Josh
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Don't speak until you hear a player better than... Clint Dempsey.
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Feyi-Waboso, Roots, Cunningham-South, Marcus Smith, Dylan Hartley was Captain, Shontayne Hape, Mike Catt, Willie Heinz, Ben Te’o, the Vunipolas, Riki Flutey.
That’s off the top of my head. Have I missed any?
Oh yeah, Kepu Tuipulotu. Feel free to continue the list…
Telegraph Rugby@TelegraphRugby
✍️ 'Centre’s first country will always be South Africa – if he is not good enough for the Springboks, then he should not be in Test rugby' I Writes Oliver Brown Read @oliverbrown_tel's full article below 🔗 telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/20…
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@OMG_ITS_NDABA anyone thats played rugby before knows that if youre going to do something dirty, you'd do it in the breakdown, where people cant see? Isn't that obvious lol
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Another Josh Murphy
And it’s always Irish players alleging South African players did something to them in the breakdown (where we conveniently can’t see).
What we CAN see though is all the croc rolls they’re teaching in Ireland
Stephen@SteviePSport
Dangerous precedent here. Munster player is alleging a Lions player has spat in their face. We have now spent well over 5 minutes trying to find the incident of which the TMO can't find anything and they have said they can't find it so will leave to citing commissioner.
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@Neillionheart @RussBoneham1969 why cant they do what they want and post if they wanna post, why can you only post if you played in the prem ffs, weird one you
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@RussBoneham1969 Spot on ! Just ok players thinking they are professionals it’s how the world is at the moment deluded
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@JacquesMaree73 @Richie_Allen Why would I make it up? Its a well known fact Saffas abuse roids at high school, get with the program ya bias fuckwit
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@jdj795 @Richie_Allen I'm not saying THEY made it up. I don't even know who they are. I'm saying YOU made it up, you little weasel.
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Not saying this for clout but :
I once spoke to a back-rower from South Africa, he'd dozens of caps for the Springboks and one of the worlds best.
He openly told me beside a training pitch that him and 'four other guys' were the only ones who had never juiced in current team.
Rúaidhrí O'Connor@RuaidhriOC
Prop Asenathi Ntlabakanye is the latest Springbok to be banned for a doping offence. He played against Leinster for the Lions last weekend 18 month suspension means he'll miss the World Cup, unless he successfully appeals
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@JacquesMaree73 @Richie_Allen Why would they make it up? And why would I? I know half of them are roided up, look at Jesse Kriel ffs
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Harry Kane over Wazza & Gerrard is an absolutely mental shout.
The Footy Feed@TheFootyFeed
🚨 Pyramid of the Greatest England Players of all Time...
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@Dr_DewSweep out of curiosity where exactly was ur uncle pushing p, I recognise that jacket 🤣
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Can’t tell you how much I love Min Woo Lee competing in a PGA Championship while looking like my drug dealing uncle from 1994
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Daniel Taylor,
You really need to do justice to Sterling when writing. He broke out at 16, playing top level football, and now he’s 31.
Out of these years, he was at the top for more than a decade. Many players don’t have that.
I’ll remind you of what he’s achieved just incase you’ve led many people on, people who possibly have amnesia. Y’all cannot rewrite history.
Sterling is the second youngest player to score for Liverpool, only behind Owen.
Golden boy award in ‘14 (Best U-21 player in Europe)
Scored over 100 goals in the premier league at age 27, the 8th youngest player to score over 100 goals. He’s also part of the PL-100 club.
5 Career Hat tricks…also scored the fastest hat trick in 18/19 season, it took him 13mins.
About 100 premier league appearances for Liverpool
Over 200 appearances for Man City, and playing under the most successful manager as a REGULAR.
PFA Young player of the year
FWA Footballer of the year
PFA Team of the year
UEFA Champions League Squad of the season twice
Liverpool Player of the year twice
He’s also an MBE, due to work he’s done for the black race. Promoting racial equality in sports.
It doesn’t end here.
4 Premier Leagues
1 FA Cup
5 Carabao Cups
1 Champions league and Carabao Cup runner up.
He also played close to 100 games for England, scoring many goals, very reliable and also led them to 2nd place at the Euros in 2020.
Let it be known that Raheem Sterling is a LEGEND of the game, especially in the premier league. Let your write ups always cover it.
Positive contents can do numbers, not just negatives.
Thanks, Daniel.
