He must have been smoking deep fried Mars bars if he lost 2 kgs.

Being semi-pro I wouldn't be surprised if he was on the pints, if not smoking too!

phatguerilla wrote: 26kg is pretty ridiculous but that probably includes some water weight

Did he give up smoking or was he on the pill? :evil:

swift4prez wrote:
ETA: the saints hooker lost 25kg (4stone) in pre season. what pro player has 25kg to lose :huh: :ohmy:

Rodders???

I looked it up apparently he [ross mcmillan] was in the Championship until recently so he gained that weight as a semi-pro. 26kg is pretty ridiculous but that probably includes some water weight and some muscle loss initially as he probably just tried to lose weight as quickly as possible in preseason.

finished 18-10. second half wasnt the worse.

pat lam was at the game working for sky sports. seems to be there northampton man

half time
northampton 11
quins 3

another tackle on a player in the air, this time in the 4th min. yellow for the saint winger.
my god it was a hell of a boring game till the the 25th min or so.
it is and has been game over for a while. saints in control and quins has little or no chances apart from messy lineouts.

ETA: the saints hooker lost 25kg (4stone) in pre season. what pro player has 25kg to lose :huh: :ohmy:

St Placide wrote: To be fair, Stade have used a shadow side, plus a couple of front-liners recovering from injury, in the Amlin all season. Tonight, with the exception of Steyn, is no different. Despite this, the home fans will demand a win!

A cracking evening of rugby ahead. Can't wait!

Too many mistakes from Paris, 'Qiuns much smarter and the ref was appalling! Young Lydon did okay.

Last season I would have put the house on SFP as they are outside the qualifying spots in the Top14 whereas Quins are relatively safe and fighting for a domestic semi spot.
However, with no automatic qualifying place (or even playoff by the sound of it) for the winners, the Challenge Cup has dropped way down the priority list for all.
I heard for the following season the Challenge Cup winners will be involved in the playoffs. I hope so as otherwise it could become a bit of an irrelevance.

On the upside, it would give Connacht a better chance of winning.

To be fair, Stade have used a shadow side, plus a couple of front-liners recovering from injury, in the Amlin all season. Tonight, with the exception of Steyn, is no different. Despite this, the home fans will demand a win!

A cracking evening of rugby ahead. Can't wait!

Stade Quins game diluted somewhat by the decision by stade to rest their international players. Pity as on paper it could have been a cracker. Quins now odds on favourites away from home.

dont have sky, i watch online, did he have anything to say about connacht. good to see mike forshaw when sale scored there try

edit, and now will greenwood saying how great mike forshaw is. speaks very highly of him, always good to hear

Pat Lam in Sky Studio with Dewi Morris

The site has been very quiet today, are we going for quality over quantity and nobody told me :lol: :woohoo:

That time again, the amlin gets better and 50point wins disappear. Yes its only midweek, but a little notice to make time for a game tomorrow. Its on at 8pm, but if you are free at 6.30 the Dragons vs Edinburgh is on S4C/BBC ALBA so links will be available.
imagine Connacht having games at 6.30 on a Thursday. CRAZZYYYYYYYYY

Thursday - 20:00 Sale Sharks - Northampton Saints

Friday - 20.00 Stade Francais Paris - Harlequins

Sunday - 14.00 Bath - Brive

Sunday - 19.00 London Wasps - Gloucester

Tie of the round is stade/quins replay of theamlin cup final 2011.
But this is the best moment between the 2 sides.

rossie wrote: Apparently the Portuguese union have applied to the erc to replace the Spanish team who pulled out of the Hamlin with a Portuguese xv made up of the best players from their league. It would be based in Lisbon university and they are currently running a competition among marketing and design students to come up with a name, logo and kit for the team.

This could spice up debate re hec going forward. Esp if georgians, Romanians and Russians are of a mind to do same.

spot on. Lusitanos based in Lisbon have beenincluded in group 5. www.ercrugby.com/eng/news/22029.php#.UiURqLwVyI4

How did the Spanish team do last year in the Amlin as a matter of interest?

Wasn't aware of that pinky but having checked you are correct. They were unable to secure funding though and pulled out.

All info I got re Portuguese application came from London Irish fans forum as Olympus Madrid were due to be in their Hamlin group. The Portuguese union have announced that their application has been successful but there has been no confirmation from etc yet.
They also say that the funding for season is in place.