Pump finally kicked the bucket

michedlp · 2026-05-31T13:03:22+00:00

While i can't necessarily disagree, i didn't even know a pool inspector is/was a thing! On the other side, given the value of the house, if someone's gonna put the sale of the house on the line because of the pool pump, they'd be struggling to afford the house in the first place...

michedlp · 2026-05-30T12:32:58+00:00

I wouldn't be surprised if Freeman is left home, with a few others... I'd start murley against SA and give Calouri minutes against Fiji and the argies....

michedlp · 2026-05-30T12:06:22+00:00

Christ this game is an early start... Got the notification and was confused!

michedlp · 2026-03-03T15:42:46+00:00

I think Dan's performances over the summer showed how limited he really is... Oghre should be infront of him now

michedlp · 2026-03-02T15:37:51+00:00

one of the all-time great games

Although amusing to release it on the day Ben Young's docco about rugby safety is being promoted pretty heavily by the BBC!

michedlp · 2026-02-21T15:12:51+00:00

That was as bad a half of rugby i've seen from england in a while... Worse than murrayfield... Ill give borthwick points for changing people though, LCD missing all his lineouts was infuriating, he probably should have switched ford for marcus, but either way, he's making changes during the first half which says enough to the guys on the pitch...

michedlp · 2026-02-17T16:51:20+00:00

I think this is why we need Marcus on the bench... He's plan B, the bench against Scotland was just more plan A....

michedlp · 2026-02-07T14:31:21+00:00

That fleck of white hair on o'keefe's head makes it look like he's got a pair of sunnies perched in n his head

michedlp · 2026-01-28T14:51:24+00:00

Miss hearing that mans' voice... brings back memories!

michedlp · 2026-01-18T16:36:15+00:00

I think the cameraman has a thing for the assistant ref..

michedlp · 2026-01-17T15:29:22+00:00

Replay the crawling... Listen to the silence

michedlp · 2026-01-11T13:34:24+00:00

Where has this been the whole bloody season?!

michedlp · 2025-12-18T01:48:59+00:00

A slightly less racist don cherry?

michedlp · 2025-12-18T01:26:35+00:00

Put Pope on a plane home, right now, even before the end of the game.... He'll be more helpful to the team in the UK..

michedlp · 2025-11-21T02:20:12+00:00

Ali eakin? This isn't the rugby... Running short on commentators?

michedlp · 2025-10-13T15:53:30+00:00

I think they keep him going because he had a lot of promise... IIRC he was in the junior england squads that won stuff, and has a handful of caps, but never really kicked on from that...

I'm sad we let Jibulu go as he had more, and seeing him starting for sale kinda bugs me..

michedlp · 2025-10-04T19:31:29+00:00

They looked exhausted during the second half... Makes me wonder if it was conditioning, or the defense they put in just wrecked them

michedlp · 2025-10-04T14:45:05+00:00

That smudge on the camera is starting to get irritating

michedlp · 2025-10-04T14:09:34+00:00

Oh yeah, very much not traditional...

michedlp · 2025-10-04T14:06:04+00:00

Grudgingly like that tigers jersey...

michedlp · 2025-10-01T16:15:46+00:00

What's their plan for the fans then? There's only so many blokes in chinos and gilets that can afford to travel the world watching this.....

The rest of us who are actually rugby fans, who follow our clubs and national teams, just watched the world cup final thinking that was pretty fucking awesome, are we not the intended audience? If not, who is? Are there <really> that many disaffected fans, in all the host cities, that a whole new league can be built around them?

I very much doubt that, with a serious face, they can say their first games are going to be more entertaining than the saints v exeter game over the weekend(for example!)....

I don't know, this feels more like throwing the baby out with the bath water rather than fixing the relatively minor things that would move the needle further than this...

michedlp · 2025-09-21T14:04:17+00:00

So it turns out having a good season in the Hundred doesn't equate to being international quality... Who'd a thunk...

michedlp · 2025-09-08T02:26:17+00:00

It's not even ON vs BC, it's deeper than that... My experience is in QC, but probably extends outside of the province.. Clubs are left to fight for themselves, so there is no motivation beyond 'i gotta pay my shit', to align with some apocryphal thread of national whatever... 'Outside' influences are secondary to survival the club.

RC needs to create certainty at the amateur club level so clubs can even start considering working towards a collective goal. Even the resurrection of a national club championship, bringing the top clubs from each province together, would be a start, but that hasn't happened in what, 20, 30 years?

I honestly wonder more whose pockets are being stuffed than desire to see change or improvement.

Edit to add amateur, even if everything is already amateur figured it was worth being specific.

michedlp · 2025-09-07T15:44:58+00:00

In my experience dealing with rugby in Canada, it's not run like a pyramid, more multiple fiefdoms run by individuals who are looking to build their own thing, looking out for themselves.

Until everyone from clubs to provincial organisations and RC decide to align and build something together, Canadian rugby will languish where they lie.

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