As I’m w*rking this evening, only time for a quick update on the televised matches.
*Or possibly the one who said they preferred the short ones.
On the telly this week
Friday 6th December
| Enisei-STM 12 – 28 Castres | 16:00 | epcrugby.com |
| Agen 3 – 73 Bordeaux Bègles | 19:00 | epcrugby.com |
| Edinburgh 31 – 20 Wasps | 19:35 | epcrugby.com |
| Bath 17 – 34 Clermont | 19:45 | BT Sport 2 |
Saturday 7th December
| Northampton 16 – 43 Leinster | 13:00 | Channel 4 / BT Sport 2 |
| Lyon 28 – 0 Treviso | 13:00 | BT Sport 3 |
| Toulon 37 – 17 London Irish | 13:00 | epcrugby.com |
| Worcester 34 – 28 Dragons | 15:00 | epcrugby.com |
| Bristol 37 – 11 Stade Français | 15:00 | epcrugby.com |
| Zebre 27 – 24 Brive | 15:00 | epcrugby.com |
| Leicester 59 – 7 Calvisano | 15:00 | epcrugby.com |
| Ulster 25 – 24 Harlequins | 15:15 | BT Sport 2 |
| La Rochelle 24 – 27 Glasgow | 15:15 | BT Sport 3 |
| Munster 10 – 3 Saracens | 17:30 | BT Sport 2 |
| Ospreys 19 – 40 Racing | 17:30 | BT Sport 3 |
| Bayonne 11 – 19 Scarlets | 20:00 | epcrugby.com |
| Cardiff 54 – 22 Pau | 20:00 | epcrugby.com / S4C |
Sunday 8th December
| Gloucester 26 – 17 Connacht | 13:00 | BT Sport 2 |
| Sale 20 – 22 Exeter | 15:15 | BT Sport 2 |
| Toulouse 23 – 9 Montpellier | 15:15 | BT Sport Extra |
Ovally Balls 
Normally people shy away from the truth. But I own annoying, drunken arseholery
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proud to be ADA
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I might put ADA on a red hat.
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Tommy Seymour retires from international rugby, great career.
I think Scotland will see a couple more retire in the coming weeks/months
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Thought Seymour would go on for a bit more. Didn’t think he was that old.
who else d’you think, Ticht, Wilson?
Hope Maitland doesn’t retire.
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31, 55 caps, 20 tries. 4th highest try scorer for Scotland.
‘snot a bad effort.
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Taking into account we didn’t really do scoring tries for a large part of the beginning of this century.
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‘I might put ADA on a red hat.’
Lock him up!
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@Musky from Deputy Dawg was also the first thing in my head. More nous than Elon, that’s for sure.
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@Ticht and then Musky!
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Nicholson is a good call TomP, although I was thinking of blink-and-you-miss-it ones. No idea how far up the cast list Clooney was!
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“Chimpie, a bad movie but arthouse rather than B.”
That’s too strict, Herr Tomp Irracus!
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“Just had an email from someone called Iceman.”
Offering to take out Craigs for a small fee?
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I’m feeling pleased that my suggestion for Craigs to take hostages rather than waste time on the biscuit question seems to be closer to the spirit of the occasion.
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“31, 55 caps, 20 tries. 4th highest try scorer for Scotland. ”
Top try scorer on the last Lions tour.
I think Wee Greeg might call it a day, he has his critics and I’ve not been one of them, but it’s time to build a new era.
Unfortunately George Horne has had a bad case in inexperience lately, he’s lost it at the ref a few times in Europe and it has had an adverse effect on his game. Having said that I think it’s time to move on to Price, Horne and Shiel.
WP Nel will be 34 by the end of the 6N, I wouldn’t be surprised if he hangs up his international scrum cap after that.
I don’t think Wilson will retire, he strikes me as the sort who will keep going and eventually not get selected, I like him, he is belligerent but I think Jamie Ritchie does that role on the park better than Wilson ever did and Ritchie is still improving, he is still on course to be our national captain, just like they said when Edinburgh signed him at 17 years old.
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Last night (ah, yesternight!*) I had a most delicious steak with pan-fried potatoes and brussels sprouts for dinner. Unfortunately I can still smell it, and want the same thing again.
Sadly all I have to eat are bean burritos.
*Non sum qualis eram bonae sub regno Steakarae?
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No sympathy from me Thauma, now that you’ve sent the ghost of NEXT WEEK to haunt me.
Ebenezer Scrooge had no idea how lucky he was.
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Funny how Wilson gets a lot of flak from supporters (including me in the past), yet Vern Cotter, Gregor Townsend and Dave Rennie ALL keep picking him. It’s almost as if they know more about rugby players than we do.
