Salvo Montalbano Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Wasnt the whole point of Russell leaving the camp that he could return to Paris? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honestly united Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 (edited) Im not seeing the big deal here, player plays game in France on Saturday, goes to Dubai for few days while Scotland are in Spain or whereever training (which he wouldn't have gone to anyway as no chance of being involved in the match day squad) . I'll be more concerned if it comes out he isn't back with the squad for the England game Edited January 28, 2020 by honestly united 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honestly united Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 4 minutes ago, Salvo Montalbano said: Wasnt the whole point of Russell leaving the camp that he could return to Paris? He did and played on Saturday I beleive 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Wasnt the whole point of Russell leaving the camp that he could return to Paris?Yes and he played but it's six Nations this weekend so no French games so week off. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Saintee Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Disgusting homophobe Israel Folau sign with Catalan Dragons. Wigan Warriors announce that their home game against Dragons will be a Pride Day. Quality giruy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 So Wigan who have a player who was banned for falling a drug test and who has also been charged with drunk driving trying to take the moral high ground 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Yes and he played but it's six Nations this weekend so no French games so week off.Ah right. Do the leagues do that now? I thought they played on through the international games. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 14 minutes ago, The Saintee said: Disgusting homophobe Israel Folau sign with Catalan Dragons. Wigan Warriors announce that their home game against Dragons will be a Pride Day. Quality giruy. Not happy with this Catalans signing. He's a c**t. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honestly united Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Ireland announcing their team early, Ireland: J Larmour; A Conway, G Ringrose, B Aki, J Stockdale; J Sexton, C Murray; C Healy, R Herring, T Furlong; I Henderson, J Ryan; CJ Stander, J van der Flier, C Doris. Replacements: R Kelleher, D Kilcoyne, A Porter, D Toner, P O'Mahony, J Cooney, R Byrne, R Henshaw. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAD Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 2 hours ago, honestly united said: Ireland announcing their team early, Ireland: J Larmour; A Conway, G Ringrose, B Aki, J Stockdale; J Sexton, C Murray; C Healy, R Herring, T Furlong; I Henderson, J Ryan; CJ Stander, J van der Flier, C Doris. Replacements: R Kelleher, D Kilcoyne, A Porter, D Toner, P O'Mahony, J Cooney, R Byrne, R Henshaw. It's a very strong team, set up to muller us up front and box kick us to death. Going by the subs though I'm guessing they are expecting to be well up with 30 to go as Toner and POM don't strike me as particularly impressive impact subs. I'd have them as starters or nothing. Our pack is going to have to seriously front up, and Kinghorn and Hogg are going to have to deal with the bombs coming their way. I'd start Cummings in the second row, at least him and Ritchie will throw it about a bit. Gilchrist and Toolis are soft. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bob Mahelp Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 3 hours ago, honestly united said: Ireland announcing their team early, Ireland: J Larmour; A Conway, G Ringrose, B Aki, J Stockdale; J Sexton, C Murray; C Healy, R Herring, T Furlong; I Henderson, J Ryan; CJ Stander, J van der Flier, C Doris. Replacements: R Kelleher, D Kilcoyne, A Porter, D Toner, P O'Mahony, J Cooney, R Byrne, R Henshaw. It's hard to see how any side we put out will be able to beat that Irish team. It's strong as hell, full of guys who know exactly how to win international rugby games. We're hoping for the Scottish XV to have the game of their lives, and the Irish to have an off day. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAD Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 1 hour ago, Bob Mahelp said: It's hard to see how any side we put out will be able to beat that Irish team. It's strong as hell, full of guys who know exactly how to win international rugby games. We're hoping for the Scottish XV to have the game of their lives, and the Irish to have an off day. It's beatable, but it needs the forwards to serious front up and at least get parity with the Irish pack and the defence will have to put in a huge shift. A decent ref would make a huge difference as well. There are tries there for us if we can do that, the Irish back three are dangerous, but defensively that is as weak a back three as you'll see from them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honestly united Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 I think Murray & Sexton can be got at, and we should be targetting them. The can be prone to a heads gone if too much pressure is put on them. Also if we can keep the score thight, but play a fast paced game to the hour mark I think we will have the fitness to snatch the game at the end. As has been said above the bench doesn't look great so there is a chance. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAD Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 15 minutes ago, honestly united said: I think Murray & Sexton can be got at, and we should be targetting them. The can be prone to a heads gone if too much pressure is put on them. Also if we can keep the score thight, but play a fast paced game to the hour mark I think we will have the fitness to snatch the game at the end. As has been said above the bench doesn't look great so there is a chance. There is also the fact that both Murray and Sexton are maybe not actually the form players in their position right now for Ireland. Sexton is another year older, and in rugby more than most sports, that "over the hill" moment can come quickly. Murray hasn't been great recently and is under a lot of pressure from Cooney. Anyway, we could easily go out there, have a ref that lets Ireland f**k up every break down, leading to slow ball and getting smashed behind the gain line before aimlessly kicking away and getting hammered in the set peice, but we might not! It'll all come down to wether the forwards can make a game of it or not. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bob Mahelp Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Referee for Saturday, Mathieu Raynal. I think he's generally been quite fair to Scotland in the past.....was he not the guy who awarded us 2 penalty tries against Samoa ? At least it's not Romaine Poite, thank God. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Ireland were stronger two years ago and we could have beat them but for stupid errors. As for Folau the established Church of England stated last week that sex should only be between a man and a woman who are married. It's much easier to take pot shots at the Tongan guy though! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Off to the match on Saturday. Woo hoo 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 There is also the fact that both Murray and Sexton are maybe not actually the form players in their position right now for Ireland. Sexton is another year older, and in rugby more than most sports, that "over the hill" moment can come quickly. Murray hasn't been great recently and is under a lot of pressure from Cooney. Anyway, we could easily go out there, have a ref that lets Ireland f**k up every break down, leading to slow ball and getting smashed behind the gain line before aimlessly kicking away and getting hammered in the set peice, but we might not! It'll all come down to wether the forwards can make a game of it or not.Forwards front upSome ball carriers in midfieldPlay the fancy stuff in their 22Kick and clear the ball to touch from our 22Are you fucking listening Townsend 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingscot Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 14 hours ago, Bob Mahelp said: Referee for Saturday, Mathieu Raynal. I think he's generally been quite fair to Scotland in the past.....was he not the guy who awarded us 2 penalty tries against Samoa ? At least it's not Romaine Poite, thank God. He's still French so he'll guess half of it in a mental coin toss. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingscot Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 On 27/01/2020 at 23:48, GordonS said: Oof. I keep thinking back to when Townsend left Hogg on the sidelines for months early in his Glasgow career, for becoming a Billy Big-Bollocks. It did Hogg the world of good. None of us on the outside can know what effect it would have on the squad for Townsend to turn a blind eye to all that's happened but you can't imagine it would be good. I'm not sure how much the squad are actually pissed by it. Admittedly on based on what you can determine from the articles. Plus he's away with other players who aren't a million miles from the team to Dubai. Still think there is more to this than is being revealed! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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