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  • #2492
    total former
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    Another crazy game.

    Had to go to the bin for that.


  • #2493
    LuckyGent88
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    Bristol have to score a try here and now


  • #2494
    razorblunt
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    Incredible stuff. Creevy is a monster, what a signing for Munster he would have been.


  • #2495
    matthew8
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    Why the hell did Peel tap that before kicking it, cost his team the lineout.


  • #2496
    total former
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    F**k it lads, PRL should demote Newcastle and let both these teams come up.


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  • #2497
    LuckyGent88
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    razorblunt wrote: »
    Incredible stuff. Creevy is a monster, what a signing for Munster he would have been.

    Cracking player. Is immense for Argentina.


  • #2498
    razorblunt
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    total former wrote: »
    F**k it lads, PRL should demote Newcastle and let both these teams come up.

    Or Sarries :pac:


  • #2499
    LuckyGent88
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    Lovely pass by Robinson there to put lemi away down the wing


  • #2500
    razorblunt
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    Dewi Morris and his rubbish ... "Andy Robinson would say it was a late hit on Lemi". No he wouldn't you clown, he was committed to the tackle, no complaints from anyone.


  • #2501
    irishbucsfan
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    total former wrote: »
    F**k it lads, PRL should demote Newcastle and let both these teams come up.

    It's funny you say that...


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  • #2502
    LuckyGent88
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    Well that could be it. Bristol have really taken advantage of the yellow card. All tries down that wing


  • #2503
    razorblunt
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    That's how you maximize the man in the bin. Clinical.
    Robinson may not be the best 10 but his range of passing is fantastic.


  • #2504
    total former
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    Holy sheeet


  • #2505
    Lillianna Long Publisher
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    This is great fun


  • #2506
    LuckyGent88
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    Well this should be a ridiculously good last 5 mins now


  • #2507
    LuckyGent88
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    Bristol butchered that turnover. Needed a better pass or just kick to the corner


  • #2508
    total former
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    Aaaaaaaaaaaggggghhhhh


  • #2509
    LuckyGent88
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    What a game. What a series.


  • #2510
    Lillianna Long Publisher
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    Tovey will have nightmares for years over that knock on with the overlap, 150 seconds left, 3 v 1, 6 points up...


  • #2511
    total former
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    Balls of steel from Lamb

    Also fair play to JP Doyle.


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  • #2512
    irishbucsfan
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Tovey will have nightmares for years over that knock on with the overlap, 150 seconds left, 3 v 1, 6 points up...

    Whoever that 12 is should be put in the stocks in Bristol for the weekend, a woeful pass, wouldn't blame Tovey. Tover played well for a ranga.


  • #2513
    Buer
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    Not sure who I wanted to win. Disappointed for Jack O'Connell but Niall Annett has a big opportunity now with Creevy departing.

    What a mad game. Robinson and Lamb are so talented but so inaccurate. There's a reason that both were so hit and miss in the Premiership.

    Would like to see Worcester do well in the top flight but I'm not too sure. They're certainly better placed than LW but it will still be a shoot out between themselves and Newcastle, I reckon.


  • #2514
    razorblunt
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Tovey will have nightmares for years over that knock on with the overlap, 150 seconds left, 3 v 1, 6 points up...

    It was as if he knew it too. Passer shouldnt have attempted the skip anyway it needed to go through Tovey not over him.

    Brilliant game though, Bristol and their big players languishing around for another year, at least it's only London Welsh that are coming down to join them.


  • #2515
    thomond2006
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    Bristol will get back up eventually. Aren't they backed by a billionaire?


  • #2516
    CatFromHue
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    Hartley banned until 21 Sep, 4 weeks, so misses the first RWC game against Fiji.


  • #2517
    aimee1
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    http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/rugby-union/

    hartley got 4 weeks


  • #2518
    sydneybound
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    So, it's Bath, Leicester and Northampton for Worcester and it's Jersey, Doncaster and Ealing Trailfinders for Bristol.


  • #2519
    irishbucsfan
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    sydneybound wrote: »
    So, it's Bath, Leicester and Northampton for Worcester and it's Jersey, Doncaster and Ealing Trailfinders for Bristol.

    Until they scrap relegation of course...


  • #2520
    sydneybound
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    irishbucsfan wrote: »
    Until they scrap relegation of course...

    Yes of course, they'll have to wait another 12 months for that however both Bristol & Worcester (given their infrastructure & resources) should be playing in the premiership. Leeds have have a great academy supplying many underage players to English teams and also geographically positioned in an area of potential union growth in the north of the country. Give Leeds another season and they'll be competitive with the likes of Worcester, Newcastle, London Irish and Sale as they are pumping money into the club to be prepared for the jump up.

    After that no clubs in the championship including London Welsh have the resources to be able to compete at a higher level unless a millionaire comes in and bank rolls them.


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  • #2521
    irishbucsfan
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    sydneybound wrote: »
    Yes of course, they'll have to wait another 12 months for that however both Bristol & Worcester (given their infrastructure & resources) should be playing in the premiership. Leeds have have a great academy supplying many underage players to English teams and also geographically positioned in an area of potential union growth in the north of the country. Give Leeds another season and they'll be competitive with the likes of Worcester, Newcastle and London Irish and Sale as they are pumping money into the club to be prepared for the jump up.

    After that no clubs in the championship including London Welsh have the resources to be able to compete at a higher level unless a millionaire comes in and bank rolls them.

    It wasn't very long ago that people would have included Exeter in that group. But they're so easily forgotten now.

    Regardless, a 14 team league with no relegation is going to be a big step backwards in terms of competetiveness, there will be nothing to play for in the bottom half of the league, even if they expand the playoffs to 6 teams (which will be a minimum requirement). Not only that, but they're putting a financial and geographical ceiling on their growth. It's going to be a big step backwards for quality of rugby for the sake of financial gain. Getting rid of relegation is a mistake and if they have any sense they'll look to the south and follow the example of their French compatriots instead.


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