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Season 4- Episode 34- Even if You Didn’t Miss Us (Premiership Round 24 & Super Rugby Round 11)
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Hey look at that, we're back. Those American rugby knuckleheads return after a week off, stupid life stuff. On this episode we look back at the 6 Nations decider that went down in France and the hope we all have for the women's game that this competition gave us. We get back into the Prem, including an absolute blockbuster on Friday night at the Gardens. Hopping over to Super Rugby we recap the round including the first ever true home game for the Fijian Drua, what a scene it was. Of course, we look at the record setting Free Jacks and the rest of the MLR action. Grab a cold one, and join us once again, won't you?
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Transcript
Hosts Return After Break
00:00:08
Speaker
Hey, everybody, welcome back. It is the fancy rugby game. My name is Jared Dyke. I'm Ben Glauser. Welcome back. I hope you missed us. And if you didn't, well, too bad, we're back anyways. Yeah, hopefully you remember how to do this. How does one podcast exactly? Yeah, the real life thing got in the way last week. A little bit for both of us, but especially me.
00:00:28
Speaker
Yeah, especially you, but that's, it was rugby related and it was the kids. So for the best. Yeah. Finally caught up to me. Yeah. We've only been doing this for like 30 weeks straight. No, we can't. Right. Like, I don't think we met. We didn't miss a week last year. I don't think.
Sponsor Shoutouts and Support
00:00:46
Speaker
Did we miss one over Christmas? No, because there was no premiere ship. So we didn't do anything. Oh, that's right. We ended up doing episode 100 that weekend anyway. Yeah. All right. There we go. Yeah. So there you go. All right. Crack them.
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00:01:25
Speaker
Okay. By our friend George, the fancy rugby geek of coffee. George was busy the last month and a half. I bought him a coffee recently. So he'll still he'll still continue to be busy. That's just that's just facts of this whole thing. But yeah,
Social Justice Frustrations
00:01:39
Speaker
if you if you especially if you did well in the Women's Six Nations League, you owe that man some a bit of gratitude. So buy him a coffee, buy him a beer, however you want to look at it, give it a go.
00:01:51
Speaker
Grab your TRM upgrades. Obviously, we're out of prem for a couple of weeks, but still, you want to grab those and get yourself some good stuff on the way into that. Yeah, you might see some surprising lineups down the street. Yeah, especially those last couple of weeks. I think we'll see some interesting lineups. So, yeah. Only helps, I promise.
00:02:11
Speaker
It only helps. And of course you restore, support our restart rugby, which was, I believe was the theme this past weekend of the permission as well. Pretty sure. Yeah. So yeah, that's also good for warmups and whatnot. Right. So that's a good thing too. So grab and get that too. As always black lives matter. There's no room for racism in sports or in life. Ben and I were having a kind of a, not a laugh, but just like a,
00:02:39
Speaker
It's almost just satire. It's like, we should call it this instead, because it's not even just black lives that are under attack. Now we got, you know, especially in this country, we've got women under attack and just misogyny running rampant. And it's just what the actual fuck I
Roe v. Wade Decision Leak
00:02:58
Speaker
can't even understand what
00:03:02
Speaker
what we're like, what are we doing? To quote Taylor Tallman, what are we doing? Jeez. It's beyond fucked up that we elect Democrats and it gets worse.
00:03:21
Speaker
Like we're losing so much and we're, we're gained nothing. I mean, you know, it just reminds me, you know, we had that, uh, our, our most downloaded episode oddly enough was the insurrection episode. And it's like, nothing's happened there. Like they, what the fuck? It's like, it's like they've just given up. So yeah, I don't know. Um, yeah, if anyone can contact the UN to help, you know,
00:03:48
Speaker
maintain human rights in the U.S., please do, because we need some sort of external intervention, it seems, because this is not going to work. And the fucked up thing is that there's so many people out there who are like, well, we got to figure out who leaked this. Obviously, we're talking about the decision for whatever, the filing from Alito about Roe. And it's like,
00:04:16
Speaker
Who cares who leaked it? It doesn't fucking matter. The thing is the thing. That is not the piece of news here. That is not the piece of news. Talk about burying the lead. Oh, we got to figure out who leaked it. No, no, no. That's not what we got to figure out.
00:04:32
Speaker
Time
Rugby as an Escape
00:04:33
Speaker
out. Time out. No, no, no, no, no, you don't. Yeah, I'm just frustrated because every solution that's that's offered just gets ignored or or insulted. Like, let's expand the court. No, no, no, we can't do that. It's sacred. Fuck you. It's sacred. Like it's it's it's government. This is all made up. Yeah, that's the truth. We've got to have the filibuster because it's super important. It's a made up. It's that's a fucking like it's like a high tackle in your old ways.
00:05:00
Speaker
change the rule it makes the game better like that's all you gotta do and yeah they're just it's it's just stupid
00:05:08
Speaker
So yeah, that's my rent. Sorry. I'm a little frustrated by all this. Yep. Same. And I'm sure we're,
'Love and Rugby' Podcast Plug
00:05:15
Speaker
and I know we're nothing but ones. But that's why we do this, right? That's why we can, we escaped from the real world through, through rugby. So no kidding. Oh, another things, but like, you know, when we go over, go over to England, we can go and see the Packers play too. We'll see about that. I don't know if I want to spend that kind of money on that ticket.
00:05:35
Speaker
I'd rather spend it elsewhere like in other games. I imagine that's not going to be a cheap ticket. Okay. Yeah. Those are not going to be cheap. All right. That's the NFL. They'll fuck you.
00:05:47
Speaker
Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, so the in more exciting things. Well, not more exciting things, but more, more happy things. Grab our Patreon. We are we are closing coming to a close on both super rugby and premier ship, but doesn't mean you can't get value on it. And also you can obviously cycle through to next year.
00:06:10
Speaker
by the end of the year, I will probably put out some sort of fun episode on Patreon. That's got a lot of bullshit that I cut out. So you can have a laugh at that. And yeah, extended argument for Italy. Oh, yeah, there's that too. I forgot about that. Yeah, there was a point where I cut that off. Let's just move on.
00:06:37
Speaker
Yeah, there have been many extended arguments that have been removed from this because one, it's just way too much. Some of them are like 10 minutes and that's not 10 minutes that anybody needs to spend in their lifetime listening to that. Unless it's at the end of the year and you just want to laugh from here. Yeah, just like, wow, these guys are fucking morons, aren't they?
00:07:00
Speaker
I do want and then one thing I want I want to add into this here is I want to plug a friendly podcast and that is love and rugby is hosted by
00:07:11
Speaker
our good friend, Dave Prell and his wife, if you want a little insight into club rugby here in America and what it's like, Dave is well over 40 at this point and still going strong, scored this past weekend for his first time in like seven years. And it's very interesting to just kind of listen to them and talk about the thing. Cause of course Dave met his wife through rugby, which was amazing as it always is.
