Wales England [Banter]

[TommiG88]

Come on, they never published that?!

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifest...ns-england-v-wales-6774079#ICID=FB-Wales-main

Hope the link works, last paragraph.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Bloody hell,
No one can ever moan about our media again.

I'm sure the tourism board love that
"Come to Cardiff! You'll either get battered or raped!"

 

[TobesHodges]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/38893904

Valley will love this

 

[AzaMatt]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/38893904

Valley will love this

in fairness Sam is always a gentleman and doesnt shy away from the truth. its a fair comparison between england and new zealand, both are undoubtedly the top two teams in the world right now.

 

[NickBD]

Don't know if this is the game thread but I'll post this here Daily Mail saying Itoje, Clifford and Hughes for back row. Haskell apparently not ready to start. Also reporting Nowell in for May. Telegraph reporting the same. If Wood isn't fit and Hask isn't ready to start I'd agree with that team.

 

[Goodey]

Ah **** this is the official thread isn't it?

Don't know if this is the game thread but I'll post this here Daily Mail saying Itoje, Clifford and Hughes for back row. Haskell apparently not ready to start. Also reporting Nowell in for May. Telegraph reporting the same. If Wood isn't fit and Hask isn't ready to start I'd agree with that team.

If Wood isn't fit then he wouldn't be in the 23 surely? He has been retained as one of only 13 forwards so is guaranteed a bench spot at least. Slade is the extra man in the 24 man prep party.

Clifford over Wood is probably a tactical change as Clifford's a more effective ball carrier. I'm guessing they want Clifford and Hughes together to add up to Vunipola.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Match thread is now up,
Try and keep the match thread clean, then this can be for trash talk (though stay within the lines plz, I don't wanna start banning everyone so I end up like that guy in the twilight zone who has the library all to himself and then breaks his glasses).

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Match thread is now up,
Try and keep the match thread clean, then this can be for trash talk (though stay within the lines plz, I don't wanna start banning everyone so I end up like that guy in the twilight zone who has the library all to himself and then breaks his glasses).

Everyone knows Twlight -----> Twlight Zone. #TeamEdward

 

[ALJ]

Yes your right Brains is as good as beer gets. What ETI has done is saved Howler from having to do a team talk.

Yeah, I can see it now.

Howley:
"HAVE YOU SEEN WHAT JONES HAS SAID ABOUT US? HE RECKONS WE DON'T BREATHE DIFFERENT AIR, THAT OUR SEATS ARE NOT SPECIAL AND DAMMIT ALL HE DOESN'T THINK OUR BEER IS THAT MUCH DIFFERENT FROM THE ENGLISH. ARE YOU GOING TO SIT HERE AND TAKE THAT ****? READ THOSE COMMENTS, DIGEST THEM AND PUSH YOUR RAGE DEEP DOWN READY TO PERFORM ON THE PITCH."

Cue: Animalistic, riotous cheering and stamping of feet (or confused looks and scratched heads).

One look at the official thread and then it's time to avoid any sort of forum for a couple of weeks.

 

[pagliaccio_euforico]

Shallow rugby analysis:
England beat Argentina in the fall and France last week. 2-0 against teams that don't speak English. Easy win this week.

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

Shallow rugby analysis:
England beat Argentina in the fall and France last week. 2-0 against teams that don't speak English. Easy win this week.

You forgot we beat the Aussies in the last set of internationals too, they also don't speak English.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Deciding who to support in this game is like trying to decide who you'd rather shift between your mum and your sister... That's probably why the Welsh find it so easy!

 

[Maverick1987]

Deciding who to support in this game is like trying to decide who you'd rather shift between your mum and your sister... That's probably why the Welsh find it so easy!

 

[Every Time Ref]

Deciding who to support in this game is like trying to decide who you'd rather shift between your mum and your sister... That's probably why the Welsh find it so easy!

Have you seen our recent record? Daaayyyyyyuuuum, we shiftin' everyone's sisters, yo

Is "shift" a typo or Irish slang for "pump"?

 

[TRF_Olyy]

The old pump and dump.

We'll give Wales a damn good seeing to for 80mins and then ignore them until we bump into them in London in about a year.

 

[Every Time Ref]

The old pump and dump.

We'll give Wales a damn good seeing to for 80mins and then ignore them until we bump into them in London in about a year.

In bold is where the metaphor breaks down

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

In bold is where the metaphor breaks down

Reminds me of a great bit from the West Wing:
ABBEY - So you talk to Charlie. I’ll talk to Lilly. We’ll co-ordinate our schedules and we’ll find a free hour.
BARTLET - I don’t think it’s gonna take more than a couple of minutes, but I like your confidence.

 

[The5thOfficial]

I don't know why we have to pander to away teams who come demanding that the roof be closed. We don't go to Twickers and demand they turn down the noise, or that they be be less plummy! Its a pointless choice as well because no away team ever chooses to have the roof closed. When in Rome, and all that!

 

[TommiG88]

I don't know why we have to pander to away teams who come demanding that the roof be closed. We don't go to Twickers and demand they turn down the noise, or that they be be less plummy! Its a pointless choice as well because no away team ever chooses to have the roof closed. When in Rome, and all that!

It's the rules...

 

[TRF_Olyy]

When in Rome, and all that!

We demand the roof is open in Rome, as well, to be fair.

and having been to Cardiff and Rome, Cardiff is definitely not Rome

 

[The5thOfficial]

Clearly its the rules but... y'know! Funny really, the match could be snowed off this afternoon because the roof is closed. Ironic hey.

It's the rules...

 

[Quel Carreleur]

You'd need to find some snow from somewhere to have the match snowed off.

I'm also pretty sure that if that looked even slightly realistic, the roof would be closed.

In general though, rugby is an outdoor sport, and should be played outdoors, preferably on grass rather than plastic, though good plastic is acceptable where grass won't survive.

 

[The5thOfficial]

Uh Huh!

We demand the roof is open in Rome, as well, to be fair.

and having been to Cardiff and Rome, Cardiff is definitely not Rome

 

[ncurd]

You'd need to find some snow from somewhere to have the match snowed off.

I'm also pretty sure that if that looked even slightly realistic, the roof would be closed.

In general though, rugby is an outdoor sport, and should be played outdoors, preferably on grass rather than plastic, though good plastic is acceptable where grass won't survive.

Always had this attitude to the roof, I'll accept heavy rain as an excuse as that effects the quality of the match and we don't want to see who wins by virtue of butterfingers and 50 billion scrums. But otherwise its a an outdoor sport.

 

[TobesHodges]

Is this where we come to show true English arrogance and gloat until our lungs give way?

 

[Deleted member 53362]

How can we play so bad and still lose away from home? Wales are truly window lickers

 

[TRF_Olyy]

How can we play so bad and still lose away from home? Wales are truly window lickers

They will be when they work out how to make glass, anyway

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

They will be when they work out how to make glass, anyway

If only they had the coal to heat the sand.

(Couldn't help myself).

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Itoje's never lost a test match.

Top lad.

 

[0000]

Is this much groundwork legal?

https://vid.me/Zs3g