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19 Apr 2012 16:15:08 Chr*st Huddz - you're top of the table so Who wouldn't want to go to the champions been the best team in the last decade. I'm not surprised you didn't put your name after that comment Yes but a lot of us giants supporters thnk lunty is a far better hooker with a lot less baggage, and if leeds think so as well, theres something wrong somewhere mate. But he's not getting regular game time is he so obviously Brown has no confidence in him though I must admit it seems risky taking Moore in view of the Widnes business. I was talking to my dad earlier who uses the galpharm stadium fitness suite( the same place giants players use) and he was saying that apparently lun ty has been having it off with one the coaches wives and thats why he went. Nuff said He is having a good game as well. hope we keep him.
17 Apr 2012 23:37:45 Nonu's been rubbish for the blues this year, you'd be better off with Israel Dagg at fullback as well mate. That back line looked excellent to me until I read the name Strettle. There are many far better wingers in the world than Strettle, to name a few-North
13 Apr 2012 13:14:22
01 Apr 2012 19:46:44 Perhaps you should actually watch league. Then you would realise what a fast, intense and physical game it is.
29 Mar 2012 14:12:33 Hi
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21 Mar 2012 16:34:35 I'd like to echo that, always a tragedy, especially at that age.
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18 Mar 2012 20:25:06 The table will stay the same though Wales had to beat France by more than 15 points to move above England Did they? Didn't realise that. In that case it is ridiculous. How winning a GS can't get you abovethe other teams is beyond me. Too much is placed on a loss, ie. Wales losing the two games to Australia moved them lower. The people who choose player of the tournament need to learn about rugby as well although that has already been discussed.
18 Mar 2012 20:04:46
17 Mar 2012 17:50:58 Cheers mate. It wasn't a classic game, never was going to be especially with the roof open. Wales did what they needed to, I just wish they had scored more than 7 points ahead and saved my blood pressure. Keep it warm for next year so we can get it back warm? Lydiate was immense today, possibly his best ever performance and Cuthberts finish was outstanding. Been a great championship, looking forward to the International tours now. Yeah congrats to Wales, they have been the best side but only just! England to be back on top next year absolutely taking Ireland apart now Well done wales not a great game but learning to win ugly, i think the next few years are going to be great six nations, im a welsh fan but lancaster should get the england job theyve always had the players but hes got them playing as a team again Think Lancaster has done a good job considering the mess they were in, just need to sort a couple of positions out and should be challenging next year.
17 Mar 2012 12:52:56
15 Mar 2012 01:47:40 Not til after we beat you on sunday, then you can play better. Well done giants absolutley trashed cas to stay top.
14 Mar 2012 23:37:46 I have to agree mate and I wonder if you agree with their decision not to have any England players in the list? No, I would have definately had Farrell on the shortlist. He is in my top five for this year, and Croft would have made it. For me, although Barritt has played very well, and he is excellent in defense, his attack is too weak for my liking. IIts just something for him to work on.
14 Mar 2012 16:47:44 Agree with Scotland v Italy. I think the England match is more likely to be the very close one. Nothing France have done this year has worried me in terms of them beating Wales. Their defence has constantly not looked good enough and the Welsh fitness is the best in the championship this year. France have also played 4 games in 4 weeks (a factor which could also have an effect for Ireland) so I think Wales will win as comfortably as you could against France. That said we all know France could turn up and play like they did in the final. I think your Italy score is about right. The other 2 games should both be very close as long as Ireland and France arnt suffering with it being there third big game is 3 weeks but both teams feel they should of done better in other games and will want to finish on a high. Im still going for Wales to win the grand slam though. I think the French will roll over mate but I also thought that about the world cup final.
