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. ProD2/MLR luster. Analysis gun for hire working with players and clubs. Writer at @rugbyworldmag and @rugbyworldcup . Flag Obsessive. (

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Sam Larner

9 months

Thread: A Map of Rugby There's a lot of terminology in rugby that is taken for granted and isn't always explained. I thought I would try and help. Different teams/countries will use different language so this isn't a dictionary. But should help you find the way! 1)

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Sam Larner

1 year

@kenklippenstein It's hardly a gotcha is it from Musk. "We won't give blue ticks to people unless they pay" "We won't pay" "Ha! We will take it from you then....I really am very smart"

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1 year

@richardosman If I wanted to prove I wasn't like a Nazi I'd do it by silencing my critics as well

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2 years

I will say as well, that in the negativity of all this, referee Aurelie Groizeleau deserves enormous credit for just taking the appropriate action under that unreasonable pressure.

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2 years

No idea why people are saying Eddie Jones needs to develop a thicker skin here. Fair play for him having a crack back.

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Adam Peacock

2 years

Got what he deserved from Eddie

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2 years

Thread: The HIA issue at the end of the U20s Italy v England match. 1)

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2 years

There is a lot Eddie Jones gets wrong and he correctly gets criticism, but, he has been England Head Coach in every 6N from 2016, that's 7, and they have won 3. That is the most of any nation and reached a World Cup final, the best of any 6N nation. The sacking calls are bizarre.

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Sam Larner

2 years

France have largely nailed rugby really. Three Autumn Internationals in three different stadiums, all three sell-outs I think? The Top14 is selling out stadiums, ProD2 is booming, even three/four steps down the pyramid the attendances are good.

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Sam Larner

9 months

Absolutely brilliant game. Maybe the greatest final of all time. That last 20 minutes were some of the best rugby I've ever seen. Ardie Savea and Mark Telea don't deserve to be on the losing side. They were truly astonishing. Well done Springboks. Excellent all tournament.

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Sam Larner

10 months

It's confirmed. One of the great games of all time will feature the worst kick to touch of all time.

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4 years

One of my favourite flags, on the bottom. Sadly, as rugby fans will know, that is the flag of the European Georgia not the Democratic voting state of Georgia.... Trump supporters aren't bright at all.

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10 months

Assuming Fiji win tonight, then the Rugby World Cup Shield would be: QF1: 🇦🇺 v 🇼🇸 QF2: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 v 🇺🇾 QF3: 🇯🇵 v 🇬🇪 QF4: 🇮🇹 v 🇹🇴 Predicted Semi-Finals SF1: 🇦🇺 v 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 SF2: 🇯🇵 v 🇮🇹 Predicted Final 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 v 🇮🇹

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Sam Larner

3 years

Thread: One strike move from every Gallagher Premiership team and how you can copy them at your level... 1)

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2 years

It is a perfect bit of defensive work from LRZ. First to make the catch and then to get the turnover. Look how he catches the La Roux with his right hand on right shoulder and then has right hand on left side. Clear release. His coaches won't be calling him out on this.

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Sam Larner

9 months

This is an incredible three minutes of analysis. Not just a great series of clips to show how SA broke down the NZ attack but a great example of good punditry. That's three minutes of intense detail that is somehow not rushed and also clearly explained to any viewer.

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Bernard Jackman

@bernardjackman

9 months

Had a chance to breakdown one of the best defensive displays I have ever seen for @RTEsport this week on #againstthehead . Can’t wait to see what Jacques Nienaber does with the Leinster Defence #RWC23Final

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3 years

Now this is proper 'rugby values' content

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9 months

Thread: Rugby and Strictly We are at the end of probably the best ever World Cup, certainly the best ever knockout stage. Yet most of the discussion has either been about referees or people deciding there's no way casual fans can enjoy it. What can we learn from dancing? 1)

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2 years

The World Rugby rankings aren't perfect but are the best we have. But, I think there's room for my ranking of - group countries together according to if you wouldn't be surprised if they beat each other.... 🇫🇷🇳🇿🇿🇦🇮🇪 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇦🇺🇦🇷 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇯🇵 🇮🇹🇫🇯🇬🇪🇼🇸 🇹🇴🇷🇴🇪🇸🇵🇹🇺🇸🇺🇾

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3 years

Scotland v South Africa tomorrow should be at 5.15 in the dark with the teams walking out to a light show and a lone bagpiper on the roof. Not at 1pm.....

