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Good piece on one of the more significant trades of recent seasons
The semi final will be worth it for him at center alone.
Italy have one of the best combo's internationally there
Two BPs is a nice return from Loftus, especially after how heavy a week this was.
Connacht away in May could be season defining.
It's those things that are so frustrating
Also how easily the Bulls got a lot of their scores
It's the small little things that are frustrating for Munster at the moment
Lineout five metres out is the prime example
Flashbacks of games in Kingsholm in the Heineken Cup and Munster getting their assess handed to them
Was always a fan of this one
Which may be a bit of a worry for the Wallabies
Thanks to @samlstandsup.bsky.social for chatting with me about his new book
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Uffff and that's tough given the financial outlay and expected impact from him too
Seems to be a player kind of lost at the moment and I mean in terms of the last two years
Was always going to be impossible to bring on someone of Barretts calibre as a replacement too
Chatting the other day about it as well, hybrid players like Botia and Esterhuizen mean teams can have 6-2/5-3 bench splits at the same time.
This kind of innovation has to be respected too
Him being dropped to the NPC side before the move was a bit of a concern at the time
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Toulon Stade Francais had one or two terrific scores
His arguing at the end of the game last night was head scratching
Think he needs some time away from the field cause as you'd expect it has impacted him
Hell he's only human
Yeah they have not developed their gameplan once it has been found out
Leicester under Borthwick played a very paired back game that worked for them. He was gone to England though before it could be cracked
That is a nice summary of both teams
Still thinking back to the England Ireland game and how utterly lost the English players looked in that first 40
In the last two years we've had the best Rugby Championship and one of the best Six Nations in terms of drama and teams being able to beat each other
The summer tours will be a good watch
But the fact there is no Rugby Championship is so infuriating
When they then go on to lose the game all you can think is, karma
That stood out in particular
Ireland got their scores in double quick time
Scotland had to slog at the line
Great game to watch
Scotland third quarter scored some terrific scores
That first 40 and lack of points when they got into the 22 Vs Irelands hit rate in the 22 swung it Irelands way #irevsco
Scotland over complicating things in that first half
Ireland 22 defense has been so solid as well #irevsco
That's a good point
Have really dropped off of last week when getting into the 22 too
Seem to be making things too complicated
The mess they made of the maul after it didn't help
Those two injuries really haunting them at the moment
Some jittery play from them too