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Season 6- Episode 17- Can't Have it Both Ways (Premiership Round 12)
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On this episode of the show featuring those American rugby knuckleheads, we are back into the Prem and talking about all the action in this round before a nice long 6 Nations break. We cover everything from the Stoop, the Gardens, the Gate, the StoneX and Kingsholm. All that and oh so much more. Be sure to keep an eye out for our 6 Nations previews special as well. In any case, kick back, grab something to drink and have a laugh with us.
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Transcript
Introduction to Fantasy Rugby Angst
00:00:03
Speaker
It is. The fantasy rugby angst. My name is Jared Dyke. I wanted to say it's stupid and let's move on, but then you kept going. I'm Ben Glauser. I don't like any way anybody handled that. Collusion. Collusion.
Premiership Weekend Highlights and Six Nations Preview
00:00:26
Speaker
Hey, everybody. Welcome back. It is the fancy rugby angst. My name is Jared Dyke.
00:00:33
Speaker
I'm Ben Glauser. We're in. Let's go, baby. Um, lots to talk about, but not a lot to talk about, I guess. I don't know how the heck you want to describe it. Look, to me, this is like, we had the most fun premiership weekend in a long time. And then we have six nations coming up. I, I am, this is a very, I'm a good head space. Yeah. No, I'm excited about this. Yeah. And going into this weekend. I agree.
00:01:00
Speaker
Yeah, I've been excited for an episode for a bit to be honest, but that's okay. Not that I haven't been looking forward to doing it. It's just like, this one is like, ooh, Six Nations preview is always fun. It's different. It's different. Right. It does. Let's pop them. Oh yes. No glass for me today. My kitchen's a mess, so I'm not even trying. I'm not going to be trying to wash those glasses, man. Just straight out of the can. See myself with dishes. Find us on your favorite podcast app. Download great review. Share.
00:01:29
Speaker
All the good things. Um, speaking of share, we do appreciate our good friend, George, the fancy where we geek sharing all the hell out of us and a bunch of other wonderful people. Uh, but do make sure that if you are someone, especially if you're someone playing the six nations official game and you're reading his column, please contribute to the cause and buy him a coffee or beer because the man is worth it. And as you read his material, you will figure that out very, very quickly. He's a legend for a reason.
00:02:01
Speaker
Legend, dairy.
Media Accountability and Racism Discussion
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Speaker
There is no discrimination here on this podcast, nor should there be in sports or in life. We got a Ludlow Ludlum problem again, and it's just plain old embarrassing. Right. This time from US, from our Associated Press, who when Raheem Morris was hired to coach the Atlanta Falcons,
00:02:28
Speaker
in their tweet, they added in the article, they included a picture of Giro Averro, who is the while also African-American. In this case, he's the defensive coordinator for the Carolina Panthers, not Raheem Morris. Very not Raheem Morris. Yes. I saw it live and they were getting roasted and good.
00:02:54
Speaker
The fuck are we still doing? And then then we came up with an apology tweet that also mislabeled. It was inaccurate. They had to pull it down to because it was a wrong another get another like a wrong photo and all that shit. So just, you know, clean it the fuck up like. It's do some sort of quality control and, you know, not just like, I mean, like.
00:03:22
Speaker
Most like you and me publishing something stupid is one thing, but when you have an editor that's also cocking that up, it's like, all right, what the hell? Who signed that off and why? Like they didn't even look at it. But that's also just how shitty it is because you really don't see this happening to white people. They're like, oh yeah, that's, you know, that's Mike McCarthy. He's getting hired as somebody else, blah, blah, blah, even though he probably shouldn't. But, you know, they'll get the rubber glove treatment or they, you know, I'm sorry, the kick glove treatment.