00:07:40
Speaker
so she'll never make him stop playing, which is awesome. Which is cool, yeah. And that's kind of the same thing as me and Jess. We're not doing a podcast though, so it's kind of cool to listen to other experiences too. Yeah, so if
Six Nations Scheduling Issues
00:07:54
Speaker
you want a little insight into club rugby and obviously a better, nice club, yeah, go ahead and listen to Love and Rugby. It should be on pretty much anywhere you can get your podcasts. Okay.
00:08:07
Speaker
Six Nations final weekend.
England vs. France Women's Rugby
00:08:10
Speaker
I did find it weird that the most important game was in the middle of the fixtures and not the game. But odd. You couldn't rearrange that? I guess not. Yeah, it doesn't quite make sense. You're correct. And it's kind of an underwhelming
00:08:28
Speaker
Um, you know, weekend for really, you know, not a lot of scoring, um, England, France, I thought was going to be like double this. I thought it would be like 48 24.
00:08:41
Speaker
Yeah, a little bit more high scoring, but that was it was a slugfest. It started hot for France, but never really got to the level that they needed to be. You know, France came out with their hair on fire in the first five minutes and they kind of just went away in the rest of the half, though, unfortunately, in England or England, and they were able to do the thing.
00:09:07
Speaker
And, you know, they got all the tribes in the first half, all their points, sans one penalty, I think, in the first half, but that was enough. Yeah, yep.
00:09:17
Speaker
And France never really quite clicked on. They almost tried to turn it on at the end. And it's like, you're a little late, guys. Too little, too late, unfortunately. Yeah, a little late, ladies. Just like, you know, I might need a late. Like, you're already down 24, 24, 7, like, or 21, 7, 24, 7. It was 24,
Growth of Women's Rugby
00:09:39
Speaker
7, wasn't it? Yeah, I think it was. Yeah, that's a little late to start bringing the heat.
00:09:49
Speaker
But we had, I mean, still some good performances. Sarah Byrne has been a revelation. A little bit. Right. I just love seeing, I mean, and Abby Ward, too, has really, you know, scored the try, was just a menace. All Six Nations, too, when she was in there, like, England have a lot to offer. I mean, this this was really,
00:10:19
Speaker
You know, we it wasn't what we expected. Like, so don't don't get us wrong. I'm not complaining about the match. It was it was entertaining. It's just I was expecting a lot more fireworks and it was really it was a different style than I expected. It was it was much more of a defensive struggle than than I had anticipated. They ever I thought both teams played well. And like I said, Abby Ward,
00:10:44
Speaker
really credit to her. Gotta love the Bristol Bears scoring, you know, outscoring France. Yeah, she is very good, obviously. I've really liked her as a jumper, even since last year. And yeah, so she's definitely a master in the year.
00:11:00
Speaker
On the other side for the French, I will, I really, we know Sansous. Chloe Jackay, I've liked her since the fall, honestly. I saw her play against the Blackferns and I was like, okay, this should be their full back going forward. And I know it may not be because they still have Tramelliere in there, but in Boulard. But she is a bit of a bright spot for their future in that back three for the French. So,
00:11:29
Speaker
Really love watching her play. I thought she was absolutely fantastic. And Medusa Fall has been awesome the whole tournament. And I think she's in most teams, most people's team of the comp for sure. Yeah, I think she kind of has to be. Yeah, really hard to say otherwise.
00:11:50
Speaker
Yeah. And it was, we talked about slugfest for this one, but remember rewind to last year's final. And it was even worse. It was a Poppy Cleel try that separated. I'd forgotten about that. Yeah, it was Poppy's try. And that was, I think it was all there was. It was some penalties in the end. So a little bit better.
00:12:16
Speaker
in turn, in terms of comparison, much better. But yeah, I get what you're saying. You know, we were we were hoping for what we had seen from both these teams throughout the comp, but it was always going to be a little bit of a tough ask for them to come up against the two best teams again. Right.
Wales vs. Italy & Attendance
00:12:31
Speaker
So and also, yeah, it's there's going to be nerves involved because there's there's a lot of pride on the line here. And you're heading into a World Cup World Cup. And that's there's
00:12:43
Speaker
There's more to it. This is, this was so much more than just a match between two teams. And I was, you know, it's easy when we're, you know, uh, third parties play good rugby. It's like, no, we're playing it. This is a championship match. It tightens up. Yeah. Um, bums get a little tighter. Right. Um, but, and one thing.
00:13:03
Speaker
that I really want to just acknowledge overall. And we didn't get to talk about it last week, obviously, as well. But like the scene at Stadt-Jean-Dajer and the one at Wellford Road, like, fan-freaking-tastic. And Rockin' doesn't even describe it. Like, that was absolutely amazing to see. That was the thing watching both of those. I was just like,
00:13:30
Speaker
this is awesome. And people are understanding how great this product is. And I only hope it just leads to good things going forward. Overall, for the whole global game, not even just Europe, just the whole thing. So I'm really excited about that. Which is why we talk about it's an investment in the sport because you
00:13:53
Speaker
Yeah, you pay a little bit you don't get it much of a turn on it right away. But, I mean, England and France, those, those, you know, they're going to be making money off of this. So, I mean, if they're not already so, you know, like Wales and Ireland like get your shit together.
00:14:09
Speaker
Right. And Scotland too.
Six Nations Standout Performances
00:14:13
Speaker
Because you can, this is it's huge amounts of growth potential and you already have most of the revenue streams ready to go if you really wanted to. So get it done. Get on it. Get on it, you shitheads. Speaking of whales, whoever heard of whales
00:14:29
Speaker
losing to Italy last second pitch. I mean, that's just silly. Never happened. Never. Never in a million years. Yeah, no. Okay. Never ever happens. Well, I mean, that's and that's a that's a team that's going to the World Cup and a team that isn't too. So, you know, putting just put out that out. And two, and speaking of attendance and stuff to Wales credit, they've done better with their attendance at Carter Farms Park. I think they're pushing it a little bit more, which
00:14:58
Speaker
I don't have a choice at this point, honestly. Yeah, they have to. But at least, you know, they you're starting to see it more. And anyway, that's arguing this whole let's do it back in the same window thing. I don't I don't agree with it. I love this separate window thing. Do it. Do it that way. Yes. Yeah. Because they roll one after another, too, which is great. Uh huh. Love it. Frank, they do it so well.
00:15:23
Speaker
Yeah, it was really well done. And to have like the different rugby personalities around each match, huge, just really good stuff, making sure there's content creators that are being kind of honored with, you know, roles at this as far as, you know, being around the match. So like we saw, you know, Stella Mills, we saw, shoot, who was it from the US? Yeah. Oh, no, not the ref. Was it?
00:15:53
Speaker
Oh, uh, our old friend, Karen, I can't remember. It was there. It was, um, or was it one of the, I thought it was one of the sevens players. Um, Oh, well, Mara was one of them. Yeah. I say Mara was that one of them. Yeah. Yeah. Um, right. So it's like, they're, they're making sure that it's not just the, you know, the, the players involved. It's, it's all the people who have been involved in pushing women's rugby. They're getting a nod. So yeah. Um, stuff there.