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10 months

Not to rub salt in the wounds. Here's a random draw if it was done based on rankings a year ago. I will say, I'm not a draw conspiracist though: Pool A: 🇫🇷 , 🇦🇺 , 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿, 🇬🇪 , 🇨🇱 Pool B: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 , 🇳🇿 , 🇯🇵 , 🇹🇴 , 🇳🇦 Pool C: ☘️ , 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 , 🇼🇸 , 🇮🇹 , 🇺🇾 Pool D: 🇿🇦 , 🇦🇷 , 🇫🇯 , 🇷🇴 , 🇵🇹

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Sam Larner

2 years

Woodward saying England need to keep ball in hand is madness. He's literally the old boy in the blazer who is 9 ales deep and has unfortunately chosen to sit behind you.

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1 year

Everything about this try is perfect. This might be my favourite try in the Six Nations this year. A masterclass in how to attack a broken defence.

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1 year

C’est complètement fou 🤯🤯🤯 #SixNations | #ENGvFRA

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Sam Larner

4 years

The number of current and ex rugby players supporting Cummings makes me very worried that we are under appreciating the risk caused by concussions.

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3 years

Thread: Understanding Rugby after the two Lions Tests Rugby is complicated and often poorly explained in mainstream media. Although there are many amazing analysts and coaches on here doing stuff for free. This thread explains some fundamentals. 1)

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2 years

Someone just told me that Smith got POTM. I assumed he was joking.....that's mental. Like unhinged. Itoje was the outstanding English player. Dombrandt up there. England won because of their pack .

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2 years

Thread: The Free Agent Job Listings It's sadly that time of year where players get released from their clubs and potentially their professional rugby dream is over. So, let's try and get them jobs! Listen up coaches, free recruitment analysis below. 1)

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2 years

This scrum is a thing of beauty for Wainwright. Stays strong and square until Mchunu walks around the corner for the penalty which leads to the Welsh match winning try. 1)

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Sam Larner

2 years

It really is the perfect try. Arguably, it doesn't get the credit it deserves. I'm pretty sure it's top 5 of all time.....

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2 years

Enjoy your retirement @SeanOBrien1987 Thank you for the memories 🦁

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2 years

Thread: A Guide to Playbooks in Rugby A three part thread where we explain what a rugby playbook is and start to build our own. 1)

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1 year

@Otto_English I don't know why racists, who are outwardly racist, are so keen for people to think they're not racist.

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1 year

I don't quite understand the logic of watching that DvDM try and then moaning that the defence were rubbish....the run was exceptional. Focus on that.

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Sam Larner

2 years

I love rugby and I follow people who love rugby and I have a genuine care about the quality of a club's third choice hooker.....but I'm not normal. The majority of normal people couldn't name 5 England rugby players I reckon. So names on the shirts is a good step.

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Sam Larner

5 months

Two brilliant games. Both Ireland and England excellent but England deservedly win. I expect quite hefty amounts of humble pie to be served in the Twickenham press room. Feyi-Waboso was brilliant, Earl (out of position at 8) stunning. Lawrence excellent. 1)

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Sam Larner

2 years

That is a beautiful turnover from LRZ. A clear release. What else is he meant to do? That's an absolute shocker.

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Sam Larner

2 years

Very ugly stuff and hard to defend, especially when you have seen the clip of the player's head hitting the floor. A game just isn't important enough for medics to be this partisan. 8.

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Sam Larner

2 years

Thread: The Worcester Warrior Free Agent Thread I had really hoped this would be a thread I wouldn't have to write. Sadly it's come to that point though. I've included some explanation about why I'm writing this below and hope people understand the rationale. 1)

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Sam Larner

3 years

I get that people are sad Brown's Quins career ends like that but it's madness to suggest Premiership rugby should rescind it so he can play one final game. It's not an exaggeration to say that Tommy Taylor is lucky not to have lost his sight from that. 6 weeks isn't long enough

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2 years

Very excited to say, that as of Friday I've been brought in by a player and his agent to use my data, metrics, and analysis to get him a bigger contract and play a tiny role in getting him on a plane, or train, to France 2023. Other agent and player enquiries welcome....

