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England defeat left Mike Brown awkwardly dressed at Harlequins training this week

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Ex-England full-back Mike Brown has trained in a Wales shirt this week after losing a bet with his Harlequins teammate Scott Baldwin. Ahead of last Saturday’s Guinness Six Nations clash between the two countries, ex-Wales hooker Baldwin predicted his country would win by five points.

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Brown predicted an England win by six – and hooker Baldwin made a wager that the loser would wear the shirt of the opposing country.

Being true to his word, Brown has trained in red this week at their Gallagher Premiership club after Wales recorded their 40-24 win at the Principality Stadium. A photo of the full-back has done the rounds on social media – and he does not look best pleased to be dressed in red.  

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Amid the banter at Harlequins, it wasn’t long before another Anglo-Welsh encounter was brought up, their 2015 World Cup meeting at Twickenham. Both Brown and Baldwin were in the starting XVs on that occasion, another match where Wales also came away victorious.

Wales secured the Triple Crown with last Saturday’s victory and they are now two victories away from a potential Grand Slam triumph that was expected at the start of the championship.

Wayne Pivac’s rejuvenated Welsh must still take on Italy in Rome and then face the daunting prospect of France in Paris on the final weekend on March 20, but there could be more fun wagers in the Harlequins camp before then. 

This has been an especially bumper week for Baldwin as it was announced on Tuesday that he will be leaving Harlequins at the end of the season to join Worcester Warriors.

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Bazzallina 7 minutes ago
All Black great Ma'a Nonu leaves Toulon for new role at South African club

I’m just joking but other than personal stuff that can be used for dirty underhanded sledging you are probs right

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Bazzallina 10 minutes ago
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You question it HH or u think it?

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Bazzallina 13 minutes ago
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Can be a penalty magnet tho cnw and hands let him down bit to often imo but is a workhorse and excellent at lineout I don’t think he will be named but coukd be on the call up list

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Bazzallina 21 minutes ago
'Can only live off reputation for so long': Ex-Bok coach questions Eben Etzebeth's place in side

I get that HH but in the here and now unless all u think that matters is next year that’s some good players who ain’t be playing I mean SFM month early and hasn’t been playing Libbock playing div 2 Japan Pollard not having greatest season must give some concern or u think it matters not to much up front

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Quincy79 22 minutes ago
'Can only live off reputation for so long': Ex-Bok coach questions Eben Etzebeth's place in side

That's a fair point. Match fitness absolutely matters.

My only point is that returning "cold" isn't the only factor coaches consider. They also look at years of Test performance, how a player trains, experience under pressure, and whether they can execute the game plan.



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Bazzallina 26 minutes ago
'Can only live off reputation for so long': Ex-Bok coach questions Eben Etzebeth's place in side

I get that Q but I’m talking about coming in cold that’s not an insignificant amount of big dogs who have not been playing SFM 2 months on a 3 months ?

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cnw 29 minutes ago
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Look forward to the next chapter NB! And I have noticed a bit of nervousness among the usual SA posters - but also a fair bit of it from the Kiwis too.

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TL 51 minutes ago
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All of that seems fair enough, aside from the 10 criticism: Lynagh was injured so not up for selection this year + missed most of SR, Noah went to Japan league 2, maybe an argument for bringing him back in early, but we had Carter. Dono and Meredith (who looks decent enough). Definitely not a straightforward call. Edmed was an experiment that didn’t bear fruit, I’m happy to forgive him that one though, because he did what Cheik and Rennie didn’t do, which was consistently look to develop young 10s in the face of criticism (Rennie’s chopping and changing wasn’t great for Noah, and it was back to the future too often for Cheik, which hurt our development pathways e.g. Mack Mason, Jack Maddocks, and too often gambling on people out of position—more than Joe!). Tane is one specific failed experiment. l just wish we had a more scrupulous punditry when it comes to the recent past (your obvs not in the crosshairs here, it’s the Aussie media). TBH, I worry about the identity piece: feel it should be the salt on the meal, rather than the meal. The Reds are full of Aussie identity but they play the most hairpulling rugby at times and the identity seems to excuse this, while the Brums with less talent and less of an identity in the Australian mould over perform. To be optimistic, maybe it does look a little like the Ireland transition with Les coming in a bit like Farrell, seemingly more of a emotive, man motivator type than the technician Joe. What would have been fantastic and helped everything also was for RA not to burn bridges with Lancaster and be able to get him back and have the Tahs cooking, that is one big piece of the puzzle (the Tahs) that will make our national coach’s job a lot easier.

