Another outbreak of friendliness

Posted on by thaumaturge

Brace yourselves for maudlin renditions of Kumbaya all day Saturday.

International rugby on the telly this weekend

Saturday 17th August

  • New Zealand v Australia 08:35 Sky Sports Action
  • Wales v England 14:15 Sky Sports Action & Channel 4
  • South Africa v Argentina 16:05 Sky Sports Action & Sky Sports Arena
  • France v Scotland 20:00 Premier Sports 1

573 thoughts on “Another outbreak of friendliness”

  1. dovahkin79's avatardovahkin79
    22/08/2019 at 11:28

    And yet its pissing it down in Leeds. hmmmm.

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  2. OurTerry's avatarOurTerry
    22/08/2019 at 11:31

    @dova

    I think you should complain to the surviving members of Fivepenny Piece for false representation.

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  3. Utility Forward's avatarUtility Forward
    22/08/2019 at 11:53

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/mixed-martial-arts/49431626

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  4. dovahkin79's avatardovahkin79
    22/08/2019 at 11:54

    Still dry as a bone compared to Manchester. Maybe that’s what they meant.

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  5. yosoy's avataryosoy
    22/08/2019 at 11:55

    Dublin-based World Rugby have made an immediate change to the laws of the game. The change stipulates that a match which has been paused to allow for a player to leave the field due to an HIA or a blood bin cannot resume until that player has been replaced.

    The amendment has arisen due to the events during last weekend’s match between Wales and England in Cardiff. Wales scored their only try of the match on 32 minutes when England had just 13 men on the pitch.

    One of those absences was due to Anothony Watson’s sin-binning, but Willi Heinz was also being escorted from the field for an HIA at the time. From the penalty which saw Watson ejected, Wales took a quick tap and moments later George North crossed for the try.

    The score drew plenty of outrage both during and after the match, which Wales won 13-6. Ben Youngs, who was waiting on the sideline to replace Heinz, was as surprised as any fans that the game was resumed as quickly as it was.

    “Being down to 13 men is never ideal. Anthony came off and then the boys are in a huddle. Then Willi has come off and I’m waiting to be given the green light to go on,” Youngs said.

    DBWR in doing something quickly shocker.

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  6. dovahkin79's avatardovahkin79
    22/08/2019 at 11:55

    Oh Hask. What are you doing.

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  7. yosoy's avataryosoy
    22/08/2019 at 12:11

    Rugby event comes to city:

    Cardiff City Stadium will be the venue for the Pro14 final in June 2020.

    The game will take place on 20 June and will be the first time Cardiff has staged the event since the competition took finals around the grounds in the 2009-2010 season.

    Principality Stadium hosted the league final in 2003 when Munster defeated Neath 37-17.

    “We have heard the voices of Welsh fans wanting to see the final here,” said Pro14 chief executive Martin Anayi.

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  8. El Rayo del Sol's avatarEl Rayo del Sol
    22/08/2019 at 13:30

    England: Daly; Cokanasiga, Tuilagi, Farrell, May; Ford, Youngs; Marler, George, Sinckler, Itoje, Kruis, Curry, Underhill, B Vunipola.

    Replacements: Cowan-Dickie, M Vunipola, Cole, Lawes, Wilson, Heinz, Francis, Joseph.

    Ringrose, Lamour and Aki thru the middle then. Fordy and Manu off, Francis and Joseph on for second half ?

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  9. coddfish's avatarcoddfish
    22/08/2019 at 13:38

    I presume everyone has clocked our hero’s latest venture? https://www.skysports.com/mma/news/36350/11791092/former-england-flanker-james-haskell-signs-for-bellator

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  10. shylurkingmrcoddfish's avatarshylurkingmrcoddfish
    22/08/2019 at 14:13

    When EJ announced his squad of 31 there was a theory going around that one of the reasons was that the 2018 England squad needed a lot of freshening up having ground to a halt. Today’s team , at least in the back line looks quite retro. I know Slade and McConochie are injured but this seems a little odd

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  11. tompirracas's avatartompirracas
    22/08/2019 at 14:23

    It’s got that nice 4 defeats in a row vibe from 2018 with Ford at 10 and Farrell at 12, which I thought was a done thing now.

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  12. avsfan's avataravsfan
    22/08/2019 at 14:38

    Ireland by 30.

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  13. tompirracas's avatartompirracas
    22/08/2019 at 14:42

    I’d never seen this photo before. This has been a very disappointing Millennium so far:

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  14. avsfan's avataravsfan
    22/08/2019 at 14:49

    Who are these people? Is that a younger Cippers on the right?

