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Re: England v Argentina SUNDAY 4.10pm
Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2025 8:24 am
by Puja
Danno wrote: ↑Thu Nov 27, 2025 4:02 am
Boring Puja being all rational again
Okay, fine - everyone was a little bitch, especially me.
Puja
Re: England v Argentina SUNDAY 4.10pm
Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2025 8:38 am
by Oakboy
One factor may be the more intrusive presence of the media compared with, say, 20 years ago. This sort of post-game spat in the tunnel probably used to happen without the public being aware.
Even after taking that into consideration, Contepomi did no good whatever by whingeing at the press conference the way he did. Mentioning his age, his language issues and the word bully came across as feeble-minded no matter how out of character it may have been.
Re: England v Argentina SUNDAY 4.10pm
Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2025 8:40 am
by Danno
Puja wrote: ↑Thu Nov 27, 2025 8:24 am
Danno wrote: ↑Thu Nov 27, 2025 4:02 am
Boring Puja being all rational again
Okay, fine - everyone was a little bitch, especially me.
Puja
We love you anyway
Re: England v Argentina SUNDAY 4.10pm
Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2025 8:52 am
by Danno
jimKRFC wrote: ↑Thu Nov 27, 2025 12:30 am
Danno wrote: ↑Wed Nov 26, 2025 5:42 pm
It's too late to cite him now and it was only a pen on the day (and quite borderline at that). We don't have to bend the rules just because Contempini is a little bitch
Having meet Felipe in person several times a "little bitch" is the last thing I would categorize him as. He is pretty tough character and never moaned about things despite being in a pretty rubbish, Bristol, side that we're frequently physically done over. He's also actually a really good guy and he (& Pichot) turned up in the pasty vans serving food after leaving Bristol (as they went bust).
For the avoidance of any doubt, I don't want to fall out over this. If you say he's a good bloke then he's a good bloke and I should stop getting irrational at clickbait headlines.
Re: England v Argentina SUNDAY 4.10pm
Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2025 9:33 am
by Oakboy
Danno wrote: ↑Thu Nov 27, 2025 8:40 am
Puja wrote: ↑Thu Nov 27, 2025 8:24 am
Danno wrote: ↑Thu Nov 27, 2025 4:02 am
Boring Puja being all rational again
Okay, fine - everyone was a little bitch, especially me.
Puja
We love you anyway
Goes without saying!!!!
Re: England v Argentina SUNDAY 4.10pm
Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2025 12:44 pm
by francoisfou
Puja wrote: ↑Wed Nov 26, 2025 8:30 pm
francoisfou wrote: ↑Wed Nov 26, 2025 5:30 pm
Oakboy wrote: ↑Mon Nov 24, 2025 10:23 am
Curry's was just a fair tackle, arguably a bit late.
Sadly, Juan Cruz Mallia's anterior cruciate ligament injury means he'll be unavailable for Toulouse for the rest of the season.
Tom Curry may not be off the hook yet. I've not heard if the Argentinian Rugby Union are taking the matter further.
My sympathies to Mallia as that sounds like a horrible injury. Hope he has a swift and successful recovery.
However, there's no hook for TCurry to be on, as it was an incredibly harsh penalty in the first place, considering he had less than half a second to entirely reverse his momentum to avoid contact and there was nothing illegal about the tackle itself, so a citing committee won't even consider it.
Awful freak accident on a rugby pitch, nothing more.
Puja
Agreed, and I admit that if I’d made a tackle like that back in my playing days, I’d’ve been quite pleased!
Yes, it’s tough on Mallia but Toulouse have plenty of depth in their squad.
Re: England v Argentina SUNDAY 4.10pm
Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2025 1:47 pm
by Mikey Brown
They’ll only have 5 international fullbacks left.
