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This is a thread about the 2020 Six Nations, formerly the Five Nations

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    #92
    Utah_Saint
    Registered Users Posts: 1,782 ✭✭✭Utah_Saint


    Yeah - seems like Russell and Townsend maybe don't work well together...?

    Also there was the whole fall out with Russell's father and the SRFU last year.

    Looking at Russell's stats for Scotland. No doubt he is a great player but he's only averaging 3 points per game for Scotland. Sexton avg 9 points per game. Maybe Russells is offset by Laidlaw kick sometimes?


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    #93
    razorblunt
    Registered Users Posts: 17,300 ✭✭✭✭razorblunt


    There's chat around Scottish Rugby there's a few concerns regarding him.
    I've heard it from two different unconnected folk.


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    #94
    [Deleted User]
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    Bazzo wrote: »
    For real though can we fix the title

    I don't even understand it. Is it supposed to be a star wars reference


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    #95
    Utah_Saint
    Registered Users Posts: 1,782 ✭✭✭Utah_Saint


    Deleted User wrote: »
    I don't even understand it. Is it supposed to be a star wars reference

    maybe a play on a Soda Farrell and Star Wars ?


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    #96
    RugbyLover123
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    razorblunt wrote: »
    There's chat around Scottish Rugby there's a few concerns regarding him.
    I've heard it from two different unconnected folk.

    What kind of concerns? Physical? Mental?


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    #97
    [Deleted User]
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    From reading a variety of media and social media there is a suggestion that it wasn't a fallout with Townsend that precipitated this departure but a fallout with the senior playing group.

    There is also a suggestion that he is a bit of a piece of work and has fairly serious notions about himself.

    He's only ruled out of the opening game. He may be back for the remainder of the tournament.


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    #98
    typhoony
    Registered Users Posts: 1,490 ✭✭✭typhoony


    so I came into this thread to see the reason and so far there's about 6 different ones


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    #99
    [Deleted User]
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    I heard all of Scotland are out for the first round because it was Finn Russell's ball


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    #100
    Tommybojangles
    Registered Users Posts: 388 ✭✭Tommybojangles


    I heard W P Nel went into a restaurant and he ate everything in the restaurant and they had to close the restaurant


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    #101
    prawnsambo
    Registered Users Posts: 13,164 ✭✭✭✭prawnsambo


    So this apparently.


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    #102
    typhoony
    Registered Users Posts: 1,490 ✭✭✭typhoony


    Ok so all you experts it appears it was because he left camp without permission, imagine if we had that rule back when Paul McGrath was a habitual escapee


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    #103
    thomond2006
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    Russell is finnished.

    Thank you.


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    #104
    Paul Smeenus
    Registered Users Posts: 4,357 ✭✭✭Paul Smeenus


    Exclusive footage of Finn Russell leaving the Scotland team hotel https://t.co/4Uh7jmK4ZK

    God that made me laugh.


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    #105
    mfceiling
    Registered Users Posts: 12,777 ✭✭✭✭mfceiling


    prawnsambo wrote: »
    So this apparently.

    I heard it was 7up and he drank 6,000 litres of it.


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    #106
    jacothelad
    Registered Users Posts: 5,910 ✭✭✭jacothelad


    thomond2006 wrote: »
    Russell is finnished.

    Thank you.


    He's moved to Helsinki? Who'd have thought it........:D


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    #107
    lawred2
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    From reading a variety of media and social media there is a suggestion that it wasn't a fallout with Townsend that precipitated this departure but a fallout with the senior playing group.

    There is also a suggestion that he is a bit of a piece of work and has fairly serious notions about himself.

    He's only ruled out of the opening game. He may be back for the remainder of the tournament.

    Seems to be a bit of a Scottish thing... Getting ahead of yourself.. these same boys were heading off to the WC to win it..


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    #108
    lawred2
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    Glad the six nations is back around. This competition and the time of year give me a nice warm fuzzy feeling.. probably deeply rooted in nostalgia.

    The exact opposite feeling I have for the RWC.


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    #109
    Dave_The_Sheep
    Registered Users Posts: 7,337 ✭✭✭Dave_The_Sheep


    lawred2 wrote: »
    Seems to be a bit of a Scottish thing... Getting ahead of yourself.. these same boys were heading off to the WC to win it..

    Not the only nation, in general, that that can be said for, to be fair.


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    #110
    Squidgy Black
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    https://twitter.com/AndyBurke_/status/1220414618931253251?s=19


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    #111
    [Deleted User]
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    Who'd start at 10 for Scotland


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    #112
    sydthebeat
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Who'd start at 10 for Scotland

    Hastings


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    #113
    [Deleted User]
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    hp6pm77r9lc41.jpg


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    #114
    sydthebeat
    Subscribers Posts: 41,061 ✭✭✭✭sydthebeat


    Missed a trick by not photoshopping two bottles of XXXX into those hands


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    #115
    razorblunt
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    From reading a variety of media and social media there is a suggestion that it wasn't a fallout with Townsend that precipitated this departure but a fallout with the senior playing group.

    There is also a suggestion that he is a bit of a piece of work and has fairly serious notions about himself.

    He's only ruled out of the opening game. He may be back for the remainder of the tournament.

    He's a bit loose on the booze in general apparently, especially as he's a bit "out of sight, out of mind" over in Paris.


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    #116
    stephen_n
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    razorblunt wrote: »
    He's a bit loose on the booze in general apparently, especially as he's a bit "out of sight, out of mind" over in Paris.

    I would imagine he’s not missing training sessions though, he’d be in the sh1t quick enough if that was happening.


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    #117
    Interested Observer
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    stephen_n wrote: »
    I would imagine he’s not missing training sessions though, he’d be in the sh1t quick enough if that was happening.

    Yeah, considering how Racing dealt with Nakarawa I can't see them letting someone missing training slide either.


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    #118
    razorblunt
    Registered Users Posts: 17,300 ✭✭✭✭razorblunt


    Yeah fair point but an interesting observation made by his fellow pros none the less.


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    #119
    Zzippy
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 14,166 Mod ✭✭✭✭Zzippy


    sydthebeat wrote: »
    Missed a trick by not photoshopping two bottles of XXXX into those hands


    500923.jpg


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    #120
    stephen_n
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    Zzippy wrote: »
    500923.jpg

    So much more appropriate.


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    #121
    aloooof
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 10,247 Mod ✭✭✭✭aloooof


    Duncan Weir called into the Scotland squad.

    https://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2020/0124/1110688-scotland-call-up-weir-in-place-of-suspended-russell/


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