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    CWC1983 reacted to Comrade 86 in The Rugby Union Thread   
    It's a shame as really they were the better side for an hour. I'm not going to talk about the decision, as I've bemoaned the falling standards amongst game officials in almost every post recently and I'm boring myself now. I do think that Scotland too often are the architects of their own downfall though. 
    As for France, WTF! They are a shadow of the side we saw prior to the RWC23. Only Ireland and Italy (arguably Wales despite the losses) have turned up to this tournament and that's really disappointing as it had the makings of being an absolute belter. 
    As for England, we need to start the younger players; two wins from two is not to be sniffed at but I saw a deal more promise in the first game than today's and I think it's probably time to set aside the old warriors and begin a full rebuild for RWC27.
    Wales were very spirited today, with a very youthful side who were in no way overawed in front of a typically large Twickenham crowd. I think they can be proud of their performance today in a game that could have gone either way and there's some promise in their younger players of significantly better days ahead. 0 from 2 is not a fair reflection of the way they have played and they have been the surprise outfit for me. 
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    CWC1983 got a reaction from Comrade 86 in The Rugby Union Thread   
    I'll hold my council until tomorrow to comment on the last play of the game....🤬
     
    However we threw it away long before then
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    CWC1983 got a reaction from RadioactiveWaste in The Rugby Union Thread   
    I'll hold my council until tomorrow to comment on the last play of the game....🤬
     
    However we threw it away long before then
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    CWC1983 reacted to Henrycav81 in Live football thread.   
    Jack Butland as well
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    CWC1983 reacted to ketteringram in Watchable telly   
    Second season of Kin on BBC iPlayer on 13th February I think. For the few of us who haven't already seen it 
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    CWC1983 got a reaction from Comrade 86 in The Rugby Union Thread   
    Great day in Cardiff, but I will say I was bricking it during those last 20 mins. 
    Fair play to the Welsh public. A 6 nations day fair brings the good and great into the city centre.....
    I arrived at 11am and there was a group of ladies dressed up for a Saturday night out coming out of the station. High heels, sparkly dresses and not a jacket in sight (even though it was peeing down 😅). 
    Thoroughly recommend a day out when Wales are at home. 
     
     
     
     
     
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    CWC1983 got a reaction from RadioactiveWaste in The Rugby Union Thread   
    Great day in Cardiff, but I will say I was bricking it during those last 20 mins. 
    Fair play to the Welsh public. A 6 nations day fair brings the good and great into the city centre.....
    I arrived at 11am and there was a group of ladies dressed up for a Saturday night out coming out of the station. High heels, sparkly dresses and not a jacket in sight (even though it was peeing down 😅). 
    Thoroughly recommend a day out when Wales are at home. 
     
     
     
     
     
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    CWC1983 got a reaction from Anag Ram in The Rugby Union Thread   
    Great day in Cardiff, but I will say I was bricking it during those last 20 mins. 
    Fair play to the Welsh public. A 6 nations day fair brings the good and great into the city centre.....
    I arrived at 11am and there was a group of ladies dressed up for a Saturday night out coming out of the station. High heels, sparkly dresses and not a jacket in sight (even though it was peeing down 😅). 
    Thoroughly recommend a day out when Wales are at home. 
     
     
     
     
     
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    CWC1983 reacted to Comrade 86 in The Rugby Union Thread   
    Agreed, but they've been helped somewhat by playing 14 men almost from the off. The French, meanwhile, are bloody infuriating. Game ruined inside 20 minutes because Willemse can't control his thuggishness. Such a brilliant team but boy do they find new and inventive ways to lose.
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    CWC1983 reacted to BaaLocks in Boxing Thread   
    Yeah, i said when they booed the Star Spangled Banner it was bad form, only for them to boo GTSK even louder.
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    CWC1983 reacted to BaaLocks in Boxing Thread   
    I think Mikaela Mayer can consider herself hard done to there. Spent most of the fight on the front foot, clearly landed the bigger shots but came up short. Not going out on a limb and saying she was robbed, it was a close, close fight and you have to clearly win it when you are fighting the champ on their own turf. But she will fly home feeling she did enough - again!
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    CWC1983 reacted to Comrade 86 in The Rugby Union Thread   
    Ah, that's a deal easier. It's a long old hoodoo I grant you, but the Welsh are a mess right now and I'd be confident tbh.
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    CWC1983 got a reaction from Comrade 86 in The Rugby Union Thread   
    I'm not far from Loughborough and normally get the train straight through from Derby to Cardiff. 
    I think Cardiff to Leicester is still running so can Uber it home from there. 
     
    2002 was the last time we won in Cardiff.....surely due a win at some point. 
     
