Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Sun Feb 21, 2010 12:12 pm  

airliebird9 wrote: You think that was a game. Just take a look at this one!!!! http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/8526566.stm For all the entertainment on offer, the match was not to everybody's taste, with New Zealand newspaper the Sunday Star Times writing it off as a "no-tackle, airy-fairy 18-try romp". Farce of a game and a reet embarrassment.

airliebird9 wrote: You think that was a game. Just take a look at this one!!!! http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/8526566.stm For all the entertainment on offer, the match was not to everybody's taste, with New Zealand newspaper the Sunday Star Times writing it off as a "no-tackle, airy-fairy 18-try romp". Farce of a game and a reet embarrassment.

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Sun Feb 21, 2010 2:48 pm  

Manchester 14 vs 41 Sedgley Park
Manchester 0 vs 148 Esher
Nuneaton 95 vs 0 Manchester
Manchester 12 vs 145 Blaydon
Wharfedale 124 vs 5 Manchester
Manchester 3 vs 93 Otley
Manchester 3 vs 93 Cinderford
Redruth 91 vs 5 Manchester
Manchester 0 vs 93 London Scottish
Stourbridge 95 vs 5 Manchester
Manchester 0 vs 59 Newbury
Tynedale 93 vs 0 Manchester
Blackheath 82 vs 0 Manchester
Sedgley Park 80 vs 3 Manchester
Manchester 3 vs 50 Cambridge
Launceston 66 vs 0 Manchester
Manchester 23 vs 45 Wharfedale
Otley 87 vs 3 Manchester
Cinderford 73 vs 0 Manchester
Manchester 14 vs 52 Redruth
London Scottish 87 Manchester 7


and so it goes on



------------- Plyd Won Dw Lost - PF -- PA -- BP - Pnts
Manchester 20 -- 0 -- 0 -- 20 -- 86 - 1751 - 0 - minus2

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Mon Feb 22, 2010 3:04 am  

airliebird9 wrote: You think that was a game. Just take a look at this one!!!! http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/8526566.stm This result is an example of why people don't watch union in Australia. The result of a dodgy pact to play "running rugby" (ie. an agreement not to tackle each other) in a desperate attempt to get people to come back and watch it... Transparent. Utterly transparent.

airliebird9 wrote: You think that was a game. Just take a look at this one!!!! http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/8526566.stm This result is an example of why people don't watch union in Australia. The result of a dodgy pact to play "running rugby" (ie. an agreement not to tackle each other) in a desperate attempt to get people to come back and watch it... Transparent. Utterly transparent.

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Mon Feb 22, 2010 11:06 am  

Knaresborough Rhino II wrote:

Manchester 14 vs 41 Sedgley Park
Manchester 0 vs 148 Esher
Nuneaton 95 vs 0 Manchester
Manchester 12 vs 145 Blaydon
Wharfedale 124 vs 5 Manchester
Manchester 3 vs 93 Otley
Manchester 3 vs 93 Cinderford
Redruth 91 vs 5 Manchester
Manchester 0 vs 93 London Scottish
Stourbridge 95 vs 5 Manchester
Manchester 0 vs 59 Newbury
Tynedale 93 vs 0 Manchester
Blackheath 82 vs 0 Manchester
Sedgley Park 80 vs 3 Manchester
Manchester 3 vs 50 Cambridge
Launceston 66 vs 0 Manchester
Manchester 23 vs 45 Wharfedale
Otley 87 vs 3 Manchester
Cinderford 73 vs 0 Manchester
Manchester 14 vs 52 Redruth
London Scottish 87 Manchester 7


and so it goes on



------------- Plyd Won Dw Lost - PF -- PA -- BP - Pnts
Manchester 20 -- 0 -- 0 -- 20 -- 86 - 1751 - 0 - minus2

Time to pack up your kit and try something else me thinks!

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Mon Feb 22, 2010 2:43 pm  

airliebird9 wrote: You think that was a game. Just take a look at this one!!!! http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/8526566.stm You wait 100 years for a try in Union then 18 come at once.

airliebird9 wrote: You think that was a game. Just take a look at this one!!!! http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/8526566.stm You wait 100 years for a try in Union then 18 come at once.

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Mon Feb 22, 2010 7:51 pm  

Gazzly wrote:

You wait 100 years for a try in Union then 18 come at once.

Sounds like a score you'd get on the (very rubbish) Championship Rugby Manager!

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Tue Feb 23, 2010 9:00 pm  

Gijou wrote:

This result is an example of why people don't watch union in Australia.

The result of a dodgy pact to play "running rugby" (ie. an agreement not to tackle each other) in a desperate attempt to get people to come back and watch it...

Transparent. Utterly transparent.

There were still 5 penalty goals to keep the purists happy though.

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Wed Feb 24, 2010 1:21 pm  

Troubled Ospreys 'co-operating' with Heineken Cup over Ricky Januarie 'Having already been fined for briefly fielding 16 players in a pool game, the Welsh regional side are now being questioned about the eligibility of their South African scrum-half, Ricky Januarie.' 'Expulsion would throw this season's Heineken Cup quarter-finals into chaos, with Leicester taking the eighth-seed place and Northampton, currently England's sole quarter-final representatives, moving up to seventh.'

Troubled Ospreys 'co-operating' with Heineken Cup over Ricky Januarie 'Having already been fined for briefly fielding 16 players in a pool game, the Welsh regional side are now being questioned about the eligibility of their South African scrum-half, Ricky Januarie.' 'Expulsion would throw this season's Heineken Cup quarter-finals into chaos, with Leicester taking the eighth-seed place and Northampton, currently England's sole quarter-final representatives, moving up to seventh.'

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Sat Feb 27, 2010 6:03 pm  

When did Craig Gower start playing for Italy??

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Sat Feb 27, 2010 6:55 pm  

100% Wire wrote:

When did Craig Gower start playing for Italy??

Since last summer I think. Italian grandfather.
Not the first 'foreigner' to turn out for Italy rugby union.