13 Mar 2012 19:03:19 Owen Farrell will be 10 and they'll start Manu along side Jamie Roberts.warburton should be captain. Not enough England players Deffo have farrel, morgan and croft in there. I knew you'd say that Chris! What I meant by saying now, was right now on form and experience. To be honest with you I would be surprised if Farrel isn't 10. In my opinion Huddz I would have both Heaslip and Faletau ahead of Morgan. I think hes good but not as good as those two. Kearney at full back for me
11 Mar 2012 15:51:15 Chris, you haven't been on here in a while. Once again you show you know nothing about rugby. Wales are definitely the best team this year. The performance against Italy was absolutely solid and there was never any chance of them losing. The Italian defence was outstanding and it took Wales a while to break them down. England I agree are looking like they are turning into a good team, but they still have a long way to go, as do Wales. They are both young teams with tons of potential and will be up there for the championship each year for the next few years. To be honest wales haven't really needed to play there best have they, they have still won all their games. but france have nothing to lose and will probably play really good next eating wales by about 40 points, then we will beat ireland by 20 points and our relatively young and inexperienced side will have won the six nations. but if we don't i'm happy at how england is progressing and know that we will be the team to beat again really soon. I know nothing about rugby? Based on what? You have no idea what I know about rugby or the level I played it to. You said Wales were unimpressive again. I don't see how beating them by 21 points, coming behind against Ireland and winning is unimpressive. Granted they didn't open the flood gates so to speak yesterday, but you have to give credit to the Italian defence for not allowing them to. Wales took their opportunities well and in that type of game, that is all you need to do. The England team are in transition and looking good, but the way you are talking it is as though the Welsh team had been together for years. Lots of the breakthroughs were made at the world cup so the team in its current format hasn't been around for even a year yet. As I say the Welsh team and English team are both very young and still learning their trade. As for basing the comment you know nothing about rugby on, it was from your comment that Wales were unimpressive, which they weren't, and from posts of yours in the past. I didn't suggest you did name call, I just pointed out that I hadn't, anyway I said Wales were unimpressive again because I think, Scotland game aside, they have been pretty ordinary even lucky. Now now ladies, handbags at dawn and all that. Chris i agree with welsh dragon you really sound like you have no idea. U say Wales are at there peak and England are young and can only get better but the average age of the Wales team is younger than England some of Wales best players only come in the team at or just before the world cup so they are hardly experienced players themselves. I admit Wales havnt played there best rugby over the last couple of games but they got the results they wanted. England didnt exactly play immpressive rugby the year you won the world cup, it was probably the most boring rugby ive ever seen but they got the results and lifted the cup. Were you saying the same about England then. I prefer not to reply to nameless posters but here goes, firstly I didn't say anything about age Sorry about that previous post, it went a bit pear shaped so I'll pick up where it left off Chris forgot to sign the post. what i was gettin at about the age. You said Wales were at there peak but they have the youngest team in the 6 nations and half of them have only come into the first team in the last 12 months. Yes this English team look better than 6 months ago but i cant see them ever dominating the 6 nations. You were poor against Italy, lucky against Scotland and beaten by Wales. In them 3 games near enough all you tries were from charge downs. You then just about beat France who are not at there best themselves at the moment and are inconsistant. Well said Gaz. England in fairness to them played well against Wales and France. However, Chris is now getting over excited from 2 good games. Although you don't directly mention age, you imply in talking about experience of the English team. I do see where your'e coming from with all the media hype about Wales as they always over do things. However, no one in the Welsh set up has said anything of the sort. You also don't realise or ignore how many more times over the years the media has hyped up the English teams/players (2003 excluded of course). For example Vaainokolo (sp), Paul Sackey etc. I think the 6 nations will continue to be very close over the years. France will sort themselves out and Ireland will find more young talent. However, at the moment it looks like Wales and England will consistently be at the top over the next couple of years. You say I'm getting excited over 2 good games, well yes that's my point, they've only played together for 5 games so being good in 2 of them is pretty promising wouldnt you say? Especially as its a brand new group with a brand new captain. I think i will add my 2 cents to this. Wales are consistently the best side in the northern hemisphere at the moment, France would be but there not consistent. Ireland have had there best years and Scotland need a bit of luck really. England are a side in transition, they have blooded a lot of new players nearly all at once so to be where they are at the moment even with there ugly and lucky wins(a win is a win) is no mean feat. i understand you all want to be patriotic but its getting a little silly isn't it. and to gaz, wales only just beat a brand new inexperienced side in england and wales virtually had there so good world cup squad and are second only to wales in the six nations table having lost one match from 4 so far so how is that inconsistent. at least when welsh dragon and chris argue they have some substance to what they say, you my friend talk poop. Good post Huddz. I would also argue that Wales at the moment are in transition, albeit at a later stage than England. As Gaz says, Wales have a slightly younger team