ajwffc Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 4 hours ago, Mark Connolly said: I am about to type words that I would never usually consider... Reveal hidden contents Kinghorn has been excellent just back from the game and he was good but it does help that he was in his natural position 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngusTheBull Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 5 hours ago, Mark Connolly said: Gatland may only have lost once to us, but what a fucking pumping it is I think he lost to us in 99 as Ireland boss too (clutching at straws here) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngusTheBull Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 2 hours ago, Honest_Man#1 said: Missed it at the time, what happened to Hogg with the HIA? Didn’t even see him take a hit and ran off looking fine so was surprised when he didn’t come back. From what I have managed to catch back, looked like a Tuipulotu clearance caught Hogg slightly rather than anything sinister 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aDONisSheep Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 Am I the only one that thinks Biggers pass to Dyer for the butchered try just before half-time, was forward? Nobodies mentioned it but I'm convinced it was. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 (edited) 9 hours ago, AngusTheBull said: I think he lost to us in 99 as Ireland boss too (clutching at straws here) I honestly have no recollection of him being Ireland coach at all. He did mention it in his surprisingly (and perhaps begrudgingly) good natured post game interview. Edited February 12, 2023 by Savage Henry 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 9 hours ago, aDONisSheep said: Am I the only one that thinks Biggers pass to Dyer for the butchered try just before half-time, was forward? Nobodies mentioned it but I'm convinced it was. I wondered too, but have a read of this article from Friday's Guardian which addresses this exact point. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/feb/10/when-is-a-forward-pass-not-a-forward-pass-its-all-about-relative-velocity 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 (edited) Interesting info from Wikipedia :- Personal life Van der Merwe is the younger brother of Akker van der Merwe, also a professional rugby union player who plays at hooker.[63] Responding to unverified claims, Duhan confirmed that he was not named after Irish folk musician Johnny Duhan and his brother Akker was not named after clarinetist Acker Bilk.[64] Edited February 12, 2023 by Florentine_Pogen 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aDONisSheep Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 (edited) 57 minutes ago, Florentine_Pogen said: I wondered too, but have a read of this article from Friday's Guardian which addresses this exact point. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/feb/10/when-is-a-forward-pass-not-a-forward-pass-its-all-about-relative-velocity That is a good article on it, but my problem was that Biggar was standing relatively still. It was probably muddied by the fact it was a reverse pass, so the ball comes out of the back of his hand, but his hands are moving forwards. Highlight for me was probably watching Duhan tear-up, about what Scotland means to him. I almost blubbed! Edited February 12, 2023 by aDONisSheep 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velo army Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 I'm delighted that Russell and Toonie seemed to have made up. Russell, if he was a footballer, would be Prosinecki. Able to create beautiful art on the field, but don't ask him to train or eat like Cristiano Ronaldo. Anyway, he was unplayable from about the 20th minute yesterday, and his pass to Steyn gets better every time I see it. Ireland were different class yesterday and should win this championship. I can't wait for the France game though, it should be an absolute classic. Their scrum half is the best I've seen since Van Der Westhuizen, and although Ntamack jr didn't have his best game yesterday he's a class act. The half back battle will be utterly absorbing. I never thought I'd say it, but I'm enjoying Rugby more than football right now. Rugby used to be the more complicated sport, but since VAR football has become much more opaque in its rules. I didn't feel clueless as to what was going on yesterday at all. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snobot Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 2 hours ago, aDONisSheep said: That is a good article on it, but my problem was that Biggar was standing relatively still. It was probably muddied by the fact it was a reverse pass, so the ball comes out of the back of his hand, but his hands are moving forwards. I watched the link below that explains it nicely. It really highlight the optical illusion on how the ball travels forward from point of pass. So Finn to Fagerson yesterday and Fagerson to VDM last week were like that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAD Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 The game against France is really huge now. Not sure how much chance we really have, but if we can pull something out the hat over there then we've always got a punchers chance at home against anyone, even Ireland. Gutted we now have to wait two weeks though, most I've enjoyed the 6 nations in years, not just the Scotland games either. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAD Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 Italy maybe want to try putting at least one man into their attacking ruck. That was a horrendous bit of attacking play. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 i have the fear that we will lose at least one of the none Scottish based players due to injury 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 I see the fewer penalties at scrums memo hasn't reached James Doleman yet 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAD Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 Ref needs a lot of credit for that score, he was relentless and didn't give up till he'd got them over the line. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 The Italian defence was just awful there. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 1 minute ago, Savage Henry said: The Italian defence was just awful there. what defense 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunning1874 Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 I see we're getting the "ignore the bigger team having half a dozen players offside in every single defensive phase" style of refereeing here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 For someone not 100% tuned in, is it good from England, shite from Italy or shite from the referee that there's a penalty at every scrum? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAD Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 Italy getting absolutely reffed off the park here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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