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Sam Larner

6 months

Thread: Quick one on England's defence. There's a few different ways to defend. Some are high risk and some are passive. The new England defence is directly taken from what South Africa did in the latest World Cup. 1)

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Sam Larner

5 years

Seen tweets about innocent Sarries' employees suffering if they get relegated. Every time somebody gets relegated jobs are at risk. Why are we okay when the relegated team is the 12th best team at playing rugby but not when they're the 12th best at following rules?

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Sam Larner

2 years

This is ridiculous from Reffell. Makes it from 15m to 15m to then turn the ball over. A proper fetcher, when everyone else is heading backwards to set for the next phase, Reffell is going to hunt down the ball. Astonishing turnover and workrate of a small town.

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Sam Larner

9 months

The Non-Controversial World Cup Awards I use @Oval_Insights data to give out the totally non-controversial version of the World Cup Awards. Featuring awards you've probably not seen given before... 1)

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2 years

Analysis Advent Day 6: Hitting Rucks James Cronin is the best ruck hitter in the Premiership. He is the only man to hit 100+ rucks with no ineffective hits and no penalised hits. How does he do it? 1)

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Sam Larner

8 months

Doing this is sensationally stupid. He's a French second row....he'd turn you to patê in a heartbeat

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@RugbyramaFR A bit silly

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Sam Larner

1 year

@TheParodyAccnt @kenklippenstein Twitter is dying. Their best bet is to help force Musk out and get someone more growth minded in.

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Sam Larner

2 years

ITV: We began the day talking about Marcus Smith so let's end the day talking about him. We also spent all the middle bit of the day talking about him as well.

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Sam Larner

4 months

If you ever worry that you don't know much about rugby, just remember that after this match there will still be some people who think Ford should be dropped.

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Sam Larner

3 years

I was pretty anti the 50:22 rule before it came in. But I was wrong, it works really well, it's simple and it changes matches for the better.

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Sam Larner

11 months

Game of the World Cup so far there. Probably all thought it was. Fiji can beat everyone else in the group Wales looked, until the last 15 mins, the best they've looked in Gatland era part deaux

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1 year

Thread: Men in Vannes The non-British Celts have had an incredible season in ProD2. They are guaranteed a place in the play-offs and they've won seven on the trot. They've achieved this with a pretty interesting tactical quirk. 1)

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Sam Larner

11 months

Dreadful game but quietly fascinating....neither side can make any progress with ball in hand. England solving that by dropping goals from anywhere on the pitch. But they're two sides devoid of any attacking endeavour beyond drop goals and long penalties

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2 years

Things like this are so weird. England got to a World Cup final under Eddie Jones, won two Six Nations, won tours abroad and were generally very successful. He will go down as one of England's best ever coaches.

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anenglishmaninspain

2 years

@TelegraphRugby @TelegraphSport @CERichardson_ @GavinMairs Finally, thank fcuk for that..been due years. Guys the most overrated person in history of sport.

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Sam Larner

2 years

I know this is just maths...but...150 caps is insane. It's every 6N game, every AI game, and one other match a year for 15 years....

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Sam Larner

2 years

The passing of a widely loved 96 year old woman seems to be cause to celebrate her life. Decisions to cancel sport don't seem to fit with that celebration. Hopefully sense is seen.

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2 years

Thread: What do the Six Nations Stats tell us about how modern props are used? Has the use of props changed and, if so, who is leading that charge? 1)

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Sam Larner

3 years

"Right boys, I'll lift Tips and Leigh, you kick me up the arse. Agreed?"

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Sam Larner

2 years

If I were showing an example of a seatbelt tackle that on Carberry would be it. You can't tackle above the line of the shoulders...the only thing above where he tackled is air.... Karl Dickson is a good example of confident and often wrong

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Sam Larner

9 months

The draw gets the blame for everything - the Tories are claiming it for by election losses. But, there are four dominant teams in the World. So even in a 'perfect' draw you'd get four walkover QFs and possibly 2 great SFs. Here we get 4 very good/great QFs. Which feels better

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Sam Larner

2 years

This is astonishing given Ryan Jones was Powell's captain with Wales. First of all it's wrong. Second of all, what kind of person hears someone has dementia and goes - "Well, he had that coming".

