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  • DrivingMaulD DrivingMaul

    Only a couple of days to the kickoff of the 6 Nations, this is one of the most exciting in years

    https://drivingmaul.com/2020/01/28/6-nations-2020-round-1-predictions/

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    @DrivingMaul said in NH International Rugby:

    Only a couple of days to the kickoff of the 6 Nations, this is one of the most exciting in years

    https://drivingmaul.com/2020/01/28/6-nations-2020-round-1-predictions/

    Sorry mate it's behind your own paywall!

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      @DrivingMaul said in NH International Rugby:

      Only a couple of days to the kickoff of the 6 Nations, this is one of the most exciting in years

      https://drivingmaul.com/2020/01/28/6-nations-2020-round-1-predictions/

      Sorry mate it's behind your own paywall!

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      https://twitter.com/irishrugby/status/1222147775485349889?s=21

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      • CatograndeC Catogrande

        @DrivingMaul said in NH International Rugby:

        Only a couple of days to the kickoff of the 6 Nations, this is one of the most exciting in years

        https://drivingmaul.com/2020/01/28/6-nations-2020-round-1-predictions/

        Sorry mate it's behind your own paywall!

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          More on the ongoing Sarries saga

          https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/51283088

          As they are docked a further 70 points to ensure they finish bottom of the Premiership. I suppose this does remove the faint but somehow delicious prospect of them making the top four and then winning the Premiership whilst still getting relegated. Still, there's always Europe.

          I do wonder if there are a number of other clubs now looking over their shoulders though.

          Edit: Sorry wrong thread. Mods can this be moved to NH club rugby thread please?

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            https://twitter.com/irishrugby/status/1222147775485349889?s=21

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            @Derm-McCrum Young team, once sour-puss-grumpy face and Murray move on, it will be a good aged squad for RWC23

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              https://twitter.com/GrisoniNicolas/status/968551907445919745?s=20

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                https://twitter.com/GrisoniNicolas/status/968551907445919745?s=20

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                @Tim said in NH International Rugby:

                https://twitter.com/GrisoniNicolas/status/968551907445919745?s=20

                2 straight reds these days if the ref had the minerals to do it.

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                  @Tim said in NH International Rugby:

                  https://twitter.com/GrisoniNicolas/status/968551907445919745?s=20

                  2 straight reds these days if the ref had the minerals to do it.

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                  @Catogrande said in NH International Rugby:

                  @Tim said in NH International Rugby:

                  https://twitter.com/GrisoniNicolas/status/968551907445919745?s=20

                  2 straight reds these days if the ref had the minerals to do it.

                  Nothing in it...

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                    Pivac going to earn his money this weekend.

                    North at centre. Could go either way.

                    Moriarty must be pissed not starting at 8.

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                      Pivac going to earn his money this weekend.

                      North at centre. Could go either way.

                      Moriarty must be pissed not starting at 8.

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                      @MiketheSnow North had played a fair bit at centre though, some for Wales and some for club, right? More than Rieko Ioane, for sure!

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                        @MiketheSnow North had played a fair bit at centre though, some for Wales and some for club, right? More than Rieko Ioane, for sure!

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                        @Machpants said in NH International Rugby:

                        @MiketheSnow North had played a fair bit at centre though, some for Wales and some for club, right? More than Rieko Ioane, for sure!

                        Nope

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                        • MiketheSnowM MiketheSnow

                          @Machpants said in NH International Rugby:

                          @MiketheSnow North had played a fair bit at centre though, some for Wales and some for club, right? More than Rieko Ioane, for sure!

                          Nope

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                          @MiketheSnow said in NH International Rugby:

                          @Machpants said in NH International Rugby:

                          @MiketheSnow North had played a fair bit at centre though, some for Wales and some for club, right? More than Rieko Ioane, for sure!

                          Nope

                          Wow. Was Pivac suffering a power outage when they moved Cullen to centre?

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                            @MiketheSnow He's played, sorry, 'outside centre' for sure. I've seen it and even wikipedia backs me up 😉

                            EDIT: And Pivac: "George has played a couple of games in the centre for Ospreys and has had four starts for Wales so it is not foreign to him."

                            https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/51306672

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                              they're playing italy, he could start himself at centre and still be golden.

