Rugby World Cup 2015
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True. My spelling should have been better too.
What would the standard ban for SOB be? I've heard frightening reports of a 3 match ban which would take him out of the tournament.
I'm going to say the unthinkable. Sexton isn't as good as everyone thinks he is, and especially he thinks he is. When he's on it, he's obviously magnificent. But too often for me, he isn't at his best: in those circumstances he kicks too much ball away, misses relatively straightforward kicks at goal and makes really frustrating errors. Don't get me wrong, I'd still rather have him than Maddigan, but I actually wonder if Maddigan might blossom if Sexton is out. He's always been borrowing the number 10 shirt and has played like someone under pressure to show he's good enough, and failing to produce the game that makes him a top player for Leinster. Knowing the shirt is his might help him. Maybe that's wishful thinking, but I thought that it was the best I'd seen him in a green shirt last night.
Madigan played well when he came on but did make a few mistakes. There's a French geezer here I know who seems to know his rugby and he loves Sexton, he thinks he's a great player.
I think O'Connell might be the bigger loss of the two but I'm not sure my voodoo powers are strong enough to heal him after I seen him sucking on the oxygen.
I think Sexton is excellent myself, but I get where Doc is coming from.
Madigan is a very good player in his own right, the doubt about him was whether he could manage games effectively and use the players around him. He got into the game straight away and played pretty well overall.
I wouldn't be concerned about seeing him play against Argentina. (although I can't say the same for Jackson)
Ruddock has been called up for O'Mahony. A like for like replacement. Again I've no doubts about Ruddock at this level, his only problem is the wealth of back row talent in the country
Madigan is a very good player in his own right, the doubt about him was whether he could manage games effectively and use the players around him. He got into the game straight away and played pretty well overall.
I wouldn't be concerned about seeing him play against Argentina. (although I can't say the same for Jackson)
Ruddock has been called up for O'Mahony. A like for like replacement. Again I've no doubts about Ruddock at this level, his only problem is the wealth of back row talent in the country
We're well stocked at my position thankfully. With Strauss as the third choice we're fine.
I just read that 22% of the players at the World Cup are playing for countries other than the ones they were born in.
Number of foreign-born players at Rugby World Cup by team
13: Samoa; 12: Tonga; 11: Wales, Scotland and Japan; 10: France; 6: Australia, Italy, USA; 5: Canada, Ireland, New Zealand; 4: Romania; 3: England, Fiji; 2: Namibia; 1: Georgia, South Africa, Uruguay; 0: Argentina
13: Samoa; 12: Tonga; 11: Wales, Scotland and Japan; 10: France; 6: Australia, Italy, USA; 5: Canada, Ireland, New Zealand; 4: Romania; 3: England, Fiji; 2: Namibia; 1: Georgia, South Africa, Uruguay; 0: Argentina
English-born players make up a third of Wales’ 31-man squad and a quarter of their starting line-up for tomorrow’s match - the so-called Pool of Death.
George North, who was born in King’s Lynn to a Yorkshire father and a Welsh mother, is one of four Englishmen to begin on the pitch at Twickenham on Saturday.
he others are Hallam Amos who is from Stockport but was raised in Wales, Tomas Francis from York who has a Welsh grandmother and Dan Lydiate was born in Salford but grew up on a family farm in near Llandrindod Wells in Wales.
Other Englishmen set to play include Exeter-born Aaron Jarvis, whose grandmother is Welsh, Luke Charteris who was born in Cornwall but grew up in west Wales, and Gloucester-born Alex Cuthbert whose mother is from Wrexham.
George North, who was born in King’s Lynn to a Yorkshire father and a Welsh mother, is one of four Englishmen to begin on the pitch at Twickenham on Saturday.
he others are Hallam Amos who is from Stockport but was raised in Wales, Tomas Francis from York who has a Welsh grandmother and Dan Lydiate was born in Salford but grew up on a family farm in near Llandrindod Wells in Wales.
Other Englishmen set to play include Exeter-born Aaron Jarvis, whose grandmother is Welsh, Luke Charteris who was born in Cornwall but grew up in west Wales, and Gloucester-born Alex Cuthbert whose mother is from Wrexham.
Obviously whoever compiled that list got confused by the Nordies playing for Ireland and counted them.
Zebo?
Ironically it's not the black man on the team.
It's the White one. Nathan White - NZ
