come on shire Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 Didn't look like getting a winning BP but giving Sale a losing BP was annoying but we got the win. If we lost we'd need to win in Exeter which isn't a gimme. We blootered Sale's line in the 1st half for just 1 try at h/t which shows that we were poor clinically, but our discipline and graft was spot on to get the win. A few issues. Why was Byron McGuigan trying to wind up the Glasgow players? Why did the ref not sin-bin anyone as the Sale players gave away penalties like toffee all 1st half? Hopefully Sale win at home to La Rochelle next Sun, then they'd rest their big players for the back to back games vs us. They're 9th in the Pro14 anyways. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 Papua New Guinea 28-10 Great Britain Return of rugby league's GB Lions proves calamitous... 4 defeats to Tonga, NZ x2, PNG. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 Papua New Guinea 28-10 Great Britain Return of rugby league's GB Lions proves calamitous... 4 defeats to Tonga, NZ x2, PNG.Heard them discussing it on 5 live the other week, after the Tonga defeat. Sounds like the whole thing has been a bit half arsed, only one centre in the squad, various players playing out of position, and Brian Noble said he got the distinct impression that most of the players could have seen it far enough. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 The Times are reporting that Saracens won't appeal their fine and points deduction, purely for rugby reasons to allow the coaching staff and players to focus solely on playing and getting results. And if you believe that you'll believe anything. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 RLWC 2021 Qualifying - World Repechage (in Jacksonville) USA 16-38 Cook Islands Canada and USA... intended 2025 hosts until recently.... miss-out: pipped (with South Africa) by Jamaica and Cooks . RLWC 'England 2021': Pot 1 - Australia, England, New Zealand, Tonga Pot 2 - Fiji, Lebanon, Papua New Guinea, Samoa Pot 3 - France, Jamaica*, Scotland, Wales Pot 4 - Cook Islands, Ireland, Italy, Greece* *debutants 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAD Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 16 hours ago, HibeeJibee said: Papua New Guinea 28-10 Great Britain Return of rugby league's GB Lions proves calamitous... 4 defeats to Tonga, NZ x2, PNG. Why is there a Lions for rugby league anyway? Is it not just Engkand, or is there some guy who stupidly decided to play for Scotland through his Granny or something that they wanted in the team? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honestly united Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 21 minutes ago, GAD said: Why is there a Lions for rugby league anyway? Is it not just Engkand, or is there some guy who stupidly decided to play for Scotland through his Granny or something that they wanted in the team? RL has always been GB, they only split the home countries out now to try and fill out the world cup 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 (edited) 43 minutes ago, GAD said: Why is there a Lions for rugby league anyway? Is it not just Engkand, or is there some guy who stupidly decided to play for Scotland through his Granny or something that they wanted in the team? Historically the national team was Great Britain... for decades RLWC (founded 1954) was just GB, Australia, NZ and France - except in 1975 they experimented with separate England and Wales sides. PNG joined in 1980s. Dave Valentine from Hawick captained GB to inaugural RLWC 1954: However since 1995 the 'home nations' have competed individually... GB, Australia and NZ also contested a separate Tri-Nations from 1995-2006. Having not played since touring NZ in 2007 they reinstated Great Britain this year, with disastrous results. There was 1 Scotsman and 1 Irishman in the 25-man squad. Edited November 17, 2019 by HibeeJibee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAD Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 18 minutes ago, honestly united said: RL has always been GB, they only split the home countries out now to try and fill out the world cup I thought it had been retired in the mid 00's and decided to go permanently with the separate home nations? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 (edited) 30 minutes ago, GAD said: I thought it had been retired in the mid 00's and decided to go permanently with the separate home nations? GB was retired in 2007, aye. However they've decided to scrap Four Nations and reinstate GB playing test series v Australia/NZ in non-RLWC years. So in 2020 it's "The Ashes" at Bolton, Leeds and White Hart Lane. Every year there is 1 major RL tournament/tour: 1992 ... GB Lions tour (Australia & NZ) 1993 ... NZ All Golds tour (GB) 1994 ... The Ashes tour (GB) 1995 ... World Cup (England & Wales) 1996 ... GB Lions tour (NZ) 1997 ... The Ashes tour (GB) 1998 ... NZ All Golds tour (GB) 1999 ... Tri-Nations (Australia) 2000 ... World Cup (Eng/Scot/Ire/Wal & France) 2001 ... The Ashes tour (GB) 2002 ... NZ All Golds tour (GB) 2003 ... The Ashes tour (GB) 2004 ... Tri-Nations (GB) 2005 ... Tri-Nations (GB) 2006 ... Tri-Nations (Australia & NZ) 2007 ... NZ All Golds tour (GB) 2008 ... World Cup (Australia) 2009 ... Four Nations (England & France) 2010 ... Four Nations (Australia & NZ) 2011 ... Four Nations (England & Wales) 2012 ... European series 2013 ... World Cup (England) 2014 ... Four Nations (Australia & NZ) 2015 ... NZ All Golds tour (England) 2016 ... Four Nations (England) 2017 ... World Cup (Australia, NZ & PNG) 2018 ... NZ All Golds tour (England) 2019 ... GB Lions tour (NZ) 2020 ... The Ashes tour (GB) 2021 ... World Cup (England) Edited November 17, 2019 by HibeeJibee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 1 hour ago, GAD said: Why is there a Lions for rugby league anyway? Is it not just Engkand, or is there some guy who stupidly decided to play for Scotland through his Granny or something that they wanted in the team? For a long time in the 2000s it was England and Brian Carney, with the occasional Welshman. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 Anyway, back to real rugger... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 Anyway, back to real rugger... They've certainly Chat all over Sarries so far, 18-3 to Racing at half time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northsea80 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/50453217 Cash injection for the pro14, well for the unions anyway. How much money the clubs will see it doesn’t say. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 Cracking try by Russell ending a move that started deep in their own half with Finn involved a few times, including a belter of an out the back of the hand pass. Sarries had just got back to 18-10 after some sloppy stuff by Racing that also included Russell, but that instant reply makes it a 15 point gap again. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 BP try for Racing, 30-10 with 15 minutes still to play. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAD Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 See it looks like Saracens are not going to contest the points deduction and fine. I guess that means everyone is perfectly correct to call them cheating c***s. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 See it looks like Saracens are not going to contest the points deduction and fine. I guess that means everyone is perfectly correct to call them cheating c***s.Posted the same further up, with their reason being that they don't want to distract the coaches and players from playing rugby. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 Cracking try by Russell ending a move that started deep in their own half with Finn involved a few times, including a belter of an out the back of the hand pass. Sarries had just got back to 18-10 after some sloppy stuff by Racing that also included Russell, but that instant reply makes it a 15 point gap again.Thing of beauty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 Thing of beauty Yep, a cracker. Maitland was solid as usual for Sarries, and Duncan Taylor did ok when he came on. The La Defense Arena is a stunning stadium, bit bizarre having nothing but a huge tv screen at one end, but it looks spectacular. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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