00:16:20
Speaker
Michelin was at the was at this one is at the French game as well. So I was cool and get all of the show. Player of the tournament is one of these four players are not listed. Packer, Santo, Burn, Fall. I'd say Sansu. Yeah, I mean, it was super. She was fantastic.
00:16:48
Speaker
Yeah. Imagine
Debate: Player of the Tournament?
00:16:49
Speaker
that it's French scrum half being the best player. I mean, shocker there. But she was like, yeah, because Scarat, I think, didn't have her best tournament. No disrespect. It's just that. Well, and she's still kind of getting herself shaken up the cobwebs. This was our first international foray since her leg. Yeah. So there's also that there's that Packard missed a match or at least
00:17:19
Speaker
And was, you know, she was dominant that first match but then never kind of met that again. Fall. I think she's the breakout. I think she's the breakout player we have not a lot of people that heard him but just fall you and I included really but
00:17:33
Speaker
this tournament just kind of put everybody on notice. Like she's, she's being business. So that Sarah Byrne could make a case for, I agree with that as well. Actually.
Value of Prop Players
00:17:46
Speaker
I mean, I, I, I'm, you know, maybe I'll revise it to her just cause pay a, she would, she scored two in the, in the decide met the, um, this one. Yeah. Championship. And she's been scoring. She's just been a terror, you know, either starting her from the bench and she's, you know,
00:18:02
Speaker
the smiling assassin. Yeah. Like, what more could you should you want? Like, right? She could be the like, that's the kind of person you'd want as like the face of rugby, even if she's a prop. So I mean, what more could you want? Just a happy, happy prop who can scoot by you. Yeah,
Newcastle vs. Sale Analysis
00:18:26
Speaker
no doubt. Let's jump over to the prem.
00:18:31
Speaker
Good old Friday night match. We'll start the AJ belt because it's less exciting. Newcastle were in this thing for a long goddamn time. And it's really disappointing that they still just can't get it done, honestly.
00:18:48
Speaker
Yeah. I'm kind of disappointed in their their lineup to play this match. I mean, Hodgson is not. And he played the fucked up thing is he played pretty well. Right. You know, try a try assist. Like he actually did a pretty good job. So I can't really fault him too much. But that's not.
Thrilling Matches and Injuries
00:19:08
Speaker
Yeah, I don't know. The Newcastle is kind of a mystery to me. They're there. Well, first off, they have kind of like
00:19:19
Speaker
Oh, they're back row or the back row is like the worst in the league. It's not a pretty one. There's no there's no movement there. Van der Waals actually pretty good when he plays lock, so it's kind of weird to see him at I'm sorry, when he plays flank, so it's weird to see him at lock because he's like the most mobile of like back five there. And the Robinson is you're saying you don't want to have your locks is you're more mobile forwards.
00:19:47
Speaker
And yeah, and they're centers just, they don't get much done. So, yeah. It's just, there's some good stuff there. What's good is good. And what's bad is just. Pooh. Quite good. Pooh-er. Very, very pooh-er. Yes. I agree. And, you know, there's,
00:20:15
Speaker
There's some mathematical thing that says that sale could make the top top four. I don't think that's happening. Um, so whatever they're finding a reason to play for, they need to continue to do this because, um, yeah, otherwise they're still looking at champions cup, which is why AJ was held out this week. So they didn't need to, they need them redoing what he did on a nothing match, you know? Yeah, exactly.
00:20:38
Speaker
So it's hard for me to sit here and say that this was like an amazing performance by sale, but at the same time, it's hard to shit on it, because I put 35 points on the board. Yeah, they're methodical. They will just beat you down. And especially, you know, a Newcastle team that's not really built to step up like that. Yeah. Yeah, I'm missing a lot with that one.
00:21:09
Speaker
A lot to be desired. Yeah, I think is.
Player Roles & Strategies
00:21:13
Speaker
Yeah, that's accurate. Yeah, that tracks. Let's go over to Franklin's Gardens, because this was absolutely amazing. This was amazing. Yeah, this is good. This was. This is what we tune in to rugby. This is why you watch rugby. Absolutely. I agree. Wildness, the whole all the way through.
00:21:38
Speaker
Yeah, not sure what to say. Just two teams going right at and and all the injuries early. I mean, well, we go to, you know, we go to uncontested scrums pretty, pretty quickly. Oh, my God. Like how unlucky. Yeah, super unlucky. Carrie gets hurt like just non-contact injury. I hope he's OK. Yeah, no, I didn't see what happened. I didn't like they didn't show a replay or anything of what happened. And I didn't really want to go back and watch. Yeah.
00:22:07
Speaker
So yeah, that just is not good because he didn't look happy. They stopped it right away and were like, yeah, get some help. And then Paul Hill taking the elbow from.
00:22:20
Speaker
was, yeah, from laws, right on the button. Unfortunately, yeah, just not good. Um, and the Augustus go in what, five minutes. Yeah. He was gone pretty quick as well. And, um, and gets getting replaced by, oh, shoot. What was it? Oh, he's not on this list. Cause he doesn't, he doesn't really exist yet. How, what was his name? Uh, Hinckley, I think. Yeah. Hinckley. Uh, what a match he had. Yeah. Yeah. Actually a really good match. Yeah. Aaron Hinckley.
Tribute to Tom Youngs
00:22:53
Speaker
Oh, you know why? Because he is a loney for them. Oh, okay. He's a loney for them, I believe. Or maybe a mid-season signing or whatever it was. I think, yeah, he was something. He was like a late column kind of thing. And he had just an amazing, like...
00:23:13
Speaker
Was he man of the match? No, I don't think so. But he was close. Yeah. Oh, he's from the Chiefs. It looks like. Yes. TRM has him as the chief.
00:23:24
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. And this, this is, again, we talk about this is why you watch rugby. This is why we, this is what we want to see when we're out there, not the, you know, some of the more boring shit and every team's guilty of it at one point or another. Right. This is fan fucking tastic stuff to watch. And this is why this is how you get people to tune in. This is exactly how you get people to question.
00:23:50
Speaker
I'd much rather, I'd watch, you know, this match. I'd watch like 20 of these matches before like an Exeter match. Right. You know, there's a guy named on the saints that wasn't well known until the season kicked off. And that was Tommy Freeman. And he, despite his injury, he's still putting his hand up for, you know, anyone go, go on tour to Australia this summer and
00:24:18
Speaker
I would not be shocked. I know he was actually originally in the Six Nations squad, so I would not be shocked if he's getting on a plane here. Who are you going to bring? Jack, Noel, Johnny, Matt? Fuck that. Bring the young kids. Bring them along. What's the worst that can happen? They'll fuck up. Who gives a shit? They're prepping for a World Cup run. Not like Noel's been all that great. He's been a speed bump.
00:24:46
Speaker
you know, if somebody's making a mistake, make it where they can learn and grow from it. It's so necessary. I can't, you know, the game speeds up, you have to like, you have to see it and be a part of it to, you know, grow at it. So, and look at Stuart, look at Freddie Stuart, how now it's like, you know what, even if Malins is out there, I would put him at the wing with Stuart at fullback, right? No, no problem. Like, but
00:25:14
Speaker
It took him a little bit and Stuart has grown so much as an entire player. His attacking has improved so much. So yeah, not that Freeman's attacking needs much help. No. But get him the fuck out there. Speaking of which, why have we been watching Ben Young's play at nine when fucking Alex Mitchell's right there? I know.
