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Huguenot

Huguenot

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Well they've got the Rugby World Cup in a few years time and need to build a fan base, and they might give him a red hat with gold piping?


I think UK clubs have something like a ?4.5m annual cap for the whole team. He may get ?1m just for himself in Nippon, and a lucrative coaching role.

Gingerbeer

Gingerbeer

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Maybe I have the wrong name... Im refering to the one who played for Leicester. Im not disappointed that hes playing for Japan, I guess I was hoping for some mystical, exciting reason for playing there rather than "money". Im continually defeated by my own epectations. :)
Gingerbeer

Gingerbeer

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Gods, Id like to know too! I think originally a game was on and I couldnt stop laughing. Compared to American football, it looked like a continuous series of hail-mary passes which I found hilarious. Once I saw a throw-in where a player is lifted, and I couldnt get the image of ice dancing out of my mind, I was irrevocably hooked. Hence my search for explanations that satisfy only when accompanied by jazz hands.


Honestly though, I really do like it.

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EJTH

EJTH

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Gingerbeer - Japan is where most of the Aussies, Kiwis and Fijians go when their rugby playing days are coming to an end they no longer make the Wallabies or the All Blacks and they are keen to feed their retirement funds. Japan has a thriving, higly competitive scene in which millions of Yen gets invested. Most of the big Japanese brands sponsor a side and the fans go absolutely nuts over the imported players.
Alan Medic

Alan Medic

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Inspired by the footie thread I thought I'd try a Six Nations prediction game with easy to digest rules. There are only 5 rounds of 3 games starting today.


The Rules


Predict a correct result : 20 points (bonus of 20 if it's a draw)

Predict any teams exact score : 20 points

The number of points your prediction is from each teams actual score: -1 point per point

e.g. you predict Wales to score 20 and they score 7 = -13 points

You must play all 5 rounds.


The weekends fixtures and my predictions:


Wales 17 Ireland 21

England 28 Scotland 15

Italy 18 France 26


First kick off is at 1.30 today.

Michael Palaeologus

Michael Palaeologus

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National loyalties aside, who do we support in neutral games?


I always kinds of want the Italians to win, followed by the Paddies, Jocks, Taffs and Frogs in that order.


Of course being English I accept that the none of the fringe nations try very hard when playing anybody other than England :)

Alan Medic

Alan Medic

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After round 1 the scores look like this.


Next weekends fixtures are as follows:

Scotland v Italy 2.30 Saturday

France v Wales 5.00 Saturday

Ireland v England 3.00 Sunday


Don't forget to enter all two of you.


All of them look tasty to watch and thankfully the 6 nations is entertaining so far.

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