Geoff Harding

Wannabe allrounder for Currie & Balerno CC. Views are entirely my own.

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@Oom_Rugby Could you manage two THs? Scotland will need someone to replace WP Nel. TIA!

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@thistlerugbypod SRU announce new 3rd pro team - the Scottish Claymores playing at SG Murrayfield.

To ensure desired engagement from both the Borders and the Caledonia region, they’ve opted for a mutually (in)convenient base.

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@thistlerugbypod Schoeman must be in there.

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@rugby_ap @rugby365com For the record, Dupont is a better scrummager than Os du Randt, a better finisher than Bryan Habana and a better WC winning captain than Francois Pienaar!

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@halfwayupmiddle Sco 133-7 don’t get enough on the board and Eng chase it 4 down with a couple of overs to spare.

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@ScottyCricket It’s Newfield in July 2020 and an intra-club match for Currie & Balerno CC.

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@ToppersSnr @MattersCounty The lack of terrestrial cricket is a big factor. I grew up watching Test cricket on the BBC and fell in love with the game that way, but there wasn’t any cricket for so long. I’m not convinced by the 100, but at least some of it is freely available for kids to watch.

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@FromLe2 @thepaulwilliams He was massively overrated! His tactical kicking was virtually non-existent and his distribution skills probably needed work.

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@SamLStandsUp Tigers should be docked points for using letters rather than numbers in their team announcement! This is a new low.

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@MediumPaceDobb1 Foakes was rested last week at the ECB’s request. Surely they wouldn’t “manage” his game time if they’re not intending to pick him?

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@legsidelizzy Ian Moore’s Follet Valley are worth trying for “cosy crime”. Slightly different, but I’ve enjoyed Ben Aaronovitch’s Rivers of London series too.

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@RugbyInsideLine Finn Russell. He’s like the Lionel Messi of rugby!

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@mr2dans @WG_RumblePants To be fair, Notts proved you can lose in 4 days (or less) #collapse

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@SamLStandsUp Give it to the biggest lad and watch him run sideways trying to find a gap. Mainly used by school sides (and Scotland).

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@IsabelAphrael @archer_rs You do, but they’re oversized Princess castles and you call them Disneyland!

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@CountyChamp Surrey
Yorkshire
Elgar
Harmer

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@edjenx Looks ok to me! In from the side, lifted above horizontal and driven into the floor; probably penalty Munster for 20 blue offside.

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@thistlerugbypod This is crazy! With the demise of the Super 6, SW Edinburgh is now massively underrepresented and must be next in line for a pro team?

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@AllBlazeNoGlory Am I the only one who thinks we shouldn’t see this as a glorified A tour? We obviously need to manage workloads and blood some youngsters, but I’d expect to see a decent core team of established players (inc Finn/Darge if they stay as co-captains).

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@R055JM @thistlerugbypod I thought he was quick to give that without an obvious grounding, but he’d probably have been justified to give a penalty try after the repeat infringements on the goal line.