Saracens vs. Worcester
00:25:37
Speaker
I know. He's really good. And you have to take
00:25:41
Speaker
And with every with every play you pick, especially with a young player or player that doesn't have a lot of international experience, you have to take the growing pains and he'll have some I mean, we even saw him in this match, but
00:25:52
Speaker
for what he offers at the top end of his game, it is absolutely necessary to get him back involved. The attacking skill that this guy has is, and he has to take a break every once in a while and just feed the ball to his forwards and his 10, but you can't blame him because when he does get the bit between his teeth, he is electric. Absolutely electric.
00:26:16
Speaker
So yeah, he needs to be on a tour soon here. And on the other side, what the fuck is up with Hugh Jones at 15?
00:26:24
Speaker
It's working. That's all I know. It's working. I didn't have that down on my bingo board, but it is working quite well. Like, damn.
Blues vs. Force & Chiefs vs. Reds
00:26:35
Speaker
Excuse me. What's fascinating to me about him is that, you know how most 15s, they end up either as like kind of a second receiver, or they kind of end up as like a wing kind of player, so they'd be out there with the wing. He plays fullback, but he...
00:26:52
Speaker
He supports like a center. He's given position. Right. So he'll run those switches. He'll run those inside lines. And he knows what he's looking at because he's used to being in that kind of like tight, tight space. And he knows where the gaps are. So like it's just it's working so well. It's so that's so much fun. Really happy to see him him succeeding. Another another fullback. Right. And I think we weren't talking about we were talking about it ourselves.
00:27:21
Speaker
You know, in between our last pods, but like, obviously we, we just like to watch good rugby. Listen to us. We're saris supporters and we have nothing but complimentary things to say about Quinn's. Right. Um, yeah, we just want to watch some good rugby and it's, it's, uh, yeah, it's a lot of fun to watch both of these teams.
00:27:42
Speaker
Yep. Right now, I definitely love it. And Saints put themselves in pole position too. Yeah. And Exeter slouches back a little, just a little bit in this match. We'll get to them more later.
00:27:55
Speaker
Yeah. Um, well, speaking of the devil, it was another match on Saturday that was, and I, I haven't gotten a chance to watch it because I, as soon as I saw this, I was like, I don't need to go watch that match right now. That's not that important. It's not, it wasn't, but I mean, it, it was.
00:28:16
Speaker
Yeah, it was what the score line says it was. Like, they never had possession, really. They didn't really do much. It was not good.
00:28:32
Speaker
It did have a, this was, there was a lot of fun. I mean, Louis Rhysammit, what, two tries, two tries. Sis, like just involved in everything. Carreras was fantastic. I mean, it was weird that Ollie Thorleak didn't play bad. He just kind of got lost in the shuffle. He didn't get enough opportunities. Cause I mean, like that entire back line, Hackinson Harris, like there's nothing stopping them. Like that's, and Freddie Clark, it's funny, like kind of disappeared. He only got what, the 15 TRM points because
00:29:01
Speaker
He didn't have to do anything.
Fijian Drua's Entertaining Match
00:29:03
Speaker
They were never on defense. He's the top like defensive point score, or one of the top defensive point scores. They weren't on defense, so we only had 15 points. Didn't have that down, so I don't know what to tell you. Yeah, and Alomano had to try. So it's like, yeah, like he kind of got fucked, and he didn't have a bad game. He just didn't have much work to do. But you know who did have some work to do was Jamal Ford Robinson. I got all kinds of time for JFR.
00:29:30
Speaker
Just you have to go you have to go check out his trial on the Twitter's he he he retweeted it but. Like prop on the wing.
00:29:43
Speaker
like Ackerman supporting him on the left and then realizing that he's got the try and just like going nuts cheering for him. And Ford Robinson's just his expression afterwards, big eyes, like, did I do that? I mean, he was basically his Twitter avatar. That's funny. Huge eyes. Yeah.
00:30:09
Speaker
Yeah, just a worldy from the prop. Yeah, that's nothing but good things to say about Gloucester in this one. Just talk to them. And Bath have a lot of, they have a lot of hard mirror looking to do. Yeah, I'm sure Vingran's going to give them, give them some right stuff coming in here. Yeah, there's some, there's very little heart.
00:30:34
Speaker
This, um, yeah, it's really, I, this was bad. I mean, you know, there's certain, the, the, the usual characters, um, Underhill and Faletau, you can't know those, nothing, nothing. It isn't about that, but Underhill can, can look himself in the mirror and be proud. I mean, he just always lays it out there. And Spencer had an off, you know, I mean, how can you say hit an off day? Like fucking whole team did, but every, basically everybody else needs to, to, to take a look.
00:31:06
Speaker
Bad shit going on there. Let's jump up to Lester and Welford Road. Let's not catch this one, so I'll let you. Yeah, I got about a half of this in. Really, in the...
00:31:22
Speaker
you know, the one thing that we got to talk about and I know we said we wouldn't say nice things,
Waratahs Upset Crusaders
00:31:25
Speaker
but we have to say nice things because he's worth the nice things. Tom Young's being honored pregame and, you know, as much as much as we might have talked about him, he was he was done before long before this. But at the same time, it's sad to know that he probably wasn't going out on his own terms. And that's what you want when you when it's possible you want to leave the game on your own terms. So that is very sad. And I feel bad for him in that sense. But
00:31:51
Speaker
There's not a lot of people that have a bad thing to say about him in the end. That's what amazes me because for as much as a cock as the guy is on the field, everybody loves him. There's something there. All respect to him. That was the thing. I don't have to like a guy to respect him. The more you respect somebody, and if you don't like him, the more you don't like him. You know how that works.
00:32:19
Speaker
And it was because we saw him at the tail end of his effectiveness. Maybe he didn't get to make this decision, but he had every opportunity to make this decision and chose not to. So yeah.
00:32:34
Speaker
you know i'm sure during his when he was at his his in his prime um just a terror and and apparently he was very good yeah really good guy so and can vouch for that yeah can vouch for that um yeah so isn't you know and obviously we we wish him well and i know his wife's not well right now either i mean she's getting better but
00:32:52
Speaker
right we talk a lot of shit on the youngs but we like you know with our human beings we respect you know yeah i'm not telling them to freaking go you know and shit i just don't i just just you know there's a difference between that and you know just not like him as a player it was a big difference
00:33:06
Speaker
Uh, to the game though, it, you know, it looks like I missed the wrong, I've watched the right half because effectively Lester just blew the doors off him eventually. And at least Bristol stayed in it for a little while. But in the time that I did watch, I got to see one Chris Ashton grab the hat
Free Jacks' Winning Streak
00:33:22
Speaker
trick and the record and fan fantastic on him. And just wow. What a.
00:33:29
Speaker
What an achievement for him. He's got a record here. He's got a record in France. What are you going to say about the guy?
