PREM 25/26 - Round 16

[Geordie]

Maybe Chick is just lightning, he just brought down LRZ at near enough full gallop

Chick is just a class act. Said it for years , unfortunately he was just ultra loyal to a woeful side up here.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Pollock's face when he realised Moroni was actually going for him and not just wanting to grab shirts was hilarious

 

[Don't Skip Leg Day]

Pearson is wearing one glove!!!!! I hope that’s not medical and purely a fashion statement

 

[PremRugbyScorigami]

Northampton 94-33 Bristol

SCORIGAMI!

This is the first instance of this score in @premrugby history.

This is also the highest aggregate score in @premrugby history

 

[AngloScotsHybrid]

It appears that defence is optional in the English Gallagher Premiership.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Cowardly not to take the quick conversion and go for the 100

Bristol the real winners tonight

 

[Scotty]

Cowardly not to take the quick conversion and go for the 100

Bristol the real winners tonight

That's what I was thinking, how many chances do you get...

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Cowardly not to take the quick conversion and go for the 100

Bristol the real winners tonight

Pat Lam post match analyse

 

[Geordie]

11 conversions for Fin Smith is that a record?

No tries for Freeman?

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

Maybe Chick is just lightning, he just brought down LRZ at near enough full gallop

Quick chick

 

[Vieux Talonneur]

Hope Bristol are going to refund their fans.

I want to love the Prem but the diet of mismatches makes it very difficult.

And how is it remotely sane that Bristol get a bonus point for that?

 

[Scotty]

Bristol PD after that, big win today and Chiefs in a great place.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Hope Bristol are going to refund their fans.

I want to love the Prem but the diet of mismatches makes it very difficult.

And how is it remotely sane that Bristol get a bonus point for that?

Why is it not a marketing team?

 

[BrokenWing]

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Joe Heyes makes his 100th start and his 182nd appearance for Leicester

 

[Don't Skip Leg Day]

Joe Heyes makes his 100th start and his 182nd appearance for Leicester

82 bench games seems mental but guess he was behind Cole for a lot of that time.

Thinking of Heyes who’s got better as he’s aged, should we only consider props in England until they hit like 25 or something? Or am I talking rubbish.

Think it we might get better long term players and less pressure on the young props. I also feel in England that some players once they get past 25 or something just get ignored for England irrespective of form as we class them as too old.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

82 bench games seems mental but guess he was behind Cole for a lot of that time.

Thinking of Heyes who’s got better as he’s aged, should we only consider props in England until they hit like 25 or something? Or am I talking rubbish.

Think it we might get better long term players and less pressure on the young props. I also feel in England that some players once they get past 25 or something just get ignored for England irrespective of form as we class them as too old.

I mean, he's only 27. Even from the bench he was averaging 35/40 minutes a season.

Heyes is an interesting one, Tigers massively rated him a from the very beginning
But England even at U20's the media seemed to fancy Painter more due to his size, then media was desperate to rush AOF and Fasogbon.

TBF to England Outside of Baxter I think they have tended not to rush props it's only the media who try to rush them.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Clock RFC taking a beating this round

 

[Scotty]

Saint scored 94 points....Bath after at 31 after less than 30 min, if Newcastles heads drop or there is a card then this could be a proper cricket score.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

I hope Newcastle didn't pay too much (or anything) to get Hodge early

 

[Don't Skip Leg Day]

That looked like a poor dive.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

That should be a straight red, looks like something you'd see outside a pub at closing time not on a rugby pitch

That looked like a poor dive.

Thought that at first but the replay showed a hefty headbutt

 

[Don't Skip Leg Day]

Guess Dunn is done for the day.

Thank you, try the fish.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

20min reds are such bottle jobs

 

[Don't Skip Leg Day]

That should be a straight red, looks like something you'd see outside a pub at closing time not on a rugby pitch

That looked like a poor dive.

Thought that at first but the replay showed a hefty headbutt

Still feel like he milked it.

Definitely turning the Exeter game on at 16:00

 

[BrokenWing]

20min reds are such bottle jobs

Refs giving 20 minute reds for things that are clearly not 20 minute reds are the bottle jobs.

 

[Brown Bottle]

I don't think Quins could have given Ridl any more room then.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Doesn't look like this ones gonna be very competitive either

Who was it that PBB ran over? Absolutely annihilated him

 

[Brown Bottle]

Doesn't look like this ones gonna be very competitive either

Who was it that PBB ran over? Absolutely annihilated him

Friday. To be fair I think he got up and tackled him but the damage was done.

 

[Scotty]

BP in the bag at 32 min. Happy with that.