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7 months

I'm completely at a loss about why, following a year which featured probably the greatest world cup ever and two of the greatest matches ever, there's an endless stream of articles about what's wrong with it. 1)

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2 years

Thread: Damian Willemse and Post-It notes How did the Boks stumble across a new tactic? 1)

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2 years

Thread: The Ridiculous Season of Nick Timoney What the stats say about one of the most incredible seasons by a player this year 1)

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Sam Larner

3 years

Sonny Bill "It's disappointing that a refs decision has potentially impacted the rest of the game". No...the decision of the player has made the ref make a decision. Why do people still fail to get this??

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Sam Larner

9 months

Fair to say Wayne Barnes has been the best referee rugby has ever had. He has also managed to come across as supremely nice during the whole period and was the instigator of a lot of the good communication we now see among international refs. Go well in retirement!

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Sam Larner

10 months

Made the mistake of looking at the BBC Sport comments. Loads of stuff about how this England game plan is killing their interest. England just scored 30pts in a quarter final. I think these comments are written by people who have no interest in actually watching the game.

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Sam Larner

4 years

This is complete bollocks. As any of us who have spent time recently rewatching old games can attest, they weren't better. They were slower, less skillful, and had more mistakes. Analysts and specialist coaches have improved all elements of the game. Barnes has run out of ideas.

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Times Sport

4 years

As rugby tightens its belt, cut loose the analysts and specialist coaches, says @SBarnesRugby

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Sam Larner

9 months

Anyone sending threats is completely unhinged. Whether you think this is a misunderstanding or something that happened, the way Curry dealt with it was exemplary. He spoke to the ref, got a slightly lacking answer, and got on with the next hour of the game.

@guardian_sport

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9 months

Curry ‘getting support’ after receiving threats following racial slur allegation

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Sam Larner

10 months

Absolutely one of the most thrilling games of my life. Gutted for France, heartbreaking. Delighted for the Boks. What a sport!

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Sam Larner

1 year

2023 Free Agents List It's that time of year again. This time last year I pulled together a Free Agents list after a conversation with now retired Ross Neal over in Seattle. It was probably the thing I'm proudest of. Sadly, there's a bigger need to go again this year. 1)

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Sam Larner

2 years

Thread: What Actually Happened when Manu Tuilagi played on the wing? Or...how to learn to ignore the numbers and love the game. 1)

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Sam Larner

10 months

England have played 160 mins of rugby - conceded a single try and have a positive pts diff of +39 The big concern last week was the lack of tries. They just got the bonus point tonight. I fear for many, the narrative has already been set and the reality doesn't matter.

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2 years

What makes that Hogg non-pass worse is that after the pub trip he's seeing double, so he thought he had six players in support....

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2 years

Thread: Elite Christian Wade A few weeks late to this, but just rewatching Christian Wade's performance against Brive. He was insane.... 1)

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2 years

Thread: Why Aren't England Scoring Many Tries? What has happened to England's attack, and how do they get it back? 1)

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Sam Larner

8 months

Interesting in the wake of the Farrell news to see trolls get the blame. Obviously, he has been relentlessly trolled and people who do that are complete bellends. But their reach is miniscule compared to national papers who have consistently gone after him. 1)

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Sam Larner

2 years

I don't think it's favoured one team or the other (brace for hoards of people saying it's favoured the oppo) but there are breakdown interpretations which exist only in the mind of Mike Adamson.....

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Sam Larner

5 months

Assuming the rest of this game is as good....is this the best round if Six Nations games ever??

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Sam Larner

1 year

@MEWrestlingUK @doule_tom We didn't start the fire....

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Sam Larner

2 years

I was out for this game earlier...but...THEY WORE THE SAME FUCKING KITS THAT CAUSED THE ISSUES LAST WEEK!? Why is it exclusively idiots making decisions in rugby?

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Rugby on TNT Sports

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He started the move, he'll finish the move ✨ Jamison Gibson-Park completes a scintillating @leinsterrugby score which started inside their own half. Top class! 👏 #HeinekenChampionsCup

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1 year

My two pennies worth... Completely fine to give players targets that you expect them to hit and drop them if they don't hit those targets. However, I can't fathom the logic of revealing that he missed targets rather than just not selecting him in the RWC squad.