00:03:52
Speaker
Um, yeah, even as more minorities are, are being hired to head coach and succeeding at it. Um, we're still seeing the, the, the, the not subtle at all racism of you don't matter. And that's kind of bullshit. Not so subtle guys. Not so subtle. The fuck man. I'm not saying be subtle about it. I'm saying just don't do it. Like, yeah. Yeah. Maybe that's the point. You don't make, you know, it's, it,
00:04:23
Speaker
Don't be a dick is all. I think that's dickery. That's just like, oh, we, they literally do not care. That's bullshit. Yes. Yes. Is it's just, I, yeah, I, I'm, I'm at a loss and I, I wish I could give some. Nope. Nope. I'm out. There's nothing there guys. We're, we're, we're in trouble. It's all it is plain and simple.
00:04:55
Speaker
We're fucked. Everybody cover your ass and head down. Anyway, um, let's begin head down sort of, uh, grab our Patreon.
Fantasy Rugby Strategy: Expected Points Analysis
00:05:05
Speaker
We are, we did our, we did our first spin with the, the expected points. Obviously we're not going to be able to do that with six nations or anything like that. Um, I do plan on trying to do similar with six nations that I did with champions cup and try and get like, uh, a pounds per point, something like that. Now that I can start it early and not have to cover so many looking players.
00:05:25
Speaker
This week it'll be a little bit better. Uh, we do have to put together the sheet for posting later, but that's all right. So that's there. Um, grab ahold of that and hang on for fun. There will be boom bus this week. I will not have as much of a headache to do it. I was in the middle of it last week and it crashed. I was like, no scientists. That's not happening. Uh,
00:05:52
Speaker
a moment, a moment of silence. Anyway, let's go to Quinn's and Tiger's.
Game Recaps: Quinn's vs Tigers, Bristol vs Bath, Saints vs Falcons
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Speaker
Just fast forward to the first, fast forward through the first half and this is a decent game. Just don't watch the first half. Right. Part of the Nick David try. That's about it.
00:06:15
Speaker
Yeah, I know what's going on. No, the second half was we got got entertaining. And to me, it was. Yeah, you don't have Marcus Smith as Quinn's now. I don't care who else. Like is out. I don't care that you're missing Don Brandt because Chisholm, as I said last week, could play eight and play it extremely well. And I thought he did. I thought he was a completely fine stand in. Will Evans was fantastic.
00:06:45
Speaker
Yeah. Really only the, and you know, you're back three line of David, Tara and greed, like Esther Hayes and Will Joseph. That's your, yeah, that's your back. You know, unless, you know, once Marley is, is a healthier, um, yeah, he came on, right? He came in like, this is it. So really the differences is, uh, your nine and 10 was, was the major difference here, which is scary. Cause. Quiz are have do have a lot out. Oh, Max green, you helmet. He was not total fucking muppet. Uh,
00:07:15
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dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb. And they spent, they, they waited way too long to bring in gel. Yeah. I didn't think green was having a particularly good game. And then they just need to change honestly. Like, come on, he's bad. He's good. He's better than what green was giving you. And what are you? Yeah. No, didn't like it.
00:07:34
Speaker
I mean, they could have still wanted if Evans had hit that kick. That's the, that's the sad part is that they still, they almost did it. And you know, it makes, yeah, take, it's not a good loss to take, but at the same time, you know, if they told him before the season, Hey, you're going to have a loss to, you know, during the six nations bubble, you're going to have a loss to,
00:07:54
Speaker
Um, Lester at home, you're like, yeah, okay. That makes sense. And Lester played fine. There was nothing wrong with the way they played. No, but I'd like that. I wasn't really, I don't know who the hell they're going to get to replace Jasper and everybody's saying half and all. And I don't see it. No, no, they're going to be fucked when Jasper's gone. They got, he's, he's, everything goes through him. They don't have enough about anything else. Like, um,
00:08:24
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But Liebenberg got the try, right? Out in the way, on the... No, Jasper did. Jasper... Oh, that's right. It's Jasper. Okay. Yeah. I mean, Hatherill's all right. Wells played okay. But these are... There's nobody who was running with the ball the way Jasper does, or anything close to it. Nope. Nobody. Nope. Nope. Nope. Good luck. Yeah. Excuse me.
