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Charles Richardson retweeted
A spectacular missing of the point. Last night’s game was magnificent AND high scoring. It was not magnificent because it was high scoring. Rugby’s power-brokers seem to not have understood the difference yet. This sort of rhetoric doesn’t help.
Yeah, that Gloucester-Bordeaux game was great, but how much better would it have been had it finished 6-6 with no tries scored?!
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A spectacular missing of the point. Last night’s game was magnificent AND high scoring. It was not magnificent because it was high scoring. Rugby’s power-brokers seem to not have understood the difference yet. This sort of rhetoric doesn’t help.
Yeah, that Gloucester-Bordeaux game was great, but how much better would it have been had it finished 6-6 with no tries scored?!
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To the fabulous rugby community of Gloucester, if those team selections do not compel you to attend Kingsholm tomorrow night and see how good your improving side really is, then nothing will. Box office. Oh, and I have it confirmed from Bordeaux that Big Ben at No 5 is no error.
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On Sunday, I had sympathy for Christophe Ridley, George Ford and Chandler Cunningham-South. The “hip drop” tackle law, and its rolling out, is a mess - and it could cause chaos this autumn. telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/…
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On Sunday, I had sympathy for Christophe Ridley, George Ford and Chandler Cunningham-South. The “hip drop” tackle law, and its rolling out, is a mess - and it could cause chaos this autumn. telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/…
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Breaking! Totoa Auvaa has been sacked by Saracens after another late-night fracas. It was Auvaa who triggered the crisis which saw Ben Stokes dramatically retire from international cricket and resign as England's Test captain. More soon @TelegraphRugby
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I rate Archie vdF but it was odd that Jamie Blamire was not PotM in Leicester's win against Gloucester on Friday. The stats now out: most dominant tackles in the Prem round, a try, a turnover - and shoring up the lineout, dominant scrum. Think England should have another look.
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How’s it going over at the WRU? Well…
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Jake Dalziel has 10 minutes of Prem rugby under his belt (maybe not even that), has touched the ball only three or four times, and he already looks as though he could be starting at fly-half for more than half of the sides in the league… today. Amazing prospect.
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Charles Richardson retweeted
Russells or Martins I’d rather have as manager: Ricky Martin Russell Howard Martin Kemp Doc Martin Johnny Russell Ricky Martin Martin Freeman Martin Luther King Russell Hobbs Russell from Up Martin Short Steve Martin Kurt Russell Martin Tyler Martin Goodman Marty McFly
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Mark Rhydderch-Roberts retired as an investment banker at 49 and as chairman of Glamorgan CCC has overseen a generational transformation. He was headhunted to be WRU chair but was dismissed out of hand as he refused to rubber-stamp the existing vision. telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/…
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Mark Rhydderch-Roberts retired as an investment banker at 49 and as chairman of Glamorgan CCC has overseen a generational transformation. He was headhunted to be WRU chair but was dismissed out of hand as he refused to rubber-stamp the existing vision. telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/…
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Four BUCS Super Rugby games had attendances of over 8,000 last season and, this campaign, Clubber are streaking every match - men’s and women’s. It is growing. telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/…
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*streaming. Bloody (funny) autocorrect.
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🏟️ Booming crowds – Bath-Cardiff could attract 10,000 🖥️ All matches live-streamed 🌠 Breeding ground for Champ and Prem talent @CharlesRTel looks at the rise of university rugby ⤵️ telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/…
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Charles Richardson retweeted
‘I got 21 caps and I do think that if I had played my cards right I would have had a World Cup winner’s medal’ Garath Archer tells @CharlesRTel how a disagreement with Clive Woodward over an injury impacted to his England career👇 telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/…
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