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                                @Catogrande said in NH International Rugby:

                                @Tim said in NH International Rugby:

                                https://twitter.com/GrisoniNicolas/status/968551907445919745?s=20

                                2 straight reds these days if the ref had the minerals to do it.

                                Nothing in it...

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                                @mariner4life said in NH International Rugby:

                                @Catogrande said in NH International Rugby:

                                @Tim said in NH International Rugby:

                                https://twitter.com/GrisoniNicolas/status/968551907445919745?s=20

                                2 straight reds these days if the ref had the minerals to do it.

                                Nothing in it...

                                Winger milks it.

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                                  they're playing italy, he could start himself at centre and still be golden.

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                                  @mariner4life said in NH International Rugby:

                                  they're playing italy, he could start himself at centre and still be golden.

                                  Halfback even.

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                                    @Derm-McCrum Young team, once sour-puss-grumpy face and Murray move on, it will be a good aged squad for RWC23

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                                    @Machpants said in NH International Rugby:

                                    @Derm-McCrum Young team, once sour-puss-grumpy face and Murray move on, it will be a good aged squad for RWC23

                                    It'll be more than them. Healy, Toner, POM, Stander, Murray, Sexton, Earls will all be too old - 33/34+ - for RWC 2023 in my view. Transition should be complete by 2021 when their central contracts finish. Cronin, John Ryan and Rob Kearney are already past their use by date it would seem.

                                    Nucifora's 6-year plan to have 3 or 4-deep in every position by 2023 is still running. I reckon a 2023 squad might look like:
                                    Porter, Kelleher, Furlong, Ryan, Baird, O'Donoghue, Leavy, Doris
                                    McGrath, Carbery, Stockdale, Henshaw, Ringrose, Balacounne, Larmour
                                    Heffernan, O'Sullivan, O'Toole, Henderson, Deegan, Casey, Byrne, Addison.

                                    Ulster have another Sexton under their wing - a young fella who has personal bests at 10.43 seconds over 100m and 20.69 over 200 - so he might prove useful. He's on 7s circuit at the moment.

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                                      @Machpants said in NH International Rugby:

                                      @Derm-McCrum Young team, once sour-puss-grumpy face and Murray move on, it will be a good aged squad for RWC23

                                      It'll be more than them. Healy, Toner, POM, Stander, Murray, Sexton, Earls will all be too old - 33/34+ - for RWC 2023 in my view. Transition should be complete by 2021 when their central contracts finish. Cronin, John Ryan and Rob Kearney are already past their use by date it would seem.

                                      Nucifora's 6-year plan to have 3 or 4-deep in every position by 2023 is still running. I reckon a 2023 squad might look like:
                                      Porter, Kelleher, Furlong, Ryan, Baird, O'Donoghue, Leavy, Doris
                                      McGrath, Carbery, Stockdale, Henshaw, Ringrose, Balacounne, Larmour
                                      Heffernan, O'Sullivan, O'Toole, Henderson, Deegan, Casey, Byrne, Addison.

                                      Ulster have another Sexton under their wing - a young fella who has personal bests at 10.43 seconds over 100m and 20.69 over 200 - so he might prove useful. He's on 7s circuit at the moment.

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                                      @Derm-McCrum That's interesting I didn't realise the core was that sort of age. Ireland are doing pretty darn well for development, esp considering player numbers

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                                        Reasonable over view for the interested

                                        https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2020/jan/30/six-nations-2020-team-by-team-guide-rugby-england-wales-scotland-ireland-france-italy

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                                        "Tlws yw hynny"

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                                          @MiketheSnow He's played, sorry, 'outside centre' for sure. I've seen it and even wikipedia backs me up 😉

                                          EDIT: And Pivac: "George has played a couple of games in the centre for Ospreys and has had four starts for Wales so it is not foreign to him."

                                          https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/51306672

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                                          @Machpants said in NH International Rugby:

                                          @MiketheSnow He's played, sorry, 'outside centre' for sure. I've seen it and even wikipedia backs me up 😉

                                          EDIT: And Pivac: "George has played a couple of games in the centre for Ospreys and has had four starts for Wales so it is not foreign to him."

                                          https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/51306672

                                          Not the question you asked.

                                          A couple of times at club level and four times for Wales is hardly experienced.

                                          And he hasn't set the world on fire in any of those matches.

                                          Defensively it could be a long afternoon.

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