The most injury ravaged 6N ever

[whatisthejava]

Must be close

Ireland seem to be the closest to full strength but there is probabbly a very competitive team out of those injured

so far i have

Genge . Marfo
Ford
WpNel - Fagerson
J Ball
Swinson
Warbuton
Lydidate
Billy V / Falatua
9
10
11
12
13 Jon Davis
14 Carbury
15

Im missing a few but thats mental

[Banquo]

Must be close

Ireland seem to be the closest to full strength but there is probabbly a very competitive team out of those injured

so far i have

Genge . Marfo
Ford
WpNel - Fagerson
J Ball
Swinson
Warbuton
Lydidate
Billy V / Falatua
9
10
11
12
13 Jon Davis
14 Carbury
15

Im missing a few but thats mental

Daly

[hugh_woatmeigh]

Dickinson
F Brown
Laidlaw

Roberts will be out for a while after the HIA issues, I reckon.

Quite right- this 6N is Ireland's to lose. Their squad is very settled.

[Which Tyler]

Surely Tuilagi's going to be injured by then, and isn't MBrown supposed to be hurt?

[SerjeantWildgoose]

Heaslip and O'Brien are both out. In other years that would have been a disaster. Even Leinster have the depth to manage without them.

[Stones of granite]

Looks like Billy Vunipola is out with a broken arm

[Adder]

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/ ... hobic-slur

France’s Mathieu Bastareaud could miss Six Nations after citing for slur allegation
• TV footage appeared to show Toulon captain uttering homophobic slur
• Lengthy ban possible after incident during match against Benetton

Gerard Meagher

Sun 14 Jan 2018 18.25 GMT Last modified on Sun 14 Jan 2018 22.39 GMT
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Mathieu Bastareaud in action during Toulon’s 36-0 defeat of Benetton on Sunday
The Toulon captain, Mathieu Bastareaud, could face a lengthy suspension after he was cited for alleged verbal abuse following television footage which appeared to show him uttering a homophobic slur at an opponent during his side’s Champions Cup win over Benetton.

In the final minute of Toulon’s 36-0 win on Sunday Bastareaud appeared to call Sebastian Negri a “fucking faggot”. The relevant World Rugby regulation states that “verbal abuse includes, but is not limited to abuse based on: religion, colour, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation”. The minimum ban for verbal abuse is six weeks – the maximum is 12 months – and so, if Bastareaud is sanctioned, his participation for France during the Six Nations would be placed in jeopardy.


Billy Vunipola set to miss England’s Six Nations campaign after arm break
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Bastareuad took to Twitter on Sunday evening to apologise for what he described as his “reaction to the insults of the Italian player” and his “bad reaction in response to the provocation”. Soon after however, European Professional Club Rugby, the governing body that runs the Champions Cup, confirmed that Bastareaud had been cited and will face a disciplinary hearing this week. During the incident, Bastareaud appeared to react as if provoked so it remains to be seen if any Benetton players will also be sanctioned.

In March 2015 the Waratahs forward Jacques Potgieter was fined $20,000 by the Australian union for a homophobic slur in a Super Rugby match against the Brumbies after it was brought to the attention of officials by David Pocock.

Think it is more of a Case of Bastareaud not being able to fully comprehend what he is saying when speaking in English, and shouting out the fastest response possible. Not great, especially as he was coming back to some kind of form.

[Big D]

Looks like Billy Vunipola is out with a broken arm

Almost like his body isn't cut out for professional rugby.

[Matt Ha]

Is Matt Scott still on the injured list?

[Mikey Brown]

Yes.

Just from Scotland this wouldn’t be (the makings of) the worst team we’ve ever fielded.

1. Dickinson
2. Ford
3. Nel
4. TTRI
5. Swinson
6.
7. Brown
8. Wilson

9. Laidlaw
10.
11.
12. Scott
13. Dunbar
14.
15. Hogg

[whatisthejava]

yup

Genge . Marfo
Ford
WpNel - Fagerson
J Ball
Swinson
Warbuton
Lydidate
Billy V / Falatua
9
10
11 Jon Davis
12 Matt Scott
13 Bastarau
14 Carbury
15

That team is shaping up prety well, Hogg is technically injured but will be back for the 6N

Still no 9 or 10 been injured

[Matt Ha]

Isn't Seymour also injured at the mo but, like Hogg, should be back in time for the 6Ns.

[Adder]

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/ ... hobic-slur

France’s Mathieu Bastareaud could miss Six Nations after citing for slur allegation
• TV footage appeared to show Toulon captain uttering homophobic slur
• Lengthy ban possible after incident during match against Benetton

Gerard Meagher

Sun 14 Jan 2018 18.25 GMT Last modified on Sun 14 Jan 2018 22.39 GMT
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Mathieu Bastareaud in action during Toulon’s 36-0 defeat of Benetton on Sunday
The Toulon captain, Mathieu Bastareaud, could face a lengthy suspension after he was cited for alleged verbal abuse following television footage which appeared to show him uttering a homophobic slur at an opponent during his side’s Champions Cup win over Benetton.

In the final minute of Toulon’s 36-0 win on Sunday Bastareaud appeared to call Sebastian Negri a “fucking faggot”. The relevant World Rugby regulation states that “verbal abuse includes, but is not limited to abuse based on: religion, colour, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation”. The minimum ban for verbal abuse is six weeks – the maximum is 12 months – and so, if Bastareaud is sanctioned, his participation for France during the Six Nations would be placed in jeopardy.


