Baloucoune came from 7s to the Ulster set up so not a surprise.volvo wrote: ↑Wed Feb 14, 2024 8:15 pm Anybody see this?
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/other/i ... 3277&ei=77
Big World of Rugby
Moderator: Moderators
Re: Big World of Rugby
-
- Chancellor to the King
- Posts: 3223
- Joined: Fri Oct 07, 2016 10:03 pm
Re: Big World of Rugby
So is bobbie B definitely going? The article isn't definitive just that he is open to the idea. Does he need to stop playing 15s now in order to compete for a spot?
Re: Big World of Rugby
Don't think anything definite yet, guessing Dupont will make his French 7s debut in Vancouver next weekend as TNT Sports are listed as showing it. Normally the main broadcasters don't bother with it outside of Olympics etc and it is usually just on RugbyPass TV.jean valjean wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 5:28 pm So is bobbie B definitely going? The article isn't definitive just that he is open to the idea. Does he need to stop playing 15s now in order to compete for a spot?
- big mervyn
- Rí na Cúige Uladh
- Posts: 14557
- Joined: Fri May 09, 2008 2:22 pm
- Location: Overlooking the pitch (til they built the old new stand)
Re: Big World of Rugby
He should focus on the real rugby instead of this nonsense.
Nobody gives a sh$t about 7s.
Nobody gives a sh$t about 7s.
Volunteer at an animal sanctuary; it will fill you with joy , despair, but most of all love, unconditional love of the animals.
Big Neville Southall
Big Neville Southall
- solidarity
- Lord Chancellor
- Posts: 4060
- Joined: Sat Jun 01, 2013 7:00 pm
Re: Big World of Rugby
I get the feeling that Bobby is actually more suited to sevens. More space, speed's more important and he's been to the top in sevens before.Neill_M wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 6:26 pmDon't think anything definite yet, guessing Dupont will make his French 7s debut in Vancouver next weekend as TNT Sports are listed as showing it. Normally the main broadcasters don't bother with it outside of Olympics etc and it is usually just on RugbyPass TV.jean valjean wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 5:28 pm So is bobbie B definitely going? The article isn't definitive just that he is open to the idea. Does he need to stop playing 15s now in order to compete for a spot?
TBH, if he's not got what it takes for 15s, let him go for Olympic glory.
Re: Big World of Rugby
Uk Telegraph not BELTEL have done a survey on the best 30 sportspeople in different sports they done football etc and now just done rugby.
Criteria was that participants had to be actively playing in teams in the UK (ROI not included)
Steven Kitshoff named at number 19 and Hendy named at 23
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
Criteria was that participants had to be actively playing in teams in the UK (ROI not included)
Steven Kitshoff named at number 19 and Hendy named at 23
![Ulsterfleg :fleg:](./images/smilies/fleg.gif)
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
- solidarity
- Lord Chancellor
- Posts: 4060
- Joined: Sat Jun 01, 2013 7:00 pm
Re: Big World of Rugby
Another essay on brain injuries, this time in women's rugby: https://theconversation.com/womens-rugb ... 20equality
I'm still ambivalent about the issue although, having a friend who was a fine Irish League footballer, and is now well down the demetia road, I can't help but wonder.
I'm still ambivalent about the issue although, having a friend who was a fine Irish League footballer, and is now well down the demetia road, I can't help but wonder.
- big mervyn
- Rí na Cúige Uladh
- Posts: 14557
- Joined: Fri May 09, 2008 2:22 pm
- Location: Overlooking the pitch (til they built the old new stand)
Re: Big World of Rugby
There's a BMJ study that indicates that 11.4% of former rugby internationals contracted a neurodegenerative disease compared with 5.4% of the general population.solidarity wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 2:53 pm Another essay on brain injuries, this time in women's rugby: https://theconversation.com/womens-rugb ... 20equality
I'm still ambivalent about the issue although, having a friend who was a fine Irish League footballer, and is now well down the demetia road, I can't help but wonder.
Volunteer at an animal sanctuary; it will fill you with joy , despair, but most of all love, unconditional love of the animals.
Big Neville Southall
Big Neville Southall
- solidarity
- Lord Chancellor
- Posts: 4060
- Joined: Sat Jun 01, 2013 7:00 pm
Re: Big World of Rugby
Must look that up. Looks pretty damning at first sight.big mervyn wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 10:48 pmThere's a BMJ study that indicates that 11.4% of former rugby internationals contracted a neurodegenerative disease compared with 5.4% of the general population.solidarity wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 2:53 pm Another essay on brain injuries, this time in women's rugby: https://theconversation.com/womens-rugb ... 20equality
I'm still ambivalent about the issue although, having a friend who was a fine Irish League footballer, and is now well down the demetia road, I can't help but wonder.
- solidarity
- Lord Chancellor
- Posts: 4060
- Joined: Sat Jun 01, 2013 7:00 pm
Re: Big World of Rugby
Not rugby but the shameful side of a big sporting occasion: https://theconversation.com/the-horrify ... g%20events
- solidarity
- Lord Chancellor
- Posts: 4060
- Joined: Sat Jun 01, 2013 7:00 pm
Re: Big World of Rugby
While we're in the silly season, here's an interesting wee essay: https://theconversation.com/how-sport-a ... ct%20match
What poem would you choose to be read at an Ulster match or to pin up on the wall of the changing room?
What poem would you choose to be read at an Ulster match or to pin up on the wall of the changing room?
Re: Big World of Rugby
Not quite a poem but useful for the wall............
Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
Re: Big World of Rugby
Very apt BV should definitely be on the wall
Re: Big World of Rugby
Alongside
Charles Swindoll
"The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think, say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company... a church... a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we embrace for that day. We cannot change our past... we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play the one string we have, and that is our attitude... I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it.
And so it is with you... we are in charge of our Attitudes”
Charles Swindoll
"The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think, say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company... a church... a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we embrace for that day. We cannot change our past... we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play the one string we have, and that is our attitude... I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it.
And so it is with you... we are in charge of our Attitudes”
Re: Big World of Rugby
![stir :stir:](./images/smilies/stirthepot.gif)
![duh :duh:](./images/smilies/duh.gif)
![duh :duh:](./images/smilies/duh.gif)
![duh :duh:](./images/smilies/duh.gif)