00:33:40
Speaker
is he just so so I don't know but he's another guy everybody seems to love but like is it just that he pisses off coaches because how is it like he can he never stuck with a team he's one of the ultimate journeymen and yet like if you want to try if you want to someone to score a try you fucking pick chris ashen because he'll do it like
00:34:04
Speaker
He scores like, like they're easy. Yeah. And yet, like, yeah, he's played for pretty much every team in the prem. And then some, like, how do you do that? How, I don't know how it's possible to play for like, you know, play multiple years for like 10 teams. Yeah, it's, that's the mystery, obviously. Yeah. There's, yeah.
00:34:30
Speaker
It's got to be something going on with, you know, he and coaches and just doesn't get along with him and whatnot, but he does score tries and, you know, that's, that's on the coaches. Like, how can you have someone like Chris Ashton and not get along with him? How can you not just suck it up and be like, yeah, okay, Chris, just do your thing. Like, whatever. Like, it's like, you know, kind of an Alan Iverson situation. Like, you know, he's not going to show up for practice. You know, he's going to like,
00:34:57
Speaker
just go off on somebody. You just be like, okay, just shut up and go to your corner and score. We've all been, we've all been around players like that. Yeah. There's no reason to fight with him as a coach. He just, yeah. Yeah. Let him deal with it. Yeah. Get over it. And she came off in this game, unfortunately. Oh no. Great. Oh no. Look awesome. So I don't know if we're going to see him this summer. Yeah. So it looked pretty nasty. He was, he was helped off.
00:35:26
Speaker
Oh no. No bueno. Um, Lester, you know, continue to cement themselves. I think they're all butt into, yeah, they're, they're, they're nailed down for the home semi-final now, given all their elder results. So they're good. They're good to go. Um, good luck. Anyway, that's gotta go travel there. Have fun. Have fun. Um, another team that's currently in pole position for this home semi-finals, of course, the Saracens, um, went to six ways.
00:36:02
Speaker
They didn't put up the number that everybody thought they would. But at the same time, it was very clinical. It was very effective. And that is all you need to be against Worcester. Right.
00:36:12
Speaker
And I mean, you know, the Tom Howe try at the end that kind of makes it a little bit look a lot more respectable because, you know, then they got it got him over over 10 for 10. So but this was and, you know. With I thought shaking once again, kind of. I mean, he scored, but he also had his issues and
00:36:42
Speaker
The Sarries did a little bit, you know, they had some, you know, Worcester moments of their own, but at least they were attacking. It was like one of those, they played the kind of the way the Harlequins play. They tested the Worcester defense and, and Juan worked much more than they lost. So, you know, yeah, they didn't always finish. They had kind of struggled to finish here and there, but.
00:37:04
Speaker
you know, then they decided to get the ball to max mail-ins and they scored tries. Yeah. Get something like, get something like six or eight carries and he scored four tries.
00:37:19
Speaker
And I think at least one or two of those was a carry off a kick. So I don't know if you can count any of those. So really, yeah, his most effectiveness was what was definitely ball on hand, obviously. And then he's been all patented. Oh, God. Yes. Intercept try. Yeah. And it wasn't even it wasn't even a step. It was just no off the deck after. Yeah. Terrible pass. Yeah. Yeah. Just like it. Yeah. That's right. Just a swat.
00:37:47
Speaker
nope, that's not a good idea with him around. No, it's not. And I mean, what the argument is,
00:37:59
Speaker
against Owen Farrell. I'm still out on. Honestly, I have no idea what the hell. I don't get it. Like, I mean, I get that he pisses people off. That's the number one thing. Really? That's where it is. That's where it is. That's all I've got right now. Because at this point, there's there's no other reason to, you know, dislike him in terms of playing for England. He's got the Sidney Crosby smirk.
00:38:20
Speaker
your favorite thing going on. Oh, so I get it. Don't know I get it. But at the same time, like, he's not as much of a douche. I kind of yeah, okay, no, he's okay. That's what it is. But at the same time, he's just, he's fantastic. Yeah.
00:38:38
Speaker
I mean, I and because he can do it all. That's the other thing about him, is that it's not like he's he's physical and he's a line stepper, you know, physicality wise.
00:38:54
Speaker
But like, he can pass, he can kick, he can play loose, he can play it tight, he can play whatever style you need. I mean, him and Marcus Smith, I mean, yeah, there's a reason he can't play 12 because he can run those, he runs those hard lines when he wants to. He's a punishing runner.
00:39:13
Speaker
He attacks the line, but he'll do that Sexton kind of thing, but he'll also deliver a blow as he does it. I'm like, Sexton, we'll just take it. He makes you hate that you've decided to do that sometimes. Yeah. I'm super excited about that when to see him playing 12 for England with Marcus. Yep. I agree. The other side of it is,
00:39:41
Speaker
every everywhere he goes, people want him even if he's not voted as like a captain, people want him in the leadership room. Yeah, like the Lions talked about talked about both for both tours that he's been or at least most two most recent tours. And even he was even you know, he was in the Saracens leadership room way before he was captain, right? He was a part of that conversation long before. And England same thing. So
00:40:10
Speaker
There's a lot there that most players can't give to a club. And to sit there and say that he's not valuable for even that alone is really kind of just a yawn argument at this point. And I'm just done hearing it. Like he belongs on the England team if they want to win. End of story.
00:40:34
Speaker
Sunday game. I didn't get to it myself, unfortunately. But it looks like it put a few points on the board. Oh, oh, my. You need to see this match, sir. I know. I saw the score. I was like, wow, that's a score. All right. I'm going to get there. It ended on a penalty try. Oh, OK. Because that's never happened before. But it wasn't. This was the WAFS match. They were fucking cruising.
00:41:02
Speaker
no real problems for the most part until the Irish did their London Irish things and came back and just scored, scored, scored. A rundle came on. That was the change. He came on with like 12 minutes to go, 20 minutes. He came 20 minutes. He went on 20 minutes and suddenly they were clicking.
00:41:32
Speaker
And, yeah, he and Hassell Collins were running with each other. It was. And they were just scoring, they just pounded tries over. And yeah and then the end was just made a couple of bad penalties, and
00:41:52
Speaker
launch, pulled down the mall on the tri-line, essentially. And the ref was, I think it was CMK. I can't remember who it was. It was just like, fuck that. I'm going to be like, you know, pretty much right to the sticks. Like, there's nothing more I can do with this one. It was a clear penalty try. So. Yeah, it was CMK.
00:42:18
Speaker
Yeah. And I thought he did a pretty fair job on the whole, but especially at that end, that's really, they earned it. So a lot of good stuff for WASPs, but they just didn't finish. And they really had every opportunity to, you know, you got to just hold a team out. They just couldn't even quite do that. Kind of real disappointing. Really unfortunate in that case.
00:42:46
Speaker
Well, it was hilarious. Wait, who was it? Wait, where was I? Because it was a who guard.