than England at the moment and this adds to how well they are doing at the moment, along with England. I will admit, if I was to guess the final table before the start I would have had Ireland above England and although this may happen still I don't think it will. This is a credit to how far the England team have come in such a small amount of time. However, going back to the original post that Chris added, that Wales are overhyped and unimpressive, the arguements put forward by myself, Gaz and Huddz I think show that this is untrue. Most of the other things Chris has said since I have agreed with, especially how well England have done in such a short space of time. Cheers mate, i do agree with what your saying, although i am not really sure i would call your team in transition as this is their second major tournament with the full welsh team and maybe third for about two thirds of the welsh players, whereas england is virtually a whole new team and three quarters new players. thats not to take away how well the welsh play as thomas castienede said the welsh play like the french. i also understand and agree with chris to some extent that to us that don't support the welsh the media have seemed a bit overhyped but that might be because were not used to it being anyone else but us. any way i must say i have thoroughly enjoyed this years tournament and england have exceeded my expectations, wales are where they should be at the moment. pity its the final weekend but thank god f1 is back on. anyway england to beat ireland 20-6 and france to blitz wales in cardiff as they have nothing to lose and thats when they are their mmost and england to keep their six nations crown. ;P I have to say gentlemen I've thoroughly enjoyed the friendly debate, very refreshing. Cheers So have i mate. Chris you say wales are overhyped, lets look at it again, scotland won you the game by not being able to score in a brothel,italy havent got goal kickers otherwise thats 2 defeats, yeah you played well against wales but LOST and france didnt turn up till late yet england are going to win next world cup and english people wonder why everyone hates them Woah, people like you are the reason anybody hates anybody else. have you read the bile from your mouth. no one has said anything about hate on here so why start, it was a friendly debte where both sides gave opinions and took in what each other said so whats with everyone hates england, no mate its just you now grow up and go to bed you got school in the morning now let the adults talk. you gilfnard. Huddzred its ok for you to call me something but i cant say anything about england now who needs to grow up and go to bed ,if you ask the majority of people they will say england think they are better than anyone else thats why people like beating them Huddz before saying i dont make any valid points and i just talk poop try reading the posts properly. I didnt say England are inconsistent, how can i when they have only played 4 games together i said France were somethin i dont think anyone can argue with and the. The point i was trying to make aswell is that Chris said the Wales team are at there peak but we have a very young squad that should only get better the more they play together so how are they at there peak. The only other point is that i think Chris is getting ahead of himself saying England will dominate the 6 nations for years. Even with a new team they were still expected by most to beat Italy and Scotland somethin they only just did. France are inconsitant but for such a inexperienced side to beat them is a good win but to say England are going to dominate off that 1 good performance is stupid. England still have work to do but if they keep moving foward you could be challengers for the next world cup and next few years in the 6 nations but so could Ireland, Wales and France Fair enough, now you said something with a it of substance toi it whereas before it just seemed like you was being a bit of a t**t. see how easy it is giving your reason, but the whole hating thing is still silly, disliking well thats fair enough ut to hate because you support another nation - please. and for the arrogance thing, is it our fault the media overhype everything, no i didn't think so. and yes you are right you did say france and not england are too inconsisten, sorry i apologise for that and the name calling but it annoys me when people just state things and not give any reasons unlike you have above. and no one has said anything about england winning the next world cup but you. again i apologise if i offended you, i was a bit annoyed by the lack of reasoning and maybe i shouldn't have sunk to name calling.
04 Mar 2012 08:28:18 Well he has a one game ban.
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25 Feb 2012 16:51:21 Well mate you got your win, but n all fairness it should have been a draw, it was a try and it should have been given as i thought the attacking team were given the benefit of doubt or is that not right. In all honesty, if I was Welsh or not, it wasnt a try. There was no pressure on the ball to the ground and that is what is needed for a try to be given. Even Brian Moore said it couldn't be given and he is possibly the most biased Englishman on the planet. I do feel really sorry for you as the number of times I have seen Wales play like England did and lose is countless. I thought Steve Walsh had an awful game. Both teams got away with loads, but the number of times England commited offences in the ruck was countless and Dickson was offside at every scrum. I also don't think it was a yellow. Overall, England didn't deserve the loss but Williams 20 seconds of magic deserved the win.
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17 Feb 2012 10:22:41 Stuart barnes for me mate he's mr anti Leicester He was the other one I thought about but I went for Moore. Not a commentator but i used to hate Guscott. No matter how England had played they were always amazing and if they lost the other team were poor and just lucky. He has changed alot over last couple of years though and is not so biased anymore. I agree with you completely about Guscott. He always complains about, for example, how the Welsh hadn't yet proven themselves after the world cup, whereas England were proven as a great team. He is completely biased.
