GHF-23 Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 15 hours ago, Dunning1874 said: Tom English on Friday in his article previewing the season for Glasgow & Edinburgh: Tom English in his match report: I don't really get when English is said to be much better on rugby than he is in football. He writes a decent "Sobering result for Scotland who have much to improve before playing the big boys" article which you'd expect as he gets the opportunity once a year, but he's always been happy to flap back and forth between opinions when it suits him. He's actually right in the second one, it's a much stronger Glasgow than Leinster side, but he was too keen to get a narrative going in his first piece before knowing the squads to care that was very likely to be the case. Where he's absolutely correct, and I've mentioned it on here before is the crazy extent to which the Leinster (particularly private) schools are turbocharging Irish rugby. I'd love to see a deep dive on how that actually works, the funding that's going into it and how it's used; and the relationship with Leinster Rugby from the outset. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHF-23 Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 What do Edinburgh do now that Healy has arrived? You've got the Scotland back three and the heir apparent to Finn at 10, and then Boffelli to come back from the WC. Do you just accept that's a good problem to have and it's unlikely they'll all be available very often or is there an argument to have a go at making someone a 12/13? It's a pretty strong squad otherwise, potentially could have a run in the Challenge Cup. For Glasgow I think the psychological boost of beating even a diminished Leinster team is a great way to start the season. Jordan was fine but I do worry about him sometimes, very decent depth most of the rest of the park. When is McKay due to be SQ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, Jeff Venom said: Lay person here when it comes to scrums and I've been trying to learn what happened at that scrum. If the SA18 is the tight-head prop then isn't his angle a combination of the England loose-head and the forces behind him, and likewise behind him on the SA side? I have no idea how a tight-head can resist that. But then scrums just look an absolute shambles to me anyway. Once one prop goes wonky the balance of forces is disrupted and things fall to bits The question isn't who went the most wonky but who went wonky earliest In this case the referee reckoned it was the English Loosehead and given that it happened right in front of him and he's a test level referee he was probably right Edited October 23, 2023 by topcat(The most tip top) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 2 hours ago, GHF-23 said: What do Edinburgh do now that Healy has arrived? You've got the Scotland back three and the heir apparent to Finn at 10, and then Boffelli to come back from the WC. Do you just accept that's a good problem to have and it's unlikely they'll all be available very often or is there an argument to have a go at making someone a 12/13? It's a pretty strong squad otherwise, potentially could have a run in the Challenge Cup. For Glasgow I think the psychological boost of beating even a diminished Leinster team is a great way to start the season. Jordan was fine but I do worry about him sometimes, very decent depth most of the rest of the park. When is McKay due to be SQ? I’d be amazed if Boff doesn’t fancy a year or two in France (don’t think it went too well the first time around) or England. I think that’s the most likely solution 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanton Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 Wayne Barnes to referee the World Cup Final, with Karl Dixon and Matthew Carly as touch- Judges, Tom Foley is TMO 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 46 minutes ago, stanton said: Wayne Barnes to referee the World Cup Final, with Karl Dixon and Matthew Carly as touch- Judges, Tom Foley is TMO Probably the best choice if he refs like he did in the quarters. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 1 hour ago, stanton said: Wayne Barnes to referee the World Cup Final, with Karl Dixon and Matthew Carly as touch- Judges, Tom Foley is TMO Disappointed with the lack of Joy Neville purely for shits and giggles. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 6 minutes ago, Savage Henry said: Disappointed with the lack of Joy Neville purely for shits and giggles. 100% expected her to be TMO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 someone has pinpointed the curry incident 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donathan Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 This new world league is going ahead then. What they should do IMO is turn the six nations and the rugby championship into two identical six team tournaments on a single round robin basis where you alternate playing each opponent home and away (i.e., the current six nations). Then the rugby championship teams each play three six nations teams at home every summer and the six nations teams play three rugby championship teams at home every autumn. By the end of a two year period you’ve played everyone home and away and the top team (based on overall results) is the winner, and then you relegate one team from each side based on performance in their own local tournament only over the two year aggregate period. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 The world league shuts out the smaller nations from competing against tier one and then an expanded world cup expects them to turn up ready to compete Based on current rankings the 6 groups would look a bit like this South Africa/Japan/Portugal/Hong Kong China New Zealand/Italy/Georgia/Canada Ireland/Fiji/Samoa/Chile France/Australia/Tonga/Namibia England/Wales/Uruguay/Romania Scotland/Argentina/USA/Spain 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 17 hours ago, topcat(The most tip top) said: The world league shuts out the smaller nations from competing against tier one and then an expanded world cup expects them to turn up ready to compete Based on current rankings the 6 groups would look a bit like this South Africa/Japan/Portugal/Hong Kong China New Zealand/Italy/Georgia/Canada Ireland/Fiji/Samoa/Chile France/Australia/Tonga/Namibia England/Wales/Uruguay/Romania Scotland/Argentina/USA/Spain The importance of Scotland staying in the top 6 in the rankings can't be understated. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 40 minutes ago, peasy23 said: The importance of Scotland staying in the top 6 in the rankings can't be understated. Top two teams qualify for the knockouts along with most of the 3rd place teams so you mean...... oh hang on ....you did actually mean it can't be understated As you were 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingscot Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 On 23/10/2023 at 11:23, GHF-23 said: For Glasgow I think the psychological boost of beating even a diminished Leinster team is a great way to start the season. Jordan was fine but I do worry about him sometimes, very decent depth most of the rest of the park. When is McKay due to be SQ? Really don't see it in Tom Jordan at the pro level. He's a good player, but against Leinster I thought his kicking was poor which put Glasgow under a little bit more scoreboard pressure. You saw them kick to touch (with a rookie hooker) rather than take 3 points. Horne came on and went to kicking duties. I also felt he didn't get much distance or was too safe in going for touch. When Weir came on he kicked one deep in 22 putting Leinster under more pressure, whereas we'd previously been getting limited distance from hand with Jordan. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 Duhan up for try of the year https://www.world.rugby/tournaments/awards/try-of-the-year-2023/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honestly united Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 On 25/10/2023 at 09:46, flyingscot said: Really don't see it in Tom Jordan at the pro level. He's a good player, but against Leinster I thought his kicking was poor which put Glasgow under a little bit more scoreboard pressure. You saw them kick to touch (with a rookie hooker) rather than take 3 points. Horne came on and went to kicking duties. I also felt he didn't get much distance or was too safe in going for touch. When Weir came on he kicked one deep in 22 putting Leinster under more pressure, whereas we'd previously been getting limited distance from hand with Jordan. I think Jordan is fine as a pro club level, afterall he was Glasgows standoff for most of last season and we did pretty well, but he is definetely not international class. I would still have Thompson as first choice and Jordan as back up, with Weir as 3rd choice. Im assuming Townsend will slot in somewhere when he comes back from Australia, but i've not seen anything in the U20's or Super six to suggest he will get anywhere close to the levels of his old man. Im really suprised that Miotti was not replaced over the summer when he left unexepectedly, (probably no one of a decent level available for the budget available) but I would expect someone to come in after Christmas to cover 6 nations as Thompson will probably be in wider squad. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 a 38-7 win over Japan means Scotland finish WXV 2 unbeaten and with a chance of wining it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 1 hour ago, ajwffc said: a 38-7 win over Japan means Scotland finish WXV 2 unbeaten and with a chance of wining it. Italy would need a 25 point margin over USA to overtake us 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 England back in full "thinking they are good" mode. Come on, King Boff 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 2 minutes ago, MazzyStar said: Winner keeps Las Malvinas. has Chilie agreed to that 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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