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Liked the fact he picked Rob Howley at 9
Considering the utterly shit packs he played behind, Howley looked world class game after game. A mix of Sid Going's running and bossing the game and Aaron Smith's passing.
Best 9 I've seen IMHO.
@Victor-Meldrew said in NH International Rugby:
Liked the fact he picked Rob Howley at 9
Considering the utterly shit packs he played behind, Howley looked world class game after game. A mix of Sid Going's running and bossing the game and Aaron Smith's passing.
Best 9 I've seen IMHO.
Fast as fuck too, with great speed endurance.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in NH International Rugby:
Liked the fact he picked Rob Howley at 9
Considering the utterly shit packs he played behind, Howley looked world class game after game. A mix of Sid Going's running and bossing the game and Aaron Smith's passing.
Best 9 I've seen IMHO.
Fast as fuck too, with great speed endurance.
@MiketheSnow said in NH International Rugby:
Fast as fuck too, with great speed endurance.
So was Super Sid.
There's a video on Youtube of most of the '72 Wales NZ game. Apart from nicking the ball, seemingly at will, out of Gareth Edwards' scrum put in, he set up a try by sheer pace down the side line - absolutely blitzed the Welsh defence. Had a shit pass though.
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@MiketheSnow said in NH International Rugby:
Fast as fuck too, with great speed endurance.
So was Super Sid.
There's a video on Youtube of most of the '72 Wales NZ game. Apart from nicking the ball, seemingly at will, out of Gareth Edwards' scrum put in, he set up a try by sheer pace down the side line - absolutely blitzed the Welsh defence. Had a shit pass though.
@Victor-Meldrew said in NH International Rugby:
@MiketheSnow said in NH International Rugby:
Fast as fuck too, with great speed endurance.
So was Super Sid.
There's a video on Youtube of most of the '72 Wales NZ game. Apart from nicking the ball, seemingly at will, out of Gareth Edwards' scrum put in, he set up a try by sheer pace down the side line - absolutely blitzed the Welsh defence. Had a shit pass though.
And a great Maori side-step!
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that's pretty solid from Wayne
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I may have missed this elsewhere...
https://www.rugbypass.com/news/of-course-it-was-a-forward-pass-says-wayne-barnes
@Bones said in NH International Rugby:
I may have missed this elsewhere...
https://www.rugbypass.com/news/of-course-it-was-a-forward-pass-says-wayne-barnes
I was always more fucked off with WR for appointing him when he wasn't ready. Good on him for owning his mistake and using it to make him a better ref, Paddy O'Brien could learn a lesson from that.
This poor bastard apparently cried when the pitcher came over to console him after the game
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armando_Galarraga's_near-perfect_game
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Ben Skeen goooone!
With Rugby World Cup 2019 final referee Jérôme Garcès having announced his international retirement, Andrew Brace (Ireland) makes his Six Nations refereeing debut, while Matthew Carley (England) returns as a referee. Both were assistant referees at Japan 2019.Mike Adamson (Scotland), Mike Fraser (New Zealand), Frank Murphy (Ireland) and Ben Whitehouse (Wales) return to the squad as assistant referees, while James Leckie (Australia), Glenn Newman (New Zealand) and Brian MacNeice (Ireland) are included in an expanded Television Match Official (TMO) panel after Ben Skeen announced his retirement.
Luke Pearce (England) will kick-off a new decade of men’s Six Nations rugby when he takes charge of champions Wales against Italy at the Principality Stadium on 1 February.
Nigel Owens (Wales) will make his 98th test appearance when he referees France v England at Stade de France the next day, while World Rugby Referee Award recipient Wayne Barnes (England) will take charge of France versus Ireland at the same venue on 14 March, his 90th test as a referee.
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Ben Skeen goooone!
With Rugby World Cup 2019 final referee Jérôme Garcès having announced his international retirement, Andrew Brace (Ireland) makes his Six Nations refereeing debut, while Matthew Carley (England) returns as a referee. Both were assistant referees at Japan 2019.Mike Adamson (Scotland), Mike Fraser (New Zealand), Frank Murphy (Ireland) and Ben Whitehouse (Wales) return to the squad as assistant referees, while James Leckie (Australia), Glenn Newman (New Zealand) and Brian MacNeice (Ireland) are included in an expanded Television Match Official (TMO) panel after Ben Skeen announced his retirement.
Luke Pearce (England) will kick-off a new decade of men’s Six Nations rugby when he takes charge of champions Wales against Italy at the Principality Stadium on 1 February.
Nigel Owens (Wales) will make his 98th test appearance when he referees France v England at Stade de France the next day, while World Rugby Referee Award recipient Wayne Barnes (England) will take charge of France versus Ireland at the same venue on 14 March, his 90th test as a referee.
@Daffy-Jaffy said in NH International Rugby:
Ben Skeen goooone!
I hope it's not just an international retirement. I don't want him anywhere near NPC either.
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Oooh Ireland just keeps on going up on the fluffybunny scale
haha
In what amounted to a PR buck-passing exercise that ensured IRFU high performance boss David Nucifora and incoming head coach Andy Farrell – Schmidt’s assistant since 2016 – were absolved of blame
Irish Rugby to Schmidt
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What astonishes me the most is how Farrell got promoted to head coach despite never doing that job, at any level. Tells me all I need to know about the IRFU.
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Rob Howley found guilty of illegal betting on rugby matches, including Wales matches and Wales players - 18 month ban from all rugby.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/50629124
Stupid all round from Ollie (Edit: I mean Stan) but this takes the biscuit for sheer idiocy:- "Howley, 49, used his Welsh Rugby Union phone and email account to place bets."
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From Stuff:
Howley was found to have placed 363 bets with three separate bookmakers covering a total of 1163 rugby matches over a period of five years.
(Something wrong with their maths. May have mixed the matches and bets around.)
The WRU said Howley lost about £4000 on his bets
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From Stuff:
Howley was found to have placed 363 bets with three separate bookmakers covering a total of 1163 rugby matches over a period of five years.
(Something wrong with their maths. May have mixed the matches and bets around.)
The WRU said Howley lost about £4000 on his bets
@booboo said in NH International Rugby:
From Stuff:
Howley was found to have placed 363 bets with three separate bookmakers covering a total of 1163 rugby matches over a period of five years.
(Something wrong with their maths. May have mixed the matches and bets around.)
The WRU said Howley lost about £4000 on his bets
Likely there were some accumulators going on.
Or decumulators if you take your second point into account :face_with_hand_over_mouth:
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From Stuff:
Howley was found to have placed 363 bets with three separate bookmakers covering a total of 1163 rugby matches over a period of five years.
(Something wrong with their maths. May have mixed the matches and bets around.)
The WRU said Howley lost about £4000 on his bets
@booboo said in NH International Rugby:
From Stuff:
Howley was found to have placed 363 bets with three separate bookmakers covering a total of 1163 rugby matches over a period of five years.
(Something wrong with their maths. May have mixed the matches and bets around.)
The WRU said Howley lost about £4000 on his bets
Great coach - losing 4k
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The court heard that a conviction would likely see Mafi lose his lucrative contract in Japan.
Stiff shit.
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