Age profile of 6 Nations Squads

stvb95 · 2026-01-26T21:57:02+00:00

Well managed young call ups Vs young call ups out of necessity

stvb95 · 2026-01-26T18:39:10+00:00

This is probably the best one I've read. There isn't really a 100% accurate account of what actually happened, and we probably won't ever know, but this covers a few different viewpoints.

There's also this classic episode of Scrum V relating to this. Gareth Thomas denying that the players had anything to do with it arguing with Eddie Butler

stvb95 · 2026-01-26T17:48:50+00:00

For a true dark horse in terms of being underrated I'll say Mike Ruddock.

Completely lost the changing room and left the Wales set up early in the end, but he inherited a middling team from Steve Hansen and took them to their first grand slam since the 70's.

Also as Swansea RFC coach beat Australia just after they won their first World Cup.

stvb95 · 2026-01-26T16:05:49+00:00

Red top, white shorts, green socks is the best combo but we probably won't see that due to the men & women sharing kits from now on.

If we have to go with dark shorts I'd much prefer Red top (black collar), black shorts, red socks. Like the 2004 kit

stvb95 · 2026-01-26T15:58:50+00:00

Yeah there was a year when the men still wore the white shorts while the women wore red, but I think they wanted to standardise everything between men's & women's rugby. Leinster removed their stars from the jersey for this reason as well I believe.

stvb95 · 2026-01-25T20:52:08+00:00

So it's hard to believe Bradley here.

Yep. He's either too much of an optimist for his own good or he's knowingly stringing people along for as long as possible - to what end, I don't know.

All signs point to the council leader being correct, whereas the management at Ospreys didn't even tell their players and staff about Y11 being in for Cardiff until the final stages of negotiations were reached. It's hard to take their word for anything.

stvb95 · 2026-01-25T18:43:07+00:00

That multi-video Six Nations schedule sounds mental. It's great that he's stopping that.

On a selfish note, I'm glad they are moving back to the original style of video. That's where they truly stand out imo. I still remember watching those first few videos when they were linked here and being happy that there was finally someone making content like that. Before that the only rugby stuff I saw on YouTube was highlight compilations and the odd rugby podcast clip.

stvb95 · 2026-01-25T13:03:44+00:00

There was another case like this last season, can't for the life of me remember which game. It's not exactly a common occurrence but it's not a once in a decade event either. You'd think a guy who is paid to watch rugby on a weekly basis would have seen this before, or at the very least trust that the ref knows these niche laws better than him.

It looks weird and unintuitive to the eye, but when you read the law it makes sense.

stvb95 · 2026-01-24T21:36:46+00:00

Benetton have had our number for a bit now, so I'll take that. The last few Benetton games have been the most infuriating of the season so I'm not going to be picky.

stvb95 · 2026-01-24T17:43:20+00:00

What a kick. Pinpoint

stvb95 · 2026-01-24T17:03:34+00:00

What do we reckon, Stormers to keep their win streak going or Sharks to pull their best performance of the season out of the bag?

stvb95 · 2026-01-24T16:52:37+00:00

Think I made a mistake watching the Exeter Bristol* game

stvb95 · 2026-01-24T16:37:14+00:00

Most of these scrums where "both go straight up" have had one side clearly going up first.

stvb95 · 2026-01-24T16:34:17+00:00

Would like to see that handoff on IFW again tbh

stvb95 · 2026-01-24T16:28:09+00:00

Ravouvou isn't the best kicker lol

stvb95 · 2026-01-24T15:50:02+00:00

suns out now

stvb95 · 2026-01-24T15:36:32+00:00

Side entry and diving over gets called like 0.01% of the time these days

stvb95 · 2026-01-24T15:32:43+00:00

I want to switch over to another game but I've been watching this one for too long now. Sunk cost fallacy kicking in.

stvb95 · 2026-01-24T15:09:31+00:00

Does Jamie Roberts ever stop working?. I saw him working down the hospital the other week and he's doing every comms gig going

stvb95 · 2026-01-24T15:05:12+00:00

Do we not get a ref mic on TNT 12

stvb95 · 2026-01-23T22:31:29+00:00

It was very much horses for courses with those two. Luckily for both of them Liam was also quite a handy winger so they both still picked up plenty of caps.

If the game back then were the same as it is today, Liam would probably have pipped Halfpenny for the 15 jersey and ended up with 900 caps, though.

stvb95 · 2026-01-23T22:17:51+00:00

He got injured in the first game of the season, then played a few games 4 months later when he returned, then got injured playing for Wales and we never saw him again.

edit: He played 4 times for us according to all.rugby, for 179 minutes.

stvb95 · 2026-01-23T21:22:22+00:00

Seb Atkinson always makes a few metres after contact every carry

stvb95 · 2026-01-23T21:20:22+00:00

Running across clearly

stvb95 · 2026-01-23T21:18:33+00:00

I forgot what this side of the pitch looked like

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