00:08:47
Speaker
Saturday over to the only hustle Collins absolutely showed why he was not picked for the English I didn't do it. He didn't do himself any favors. Not good agreed agreed agreed Saints and Falcons it happened
00:09:01
Speaker
Fuffin's kind of showed up for a bit. I, I, I, they, they, they, I know 13 in the first half, but still, I thought that they, um, they showed, showed pretty well. Louis Johnson, please come to the Saracens. We'll take so much care of you. We will take good care of you, my boy. We will take good care of you. Um, because I liked the way he played certainly in the first half. Um, yeah. And then, you know, things happened for,
00:09:29
Speaker
Things happen for the Saints because they're the Saints and they're playing the worst team in the league. Right. And they're really fucking good. Um, they're good. Even, even without their, their six stations players, they're good. Right. But even then you look at this team and they're missing the other nine and 10, but Tom James is, is amazing as it is. Tom James is a very good nine. Yep. Um, yeah.
00:09:48
Speaker
Savannah's the only new face in this whole thing, in this whole outfit, really. And I thought he piloted the attack just fine. I didn't notice him positive or negative, which tells me that he did the job. It wasn't like his job. And that was the end. Right. He didn't run fantastic. He wasn't terrible. He just got the ball where it needed to be. And that's that's good enough. That's the end.
00:10:09
Speaker
Love seeing Joel Mattivacy though. It's been a while. Oh yeah. I think I was, I talked, I manifested him his presence because I was talking about him and my best smiles. So good to see him out there. Didn't get to see one this match, but that's all right. Hopefully next time. Um, Bristol and Bath. Well,
00:10:38
Speaker
You live by the sword. You die by the sword. And are you not entertained? Seriously? Are you not entertained? I dare you to watch this match and not enjoy the fuck out of it, obviously, unless you're a bath fan. But even then, like, just take your rooting interest away. Put that, put that aside and just appreciate how much fun this game was. Yeah. So what? A hundred and what was it?
00:11:08
Speaker
Yeah, 101 points. No, 11. No, 101, 101, 101 points. So what? This is, this is good attacking rugby. This wasn't like, I don't, to me, this, I don't see this as much as, as shitty defense. Although, you know, we had people off the field. We had, we were playing 15 on 13 twice. So. Yep. One way and then the other. Right. So yeah, that'll happen. And it was entertaining because of it. And ultimately,
00:11:37
Speaker
To me, it comes down to the fact that when Bath had players out, I guess, yeah, they almost scored the two tries on cards that Bristol did. But then Bath almost scored the one. And I think they had that one up with one in the pin.
00:11:58
Speaker
They, they did. I believe they, I believe the one at the end was, was someone at the rich lane, when I think it was with the men and the, with, with still a keyword in the bin, cause he hadn't come out yet. It was in the field. It was in an open play. Nope. Cause I think we were, they were talking about like, why don't they just get the ball at the field? And then it's like, no, why don't they just score? Nevermind. Nevermind. Nevermind. Um, yeah. So that's, I mean, and obviously the lane came, the lame one came from Ben Russell trying to be Finn Russell, but
Player Focus: Finn Russell's Style and Saracens' Strategy
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You pay him to do that and you have to live with the results.
00:12:31
Speaker
This is the downside of it. And everybody knows that. He had nothing else. That bear's defense was giving them nothing. So he had to do something different. And look, the kick was not the wrong call. It was that. So, yeah, it just didn't come off. The execution wasn't good. The center just never went for it. Didn't play it. Just kind of just let it go right to Lane. Yeah, I don't know.
00:13:01
Speaker
Or no, that wasn't late. That was, um, I ran out of it. They ran out of time. It says that's, that was the 78 minute one. Um, I don't remember who scored the last one. Oh no, it wasn't lane. It was lane. Okay. Oh, that was right. There was like just no time left. No, there wasn't. That was the end. The end. Yeah. I don't know.
