Toulon v Stade Francais

Judgement Day

It's halftime and Toulon are leading 13-10 and Jonny Wilkinson is still on and going well. 2 penalties and a conversion and a disallowed drop goal. It's not much to watch but the maestro is looking good.

wixfjord

Judgement Day wrote: »

It's halftime and Toulon are leading 13-10 and Jonny Wilkinson is still on and going well. 2 penalties and a conversion and a disallowed drop goal. It's not much to watch but the maestro is looking good.

Not on eurosport

Stev_o

Wilko as good as always, getting through a crap load of work.

Stev_o

Wins a turnover in the tackle, massive performance from him.

Stev_o

Monster kick by Wilko 54 meters at ground level trying to out do Morne :P

cruiserweight

wixfjord wrote: »

Not on eurosport

French top 14 on ESPN this year

Judgement Day

Jonny stayed on the whole 80 minutes! Yipeee! And for good measure two more penalties and a drop goal . Final score 22-22. Paddy Power wins again Grrrr! Will I ever learn.

anonymous_joe

England for the GS? ><

Stev_o

anonymous_joe wrote: »

England for the GS? ><

Nah i doubt anyone will get the GS slam this year but i say they'd be worth a good bet to win it overall.

listowel1

just wondering did ryan from munster play 2nite?

anonymous_joe

Stev_o wrote: »

Nah i doubt anyone will get the GS slam this year but i say they'd be worth a good bet to win it overall.

About how I'd feel tbh.

listowel1

listowel1 wrote: »

just wondering did ryan from munster play 2nite?

I think he did.

twinytwo

anonymous_joe wrote: »

England for the GS? ><

England Ireland for the GS?!!!



fixed that for u

anonymous_joe

twinytwo wrote: »

England Ireland for the GS?!!!



fixed that for u

Dunno really. Four very good teams this year, can't see anyone winning a GS.

Chucky the tree

Away to England and France I think Ireland are the least favouritre to win a GS(apart from Scotland and italy).

twinytwo

Chucky the tree wrote: »

Away to England and France I think Ireland are the least favouritre to win a GS(apart from Scotland and italy).

true... but they are beatable... Plus the irish players will be coming off the back of a decent showing in the lions and munster and leinster will own european rugby again this season with only one french and one english club having any chance

wixfjord

twinytwo wrote: »

true... but they are beatable... Plus the irish players will be coming off the back of a decent showing in the lions and munster and leinster will own european rugby again this season with only one french and one english club having any chance

Please enlighten us on the one french club that has a chance to beat Leinster Munster or presumeably Leicester, because Clermont, Perpignan Stade and Tolouse would have something to say about that.

justsomebloke

bbc website wrote:

Wilkinson has enjoyed an injury-free spell since moving to France,

you have to love it, he played his first full league match and they are hailing it as an injury-free spell:D

The warm weather will help with the injuries.

anonymous_joe

Joe the Santa wrote: »

you have to love it, he played his first full league match and they are hailing it as an injury-free spell:D

Shows how damaged his career's been.

It'll be interesting to see how it goes for him. I hope he stays injury free, but if he does, I'd be worried about playing England any time soon.

Judgement Day

The best is yet to come!

http://www.planetrugby.com/video/0,25862,15715_5488360,00.html

razorblunt

anonymous_joe wrote: »

Shows how damaged his career's been.

It'll be interesting to see how it goes for him. I hope he stays injury free, but if he does, I'd be worried about playing England any time soon.

Hasnt Johnson et al claimed players in France wont be considered for England, or did I just make that up?

Stev_o

razorblunt wrote: »

Hasnt Johnson et al claimed players in France wont be considered for England, or did I just make that up?

Andrew did yeah he said that those playing abroad will jeopardize their international career but if your as good as Flutey and Wilko they ll make exceptions.

twinytwo

Stev_o wrote: »

Andrew did yeah he said that those playing abroad will jeopardize their international career but if your as good as Flutey and Wilko they ll make exceptions.

cant use those too words in the same sentence

zenmonk

hey up yo - anyone know if Eurosport are showing the French league as they did last year - peace out biaches

wixfjord

twinytwo wrote: »

cant use those too words in the same sentence

Flutey is a class stepper and a good centre. If he hadnt of got injured he would have been challenging for a Lions test spot. You didnt see the 6 Nations last year then? He was also Player of the Year in the GP in 08 I think.

justsomebloke

zenmonk wrote: »

hey up yo - anyone know if Eurosport are showing the French league as they did last year - peace out biaches

from earlier in the thread

cruiserweight wrote: »

French top 14 on ESPN this year

zenmonk

is this included in the Setanta subscription service? respect

twinytwo

wixfjord wrote: »

Flutey is a class stepper and a good centre. If he hadnt of got injured he would have been challenging for a Lions test spot. You didnt see the 6 Nations last year then? He was also Player of the Year in the GP in 08 I think.

i did.. he did nothing special there where many players that played far better than he did. i do howeverremember him however playing like a bitch when drico made **** of him a few times. He like the vast majority of english palyers did not deserve to make the lions and those that did mostly did because of injury to players already selected.... good centre maybe but he is at best 5/6th centre in europe

wixfjord

twinytwo wrote: »

i did.. he did nothing special there where many players that played far better than he did. i do howeverremember him however playing like a bitch when drico made **** of him a few times. He like the vast majority of english palyers did not deserve to make the lions and those that did mostly did because of injury to players already selected.... good centre maybe but he is at best 5/6th centre in europe

He was joint top try scorer with O Driscoll, who had the tournament and year of his life, and was playing with the best team in the comp and he deservedly made the Lions based on his great attacking performances over the year. Hes a great stepper and bar the obvious choices like O Driscoll Jauzion and possibly Roberts, there arent many more effective players than him with ball in hand in Europe. Many a great player has as you so eloquently put it "played like a bitch" against O Driscoll. Other than Ellis all the other English Lions deserved to be there.

wixfjord

zenmonk wrote: »

is this included in the Setanta subscription service? respect

No I dont think so its 10 per month.

By the way are you from the West side of Ennis? Word up :pac:

twinytwo

wixfjord wrote: »

He was joint top try scorer with O Driscoll, who had the tournament and year of his life, and was playing with the best team in the comp and he deservedly made the Lions based on his great attacking performances over the year. Hes a great stepper and bar the obvious choices like O Driscoll Jauzion and possibly Roberts, there arent many more effective players than him with ball in hand in Europe. Many a great player has as you so eloquently put it "played like a bitch" against O Driscoll. Other than Ellis all the other English Lions deserved to be there.

of which he got 2 against france who we know dont play once there is nothing to play for... id take Drico roberts darcy jauzion shanklin tait etc over him.. we would have played better without them than we did with them

ALH-06

twinytwo wrote: »

of which he got 2 against france who we know dont play once there is nothing to play for... id take Drico roberts darcy jauzion shanklin tait etc over him.. we would have played better without them than we did with them

I disagree - I think Flutey had a great third test against the Springboks and justifiied his selection. He's a more dynamic centre than some you've named there. Good step, good pace, vision, attritional tackler...