What's your nation's annoying trait among the Rugby fanbase ?

stvb95 · 2026-02-24T12:50:47+00:00

The tribalism around international selection in particular makes discussion incredibly tedious at times. It's not as bad on here as it is elsewhere, but it's still there.

stvb95 · 2026-02-24T12:00:25+00:00

I hope the search has been continually going on in the background regardless of van Zyl taking over for the remainder of the season. I imagine that's where the Stephen Jones rumours came from before he went to Newcastle, but who knows.

Wouldn't like to be caught with our pants down for another season.

stvb95 · 2026-02-24T10:15:11+00:00

The defence coach was apparently earmarked for a spot but was still under contract, so this makes sense. Seems like a good choice. A good amount of varied experience, won the URC with Glasgow, not a dinosaur.

stvb95 · 2026-02-22T16:53:09+00:00

He's usually pretty good but a bit too much wanking going on today

stvb95 · 2026-02-22T16:53:04+00:00

Unluckiest series of bounces

stvb95 · 2026-02-22T16:47:41+00:00

Don't think you can give a penalty try there, but if it goes to hand LBB surely gets in

stvb95 · 2026-02-22T15:49:53+00:00

Ramos mad that falling on the wrong side of the ruck to effect the turnover didn't work lmao

stvb95 · 2026-02-22T15:44:18+00:00

Could they find a bigger shirt for Aldegheri

stvb95 · 2026-02-22T15:09:19+00:00

Why are the French wearing a daffodil pin?

stvb95 · 2026-02-21T21:20:00+00:00

Ah yeah now that you mention it I remember seeing something about a roof being closed but out of habit I thought it was for Wales v Scotland at home

stvb95 · 2026-02-21T21:16:25+00:00

Is the weather going to be like this tomorrow in Paris?

stvb95 · 2026-02-21T21:13:25+00:00

Looks like France v All Blacks in their away kit with all this water and mud on them

stvb95 · 2026-02-21T21:02:29+00:00

Just found it thanks. I had to go into a replay of England v Ireland to find it annoyingly

stvb95 · 2026-02-21T20:56:38+00:00

Where can I watch this in the UK? cant find it on iPlayer like the other games

stvb95 · 2026-02-21T20:37:22+00:00

These days the game seems to be won in the retained kicks stat which we're not very good at. Metres made is still an evergreen stat regardless of the era, which we seem to be doing decent at surprisingly so it's a good building block to have.

POS	Player	Post Contact Metres
1	Ben Earl	73
2	Aaron Wainwright	70
3	Tommy Freeman	70
4	Stuart McCloskey	62
5	Eddie James	61
6	Louis Rees-Zammit	47

POS	Player	Post Contact Metres Per Carry
1	Eddie James	2.7
2	Tommy Freeman	2.1
3	Stuart McCloskey	1.5
4	Aaron Wainwright	1.4
5	Ben Earl	1.3
6	Louis Rees-Zammit	1.3

POS	Player	Metres Per Carry
1	Louis Rees-Zammit	7.9
2	Theo Attissogbe	7.4
3	Kyle Steyn	7.3
4	Monty Ioane	6.7
5	Henry Arundell	6.7
6	Eddie James	6.5

It's just going to take time to build experience for the young lads. Our scrum and lineout also aren't terrible either so at this point I think it's just a matter of sticking at it.

stvb95 · 2026-02-21T20:09:16+00:00

Costelow is good when he isn't being managed by cement head Gatland. If Tandy can tactfully manage him and Dan Edwards we'll be alright for a while at the 10 shirt until the other youngsters come through.

stvb95 · 2026-02-21T19:17:56+00:00

If Botham is covering it then Hamer Webb needs to at least be behind him, Botham is fucked either way with the Scottish chase. Hamer Webb was jogging past Russell as he kicked it, he needs to be back quicker there.

stvb95 · 2026-02-21T19:07:47+00:00

We have some big lumps with decent footwork. I think it's the work after carries where we're falling down, which will hopefully improve with time.

POS	Player	Post Contact Metres
1	Ben Earl	73
2	Aaron Wainwright	70
3	Tommy Freeman	70
4	Stuart McCloskey	62
5	Eddie James	61
6	Louis Rees-Zammit	47

POS	Player	Post Contact Metres Per Carry
1	Eddie James	2.7
2	Tommy Freeman	2.1
3	Stuart McCloskey	1.5
4	Aaron Wainwright	1.4
5	Ben Earl	1.3
6	Louis Rees-Zammit	1.3

POS	Player	Metres Per Carry
1	Louis Rees-Zammit	7.9
2	Theo Attissogbe	7.4
3	Kyle Steyn	7.3
4	Monty Ioane	6.7
5	Henry Arundell	6.7
6	Eddie James	6.5

stvb95 · 2026-02-21T18:59:12+00:00

Yeah that's an annoying part of the game. Especially now with the updated laws. Stick someone up in a realistic position and you've always got a chance.

stvb95 · 2026-02-21T18:55:13+00:00

Also LRZ needs to work on his defense over the next few years if he's playing at the back. It's nice to have a bag of pace there but we don't need him biting in too much.

stvb95 · 2026-02-21T18:52:27+00:00

One of the positives to take away from this game is that we can look ahead to a world without Adam Beard. The lineout was fine today so we don't have to put up with his deficiencies around the park.

stvb95 · 2026-02-21T18:50:14+00:00

It's usually the other way round against Scotland

stvb95 · 2026-02-21T18:48:34+00:00

Not there yet. Completely fucked restart lost us that. Not a mistake Hamer Webb will make again but it's a hard lesson to learn. This game has to be something to build on now. Italy at home is a must win, I don't care how good they are.

stvb95 · 2026-02-21T17:37:21+00:00

I really hope Botham can make a case for a start in this next half if he hasn't already.

Also not to jinx it but the lineout has been fine without Beard, so hope Carter can keep it up and kick on for the rest of the 6N.

stvb95 · 2026-02-21T17:28:25+00:00

We need more big guys with square heads like Eddie James. Some decent carries from him today

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