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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: The Good, The Bad & The Rugby Podcast
« on: April 21, 2023, 09:35:43 AM »
Genuinely must-listen or must-watch stuff, depending on your choice of platform.
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: "Rugby?s rickety structure leaves Championship?s future up in the air"
« on: April 20, 2023, 10:08:54 AM »
The plight of the Championship is just another reason the RFU is not fit for purpose in the 21st Century.
The entire organisation needs disbanding and a new body setting up. A professional standard one.
57 old farts? Have we come anywhere since then?
The entire organisation needs disbanding and a new body setting up. A professional standard one.
57 old farts? Have we come anywhere since then?
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: Rugbypass take on Guardian article
« on: April 20, 2023, 10:06:58 AM »
Perhaps Wasps need to "Level Up" and "Build Back Better". Or maybe we should be calling to "Make Wasps Great Again"... or maybe just "Take Back Control".
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: French lessons ? attracting people (to rugby)
« on: April 20, 2023, 10:02:58 AM »
I think there are many great points in the article. I'm also extremely jealous of the author for his two week paid jolly around the South of France experiencing rugby culture. Tough gig, no?
* Aligning domestic fixtures to allow rugby players to watch top-flight rugby seems like a no-brainer. No valid reason why community level games have to clash with top flight fixtures.
* The food and beverage outsourcing at (certainly the CBSA) stadia leads to overpriced fayre, of generally poor quality. No easy solution, but oysters and chablis for 11Euro is appealing!
The weather helps, for sure. Making rugby a Summer game in the UK (a la RL) would be great. What would we watch in the Winter, though?
* Aligning domestic fixtures to allow rugby players to watch top-flight rugby seems like a no-brainer. No valid reason why community level games have to clash with top flight fixtures.
* The food and beverage outsourcing at (certainly the CBSA) stadia leads to overpriced fayre, of generally poor quality. No easy solution, but oysters and chablis for 11Euro is appealing!
The weather helps, for sure. Making rugby a Summer game in the UK (a la RL) would be great. What would we watch in the Winter, though?
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: Baxter on the Beeb website
« on: April 18, 2023, 02:12:08 PM »
I see Jack Nowell has been charged by the RFU for comments deemed prejudicial to the interests of the Union and the game following his tweet on the Woodburn tackle.
I can't recall seeing it, but I've certainly see others like Joe Marler and Nick Auterac comment via twitter. Why Nowell?
Also, per Auterac's tweet: if it's acknowledged that we want more personalities in rugby, then why slap them with a disciplinary as soon as someone shows some.. personality?
I can't recall seeing it, but I've certainly see others like Joe Marler and Nick Auterac comment via twitter. Why Nowell?
Also, per Auterac's tweet: if it's acknowledged that we want more personalities in rugby, then why slap them with a disciplinary as soon as someone shows some.. personality?
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: Wasps plan new ?Wasps Nest Stadium? and return to Premiership by 2025-26
« on: April 17, 2023, 03:35:07 PM »
As in, it's a...
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: Ex Wasps signing for new clubs
« on: April 17, 2023, 03:34:32 PM »I don't think Zach's form was helped by his stint at full back last season.
Interesting to see Bassett starting at FB for Quins last weekend - something I don?t think we ever tried.
Also Hartley again doing well in the centres for Sarries - I wonder if we would have seen him appear this season for us in the premiership or whether we would have kept him at Ampthill and for cup games again.
I think almost everyone in our backline bar Bertie played at 15 over the past couple of seasons! I can't remember him ever covering there, though.
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: Baxter on the Beeb website
« on: April 17, 2023, 03:33:29 PM »The 2 yellows make a red rule, is nonsensical (IMO) as Tim Payne will testify. A player can cop an 'accumulative' yellow for the team and just be unlucky. A second yellow and he's off.
Agree this makes less sense these days than "back in the day". I think with the 10 mins in the bin, the card should count as "served" and reset. Pre-sin-bin (when did that come in? c.2000 I think) it made sense that you could accrue cumulative cards.
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: Wasps plan new ?Wasps Nest Stadium? and return to Premiership by 2025-26
« on: April 13, 2023, 02:14:04 PM »
Spot on - thanks for all that info.