Billy Vunipola set to miss England’s Six Nations campaign after arm break
Read more
Bastareuad took to Twitter on Sunday evening to apologise for what he described as his “reaction to the insults of the Italian player” and his “bad reaction in response to the provocation”. Soon after however, European Professional Club Rugby, the governing body that runs the Champions Cup, confirmed that Bastareaud had been cited and will face a disciplinary hearing this week. During the incident, Bastareaud appeared to react as if provoked so it remains to be seen if any Benetton players will also be sanctioned.

In March 2015 the Waratahs forward Jacques Potgieter was fined $20,000 by the Australian union for a homophobic slur in a Super Rugby match against the Brumbies after it was brought to the attention of officials by David Pocock.

Think it is more of a Case of Bastareaud not being able to fully comprehend what he is saying when speaking in English, and shouting out the fastest response possible. Not great, especially as he was coming back to some kind of form.

Fuck off with that shit, bro. There were multiple, equally quick responses he could have come up with, and most of them don't involve shouting a derogatory term at someone. Would you be so quick to minimise what he said if it were racial in nature?

If your response, when being told to watch a "fucking swinging arm," is to shout "fucking faggot" at the person, you're either a stupid, dumb shit idiot fucking lunkhead moron, or an immature teenage dipshit who needs to gain some perspective. Considering that Matty is pushing 30, what's his fucking excuse?

More of an explanation than an excuse. Foreigner's aren't able to fully value their swearing.

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[Adder]

Fuck off with that shit, bro. There were multiple, equally quick responses he could have come up with, and most of them don't involve shouting a derogatory term at someone. Would you be so quick to minimise what he said if it were racial in nature?

If your response, when being told to watch a "fucking swinging arm," is to shout "fucking faggot" at the person, you're either a stupid, dumb shit idiot fucking lunkhead moron, or an immature teenage dipshit who needs to gain some perspective. Considering that Matty is pushing 30, what's his fucking excuse?

More of an explanation than an excuse. Foreigner's aren't able to fully value their swearing.

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He obviously knew enough to apologise about it afterwards. That kind of shit has no place on the pitch.

We agree. We also agree that when your team is 30 points there is no reason to get upset.

He will be sanctioned, I just believe the fact that he grew up without that as a "Nono" word should be taken into account. Yes when asked in a calm environment he knows what it means, but he has a limited insult stock when tensions go up.

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[Adder]

He obviously knew enough to apologise about it afterwards. That kind of shit has no place on the pitch.

We agree. We also agree that when your team is 30 points there is no reason to get upset.

He will be sanctioned, I just believe the fact that he grew up without that as a "Nono" word should be taken into account. Yes when asked in a calm environment he knows what it means, but he has a limited insult stock when tensions go up.

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That is a load of bullshit and you know it. Stop trying to excuse that pillock.

Not really, do you speak any other languages than English? If you do, you should be able to comprehend what I mean.
My main point is that you can't judge him along the same lines as Joe Marler & co.

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[whatisthejava]

The only time it is acceptable to use that word is if your reading fellowship of the rings out loud.

[hugh_woatmeigh]

Agree with Adder. Stop throwing your toys out of the pram - he didn't condone or excuse the behaviour.

Fat basta will surely get a long ban and rightly so.

[Adder]

Nah, there was an obvious attempt at minimising it. "Foreigners don't understand it when they use derogatory terms" is a shitty argument, and will always be a shitty argument.

That wasn't the arguement. Please re-read.
Never condoned his words. Just explaining why he would be more likely to say that. In the same way a white central European is more likely to say "my n*gga". Just not part of cultural "Nono" words. Stop being so high and mighty, no one is buying into it.

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[Adder]

Nah, there was an obvious attempt at minimising it. "Foreigners don't understand it when they use derogatory terms" is a shitty argument, and will always be a shitty argument.

That wasn't the arguement. Please re-read.
Never condoned his words. Just explaining why he would be more likely to say that. In the same way a white central European is more likely to say "my n*gga". Just not part of cultural "Nono" words. Stop being so high and mighty, no one is buying into it.

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Sounds like you're excusing him to me. The fact that he's apologised after the fact implies that he understood enough that it wasn't an acceptable word to use, but he chose to do so. And your example is also shitty and stupid.

I give up. You win.

[whatisthejava]

I give up. You win.

What the f*** do you think this is, a friendly chat between two friends, this is the internet, never back down, never surrender, everyone is wrong and its your job to fix them.

[Adder]

I'm weak. Please forgive.

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[Matt Ha]

I give up. You win.

What the f*** do you think this is, a friendly chat between two friends, this is the internet, never back down, never surrender, everyone is wrong and its your job to fix them.

aren't you also supposed to curse them, their children and generations to come and promise to come back from the grave and haunt them and taunt them with stories of great Scottish victories of the past?

[Adder]

I give up. You win.

What the f*** do you think this is, a friendly chat between two friends, this is the internet, never back down, never surrender, everyone is wrong and its your job to fix them.

aren't you also supposed to curse them, their children and generations to come and promise to come back from the grave and haunt them and taunt them with stories of great Scottish victories of the past?

...

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[AL.]

I give up. You win.

What the f*** do you think this is, a friendly chat between two friends, this is the internet, never back down, never surrender, everyone is wrong and its your job to fix them.

I liken you to Hitler.

[SerjeantWildgoose]

... a stupid, dumb shit idiot fucking lunkhead moron,

I think Bastareaud has been previously diagnosed with the above complaint