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‘I was lost’: Ex-Scotland captain Stuart Hogg reveals rehab has sparked reset

Stuart Hogg, the former Scotland captain, has revealed he has spent time in rehab after being charged by police in connection with an incident in the Scottish Borders
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Stuart Hogg has had a few brushes with the law since retiring (a wreck of a personal life, a lot of rumours about his extra curricular activities) and is basically at the “she’s turned the weeans against us” stage now. Probably lost his media contract too
 
stavros said:
Considering neither had much to play for that was a damn fine match. Slade was something else in the first half.
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We looked good, but let’s not forget Gloucester are in 9th in the league and focussing on their European semi next week.
 
So this weekend it’s Leinster v Toulouse in the champions cup final - these are historically the two best club teams in Europe and are going for a fifth and a sixth win respectively. It ought to be a cracker and will be live on ITV.

I will be at the match and the bobbins more lightly regarded challenge cup final on the Friday night.
 
Oh and very excitingly today I have purchased some extremely expensive tickets to watch the British and Irish Lions play against in Argentina in Dublin in June 2025, ahead of their tour to Australia.

I doubt I’ll ever go on a lions tour as they’re down under and last a few weeks. This is more manageable. Going with some mates who I went to the World Cup with last year.
 
Elpenor said:
So this weekend it’s Leinster v Toulouse in the champions cup final - these are historically the two best club teams in Europe and are going for a fifth and a sixth win respectively. It ought to be a cracker and will be live on ITV.

I will be at the match and the bobbins more lightly regarded challenge cup final on the Friday night.
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I'll have to watch it on catch-up on Sunday, as it clashes with the round ball Cup Final.
 
Not sure if the Micky mouse challenge cup (basically all the rubbish teams have their own European tournament) was on tv, but it was not much of a match.

Tomorrow should be better, kick off is 1445
 
Almost thirty years since this try, when France went to New Zealand and won 2-0 (including the last All black defeat at Eden Park). This is a French team who had just lost to Canada



I love the final slightly unnecessary pass.

Still for me the best ever, some bloke called Jonah Lomu gets exposed defensively. What happened to him?
 
Nice, I got a free one to the Quins v Leicester one in 2012, quite a lot of drinking that day, one of our party was sick in a bin :facepalm:

Hopefully I’ll be at another one next year if chiefs make it :)
 
starfish said:
My BiL is well pissed off. Hes a season ticket holder at Bath & when he tried to get tickets when they were released theyd sold out. Apparently they didnt think it necessarry to keep some back for seadon ticket holders.
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A lot of people seem to buy tickets on spec earlier in the season (well probably not Newcastle fans) and then sell them on to fans of other clubs if they don’t fancy the match themselves or their team doesn’t make it

This is two big rugby towns who haven’t been in a final for ages so it’s sold out for the first time in some years
 
I literally got a phone call from one of Ted's rugby mates dad's at 10.30 this morning saying someone had dropped out last minute so did he want to come. He's a lucky guy. He loves his rugby (as I've mentioned once or twice 😂) so he'll have a great day
 
Elpenor said:
A lot of people seem to buy tickets on spec earlier in the season (well probably not Newcastle fans) and then sell them on to fans of other clubs if they don’t fancy the match themselves or their team doesn’t make it

This is two big rugby towns who haven’t been in a final for ages so it’s sold out for the first time in some years
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True, but there must only be around 25,000 season ticket holders between them & Twickers holds 80,000.
 
Elpenor said:
A lot of people seem to buy tickets on spec earlier in the season (well probably not Newcastle fans) and then sell them on to fans of other clubs if they don’t fancy the match themselves or their team doesn’t make it

This is two big rugby towns who haven’t been in a final for ages so it’s sold out for the first time in some years
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I think Twickenham have a lot of deals with non league club systems too that offer discounted tickets to keep younger players involved in the game.

Mind you, they don't look like cheap seats to me, although the dad taking them is a rugby coach and our team is affiliated with Harlequins, so maybe he's got contacts.
 
Bath ferocious in defence, also dominating the breakdown and set piece. But attacking wise they’re feeding off scraps I think
 
Sleightholme is exceptional as a winger (can’t kick though!) best uncapped English player imo
 
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