Rugby Union

[johnboyzzz]

Joe Launchbury and Joe Marler out of England’s Six Nations squad; Launchbury suffers leg injury while Marler withdraws for personal reasons.

 

[MuddyOldEngineer]

Full back, Larmour? Stockdale out, ..... We're desperate, so I'll say it now Zeebs, come back! The forwards are half fit, Furlong, POM, and Henderson are all question marks. We lack depth, as ever.

Full back will be Keenan
Stcokdale is fantastic going forward but a defensive liability.
Zebo is an over hyped player at the end of his days
The only advantage Ireland has is their first fixture is against Wales and not England or France. Fingers crossed the returning players can be managed.
ETA That last sentence was not implying that Wales are a soft touch, they're just preferable to the teams who will be vying for silverware

 

[Murphy_Slaw]

Joe Launchbury and Joe Marler out of England’s Six Nations squad; Launchbury suffers leg injury while Marler withdraws for personal reasons.

Launchberry will be missed. I'm not sure if Marler's hearts in it any more.

 

[johnboyzzz]

Launchberry will be missed. I'm not sure if Marler's hearts in it any more.

Joe Marler on Twitter: "Always grateful for the opportunity so not an easy decision, but want to do right by my family in these crazy times and won’t be meeting up with the squad for this tournament. Look forward to watching the team rip in. Go well x" / Twitter

 

[sonofgreenfinch]

Full back, Larmour? Stockdale out, ..... We're desperate, so I'll say it now Zeebs, come back! The forwards are half fit, Furlong, POM, and Henderson are all question marks. We lack depth, as ever.

Keenan a certainty.

 

[sonofgreenfinch]

Joe Marler on Twitter: "Always grateful for the opportunity so not an easy decision, but want to do right by my family in these crazy times and won’t be meeting up with the squad for this tournament. Look forward to watching the team rip in. Go well x" / Twitter

Drama queen, again.

If he felt that way, he could’ve told Jones before the squad was announced.

Likes the column inches, does the Mohican wannbe.

 

[sonofgreenfinch]

Full back will be Keenan
Stcokdale is fantastic going forward but a defensive liability.
Zebo is an over hyped player at the end of his days
The only advantage Ireland has is their first fixture is against Wales and not England or France. Fingers crossed the returning players can be managed.
ETA That last sentence was not implying that Wales are a soft touch, they're just preferable to the teams who will be vying for silverware

Zebo is another media darling these days, who likes the sound of his own voice, and the sight of his name in print.
Increasingly, we get the benefit of his opinion (which I, for one, can do very well without) on a range of matters e.g. how offended he was as a “person of colour“ by Israel Folau. Bless him.

 

[sonofgreenfinch]

Know of him, RADC and Scotland.

Think he played for one of the Border clubs when they were the main domain of Scottish rugby

What about Ian Sydney Smith?

 

[MuddyOldEngineer]

Zebo is another media darling these days, who likes the sound of his own voice, and the sight of his name in print.
Increasingly, we get the benefit of his opinion (which I, for one, can do very well without) on a range of matters e.g. how offended he was as a “person of colour“ by Israel Folau. Bless him.

Good old Zeeeebs has an excellent PR team, I dont want to get ROPs so wont swear in the serious part, I'll just say he is an empty vessel. I saw that Rugby Pass interview too, cringeworthy at best. The sooner the question "who?" is asked when his name is mentioned the better.

 

[johnboyzzz]

Worcester Warriors have signed experienced former England wing Chris Ashton, one of the Gallagher Premiership’s most prolific try-scorers.

The winger has joined Warriors with immediate effect on a contract to the end of the 2021/22 season.

 

[Fang_Farrier]

What about Ian Sydney Smith?

Name does not ring a bell

 

[feu_de_joie]

There’s a name from the past. I have the vaguest recollection that I played against him once but as I was Second Row and he was Full Back I only saw him from a distance

 

[Scaley Albereto]

Worcester Warriors have signed experienced former England wing Chris Ashton, one of the Gallagher Premiership’s most prolific try-scorers.

The winger has joined Warriors with immediate effect on a contract to the end of the 2021/22 season.

Is there a problem with attitude? IIRC he has bounced from Sale to quin's to Worcester v quickly.

 

[Statistics]

Is there a problem with attitude? IIRC he has bounced from Sale to quin's to Worcester v quickly.

I am assuming Quins happy to get another big earner off the payroll!

 

[sonofgreenfinch]

Name does not ring a bell

As a friend of mine, who is a friend of his, put it the other day: every time I see Gerald Davies sprinting into the Murrayfield right hand corner, 1971, I hope the afresh that Syd, chugging along, will catch him; he never does!

 

[Alamo]

Is there a problem with attitude? IIRC he has bounced from Sale to quin's to Worcester v quickly.

Ashton, attitude? Surely not.

 

[johnboyzzz]

Bill Mata has joined the list of back rowers to have penned a new deal and commits his future to Edinburgh Rugby.

 

[sonofgreenfinch]

Why is the exit door at Glasgow seemingly so wide open at the moment?

 

[johnboyzzz]

Why is the exit door at Glasgow seemingly so wide open at the moment?

They will have a few signings shortly

 

[MuddyOldEngineer]

They will have a few signings shortly

Any clues ?