Olap

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All about speeding up the game. The bigest culprit right now is the whistle however. Given the size of the bokkes forwards, anything to speed them up is a good idea. But I'm still dissapointed not to see at least 2 backs mandated on the bench, or a cut to it.

To reduce the whistle it might be time to warn specific players. One warning for giving away a penalty and then a yellow card. Might be funny to see teams at 10 players

[–] Olap@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

To be thin clients for cloud gaming. No thanks, back to retrogaming it is then!

[–] Olap@lemmy.world 7 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Elder

Dvne

Bossk

Keygen Church

Julie Christmas

Cult of Luna

Sgàile

Nightwish

Skiltron

Glorryhammer

Creeper

No real death in that list though - the vocals are part of the genre

[–] Olap@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Nor did Argentina take that scalp tonight. And we were 4 pts shy ourselves this year in Dublin. Home adv may mean that it's a coin flip in 2025!

[–] Olap@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

Argentina nearly did it tonight. Ireland ultimately with too much discipline in that defense to overcome. And too many caps, far too many caps - when are some of the 100+ retiring?

 

Some analysis ahead of this weekend's matches

[–] Olap@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

Yous in Scotland is great to wind up Proper English speakers. If they whinge they get a y'all

[–] Olap@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

Great to see OpenAPI being even more embraced. It truly is fantastic for multi-team engineering

 

Nice interview here. And a great quote

[–] Olap@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

No, quite surprised at that. Did they use a football pitch, or was it the rugby stadium?

[–] Olap@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Yes that advantage was far too long. Scrum was a shitshow all game sadly, Scotland looked well out our depth

[–] Olap@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Wales are traditionalists at the top, part of the reason they are struggling. Personally I'm for it, even if Scotland’s looked very soft in the stadium.

[–] Olap@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Could Wales and Fiji please stop with the cards? There's a game of rugby to be played!

[–] Olap@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (3 children)

What a match to catch on the radio it was. So good to hear the commentators shout nooo :) Defense was obviously optional yesterday, here's hoping Scotland go like that today too! (Wales v Fiji likely to be a high scorer too)

[–] Olap@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

No way are England top tier right now. But I do agree there is a top 4 then a drop off. Scotland has an inability to crack them and that's the debate about Townsend. As to the why, it's the depth imo that allows them to defend with such ferocity AND attack. Frequently we see one or the other in players, but the top 4 nations have a player pool where the world class do both. They also have player pathways that are world class that develops these individuals, which pays dividends in the long term

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Juicy weekend of rugby, kick offs in GMT

Friday

Ireland vs New Zealand - 2010

Saturday

England vs Australia - 1510
Italy vs Argentina - 1740
France vs Japan - 2010

Sunday

Wales vs Fiji - 1340
Scotland vs South Africa - 1610

Share your predictions, post some reactions, and bonus question: how many cards this weekend?

 

Seems apt to post this today

 

Unlikely to be jailed, but could see some hefty community service and a big fine

 

Should be a great clash at the weekend, hoping it's put away by half time and we see the bench then shine

 

Ever reliable Marler sticks his foot in it again ahead of tournament. Just ammo for the All Blacks here

 

A little build up to the End of year internationals for us. Personally I never rated curry, but I know a lot of English fans dol

This out of release window weekend has England vs Japan and Scotland vs Fiji for us. Scotland with a lot of exiles to be tested on depth, the all blacks with a quick turn around after playing in Japan last weekend, Fiji being tested financially as always, and England being tested by just playing the ABs. Should be juicy!

 

Not a fan personally, but let's see how it goes

 

That's 20 in a row for the Red Roses. The All Blacks managed "just" 18 in 2015/16

 

A great move for Glasgow here. I was just saying how bad pro teams in Scotland were at getting out there. Well here's an opportunity! URC champions are going to pump yet-to-find-a-win Edinburgh though

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