00:13:20
Speaker
I thought that was a fine play. You can't let the guy come down with it. I can't remember who the Bath Center was out there. It might have been... I think it was Heward that was out there. Oh, it might have been Heward. No, Heward was in the bin. So I don't know, actually. Oh, no. No, you're looking the other way around. The other way around. De Glanville, maybe? No, it wasn't De Glanville. No. Was it Redpath? No, I don't think so.
00:13:50
Speaker
Okay. I don't remember that. It must've been, it may have been Bailey actually. Yeah. It's possibility. But either way, make a better play on it. And Finn, like that was, that was what he could do. There was no way, there was no running on that team. And they were, they were shutting it down. They had to try to manufacture something and it just didn't go quite right.
00:14:11
Speaker
That'll happen. It's a cost. Then whatever. Did it matter? Did it really impact the game? No, it was just they scored an extra try. So you lost. You lost a point in the deal. To me, that's not the end of the world. Yeah, you lost a point trying to go for for a try for five. So yeah, that's what it is. Yeah. And you still top four. So you're right. And dude, they are. All right. Saracens and assholes. All right. All right. All right. All right. Yes.
00:14:42
Speaker
Oh, man, I am. I am now I am definitely now that person that stands on stands up when they're watching their team. I was standing most of this match at my house. Like my wife was like, do you sit? I'm like, no, no, cannot cannot. Well, not I. Well, once I realized I could sit back and enjoy it, I sat back and enjoyed every minute. I was not exactly happy camper at halftime. No, no, no.
00:15:11
Speaker
So speaking of half, I have to say, and we bang on about it, but fucking deal with it. Referees, like you can't have it both ways. All right. Farrell's trying to have a conversation with Dixon and he's just shooing them away. Like, no, go away. And we saw it in the Six Nations thing, too, with Gens and O'Keefe. Like, listen, you don't want the captain to fucking scream at you on the field. Have the conversation when it's appropriate time to have the conversation, which is halftime and walking out the field and
00:15:41
Speaker
If he, if he's asking a question, I think you, as long as he's not being a Dick about it, I think you should entertain the question and deal and just, that's, that's the role because it's also going to make your job as a referee easier.
00:15:52
Speaker
If they will try and play to what you are seeing right? They're not they're not gonna you know bitch at you because you know They don't know what you're seeing like tell them what you want and they will listen like that's the like Everybody bitches about why like fail, you know yelling at the referee Well, this is why because if a guy's not gonna fucking entertain the questions at the appropriate time when he's trying to be polite and nice about it
00:16:16
Speaker
then yeah, fuck off. He's going to tell you when I deal with it. If you're not going to tell me what you're looking for, I'm going to tell you what I see. Yep. And hopefully you ref accordingly. So deal with it. Like you, you, you sign your warrant for, you know, uh, fricking captain to yell at you all game. If you can't converse, converse with them the times when you probably, uh, that are probably the most appropriate. So it doesn't make sense to me, but anyway, um, James Hatfield,
00:16:45
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. Fire. Oh, different things. Different, different guy, different. Yeah. Oh, man. Great. Just fuck. Yeah, dude. Well done, dude. I was so happy for him. Like just no, no, Dan, no jinks. Pitful. He's hurt. Will he's hurt. Yeah. Hey, guys, I got you. Like, hell yeah. That's fucking awesome. Good on him.
00:17:15
Speaker
That was great. Um, yeah, I mean, they figured it out and they, they figured out tactical kicking and not, you know, AIM was kicking and the AIM was kicking that they did do pay, they paid for. So they made sure it was at, although fucking hell. I think it was the second Hatfield try was because they,
00:17:39
Speaker
They turn the ball over inside their own 22. Farrow launched it up the field, knowing that they would return it. And they did return it back into the 22, and everybody's offside. So Farrow just basically gets a free, clear lines. They get it out to around midfield, purposeful. And then the next, I think they grubbered it into the inside the
00:18:05
Speaker
the 22. And then they just kept putting more and more pressure on them until the damper. And it's like the kicking was purposeful. There was a reason what Pharoah was trying to do, what it was trying to accomplish, and it led to positive results. Fucking shocking. I know. Helping idea, right? Shocking. We actually have a plan. Yeah. That fucking run from Hodge. Jesus. Yeah. That's the other thing, though. The aimless kick. Why are you...
