Rugby 2018 Discussion

HIA comes from the independent doctor, I have no idea who he is and if someone paid him but France sideline Jalibert and Dupont where both examined for knee injuries which was told almost immediately to the french broadcaster.
 
Wales name unchanged 15 for their match vs England at Twickenham. George North replaces Owen Watkin on the bench.

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Got no interest in what Eddie says but the rest of Nick Mullins's tweet is interesting enough.

 
unchanged_lineup said:
I see Jones is being a maximum prick again today, lodging a complaint about Wyn Jones behaviour to the ref during the match against them... I mean, Scotland... Last week :wenger:
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Eddie should save his ref related mind games to less experiences referees. I don't think Jerome Garces is the type of ref to allow what a coach says to impact on him. His pre tournament mind games about Ireland being favourites for the 6 nations were a bit silly to be honest. I don't think Ireland are interested in what Eddie has to say about them at all.
 
Xaviesta said:
Eddie should save his ref related mind games to less experiences referees. I don't think Jerome Garces is the type of ref to allow what a coach says to impact on him. His pre tournament mind games about Ireland being favourites for the 6 nations were a bit silly to be honest. I don't think Ireland are interested in what Eddie has to say about them at all.
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Have you ever heard of another team lodging a complaint about the ref in a game not involving them at all? Bizarre stuff, and then making statements to the press about it. He's really pushing the boundaries there.
 
What about his comments about the Welsh 10 and his “bottle”

And that his teammates will be wondering about him
 
unchanged_lineup said:
Have you ever heard of another team lodging a complaint about the ref in a game not involving them at all? Bizarre stuff, and then making statements to the press about it. He's really pushing the boundaries there.
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The only other coach I could see doing it is Gatland. As such I'm not too bothered about Eddie's games and to be honest, after being very successful with England so far, this sort of desperation suggests he's worried about his side this year.
 
diarm said:
The only other coach I could see doing it is Gatland. As such I'm not too bothered about Eddie's games and to be honest, after being very successful with England so far, this sort of desperation suggests he's worried about his side this year.
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I dunno, I'd rather not have it to be honest. The game doesn't need it.
 
For some reason, I love Ireland.
 
FFS Henshaw you can't injure yourself like that.
 
Scrappy win for England but a win nontheless. If Ireland can pick up some bonus points over the next 2 rounds might make things interesting.

Tough loss for the Cheetahs just now, they nearly pulled it off. Going to be weird not having them in super Rugby this year.
 
I love the internationals, Worcester beat Exeter away, most important result of the day
 
Looked like a try to me but Wales had ample time after that and still couldn't cross the line. They had their chances but couldn't take them. I'm keen to see how Scotland respond to last week's loss vs Wales. I expect the Scots to win but it'll be close i reckon.
 
England's record under the captaincy of Dylan Hartley and the coaching Eddie Jones is quite wonderful but I've found many of their wins somewhat underwhelming. Maybe I'm a bit grinchy about their record. They win but many of their wins aren't overly memorable for me.
 
The IRB needs to investigate that game, this isn't France.
 
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