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cables wrote:PS was the wink meant for me or a wider audience?

sorry, the wink was just meant to indicate not being too serious, just having a laugh.

http://www.eurorugby.com/modules.php?name=Rdesc

you didn't spend too long trying to find it did you ;-)

Jauizon made two mistakes with the tackle on Harrisson. First he lifted JH's leg too high (beyond parallel) which is deemed dangerous and secondly after lifting him he lost control and JH turned and came down. If you pick a player up you have a responsibility to put them back down safely. It wasn't ...

Caolan wrote:...if I had been him, I would have thought long and hard about heading to NZ at that stage in his career, particularly if SCW had intimated he would be the third choice centre..

yeah right. Not sure that many would join you in turning down any opportunity to play for the Lions.

... but for the lions, he was so far out of his depth it was unfunny, i felt embarrassed when he trotted on the pitch. what was he supposed to do? say, "oh no Clive i think you should give that shirt to someone else" Yes in the summer of 2005 he was well beyond his best, but in his prime ...

whitecraigs6 wrote:i hate will greenwood. wasnt even that good. plus hes english

idiot. one of the nicest, most down to earth players i've met.

Agree with BR re Toulouse. They'll go toe to toe with anyone - they're not going to turn up to Ravenhill hoping to steal a win. They have a great pack but the backs to match. Our forwards will need to step it up no doubt but we should be expecting a win. In the past i think that our game plans have ...

Not necessarily BR ........... The only other place I have seen this in top flight rugby has been the Sportsground. It does detract from the atmosphere and keeps the supporters very detatched. But the sports ground is a very small ground compared to the 20-25 k being planned. Typically Connacht/Con...

Jean Baptiste Lafond, brilliant player to watch. Laurent Cabannes (sp?), Michael Jones, David Wilson, Horan and Little, Hennie LeRoux...

pingus wrote:...Simon Geoghegan... Was he as good as I remember or just a headless chicken?

Probably better, just a shame that he was wasted in that Irish team.

Keith Crossan ranks up there with my favourites as do Denis McBride, Brian Robinson, Phil Matthews and Wood.

Anyone got any idea when the fixtures will be announced - haven't been able to find them. I know that the weekends that the games will take place on are available on the ERC web site but not which games will be played on which weekends. Might help with away day planning.

The draw for the last two set of semi finals was very suspicious. Basically the winner of seeds 1 v 8 have been drawn at home to the winners of seeds 4 v 5 and the wineers of seeds 2 v 7 have been drawn at home to winner of seeds 3 v 6. Odds on this happening 144 - 1. Draw your own conclusions. it'...

Dave Hill would be a good option and probably cheap compared to the the likes of Larkham or Rogers...

cjp wrote:That is a big pack and Jones is a superb player at 7.

Jones is an excellent player but is out of position at 7. He's a six. Hopefully a more mobile back row will give us an edge at the breakdowns.

with Humph playing on for one more year it has become important that in the next year we find a replacement for him. Paddy Wallace has been the man earmarked for that role for a long time, certainly has the talent but... questions remain :wink: Steinmetz would be a great option but I like him at 12....