00:18:32
Speaker
Who fit right in the hut? I will say, Christie didn't do a good job of chasing him down. But that's not his feeling. That's not a flanker's job. Well, he was the chaser, and that's just it. I hear you. And he just kind of let... Here's the thing. If you're the guy there, you can't just let him go. You've got to keep running. You've got to keep running. That's true. If you're the guy there, you have to keep running. There's no way around it. No, that's fair. I put the blame in putting it in his hands in the first place.
00:19:01
Speaker
It's where it's what it's what was on the cards. It all was. But I mean, I mean, he did. He did gift us a try very kindly. Yeah, I know. The Gonzo try. That was me and House. Oh, no, you cannot tell me that was the that was like wasn't the McFarland try. No, that no, that was he also gifted that one true. Actually, no, I think it was going to sit in there and he's like, all right. All right. I guess it's fine. No, because no, the Gonzo tries when he tried to like
00:19:28
Speaker
volley it with his foot out the back. Oh, right. You can't like that's such a sin. Like take the ball to deck. Right. And if you get dotted down for a five meter scrum, take it, defend the five meter scrum. Right. Don't give away a fucking try. Oh, you dumb kid. Yeah. Like that's, you know, to give away tries right at the end of each half. Hilarious. Just dumb. Just plain old dumb. Love seeing Exeter go home with nothing.
00:19:58
Speaker
Yeah, absolutely nothing and puts us in top four. Also, by the way, Owen Farrell, that's when you hit a drop goal. Fucking 40 meters out. I was like, okay, that's cool. That was good. You don't do it inside the fucking 22. You do it if you're at midfield and you're like, you know what? We're going fucking nowhere right now. Give me this and I will bang this thing over and we can try again. That's fine. Let me see. Where was that?
00:20:27
Speaker
Second half somewhere. Second half. Okay. Um, yeah, I can't find it in the, uh, um, what should we call it? Anyway, it's, but it was just a good, yeah, I couldn't, I wanted to see what it changed the, uh, the score from two. I can tell you in a second. Top goal. There it is. 61 minutes. So they had all this was 15, I think it was to 21. It was 20.
00:20:57
Speaker
It was 25 22. So put it out to try game. Oh, okay. Sorry. Gotcha there. All right. So yeah, I mean, good shit. Just making putting it a little bit out of reach, just a little bit of a finger up. Yes. Not a hey, look at me. I'm going to hit a drop goal that doesn't really mean anything. Yeah. Make him feel it. Hey, Exeter.
00:21:24
Speaker
This is what happens when we actually have our whole fucking team. And you guys have pretty much the same thing we have. They don't even have their whole team though. That's the other thing is that it's like. No, but still like, I think this is what happens when the odds are much more even like. Much more even. That game way back at the beginning of the season, like anybody that was like, oh man, it was, they're, fuck you. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. This is not about to like have things swing their way. Get out of here. Like if you're, they beat up.
00:21:53
Speaker
in the early in the season, they'd be up two or three teams that were missing a lot of players. Like, yes, they've played some good stuff. Yes. They've, you know, they've qualified and champions cup rugby. We've talked about the luck that they've wrote on that one. Um,
00:22:06
Speaker
But yeah, when the odds are even in teams actually play the way they're supposed to play against Exeter, yeah, sorry, they're gonna crumble and eventually the Saracens did it right and they did. Yeah, to me, it's like this team is missing from Exeter, they're missing Slade and Fay Woboso. Woboso. And that's it.