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  15. tompirracas's avatartompirracas
    22/08/2019 at 14:54

    It is the boy Cipriani. Plus an MP and a pair of chanteuses.

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  16. Chimpie's avatarChimpie
    22/08/2019 at 15:10

    Good dog.

    Are those the cheeky girly plus the Lib dem MP Lembit Opik. And cippers? Them were the days eh.

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  17. OurTerry's avatarOurTerry
    22/08/2019 at 16:15

    You never see Lembit Opik and Danny Cipriani in the same room at the same time.

    Apart from when they took that photo, that is.

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  18. yosoy's avataryosoy
    22/08/2019 at 16:47

    I was always surprised that Lembit Opik never got a look in under Declan Kidney.

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  19. El Rayo del Sol's avatarEl Rayo del Sol
    22/08/2019 at 18:17

    Cippers being a bit coy with his left hand there, no problem for Lembit.

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  20. Borderboy's avatarBorderboy
    22/08/2019 at 18:26

    Shame Cat’s busy – I need to be told that this list is rubbish…

    https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/aug/22/the-best-stephen-king-movies-ranked

    Having said that, I think I’ve only seen a couple of films on this list, and of those SR is the best. Maximum Overdrive might be the worst film (and I’ve only ever seen about 30 minutes, and that was truly crap) but it has the best soundtrack, even if it was by mid-80s AC/DC.

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  21. Chimpie's avatarChimpie
    22/08/2019 at 19:10

    Haven’t seen most of them. Shawshank was ok, shining and misery good.

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  22. Chimpie's avatarChimpie
    22/08/2019 at 19:13

    I’ve been to the hotel where they filmed the shining. It’s in Canada

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  23. refitman's avatarrefitman
    22/08/2019 at 19:54

    That was quite the collapse by Aus. I’m sure England can one-up them though.

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  24. MisterIks's avatarMisterIks
    22/08/2019 at 20:44

    Most movies based on King’s witterings have been poor. I can’t fault the top 2, but the best film in that list is Dolores Claiborne IMHO.

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  25. MisterIks's avatarMisterIks
    22/08/2019 at 20:48

    ‘I’ve been to the hotel where they filmed the shining’

    A llama lurking in room 342 would have been a terror too far.

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  26. MisterIks's avatarMisterIks
    22/08/2019 at 20:55

    The twins(?) in that photo look as empty as cut-outs. Can’t have been much fun for them.

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  27. Chimpie's avatarChimpie
    22/08/2019 at 21:24

    Just imagine a giant llama lurking while you sleep, ears a twitching, hawking up a big slobbery phlegm to spit in yer ear

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  28. yosoy's avataryosoy
    22/08/2019 at 21:46

    I was in Finland the past week and we drove past what looked like a cricket ground in a town about 30k from Helsinki. I asked the missus (who is from there) if it was a cricket ground and she told me that I was out of my mind and to stop checking the Ashes on my phone.

    Anyway, turns out that it is a cricket ground. The Finnish equivalent of Eden Gardens or something. A lovely spot.

    https://www.cricketfinland.com/news-and-events/off-breaks-72018-the-latest-cricket-finland-newsletter

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  29. ElSuavo's avatarElSuavo
    22/08/2019 at 21:48

    Otago lost to Hawkes Bay 21 – 29 after being 29 – 7 down with 20min to go. A decent fightback but not quite enough. Amused to see that the Magpies’ 1st try was scored by the Highlanders hooker Ash Dixon (the Highlanders being the Otago-based SuperRugby franchise, for all you non-Tichtheid heathens :-) )

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  30. MisterIks's avatarMisterIks
    22/08/2019 at 21:52

    Almost as grim as dreaming of the half-toasted cheese toastie thrust towards you by a two-toed camelid sitting on your chest.

    #GoyaNightLlama

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  31. MisterIks's avatarMisterIks
    22/08/2019 at 21:56

    Maybe an @Chimpie might have helped the coherence there.

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  32. craigsman's avatarcraigsman
    22/08/2019 at 22:08

    Fucking hell, hask to the bellatour. Pretty sure he’ll get munched and spat out mind.

    I wonder how his choke defence is.

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  33. craigsman's avatarcraigsman
    22/08/2019 at 22:15

    What was the point of Te’o?

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  34. Borderboy's avatarBorderboy
    22/08/2019 at 22:20

    So that everyone could have fun with an apostrophe?

    Or two…..

