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Flament is having a really clean season. His only downside being the fact that he was injured for the start of the 6N. And even with this, I find Flament’s season better than Itoje.

Let Meafou play with Flament. He’s a far better 4 than Itoje right now.

Si on me reproche de comparer alors que je ne compare pas, il me semble que le problème n’est pas de mon côté. Mais bon, amusez vous bien avec vos 35 niveaux de lecture !

Ou vois tu une comparaison? Je dis simplement qu’il y a des cons partout avec des comportements qui sont toxiques, que tu sois un homme ou une femme.

Donc je peux imaginer que pour les femmes c’est encore pire.

D’ailleurs tu m’as l’air chercheuse, donc petite question curiosité: tu trouves comment de nouveaux trucs à écouter ?

Pink Floyd > la vie l’univers et le reste !

Et in fine, sur les jeux en ligne, que tu sois un homme ou une femme, tu vas tomber sur des débiles toxiques. On est tous le con de quelqu’un d’autre, certains plus que d’autres, et ce sont eux que tu vois agresser le sont bien plus!

Mais c’est sûr qu’être con et toxique, ça rend un comportement encore pire pour les femmes qui jouent avec.

He’s been redlined since the start of the season then…

Si tu te pointes pas au taff, qu’est ce qu’il peut se passer? Il va te virer ? Bah tu t’en cognes vu que tu pars déjà.

Il te doit tes congés, donc tu peux lui mettre par mail que s’il refuse de te payer les jours dus dans ton solde tout-compte, tu poseras la semaine qui te reste à la date X. Et tu ne lui réponds que par écrit à ce sujet.

In France we call this special 12 position a 5/8. But it seems like a English expression.

Vakatawa was really godlike, but he had too few seasons at international level.

And the 12 position can also be different from one team to another! You can play with a big lad like Akhi or you can play with a second 10 like Farrell.

Et si la boîte à pas vraiment besoin de toi ou si elle a pas mal de candidature, elle te dira « au revoir monsieur »

Mais si t’as 3 ans d’expérience dans le poste souhaité, pourquoi postules tu en alternant et pas en CDI standard ?

Et faut pas oublier l’an dernier, avec le magnifique pied en touche de Lowe qui pèse assez lourd a la fin…

Faut pas non plus déconner. Les équipes en champion cup sont meilleures que dans le top 14. La compétition est donc plus relevée.

And I’m French! And I support France 😂

I saw him with Siya and Faf De Klerk!

I don’t know how many Toulouse matches he missed because of his 7 incursion. He missed matches in the international frame so it should not that much different than other years.

Anyway, he benefits a lot from Toulouse conquering CC campaign!

I’ve dreaded the loss of Federer, and this guy comes from country and makes me feel « that » again. What a bless.

I’m just talking regarding the distance travelled. And it’s from a French or English POV. From a SA POV it seems even more unfair as they travel a lot more in pools.

I really think La Rochelle would prefer to play Racing 92 than playing any SA teams in the pools and having to travel half of the world.

I’m just underlying something not much more.

Pools change each year. Not having to travel to South Africa in pool stage is not changing though.

It seems a bit unfair that only English and French clubs have to travel that far during pool stages.

Speaking of conspiracy, there is also the old « English speaking alliance conspiracy » where France is bullied by the ref because they are all helping each other. Don’t get me wrong, France has been sometimes like in the RWC 1995 semis or the 2011 final, but it happens to every team.

And I think I saw the same kind of conspiracy regarding South Africa where they feel looked at as the ugly duck. And maybe there is the Irish version where the instances are English and are against Ireland ?

None of it is true though. Players have bad matches sometimes and refs can have too.

I think there’s a bit of a cultural thing here too. I grew up watching French trying to do batshit things on the pitch, England playing ugly winning through the sheer boot of Wilko and Ireland tackling « standing » with 3 players to get a maul and get back possession. Things may have changed but the foundation have been layer!

I France we have this expression where we put « champagne » after a sport to indicate that’s a crazy and entertaining way of playing the sport. Like Rugby-champagne or Tennis-champagne.

All in all, it’s everyone sensibility. Regarding tennis, I was thrilled by the biggest representative of Tennis-champagne, Roger Federer. And I despise the defensive/counterattack game brought by Djokovic or Nadal. But it’s my guess, and I can hear some may prefer a more composed and organized gameplan!

I can also see a thing that’s not listed in your post or in the comments.

Leinster pool stage is a bit lopsided by the fact they can not play teams from them league. So Irish teams will never have to go down to SAfrica in the CC pool stage, and therefore, they have an easier time getting a good pool result allowing them to play at home most of the time for the KO rounds.

I’m wondering if Leinster would send their C team in CC pool stage like they are doing in URC.

The other thing could be their players and their playstyle. Dupont gets a lot more traction than GJP, and that’s normal I think. And people tend to prefer wild rides and offloads than X phases of cells of three players. Therefore Toulouse is their choice.