00:42:55
Speaker
and Porter trying to make a tackle on, I was it like Tooie Suey or something like that. It was just hilarious to see like, like it just too, too scrum ahead of trying to take down a large player and kind of struggling a little bit but. Struggled by the league. Right. Yeah. Who got on the wing kind of already tells you it's not
00:43:17
Speaker
I don't get that. Why? Why was he out there instead of a dog? Who? No idea. I don't quite get the decision making there. Um, yeah, that one's that one. That one scratches my head too. Yeah. And Umaga, he didn't come in until like, they came in like two minutes left. He came in right at the end. And it's like, what do you, he's been so good at 15. Um,
00:43:42
Speaker
Yeah, it's just very questionable all over the place. You have Kubo Rigi at 15. Like, you could... Slide him over. Right. Slide him over, put him on at 15. Houdard. I mean, I realize he can play wing, but come on, man. Like, I know they're trying to get him some playing time, but you still have a shtadit. Like, they're not in the top... They're not going to Champion's Cup right now.
00:44:08
Speaker
No. No, they're not. No, they're still on the outside looking in right now. Yeah. Need that dub. Need that dub. All right. Let's jump over to Super. I managed to catch a few of these, thankfully. Yeah, I couldn't see all of them. I didn't see that one because it wasn't available on Flow. Right. Until like yesterday. Yeah. No, I managed to settle down and watch this one.
00:44:33
Speaker
Chiefs were very good and almost clinical in many ways, and Reds were... Missing James O'Connor was a little clear, and Lawson Crichton isn't bad by any means, but OC is just a different level right now. Dubovayy is playing out of his skin right now. He is. He's ridiculous. He really is good, and he'll be in almost every all-black seat at this point. We had...
00:44:59
Speaker
I think the biggest talking points were two decisions on head contact. One of them was Angus Blythe, who was declared bent at the waist and trying to make a tackle. And one of them was, I'm trying to think of who it was. Fennell. That was a red. I saw that one. I was like, yep, that's unfortunately going to be a red. And I think that was one other thing. But yeah, anyway. Campbell's got a yellow, but I can't remember. I don't know why. I don't think I saw it.
00:45:28
Speaker
I saw it was a, it was an intentional knock. Okay. It was intentional knock. I saw, I watched the highlights on the flow. Cause that was what was available. And I was like, you know what? Cause I was going to watch another match and I'm like, all they're going to do is tell me the score of this match. So I might as well watch the fucking highlights. So that's the truth. Um, red's lost a 10, you know, a Tupo, as we found out later on for the season, which really sucks. And there's also gonna make Dave Rennie sweat a little bit too for what's coming up in the summer here. Um, you know, and
00:45:57
Speaker
There's a guy that's kind of, that's really disappointing me in the last few weeks. And not just because he's on my fancy team, but Flupa Danganu has just been a ghost. I don't know where he is. Like, where is the guy that we saw last year that was just tearing teams apart? Paging Flupo, paging Flupo, no idea. APB. Yeah, beats the shit out of me. So, and then, you know,
00:46:23
Speaker
I have to say the Chiefs have three really good Scrum house right now. That's how I played really, really well. Yes, they have Xavier Rowe, who they love. And then obviously they're Brad Weber, who's the incumbent. So it's it's a lot going on, going well in that in that Scrum. I'm quite happy. I mean, I I kind of spotted, you know, the Radama, this first appearance this season, I was like, you know what, that there's another one right there because and he's been
00:46:50
Speaker
He's been really consistent with that. He's been, you know, a terror when he's been on there, really, you know, a threat, active runner, stressing out the defense. And yeah, to see him get over was pretty, what he got, PETA gave him the offload, right? Yeah, I believe so. PETA Gus. And then PETA Gus got his own. Those two guys together, I'm super happy for the way their season's going.
00:47:19
Speaker
Going on up. And the guy on the other side, Bryn Gatlin, too. He's been putting together quite the season. I mean, he's pushed basically, he's made Chase Teatea a 15 at this point. Yeah. Well, and he's pushed Joshua. Joshua, I'm sorry, Joshua. That's what I was thinking. And I couldn't even remember because where the fuck has he been? He's been kind of out there, kind of not there anymore. Because Gatlin has just been an excellent 10. He's been doing well.
00:47:48
Speaker
And then to do for some blues.
00:47:54
Speaker
It was nice to see a lot of fight out of the forest. And this one, you know, this is obviously a very tough blue team that came into town. I, I still think they left it again, a little late. Um, I know they got the thrust try, um, with about 20 to go, but still, I just, I feel like they didn't really turn it on until that second half of the second half, that final quarter there and against the blues, you cannot do that. Right. You got to play full, full 80. You really do. And.
00:48:24
Speaker
credit to the Blues though, that final possession for the force was what, 25, 26 phases, didn't give away a penalty, didn't concede the points and managed to finally get it back for themselves and boot it out. I was like, I thought for sure penalty was coming. Like,
00:48:42
Speaker
Once I reached 19, 20, I was just like, there's got to be a penalty coming here, isn't there? And nope, never, never. Well, that's the, that's the smart thing is you don't, doesn't matter if you give away a penalty. You don't want to, I mean, you don't want to, but they have to score a try. So like you just, all you worry about is keeping them out. Like if you don't necessarily have to get, you don't have to give away a penalty because you don't have to really try too hard. You just wait them out. Eventually they'll, they'll knock it on or the situation will
00:49:10
Speaker
Um, present itself where they're vulnerable and you can go get that turnover. So good on the blues for being patient and finally getting it done. Right. And then surprising for it to hear for, you know, like it seemed like the blues who are quite the, you know, open play team and willing to make those kinds of mistakes. Cause let's just score points. Um, yeah, that's kind of a championship way to close, you know, a champion's way to close out a match.
00:49:37
Speaker
Yeah, and we'll see if they're raising a trophy by the end here. Over to Suva. And this is exactly the type of thing that we've been excited about for the team like the Fijian Drua. And what a crowd at ANZ at Stadium. That is exactly what we're hoping for when we're talking about these teams. And
00:49:59
Speaker
They put on a show that didn't come out on the right side of the result. But man, they really put on a show that was fan freaking tastic. And yeah, oh, man, that's so exciting to watch. Just I just wish they got the win. But man, that was great. There was just so much fun to watch. Just the same. Yeah, that's the thing. Like.
00:50:18
Speaker
You want them, you know, for them just to compete at this point is a win. It doesn't matter what team they're playing. They're obviously not one of the better teams and not that the Highlanders are themselves, but they're still, you know, being the worst of the New Zealand teams is not something to sneeze at. So.
00:50:39
Speaker
Yeah, it's never going to look good for Fiji who have struggled against pretty much everybody anyway. So this was a great result, I think, in the end. This was a much more positive outcome than you really could have expected, you know, if you were a betting individual. Right. Yeah. And there was, I mean, the Lamani driver after that, I was like, OK, this is going to be fun today, isn't it? And that's the good thing, too. You need to, you know,
00:51:08
Speaker
It's it's so important to have that kind of open because you want to get you want to like really get the fans into it and get them behind you. And yeah. And they did the first 20 or so minutes. Yeah. And the hubbosi tries like from nowhere. That was on a nothing. It was absolutely nothing. And just they were chucking it about and it worked like that is absolutely fun. Like just oh, I love it. Yeah. Love it. I love everything about it.
