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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: Cheating double standards?
« on: March 04, 2020, 08:02:01 AM »
IIRC The accusation was also that we had a weakened team due to long injury list, wasn’t it ever thus 
, so it was in our interests to postpone.
, so it was in our interests to postpone.
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: Cheating double standards?
« on: March 03, 2020, 10:57:32 PM »The Pizzagate episode happened because of something that happened a few weeks before when one of our forwards nearly drowned after being trapped face-down in liquid mud at the bottom of a prolonged ruck playing at Watford. Wasps had discussions about it with the RFU/PRL and it had been decided that if such conditions happened again the match shouldn't be played. Wasps asked the ref to examine the mud along the Stockport pitch sidelines and the ref decreed there was too much liquid mud. This was told to me by a Premiership ref, and was confirmed by the forward concerned before he transferred to....Sale
I went up for that game as my mate was a Sale season ticket holder and he’d “borrowed” a season tick from a friend who wasn’t going. I’d been the previous season and so knew a few of the guys. We were in a famous pub when word came out that something was wrong, boy did I get some stick.
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: Every word Lee Blackett said after Wasps moved into Premiership top six
« on: March 02, 2020, 06:09:40 PM »
What doesn’t seem to get discussed is the number of times they’ve conceded tries right at the death of the game? Is it lack of confidence or lack of concentration, whichever it’s been very costly.
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: Do you, or did you play?
« on: March 02, 2020, 05:34:40 PM »
Learnt to play at the Army Apprentice College, Harrogate, and coached by our Squadron Cpl who was involved in the Wales setup. Continued after I graduated but wasn’t really big or fast enough, although my tackling technique was sound, and after a year at Squadron level stopped playing when I was posted to Cyprus.
I ran the Regimental Rugby Club bar for a while if that also counts 🍺?
Outside centre or wing.
I ran the Regimental Rugby Club bar for a while if that also counts 🍺?
Outside centre or wing.
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: 6N and CVC
« on: March 01, 2020, 10:04:28 AM »
According to Wiki:
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Category B
Category B events can be shown on pay television, provided sufficient secondary coverage (highlights, delayed broadcast, etc.) is made to free-to-air broadcasters. As of 2000, the events covered by this category are:[4]
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Rugby union:
World Cup (excluding the final)
Six Nations Championship matches involving the Home Nations
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"Code on Sports and Other Listed and Designated Events" (PDF). Ofcom. March 2008. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2011-01-25.
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: Other results
« on: February 29, 2020, 10:14:00 PM »Didn’t see what team Sarries had out today but again really emphasises how good we were last week against them, especially when they’d beaten an in form sale, with largely the same team the week before.I've just read a comment elsewhere from someone who watched it, a Wasps fan so I hope he won't mind me copying it here:
Hope we can play with the same freedom against Irish as we did last week
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Saints really threw it away. Reinbach really upset the ref, got warned any more chat and he'd be off, then passed directly to Ben Earl from a lineout for an easy run in try. Several other schoolboy errors when they (Saints) went down to 13 men. Dan Biggar had to be helped off the pitch, looked a big doubt for next week.
I don't like seeing players go off and I hope Biggar's available for next week's game against England, much as I hate his dancing around before he kicks
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: Wasps on Mental Health & Will Wilson
« on: February 28, 2020, 03:31:53 PM »
There's been a big push around mental health from veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan because of the high incidence in their community. A recent theme was Strong Not Silent to encourage people to talk and seek help.
Its good that the rest of society is moving in that direction and Will is to be commended for his openness, hopefully it will encourage others not to suffer in silence.
Its good that the rest of society is moving in that direction and Will is to be commended for his openness, hopefully it will encourage others not to suffer in silence.
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: Injury Updates
« on: February 27, 2020, 08:51:37 PM »
I wonder if Minozzi will need to go in to some sort of quarantine when he comes back?
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: Shields on Rugby Pod
« on: February 27, 2020, 04:15:57 PM »It's a bit annoying that rugby pod and Flats on highlights talk more about how bad Sarries were rather than how good we were
Full game's on premiershiprugby.com so we can make up our own minds. I haven't watched it yet as my Internet's been down since Monday and got repaired today.
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: EA Game Thread
« on: February 22, 2020, 10:56:54 AM »
Great highlights, looking forward to seeing the full game.
And what about TTs pass for the 3rd try? Is he audition for a 9 or 10 spot?
Edit: I see I wasn't the only one to spot that, comments passed in posting
And what about TTs pass for the 3rd try? Is he audition for a 9 or 10 spot?
Edit: I see I wasn't the only one to spot that, comments passed in posting
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: EA Game Thread
« on: February 21, 2020, 09:33:02 PM »
Wow, just got home and seen the score.
You can only get 5pts in the league but at this rate they'll wipe out the points difference which may have an impact at the end of the season.
You can only get 5pts in the league but at this rate they'll wipe out the points difference which may have an impact at the end of the season.
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: Eddie's At It Again
« on: February 21, 2020, 05:29:47 PM »And if we call Daly a centre (which he is IMO) then that's just ONE winger in the whole 23!!!
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When he first played FB for England I remember looking up the number of times he'd played FB for us for a discussion on a sailing forum and was quite surprised at how many times he'd played there.
That said, I think you're right, not least because he appears to have lost a little bit of pace to be a winger, or maybe its just other wingers are now faster.
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: Statement
« on: February 18, 2020, 07:06:08 PM »I'm gutted that Dai has gone, he's done so so much for this club. After the initial success of the move to Coventry the last couple of years have eerily reminded me as a former Leeds Utd fan of what happened all those years ago to them.
I was a regular at Elland Road in the late '60s and early '70s before Army service took me off and I didn't get there much after that, 1974 was my last game. I was down in the Falkland for the war when the news came through in '82 that they'd been relegated, I didn't really have time to worry about it but was gutted for a while.
I still keep an occasional eye on how their doing but as I stopped being interested in soccer in the late '90s/2000s It is very occasional.
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: Statement
« on: February 18, 2020, 02:01:39 PM »End of an era. Massive thanks to Dai and all he's done for the club. I wish him every success in his future endeavours.
This +1