Scotland v Russia Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa, Japan 9 Oct 2019 4.15pm Referee Mathieu Raynal (France) Assistant 1 Wayne Barnes (England) Assistant 2 Federico Anselmi (Argentina) TMO Marius Jonker (South Africa) Japan v Scotland International Stadium, Yokohama, Japan 13 Oct 2019 7.45pm Referee Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand) Assistant 1 Mathieu Raynal (France) Assistant 2 Matthew Carley (England) TMO Ben Skeen (New Zealand) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 That's a fucking horror show for the Japan game 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Carrot Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 31 minutes ago, Mark Connolly said: That's a fucking horror show for the Japan game Matt Carley is pretty decent, had him as ref at a couple of Newcastle Falcons games and he didn't alter the outcome - not hard as we were poo for most of last season. Barnes for the Ireland game is a good shout though but unfortunately we could end up with the Daffyd Owens show against Samoa as he interjects his opinions to Sir evert 10 seconds 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 9 minutes ago, Captain Carrot said: Matt Carley is pretty decent, had him as ref at a couple of Newcastle Falcons games and he didn't alter the outcome - not hard as we were poo for most of last season. Barnes for the Ireland game is a good shout though but unfortunately we could end up with the Daffyd Owens show against Samoa as he interjects his opinions to Sir evert 10 seconds Carley reffed Glasgow in Lyon in December, and despite Glasgow dominating territory, possession and the scoreboard, they ended up on the wrong side of his penalty count conceding twice as many as Lyon. The breakdown is an absolute lottery when refs. Fortunately he's just on the touchline, but O'Keeffe is even less consistent! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Carrot Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 10 hours ago, Northsea80 said: New home and away jerseys. Both ordered in the RWC variant already, depending on how they look when they arrive I might be tempted to buy the cotton supporters shirts as well, they could go really nicely with the kilt for the 6 nations next year 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Carrot Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Mark Connolly said: Carley reffed Glasgow in Lyon in December, and despite Glasgow dominating territory, possession and the scoreboard, they ended up on the wrong side of his penalty count conceding twice as many as Lyon. The breakdown is an absolute lottery when refs. Fortunately he's just on the touchline, but O'Keeffe is even less consistent! I can only go with my experience from the games he reffed my lot last season, not that Falcons were ever dominating teams last season so my opinion is pretty weighted as we deserved to be blown off the park for being absoulute dog toffee ;). Look on the brightside, JP Doyle is nowhere near a Scotland game, he really is attrocious!! Edited July 19, 2019 by Captain Carrot 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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