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scrum5 wrote:
Dave wrote:I can see why Jonno is coming here. He needs to be at a decent team with a chance of winning something.


If Jonno can't win with a £20m budget he'll not break much delft here, should have went for Alex Sanderson, Jonno Out :D
He was interviewed at some point during the game and asked what he hoped for in the rest of the game. He said he wanted Clermont to get a yellow card.
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Jonno not coming

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Jono will fit in here well we're a bunch of losers and chokers as well..
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Cockatrice wrote:Jono will fit in here well we're a bunch of losers and chokers as well..
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shamalicious wrote:When Ruan thanks God in his interviews, it's genuine as he's a humble man. When it's Vunipola, I can't help but think it's false and purely self-serving.

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big mervyn wrote:
shamalicious wrote:When Ruan thanks God in his interviews, it's genuine as he's a humble man. When it's Vunipola, I can't help but think it's false and purely self-serving.

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If there is a God, he obviously doesn't give a f&ck about rugby. Ashton's dive was an open goal for any right thinking deity.
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Billy V did come across badly in post game interview. A v good player mind.


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Clermont were able to turn sarries over more than any other team of late. Individual skill or good coaching?

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jean valjean wrote:Clermont were able to turn sarries over more than any other team of late. Individual skill or good coaching?

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Really hate seeing that rich man's plaything of a club winning the top prize again. It's just not right.
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Good news for Ulster. Rule changes for next year means top 7 in pro 12 qualify regardless of country. Poor Italians shafted although the tournament set up always guaranteed 2 qualifiers from their group.

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jean valjean wrote:Good news for Ulster. Rule changes for next year means top 7 in pro 12 qualify regardless of country. Poor Italians shafted although the tournament set up always guaranteed 2 qualifiers from their group.

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One change I wouldn't condemn, however, the SDC is the poor man's HC, ruined beyond repair. Whether the 7th placed Pro12 fare any better than the Eyetalians remains to be seen but if they occasionally stop a group being a 2 team formality all well and good.
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jean valjean wrote:Good news for Ulster. Rule changes for next year means top 7 in pro 12 qualify regardless of country. Poor Italians shafted although the tournament set up always guaranteed 2 qualifiers from their group.

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About time. The Italian teams have had years to progress and have not done so. They are not adding anything to Pro12 or European rugby. Can't just keep hoping they will do something.
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Actually makes it harder for The English and French sides as they had a better chance of the Italian side, then got top ranking that secured home quarter against a lower qualifier
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