Drew
Bob Davidson (42)
No it’s good Pones there, injured, againTalk about scraping the bottom of the barrel
No it’s good Pones there, injured, againTalk about scraping the bottom of the barrel
As opposed to HJH (Harry Johnson-Holmes) and his wonderful track record of healthNo it’s good Pones there, injured, again
HJH (Harry Johnson-Holmes) and Talaki have at least played 3 games over there, compared to Pones how many?As opposed to HJH (Harry Johnson-Holmes) (Harry Johnson-Holmes) and his wonderful track record of health
our tight head stocks below Tupou and AAA are dire
I’d be getting Dan Palmer on a cheeseburger diet and throwing him out there
HJH (Harry Johnson-Holmes) (Harry Johnson-Holmes) and Talaki have at least played 3 games over there, compared to Pones how many?
I can see that being the best option. It just seems all props are injury prone, Bell didn’t play much Super Rugby this year due to injury. So I’d be managing Bells workload so we don’t lose him along with Tupou. I understand depth is an issue, but other than Tupou, we should have the best fit options available and not risk one of our better players in Bell.Would you be doing anything different if these guys were in the squad?
I'd still be starting Slipper at THP as our second best prop.
It was more about getting Bell, who played virtually no Super Rugby this year through a seemingly innocuous incident, through this tournament. We can agree he is important to our campaign, right? We had two vital games to get to the quarterfinals, we lost the first one, so yeah, all hands on deck for Wales.It’s last chance saloon now, no point resting players
It was more about getting Bell, who played virtually no Super Rugby this year through a seemingly innocuous incident, through this tournament.
My comments were more related to the overall tournament. Which probably doesn’t belong on a match thread. Thankfully he made it through the Fijian game, so yeah, play him for 80 if necessary to get the win and hopefully move to the quartersI am assuming they are very happy with where he is at physically and by virtue of what his injury was and how it was repaired, he's not at risk of re-injurying it.
Now that he's ramped back up, he should be able to play big minutes because he hasn't played a lot of minutes this year and is very fresh.
If anything you play him against Wales, manage his minutes if you need to play him vs portugal then we have 2 weeks before finals.My comments were more related to the overall tournament. Which probably doesn’t belong on a match thread. Thankfully he made it through the Fijian game, so yeah, play him for 80 if necessary to get the win and hopefully move to the quarters
Don't think you really got the gist of the message.The best part of Qwerty's rant is the introductory sentence...
Yep. I’m with you on thatIf anything you play him against Wales, manage his minutes if you need to play him vs portugal then we have 2 weeks before finals.
Natroious S.H.I.GWhile Shiggins is notorious for his frequent rants against referees, others on here have also raised most of the issues he listed above.
However, without appearing to go the whole hog with him and claiming the officiating was affected by what happened in the previous game, what idiot would appoint a Welsh ref to a game involving both of the main opponents of the Welsh team when the result could be seen to support the progression of that Welsh team? Very bad optics in my opinion.