Glasgow and Edinburgh: Ongoing Banter Thread VIII

[RuggerRadge2611]

First topic message reminder :

Ye Olde Banter:

https://www.606v2.com/t48240-glasgow-and-edinburgh-ongoing-banter-thread
https://www.606v2.com/t51313-glasgow-and-edinburgh-ongoing-banter-thread-ii
https://www.606v2.com/t53119-glasgow-and-edinburgh-ongoing-banter-thread-iii
https://www.606v2.com/t54519-glasgow-and-edinburgh-ongoing-banter-thread-iv
https://www.606v2.com/t55409-glasgow-and-edinburgh-ongoing-banter-thread-v-the-fun-continues
https://www.606v2.com/t56913p950-glasgow-and-edinburgh-ongoing-banter-thread-vi-banter-boogaloo
https://www.606v2.com/t57946-glasgow-and-edinburgh-ongoing-banter-thread-vii



A. Edinburgh
   

1. League Results  

Fri 5 Sep: Munster Rugby 13 - 14 Edinburgh Rugby

Fri 12 Sep: Edinburgh Rugby 13 - 14 Connacht Rugby

Sun 21 Sep: Ospreys 62 - 13 Edinburgh Rugby

Fri 26 Sep: Edinburgh Rugby 20 - 20 Scarlets

Fri 3 Oct: Ulster Rugby 30 - 0 Edinburgh Rugby

Sat 11 Oct: Edinburgh Rugby 24 - 10 Newport Gwent Dragons

Fri 31 Oct: Leinster Rugby 33 - 8 Edinburgh Rugby

Sun 23 Nov: Edinburgh Rugby 28 - 13 Cardiff Blues

Sat 29 Nov: Zebre 18 - 10 Edinburgh Rugby

Fri 19 Dec: Edinburgh Rugby 48 - 0 Benetton Treviso

Sat 27 Dec: Glasgow Warriors 16 - 6 Edinburgh Rugby

Fri 2 Jan: Edinburgh Rugby - 20 - 8 Glasgow Warriors

Fri 9 Jan: Connacht Rugby 13 - 16 Edinburgh Rugby

Fri 13 Feb: Edinburgh Rugby 24 - 16 Ospreys

Fri 20 Feb: Edinburgh Rugby 17 - 20 Ulster Rugby

Sun 1 Mar: Cardiff Blues 21 - 15 Edinburgh Rugby

Sat 7 Mar: Benetton Treviso 8 - 29 Edinburgh

Sat 28 Mar: Scarlets 15 - 26 Edinburgh Rugby

Fri 24 Apr: Edinburgh Rugby 3 - 34 Munster Rugby

2. European Results  

17/10/14: Bordeaux-Begles 13 - 15 Edinburgh Rugby

24/10/14: Edinburgh Rugby 25 - 17 Lyon

7/12/14: Edinburgh Rugby 25 - 13 London Welsh

14/12/14: London Welsh 6 - 24 Edinburgh Rugby

17/01/2015: Lyon 21 - 19 Edinburgh Rugby

23/01/2015: Edinburgh Rugby 38 - 20 Bordeaux-Begles

05/04/2015: London Irish 18-23 Edinburgh

17/04/2015: Edinburgh 45-16 Dragons

B. Glasgow


1. League Results  

Sat 6 Sep: Glasgow Warriors 22 - 20 Leinster Rugby

Sun 14 Sep: Cardiff Blues 12 - 33 Glasgow Warriors

Sat 20 Sep: Newport Gwent Dragons 13 - 33 Glasgow Warriors

Fri 26 Sep: Glasgow Warriors 39 - 21 Connacht Rugby

Sun 5 Oct: Benetton Treviso 23 - 40 Glasgow Warriors

Sat 11 Oct: Ulster Rugby 29 - 9 Glasgow Warriors

Fri 31 Oct: Glasgow Warriors 17 - 9 Benetton Treviso

Fri 21 Nov: Scarlets 19 - 9 Glasgow Warriors

Sun 30 Nov: Glasgow Warriors 19 - 15 Newport Gwent Dragons

Sat 20 Dec: Glasgow Warriors 21 - 18 Munster Rugby

Sat 27 Dec: Glasgow Warriors 16 - 6 Edinburgh Rugby

Fri 2 Jan: Edinburgh Rugby 20 - 8 Glasgow Warriors

Fri 9 Jan: Glasgow Warriors 22 - 7 Scarlets

Sun 15 Feb: Zebre 10 - 54 Glasgow Warriors

Sat 21 Feb: Glasgow Warriors 19 - 16 Ospreys

Sat 28 Feb: Munster Rugby 22 - 10 Glasgow Warriors

Fri 6 Mar: Glasgow Warriors 26 - 5 Zebre

Fri 27 Mar: Leinster Rugby 34 - 34 Glasgow Warriors

Fri 10 Apr: Glasgow Warriors 36 - 17 Cardiff Blues


2. European Results  

18/10/14: Glasgow Warriors 37 - 10 Bath Rugby

25/10/14: Montpellier 13 - 15 Glasgow Warriors

7/12/14: Toulouse 19 - 11 Glasgow Warriors

13/12/14: Glasgow Warriors 9 - 12 Toulouse

18/01/2015: Glasgow Warriors 21 - 10 Montpellier

25/01/2015: Bath Rugby 20 - 15 Glasgow Warriors

Hopefully this thread will keep GC off my back for a wee while...

[George Carlin]

