Mark Connolly Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 Well, they've listened to me https://shop.scottishrugby.org/uk/regions/glasgow-warriors/t-shirts-polo.html 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 3 minutes ago, Mark Connolly said: Well, they've listened to me https://shop.scottishrugby.org/uk/regions/glasgow-warriors/t-shirts-polo.html A rare outbreak of competency at the SRU. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 1 minute ago, peasy23 said: A rare outbreak of competency at the SRU. Not surprised tbh, with Al Kellock in charge. He was raging at the incompetence the last time 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 6 minutes ago, Mark Connolly said: Not surprised tbh, with Al Kellock in charge. He was raging at the incompetence the last time I was going on holiday a couple of weeks after the last title win and was just looking for a tee shirt or something like they have on sale now. It was ridiculous planning not to have something ready to go into production if/when they won. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 Couldn't watch live as I was travelling, so grateful that Premier Sports let you watch full matches later. Just soaking up the celebrations now and nearly greetin'. There was an interesting article on the BBC website a couple of days ago about the logistics of the Warriors all getting there. They never said anything about the fleet of C-17s needed to transport their massive balls. It's incomprehensible how Franco Smith turned that team around from the one that didn't so much shit the bed against Toulon in Dublin last years as dump several cubic metres of faecal matter on it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
come on shire Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 14 hours ago, Mark Connolly said: That was definitely to accommodate Ramos and his goal kicking. Full back is Ramos's best position, if they decide they're starting him, he's at full back. Cracking game, thought the ref handled it really well, especially the cards. Not a bad first season for Kinghorn, winning the double. And so sad to see O'Gara winning f**k all The final is next Friday night. Hopefully he gets a game. However I think it'll be on the wing. Thomas Ramos is the France full back so I doubt if he's getting shifted. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 Great win Glasgow. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
come on shire Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 Time to bump my gums: John Manson, the team manager who organises the team travel, said in a BBC article that when they got back from Ireland he was up to 4:30am working on travel plans, hotel and a training base at the last minute. If the URC want to invite South African teams then they should be responsible for last minute cross hemisphere travel. Also, this title win should be the shot in the arm for the SRU. If winning the title after a last minute trip to SA at altitude doesn't get them to realise the potential we've got if we can promote the game in state schools, fix the grass roots and get Scotland's U20's off their arse then nothing will. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
come on shire Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 As for the game, this drives home how important it is to finish as high up the table as possible before the play offs. Just like Tim Henman, we did it the hard way (but we still did it). The game kicked off at 6pm SA time so it would've been cooler but altitude and Bulls famous physical forward play were both obstacles we've did well to overcome. I think if we're to push on we need to play for 80 mins as for 2 weeks in a row we've needed a brutal 1st half defence due to discipline putting us under pressure. Franco Smith has built on Lineen and Toony's work for the Warriors way of playing. He started the development of Italy's grass roots when he was the head coach. Maybe not tomorrow, but we need to consider him as Toony's replacement for the national team one day. Finally, a yellow card was fair to TJ. Had it been a red he'd serve a ban. Since he's not in the national squad yet we don't want him serving a ban at the start of next season as we need to hit the ground running with him. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Jacobsen Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 3 hours ago, come on shire said: Time to bump my gums: John Manson, the team manager who organises the team travel, said in a BBC article that when they got back from Ireland he was up to 4:30am working on travel plans, hotel and a training base at the last minute. If the URC want to invite South African teams then they should be responsible for last minute cross hemisphere travel. Also, this title win should be the shot in the arm for the SRU. If winning the title after a last minute trip to SA at altitude doesn't get them to realise the potential we've got if we can promote the game in state schools, fix the grass roots and get Scotland's U20's off their arse then nothing will. From Shetland? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 3 hours ago, come on shire said: Time to bump my gums: John Manson, the team manager who organises the team travel, said in a BBC article that when they got back from Ireland he was up to 4:30am working on travel plans, hotel and a training base at the last minute. If the URC want to invite South African teams then they should be responsible for last minute cross hemisphere travel. Simple way around it. URC picks the venue before hand. They book 2 hotels and training facilities. Highest ranked side gets firSt pick 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 Anyway, not a big rugby fan (usually just one of the folk who watch Six Nations/Autumn friendlies*/World Cup) and forgot it was on, so only caught the last ten minutes on a stream. Mental last ten minutes mind. The pish Bulls penalty that went out of play behind the goals, the yellow, the subsequent multiple Bulls penalties and then the final maul that was so close but ended with Glasgow winning the penalty. Excellent from a Scottish perspective but South Africa's (apparently very easy and comfortable) win in Cardiff is a concern. *Got tickets to the Fiji and South Africa games in November. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 (edited) 8 minutes ago, ajwffc said: Simple way around it. URC picks the venue before hand. They book 2 hotels and training facilities. Highest ranked side gets firSt pick What am I missing here? Bulls finished 2nd so got the home tie since they were the highest ranked team in the final? Says a lot about Glasgow that they beat the first and second ranked teams away from home in the playoffs. Edited June 23 by DA Baracus 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Left Back Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 7 hours ago, DA Baracus said: Anyway, not a big rugby fan (usually just one of the folk who watch Six Nations/Autumn friendlies*/World Cup) and forgot it was on, so only caught the last ten minutes on a stream. Mental last ten minutes mind. The pish Bulls penalty that went out of play behind the goals, the yellow, the subsequent multiple Bulls penalties and then the final maul that was so close but ended with Glasgow winning the penalty. Excellent from a Scottish perspective but South Africa's (apparently very easy and comfortable) win in Cardiff is a concern. *Got tickets to the Fiji and South Africa games in November. SA cruised past Wales without ever really getting out of second gear. Lots of errors in the SA performance as well. Scrum was good but line-out went astray. They looked pretty rusty but had way too much power up front for Wales to deal with 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honestly united Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 8 hours ago, ajwffc said: Simple way around it. URC picks the venue before hand. They book 2 hotels and training facilities. Highest ranked side gets firSt pick I think that is the best approach, either rotate the hosting of the final between all 5 countries, or last years winners get to pick the venue ie as Glasgow win they/SRU get to pick next years, but its done before the season starts so everyone knows where it is, and as you say the URC book accomodation and training facilities so the 2 teams just need to get there. You could even sell a portion of tickets in advance like they do with the EPCR finals and then there is more of a build up to it. On Wales vs SA, even with all the foreign based players missing (and all the BUlls players) it looks an easy victory for SA, however I only saw about 20 minutes at the end of the 2nd half, and it looked pretty even. Although SA had already scored a couple of tries and probably took the foot of the gas allowing Wales back in for a bit. From the sounds of it a bit of a rollicking at half time and they were back on it 2nd half 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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aDONisSheep Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 I am still fvkkin buzzin' about this. Wrong MotM for me. Anyone that plays tight head for 80 mins at altitude v Safas, and spends his time bangin' back rowers for fun should get it. Zander, come on down! What a fvkkin shift! What a performance. Also credit to Ruan Nortje. Simply a class act in defeat. Yours aDONis 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
come on shire Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 23 hours ago, DA Baracus said: From Shetland? I'm unsure where he's from. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
come on shire Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 (edited) That Hungarian lad Martin Adam... Does he have a Scottish granny? Edited June 24 by come on shire 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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