Rugby Union (was 2014-15, now an ongoing thread)

[PaulWinch again]

Loyalty is a problem and like I said I think May deserved to be dropped, but everyone has to have the same treatment. Goode and Barritt shouldn't be anywhere near the squad.

[paul_e]

So same team and bench except Nowell and Goode in for May and Brown, how very predictable.

I do wish he stop going back to the 'safe' options any time he has a selection dilemma, There's better options at fullback than a guy who is a 10 who' been played out of position for most of his career.  He's slow for a premiership fullback, at international level it's painful to watch him trundling around.

[Dante Lavelli]

Saints v Quinns just starting on BT Sport.

[UK Redsox]

I see that the plan to stop promotion/relegation between the top two teams in England is back on the table.

I don't know who's leading the push this time. Previously it was Rob Andrew and Newcastle, who conveniently forgot that without promotion they wouldn't have been in the top division.

[UK Redsox]

Here's something I've been meaning to do for a while......

When the leagues started in 1987/88, The Mighty Lyd were put in Tier 4 in what was called "Area League South".
In the close to three decades since then, we've been up one division for a couple of seasons and down one division for a season. We're currently back where we started.
However, where are the other teams that started off with us in Area League South.


Here you go..........
• Askeans (Tier 10 - Kent 2)
• Camborne (Tier 6 - South West 1 West)
• Cheltenham (Tier 7 - Western Counties North)
• Havant (Tier 6 - London 1 South)
• Lydney (Tier 4 - Same as 1987/88)
• Salisbury (Tier 7 - Southern Counties South)
• Sidcup (Tier 6 - London 1 South)
• Southend (Tier 4 - Same as 1987/88)
• Streatham-Croydon (Tier 11 - Surrey 3)
• Stroud (Tier 8 - Gloucestershire Premier)
• Sudbury (Tier 8 - London 3 North East)

So, that's us and Southend where we started and everyone else two divisions below or more. No team who started out with us has made any sustained progress up the leagues.
(NB - current divisions were check on team websites this morning. I'm hoping they were up to date)

[paul_e]

Saints v Quinns just starting on BT Sport.

Was a very good game, Lawes looked like he'd never missed a day let alone 2 months, the guy is a machine.

[Proposition Joe]

Sigh.  Looks like we've turned up as the Cowardly Lion again today.

[Proposition Joe]

That was better.  But Ireland look very strong in the tackle.

[Pete3206]

England can win this.

[PaulWinch again]

We're going to lose this, our game plan isn't right.

[PaulWinch again]

Really ill disciplined performance. You can't give away penalties like this.

[PaulWinch again]

Poor, not good enough at all.

[PaulWinch again]

Terrible and woeful from Goode.

[Pete3206]

Shite

[PaulWinch again]

What a fucking dreadful weekend of sport.