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  1. Lee Grant

    Northern Hemisphere Rugby Season 14/15

    ^^^^^^ Yeah - Paul Mitchell and John Beattie do a good job. Beattie was in good form: for those who didn't watch the game there's a link to some of his quotes here: http://www.greenandgoldrugby.com/community/threads/rugby-quotes-of-the-week.12578/page-8 - post #156 .
  2. Lee Grant

    Northern Hemisphere Rugby Season 14/15

    It's just as well Munster got back on the horse after losing three in a row and playing some ordinary footie while doing so. Against Leinster they just played basic rugby, well-executed; it can be a simple game if the other team is off their feed. They were pretty savage on defence though, and...
  3. Lee Grant

    Rugby Quotes of the Week

    ^^^^^^^^^^ Good spotting Sully - I don't think that commentator Robbie Nock made the funny remark deliberately; nor realised he had done so afterwards. Munster v Leinster Co-commentator John Beattie was in good form on Boxing Day: The forwards of both sides were willing: They're like two...
  4. Lee Grant

    Northern Hemisphere Rugby Season 14/15

    A good win by Clermont against Castres despite getting a red card just before oranges. Tales didn't have his kicking boots on and gets sacked but who is there to replace him as kicker but Parra? Handy. Chouly and Fofana again brilliant for Clermont: Chouly must be the form no. 8 in Europe...
  5. Lee Grant

    Scrum Talk

    It's an understandable boo-boo because there's a few Aussies there. QH was probably thinking about Peter Kimlin, another second row, but other Aussies like Jono Owen, Henry Vanderglas, and Anthony Hegarty are there also. .
  6. Lee Grant

    Rugby - not set pieces

    I see that Wasps have moved their home ground from Adams Park, High Wycombe, north-west of London, to Ricoh Arena in Coventry, which is handy to Birmingham, and incidentally is also close to the birthplace of rugby, Rugby. It's not their first move: in earlier years the club had been based at...
  7. Lee Grant

    Reds 2015

    A good, skilful big engined player. He's got all the attributes to be a good Sevens player, as has the aforementioned Gunn. It's just a matter of how he can use them to fit in with the game of Sevens, compared to how the incumbents are doing the same. Better still if he has some little...
  8. Lee Grant

    Wallaby 31 players for 2015 RWC

    Correct .
  9. Lee Grant

    Shute Shield 2015

    No more discussion about this theme thank you. I don't care if you are right or wrong - or half of each. Don't care really - I am more concerned with the general health of our forums. Thank you and a Merry Xmas to all. .
  10. Lee Grant

    Waratahs 2015

    Ah - Damien Cummins, The Turtle—I've told this story before. I am usually well-behaved at footie games, but I'm a Rats fan and Manly are the enemies. I did my best sledge ever, on the Turtle, near the end of his career, after he threw a crooked throw at Rat Park for Manly right in front of...
  11. Lee Grant

    Waratahs 2015

    The Tahs had a pre-Xmas hitout this morning mixed up with some of the Gen Blue players who have been training with them. It was full-on, with Andrew Lees refereeing. Because of the NRC and the need to rest players, the pre-season training of the Aussie teams will be shortened this year, and...
  12. Lee Grant

    Waratahs 2015

    Now all you need is a key. But seriously Nicko, are there any Sydney-based tight head prospects that you can recommend for the Tahs come 2016? .
  13. Lee Grant

    Rugby Quotes of the Week

    Toulon v. Leicester Round 4 ERCC Leicester loose head prop Marcos Ayerza takes out Toulon scrummie Sébastien Tillous-Borde from a ruck before the ball is picked up. He is pinged. Ex-Leicester scrumhalf Austin Healey: I remember the good old days when you used to be able to dummy from the...
  14. Lee Grant

    Waratahs 2015

    Allan (THP) is the star of the Ala'alotoa family but he plays for the Brumbies. LHP (mainly, though he played THP in the NRC) Mike is huge but his scrummaging doesn't seem to be exceptional. LHP Mitch Lewis of Manly and the Rays got a bit of NRC ink (mainly for his "own try" effort), but his...
  15. Lee Grant

    2015 IRB Junior Rugby World Cup - Italy

    NSW Under 20s had a terrific advantage in 2014 in their warm-up games and I am convinced that flowed through to the National U20 Competition [NUC] in Canberra. Cheika said: I want them to play games, I want them to play five or six games so we can really see these lads and what they’ve got...
  16. Lee Grant

    2015 IRB Junior Rugby World Cup - Italy

    My missus was a redhead before she turned blonde - they can be fiery, which has some connection with smokey. I looked up Backhouse in one of my old programmes and he was playing Under 16s in the nationals in 2011 as a second row, which would make him Under 20 in 2015 - but I can't remember...
  17. Lee Grant

    2015 IRB Junior Rugby World Cup - Italy

    Boo - I can't give that a "like", but good luck to him. I'm not saying he was Super Rugby material but it was a comfort to see a good no-frills second rower come out of nowhere and serve Australia well in his Under 20 year. I hope that there are one or two similar second rows who will appear...
  18. Lee Grant

    2015 IRB Junior Rugby World Cup - Italy

    Those players mentioned will be strong contenders and if there are others better than them it will be "betterer" still for Oz. Likewise for my comments on NSW players. Am I right in saying that there were more Queenslanders playing in the 2014 NRC that are U/20 candidates for 2015, than NSW...
  19. Lee Grant

    2015 IRB Junior Rugby World Cup - Italy

    According to coach Thompson, that was the case. If it happens it will be a good thing for both parties I reckon—there's nothing official at the moment. I think the Kiwis are getting a bit nervous about their recent performances in the JWC (i.e. not finishing first). Although our results...
  20. Lee Grant

    Rats Academy

    I hear that the Rats are doing well in getting new sponsorship and will set up an academy - and also one in Melbourne. Talk is cheap though - let's see the details. .
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