Kyle Sinckler's controversial 54th minute non-barge splits Twitter

I don't listen to Nigel Farage. Really not sure where you'd be getting that from. Maybe you should stick to responding to what I've actually said, rather than speculating about my sources.

I'm not sure what you think Putin is going to do. He'll probably conquer Ukraine, but its taken him a long time, and cost him a lot of soldiers. Hitler overran France in a matter of weeks and then started bombing Britain. At this rate Putin might make it to Paris by 2080? I think he'll give up long before then!

I don't see what Stalinist language policy has to do with any of what we're talking about. De-Ukrainization took place in the 1930s, but the genocide of Palestine is taking place in 2025. If your argument is that the invasion of Ukraine is part of a longer history of Russian suppression of Ukraine then you might have a point, but that really just underlines the key difference between Hitler and Putin; Hitler wanted to dominate as much area as possible and so posed a threat to all of Europe, whereas Putin wants to force the assimilation of those who have historically been within the Russian sphere of influence, so only poses a threat to eastern europe and central asia.

"Read and think for yourself."

What would you recommend I read? On the genocide of Palestine I've found Patrick Wolfe's "Settler Colonialism and the Elimination of the Native" and Sai Englert's "Settlers, Workers, and the Logic of Accumulation by Dispossession" especially useful - they might disabuse you of the notion that what we are witnessing is an "authoritarian criminal syndicate" fighting a nation! - rather Zionist genocide is a largely democratic process, arising from a structure of settler colonialism which has no analogue in Ukraine.

'My Grandma could squat more': Ex-England S&C coach names the most 'rugby strong' star

Bigal52 49 minutes ago

And they're really playing good rugby,beating every team because they can squat with heavy weights. Not

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NB 57 minutes ago

Cheers AA👍

NB 58 minutes ago

Okay that's me done I can see this is a pointless conversation.🖐️

AA 59 minutes ago

I have been following the entertaining discussion .

Quite why you fail to recognise Marcus Smiths wonderful skills is beyond me and obviously others too.

England have been rubbish way before M Smith appeared in the squad , to take the blame from you and a certain O Farrell and G Ford were supposedly running the show and failing dismally.

5th in the six nations is not running the show unless you also attribute " badly" to the dialogue too .

Ford is now injury prone as old age creeps ever forward and his kicking days appear to be limited too.

Fin Smith was superb at the weekend and as mentioned is far closer to Marcus than Ford could ever attempt or imagine.

The days of protecting a weak 10 are well over and defence is an important attribute.

Unfortunately Ford is useless at tackling and is a passenger at Sale . Both Smiths get stuck-in, witness Fins tackle on a charging forward and getting him down .

I do believe Borthwick will have taken on board the criticism and put both Smiths in the team and we will see a rejuvenated England this 6 nations and will do well .

Ché. 1 hour ago

Good god 🤦the man is from Russia. He didn't invade anywhere. People just looking for an excuse to ban flags.

RedWarrior 1 hour ago

Hitler invading European countries led to the most per Capita of deaths in the UK since the black death. It starts happening again, you take notice unless youre an idiot. If youre listening to Russian Asset Nigel Farage, if you pay ANY credence to the anti-immigrant bile infesting the UK then you are listening to Russian propaganda. Palestinians? Dont make me laugh. I'm from the Republic of Ireland. We recognise Palestine. We also know Ukrainian history. How Stalin based his subjugation of the Ukrainian language on the British example in Ireland. When you look at Ukraine and say what about Palestine? you are fighting against yourself. It is authoritarian criminal syndicates versus populations. And yes with the election of Donald Trump again we can lump the US in there too.

Read and think for yourself.

How the four-team format will help the Wallabies defeat the Lions

Bull Shark 1 hour ago

For starters, he must be tired of the din from the ungrateful likes of you-know-who.

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Bull Shark 1 hour ago

How the four-team format will help the Wallabies defeat the Lions

100%

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Flankly 1 hour ago

Six players Rassie Erasmus must hand Springbok debuts to in 2025

Sloppy piece by Josh. It should be Stormers, obviously.

Also:

David Kriel, who, like Hooker, is comfortable in both the midfield and the back-tree

Being comfortable in trees is kind of a quirky qualification for the Boks Office lads to emphasize.

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YeowNotEven 1 hour ago

Ban all flags from all rugby. Every country has a little something they did, no one innocent.

'Best forward in the country': Dallaglio calls for new England captain

Bob Salad II 1 hour ago

Why drop the extra pressure on him and risk squad disruption by appointing Willis as captain? Seems risky and premature and isn't that necessary at the moment.

Absolutely agree that Willis should be included for the 6N, but let's see if he can replicate his Prem form for England first before we start tasking him with chewing gum at the same time.

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AV 2 hours ago

Six players Rassie Erasmus must hand Springbok debuts to in 2025

Mallett’s second pick was 31-year-old Bulls tighthead prop Neethling Fouché ... Bulls?

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LE 2 hours ago

'Best forward in the country': Dallaglio calls for new England captain

The argument LOL makes is Willis is England's best forward therefore should be captain.

My point is that leading by example is only a small part of the role, yes you have to be on the pitch to perform that role but I would question if Willis has the skillset to be Captain

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fl 2 hours ago

and yet the outside backs barely touched the ball this autumn!