00:51:34
Speaker
Right. And then Revuvu goes over, like they're just, yeah, even, and they're giving up points too, but you score in points, you then, you know, you're getting the crowd in it and you're, you're getting yourself into it too. Yup. Yup. And then I have to say, um, I haven't loved him most of this year for the Highlanders, but Mike Kelly too played probably his best game.
00:51:55
Speaker
I've seen this year so far and now the game we would argue that because yeah, he's going to try but even before that it looked like he was about to take off again. Yeah, he was he was on something I don't know what but he was on it. And so maybe he's maybe he's healthy. It might just be that it might just be that he's he's finally
00:52:14
Speaker
Whatever was bugging them at the beginning of the season is no longer bugging them. Yeah, there could be a possibility as well. I won't deny that. Playing hurt and playing healthy, they're never the same. They're never the same. Yeah. Because there's certain things like you just got to play differently. There's certain things you can't do. You can't push yourself because you got to make sure that you're not overexerting and you got to take a tackle instead of trying to fend. There's just little things.
00:52:45
Speaker
So yeah, that's my diagnosis here, is my expert opinion. That might be it right there. And then over to...
00:52:57
Speaker
Like our goal and probably the upset of super rugby so far. Taz taking down the Crusaders. I didn't get to watch this yet, but I heard about it because I found I jumped ahead in the weekend. Right. And I'm going to have to go back and watch this one. You will. It was it's a fantastic match because the Taz. Jump out to the lead. Yeah, Dylan piece right off the bat. Yeah. And then Nwakin and Owasi not long after.
00:53:27
Speaker
And then it was just, because you know the Crusaders are not going away. You know they're going to do the Crusader thing at the end where they're at least in it. And so it's down to just making sure you defend well, you stay out of the bin.
00:53:47
Speaker
Although they didn't quite do that. But at the same time, then was it was a doll's elf got it. Oh, yeah. And oh, he got lucky, too. So he got was there he. He had a job that should have been there should have been a right like.
00:54:08
Speaker
But he comes on, and then immediately there was like a headshot, but there was mitigation. So I think it was just negated to nothing. I think they treated it as a rugby incident. And then almost immediately afterwards, it gets red card. And it's just like, yeah, it was one of those, oh, we're looking at you again. OK, well, you got lucky the first time. There's no reason to think of it as incidental this time. And it was a clear red. So not a Christian.
00:54:38
Speaker
That's how you, you know, unfortunately, sometimes that's how you have to beat the Crusaders. Like, one of them does something that's not, you know, that's not Crusaders rugby on any level. I'm sure Robertson will say that as well. And yeah, you don't know, right? No, not.
00:54:54
Speaker
you get lucky once you put it away. And then Matera got a yellow right afterwards. So they were down to 13. I can't remember what his would hit the yellow was for exactly. But an earned yellow and silly. Yeah, that just allows the title is just to kind of close it out. So damn.
00:55:16
Speaker
Yeah. Really. And gamble played a huge match again. He's been brilliant. He's been fantastic. And his, the lettuce, the whole flow, it's not even just the lettuce. It's the, the hair and the stat. It's just, Oh, fucking make a statue of it. Cause it's fantastic. And, and, and his game matches. So just excellent to see. Love it. I love it. Um,
00:55:45
Speaker
Back up to Amy Park, because we haven't been there recently. Rebels in Pacifica. This is another one that I was unable to capture. Didn't get this one. Yeah. Looks like Pacifica gave him a game.
00:56:00
Speaker
So yeah, it doesn't get on them. And again, this is like we talked about with the draw. This is sometimes it's all you can hope for. And I feel like Moana are a little bit better, but also at the same time, the rebels are are much worse than the Highlanders. So I think I would agree with that. I would wholeheartedly agree with that. But the rebels also aren't bad. And I guess they seem to be coming together a little bit. So
00:56:25
Speaker
Um, a little bit truly. Yeah. And Reese Hodge is a back on form. So good. The only does good things for both the rebels and the wallabies. Right. Um, jump over to, uh, GIO stadium, Brumby's and hurricanes. And you know, not going to make you dwell on this one for too long. I mean, it hurt, but at the same time, like.
00:56:49
Speaker
You heard the numbers and I was watching. I was like, we're getting way too many opportunities to be down. And that was the simple fact. Like we kept spoiling opportunities left and right. You know, Reasi and Fassivea both had over a hundred meters.
00:57:04
Speaker
like, and that Billy Proctor try was fucking amazing too. And that is what they're capable of. And that is what annoyed the holy fuck out of me for this match. I'm like, we can do that. And we're not doing it. Like, God damn, I was so annoyed. I was like, come on, guys. Like,
00:57:25
Speaker
did you see what you just did without like they didn't even like look like they were trying on that one they just kind of yeah this was it and it worked it was brilliant and i'm like when you actually put your goddamn mind to it you guys can freaking absolutely own this team and they decided not to apparently so i was like fucking idiots just i was so yeah it was like i i know how you feel because i that's the way the chiefs have been in the feedback when um
00:57:53
Speaker
You know, DMACC was playing with them. Um, they did a lot of shit like, you know, like that. Um, and even now I yell at them. I just feel like I know how you feel the chiefs. I think, I think are a little bit better and that's no, no disrespect to the hurricanes or you obviously, but, um, I feel like we're all like in the same boat. It's just, I have, I yell at the chiefs less than you do with the hurricane. I think that's the only difference. Um,
00:58:21
Speaker
So yeah, although the Chiefs, obviously they can, they're, you know, beating the Reds is, I'm not sure the hurricane. We've already done that. Oh, that's right. You did. We've already done that. So yeah. Yeah. I mean, the Rumbies are an excellent team and you can't, you can't fault them. The Valentini tribe was, I had to clap. I was like, that's awesome. Like out scooted everyone to get there.
00:58:47
Speaker
Yeah, he's so good. Yes, he's really, really good. And the hair too. Yeah, that top man. The lid does it. The lid does it. On the other side, actually. I'm not excited to play against them this week. No, there won't be. There won't be a party. I can probably choose. On the other side, the hurricanes have somehow managed to produce yet another quality back rower with TK Houghton, who's since starting, like,
00:59:12
Speaker
I don't have a reason to bring Reid Prince up back right now, because he's playing, this guy's playing out of his mind. I mean, I'm not gonna say no when he comes back, but man, he's certainly making life easier. Since he's not playing, I think Dewey's unavailable as well. So really like Yossi. Yeah, Brandon Yossi's out as well. So yeah, really, really like and look at him.
00:59:38
Speaker
The hurricanes can put things together and then they just have moments where I'm like, what the fuck did you just do? Giving away the Valentini try was all down to just complete stupidity. And he put the effort in to get it done, but at the same time, it's like, what the fuck are you guys doing to begin with? So yeah, moments like that just made me tear my hair out.
