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Life After Rugby - Andy Powell

Life After Rugby: Andy Powell – a RugbyPass Original documentary.

RugbyPass travelled to Brecon to see how life after rugby is treating Andy Powell, one of Welsh rugby’s biggest characters on and off the pitch.

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PB 6 minutes ago
Where Irish rugby should actually look if they want to play blame game

Maybe you just don’t watch enough podcasts about rugby, and even less pay attention to what most if your own ex players are mouthing off about.

You can call is thin skinned saffers, at least we aren’t so arrogant as to blame out test teams decline on a person not even in the test teams setup, but purely because he is a successful Saffa coach, now in Ireland. Quite surprised they haven’t blamed the Viking yet.



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GoTahs 8 minutes ago
Opening salvos will dictate Australian Super Rugby Pacific fortunes

Tahs fan here. Hoping they smash it this year in SRP, but I would love to see the Force go well too. There’s a lot to be liked about these westies, and their development into a real force (hehe) would be great for Australian rugby.

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Archibald 8 minutes ago
Where Irish rugby should actually look if they want to play blame game

🤣🤣🤣 The ultimate man child calling someone else a thin skinned arrogant man baby!

I didn’t think it was possible to be as oblivious as you, turdflow.



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Archibald 11 minutes ago
Where Irish rugby should actually look if they want to play blame game

This is rich, coming from a spineless jellyfish like you. You dare berate others while not man enough to own up to your own crap.

I am of course, referring to the “best fullback in the world”.



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DT 14 minutes ago
Where Irish rugby should actually look if they want to play blame game

Stuart Lancaster got a lot of credit for a lot of Irelands success when he was Leinster coach because it was really obvious the positive effect he was having at Leinster was following through to the Irish team. Sadly it’s very obvious that the horrible rugby Ireland are currently playing is quite similar to the boring style Leinster have adopted under JN.

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Tom 16 minutes ago
Maro Itoje one of two changes for England for Calcutta Cup

It's his destiny to go have a stellar career in France. Its somewhat immaterial whether he's not good enough or England can't get the best out of him, the fact is he's played quite a lot of times for England and not done enough to nail down a place. He's had moments of absolute brilliance but England struggled with him at 10 and he's not a fullback. He pulls rabbits out of hats in tight spaces due to his footwork, acceleration and slick hands.. all of that is wasted in the open field attacking from 15 where you're better off with a rangey, powerful runner. Plus it's not like Quins are top of the table. Again is that in part because of Marcus not being a good enough ten or are they failing in spite of him being world class? Who knows, again it's kind of moot - the fact remains, sides with Marcus at 10 have not been terribly successful. I'm sure he'll get picked up by a big French side sooner or later and it will inspire a resurgence to his career which will prompt cries of “The one who got away!”

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Jon 23 minutes ago
World Rankings record on the line in round two of the Six Nations

I’d missed out ‘away win’. Changed

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DT 23 minutes ago
Where Irish rugby should actually look if they want to play blame game

Yes I do, Not saying Leo has no coaching involvement but it’s limited.

The IRFU and Leinster branch are far from incompetent, that’s why they can attract top coaches and players.



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MichaelT4 23 minutes ago
World Rankings record on the line in round two of the Six Nations

Italy beat Ireland in 2013.

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DT 24 minutes ago
Where Irish rugby should actually look if they want to play blame game

Andy Farrell and his wife both come from Irish families, Farrells brother in law played rugby league for Ireland so there are strong connections. As for the Australian I assume you mean a New Zealander? Joe Schmidt is a New Zealander but lived and coached in Ireland for many years before he was head coach. He coached in a school, local clubs, a province and then Ireland, he became an Irish citizen and he and his family were very much part of the community. His daughter still lives in Dublin. In any case not sure how any of this is relevant as most nations have overseas coaches including SA who have three Irish coaches on their books.

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Hammer Head 37 minutes ago
Where Irish rugby should actually look if they want to play blame game

And to be fair Andy isn’t in for the long haul. He’s eyeing bigger and better pastures in world rugby.

So not sure what his appetite is for a lot of work.



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Hammer Head 38 minutes ago
Where Irish rugby should actually look if they want to play blame game

I thought Ireland is their development team?

My bad.



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Hammer Head 48 minutes ago
The times are changing, and some Six Nations teams may be left behind

Nah, that would make them a better side. The way things are now is just perfect.

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Hammer Head 48 minutes ago
Where Irish rugby should actually look if they want to play blame game



I think the point is more that players are getting older but newer, younger and better replacements are not coming through fast enough.

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Hammer Head 50 minutes ago
Where Irish rugby should actually look if they want to play blame game

Do you really think they would give Leo Cullen the title of Head Coach if he was actually the Director of Rugby, and give Nienaber the title of Senior Coach if he was actually the Head Coach (being a previous World Cup winning coach with an ego concerned about title)?

In fact if your last two posts are to be believed as gospel - I think the problem is quite clear. It’s not a South African that’s the problem, it’s an incompetent bunch of Irish people who don’t know what they’re doing that’s the problem.



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PB 50 minutes ago
Where Irish rugby should actually look if they want to play blame game

I am truly nonplussed. I understand many Leinster players also represent Ireland. Yet surely not all Irish provinces play the same way?

Connacht and Munster have their own way of playing.



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Hammer Head 54 minutes ago
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Fair enough.

SARU might not own the franchises but they share resources and revenues, top up player salaries, and there is certainly shared knowledge and structures around player development etc.



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cw 1 hour ago
The times are changing, and some Six Nations teams may be left behind

Yeah this is the rule in rugby league. Must make a genuine attempt at catching the ball.

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AA 1 hour ago
Maro Itoje one of two changes for England for Calcutta Cup

So disingenuous borethwick say Marcus is a great rugby player ,but drops him for someone who hasn’t played for a few weeks.

Borthwick is a ford lover as he absolutely does as he is told and kicks the leather off the ball .



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unknown 2 hours ago
'That will come to bite England... but they hide him well'

In France, Jalibert was put aside for his awful defense. Recently, Penaud as well. It turn out that Jalibert worked a lot in addition to his team trainings to erase these defensive flaws. And boom, is the 4th best french tackler with 10/12. And Penaud ? Replaced by Attissogbé who is clearly better to work on our weaknesses, even if he scores less. Penaud will have to work harder to get back his place. And we will have 2 number 14 ready to compete for the jersey. Seems like Predergast will always get that jersey, even if he’s awful and cost the victory (i’m not saying that he’s the only problem, but it’s too often him that allow the try to happen) to his team. Then, why working on his flaws ? He’s not Sexton or O’Gara. If he's not working to do the best, just change the player. Even a new guy will want to do the best to prove himself. Ireland needs new blood. All these guys are too confortably seated in this team.

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