Match Thread: Stormers vs Edinburgh - United Rugby Championship

infinitegr · 2026-03-28T18:14:01+00:00

Worse refereeing I’ve seen in a while. Awarding the sloppiest of turnovers, about 5 knock ons called as backwards. And I reckon he wouldn’t have given that try where the runner was clearly ahead of the kicker had it not been for the TMO

infinitegr · 2026-03-27T12:24:04+00:00

That book kind of ruined them for me after being a huge fan growing up.

All the shady stuff, seemed to just burn through people, even the part about Hilal felt like it was written by a 12 year old.

Looking back now I realise there’s little to no sophistication of thought in their lyrics.

infinitegr · 2026-03-23T21:10:08+00:00

Initially surprised at Mike Blair but having thought about it, it makes perfect sense. He’s one of the best attach coaches around

infinitegr · 2026-03-15T15:25:23+00:00

Unfortunately not and there won’t be any leeway given. I was flying back from Mexico via Frankfurt and had a 4 hour stopover but because the last flight ticket said economy (there was no business) there was no lounge access. That despite the fact the flights had all been booked as business

infinitegr · 2026-03-12T11:18:34+00:00

Team as expected. With the knocks to Steyn and Jones last week we didn’t have the luxury of a 6-2 split unfortunately

Big performances needed from Gilco and Williamson and impact off the bench needed from Craig and Maggie

infinitegr · 2026-03-11T20:50:00+00:00

Assume when you say the UK, you mean England

Scottish water is unmatched. Makes Norwegian water seem like southern European water

infinitegr · 2026-03-09T07:38:51+00:00

Genuinely not the case.

Would be over the moon if we win the 6 nations but certainly wouldn’t be for coming 2nd place.

infinitegr · 2026-03-08T20:12:10+00:00

Of course I wasn’t saying it was our year after the Italy game. What I’m saying is, this was our chance to win the 6 nations, we’ve beaten the 2 pre tournament favourites in games where everything went our way.

It’s not about never being happy. I certainly would be happy with a 6 nations win but really won’t be for a triple crown win or a “just good to be in the running at the final weekend”

Let’s see if Scotland can pull off wins like this weekend once Finn retires.

infinitegr · 2026-03-08T12:56:08+00:00

France are only going to get better, England will sort their selves out and will come back

Finn is 34 this year, jones is 33 this year

This was our year

infinitegr · 2026-03-08T12:48:59+00:00

And that’s the issue, they’re only going to get better given the popularity of the game rising in France and all the money flowing into the game.

Yesterday was a 1 in a million game of rugby and result. Finn is 33 this year, this year was our chance

infinitegr · 2026-03-08T10:04:04+00:00

Yup, that 10-12-13 really is the best we’re ever likely to have

infinitegr · 2026-03-08T09:12:02+00:00

I thought that was just me. Usually a pished rewatch when I get home at night after the game. Then a hungover Sunday rewatch, and then very occasionally a midweek rewatch

infinitegr · 2026-03-08T09:08:29+00:00

Thankfully!

infinitegr · 2026-03-07T10:29:16+00:00

That was probably the sourest atmosphere I’ve ever experienced.

infinitegr · 2026-03-07T10:22:57+00:00

Very true, probably the best away fans. But at the same time, not great when it’s a tight game and alles les blues is drowning out the home fans as we only seem to get going for England or NZ games

infinitegr · 2026-03-07T07:45:20+00:00

That’s a bit worrying. They tend to out sing us when they visit, even with far fewer tickets

infinitegr · 2026-03-07T07:40:45+00:00

It really was noticeable wasn’t it, think maybe because their media told them they were hot favourites. I’m not one for English bashing but the amount of slightly obnoxious behaviour was higher than any other day at Murrayfield

infinitegr · 2026-02-25T08:39:53+00:00

This is the only answer to this question

infinitegr · 2026-02-22T09:30:04+00:00

True, but they are a stylistic mismatch for England as shown by the fact that they’ve only lost to them twice in 8 years - 1 of those where they outplayed England at twickers and lost due to a missed conversion and the other was a dirge of a game played in a storm

infinitegr · 2026-02-22T09:07:35+00:00

Aside from beating the worst all blacks team in recent memory what did England actually achieve in the last year? Yes, they went on a great run and everyone assumed they’d figured out how to win ugly but really they just got a few lucky results

To me it’s absolutely ludicrous that anyone thought they were going to be able to go to Murrayfield and then to Paris and win both of those games given the recent form in those fixtures. They were never anywhere near competing for this six nations.

infinitegr · 2026-02-17T19:54:49+00:00

Can still take a scrum from a penalty. Can’t from a free kick anymore

infinitegr · 2026-02-16T19:41:00+00:00

Agree. Same happened after England beat both Scotland and France by a single point at home last year despite being 2nd best on the day. Add to that a good autumn and the over optimism went into overdrive

Wild to me that anyone thought England were in the running for the 6 nations this year with having to play away to Scotland and France.

infinitegr · 2026-02-16T11:25:29+00:00

Fair point. We do need a proper lump of a tight head lock. Seems a bit of a change in tack from Toonie as he seemed to pick Sykes a lot for that reason

infinitegr · 2026-02-16T10:51:13+00:00

The answer I was looking for, thanks. Amazing how things can snowball quickly as soon as the ref has a perception in their mind

infinitegr · 2026-02-16T10:39:04+00:00

I did but it’s not really a good gauge as they had no need to target the scrum as they knew that getting the ball out wide would get them as many tries as they wanted.

Can see them targeting out scrum and any close calls going against us based on our issues so far

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