The Athletic | Football@TheAthleticFC
“I feel pity because he was such a fantastic footballer. But if you feel pity… it’s over.” Jan Everse, the ex-Netherlands international, is not alone in feeling sad at Raheem Sterling’s decline. The man once tipped to win a Ballon d’Or cannot even get off the bench for Feyenoord and faces an uncertain future. So what’s gone wrong? And what happens next? @DTathletic nytimes.com/athletic/72534…
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zero chance he's remotely new to this game lmfao what a joke
yeet@Awk20000
TheBurntPeanut gets his first solo k*ll in League of Legends
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@Goodbob888 @Nabasboer issue is, when he steps inside, how could u possibly tackle with the other shoulder, its so hard man, albeit still a red
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@jdj795 @Nabasboer It’s a hinge at the waist.
But the issue is the tucked shoulder.
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What does the tackler do there? Yellow card but if he level changes early he gets beat on the outside. So difficult to defend in the modern game #rugby
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@MartGillingham @robkitson Martin, no disrespect at all, but i've heard enough mixed statements & complaints across the years from people in the know to believe the "conspiracies" may need to be looked into at least. This is not the first time professional coaches & players & refs have commented on this
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@jdj795 Josh, there was no “missing footage”, this is neither a conspiracy involving corrupt TV directors nor is there a need to amend processes. If you haven’t read the @robkitson piece then I suggest you do. A single incident was missed that should have sent a UBB player to the “bin”.
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For those still frothing over what should have been celebrated as a grand rugby occasion but instead descended into a cesspit of unfounded allegations and conspiracy theories theguardian.com/sport/2026/may…
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@Bee_Jammin @offtheball @AndyGoode10 When are we going to remove the outcome of the game as the reason for making change??? I don't care if Bath won by 100, lost by 100 or drew. It doesn't make it right that the above is happening...
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@offtheball @AndyGoode10 nice to see Brian speaking up on it too. What needs to happen for anything to change though..... My feeling is nothing will change it, it's always been the french way. Bordeaux were better 15 on 15 but cannot say that if they lost Lucu. And Ewels yellow.... WTH
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🗣️ 'We're trying to get referees to see it in real time. Pay attention!'
🗣️ 'The Lucu one, we got two replays...'
🗣️ 'I don't know what the TMO was doing, I don't know what the referee is doing!'
After the controversy from the Bordeaux-Bath game on Sunday involving high shots on Alfie Barbeary, Brian O'Driscoll feels some of the blame should be levied at the French TV directors, but not all of it! | 🏉
Rugby on Off The Ball with @BankOfIreland | #NeverStopCompeting
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@jdj795 "Contacts"
All he cares about is going down the pub. Theres 100s or 1000s of players who have played top level and they arent all reacting like him. He's biased and has no interest in the modern. Its a disrespect to the paying viewer to have to listen to him ramble aimlessly.
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The issue with this is. Were taking Andy Goode at face value. Someone who shows no interest in the modern game and staying up to date with how technical mechanisms like this work. Maybe hes right but his track record with something like this makes me very skeptical
Tight Five Rugby@TightFive_Rugby
Throwing in my two cents here… The fact that a TV director has any, let alone a significant, influence on a semi-final in the greatest club competition in all of rugby is criminal. Not giving access to certain angles when the TMO is asking for them (according to Andy Goode who could hear them both) is inexcusable. And whether or not Bath would have won the game, it does have significant impact - the TV director has changed the game. It has needed looking at for a long time, hopefully this will actually lead to some sort of investigation…
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@wotelseisthere @MartGillingham Chris, its rugby, you're allowed an opinion, but if its believed by the masses to be complaining too much, you will be heavily scrutinised & told you're going against Rugby Values! God forbid we'd like to see improvements to the game
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@MartGillingham Basically a piece on “you’re not allowed an opinion”. Tell me Martin, if it is just a conspiracy theory why have the officials told various journalists such as those from the Times, that they were very frustrated with the lack of angles given by the TV director on Sunday?
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@ryannorth92 This take is what damages rugby, the two opinions don't have to cancel each other out, and criticism of the TV director shouldn't only be valid if your team wins. They don't have to be mutually exclusive...we are trying to stop this kind of shite regardless of whos playing surely
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Some of the takes from the Bordeaux vs Bath game are horrific
Bath lost, if Bordeaux go down a man, Bath still lose
Anyone that’s played the game knows you don’t always get the decisions
And making a complaint won’t change the result. Please stop throwing toys out the pram 🤦🏼♂️
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