Caucau.... [img]smileys/lol.gif[/img] eats physics...
all over....29 -6..
Caucau.... [img]smileys/lol.gif[/img] eats physics...
all over....29 -6..
He was as lame as a duck. Not the metaphorical lame duck either, but a real duck that was actually lame. Maybe from stepping on a land mine or something.
Clermont were pretty poor, as they have been on the road for most of the season. Nice polo shirt that Toulouse top Noves was wearing
Always
Montpellier beat Racing - 26-25 - Poite was the referee so the scoreline is probably no indication of the match actually played.
Toulouse v Montpellier final.
And CSBJ (Bourgoin)'s sad descent to rugby's lower regions continues:Originally Posted by plastic
http://www.ledauphine.com/sport/2012/07/16/la-colere-des-joueurs-berjalliens
""Taken hostage" by the situation of their club, demoted by a Federal bodies of rugby but who fights to keep his place in Pro D2, the rugby players of CS Bourgoin made a bang this Monday morning . Gathered at the Stade Pierre Rajon, they lit a fire of protest on the ground attached."
http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,2...897314,00.html
http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,2...904548,00.html
A 130kg no 8 and a 145kg prop, and they're youth!!! Where is the sport going? Are we past the time when players the size of Stringer/S Williams will get pro contracts, as they would have 15 years ago?
I don't think so. Plenty of players punching well above their weight so to speak. If they're skillful enough you'll get a game regardless of your size. Names off teh top of my head..............Leigh Halfpenny, Tom Brown, Greg Laidlaw, Paul Marshall, Francois Trinh-Duc, Freddie Michalak, Morgan Parra, Clement Poitrenaud, Pat Lambie, Gio Aplon, Nic White, Ben Smith, Aaron Cruden.
That's what makes the game so good. Really is still a place for the fat blokes, tall lanky blokes, big hard f*ckers, nippy midgets, bulldozers etc
A long way from home games in Geneva now - how much do clubs in that area (Lyon, Grenoble, Bourgoin) suffer from the influence of Clermont over the hill ???
Otaga Daily Times 2/5/2012
Taz-Where did you get that information as I have seen nowhere that he(Penney) was ruled out?
Editor - The writer stands by the Penney information.
Otaga Daily Times 3/5/2012
Editor-- This article originally said Rob Penney had missed out on the Munster coaching job. That information was incorrect.
ST €35 million!! That is a serious amount of cash...
4 Feb 2011 - Gilmore on the General Election
"Frankfurts way or Labours way."
28 Feb 2012 - Gilmore on a yes vote for the fiscal treaty
"A vote for economic stability and a vote for economic recovery."
I can't juxtapose the final Top 14 table beside Taz's list - but the similarity is clear:-
1. Toulouse
2. Clermont
3. Toulon
4. Castres
5. Montpellier
6. Racing-Metro
7. SF Paris
8. Bordeaux
9. Biarritz
X. Agen
11. USAP
12. Bayonne
The Castres placing is a bit flukey, but that is mainly because they had a really good run while the RWC was on and most of the other T14 teams were missing key players. SF Paris clearly underperformed - hence Cheika's early exit.
2012/2013 Season kicks off this weekend, and I saw that there is no live coverage of any games on ESPN or Setanta Sports this weekend.
Looking further into it, and the list of Live Sports on ESPN, does NOT contain Top 14 rugby.
Have they lost the rights?
"It is understood he received offers from other clubs to continue playing for another year or two but preferred to finish his career with Munster."
Charlie Mulqueen on Mick O'Driscoll's impending retirement
17/04/2012
Yep. Seemingly viewership figures were tiny so they (ESPN) didn't renew the option. I don't know about Satanta.
Personally speaking, I found it hard to find the time to watch Top 14 with so much APL and Rabo rugby being shown live - and I'm a rugby nut!
We have it on Eurosport in Oz. Do they have the rights at home aswell?
Ah jaysus, hopefully Setanta held the rights.
"It is understood he received offers from other clubs to continue playing for another year or two but preferred to finish his career with Munster."
Charlie Mulqueen on Mick O'Driscoll's impending retirement
17/04/2012
If you badly need your weekly fix of T14 rugby, TV5 (Sky 799) have a 50 minutes highlights programme on Sundays at around 10 or 11 am. It's called Jour de Rugby and is in French. Quite a lot of interviews and blather, but decent highlights too.
