Savage Henry Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 Mata is apparently on £350k and I'm sure Hickey is their next highest paid on £300k. Hogg was on the latter at Glasgow by all accounts.Why would Hickey be on that amount? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afca32 Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 1 minute ago, Savage Henry said: Why would Hickey be on that amount? He was signed from Bordeaux, where he was playing pretty regularly, to be first choice 10. Edinburgh fans have been naming their all time XVs recently and most have Paterson at 10, even though he played most of his rugby elsewhere so when they were on the rise were probably desperate to finally sign a good one. Hickey had a decent pedigree but would've been well paid at Bordeaux so they obviously thought he was worth pushing the boat out to get. He's not justified that wage but he's been pretty good this season and if van der Walt hadn't improved dramitically last season Hickey would've been given more time to prove himself. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afca32 Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 Huw Jones is also on a very large wage, would imagine similar to what Hogg was on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honestly united Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/52262176 Pichot going for the top job at World Rugby, this could see the biggest shake up in the game as he is firmly on the side of the tier 2 nations and growing hte game, rather than bending over to ensure the top nations stay there and keep all the money in the game to themselves 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 It's 30 years since Randwick came to Melrose and won the 100th Melrose 7s. I was there, the first time we had gone as a family, although my old man had been a few times when he was younger. It was absolutely brilliant. https://www.scottishrugby.org/fanzone/campese-lights-up-the-greenyards-30-years-on 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 (edited) On 14/04/2020 at 09:20, honestly united said: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/52262176 Pichot going for the top job at World Rugby, this could see the biggest shake up in the game as he is firmly on the side of the tier 2 nations and growing hte game, rather than bending over to ensure the top nations stay there and keep all the money in the game to themselves My take on Pichot is that his focus is on allowing Arg, Oz and NZ to tap into NH TV money with a global competition. It's nothing to do with Tier 2. International cricket with it's neverending schedule is their model. They want international teams to be full time. Edited April 16, 2020 by Detournement 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 This Friday’s replay on Scottish Rugby TV is Will Carling et al being sent homeward tae think again. Can’t wait tbh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 This Friday’s replay on Scottish Rugby TV is Will Carling et al being sent homeward tae think again. Can’t wait tbhGary Armstrong really was world class, the amount of tackles he put in against England was astounding. Difference against England was Chalmers knocking most of his kicks over, while England missed more than they scored. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 49 minutes ago, peasy23 said: On 16/04/2020 at 14:15, Mark Connolly said: This Friday’s replay on Scottish Rugby TV is Will Carling et al being sent homeward tae think again. Can’t wait tbh Gary Armstrong really was world class, the amount of tackles he put in against England was astounding. Difference against England was Chalmers knocking most of his kicks over, while England missed more than they scored. Armstrong and Chalmers were both in their early 20s as well, amazing maturity from both of them throughout that season. My old man always said the point he knew we were going to win was when we got the free kick at a scrum at 0-0 and Armstrong took it quickly. He gave it to Calder, who smashed into about 3 or 4 of the English pack, including Skinner and Teague, who were hard as f**k. He was stopped, but then the rest of our forwards arrived and drove him about another 15 yards. Watching that game back, the main difference in the way Scotland play is just that total brutality at the breakdown. It's frustrating to think that the thing we are lacking now is the one thing that always used to set us apart. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Armstrong and Chalmers were both in their early 20s as well, amazing maturity from both of them throughout that season. My old man always said the point he knew we were going to win was when we got the free kick at a scrum at 0-0 and Armstrong took it quickly. He gave it to Calder, who smashed into about 3 or 4 of the English pack, including Skinner and Teague, who were hard as f**k. He was stopped, but then the rest of our forwards arrived and drove him about another 15 yards. Watching that game back, the main difference in the way Scotland play is just that total brutality at the breakdown. It's frustrating to think that the thing we are lacking now is the one thing that always used to set us apart.The breakdown was the first thing that caught my eye too, we matched everybody physically then, sadly we don't often enough now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
printer Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 My old man always said the point he knew we were going to win was when we got the free kick at a scrum at 0-0 and Armstrong took it quickly. He gave it to Calder, who smashed into about 3 or 4 of the English pack, including Skinner and Teague, who were hard as f**k. He was stopped, but then the rest of our forwards arrived and drove him about another 15 yards.I remember feeling exactly the same thing. That was one of several standout moments. My other favourites include when Carling got tackled near our line and is driven back a good number of yard and Scott Hastings tackle on an escaping Rory Underwood.How uncomfortable and unprepared for a Scottish win was Nigel Starmer-Smith in his dressing room interview with the victors?That team was full of talented, hard winners. Eight British Lions, at the time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
printer Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 Gary Armstrong really was world class, the amount of tackles he put in against England was astounding. My favourite ever rugby player. Much stronger than his size, as hard as nails and did the work of three men. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 My favourite ever rugby player. Much stronger than his size, as hard as nails and did the work of three men.I think the fact that when Rob Andrew had pretty much free reign to pick any scrum half he wanted to play at Newcastle, and he picked Armstrong, tells you everything you need to know about how good he was. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 Gary Armstrong really was world class, the amount of tackles he put in against England was astounding. Difference against England was Chalmers knocking most of his kicks over, while England missed more than they scored.Also, Stanger never actually touched it down. Players and media bemoaning it afterwards except Brian Moore. His response was simple, 'ref gave it therefore it was a try'. Tbh didn't like Moore as as a player, but that analysis should have been a clue to the excellent commentator he has become... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 Also, Stanger never actually touched it down. Players and media bemoaning it afterwards except Brian Moore. His response was simple, 'ref gave it therefore it was a try'. Tbh didn't like Moore as as a player, but that analysis should have been a clue to the excellent commentator he has become...Aye, doubt he would have been awarded the try now with TMOs around, looks like he puts the ball down on his leg. I like Moore, calls things as he sees it regardless of the teams involved, and does a sterling job winding up gammons on Twitter. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 Aye, doubt he would have been awarded the try now with TMOs around, looks like he puts the ball down on his leg. I like Moore, calls things as he sees it regardless of the teams involved, and does a sterling job winding up gammons on Twitter. Moore’s terrific. Seems like a spot on bloke as well. He was an absolute bugger of a player, though. Absolutely hated him back in the day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 World Rugby has begun an investigation into the chairman of the Fiji Rugby Union https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/52346900 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aDONisSheep Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 (edited) I'm going to say it, Gary Armstrong is the best player Scotland has ever produced. What a player he was. Had he played for any other nation he would probably have gone on another two lions tours and be lauded as one of the all time great scrum halves. Yours aDONis Edited April 21, 2020 by aDONisSheep 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 Irish player James Cronin banned for accidentally taking a PED. Aye right. What would be the odds of getting somebody else's tablets and they turn out to be a PED. And the ban is a joke as there will be no games in that period.https://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2020/0420/1132691-cronin-receives-1-month-doping-ban-for-pharmacy-mix-up/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 6 hours ago, peasy23 said: Irish player James Cronin banned for accidentally taking a PED. Aye right. What would be the odds of getting somebody else's tablets and they turn out to be a PED. And the ban is a joke as there will be no games in that period. https://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2020/0420/1132691-cronin-receives-1-month-doping-ban-for-pharmacy-mix-up/ And the Irish fans are calming he has been hard done by. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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