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Planet Rugby welcomes back one of the world's leading coaching minds, Eddie Jones, to examine the key battlegrounds from the Six Nations weekend.

@Old-Samurai-Jack said in Crusaders v Reds:

Zero analysis, just snide comments.

Sounds like the perfect ferners.

England 42 Italy 24. Not a great game but it's beautiful spring afternoon in London.

That'll have to go down as MP's best-ever performance. Not the first time they've taken the scalp of a bigger team (not even the first time they've bested the Canes), but it's the strongest performance they've put on the park by some margin.

@MiketheSnow tmo was correct but I don’t like the law.

It was noticeable from about the 60min that the Chiefs were sucking in the big ones... I'd imagine the air would've been heavy in the humidity .. not an easy place to win

Other comment - Home ground advantage is basically +10 Fiji

@KiwiMurph said in Waratahs v Force:

Tahs ticking along very nicely

Up to Brisvegas next week. Hopefully Sandcorp is in better shape than Allianz

no no you guys have got it wrong. Dan assures me that the players on the field know best, and the powers that be have thought this through. You guys just don't have the same level of understanding as they do.

dur.

@Bovidae said in Chiefs v Brumbies:

@gt12 said in Chiefs v Brumbies:

Mataele is a terrible signing for us.

The slowest Fijian winger I've seen live. He's only a WTG player and shouldn't be near the 23 once everyone is fit.

Weird to think he's still running round in NZ in 2025. He was destined for big things I feel at around 2018/19 but injuries have certainly caught up with him.

Tizzano outplayed McReight and Donaldson making a move for the Wallaby 10 shirt

Another belter of a game

@KiwiMurph said in Waratahs v Drua:

O'Donnell's looks a talent at 13 for Tahs

Angry looking.
Direct.
Good defender.

Hope to see more of him.

I don't think so. They will be at their best. I can't see them lose against this meh Irish side. But I can be wrong, of course.

@gt12 said in Highlanders v Blues:

@Dan54 said in Highlanders v Blues:

POTY points
6 - Finn Hurley (HIG)

3 - Harry Plummer (BLU), Hoskins Sotutu (BLU), Folau Fakatava (HIG)

2 - AJ Lam (BLU), Caleb Clarke (BLU), Timoci Tavatavanawai (HIG)

1 - Patrick Tuipulotu (BLU), Finlay Christie (BLU), Tanielu Teleʻa (HIG)

As good as Hurley was, Jim only getting 2 points from that game while Plummer and Hoskins walk away with 3, is, well, fucking mad.

I thought that Jim would get more, but as I say with system, I am sure the players on field know who is causing them the most problems in the opposition team. I was also surprised that Hoskins and Plummer got them too, but guess I missed stuff.

@Bovidae said in Chiefs v Crusaders:

Who was the final Chiefs captain in this game?

To answer my own question, it was ALB.

There will be yet another captain named today for the Brumbies game - Vaa'i.

@Canes4life Harry's full name. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Godfrey

VCS Websites (NZ) - Lower Hutt and Wellington www.vcsnet.co.nz Hamish G R Godfrey | New Zealand Rugby History Hamish G R Godfrey | New Zealand Rugby History

@NTA said in Brumbies v Force:

Tizzano made 34 tackles, which is a competition record. Completion rate: 100%.

Going to be a cracking battle between him and McReight this weekend.

I like Tizzano, reminds of a Staffordshire terrier. McReight's the preeminent openside in Oz right now so the biscuits might come down to their respective teammates impact at the ruck.

What a rout:

@Dodge said in 6N 2025 England V Scotland:

@MiketheSnow said in 6N 2025 England V Scotland:

@Catogrande said in 6N 2025 England V Scotland:

@Dodge

Sums up my view completely, just a complete hotch-potch of selections and tactics. If the plan is to box kick all bloody day, then pick a 9 that can execute it well but if you pick two running 9s then why play kick the leather off the ball for most of the match? And as you say if you are going to kick then
A. Kick well.
B. Chase well
C. Do not kick to big top class dangerous runners like VDM and Kinghorn with two thirds of your back three being midgets.

It's not fucking rocket science, everyone and I do mean EVERYONE can see the issues but not Borthwick and his team. How blind or deluded do you have to be?

Croeso i Gymru
Welcome to Wales

its always irritated me that you change the spelling of the name of your country based on the word before it.

Irritates you!

The most moronic thing

Local town to me

Penywaun
Pen-y-waun
Head or top of the meadow

In Penywaun

Ym mhenywaun

Closer to Chinese than Welsh

@Nepia said in Reds v Moana Pasifika:

Pity that Taumoefolau decided to play for Tonga, poor form by Ta$man that they can't keep their young kids wanting to play for NZ. 😉

He opted not to play for them last year in the PNC and on the EOYT. Make of that what you will...