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[quote="King Monkey":30st820n]Maybe a spell in prison would do Graham good. At least he'd lose his virginity.[/quote:30st820n]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_18919.jpg



Quote: Andy Gilder "Bit surprised he hasn't stuck Tuilagi at full back, make it the biggest back line in the history of world rugby.

While I agree with the O'Driscoll decision (a poor two games so far), I'm struggling to see what Davies brings to the party either. The skill set of northern hemisphere centres has been completely eroded by the insistence on playing a ten-man game at domestic level, to the point where they are little more than extra back rowers designed to batter across the gain line.'"


Yep, if only we produced more centre's like Fofana (no idea how to spell it). Then again we'd probably shift him to the wing. Thankfully England have Easmond waiting in the wings. I reckon he'll be partnering Tuilangi in the centres for the 6 nations. Brad Barritt's persistant selection to me illistrates everything that's wrong with RU in the NH.

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Eastmond is an interesting one. No doubt there are several international sides licking their lips at the prospect of being able to send big fellas running at him in midfield.

Unlike half back in rugby league, outside centre in Union really gives you nowhere to hide defensively.

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[quote="King Monkey":30st820n]Maybe a spell in prison would do Graham good. At least he'd lose his virginity.[/quote:30st820n]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_18919.jpg



Quote: Andy Gilder "Eastmond is an interesting one. No doubt there are several international sides licking their lips at the prospect of being able to send big fellas running at him in midfield.

Unlike half back in rugby league, outside centre in Union really gives you nowhere to hide defensively.'"


But, at the same time I doubt many centres in RU whom have come up against any body with his footwork and acceleration. Eastmond has also shown a passing game that most centres in RU simply don't posses.

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It's game over now.

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Wallabies bottle it in the big game yet again, gotta love it icon_lol.gif

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i wonder if the good folk of the press, tv, radio, punters and people on here who slated gatland's selection will now be big enough to apologise for all the vitriol and negativity in the lead up to the game - somehow i doubt it

always open your mouths after the event not before it

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Quote: Andy Gilder "I'm guessing that at that level there's very little force going through the engagement, and little separation between the touch and engage calls?

Go back to allowing both props to have hold of each other before coming together, and you'll have a much more stable scrum to put the ball into.'"


I used to play front row when I played, and the biggest problem was that the referee would vary the speed of the difference between the pause and engage calls, so you'd be second guessing trying to get an advantage.

At international level there's such a long pause between the crouch and the actual engage calls that packs are unbalanced at engage so the scrum's always going down.

Decent game this morning, although I'm not sure about Halfpenny being man of the series, sure he's kicked his goals, but in the first two games he literally just caught and kicked the ball, there was no other contribution.

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The Lions did very well and pulled off a comprehensive victory which I didn’t expect as I thought the Aussies had the momentum after game 2. What was particularly impressive was the fact that their lead was pegged back and they could have crumbled but came back and literally blew the Wallabies away

Nothing more to say than well done and congratulations on the series win

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It's nice to win games, but it takes the edge off for me if you can't score tries in the process.
Often the opposition score more tries.

It was great this time to score 4 tries to one including three cracking second-half tries.
Memorable.
Rare.

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[quote="dally messenger":1gysl9ow]was watching an nfl doco. on one of their teams and they used the term bomb to describe those long high passes from quaterback to running back and i think gibson took that idea, realized you cant throw the ball forward in RL and adapted it to a "bomb" kick we have[/quote:1gysl9ow] [quote="eels fan":1gysl9ow]You poor poor obsessed fat ex vichyballin potato thieving stoaway.[/quote:1gysl9ow]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_6679.png



Quote: Stand-Offish "It's nice to win games, but it takes the edge off for me if you can't score tries in the process.'"

At this level, winning is pretty much everything......same in soccer and many other sports in that Finals rarely deliver classics and the 3rd Lions test was a "final".

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www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/24454330

In code; 'we're sh*t, let's copy how you're MEANT to do it'
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/24454330

In code; 'we're sh*t, let's copy how you're MEANT to do it'


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Well done England, and well done the coach for bringing Care off when the game was critically balanced and we were leading by just five points.
Loser!

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they deserved to lose, absolute dismal passing, Twelvetrees kicking when he had a 3 man overlap was priceless..top internationsals my , I've seen better from kids playing league in the park.

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Quote: knockersbumpMKII "they deserved to lose, absolute dismal passing, Twelvetrees kicking when he had a 3 man overlap was priceless..top internationsals my booty, I've seen better from kids playing league in the park.'"

You're right, they still don't know where to stand and how and just when to give the pass to create the gaps.
I thought with Andy Farrell on board that they would have sorted this out along the lines of attacking in rugby league with a proper delta wing shape.
They truly are useless and Lancaster sits there like Sven used to do for England football and does nothing as things go wrong.
We have had one great result against NZ and that's it. We are going backwards!
Just why aren't England the strongest six nations side?

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Farrell throws a dummy & goes through the gap. 14 other players in the team & not one within 20m of him. If Shaun Edwards had been in the stands he could have got changed, ran on the pitch & been in support before any of the England team new what was happening. Amateur.

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