So, everyone back to Radge's place?

[EWT Spoons]

Well done Glasgow, fully deserved win. Hope we can knock you off the top next year.

[GLove39]

Looks like Glasgow will be playing against DTH sooner then you'd think...

We're delighted to announce we'll play Canada in a pre-season match in Nova Scotia on Saturday 29 August. Full details will follow tomorrow.

[Anglobraveheart]

Question is though, what sort of Glasgow team will be there?
There is likely to be IRO 15-18 players with Scotland, 3 players with Fiji and DTH at Canada.That essentially leaves a 2nd/3rd team to play an international side that ran Scotland close about 15 months earlier.
Presumably, we won't benefit from having Scotland squad players available??

[GLove39]

Question is though, what sort of Glasgow team will be there?
There is likely to be IRO 15-18 players with Scotland, 3 players with Fiji and DTH at Canada.That essentially leaves a 2nd/3rd team to play an international side that ran Scotland close about 15 months earlier.
Presumably, we won't benefit from having Scotland squad players available??

Nope, especially since that's the same day we're playing Italy at Murrayfield!
Still at the moment I feel like we could take on the world!

[Anglobraveheart]

I have tickets for the game at Murrayfield, and would hope that we have a strong team out for our only home warm-up game. so I can only see this as an easy hit-out for Canada.

[GLove39]

Likewise. And expect that'll be the case. Weird fixture to have, but guess it'll give the fringe, fringe players some valuable experience.

[123456789]

So presumably for the Canada game we are looking at:

1. Grant (presuming Reid and Dickinson go ahead of him)
2. Bryce
3. De Klerk
4. Swinson
5. Paterson
6. Eddie
7. Fusaro
8. Wilson
9. Blair
10. Hunter
11. Hughes
12. Lyle
13. Johnson
14. Jones
15. Murchie

We could have MacArthur, Murray (if he doesn't retire), StrAuss, Ashe, Pyrgos, Weir, Dunbar, Bennett, the New Fijian and maybe Lamont but most if not all will be with Scotland without surprising mitigating circumstances. Conversely we could be without Grant, Fusaro or Wilson. It also leaves us in a really tricky situation during the World Cup but hopefully it'll allow new players to come through during the period and also to develop even better depth. But it's not easy being Champions is it?

[George Carlin]

Numbers - do you mean Willem Nel at 3?

[cakeordeath]

In related news, The person who runs the Guinness twitter feed made a tiny mistake during the game

@GuinnessIreland[1]
2015-05-30 18:40 UTC[2]
Congratulations @Munsterrugby on your @Pro12Rugby victory #PRO12Final
https://i.imgur.com/pC9a1YG.jpg

[123456789]

Numbers - do you mean Willem Nel at 3?

We haven't signed Nel front them as well have we?

[George Carlin]

Numbers - do you mean Willem Nel at 3?

We haven't signed Nel front them as well have we?

Oh. So it's Glasgow rather than Scotland who are playing Canada. Got it.

[RDW]

So with Glasgow winning the league, but Edinburgh winning the 1872, does that mean (morally speaking) that Edinburgh are the best team in the league??

[123456789]

Also the important matter now is who's captain now Kellock is gone? I suppose Strauss is the favourite by quite some distance, Gray is probably in with a shout and then Hogg, Harley and Pyrgos as the dark horses. But then Toonie doesn't like to do the obvious so presumably we'll be looking at Yanuyanutawa being crowned fairly shortly.