     
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    CWC1983 got a reaction from Comrade 86 in The Rugby Union Thread   
    Here we go again, good old 6 nations. 
    It's shaping up to be a strange one though with all nations missing some stalwarts. 
    Our back line looks frightening with so much strength that Chris Harris doesn't make the squad but it's possibly the forwards that give me concern. 
    Possibly the weakest in a long time and makes the omission of Hamish Watson even stranger. 
    I'm going to Cardiff in week 1 for our ritual capitulation, however I see aslef have called train strikes that weekend.....😡 and at the moment no trains are available. 
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    CWC1983 reacted to Comrade 86 in The Rugby Union Thread   
    Well this is interesting! Andy Farrell named Lions Head Coach for their next tour (June 2025). Pre-empt to the England job thereafter? In any case, well done to him, thoroughly earned and deserved. Had my doubts when he first took the Ireland job but boy has he set me right on that score. Seems I'm a shyte judge of an international rugby coach 😂
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/67935698
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    CWC1983 reacted to jono in The Rugby Union Thread   
    Sad day today
    A football man now but I grew up watching Union, the great 60/70’s teams on grass and mud. Wales playing the equivalent of total football. The names of them and their rivals ring out today, Barry John, Gareth Edwards, Jeane Pierre Romeu, Grant Batty, Gerald Davies, Phil Bennet and so many others
    JPR Williams left us today. He has a place waiting in my pantheon of the greats. 
     
    I maybe rose tinted but the way those teams played in that era was, at times, high art. We talk about ball on the floor, they moved the ball hand to hand and on the day it was electric.  
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    CWC1983 reacted to Inverurie Ram in Aberdeenshire Rams   
    Yes I saw the familiar face and new AFC Supporters Experience Manager’s tweet on Twitter a week ago or so about such. He’s done very well with all the Ultra stuff at AFC, banners and tifo work at many grounds over the years and he is very passionate about his club, so well done to him, I hope he does really well in his new role at the club.
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    CWC1983 got a reaction from Inverurie Ram in Aberdeenshire Rams   
    Should be busy with the Tyne Wear derby on at the same time and no SPL games.
    Plenty of TV screens to keep everyone happy. 
    Have a Tennants for me 👍
    I see AFC have a new Supporters experience manager. Familiar face 😁
     
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    CWC1983 got a reaction from Wolfie20 in Watchable telly   
    Downloaded Early Doors on Iplayer to watch on my train tavels over Christmas. 
    Don't know why I missed it when it came out but its brilliant. 
    Craig Cash at his best. 
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    CWC1983 reacted to Jimbo Ram in Derby v Peterborough   
    The biggest compliment I can give Posh is to say that’s how I would like to see us play. Great football, quick, neat and threatening; a bit like Stevie Macs Rams team 😊
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    CWC1983 got a reaction from Premier ram in Watchable telly   
    Downloaded Early Doors on Iplayer to watch on my train tavels over Christmas. 
    Don't know why I missed it when it came out but its brilliant. 
    Craig Cash at his best. 
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    CWC1983 got a reaction from Ramrob in Watchable telly   
    Downloaded Early Doors on Iplayer to watch on my train tavels over Christmas. 
    Don't know why I missed it when it came out but its brilliant. 
    Craig Cash at his best. 
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    CWC1983 reacted to BaaLocks in Watchable telly   
    Enjoyed "Caroline Aherne - Queen Of Comedy". In parts a carbon copy of every other documentary about anyone in the range of the media in the 1990s but, besides that, showed what a wonderful (if also flawed) woman she was. Missed out some big chunks (e g. her marriage to Hooky) but still a good watch.
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    CWC1983 reacted to Comrade 86 in The Rugby Union Thread   
    20:80 Both proud Englishmen, their records on the pitch tell their own story on that score, but I don't think they feel there's any appetite for the overhaul of the English game that is now required. It took a long time for the French to employ the likes of Galthié but when they did, he fundamentally changed the set-up from the youth teams up. The RFU's main raison d'etre is lining their own pockets at the expense of English rugby fans and the game in this country. Only the Welsh have messed up their domestic teams more, but then it's jobs for the boys isn't it? It won't change while Sweeney is at the helm, that's for sure.
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    CWC1983 reacted to TigerTedd in Live football thread.   
    Does this show that the Scottish league is getting stronger, or that the other European leagues are really crap. Real Betis were unbeaten at home, even drawing with Real Madrid, and was it Frankfurt that just spanked Bayern Munich. Is it a case of after the Lord Mayors show, or are rangers and Aberdeen really better than Madrid and Bayern?
    is football just a funny old game?
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