00:22:24
Speaker
And honestly, Woodburn could start for them anytime. Hammersley has been starting for them, and Altsa, opposite Feini-Woboso. So it's like, you're good there. Yeah, the only difference, the biggest difference there for them is Wimbush, whereas you look across the way and it's like, first off, you know, Hadfield at Hook, no Marrow, no Ben Earl.
00:22:47
Speaker
No sequel. No sequel. There's a lot of guys that they could be having that thrown out there. You know, anybody other than fucking Billy, they got a bunch of guys who can play eight slash seven. Yeah, no, this is this is like a like a little bit of a one B for both. It's not certainly not there with their one A, but. But certainly a side that they would put out there, you know, outside of Hadfield, if they had their druthers. Yep.
00:23:16
Speaker
Oh yeah. There's the, there it is. There's the 28 22. Huh? Just, just watching the drop goal now. Yeah. So, okay. That's, that's more like it. Thank you, series for leaving a, leave it on a positive note. And yeah. And that's what like, that's why it makes us so mad when they play like poo and they aimless kick. Cause they could play like this and they choose not to. When there are days that they just choose not to speak to play on like poo though. It's good. The Kings home on Sunday. I mean,
00:23:46
Speaker
I know, I know they didn't have four, but Dupree has done this over and over again. So that's not really an excuse. No, it's not. There's no, there's like, there's not much of an excuse for this little, maybe, maybe through injuries, but like, I mean, they, like you said, when we were talking, like the fact that they have, that they are trying to play this confrontational rugby that just hammers you into a wall over and over again, eventually the
Gloucester and Sale: Performance and Strategy Analysis
00:24:12
Speaker
body breaks. Right. And yeah, I,
00:24:15
Speaker
You know, I feel kind of bad for, um, Viano on the, on the thoroughly hit, but it just, that, that sucks, but it is what it is. And it was like, there was no head contact, which I was like, holy shit. How the hell did you avoid it? Should it have been a penalty probably, but you know, because you're not right. Yeah. And he was rapping. So it's like, you're not, you're not in only foul play. So.
00:24:42
Speaker
You know, it's not one of those situations where it's always legal. Yes, you could say, well, he's always upright. Well, right. They've not been refereeing it that way. And I don't disagree with that. No, that's one of those. They've not been refereeing it. So the way they've been refereeing it is how is where the way it landed properly. Right. His him being upright only matters if it's head contact.
00:25:02
Speaker
It's not like, oh, you're upright. That's the penalty. I mean, I'm just saying for the benefit of the actual law, that's what it means. So yeah, no, I thought they adjudicated that correctly. It was scary because it looked bad and everything looked terrible at first. I think they didn't bother penalizing for the hit because they're like, well, he's got the penalty for pulling it away anyway. So whatever. We'll just play the penalty. I thought that that was excellently administered by the entire refereeing crew. Yeah.
00:25:30
Speaker
Unfortunately, I felt bad for that. But that's like, you know, again, you did come back, they come back, he passed the HIA and then they pulled him for probably not playing well. Yeah, I mean, yeah, probably. Yeah. Come back on. Yeah. Yeah. We'll just get to go with he wasn't playing well.
00:25:50
Speaker
Yeah, absolutely. But yeah, Visa gets hurt, like busts his shoulder for Dupree to get hurt. Like the guys are getting hurt because they're just smash, smash, smash. Who's your runner here?
00:26:02
Speaker
Dugdale, but he got himself a bend. And then again, as we were talking about during the Six Nations preview, Sam James catching that ball. He had like three or four times he had Aaron Reed, not maybe the first pass, but he had to play out to Aaron Reed in space, give him the fucking ball.
00:26:24
Speaker
Like absolutely you pay Aaron read good money. Your team pays Aaron read good money to run with the ball They do not pay you Sam James good money to just crash with it. Like that's not your nope I realized that yes, that's kind of what you can do, but that's not your job No, nope nope nope and that's again then you give But on the other side there was another team out there there was and
00:26:49
Speaker
Hi, Gloucester. I haven't seen you in years. Yeah, it feels like a long time since we've seen this variation of Gloucester. That run by Thorley, that steel. I'm like, bye. See ya. Right. I knew he was gone. I was like, yeah, he ain't coming. There's nobody catching him. You know who never could have do that anymore? John hasn't been able to for a while. Yeah. No, Thorley can still do it. Love it. Yep.