[George Carlin]

I'm not expecting it to be anyone other than Strauss.
He captained the Golden Lions and seems to be a natural leader here.

I expect Henners Piecrust may also be candidate.

[123456789]

Scottish rugby did loss another legend this year and it has gone largely under the radar, for those of you dreaming of World Class Phil leading Scotland to World Cup and Six Nations glory and returning to Edinburgh to win the Challenge Cup and the Pro12 I'm afraid to say that dream is over as he did retire a few weeks back. Sorry to bring everyone back down to earth.

[jimbopip]

Gentlemen, let us take a moment to consider that money does not indeed buy happiness. You can reside in Stockbridge and bathe in yak's milk while dining on quail's eggs washed down with civet excreted coffee beans but if you insist on following the MFL and Glasgow rangers you are bound to spend an inordinate amount of time weeping into your satin pillows.
Sleep well FES you know we love you.

[funnyExiledScot]

Thanks Jimbo!

Suffice to say the Warriors win on Saturday, plus Duncan Taylor performing well for Sarries, were the only sporting highlights for me this weekend.

The mighty Gers will bounce back. Form is temporary, class is permanent.

[jimbopip]

Thanks Jimbo!

Suffice to say the Warriors win on Saturday, plus Duncan Taylor performing well for Sarries, were the only sporting highlights for me this weekend.

The mighty Gers will bounce back. Form success based on economic inequality is temporary, classbankruptcy is permanent.

Fixed that for you, no charge.

[funnyExiledScot]

Thanks Jimbo!

Suffice to say the Warriors win on Saturday, plus Duncan Taylor performing well for Sarries, were the only sporting highlights for me this weekend.

The mighty Gers will bounce back. Form success based on economic inequality is temporary, classbankruptcy is permanent.

Fixed that for you, no charge.

You say "economic inequality" like it's a bad thing....

[jimbopip]

Thanks Jimbo!

Suffice to say the Warriors win on Saturday, plus Duncan Taylor performing well for Sarries, were the only sporting highlights for me this weekend.

The mighty Gers will bounce back. Form success based on economic inequality is temporary, classbankruptcy is permanent.

Fixed that for you, no charge.

You say "economic inequality" like it's a bad thing....

[RDW]

https://www.606v2.com/t59230-scottish-rugby-end-of-season-summary-and-awards#3048445

[RuggerRadge2611]

So, everyone back to Radge's place?

Don't bring me into it! I was watching the game with my dad, even deeper into the Fife Quarantine zone (Kirkcaldy).

Thought the soap dodgers were tremendous on Saturday. They really did Scottish rugby proud.

[GLove39]

Interesting news, according to the ever reliable Wikipedia, Romania are coming over here to play both the Pro12 Champions & the 1872 Cup winners as part of their world cup warm up.

[RDW]

Makes sense for clubs to play the smaller rugby nations I suppose - works well for both!

[GLove39]

Indeed, although looks like it might just be one team the Romanians are playing in this brilliantly translated article is anything to go by

It is also possible that national oak leaf still claim a training match in the company of club teams from Scotland, Edinburgh (finalist in this year ERCC) or Glasgow Warriors

https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.agerpres.ro%2Fsport%2F2015%2F04%2F22%2Frugby-tonga-si-kenya-posibile-adversare-ale-romaniei-in-meciuri-de-pregatire-in-vara-16-06-05&edit-text=&act=url

[Breadvan]

Quick mention...Great week up in Scotland. Loch Tay, and the surrounding area stunning. Good food n beer. Haggies neeps n tatties washed down with a Bellhaven best, delicious. Edinburgh was good, did all the touristy places. Altho Stirling has a far better castle. Brought back a Tennents pint glass as a souvenier.

[George Carlin]

Quick mention...Great week up in Scotland. Loch Tay, and the surrounding area stunning. Good food n beer. Haggies neeps n tatties washed down with a Bellhaven best, delicious. Edinburgh was good, did all the touristy places. Altho Stirling has a far better castle. Brought back a Tennents pint glass as a souvenier.

You got the best out of the country, Breadvan!