12 Feb 2012 01:32:33 The stadium didn't have undersoil heating as it was built on a former gas power station and they were worried about possible contamination. I agree with you that the match should have been called off much sooner, probably as early as friday night. However, the 6 nations isn't turning out to be a joke this year.Just because you get an unlucky decision and not necessarily the wrong one, the whole world is now against you. An unlucky decission was the penalty that Wales got, probably 50/50 in my eyes although the citing hearing of Steven Ferris actually said it WAS THE WRONG decision, a pathetic decission by the touch judge not to send Davies off, these are big calls and cost us the match, I'm not a sore loser fair play to Wales they still had to get the points on the board but you got a massive help from incompetent match officials, now the whole farce of yesterdays game, Ireland are now going to have to play matches in 4 consecutive weeks, we also have to make another trip to Paris which means fans are going to have to be asked to spend a lot of money again, I don't think the world is against me I just think the RFU needs to get their fingers out their ass, Wayne Barnes is a perfect example, he is not fit to ref a schools match let alone a full international test match, he is awful, constantly lets offsides go and usually only reefs 1 team at the breakdown. Also reports in Ireland are saying that French television advised the RFU to move yesterdays kick off time forward 6 hours and they refused, then passed a pitch inspection only to overrule the decision an hour later and call a game off 10 mins before kick off...I'm not saying that's against the Irish I'm saying that its a bloody joke and an amature association would do a better job organising it. Your posts are usually pretty good Dragon and I respect what you say but on this matter I'm afraid I disagree with you, if the decision in the first game had gone the other way I'm sure you would agree. I understand what you are saying about the penalty being 50/50 as if it had been the other way round then I would be a bit upset. However in my opinion it was a penalty as his legs were lifted above his shoulders and I think that needs to be stopped in the game to protect players. Everyone has said the Davies deserved a red and he has now got what he deserves with a 7 week ban. The yellow card was harsh but had no effect on the game. I think he was cited to be on the safe side for the official and as is correct he got no punishment. The thing I was complaining about in your first post was that I think you are being a bit harsh to the 6 nations organizers as usually the 6 nations is a fantastic tournament and they obviously wanted the match to go ahead, like the rest of us, and hindsight is wonderful to allow us to see the correct decision wasn't made.
09 Feb 2012 13:15:53
09 Feb 2012 11:54:19 I disagree that it wasn't a penalty. He lifted his legs above his shoulders so it is an automatic penalty (going on the same rules with which Warburton got sent of for breaking) which,for safety reasons, I agree with. It deffinately wasn't any worse than that. However, the fact he got a yellow made no difference whatsoever to the outcome. It was not the referees decision for the yellow it was the touch judge! Im Welsh and It was a red and im 50/50 about the pen
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05 Feb 2012 16:58:37 Nah mate i reckon the French first, 2nd up for grabs. Spoon between the usuals lol. Agree with you welsh dragon i think we were lucky not to get the red and Ireland were unlucky with the pen and yellow card, but for most of the game we looked the best team. I also thought it would be between us and Ireland for the championship. With 3 home games i think we now have a good chance to win the grand slam
04 Feb 2012 15:35:30
18 Jan 2012 20:27:54 Sorry but think its warringtons year Leeds again this year been the best team in the last 10 years.mcshane to have a good season and Ryan hall to win man of steel.
17 Jan 2012 06:37:49 Wales France almost won the world cup that makes them contenders in my eyes plus i think scotland will finish above england Gazz I have to say I really think your prediction is rubbish, now its prob cause I'm Irish and you have Ireland 2nd last, I think this year it going to be between Ireland and Wales, what ever about France getting to a world cup final, they wont be consistant, England are just a bit of a joke at the moment, Scotland and Italy are improving big time and I can see a few upsets with them, Wales were brilliant in the world cup, but form in the Rabo and Heineken cup this year for Welsh teams is poor, thet caught Ireland cold in the world cup and I think the Ireland will be a lot better prepared for them this year, I think the 1st round match in the Aviva will have a big say in who wins the tournament this year, I'm obviously gonna go with Ireland for the win, but patriotism aside I think the home advantage will tip it for the Irish, I don't think there are any teams with a grandslam in them though. Your right there will not be a grandslam and ireland will probs finnish above scotland ill take my blue tinted specs off for a min am a scotsman living in england so aslong as we finnish above them ill b a happy man. Looking foward to watching the opening game in my local pub i imagin the banter will be flowing Gman Im welsh and think whoever wins out of Wales and Ireland will end up winning the grand slam. Both teams look the strongest out of all the teams. I think if France go into it the way they played against NZ they will end up third. Scotland have mad huge improvments over the last couple of years and fourth will be very close between the Scots and English. Im going for
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