Behold! I bring you tidings of great joy, for this writer hath just finished bloody work for the year, after a massively stressful month. If she had her way, certain developers and project ‘managers’ would be strung up by the bollocks (in festively fetching tinsel, of course) and hung from the top of the big pine tree on the village green.
Now able to turn her attention to much more important matters, she finds that there is another round of the European Cups this weekend.
Since nearly all the home sides lost last weekend, it’s anyone’s guess what will happen this week, but let us hope that trend continues for matches featuring teams whose names end in ‘ster’.
Onna telly this week
Friday 18th December
| Pumas v Cheetahs | 17:00 | Sky Sports Mix |
| Castres v Newcastle | 17:30 | BT Sport 2 |
| Scarlets v Toulon | 19:30 | BT Sport 2 |
| Wasps v Montpellier | 20:00 | BT Sport ? |
Saturday 19th December
| Leinster v Northampton | 13:00 | Channel 4 / BT Sport 2 |
| Gloucester v Ulster | 15:15 | BT Sport 2 |
| Clermont v Munster | 17:30 | BT Sport 2 |
| Sale v Edinburgh | 20:00 | BT Sport 2 |
| Bordeaux v Dragons | 20:00 | BT Sport 3 |
| Worcester v Ospreys | 20:00 | S4C |
Sunday 20th December
| Harlequins v Racing 92 | 15:15 | BT Sport 2 |
| Connacht v Bristol | 17:30 | BT Sport 2 |
| Cardiff 28 Р0 Stade Fran̤ais |
Ovally Balls 
Looks like Ulster are going down to 13.
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I like the referee.
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You can go off people.
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Guess who’s on Celebrity Mastermind tonight?
… The HASK!
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SBT, I’ve seen Ruiz officiate several times. He’s one of the best here. Quick, always well positionned, no non sense and very funny.
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Cooney like an AB forgot to try to drop a goal.
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Redeems himself almost immediately. Good game, this.
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Cracker, isn’t it.
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Christmas is cancelled.
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In England.
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The rest of us can see what it was like for the Sikhs, Hindus and Muslims earlier this year. At least Christmas had a few days notice.
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Suspect it might be cancelled in at least Wales and probably NI too.
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BB – I thought Scotland was sealed off or something.
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Refit – not sure why religious affiliation should drive exceptions to the lockdowns. Christmas celebrations in some form tend to transcend this. I think over 90% of the population celebrate it which includes Muslims, Sikhs, Hindus, druids etc.
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Cooney, you beauty!
Uh-oh, being checked.
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TRY!
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Nasty on Stockdale.
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BB –
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Saw that. So the restrictions stay the same up here at the moment – Christmas isn’t cancelled here, yet.
Just heard on the news that this new variant apparently started in Kent……
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Mwahahahahaaaaaa!!!!
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Oh FFS. Well done, Gloucester – was a great match, but we are well out of it now.
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Looks like he was short, and 13 dragged him over. Well, what a great game.
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Fantastic end in Glouscester. . After Rees Zammit makes the wrong choice twice, Gloucester gets the try. Hard for the Irish. Ulster despite the BP are out. Very good game.
Now to Clermont. Hope it’s half as good.
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Anyone want to bet Cummings does a runner tonight to Cumbria?
Expect Clermont v Munster to be a corker.
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That didn’t take long!
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Well that’s a decent start for Clermont.
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I don’t think you can say that would have been a try. But the mister disagrees.
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Penalty try for ASM and YC for Munster
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Thaum, Penaud would’ve scored there walking.
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A man who sued his parents for getting rid of his pornography collection has won a lawsuit in western Michigan and can seek compensation.
Justice.
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Britain’s awfully unlucky to get this new strain of the virus. Despite the government’s best efforts,, the Rona and all the mutant ronas keep outsmarting it.
Anyway, a good footnote I read earlier today:
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We have a world-beating mutation.
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I think they blamed an earlier rise in numbers on a Spanish-based mutation.
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Here it is:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/30/coronavirus-strain-from-spain-accounts-for-most-uk-cases-study
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TomP – I read that as ‘blame it on idiots who decided it was a good idea to go and have a holiday in Spain in the middle of a pandemic’.
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Well, Munster getting absolutely clobbered. BP try in under 20 mins.
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Munster monstered?
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Let’s see if ASM now fall asleep at the wheel like last week.
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And Munster score. This isnt over.
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Mind you .. v good Munster try. Might not be over yet.
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Snap, Flair!
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One for the people of Kent:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy8x77/this-corner-of-england-is-ground-zero-for-brexit-chaos-and-it-literally-reeks-of-piss
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…a bit powder-puff, this….
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HT : 28/16
Entertaining. Both teams good value. To think that one of them won’t see the QF is a bit weird.
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Tomp – reading that article it’s quite clear that, in many cases, the people who voted leave didn’t have the foggiest about how serious the implications were.
I drove past that site last week and it’s every bit as bad as described there. Ah well.
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I feel sorry for the people who didn’t vote for Brexit and who are suffering from this. Have friends in that category.
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imagine if Munster had Farrell or Simmonds at 10…..
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Clermont running out of power and ideas. Munster though still trailing by 6 have a serious chance of winning this.
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Keith Earls is still a great player……
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Hanrahan seems to be doing the job with the kicking off the tee, at any rate. Only been keeping half an eye on the match.
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