01:00:00
Speaker
Oh, well, that's how it is. And the Sangster yellow card, it was such a stupid one. Why did you need to do that? Tell me what was accomplished by doing that, other than the fact that you... We all want to pop Nick White in the face. I get it. Like... We do. Like, I agree. I don't disagree with it, but goddamn, like, do it in a way that's not gonna give you a yellow card. You dumb shit.
01:00:21
Speaker
Uh, yep. Feel that, but screw it. Oh, well. Um, okay. So let us, let's jump to the, um, I wrote quick, quick rip around. Um, so I've been, was an attendance. I got to, I watched the replay later on free jacks down the Utah warriors and they have now, they now have ownership of the longest winning streak in MLR ever.
01:00:50
Speaker
They do. And yeah, let's see, we get Oh glory and I know glory is gonna be mad about everything, but at the same time, they're so they're still not very good. Right. So sorry to say that's Yeah, so there's that. I thought this week was
01:01:10
Speaker
Go ahead. Yeah, I thought just from what I was watching, I love those centers. I really do. They're so good. They're absolutely fantastic. Mitch Wilson back in form, which is awesome. I was really happy to see Fyfe because that was the Seattle match that you and I were both at and he was grabbing stuff and
01:01:27
Speaker
he looked very uncomfortable. So I thought for sure that was something broken in his shoulder. And thankfully it was just a couple of cracked ribs. So that's something that you can play with and or at least get over fairly quickly. So that was awesome. And Johnny Poland.
01:01:42
Speaker
He's a nine that's not talked about enough and he will be now that he's on one of the best teams, if not the best team in MLR. But even before this, back to the inaugural season that got canceled, he was still one of the best nines in the league. Nobody knew about it because he played for us. Now everybody's got to find out how good he is because I love Johnny Poland. Just love that dude. Don't ever pull him if you can help it.
01:02:07
Speaker
And they have so many like they had so many just playing around with the ball tries made a couple like the way they played around the ball and then didn't score, but. They're just they they they they they break the line and then they move the ball around.
01:02:21
Speaker
And it's like teams, you cannot, I don't care who you are. You can be the crusaders back there. If you get a, you know, you get a line break on a defense and then just play with the ball behind the line, like you're gone. It's over. And that's what they do. They had one try that was like, they had a line break and then four passes actually like that after the line break. You're not going to stop that.
01:02:45
Speaker
Right. And they just they just work together really well on it. So just so dangerous. Yeah. Poland is there with that with his, you know, inside scrum half line. I think that's how we're Mitch Wilson scored off of that. That, you know, it was like Fife and Milan and Waka and right and Mitch and Mitch finished. It's like, yeah, got to got to love it. You love it. You got to love everything about it. And my wife made me stop.
01:03:15
Speaker
Talking shit at Mikey Teo. He was bad. And I was letting him hear it. There's a reason Gary Gold's not picking him anymore. Yeah. Who was also in the house.
01:03:25
Speaker
He was. Yeah. Gary in the house. Right. Mika Cruz said, luckily, he didn't get the ball nearly enough. Thank God. The house is very happy. Like, he was, he was there really, they're one of their only threats. Yeah, he's very, he's like, he is their threat. There's no doubt about it. So yeah, good. I think it was Van Vuren who had to go to the hospital. So yeah, that looked ugly.
01:03:50
Speaker
He just got, I didn't see, like, obviously. He just ducked in. Yeah, ducked into the wrong spot, really. Okay. Yeah. Because he, I saw him get smooched. Yeah, led into a tackle ducking and, yeah. Okay. It wasn't a good idea. Well, the way he hit. Because it didn't look, it didn't look like a, like a, it didn't look like it was foul play or any kind of, you know, bad tackle. It just looked like he got smooshed backwards and never got off. That's all it was. That's really all it was. Yeah. Sucked.
01:04:19
Speaker
Elsewhere, L.A. won at Rugby ATL. That's confusing. Yeah, don't mess with it. Dallas Jackals lost again. Big surprise there. They lost the Legion. Rugby New York beats Nola in New Jersey, so Rugby New Jersey.
01:04:39
Speaker
Yeah, again, as I said before, null is not that good. Like, don't get it confused, kids. Gorgonis, again, are still pretty good. They beat Seattle. Leaves, some interesting things going on in the Western Conference Legion are now ahead of Seattle, and they actually have a team in hand on Los Angeles, so we could see them jumping up real quickly here if we're not careful.
01:05:06
Speaker
LA has... Oh, all the way around. You're right. Okay, so never mind. I'll shut up about that. Oops. But the hay saber cats are lurking. Yeah, they have a game. They have a game in hand on the guys in front of them. Yep. Yeah, maybe that's where my brain was originally at when they obviously crossed my wires. So, yeah, that 2-5 is close in the West. So just, you know, hang on to your hats and watch what happens over there. Other side of the coin, really, it's...
01:05:36
Speaker
You know, two and three kind of have a fight. Toronto has a lot of run to work. You know, really that's it. Yeah. Toronto's going to have to do a lot of work. It's between ATL and New York for the for the home. Home semi or home quarter. Quarterfinal. Yeah. Yeah. Yep. That's what it'll be at this point because yeah, Toronto's got a lot of work to do and they have a lot of home games left, which is good and that'll help them. But yeah, they sound like they have great point differential.
01:06:06
Speaker
They've given up more tries than they've scored. It's not helpful. Yeah, it's it's not that they can't. It's that the signs.
01:06:16
Speaker
No. All signs point to no. All signs point to no bueno. Magic 8 ball. Yeah. Yeah, right. So, oh well. Right. The free jacks are just fantastic. We're getting there. We're loving it. And then they get to play all glory this weekend. Oh, it's got to be up. We have two wins, one of those games against Dallas. It's going to be a shit show. Right. One game. Who's their other one? Was it?
01:06:44
Speaker
It was Utah or San Diego, I think. I cannot recall. I think it was Utah. So Utah. Not good. Not good. OK, so hopefully you all missed us a little bit at least because we're back and we're back on the saddle. And looking at my schedule, I don't foresee that happening again, thankfully. No, I think we're clear till at least till the end of the prem, I think. So good for us.
01:07:10
Speaker
Yeah, that should be good to go. Yeah, my personal rugby season is winding down. The kids will be done by the end of the month, I think. So, yeah, we'll get there. Yeah, school is ending soon. You wouldn't know it from the weather. It seems like it's like very, very February, March weather lately here. Stupid Ireland sent us our weather. Yeah. You can take it back. We don't want it.
01:07:37
Speaker
Yeah, we're back. We're back into it. Um, yeah. So if you're, we are going to obviously hop over to the fantasy pod in a second here. So if you aren't come over to the fantasy corner, we'll see you there. Um, if you're just one of those weird people that likes to tune in talking about just rugby, then we'll be back next week and we'll catch on that side. Um, but either way, we got a quarter finals for a year coming up this weekend. Um,
01:08:01
Speaker
And be thankful for Ben. I say we won't be nearly as much rugby for our brains. Right. Just that, some super rugby and just focus on these things. No more internationals for a bit. Yeah, we'll be good. So we'll catch you next week if we're not seeing you until then. Otherwise, we'll see you on the fans. Have a good one, everybody. Later.