[RDW]

Quick mention...Great week up in Scotland. Loch Tay, and the surrounding area stunning. Good food n beer. Haggies neeps n tatties washed down with a Bellhaven best, delicious. Edinburgh was good, did all the touristy places. Altho Stirling has a far better castle. Brought back a Tennents pint glass as a souvenier.

Sounds like you had a good time! A few things though:

Best & Tennents = horse urine
Stirling Castle better than Edinburgh?? We've got the crown jewels don't you know!

[George Carlin]

Quick mention...Great week up in Scotland. Loch Tay, and the surrounding area stunning. Good food n beer. Haggies neeps n tatties washed down with a Bellhaven best, delicious. Edinburgh was good, did all the touristy places. Altho Stirling has a far better castle. Brought back a Tennents pint glass as a souvenier.

Sounds like you had a good time! A few things though:

Best & Tennents = horse urine
Stirling Castle better than Edinburgh?? We've got the crown jewels don't you know!

But do you have a statue of a midget, alcoholic, Australian anti-semite?
Exactly. You can keep your rubbishy Sir Walter Scott memorial.

[RDW]

https://www.606v2.com/t59230-scottish-rugby-end-of-season-summary-and-awards#3048445

Make sure you all get your award nominations in! This is important don't you know - never mind this EU referendum milarky.

[RuggerRadge2611]

Quick mention...Great week up in Scotland. Loch Tay, and the surrounding area stunning. Good food n beer. Haggies neeps n tatties washed down with a Bellhaven best, delicious. Edinburgh was good, did all the touristy places. Altho Stirling has a far better castle. Brought back a Tennents pint glass as a souvenier.

Sounds like you had a good time! A few things though:

Best & Tennents = horse urine
Stirling Castle better than Edinburgh?? We've got the crown jewels don't you know!

[cakeordeath]

On an unrelated note. I just had my lunch. A homemade pasta salad with fennel and Sorrel leafs, free range poached chicken thighs, olives and red pepper, all topped with goats cheese curd and pine nuts. Of course all veg came from my weekly organic veg delivery.

Should I swap over to supporting Edinburgh, I feel I should, but I have enough disappointment in my life already.

[RDW]

On an unrelated note. I just had my lunch. A homemade pasta salad with fennel and Sorrel leafs, free range poached chicken thighs, olives and red pepper, all topped with goats cheese curd and pine nuts. Of course all veg came from my weekly organic veg delivery.

Should I swap over to supporting Edinburgh, I feel I should, but I have enough disappointment in my life already.

Well my lunch was entirely courtesy of the Tesco reduced aisle - I feel like we should swap allegiances!

[cakeordeath]

On an unrelated note. I just had my lunch. A homemade pasta salad with fennel and Sorrel leafs, free range poached chicken thighs, olives and red pepper, all topped with goats cheese curd and pine nuts. Of course all veg came from my weekly organic veg delivery.

Should I swap over to supporting Edinburgh, I feel I should, but I have enough disappointment in my life already.

Well my lunch was entirely courtesy of the Tesco reduced aisle - I feel like we should swap allegiances!

I also like the reduced aisle of supermarkets though.

[RuggerRadge2611]

On an unrelated note. I just had my lunch. A homemade pasta salad with fennel and Sorrel leafs, free range poached chicken thighs, olives and red pepper, all topped with goats cheese curd and pine nuts. Of course all veg came from my weekly organic veg delivery.

Should I swap over to supporting Edinburgh, I feel I should, but I have enough disappointment in my life already.

Well my lunch was entirely courtesy of the Tesco reduced aisle - I feel like we should swap allegiances!

Aren't you getting married though? As long as you aren't serving tesco value beans at your wedding you'll never really be a weegie.

[Breadvan]

Quick mention...Great week up in Scotland. Loch Tay, and the surrounding area stunning. Good food n beer. Haggies neeps n tatties washed down with a Bellhaven best, delicious. Edinburgh was good, did all the touristy places. Altho Stirling has a far better castle. Brought back a Tennents pint glass as a souvenier.

Sounds like you had a good time! A few things though:

Best & Tennents = horse urine
Stirling Castle better than Edinburgh?? We've got the crown jewels don't you know!

But do you have a statue of a midget, alcoholic, Australian anti-semite?
Exactly. You can keep your rubbishy Sir Walter Scott memorial.

I dunno when in Rome. I was up for a real ale or two but kids in pubs are as welcome as St George cross flying EDL members on the royal mile. Chuckled that the Crown Jewels were buried in 1941 in fear of a German invasion.