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  35. Chimpie's avatarChimpie
    22/08/2019 at 22:24

    Coherence isn’t necessary iks or we’re all in trouble

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  36. deebee7's avatardeebee7
    23/08/2019 at 06:18

    Australia’s World Cup Squad for Japan:

    Forwards – Allan Alaalatoa, Rory Arnold, Adam Coleman, Jack Dempsey, Folau Fainga’a, Michael Hooper (captain), Sekope Kepu, Tolu Latu, Isi Naisarani, David Pocock, Izack Rodda, Rob Simmons, Lukhan Salakaia-Loto, Scott Sio, James Slipper, Taniela Tupou, Jordan Uelese

    Backs – Adam Ashley-Cooper, Kurtley Beale, Bernard Foley, Will Genia, Dane Haylett-Petty, Reece Hodge, Samu Kerevi, Marika Koroibete, Tevita Kuridrani, Christian Leali’ifano, James O’Connor, Jordan Petaia, Matt Toomua, Nic White

    Notable inclusions are David Pocock back in the mix after pretty much a year of no rugby due to injury, Two-Dads playing his 4th World Cup at the age of 35, and bringing Jack Dempsey out of retirement (and the grave) to give the pack a bit of grunt and Two-Dads some age-appropriate company.

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  37. deebee7's avatardeebee7
    23/08/2019 at 06:37

    I suppose I should mention that uncapped midfielder Jordan Petaia is in the squad. Also, that the two-dad’s I was referring to is the original one, Adam Ashley-Cooper, not either of Lukhan Salakaia-Loto or Dane Haylett-Petty. Cheika probably thinks he’s been really smart and now has a 34 man squad to choose from.

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  38. craigsman's avatarcraigsman
    23/08/2019 at 08:27

    Deebs – this is Pococks 3rd world Cup iirc. Probably something to be said for resting your best players.

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  39. craigsman's avatarcraigsman
    23/08/2019 at 08:29

    Borderboy – I suppose he kept Piers Francis out of the squad for a while.

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  40. deebee7's avatardeebee7
    23/08/2019 at 09:10

    Craigs, I think there’s a difference between rest/management of players and Hooper being crocked for most of the last year. That said, if he’s fit and firing, Aus don’t really need much of a pack to compete, with the terrifying Pooper combo on the park.

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  41. Chekhovian's avatarChekhovian
    23/08/2019 at 09:15

    Jim Mallinder named as Scotland’s new Director of Performance. Replacement for Scott Johnson.

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  42. Chimpie's avatarChimpie
    23/08/2019 at 09:41

    How could Scott Johnson be replaced

    He’s off to lead the wobblies to World cup triumph

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  43. tichtheid's avatartichtheid
    23/08/2019 at 09:48

    ElSuavo, I tried to watch that game yesterday morning, our time, but only got to see Hawkes Bay scoring before I was called away to do mundane work-related stuff.

    Chimpie, there was a link on the Embra forum to an article that stated that Johnson had already had a “huge impact” in Australia, someone wondered if he’d fallen out of the plane.

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  44. Chimpie's avatarChimpie
    23/08/2019 at 09:54

    Ha.

    ticht, maybe he did a lot of good things behind the scenes in his director role. But his coaching stint didn’t go well, and some of his publicised management efforts (HK 7zzz trip a case in point) weren’t exactly outstanding. Guess anyone outside the SRU will probably never know.

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  45. Chimpie's avatarChimpie
    23/08/2019 at 09:55

    Bluffer or legend. Enquiring minds want to know

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  46. tichtheid's avatartichtheid
    23/08/2019 at 10:02

    I’m more inclined to look at the things where the buck stopped with Johnson and judge him on that, ie the academies are running well and we are getting pro standard players coming through.

    I see the Not Heine fixtures are out, no tv appearances for Embra, we are concentrating on the league this year

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  47. yosoy's avataryosoy
    23/08/2019 at 10:59

    I see the Not Heine fixtures are out, no tv appearances for Embra, we are concentrating on the league this year

    It really sucks being back in the small cup. My enthusiasm for the new season couldn’t be lower.

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  48. tichtheid's avatartichtheid
    23/08/2019 at 11:26

    Hrmm, Not -Heine news “A player who is a UK citizen will be regarded as a European player for the purposes of EPCR’s tournaments.”

    So only two players who are not UK passport holders will be allowed in any match day squads.

    From an Embra point of view that means choosing from Schoeman, Willense, (maybe WP Nel, but he has been here a long time) Berghan could possibly be a passport holder, Bill Mata will start if fit so that leaves only one other from the list, Duahan van der Merwe, Jaco van der Walt, Eroni Sau and Kunavuala.

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  49. tompirracas's avatartompirracas
    23/08/2019 at 11:36

    SA, Fijian, Samoan and Tongan players would count as European as Kolpak lads, no?

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  50. Dab's avatarDab
    23/08/2019 at 11:46

    Roy might as well not bother being there.

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