Just watched today's episode. Lots of close games and some pretty good rugby on display.
Castres lost at Toulouse by a single point and Toulon won in Perpignan, courtesy of 7 King Jonny kicks to 5 by the Hookster. The Toulon pack beasted USAP's - Bakkies was immense.
Toulons backrow was immense, Steffan Armitage (drugged up or not), Joe Van Niekerk (who i feel is probably the best SA backrower about at the moment and Chris Masoe. I reads like a list of whose who in dynamic and exceptionally powerful backrows!!
Very worrying that they didn't cross the white wash tho!! For a backline of that calibre and a pack that is as dominant you'd wonder why they don't score more tries out wide with Palisonn and David Smith
And don't forget Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe too! I can't actually think of a better squad of players in Europe right now.
Props: Jenkins/Hayman/Sheridan
Hookers: Bruno
2nd Rows: Botha/Shaw/Kennedy
Back Row: Armitage, Van Niekerk, Masoe, Lobbe
Half Backs: Durand/Wilkinson/Michalak
Centres: Giteau/Bastareaud/Kefy/Mermoz
Back 3: Palisson/Smith/Armitage
And I'm sure I've forgotten a few too!
It seems like Setanta have the coverage alright.
They showed Toulouse v Castres on Friday night.
Poor game, but the new Maka looks like a MONSTER !
"It is understood he received offers from other clubs to continue playing for another year or two but preferred to finish his career with Munster."
Charlie Mulqueen on Mick O'Driscoll's impending retirement
17/04/2012
Clermont won away another poor match lots of aimless kicking apart from one passage of off loading from Clermont which created the try . With regard to the budgets those figures include all operating costs/staff etc to get playing budget pretty much halve , still massive compared to Irish provinces on about 5m- 6m .
Was that Gillian Galan or have they yet another behemoth on their books?
I was wondering if my memories of McAllister were right or not.. I didn't remember him being that bulked up before ...
Still free kicks in the scrums for early engagements, but at least they were blatant compared to the jokeshop last year. BTW it was our good friend MR Poite on duty for that match which may have had some influence on the quality of the match.
the coaches were going nuts on the touchline for large parts of the game.
Plato: \"One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.\"
No. A nephew of Finau & Isitola Maka.
Edwin Maka
2m02 Tal, 130 Kg's !!!
http://www.munsterfans.com/threads/2...48#post1100348
"It is understood he received offers from other clubs to continue playing for another year or two but preferred to finish his career with Munster."
Charlie Mulqueen on Mick O'Driscoll's impending retirement
17/04/2012
Not Luke Mcallister.......Edwin Maka...the nephew of Finau & Isitola
"It is understood he received offers from other clubs to continue playing for another year or two but preferred to finish his career with Munster."
Charlie Mulqueen on Mick O'Driscoll's impending retirement
17/04/2012
He's just a tiddler! Stringer sized.
http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,2...904548,00.html
Thats him, and the link that I meant to provide, earlier.
He's a freak !
"It is understood he received offers from other clubs to continue playing for another year or two but preferred to finish his career with Munster."
Charlie Mulqueen on Mick O'Driscoll's impending retirement
17/04/2012
great win for Grenoble over SFrancais 26-12 and head coach Bernard Jackman.
"Lads, your not to miss practice unless your parents died or you died" Frank Leahy
I didn't realise Bernard J was over there now. Nice to see them getting a win over SF
I realised I was dyslexic when I went to a toga party dressed as a goat
He was back in Ireland quickly...
Otaga Daily Times 2/5/2012
Taz-Where did you get that information as I have seen nowhere that he(Penney) was ruled out?
Editor - The writer stands by the Penney information.
Otaga Daily Times 3/5/2012
Editor-- This article originally said Rob Penney had missed out on the Munster coaching job. That information was incorrect.
Big weekend ahead. Stade Francais at home Friday night in*#TOP14
*and then back to work with*@RTErugby
,@AlanQuinlan1
*and co on#RaboPRO12
tweet from Jackman
"Lads, your not to miss practice unless your parents died or you died" Frank Leahy
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