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Sam Larner

3 years

The AIs and 6Ns signals the start of the season where actual journalists, who presumably have an interest in growing the sport, take the piss out of infrequent watchers of rugby. If you only watch one rugby game a year, no problem at all, as far as I'm concerned, all are welcome

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Sam Larner

9 months

Something unique to rugby, is that after compelling matches you end up with a load of fans who unilaterally decide that yes it was good but there's no way it'll appeal to casual fans. This is unique to rugby...no other sports talk themselves down like this.

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Sam Larner

1 year

Gutted for basically everyone in rugby. Incredibly sad he won't be there. To miss out on a World Cup is awful but a home world cup especially so....

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Ben Coles

1 year

Huge blow for France - Romain Ntamack ruled out of the Rugby World Cup.

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Sam Larner

5 months

This makes no difference if it doesn't impact you and a huge difference if it does. If this makes you angry, then you're akin to a toddler furious that other toddlers are enjoying the soft play when he is as well.

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5 months

From January, Six Nations teams will be mandated to avoid kit clashes which could negatively impact colour blind viewers. The ruling from Six Nations will ask visiting teams to change kits where a colour match has been identified, this means in 2025 Ireland will wear a change

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2 years

I might be in the minority, but it appears Farrell has got the punishment that anyone with his record would receive. "Man gets punishment in line with what anyone else would receive in shocking RFU conspiracy"

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Sam Larner

2 years

Very bad look from the English medical team who are getting in the face of the match referee who is just keeping the player's safe. Does not look like the medical team actually have their player's safety at the forefront there.

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2 years

I took a look at that excellent Ben White try from yesterday's Calcutta Cup clash. Features some interesting, but legal, lineout quick thinking and tactical intrigue. Video created with @KlipDraw

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Sam Larner

10 months

Tell you one thing, since Musk took this place over, the number of single women in my area who care about rugby stats has really shot up.

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Sam Larner

1 year

Thread: Did Wales kick too much in the first half against Ireland? Feat: Why do teams kick? What types of kick are there? What does it mean to kick too much? 1)

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3 years

Can we mute Dallaglio?? It's like watching with an English child who recently learnt some, but not all, of the rules. And who, crucially, is yet to learn that sometimes, just sometimes, your team make a mistake.

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9 months

The joy of rugby, and it's true of other sports of course, is how many different ways there are to play it. Flat track 52-50 matches are fun, tight physical 15-12 matches are fun, defensively scrambling 9-6 matches are fun. Embracing all the styles means you're never bored

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Sam Larner

6 months

Italy can create TRIES TRIES TRIES with this one simple trick Alert - high nerdery coming up. I teased this on @bloodandmud last night but this is Italy's potential secret weapon. I use @Oval_Insights to dive into the data. 1)

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1 year

A significant issue with rugby is people's inability to accept that great players can have bad games and decent players can have great games. The same people who hated EJ for dropping young players are now calling for the dropping of young players. 1)

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Sam Larner

2 years

I'm buying some new rugby boots and just found out that for £5 you can get a flag added. I assumed it would be England, Wales, Ireland, Scotland and so couldn't be bothered. Turns out you can have any country.... Now I just have to decide between Uganda or Eswatini

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Sam Larner

2 years

Thread: What can Northampton Saints teach us about running at space? Would teams actually do better if they ran at space? 1)

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Sam Larner

3 years

This is so good from Halaholo. Runs the loop then targets Van der Merwe to force the winger to stay tight and create the overlap which, in turn, forces Hogg into the line which creates the space for LRZ to kick over. There's no space to do this without Halaholo's work.

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3 years

Take a bow, @LouisReesZammit ! 🙌 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #GuinnessSixNations #SCOvWAL

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2 years

Thread: How to get the right men to the right rucks How did Wales succeed at creating carrying opportunities for their best players against Scotland but fail against Ireland? Plus, why are Francis and Wyn Jones so crucial? 1)

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Sam Larner

1 year

Lot of people saying that the ref made a mistake not immediately wanting to red card Haouas. That's what the assistant refs are there for. I know people love attacking refs. But if the outcome is the correct one, do we really care about the process?

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2 years

Obviously I think that SA to the 6Ns is a bad idea. So often, the decision makers in rugby, seem to be people who are listening to good ideas through a well insulated wall. Things like a southern 6Ns with Japan and Fiji added somehow ends up with this nonsense.

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