England full-back arrested on suspicion of criminal damage. m.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/mar/ ... pe=article

England full-back arrested on suspicion of criminal damage. m.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/mar/ ... pe=article

Just wondering if you could tell me if the Union Grand final will be a sell out this year or will it be 2 for 1 on tickets like every year?

The number of union final tickets I've seen as prizes in tipping and fantasy union competitions is truly impressive. Are they doing the buy a ticket, get a free guiness premiership shirt offer again?

I once went to a Premiership RU game at an unnamed ground and ran into a guy I know. He'd got there for nothing, as had his girlfriend because...he occasionally plays tag rugby in a competition in his local park. I think he was as baffled as me.

Sale prop Karena Wilhongi banned for four months after failed doping test.

This is beyond words. Tragic to see some in rugby union clinging on to South Africa's dark past. m.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/ ... pe=article

This is beyond words. Tragic to see some in rugby union clinging on to South Africa's dark past. m.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/ ... pe=article

Quote Catalancs="Catalancs"This is beyond words. Tragic to see rugby union clinging on to South Africa's dark past. m.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/ ... pe=article'" In fairness, bit more to that story than RU. But I do sometimes wonder, as in the case of Bees Roux, if RU over there has found itself a major draw for those Afrikaners of the supremacist bent.

Quote Catalancs="Catalancs"This is beyond words. Tragic to see rugby union clinging on to South Africa's dark past. m.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/ ... pe=article'" In fairness, bit more to that story than RU. But I do sometimes wonder, as in the case of Bees Roux, if RU over there has found itself a major draw for those Afrikaners of the supremacist bent.

Long shot, but does anyone know when the World Cup replica shirts for the teams are released?

Point taken and post duly edited.

It was 1895. a tad harsh don't you think? Did you see the Newcastle and Sale results this weekend? Defences were hardly on top.

A great tweet from @philkinsella this morning:

7 SL games in Rd 8 -1 draw -3 won by a 2 point margin and 1 by 6- lets flag up how close the comp is rather than just a defeat for one side.

Tries typically come from repeat sets or a speculative but targeted kick. Most tries are scored with a set of 6 beginning in the opponents half, the difference to RU is there being 10 metre offside line if a set begins in the opponents half and the attack can carry the ball up to the offside line by the 4th phase they would be in clear striking distance of the try line. Now I find it strange you should be confused why so many tries are scored off so few phases, it not common for a RU team to keep possession for more than 6 phases. Clean breaks and turnover ball are both sports are the single biggest contributor for tries being scored. So a better indication would be measuring clean breaks against tries scored.



You mean like your comment about Gloucester fans ?

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Bloody hell lads,

Was the last round of Super League that bad that you had to dig up innocent comments that went unnoticed for weeks?!



Yes, I did see those scores. The Sale game was actually quite entertaining. We were in it until Briggs decided to get sent off. We were never going to win but after 50 minutes or so we were within 5 points. That's the 3rd time now this season we've shipped 50 and now have the worst defence in the league.

Leeds won at the weekend and so if they beat Newcastle on Saturday we could see a surprising end to the season.

And my Gloucester fans comment wasn't anything other than well known knowledge - hence why Wire knew about it. Their fans are well regarded as being intimidating and on some occasions going a bit further.

I'll be there in 4 weeks for the last game of the season on my own, so I'll let you know.