Paul Andrew

Rugby fanatic, avid reader and children's rugby coach. Solicitor-Advocate and wannabe writer. Opinions my own.

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It is hard to believe that Maxime Lucu is only the second best scrum half in France!

Well played UBB!

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@markSav94130654 @history99917180 Exactly what I was going to say Mark!

But also check the calendar for hairdresser appointments, and set a reminder on your phone to pay a compliment.

*Not that this is something I have ever done…

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@ASoltorn @thepaulwilliams Except Saints lost the scrum with 7 players not eight and conceded the try. Awful refereeing that decided the game.

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@RJDhowzat @TomStephenson13 @BathRugby @theTRUESPEED Genuinely looking for a discussion here, but Pollock’s hands never went past the ball before taking it. And agree that the tap and go was the wrong choice. But easy to say when watching on TV…

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@ek_rugby Andrew Brace…

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@SaintsRugby Goes to the bin because Saints are on a warning for infringing at line outs (twice). Clearly an offside is the same penalty?

Just as Carreras is invisible when he goes straight off his feet and Pollock gets yellow for ???

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Andrew Brace = Man of the Match!

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@deloreancars @DrHelenFry My father was a chippy on the Mosquito. He told me about this, and that it wasn’t allowed to be talked about, but nobody cared as it worked!

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@ChampionsCup LBB is like a cheat code on Xbox or PlayStation. He is the best player in the world.

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@andymcgeady @ItsOnlyJk @hubiegallagher And 21-42 is well deserved. Could easily have been more. Considering how England were also destroyed by Scotland, how poor must Wales be? Borthwick has some really difficult questions to answer.

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@hubiegallagher @ItsOnlyJk @andymcgeady Arundell’s hands were under the ball last week, but not on the ball. It may be split second, it may be a matter of centimetres, but you can’t hit a man in the air with hands on the ball unless your hands are also on ball. Fair challenge is allowed, but you can’t play the man.

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@ItsOnlyJk @andymcgeady If the Irish player had hands on the ball I would agree, but the Englishman had his hands on the ball and the Irish player hit him, in the air, not the ball. It may be a matter of centimetres, but it is still a penalty. Ireland miles better so it won’t change anything!

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@ItsOnlyJk @andymcgeady Timings were different, agreed, but a jump into a man with hands on the ball getting nowhere near the ball. If defender lands badly it could easily have been a card. The key thing is that the Irish player was not in a realistic position to catch the ball ahead of the defender.

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@andymcgeady Explain why? I have tried to make my point. You have not said why you disagree. Please explain. I welcome debate.

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@andymcgeady Arundell never took his eyes off the ball and hit the man who had hands on the ball. Same as the Irish defender, who didn’t get near the ball and hit the English defender who had his hands on the ball.

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@Richard66173180 @AviationMarlene Ask @RAF_Luton who have 7175 Canberras on hand?

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@Openside77tkj @rugby_ap That wasn’t clear on the angles I saw on TV. Not saying it wasn’t forward, but the usual multitude of angles were not shown.

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@RugbyInsideLine The kick wasn’t an awful choice, but the execution was poor, and it was telegraphed: all the rest of the backs were flat and static giving no suggestion of anything other than a DG attempt. It looked tired in body and mind.

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@phildavis61 Like the “no arms” Cowan-Dickie tackle where at least one arm went up to wrap, the referee got it wrong. Like England “knock-on” from Genge which went forward off a foot. Shit happens. Most games could be refereed differently from replays, but we just look forward. Painfully.