peasy23 Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Potential game changer for the Pacific Islands as World Rugby agree to fund 2 franchises to take part in Super Rugby.https://www.world.rugby/news/625960/world-rugby-to-support-pacific-island-super-rugby-ambitions 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 1 hour ago, peasy23 said: Potential game changer for the Pacific Islands as World Rugby agree to fund 2 franchises to take part in Super Rugby. https://www.world.rugby/news/625960/world-rugby-to-support-pacific-island-super-rugby-ambitions i give a year or 2 and the will be skint as the money disappears into the unions pockets 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 i give a year or 2 and the will be skint as the money disappears into the unions pockets The thing that jumped out for me was that World Rugby would also provide "administrative support". I'm taking that to mean that they will be putting people in place to account for every penny. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Matt Fagerson injured in training and misses tomorrow night's game, Ryan Wilson called up as a replacement. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genuine Hibs Fan Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 (edited) Some observations about defensive titan Chris Harris from watching back conceded tries this tournament. He's at fault (not singularly) for the first Wales try. He's in an unenviable position with Lang and Cummings coming across to fill a big gap (both of them end up in a position to take Biggar if we goes himself btw) but he has to either try to cut off Biggar's passing lines or line up Tompkins. He does neither, gets caught flat footed and gets an ineffectual tackle in on Tompkins who gets it outside him. The second Welsh try he's far too hesitant and again doesn't trust his inside enough and it's far too easy for Sheedy to feed it past him He's absolutely gassed by Halaholo for the 4th try. He initially does pretty well but his body position is poor by the time Beard (I think) has it and he goes from a strong to weak position as a result. Thought Faletau maybe got a cheeky block in but nothing there, Harris is just rocking back on his heels. Out of position for the first Ireland try and (along with Hogg tbf) gets done in the air. Should arguably leave it to Hogg and react to any knock down as Earls is unlikely to take it cleanly. Now obviously he's going to be involved, given his role, in more defensive actions than most which skews the eye test somewhat but alongside his not all that impressive tackling stats and not being a big turnover threat or good in the air do we rate his defence too highly? He might be the best defensive centre in Scotland but does that difference justify leaving out more attacking players? Not saying one way or the other although my preference is for the latter, especially with SJ at 12 Edited March 25, 2021 by Genuine Hibs Fan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
come on shire Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 6 minutes ago, peasy23 said: Matt Fagerson injured in training and misses tomorrow night's game, Ryan Wilson called up as a replacement. Wilson's called onto the bench. Nick Haining starts. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snobot Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 31 minutes ago, Genuine Hibs Fan said: Some observations about defensive titan Chris Harris from watching back conceded tries this tournament. He's at fault (not singularly) for the first Wales try. He's in an unenviable position with Lang and Cummings coming across to fill a big gap but he has to either try to cut off biggars passing lines or line up Tompkins. He does neither, gets caught flat footed and gets an ineffectual tackle in on Tompkins who gets it outside him. The second Welsh try he's far too hesitant and again doesn't trust his inside enough and it's far too easy for Sheedy to feed it past him He's absolutely gassed by Halaholo for the 4th try. He initially does pretty well but his body position is poor by the time Beard (I think) has it and he goes from a strong to weak position as a result. Thought Faletau maybe got a cheeky block in but nothing there.l, he's just rocking back on his heels. Out of position for the first ireland try and (along with Hoggy tbf) gets done in the air. Should arguably leave it to Hoggy and react to any knock down as Earls is unlikely to take it cleanly. Now obviously he's going to be involved, given his role, in more defensive actions than most which skews the eye test somewhat but alongside his not all that impressive tackling stats and not being a big turnover threat or good in the air do we rate his defence too highly? He might be the best defensive centre in Scotland but does that difference justify leaving out more attacking players? Not saying one way or the other although my preference is for the latter, especially with SJ at 12 It gets right on my tits. Why don’t we let them worry about Jones? There is a lot of debate about their relative merits but IMO we are back close to peak Jones of 16/17 - ish when he was one of the best attacking 13s on the planet, rather than the pale imitation whose form fell off a cliff when he came to Glasgow. There is no way he should be dropped. Nothing against Harris who is decent enough. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genuine Hibs Fan Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 4 minutes ago, Snobot said: It gets right on my tits. Why don’t we let them worry about Jones? There is a lot of debate about their relative merits but IMO we are back close to peak Jones of 16/17 - ish when he was one of the best attacking 13s on the planet, rather than the pale imitation whose form fell off a cliff when he came to Glasgow. There is no way he should be dropped. Nothing against Harris who is decent enough. Aye, nothing against Harris either and there's a time and place for him. I just question whether his defensive abilities are quite what the players and Townsend talk them up to be. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Wayne Barnes is the ref tomorrow night. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Haouas is starting for France so it will be a lively reunion with him and Haining. Ryan Wilson is a good sub to bring on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aDONisSheep Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 1 hour ago, peasy23 said: Wayne Barnes is the ref tomorrow night. I think he's improved as a ref. I used to find him overly picky, but he's letting the game go a bit more, and allows a bit of competition for the ball at the breakdown. Yours, ALLEZ LES BLEUS! aDONis Les bleus d'Ecosse obviously! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Left Back Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 1 hour ago, Detournement said: Haouas is starting for France so it will be a lively reunion with him and Haining. Ryan Wilson is a good sub to bring on. Should have him on from the start. Proper WUM and could easily induce a French heads gone/red card imo. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Jacobsen Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 5 hours ago, peasy23 said: Wayne Barnesy is the ref tomorrow night. FTFY 3 hours ago, Detournement said: Haouas is starting for France so it will be a lively reunion with him and Haining. It was Ritchie that he twatted. Near enough turned his hooter 90 degrees. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 1 minute ago, Allan Jacobsen said: FTFY It was Ritchie that he twatted. Near enough turned his hooter 90 degrees. TBF Ritchie was just giving hauners as Haining took on about 5 of them himself. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Jacobsen Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 2 minutes ago, Mark Connolly said: TBF Ritchie was just giving hauners as Haining took on about 5 of them himself. Happy to stand corrected. Apology accepted. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 3 minutes ago, Allan Jacobsen said: Happy to stand corrected. Apology accepted. It was really harsh on Ritchie - he got smashed in the face, and then got levelled by Fickou as well 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 20 minutes ago, Allan Jacobsen said: FTFY It was Ritchie that he twatted. Near enough turned his hooter 90 degrees. The French said Haining started it with a eye gouge. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian38018 Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 21 hours ago, Ian38018 said: Does anyone happen to know if Edinburgh Rugby run supporters' travel to Pro14 away matches? (Not this season, obviously) Thanks ian Thank You, 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honestly united Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 (edited) Rainbow Cup games announced (well 3 weeks worth) Glasgow vs Trevisio and Edinbugh v Zebre followed by 2 weeks of Glasgow v Edinburgh games while the SA teams play amongst each other. Round 4 from the 29th May sees the SA teams come over to Europe for games - I am assuming the fixtures aren't being announced as they still dont know if they can travel. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/56534637 Edit to add its 6 games in total, with top 2 in the table facing each other in the final if Glasgow manage to win the 2 games v Edinburgh it depends on who they get in the 3 games after that you would think its only going to be one game vs a SA team, get 2 welsh teams and we could be in with a decent finish Edited March 26, 2021 by honestly united 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 It seams pretty pointless to run the tournament with the SA teams if you just end up playing the rest of the Pro 14 teams again 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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