This weekend sees the start of the new Pro-14 season, and the finish of the English Premiership. The only guarantee is that Saracens will be dead last, which will have rugby fans all over Europe crying disconsolately into their beer.
On the telly
Friday 2nd October
| Zebre v Cardiff | 18:00 | Premier Sports 2 |
| Ulster v Treviso | 20:15 | Premier Sports1 |
| Leinster v Dragons | 20:15 | S4C / Premier Sports 2 |
Saturday 3rd October
| Scarlets v Munster | 15:00 | Premier Sports 2 |
| Green v Gold | 16:00 | Sky Sports Arena |
| Connacht v Glasgow | 17:15 | Premier Sports 1 |
| Edinburgh v Ospreys | 19:35 | Premier Sports 1 |
Sunday 4th October
| Gloucester v Northampton | 15:00 | BT Sport Extra |
| Leicester v Harlequins | 15:00 | BT Sport Extra |
| London Irish v Bristol | 15:00 | BT Sport Extra |
| Sale v Worcester | 15:00 | BT Sport Extra |
| Saracens v Bath | 15:00 | BT Sport 1 |
| Wasps v Exeter | 15:00 | BT Sport 3 |
Ovally Balls 
Good skillz CMW. Did a hard back book throw the other night ‘for no particular reason’ with a surreptitious clean up of the resulting mess.
Discretion required
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@Chimpie – If it hadn’t been for Covid the giant spiders would have given us a chance to knock TomP and Iks off the top of the bestsellers lists, but never mind.
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I am concerned about tomp’s latest offering
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Wriiten 1,000 word of a new magnum opus – Loving Legionnaires Disease – this morning. It’s very good.
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Ah the disease of the loving Legionnaire. Should be plenty of mileage in that.
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“I am concerned about tomp’s latest offering”
Throw it at a giant spider.
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Hola!
I reckon Tomp’s just writing his magnum opus. 50 Tests of Covid. I can’t wait for the film deal.
I have a ‘gin night’ booked in Maidstone on 17/10 with the squash club. Kent is still doing OK so we will be in the rulez for now. Hoping that doesn’t change so stay out of Kent you diseased fuckers.
Never really had gin either. Can’t imagine I’ll be too fucked up by it…
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I would never advise drinking gin in a group larger than six so the rulez may be a blessing. If on the other hand the drinking of gin and squash counts as organised sport and there will therefore be a whole load of you then it may get messy.
As I understand it we’re not allowed into Kent anyway.
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I am being urged – nay begged and cajoled – to register for the event of the year:
“Fast-tracking Economic Recovery through Robust Tax Policies and Practices in Nigeria”
My life is dismal if this is what the algorithms that rule us all are telling them to hit me up with. @TomP – when does your book go on sale?
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One day I feel so happy, next day I feel so sad.
I guess I’ll learn to take the good with the bad.
Cause each night I ask the stars up above,
Why must I be a legionnaire in love?
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All signed up for Claw’s AoD ‘Autumn Nations Cup’! I’ll be supporting England, as the land of my mum and all of my grandparents. it’s the right thing to do (for all the rest). Got the wooden spoon on the 1st round of the new ProWoo Superbru as well – up and running with trophies from the get go am I! Anyone have a spider that needs dealing with?
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Kent is going to be turned into a lorry park & we’ll need a passport to enter it is what I heard.
maybe gin is being handed to the locals in a bid to keep them distracted.
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‘Anyone have a spider that needs dealing with?’
Got several giants in log store, would be grateful if you could pop round and remove.
If you could move the log store too that would be great. Ta
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The Giant Spiders are on top of the log!
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Glad someone’s on top of something.
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I’m on top of a chair.
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In homage to our erstwhile leader from AoD days, a limerick (of sorts) for Kent, as told by young Craigsman when asked to come up with a rhyme for Timbuktu:
Tim and I went down to Kent,
We met three ladies in a tent,
As they were three and we were two
I bucked one and Timbuktu
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Don’t worry, China. I’ll send you a copy gratis.
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I’ll send you two copies. You deserve it.
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@Debee – things have moved on. These days we prefer more personifications of infectious air and water-borne diseases with our sex so you’ll have to do a bit better with the writing.
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Read both copies of TomP’s book, that’ll help.
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Wise words.
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Direct (possibly racist) quote from one of my students this morning:
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Chimpie – I’m going to Maidstone so something strong is required. Gin should do.
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Deebs – what’s the pool called a d how do I join?
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Don’t worry, China. I’ll send you a copy gratis.
Lekker bru, shot man! Send the second copy to Trump though, he needs some high quality bedside reading at the moment. I’m sure yours will hit the sweet spot!
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*Reviews list of racial stereotypes*
Nope, nothing about gnomes.
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“All signed up for Claw’s AoD ‘Autumn Nations Cup’!”
Would you happen to have a link for this, Deebee?
I haven’t done the league thing for ages, time to get back in the saddle.
Supporting Scotland is a handicap in such things mind, I can never pick against Scotland – not good if you want to win a fantasy league.
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Craigs, it’s full. Sorry.
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With the greatest of pleasure, Ticht, here we go:
https://www.superbru.com/autumnnationscup/pool.php?p=12272538&i=180116017&sbtkE64C33E3172D0B7B67D5E9D1B22113FB=7A33A4#tab=leaderboard
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Club: Art of Domination
Pool name: Art of Domination
Tournament: Autumn Nations Cup
Pool code: bansrasp
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Found it
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Ah the good old days! Pre covid and post AoD (there must be a connection). Got invited by Claw to a Super Bru thing. Lots of familiar names already registered.
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Me too. Deebs has been thwarted again. As usual.
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Rip Sir Peregrine Worsthorne
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George Melly’s heaven on a chaise longue, waiting.
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Miss Brass Eye. Which other TV show would do this?
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Feck
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I meant this:
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Deebee’s England training squad
Forwards: Jack Clement, Alex Dombrandt, Ellis Genge, Jamie George, Joe Heyes, Maro Itoje, Simon Kerrod, Lewis Ludlow, Alex Moon, David Ribbans, Jack Singleton, Billy Vunipola, Mako Vunipola, Mark Wilson
Backs: Ali Crossdale, Elliot Daly, Fraser Dingwall, Nathan Earle, Owen Farrell, George Ford, Piers Francis, George Furbank, Willi Heinz, Joe Marchant, Jonny May, Alex Mitchell, Ollie Thorley, Ben Youngs
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Piers Francis. Again?
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Knew I picked the correct team! 2 Saffas and a sprinkling of other SH talent to add stardust to the stodge. By stodge I obviously mean skillful Sasenachs.
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Did I spell it right?
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Stodge? Yes.
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Deebee, did you know your grass at Emirates Airlines Ellis Park is lazy?
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Not my word but that of Johannesburg legend Hugh Bladen.
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Just read the interview with Marler in the Guardian. Have to assume testicle fondling and racial abuse were off limits.
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Perhaps Marler didn’t do one of his funny accents when he was tweaking AWJ”s balls or giving the old hate speech to Samson.
Marler’s in a bit of a bind cos he was in that one good scrum England had but the rest of the time they got smashed. However, he can’t admit that so he trots out the perception line to exonerate his front-row buddies. He’s wrong about the first scrum he was involved in as well.
It’s true the scrum was important in the final but it’d be nice if he’d just owned up and said the Boks were still better all over the park.
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CMW – no mention of gnomes?
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@Craigs – Don’t think so though I wasn’t looking out for them. Should there be?
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