The Rugby Thread

[Angryred]

Bonus point win to nil vs Italy with a heavily rotated side, two week break now and then Wales at home where we push for a triple crown. Beat Wales and we equal the most consecutive wins for the 6 Nations (11). It’s mad how good we are and it’s hard not to take this for granted - I remember losing to Italy in the past

Great times for Irish rugby

Aye, very much so...a great conveyor belt of young talent coming through too.
the future is bright with Irish Rugby, we won't be going anywhere below the top tier for a while! Only if we can get ourselves sorted in that world cup...

[Buzzo]

Italy had a decent opening 5 mins… but then one way traffic. A comprehensive win,

You lot are the best team by a distance.

[Irishnev]

Bonus point win to nil vs Italy with a heavily rotated side, two week break now and then Wales at home where we push for a triple crown. Beat Wales and we equal the most consecutive wins for the 6 Nations (11). It’s mad how good we are and it’s hard not to take this for granted - I remember losing to Italy in the past

Great times for Irish rugby

[Irishnev]

Paddy power refunding bets for Scotland win.

https://twitter.com/paddypower/statu...62879593291878

There was no “conclusive one picture” that shows the ball grounded but looking at pictures collectively there is no way the ball cannot he grounded. It was an absolute **** up and as I said v surprising for rugby

Tbh, it shouldn’t have come down to that. Ye should’ve been clear at that stage and didn’t take all the chances. France look very hungover and massively dependent on DuPont, their are not a systems team

[Buzzo]

Paddy power refunding bets for Scotland win.

[ame]https://twitter.com/paddypower/status/1756362879593291878[/ame]

[Buzzo]

An absolute joke, what is it if it’s not a try…??? They even both say that they see the ball on the ground.

We should perhaps have not been in that position because we invited France back in.

Just no idea how that’s not given

[Irishnev]

****ing hell, you were absolutely robbed there Buzzo. That shouldn’t happen in rugby

[Irishnev]

Italy are going to be a force eventually.

Just heading up to Murrayfield now

Enjoy Buzzo - from a Celtic brethren perspective I want ye to win. From a cold hard competitor perspective….. Allez Les Bleus

[Buzzo]

Italy are going to be a force eventually.

Just heading up to Murrayfield now

[Irishnev]

Irl u-20 scrapped home vs Italy, they have about 3/4 guys who look like they’ll be absolute stars

[Irishnev]

Close. We made hard work of that. Never had a W felt more like a D.

Just watched extended highlights of your game, Wales played into your hands first half with bad kicking and a worse chase + defense. Pressure off and better discipline from them and your pack is still a bit too soft for me.

I don’t know what to make of ye tbh, I think ye’ll beat France this weekend with the crowd and then you might play us with 4 from 4…… let’s see

[Irishnev]

The entire show is based on the 6 nations tournament last year? What were you expecting?

I’m not sure that if if they did similar with the RC then they would spend ages on DuPont . I thought it was ok, I liked the behind the scenes stuff but it all felt a bit light, it could have been even better.

That said, this doc is supposed to be excellent.

What rugby refereeing is really like | Whistleblowers trailer | RugbyPass TV - YouTube

I watched the first episode and never went back I’ll get round to it at some point as I’m sure I’ll like the ending

[Buzzo]

Just watched that, what an excellent doc, effectively follows the refs through the WC.

Definitely adds plenty of respect to what is on the face of it a very hard job. Quite emosh at times.

Here is a link. Free to watch, you just need to create an account with Rugby Pass TV - no financial details required.

[Buzzo]

The entire show is based on the 6 nations tournament last year? What were you expecting?

I’m not sure that if if they did similar with the RC then they would spend ages on DuPont . I thought it was ok, I liked the behind the scenes stuff but it all felt a bit light, it could have been even better.

That said, this doc is supposed to be excellent.

[ame="https://youtu.be/dg_h2uAx5Hg"]What rugby refereeing is really like | Whistleblowers trailer | RugbyPass TV - YouTube[/ame]

[Zapater]

Watched the Netflix series. What a joke. You'd swear that Finn Russell is the greatest player of all time followed by Sexton. Constant mentioning of France and Ireland being the best and second teams in the world based on the most flawed ranking system of all time with the biggest recency bias ever and no mention of what happened in the WC.

I know they need to promote their product but if an American watched that, they'd genuinely think the All Blacks being a great team is a myth as they don't exist in context of that. And how they think the 6N is more gruelling and better than the Rugby Championship is hilarious. Genuinely think it's easier to win the World Cup than the Rugby Championship.