Which can’t be right…..
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Don’t be daft, BB, obviously our collective wisdom reigns supreme.
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@BB – we’re trying to like him as well so that adds an extra layer.
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Excellent article by Philip Pullman – yes, that Philip Pullman – on Cif today: https://www.theguardian.com/cities/commentisfree/2019/dec/11/homelessness-britain-death
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Laura Kuennsberg might be going to the clink.
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I know a lot of people don’t like her, but that seems a bit severe?
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My guess is that TomP is reffering to this: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/laura-kuenssberg-bbc-postal-votes-electoral-commission-a4311261.html
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Talking about postal votes before she’s allowed.
If you can’t do the time, don’t get a job that involves some knowledge of UK electoral law. As the cons on D-wing put it.
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I can no longer cook a steak as I can only smell cow. I’m hypocritical enough to eat it if someone else cooks it, though.
Lamb I can no longer eat as all I can smell is sheep piss whenever I go near it.
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N.B. the “cons” in “the cons on D-wing” refers to convicts, people who have been found guilty of a crime or crimes in a court of law rather conservatives.
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Yos – the mister refuses to eat sheep’s-milk cheese for a similar reason.
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@thaum
Oddly, I can handle the cheese. I could live on manchego.
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What sort of lamb are you trying to eat if you can smell sheep piss?
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It’d be worse if it was the other way round and you were slurping down pints of sheep’s piss cos you thought it was oh so yummy lamb.
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Sheep Dip would probably be worse…
Or not.
https://www.masterofmalt.com/whiskies/sheep-dip/sheep-dip-whisky/?utm_content=sheep-dip/sheep-dip-whisky¤cyCode=GBP&utm_source=database&utm_medium=base&utm_campaign=mom_base_1&gclid=CjwKCAiAxMLvBRBNEiwAKhr-nIYulu1g28AluWqbmCophSp1bumzUnu44zUrnnx5n3PzGhCwacLe0BoCoNkQAvD_BwE
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This might be a better link if the above one is dodgy.
https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/p/5025/sheep-dip-blended-malt
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David Bellamy deid. One of those I thought had died some time ago. Never seemed to be off the telly when I were a lad.
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RIP DB
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Iks – by the looks on some of the celebs faces when they came in (‘wtf am I doing here?’) I don’t think that they’d be surprised if I took hostages.
Feeling fairly depressed about my work situation today tbh.
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I’m not much of a piss sniffer myself so I’m not sure how you differentiate sheep piss from any other piss.
How you know that you aren’t smelling cat piss when you cook lamb?
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“I’m not sure how you differentiate sheep piss from any other piss.”
The hint of wool is the giveaway.
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Craigs – sympathies on the work sit. Perhaps you could retrain as a piss-sniffer; I am sure there is a niche market for it.
Indeed, there may be more than one. Ask Donald T for some ‘seed’ money.
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” I’m not sure how you differentiate sheep piss from any other piss.”
I expect David Bellamy could have helped with this.
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One last party political broadcast before bed. ;-)
It’s really good, I think.
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What are Ospreys up to?
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“What are Ospreys up to? ”
Piss sniffing?
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There was a Sauvignon Blanc that was sold as “Pipi de chat”, although I can’t seem to find it online.
However I was reminded of a NZ wine called “Cat’s Pee on a Gooseberry Bush.”
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You don’t have to go online to get it, you just have to get hold of a cat and a suitable receptacle. Youth of today etc.
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If you have cats in the neighbourhood that piss sauvignon blanc, you had best develop you business plan. Craigs is a possible business partner – with added counting nous.
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In a rather tragic addendum to the death of Hayden in the Whakaari eruption on Monday, we were told yesterday at golf, prior to our moment’s silent reflection in his memory, that Monday had been Hayden’s day off. Because he loved the job so much he was happy to go in to cover for someone who was off sick. Hayden was generally a skipper of 1 of the tourist boats but, because another skipper was already rostered on, Hayden was assigned to lead 1 of the landing parties rather than staying on the boat as the skipper…
Such are the fine margins of life and death.
And a warning against going in to work on your day off. Just say ‘No’.
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Sorry to hear about Hayden’s passing, Suavo, especially under those circumstances.
Craigs – chin up and soldier on. Dark times precede better times. Unless you’re an Auckland Blues supporter. Don’t go down that tragic path.
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Who knew that Zoe Williams was actually an Ovally Balls poster masquerading as a man?
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2019/dec/11/from-booths-to-greggs-six-food-heroes-that-shaped-the-decade
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Australia 40/1; Burns LBW to a ball that was missing leg stump!
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