What happened here?

[Digby]

Oh yeah. Shins parallel to the floor, miraculously holding his entire body weight, give me a break.

Time for another spree of kicking people off the board I think. That’ll sort things.

It wasn't a ruck. So the above is nonsense. Apart from the kicking people off the board bit.

I'm not going to pretend I actually remember what game it was, or even what year it was, but I'll bet everything I've got that I'm right and you're wrong and that Shane Williams was overrated.

I'm staying with it may or may not have been given as a pen, and it might be the case or not that Walsh made some mistakes, but England aren't in control of that, whereas had England been in control of what they could/should have been in control of the potential for the problem need never have arisen in the first place. I'd say it was amateur hour from England save the game went on a little longer.

[Digby]

Neil Back...

Oh you vicious cunt! I still have nightmares!!!!

Much like I've little sympathy with England not getting a penalty for the work of Ken Owens in this instance I've no sympathy for Peter Stringer. In the event Stringer has either lost focus or is focused on the next thing to do and hasn't bothered to execute on the passage of play he's actually present in, schoolboy stuff, and not from a player you'd expect that of.

[Sandydragon]

It wasn't a ruck. So the above is nonsense. Apart from the kicking people off the board bit.

I'm not going to pretend I actually remember what game it was, or even what year it was, but I'll bet everything I've got that I'm right and you're wrong and that Shane Williams was overrated.

I'm staying with it may or may not have been given as a pen, and it might be the case or not that Walsh made some mistakes, but England aren't in control of that, whereas had England been in control of what they could/should have been in control of the potential for the problem need never have arisen in the first place. I'd say it was amateur hour from England save the game went on a little longer.

Quite. England were piss during that game and if Wales did get a bit of luck from the ref, that only balances out plenty of instances where a decision has gone the other way. The ref normally gives more leeway to the team on top.

[Sandydragon]

20 odd posts in a few hours. Amazing what actually posting on here will do.

[Digby]

I'm not going to pretend I actually remember what game it was, or even what year it was, but I'll bet everything I've got that I'm right and you're wrong and that Shane Williams was overrated.

I'm staying with it may or may not have been given as a pen, and it might be the case or not that Walsh made some mistakes, but England aren't in control of that, whereas had England been in control of what they could/should have been in control of the potential for the problem need never have arisen in the first place. I'd say it was amateur hour from England save the game went on a little longer.

Quite. England were piss during that game and if Wales did get a bit of luck from the ref, that only balances out plenty of instances where a decision has gone the other way. The ref normally gives more leeway to the team on top.

Over the course of the game I don't know England were that bad, or perhaps that Wales were that good that a score of 30-3 is all that accurate, for the most part (as with many Wales vs England games) it was two physical sides who couldn't pass their way out of wet paper bag. But certainly in that specific incident where Owens might have been pinged England had failed to control back to back breakdowns on their own ball and were shoveling the ball along with no actual plan in mind losing contact in the process courtesy of Robshaw and Hartley, at least I hope going one out and not being able to support the next phase wasn't the plan, maybe it was given the selections of Robshaw and Hartley

[Stones of granite]

This is what happened...

[Tre]

20 odd posts in a few hours. Amazing what actually posting on here will do.

you're welcome

[Sandydragon]

20 odd posts in a few hours. Amazing what actually posting on here will do.

you're welcome

So, Gavin Henson. Fake tan genius or over-rated orange showman?

[Tre]

whether they were pricks or not I sometimes see a news story and wonder what the below would have made of it. Maybe some of them are still around.

uncle_paddy
Flanking em Portugal
Canute
Bob
timmy
gthedog
hwntw
prysiau
kolkol
horse
uncle bob
knock on
hellov
gransoporro
tigran
doorz
bumblebee/hooky
MOW
APR
UG
John
dave
Madashton
frek
Hadrian
gower

wasted several years arguing with people who should have known better and watching and cringing as people refused to back down. remember how seriously everyone took rep and infractions and the reaction when people got banned outrage? remember hwntw accidentally got given access to the mod room or when the welsh found out there was a secret irish room and then got given a secret welsh room and then the irish went mad? Remember gavatars and all manner of hilarious childish shite. Accusations of cliques and shadowy cabals. Fucking brilliant.

[rowan]

Are there any current regular users who are not British, Irish or Kiwi?

[SerjeantWildgoose]

There was a secret Irish room. The bastards never told me!!!

[Tre]

Are there any current regular users who are not British, Irish or Kiwi?

there used to be loads

[Tre]

There was a secret Irish room. The bastards never told me!!!

TINCM

[SerjeantWildgoose]

Are there any current regular users who are not British, Irish or Kiwi?

BBD still posts. He's a Romanian former sex-worker.

[rowan]

Are there any current regular users who are not British, Irish or Kiwi?

there used to be loads

Doesn't seem to be many now. The only thing that gets discussed on the non-Home Unions rugby threads are the All Blacks. Well, apart from my efforts, of course

[SerjeantWildgoose]

There was a secret Irish room. The bastards never told me!!!

TINCM

There fecking was you know - and I have files that I'm sending to Special Branch.

[SerjeantWildgoose]

Are there any current regular users who are not British, Irish or Kiwi?

Frankie Fu-fu still posts once in a while. He's normal isn't he?

[Stones of granite]

Are there any current regular users who are not British, Irish or Kiwi?

Coco

[Sandydragon]

Are there any current regular users who are not British, Irish or Kiwi?

Coco

Minnie was American, or lived there at least. Tigs was pretty active once, although no one knew what the f*ck he was on about most of the time. In fact we had a number of regular French posters who I haven't seen for a while.

[BBD]

Are there any current regular users who are not British, Irish or Kiwi?

BBD still posts. He's a Romanian former sex-worker.

This is true, and even I think Gavin Henson was over rated

[BBD]

Are there any current regular users who are not British, Irish or Kiwi?

Frankie Fu-fu still posts once in a while. He's normal isn't he?

for a Brummie

[Sandydragon]

Are there any current regular users who are not British, Irish or Kiwi?

BBD still posts. He's a Romanian former sex-worker.

This is true, and even I think Gavin Henson was over rated

Far more talented than BOD!!

[BBD]

certainly more orange

[Sandydragon]

Less of a fat cnut as well...

[Which Tyler]

Well, I know that there are at least 3 things we can all agree on

Wayne Barnes is the best in the business.
Rob Andrew is a rugby god, as player, coach and administrator.
The French can go f*** themselves, and it's their own fault for not speaking English (though they were robbed in 2011).