Rugby Union 2013-14

[paul_e]

It appears to be a bit damp under foot at The Stoop

It is rather isn't it, lots of standing water. A bit of rugby from Saints to score the try...6-13  with about 8 to go.
Sale beating Newcastle 14-12 oh hold on scratch that Newcastle winning 15-14 now. If Newcastle win this it won't do Warriors many favours!!!

quins vs saints was a great game given the conditions, Wood and Foden outclassed Robshaw and Brown and Burrell was quality, nailed on man of the match, the competition in the centres for England is frightening, there are 5-6 guys that you can't leave out right now, lovely to see all the depth that's appearing for us.  The next world cup might be a season too early but we're going to dominate the northern hemisphere for years soon, I can see us and NZ making a pretty big gap at the top before long.

[PGW]

It appears to be a bit damp under foot at The Stoop

It is rather isn't it, lots of standing water. A bit of rugby from Saints to score the try...6-13  with about 8 to go.
Sale beating Newcastle 14-12 oh hold on scratch that Newcastle winning 15-14 now. If Newcastle win this it won't do Warriors many favours!!!

quins vs saints was a great game given the conditions, Wood and Foden outclassed Robshaw and Brown and Burrell was quality, nailed on man of the match, the competition in the centres for England is frightening, there are 5-6 guys that you can't leave out right now, lovely to see all the depth that's appearing for us.  The next world cup might be a season too early but we're going to dominate the northern hemisphere for years soon, I can see us and NZ making a pretty big gap at the top before long.

Newcastle held on to win 15-14.

All Blacks v South Africa on at 08:35 in morning.

[paul_e]

That's a big win for Newcastle, I thought they'd struggle this season but fair play to Richards, he's got them playing as a solid unit, I guess it was 5 kicks which means the creativity might still be a problem though, which was my concern looking at their squad.

[UK Redsox]

I spent a few years playing seconds at Old Pats, between football, when I was younger. Well, young.

How long ago was that C-Lion ?

[taylorsworkrate]

Hmmm, Australia lucky to beat Argentina this morning.

The Lions success looks less and less impressive, and to lose a match is looking pretty poor now.

[UK Redsox]

"We are top of the league, we are top of the league"

[PGW]

I haven't seen any highlights or read any reports but that was a shite result for Worcester Warriors yesterday....only 2 games gone and already i think favourites for the drop. They have to beat London Irish at home!! They failed simple as that.

[paul_e]

Sarries vs Glaws - Nick wood red card after 70 seconds for stamping on Berger's head, right in front of the ref, utterly stupid.

[paul_e]

Sarries vs Glaws - Nick wood red card after 70 seconds for stamping on Berger's head, right in front of the ref, utterly stupid.

Despite that 10-12 glaws in the lead, Burns has been immaculate, 12trees and Trinder have been very good as well.  For Sarries Billy V is looking like a beast and their pack are dominant but they're making a lot of handling errors.

[paul_e]

Numbers made the difference in the end and sarries take the 5 points, Barnes made a couple of very harsh calls against glaws though, particularly to give a yellow against glaws for pulling down the maul (right decision) but then no yellow for wigglesworth 10 minutes later for blatantly cutting out quick ball at the breakdown when he was offside, definitive professional foul, Wigglesworth actually looked embarrassed not to have been yellow'd.  Glaws need to work on their scrum though, they don't seem to know how to handle the new regulations.

[cheltenhamlion]

Stourbridge mullered DK on Saturday.

[cheltenhamlion]

You ever get the impression its not your year? I do, with Glaws this season.

[paul_e]

You ever get the impression its not your year? I do, with Glaws this season.

They've got the same problem they've had for a while, the front 5 isn't good enough, which is odd given it's been the glaws strength for a long time until the last 7-8years, in Burns they've got the best 10 in the league though, and 12trees and trinder are a superb pairing in the centre, those 3 showed signs of clicking on saturday but 14 men for 79 minutes is a nightmare.

[lovejoy]

Only Saints on Saturday!!

[PaulWinch again]

But Cameron tweeted on Tuesday: "It was great to welcome you and the team to No 10. No need to apologise - I know it was just a bit of fun."

That's a pretty decent response from Cameron in relation to the Tuilagi incident. He could have made a lot more fuss.