[Tattie Scones RRN]

On an unrelated note. I just had my lunch. A homemade pasta salad with fennel and Sorrel leafs, free range poached chicken thighs, olives and red pepper, all topped with goats cheese curd and pine nuts. Of course all veg came from my weekly organic veg delivery.

Should I swap over to supporting Edinburgh, I feel I should, but I have enough disappointment in my life already.

Well my lunch was entirely courtesy of the Tesco reduced aisle - I feel like we should swap allegiances!

I also like the reduced aisle of supermarkets though.

Shame Bathgate aren't in the Pro12 then.

[TJ]

On an unrelated note. I just had my lunch. A homemade pasta salad with fennel and Sorrel leafs, free range poached chicken thighs, olives and red pepper, all topped with goats cheese curd and pine nuts. Of course all veg came from my weekly organic veg delivery.

Should I swap over to supporting Edinburgh, I feel I should, but I have enough disappointment in my life already.

Welcome to the MFLs supporters club.

[123456789]

In an attempt to crash the Scottish pro game back down to earth by assuring us that mismanagement and irrational decision making is still ongoing Shade Munro's reward for Glasgow's success was demotion to the women's game.

This is all while we have a Welshman who's achieved little of note coaching the rugby ability out of our forwards and they've treated a proven, Scottish forwards coach with a history of success working with a large number of Scotland's current forwards (Cusack, Grant, Reid, Welsh, Brown, Gray, Gray, Swinson, Harley, Ashe, Barclay, Blake, Strauss and Wilson). How are we ever supposed to succeed on the international front if the current attitude at the SRU is that if their Scottish their likely to be worse than if they are from elsewhere? And by that I mean the project players and abundance of foreign coaches. The only Scottish people who seems to make headway within the SRU are middle of the road players who toe the party line and get a nice reward; what have Duncan Hodge, Stevie Scott and Greig Laidlaw achieved in the game that allows them their unassailable status within the SRU whilst the likes of Shade Munro get treated like utter dogshite.

[Tattie Scones RRN]

In today's world, you can't just sack someone numbers. The law favours the employee and the SRU aren't that stupid.

I'd say when his contract is up for renewal, it'll be ta ta back down the road.

[123456789]

I get what you're saying but what organisation in the world would sack a member of a league winning coaching staff. Also if they are using the woman's game as a holding pen for sackings it is incredibly degrading.

[dragon4life]

Euan Murray to Pau?

[RDW]

Euan Murray to Pau?

That was confirmed a while ago!

[dragon4life]

Euan Murray to Pau?

That was confirmed a while ago!

Didn't realise only just seen it on twitter as confirmed

[RDW]

Not that Glasgow are making a big deal about winning or anything...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CU_IINgiWxE

[RDW]

HAUD THE BUS!!

Manly, tough, butch, Glasgow. Forever slagging Edinburgh for being pampered effeminate ladyparts. Glasgow people eat steak for breakfast with Megadeath blaring out whereas Edinburgh have All-Bran light with a cup of prune juice, while a bit of Bach plays in the background.

Well well well.

A certain development has come to pass tonight, something that makes up for the years of slagging and abuse.

Glasgow Warriors have adopted a song of their own, one with inspiring lyrics to drive the players forward and unite the crowd in a sense of unity.  

A taste of some of the lyrics:

Every battle, every scar
We are warriors
Hear us shouting from our hearts
This is who we are

We will travel near and far
For the thousand wars
Hear us screaming from our hearts
This is who we are

So who sings such a song, I hear you ask? Surely a trendy, music mad city like Glasgow would want a cool, trendy band to represent them? They play some Biffy Clyro, so surely they would want something similar to inspire the massses?

Who indeed.

Ladies, gentlemen and Ianbru (are the plums gone yet?), the answer may surprise you.

The band chosen to represent everything Glasgow Warriors stand for....






BOYZONE!!

[funnyExiledScot]

I can see Bru, GC, Jimbo and Schiz forming a fine tribute band in years to come.

[RDW]

None is this 'whatever it takes' rubbish, surely their slogan needs to be

When the going gets tough

The tough gets going

[George Carlin]

I can see Bru, GC, Jimbo and Schiz forming a fine tribute band in years to come.

Totally. I just need a black leather stool, a 'flock of seagulls' haircut, a lobotomy and a complete loss of self respect.

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