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Cardiff Blues vs Munster; Sat 17th Feb 5:30pm; Sky Sports Action

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    #92
    Jack Kanoff
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    kuang1 wrote: »
    Hmmmm...ok good enough for me.

    Venjur in the queue.

    Put him to the front, he said Duncan should be in the squad too


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    #93
    kuang1
    Registered Users Posts: 3,438 ✭✭✭kuang1


    Jack Kanoff wrote: »
    Put him to the front, he said Duncan should be in the squad too

    Ok you and budhabob should probably go home.
    This might take a while.


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    #94
    budhabob
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    kuang1 wrote: »
    :D:D:D

    Sorry, couldn't resist.


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    #95
    Bridge93
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    There was someone who did claim Duncan should be in the Ireland squad at one point. Can't remember who it was


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    #96
    Jack Kanoff
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    Bridge93 wrote: »
    There was someone who did claim Duncan should be in the Ireland squad at one point. Can't remember who it was

    We remember, don't worry.


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    #97
    Elvisjuice
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    Bridge93 wrote: »
    There was someone who did claim Duncan should be in the Ireland squad at one point. Can't remember who it was

    duncan


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    #98
    Akrasia
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    Elvisjuice wrote: »
    duncan

    Duncan Williams has achieved a hell of a lot more as a sporting athlete than most (all) of us ever have. He plays one of the hardest positions in his sport and to be fair, he deserves to not be the butt of internet jokes.

    He has put in some immense performances recently and has been a solid and vital part of the Munster team the last few years


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    #99
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    Akrasia wrote: »
    Duncan Williams has achieved a hell of a lot more as a sporting athlete than most (all) of us ever have. He plays one of the hardest positions in his sport and to be fair, he deserves to not be the butt of internet jokes.

    He has put in some immense performances recently and has been a solid and vital part of the Munster team the last few years

    DUNCAN


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    #100
    razorblunt
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    Akrasia wrote: »
    Duncan Williams has achieved a hell of a lot more as a sporting athlete than most (all) of us ever have. He plays one of the hardest positions in his sport and to be fair, he deserves to not be the butt of internet jokes.

    He has put in some immense performances recently and has been a solid and vital part of the Munster team the last few years

    He’s played 151 games for Munster. You’d struggle to pick 15 games to classify as immense. 10pct.

    Better players have been let go before, it’s a strange situation where he seems to be irreplaceable.


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    #101
    kuang1
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    Akrasia wrote: »
    Duncan Williams has achieved a hell of a lot more as a sporting athlete than most (all) of us ever have. He plays one of the hardest positions in his sport and to be fair, he deserves to not be the butt of internet jokes.

    He has put in some immense performances recently and has been a solid and vital part of the Munster team the last few years

    He's NOT the messiah.

    He's a very naughty boy.


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    #102
    kub
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    Akrasia wrote:
    Duncan Williams has achieved a hell of a lot more as a sporting athlete than most (all) of us ever have. He plays one of the hardest positions in his sport and to be fair, he deserves to not be the butt of internet jokes.

    Akrasia wrote:
    He has put in some immense performances recently and has been a solid and vital part of the Munster team the last few years


    Hi Duncan, welcome to board's.ie


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    #103
    Flincher
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    I've consumed a few alcoholic beverages this evening, and I still can't get my head around Cardiff's second try. Munster's blockers were standing guard at the right hand side of the ruck. Duncan Williams box kicks (in the loosest sense of the word) with his left foot. I'll forgive stray passes, errors, etc, **** happens, but when a scrum half with north of 100 pro appearances can't set up blockers to protect his kicking foot, then he's better off teaching sign language to the blind.


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    #104
    Akrasia
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    Flincher wrote: »
    I've consumed a few alcoholic beverages this evening, and I still can't get my head around Cardiff's second try. Munster's blockers were standing guard at the right hand side of the ruck. Duncan Williams box kicks (in the loosest sense of the word) with his left foot. I'll forgive stray passes, errors, etc, **** happens, but when a scrum half with north of 100 pro appearances can't set up blockers to protect his kicking foot, then he's better off teaching sign language to the blind.

    Do you not think Rhys Marshall should have been doing something other than standing around with his hands on his hips?


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    #105
    Jack Kanoff
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    Akrasia wrote: »
    Do you not think Rhys Marshall should have been doing something other than standing around with his hands on his hips?

    Of course, but still... Duncan's kick was horrific..too slow and too low


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    #106
    thomond2006
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    Akrasia wrote: »
    Do you not think Rhys Marshall should have been doing something other than standing around with his hands on his hips?

    I imagine tomorrow's review session won't be fun for him. What was that about.


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    #107
    c.p.w.g.w
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    What's the story with Hart? Thought he was highly rated, was being brought in to replace Duncan, as second string SH?


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    #108
    Burkie1203
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    Just watchin scrum v. Jesus that was awful from Marshall for the 2nd Blues try


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    #109
    budhabob
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    Burkie1203 wrote: »
    Just watchin scrum v. Jesus that was awful from Marshall for the 2nd Blues try

    HE had a poor game by his usual standards, but to be fair the whole team did.


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    #110
    phog
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    That was one of the worst performances from Munster that I have seen. Players playing like they had just met. I know Williams & Keatley will get a lot of flak and it seems populist to blame them but they in themselves were not to blame for that fiasco.

    Despite being 19 nil down we still had the beating of them and somehow we even let that opportunity go, lucky to get the LBP.

    I know we had a load of changes but I didn't see any cause for concern when that team was named - colloectively and individually those lads need to have a hard look at themselves this morning a s they meet to review that game.


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    #111
    Henry Ford III
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    Burkie1203 wrote: »
    Just watchin scrum v. Jesus that was awful from Marshall for the 2nd Blues try

    Ok the hands on hips stance wasn't great to look at but what more could he have done? He was the only player in the way of the scrum half and unfortunately Williams took too long to make the kick.


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    #112
    sydthebeat
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    lads, theres actually a reason ruck shielders will stand with their hands on their hips at a ruck when defending a box kick. its deliberate.
    youll see cian healy do it a lot in a green jersey a lot this year. It comes after referee clampdown on illegal binding for box kicks.

    shielding players touching the ruck must be bound on with a full arm minimum, so as a result they are less effective as a shield and cannot break off and block a defending runner. Non bound players must be at least at the back foot of the ruck.
    As a box kick happens, this stationary non bound player is technically off side when the box kick happens. This player MUST stay inactive in order not to give away a penalty. Thus we see him with his hands on his hips indicating inactivity.

    We really know he actually there as his presence is a shield to give the 9 time to clear.

    in this case marshall didnt actually block the runner, his positioning was poor and if you watch closely youll see williams indicate to him twice which player to watch. it wasnt the best set up, the kick was a bit flat, and there was more than a hint of the defending runner being a tad off side.

    but aside from that, marshalls hands on hips was a deliberate action, not an indication of indifference on his behalf.


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    #113
    Trojan
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    For the Williams block down, either there should have been a 2nd blocker there, or Williams should have not moved laterally as much when kicking. He moved to his left into the oncoming blocker (meta: are they both "blockers"?).

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    #114
    phog
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