00:27:19
Speaker
super happy with Charlie Adkins. And I was extremely happy with the move that he made to Lester. Unfortunately, it didn't work out. Right. And he's found a situation where the team is using his talents to their advantage. So and, you know, I Lester went with, you know, they prefer Jamie Shelco, Toby. OK, that's your choice. That's cool. But, damn, this guy's better. And really, I like I.
00:27:48
Speaker
I think it's a little silly to pick him over Atkinson. I know Atkinson hasn't played well, but also like, what are you doing to help him play well, is the other question. Just the same. Look at how good the Gloucester team looked though with him. I mean, look at how much better Correras looked.
00:28:03
Speaker
Right. That that I mean, that that Atkins and try off of the line. First off, the ball that he threw to break the line was perfect. Like he picked the right guy on the money. Right. Found where the defender was was not paying attention to his responsibility. They put the ball in that spot and then followed it up as this that inside second receiver and. Kind of just just laid it up for him. Nice little pop and over your kid. You know, I haven't seen Gloucester play anything like that.
00:28:35
Speaker
in a long time. Yeah. I'm sure Gloucester fans would like to see more Mercer to Ackerman work like that first try. It was a great line by Ackerman. I was just like, okay, he saw exactly what everyone else did and then took it to the house. Yeah.
00:28:57
Speaker
Oh, and we would be absolutely remiss if we did not talk about that. Get tough stuff. Get tough stuff. Try to scrum fuck. I'll get it right. I mean.
00:29:07
Speaker
That blew up. I know that sale pack just blew them right the fuck out. Destroyed them. And like, Oh, you did. I like it was, it was so massive that I kind of saw it right on the original scrum. I saw the, I don't know why I was looking at it, but I saw, um, it was, um, on a Sonya.
00:29:30
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pop out a little bit away from, I was Taylor, I think it was in already. Yep, possibly. And he split the two of them. And it was like, I could just see it even on my screen. I was like, oh, oh, this could be, and then it just like, all of a sudden they just, just sure. It's going, it's going, it's gone. Slice that out, sliced him apart. And then he stands up at the end with his arms and like. What's up? Right. I can't do much, but I can do that. Yes, exactly.
00:30:00
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Hey, as long as you do the job that you're paid to do, there's a lot of people out there otherwise, and they'll do the job for the rest of it. And of course, then who, who kicked it dead. Um, I don't know if it was, was it, I don't think I can, Charlie was taking the kicks. Um, I think Cardenas type kicked it dead and then they had a scrum and Ford Robinson got pinged, which was bullshit. Cause he rushed Harper. Absolutely rushed him.
00:30:25
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That's the difference between Luke Pierce looking at it and Christophe Ridley looking at it. Right. Because, yes, Ford Robinson was was angled a little bit, but he didn't go anywhere. And Harper just dropped to the deck like flat. Yeah. Threw his hips to the deck and just fell. And. Yep. Sorry. Sorry. That's it. That's penalty all day. That's that's a penalty on the on the person that hit the deck later. Yeah, there is hinging. That was not hinging.
00:30:51
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There's your front row knowledge for the week on two different scrums. Right in a row. Not often that you have even one scrum that interesting. That's the problem. You had two fascinating scrums back to back. How about them apples? All right.
Fantasy Corner and Podcast Conclusion
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We are on to fantasy corner time. We're gonna head over there. If you are not heading over there, enjoy yourself a nice weekend of opening Six Nations. Heading over to the fantasy corner, we're talking Six Nations preview for both Subaru and... Nevermind. Talk to you later, everyone.
00:31:44
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00:31:51
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