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Blackmania 53 minutes ago
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I hope STT’s inclusion is confirmed tomorrow. Among those 10 selected players, I’d really like to see several young, high-potential prospects. If it’s just to pick Blackadder and Kirifi, I don’t think it makes much sense. We already know what they can bring at international level, but we also know their limitations.

For the first three matches, the All Blacks need to test their depth and get a look at the next generation of All Blacks.



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Rugby3 54 minutes ago
Joe Schmidt bows out on a high - but can the Wallabies escape 'the twilight zone'?

That’s strange. I didn't see that. It might just be appearances to try and keep players in Australia. Otherwise it's just insane or the Tahs, read Rugby Australia trying to stop Kiss succeeding. Don’t worry they will be trying.

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cnw 57 minutes ago
Eight possible bolters for the All Blacks' 44-man squad to tour South Africa

Just had a look at the numbers - if we are looking reduce the Boks post contact metres, Howden is definitely your man: 17 dominant tackles (5 and 6 more than Segner and Jacobson and one more than Parker this SR) 39, 47, 50, and 60 more tackles than Parker, Segner, Jacobson and Lakai respectively, and at least 20%+ more tackles per minute than Segner, Jacobson, Parker and Lakai). He is also second only to Segner for lineouts at 55 v 58. His is not as strong in the carries. But we have plenty of carriers (Ardie, Lakai, Sititi, Numia, Aumua and Semisi - if he is added). We need stop em dead tacklers who just don’t stop for 80. Thats Howden.

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Ed the Duck 1 hour ago
'South Africa can widen the All Blacks' previously unseen faultlines'

Behave, you pour more than double that on here most days! 😂

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Two Cents 1 hour ago
'South Africa can widen the All Blacks' previously unseen faultlines'

You glaze over the Boks and throw out claims like they've “rewritten the rules of international rugby” and other such grandiose ovations but you're forgetting one important fact: the All Blacks are the one constant team at the top of world rugby. They’ve always been there and they always will be there.

Having the depth that the Boks do now which allows them to play with almost any combination of players and still achieve success is something that the All Blacks and New Zealand rugby in general used to be known for. It was the singular key advantage they had over everyone else.



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unknown 1 hour ago
Fissler Confidential: James O'Connor deal close; French points-machine in big demand

JOC is irrelevant. !

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Quincy79 1 hour ago
'Can only live off reputation for so long': Ex-Bok coach questions Eben Etzebeth's place in side

They all will be involved with tour just Snyman out for the year. There will be injuries on both sides, that’s where I think Springboks take it they just have better quality depth.

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unknown 1 hour ago
'Can only live off reputation for so long': Ex-Bok coach questions Eben Etzebeth's place in side

BS !

He is the best by far !



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J Marc 1 hour ago
'South Africa can widen the All Blacks' previously unseen faultlines'

It's not very usual in rugby, but if you want to know how to do, ask the Spanish basket team how to avoid USA before the final…

It's why IBAF change the rules before last Olympics with a draw before the knockout stages…



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Hammer Head 1 hour ago
Nine players whose stock rose massively this July in Nations Championship

PSDT stocks certainly rose. The 2x POTY covered 2 positions, captained and looked better than he ever has in both positions. All the while not having played for mist of the year. Who does that?

If he keeps it up he’ll be a three-timer POTY.



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Rabble 1 hour ago
Joe Schmidt bows out on a high - but can the Wallabies escape 'the twilight zone'?

Not quite - the Giteau policy was pretty much scrapped last August, but in April this year it was brought back in - as per the SMH article by Jonathan Drennan (April 8, 2026)

“Rugby Australia clarified its selection policy will still only allow three overseas players to be selected for a tournament, series or competition”



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Hammer Head 1 hour ago
'Can only live off reputation for so long': Ex-Bok coach questions Eben Etzebeth's place in side

The longer they re out the more depth we build. We know what they can do.

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