Last night I was ‘forced’ (Mothership usage of term, meaning doing it quite voluntarily) to watch a Peter Green tribute show led by Mick Fleetwood.
There is a star-studded cast of musicians, mostly playing very well, but they insist on playing twelve-bar blues, which must be the most rigid and repetitive form of music in existence, except for the even more terrible ones.
It’s like watching endless pick-and-goes, only there might be a chance of something exciting and different happening as a result of those pick-and-goes. A try might be created, or a horrible mistake might occur that leads to an end-to-end score by the opposition.
No chance of anything like that with twelve-bar blues, even as played by expert musicians. It is going to have exactly the same key and rhythm, the same clichéd lyrical and musical tropes, everything completely predictable and boring. The musical ball gets recycled, stuffed up the jumper, and goes again. And again. And again.
It’s also like watching scrums being reset for what feels like hours, but is probably only about three or four minutes. And the same thing happens in every scrum, but the referee just calls for a reset again. And again. And again. A dystopian nightmare.
But rejoice! There is some rugby available to watch in the near future, and hopefully it will be much more exciting than that.
Onna telly in the next week or so
Showing matches that are televised in the UK and Ireland or on popular subscription services. Bold indicates that it’s on a free to view channel. Times are in the UK zone, so adjust as necessary.
Friday 6th September
| Tonga v Fiji | 04:00 | TNT Sports 1 |
| Japan v USA | 11:05 | TNT Sports 1 |
| Scotland v Wales (women) | 19:35 | iPlayer |
Saturday 7th September
| Bayonne v Perpignan | 13:30 | Premier Sports 1 |
| England v France (women) | 15:30 | BBC1 |
| South Africa v New Zealand | 16:00 | Sky Sports Mix |
| Argentina v Australia | 20:00 | Sky Sports + |
| Bordeaux v Stade Français | 20:00 | Premier Sports 1 |
Sunday 8th September
| La Rochelle v Toulon | 16:00 | Premier Sports 1 |
| Vannes v Toulouse | 20:00 | Premier Sports 1 |
Ovally Balls 
Refit, by Sunday I’ll be too scared to go close to any more bottles. By the time the MS™ face the GAS™ I’ll be done. May be a first sober watch since the World Cup Final!
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Trying to focus on work, but doing a terringble job of it. Ireland-AB match only on at 10pm SA time, so I’ll have to (try to) pace myself this evening. Really is too close to call, even if Ireland should have the edge.
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Obviously need lunch.
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I assume people will be watching on mute?
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It’s almost like they’ve got an extra player on the pitch…..
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Of the ones I’ve heard as pundits, Ryan Wilson is usually good for a laugh, as is Andrew Trimble. Barclay can be okay but none of them offer much insight to be honest. Healy is a knob but he does know his stuff, maybe he’s got an exclusive contract with TNT.
I’ll be interested to see what Matt Bananaman has to say. At first I thought he was a flat track bully as a player but I think he surprised us all later in his career at Glaws where he really brought the younger players along, you could see him coaching on field. He is the Scotland Women’s team attack coach, so he must do a lot of analysis.
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Test match rugby should only ever have a Scots commentator who’s allowed to wax lyrical for the entire 80 minutes uninterrupted. None of these so-called analysts to tell you what you’re seeing on TV already. That said, it hasn’t reached the eye-wateringly lousy levels of cricket yet, where every single moment has to be filled by an ex-player ‘analysing’ every fucking moment and endless replays that sometimes overlap with the live action. It’s seriously tedious.
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Only if the Scottish commentator is called Andrew Cotter and not called Jamie Lyall.
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Don’t know Jamie Lyall. Sounds suspciously like a Weege backrower, so happy to have him shot into the sun.
Hmm, having undertaken some rigorous research, it appears he’s a dual football-rugby commentator. My apologies to the Weege.
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Bok side for Sunday. 7-1 bench, with only Grant Williams as a back. Only forward capable of covering in the backs if there’s an injury is Kwagga Smith. Rejigged back line, not so sure about this combo.
15 Willie le Roux, 14 Canan Moodie, 13 Lukhanyo Am, 12 Andre Esterhuizen, 11 Makazole Mapimpi, 10 Handre Pollard, 9 Jaden Hendrikse, 8 Kwagga Smith, 7 Elrigh Louw, 6 Marco van Staden, 5 Franco Mostert, 4 Eben Etzebeth (captain), 3 Thomas du Toit, 2 Bongi Mbonambi, 1 Ox Nche
Replacements: 16 Malcolm Marx, 17 Gerhard Steenekamp, 18 Vincent Koch, 19 RG Snyman, 20 Siya Kolisi, 21 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 22 Jasper Wiese, 23 Grant Williams
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@refit
From an Irish perspective, Trimble has been good in my experience and similarly with Zebo – not long finished playing – when focused and not playing for laughs
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@deebee – some forward bench…..
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Here is a NEW POST!!!
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