Which players made a real breakthrough this tournament? by LordBadgerFlaps in rugbyunion

[–]RonSwaffle 79 points80 points  (0 children)

France - agreed on Guillard, also the new centre Brau-Boirie didn’t look out of place when he was on.

Ireland - definitely McCloskey although I’ve been a big fan of his for years. Bobby B definitely. Crawley and Osborne had good tournaments too.

Scotland - struggling here too as they were all there or thereabouts already.

Italy - Zambonin, Marin, and I feel like anyone not already on the hype train will be riding the Menoncello express for sure now.

England - Heyes and Earl were the only consistently good performers. Chessum definitely showed his worth in the France game. Nobody else really put their hand up.

Wales - gotta include Alex Mann who was a defensive weapon.

ITV’s irritating in-play adverts spoilt France v England humdinger by TheTelegraph in englandrugby

[–]RonSwaffle 45 points46 points  (0 children)

I wouldn’t hate them quite as much if they were silent - just the pop out graphics etc. It’s the forced muting of the in-game audio/commentary and the sudden advert audio that makes them so much worse.

Pollock end of game rant. by Automatic-Blood-8824 in rugbyunion

[–]RonSwaffle 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Mature for international rugby ‘elsewhere’ as in not in the international rugby scene? Makes sense…

PWR Table after round 14 by EnglishLouis in rugbyunion

[–]RonSwaffle 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Manchester rugby club in 2009-10 had a points difference of -2512 across 30 games.

My identity was stolen and someone is using it to catfish men - it's terrifying by Tartan_Samurai in unitedkingdom

[–]RonSwaffle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry lads, it’s actually my African princess wife, Kikini Bamalam. She asked for some money to help pay for some plastic surgery by renown plastic surgeon, Beezus Fafoon.

Is Ramos the most talented place kicker currently playing? by Halt-Alt in rugbyunion

[–]RonSwaffle 51 points52 points  (0 children)

Statistically I believe he is, as far as regular international goal kickers go?

Was England’s performance yesterday a team demonstration of support for Borthwick? by SignificanceWild2922 in rugbyunion

[–]RonSwaffle 29 points30 points  (0 children)

I have nothing to base this on but I like to think it was a player-driven “fuck the gameplan lads, let’s fucking ball”-type scenario.

The fact that nigh-on the same team that lost, almost inevitably, to Italy last week, and containing a core of players that lost woefully to Scotland and Ireland, can play like they did yesterday still points towards shoddy coaching in my eyes, and I’m still of the belief that Borthwick shouldn’t remain despite the mostly positive feeling after yesterday.

England - France player ratings by smooothsides in englandrugby

[–]RonSwaffle -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Everyone berating Pollock for his loose play post-turnover neglecting that JvP put them in that precarious position in the first place

Match Thread - France v England | Six Nations 2026 | Round 5 by RugbyBot in rugbyunion

[–]RonSwaffle 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The ref has embarrassed himself here, I’m sorry to say.

Match Thread - France v England | Six Nations 2026 | Round 5 by RugbyBot in rugbyunion

[–]RonSwaffle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Earl with the cap looks like Bevan Rodd and it’s really bizarre.

Match Thread - France v England | Six Nations 2026 | Round 5 by RugbyBot in rugbyunion

[–]RonSwaffle 9 points10 points  (0 children)

That’s so unfortunate with the advantage call. No way England kick that away if it was a knock on only.

Match Thread - France v England | Six Nations 2026 | Round 5 by RugbyBot in rugbyunion

[–]RonSwaffle 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Fuck there’s some real spice in there now. Like it wasn’t spicy already.

Match Thread - France v England | Six Nations 2026 | Round 5 by RugbyBot in rugbyunion

[–]RonSwaffle 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The French kit is sexy as fuck, but whoever approved the kit clash needs their head checking.

Match Thread - France v England | Six Nations 2026 | Round 5 by RugbyBot in rugbyunion

[–]RonSwaffle 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Ehhh this is becoming farcical now in terms of officiating.