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Tamerlin
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Toulouse (South-western France)
Apr 2002
time: 06:18
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Originally posted by LDiCesare
Tamerlin, I managed to see Castres-Agen yesterday (my parents have Sport +, so Xmas has good sides when you get to go to your parents so children can get presents, I get to watch rugby). Delaigue is still as good as he used to be (a few nice drop-goals and generally better play than his vis-a-vis). |
I did not see the game but I have been told that it was a good game. For what I have seen this year, Yann Delaigue is proving that he is still very good... and that the Toulousains should have done the necessary to keep him. As I said when he played his last game for the Stade Toulousain at Ernest Wallon: "we are going to miss him".
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Pau's fate is saddening however. This used to be a good club  , though never top-notch. Their scoring zero point is certainly gratifying for the Toulousains but then it really looks silly to have 16 clubs competing when we see scores like that. And let's not talk about Auch. What's the point of playing that many games in the season when you know the winner of most of them in advance? |
I agree with, this is fortunately the last year with so many clubs, their number should be reduced to 14 next year though, IMO, 12 would have been better. What is really bothering me is that historical clubs will fade into the shadows of history and oblivion. Who will remember the exploits of the Football Club de Lourdes or of the Union Sportive Dacquoise? But, IMO, that is a price to pay if we want our game to survive to the professional era. Of course, I agree that it is easier to profess that twelve teams would be enough when you are sure to be a part of the chosen ones
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Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy
Jan 1970
time: 06:18
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 Went up the coast to a friend's place for the week between Bah Humbug and the other event. The house is right on the beach. It was cold and windy the whole week. I could have sat here at home for a week being miserable!
Anyway, whomever or whatever the French newspaper L'Equipe might be, they selected a World XV for 2004. Lawrence Dallaglio? They obviously felt obliged to select a Pom and Nose's name came out of the hat. L'Equipe is obviously what we might call the next best thing to dunny paper.
The team:
Mils Muliaina (NZ); Joe Rokocoko (NZ), Brian O'Driscoll (Ire), Matt Giteau (Aus), Lote Tuqiri (Aus); Ronan O'Gara (Ire), George Gregan (Aus); Os du Randt (SA), William Servat (Fra), Sylvain Marconnet (Fra), Victor Matfield (SA), Paul O'Connell (Ire), Schalk Burger (SA), George Smith (Aus), Lawrence Dallaglio (Eng).
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LDiCesare
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La Ferté sous Jouarre France
Jan 2001
time: 05:18
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L'Equipe is the daily sports magazine in France. They are less reliable than the Midi Olympique as far as rugby is concerned (Midi Olympique, or Midol, is weekly and dedicated solely to rugby - though you may see some corrida stuff on the last page at the right season).
Indeed looks like they looked for Englishman to put in the list.
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Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy
Jan 1970
time: 06:18
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Thanks for that. I assume Italy doesn't have a rugby magazine of any description.
I've just finished watching a replay of the Leicester -v- Wasps return HC match. Yes, that's how backward and behind the times this country is. Gee, Leicester really let Wasps into the match with the idiotic pass that was intercepted by Abbott. And there was almost another one a couple of minutes later. Wasps hadn't had a sniff prior to the interception and it lifted them. Still, Leicester were superior on the day, playing some terrific rugby mixed in with some rubbish.
Harry Ellis looks like a very good player. Why he isn't in an England jersey, I have no idea. He's got George Gregan's cheek, nerve and aggression. And fine skills, too. Corry was a bit of a revelation with his mobility. He didn't show it against us. OTOH, I suppose Wasps didn't have a George Smith or Phil Waugh to make him look like a statue. Kay looks to be returning to some form, fullback Murphy is class from top to toe, and it was a pleasure to see J**** reffing a match again.
I was heartened, though, to see VD's limp version of a tackle on Hoadley that allowed him to offload for one of the Wasps' props to score a try. He was hanging onto Hoadley's hand like he was asking him out for a date. And probably was. Havak will probably counter with a mention of VD's contribution to the hooker's try down the sideline. Except that it patently obviously wasn't a try. The laws of physics say so. Obviously J**** had given the touchie The Stare.
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Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy
Jan 1970
time: 06:18
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Originally posted by Havak
The Chuter try against Wasps? I’m at the far end of the ground from where he scored and even I didn’t think that was a try. Definitely a Jonno stare as you say.  |
But I'm sure you still celebrated it!
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Two more league results over the holiday:
Tiger 50 Worcester 7
Gloucester 13 Tigers 28 |
Sorry, didn't notice.  But I did notice that Worcester hauled themselves off the bottom of the table. What would happen if, say, Quins finished bottom? Would they go down? Or would the Old Boys' Club save them?
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I thought that the first interception was Gibson trying to chip Abbott and getting it spectacularly wrong? Or was that the second faux pas? |
Yes, it was the intercepted chip that led to the try. There was almost an intercepted pass not much later, almost as idiotic as the attempted chip.
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Lets be fair and say it was Smith and Waugh who contained him (though both would find him a handful in the loose I suspect). That was his most muted performance for 12 months so you have to suspect the oppo had a huge hand in that fact. |
They didn't give him time or space to spit. In the loose might be a different matter, as you say.
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Bad news however is that he dislocated his elbow at Glaws on Sunday and it looked evil. At least six weeks out which is good news for Wales and France – not to mention Biarritz this Sunday. |
It's bad luck. Even more so if Nose ends up putting his hand up for the job.
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He is getting more like his 2003 self. He should make a fine partner for Deacon when you know who hangs the boots up (and becomes a full time referee). |
I liked the way he quietly and efficiently clipped Lewsey on the chin on his way to tell the ref he'd made an outrageous mistake giving a penalty to Wasps. If you were at the opposite end to the non-try, it must have been somewhere near you.
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Murphy looks like a Lions fullback to me – see if you can catch his solo try against Worcester – and the one he made for Ellis too (a cheaky chip through). |
I can't imagine him not being the Lions fullback on the effort I saw. He's a bona fide fullback, I don't think Robinson is. Robinson can take the wing.
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VD you will be pleased to hear has strained his hammy again. It seems likely he will be released at the end of the season to me. A shame but you can’t live on past glory forever.  |
Goodoh. So the pins I've been sticking in the VD doll have worked. If you see him doubled over clutching his nuts, blame the pins.
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22-12-2004 16:25
Tamerlin doesn't know what he's missing!
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