4901 Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Tigerburnie - You mention your Rugby club (presumably your first team) played the second team of Moseley. Who were you playing for - a west midlands club? Our first team - Dixonians - played Moseley first, our second their third, and our third their "development" team. The Moseley captain was on old-timer and the rest were very young and good. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockershovel Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 8 hours ago, The Fatadder said: I think it’s far too soon to be talking about scrapping the Blitz defence, look at how long it took SA to perfect it before it really started delivering results. England just need to get rid of the lapses of concentration which seem to always result in an opposition try. Those two mistakes today (particularly that no armed tackle at the end) were inexcusable. (As were many of the stupid errors in the Scotland game that England really should have won). The same can be said for the Italy game. England conceded two soft tries in quick succession through repeating a similar error, and gave away a try at the last by a schoolboy error - not killing the ball, as France demonstrated yesterday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerburnie Posted March 17 Author Share Posted March 17 8 hours ago, 4901 said: Tigerburnie - You mention your Rugby club (presumably your first team) played the second team of Moseley. Who were you playing for - a west midlands club? Our first team - Dixonians - played Moseley first, our second their third, and our third their "development" team. The Moseley captain was on old-timer and the rest were very young and good. My old club is now called Leicester Lions who are fighting for survival in Nat 1 having played Moseley twice and lost both of them this season. Leicester Lions was formed when Westleigh and Wigston joined in 1998 to form the Lions. I played for Wigston in the 1970's, I think we played against Dixonians as well, name rings a bell, though it could have been a "pool" match, where if you remember, clubs/teams without a fixture went into the pool and names were put together for a match. If memory serves me right Moseley's 2nds were called "United" in those days. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted March 17 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 17 8 hours ago, tigerburnie said: My old club is now called Leicester Lions who are fighting for survival in Nat 1 having played Moseley twice and lost both of them this season. Leicester Lions was formed when Westleigh and Wigston joined in 1998 to form the Lions. I played for Wigston in the 1970's, I think we played against Dixonians as well, name rings a bell, though it could have been a "pool" match, where if you remember, clubs/teams without a fixture went into the pool and names were put together for a match. If memory serves me right Moseley's 2nds were called "United" in those days. I certainly played Dixonians when I played for Tamworth RFC in the early 90s. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerburnie Posted March 26 Author Share Posted March 26 Not my cup of tea but a word for Danny Care retiring from England duty, you don't get that many caps being average, well done sir. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerburnie Posted April 5 Author Share Posted April 5 European Cups this weekend, I don't hold out much hope for an English, Welsh or Scottish winner unfortunately. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerburnie Posted April 7 Author Share Posted April 7 Some decent rugby over the weekend, all this talk of doom and gloom eh? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockershovel Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 A loud slap over the pate for Sir Clive Woodward, the latest to involve himself in the "6N promotion/relegation" debate. No, no, no. It's the 6 Nations. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Fatadder Posted April 18 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 18 I see Finn Russell is out for the rest of the season, Thats Bath's season over I suspect, just as I was starting to believe..... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted April 18 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 18 4 hours ago, The Fatadder said: I see Finn Russell is out for the rest of the season, Thats Bath's season over I suspect, just as I was starting to believe..... Check whether Stuart Barnes is available. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerburnie Posted April 19 Author Share Posted April 19 East Midlands derby game this weekend, always a favourite with both clubs and their fans 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeps Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 Having lost faith with the men’s England team I think I will focus my support on the women’s team. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerburnie Posted April 22 Author Share Posted April 22 Aren't the Red Roses doing well, they reckon they will soon be able to fill Twickenham, might motivate the men to do better as well. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dave Hunt Posted April 22 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 22 I’ve watched a few of their games recently and there’s been some good rugby on show. Dave 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeps Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 6 minutes ago, Dave Hunt said: I’ve watched a few of their games recently and there’s been some good rugby on show. Dave I fully agree and they could teach the men’s team a thing or two. Whilst watching Saturdays game I began to wonder how the Red Roses would fare against the men’s team; I know that they would lose out in a scrum, and the men would have a definite advantage in tackles but, H&S issues aside, the women’s team have a few ‘sturdy’ players that I would be fearful of in close combat. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerburnie Posted April 26 Author Share Posted April 26 Last day of the season in National league 1, my old club Leicester Lions need to win tomorrow at Sale FC or they could be relegated. Tough old league with some famous old clubs, Blackheath, Moseley, Richmond to name just a few. I've been watching the games on youtube, pretty good standard, certainly higher than when I was playing for sure. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
whart57 Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 Players still look like human beings at that level. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerburnie Posted April 27 Author Share Posted April 27 Well my old club pulled off a fine win in the last game of the season to win and remain in National league 1 next season, the less said about the neighbours 5 miles up the road who managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory against Bristol. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeps Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 Let’s raise a cheer, and a few glasses, to the Englands women’s team for another Grand Slam. 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockershovel Posted April 28 Share Posted April 28 Watched Exeter clobber Gloucester today, mostly by consistent execution of basics plus an unstoppable Saffer.... oh, and Feyi-Wabosi, a player to watch I think 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerburnie Posted Thursday at 20:55 Author Share Posted Thursday at 20:55 European Cup this weekend good luck to the Saints and GDB's Harlequins, both in the away grounds and both have a big hill to climb, be nice if they can win though. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerburnie Posted 2 hours ago Author Share Posted 2 hours ago Gloucester into the Challenge Cup final, Northampton fall short in Dublin in a close game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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