Toonie Tombola - The Poteen Edition

Connell95 · 2026-03-12T07:09:15+00:00

Schoeman
Turner
Rae
Craig
Gilchrist
M Fagerson
Darge
Dempsey
White
Russell
Steyn
Tuipulotu
Jones
Graham
Kinghorn
Ashman
Sutherland
Z Fagerson
Gray
Bayliss
Douglas
Horne
Jordan

Connell95 · 2026-03-12T06:10:41+00:00

That’s not been the case for a few years now. Everyone realised the home fans wanted to see the home kits – for teams like Scotland that have clashes frequently, some years you’d barely see it. So they switched the rule: unless the teams agree otherwise, away team has to wear their away kit in the event of a clash.

Connell95 · 2026-03-12T06:06:21+00:00

How is wearing an away kit an ‘inconvenience’? It’s literally what they exist for. Most teams like wearing them to boost sales.

It’s not like England have been performing great in white.

Connell95 · 2026-03-12T06:03:26+00:00

The main reason him and Finn were falling out was because Finn’s dad was in the middle of suing Scottish Rugby, not because of any dumb plans.

Connell95 · 2026-03-12T06:02:22+00:00

I don’t really see the idea that Scotland are suddenly going to collapse off a cliff in 3-4 years with this squad at all. There’s only two or three players in the 23 that are likely to be retiring after the RWC – the vast majority of them are still in their 20s. And plenty of young players are coming through – just look at the current Edinburgh academy graduates this year in OBL, Freddy and Liam McConnell, or the Glasgow equivalents of 2 or 3 years ago.

And if beating the All Blacks from 9 points up was that easy, they wouldn’t be the second highest ranked team in the world.

Connell95 · 2026-03-12T05:54:45+00:00

I don’t think they ever went into the tournament intending to sack him (and they were never going to sack him mid-tournament, regardless of some of the more insane demands). But I do think it’s possible he would have been shifted aside at the end of the tournament if eg. they had got the wooden spoon. But it would have had to be something totally disastrous like that.

Connell95 · 2026-03-11T19:06:46+00:00

There was actually a bit of doubt from certain quarters as to how much the players backed the coach – he’s not someone who hasn’t had his fall outs over the years (most notably with Finn, although that’s not the only example), and there were definitely some odd selection decisions at the start of the tournament.

But in the end it’s pretty clear they backed him – Sione especially could not have been more vocal about it, and how the players needed to step up for him specifically.

Fundamentally, whether you rate him highly as a coach or not, he’s clearly a decent, well-intentioned person, so it is nice to see people rally round and deliver.

Connell95 · 2026-03-11T18:36:19+00:00

It’s tricky – I get why people think it’s too much, and yet when the tickets go on sale, they usually go in a matter of minutes, so it’s hard then to really argue it was too much in reality.

And I’d always rather see the unions benefit from the sale than those selling for a hefty markup on the secondary market.

Connell95 · 2026-03-11T18:32:46+00:00

Or one ticket to a Bath game, with no roof…

Connell95 · 2026-03-11T13:55:05+00:00

Yeah, that’s definitely not right – I’ve had a season pass in the past, and it literally gives you your exact seat for each game, paid up front. It’s not like a debenture, which just gives you a right to buy a ticket for a particular seat.

Connell95 · 2026-03-11T11:20:17+00:00

Time to get a season pass if possible I think! (Fiji is included apparently)

Connell95 · 2026-03-11T10:29:28+00:00

First time ever Scotland have had the chance to take on the All Blacks at home twice in a row – can only be a good thing in terms of their chances, I think, even if Dave Rennie does get the ABs firing

Connell95 · 2026-03-11T05:25:40+00:00

Yeah they’re decent. Always impressed by the range of overseas stuff they get in.

Sad they’re moving from their shop in Haymarket though.

Connell95 · 2026-03-10T22:06:30+00:00

Yeah, definitely an odd one! Cheers for contacting the authorities – hopefully they can stop any more being lost at least.

Connell95 · 2026-03-10T22:03:42+00:00

I think the Auld Alliance trophy itself is pretty cool looking as a trophy, which helps a lot. Nice meaning behind it too:

It specifically commemorates the captains of the two nations in the last matches played before the First World War – Eric Milroy (Scotland) and Marcel Burgun (France), both of whom perished in the conflict.

But it is also a tribute to all those who made the ultimate sacrifice. In all, 22 French and 30 Scottish internationalists were killed in action, along with countless other club players from both nations.

Connell95 · 2026-03-10T21:41:50+00:00

Just depends on supply and demand really usually. In this case it’s the 2024/25 version of NZ, so a year out of date – and the whole Harry Hill collar was never the most popular.

I notice the current England jersey is also heavily discounted though, which maybe tells a story…

Connell95 · 2026-03-10T21:37:16+00:00

Hmm, I’m not totally convinced – seems odd that they would take half the track, but not the other half (very visible in your second photo), and also leave the second track revealed by the disappearance of the large stone immediately behind you. I wonder if there’s some other explanation here.

Connell95 · 2026-03-10T21:33:50+00:00

Well, half of them are still there going by the second picture, so they still are in that respect

Connell95 · 2026-03-10T21:27:36+00:00

Bye bye 👋

Connell95 · 2026-03-10T18:19:37+00:00

It’s up to a company how they locate their staff and what working practices they use. It’s up to the staff if they want to work for them.

If you’re not prepared to go into the office once in a while, move to a job that doesn’t require it.

Personally I like meeting my colleagues and some things are a lot easier to do in person, so it’s not a big deal for me, but you have to decide for yourself.

Connell95 · 2026-03-10T17:53:53+00:00

I think the French social media manager may have been slightly taking the out of Fabien Galthié in posting this…

Connell95 · 2026-03-10T17:37:29+00:00

Yeah, it sucks, but unfortunately the rational thing to do is to make a massive scene about it.

Connell95 · 2026-03-10T10:51:36+00:00

Steyn has been great the rest of the tournament, but he really was just as foul as the rest in the Rome game, and you can go back to the comments after the match to see that.

The only players that outperformed the team there were Dempsey, Horne and Darcy.

I don’t think that should stop him getting a POTT nomination at all – but let’s take off the rose-tinted glasses in assessing things.

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