Rugby Quotes of the Week

[Hugh Jarse]

Quotes please, not debate.

 

[HighPlainsDrifter]

The Benchmark was set by former dual international Rex "The Moose" Mossop in the mid seventies ...
"If there's one thing I can't stand , it's having male genitalia shoved down my throat!" (In response to a nudists beach near his home) ...The channel seven switchboard went into overload .

 

[Lee Grant]

Food for thought.

Scotland v Tonga

John Beattie (about scrums):

You'll find teams now who are going forward who will deliberately collapse a scrum to get the penalty.​

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[Inside Shoulder]

Inspired by the Rex Quote: when coaching the Tigers in loig Alan Jones came up with this (which I immediately committed to memory):

Its axiomatic.
Its like a blue moon.
You wouldn't see it in a month of sundays

 

[Lee Grant]

Wales v Springboks

Wales tries a lineout five metres out from the Bok line and put everybody in:

Eddie Butler:

Here we go: 15-man lineout. Alex Cuthbert the six foot-six winger is coming across the field. All in !!​

Jiffy Davies:

I hope they win it.​

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[Lee Grant]

Montpellier v Bath - ERCC

The local crowd was not happy with referee Ian Davies on Friday night as their team was getting toweled by visitors Bath in the mud.

Montpellier was down 0-30 and hadn't scored a point until they went over for a try in the 68th minute after winning a five-metre lineout.

Also Bath player Stuart Hooper got carded from the lineout, and after the replay the English commentators discussed the merits of the sin binning.

Austin Healey: It's not a yellow card; but it has enabled the referee to get out of this stadium alive after the game.
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[Lee Grant]

Ulster v Scarlets ERCC

There is a scrum just before half-time and referee Luke Pearce free kicks Ulster. He says:

Only front row can hook the ball, not the flanker.​

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A commentator laughs: You learn something new every day; so the front row are the only ones who can hook it back?

It was Brian O'Driscoll.
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[Quick Hands]

One of the many famous/imfamous Murray Mexted quotes:

“I don’t like this new law, because your first instinct when you see a man on the ground is to go down on him”

 

[Lee Grant]

When asked by Shane Warne if he was comfortable under the catch hit by Kohli, Mitchell Marsh (who did everything wrong, but nevertheless took the catch) said:

I'd be lying if I said I was - I pretty much shat myself.​

This is the rugby quotes thread?

Excuuuuuuse me - carry on.
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[Lee Grant]

There were a couple of rugby quotes relating to horse racing in recent weeks:

Toulon v Clermont

The commentators were discussing the absence of the injured Matt Giteau and the talk about rushing him back into the Toulon team.

But it was a long season and Morgan Turinui said:

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You don't win the Melbourne Cup six months out. He's a staying horse, and he'll come back to form after Christmas when it starts getting warmer … he'll be there when they need him.​

Women's Sevens: NZ v Australia - Dubai

Willie Lose thought that NZ and Aus each had a fast runner in their team:

We know that here in Dubai they have the Emirates Million Dollar horse race. I'll tell you what … Woodman and Tonegato wouldn't look out of place at the starting line: two great fillies who have got plenty of pace.​

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[ChargerWA]

Women's Sevens: NZ v Australia - Dubai

Willie Lose thought that NZ and Aus each had a fast runner in their teams:

We know that here in Dubai they have the Emirates Million Dollar horse race. I'll tell you what … Woodman and Tonegato wouldn't look out of place at the starting line: two great fillies who have got plenty of pace.​

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Willie Lose has one of those great voices that when you read a written quote of his you read it out in your mind in his voice.

 

[The_Brown_Hornet]

Willie Lose has one of those great voices that when you read a written quote of his you read it out in your mind in his voice.

Same with Murray. You can't separate the two.

 

[Lee Grant]

Leinster v Harlequins ERCC

Quins' fullback Mike Brown fielded a ball kicked through by Luke Fitzgerald. He turned around and cleared the ball but he had placed a foot in touch beforehand.

The crowd roared.

Nick Mullins:

40,000 Leinster fans spotted the heels of Mike Brown going into touch and just made sure the referee heard about it as well.​

Brian O'Driscoll (ex-Leinster captain):

40,001​

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[Lee Grant]

Toulon v. Leicester Round 4 ERCC

Leicester loose head prop Marcos Ayerza takes out Toulon scrummie Sébastien Tillous-Borde from a ruck before the ball is picked up. He is pinged.

Ex-Leicester scrumhalf Austin Healey:

I remember the good old days when you used to be able to dummy from the breakdown … and keep the forwards guessing. ​

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Now all they do is hit you—where's the fun in that?​

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Later the commentators discussed referee George Clancy letting play go on for Leicester when he apparently blocked Chris Masoe making a tackle for Toulon.

Austin Healey:

A great blocking line from George Clancy…​

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Andrew Cotter:

Did you ever run to the referee? ​

Austin Healey:

Always run to the referee; always make him make a tackle.​

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[Sully]

Toulouse v Montpelier. Dec 20

Montpelier set up a maul 10 metres from the Toulouse try line The hooker Charles Geli has the ball at the back.

Commentator: Geli at the back.

Montpelier drive through the Toulouse pack splintering them in every direction.

Commentator: No sign of any wobbles yet. Now let see what they can do.

 

[Lee Grant]

^^^^^^^^^^
Good spotting Sully - I don't think that commentator Robbie Nock made the funny remark deliberately; nor realised he had done so afterwards.


Munster v Leinster

Co-commentator John Beattie was in good form on Boxing Day:

The forwards of both sides were willing:

They're like two packs of underfed dogs.​

He was critical of players cleaning out opponents beyond the ruck:

Rucking has become like taking the garbage out.​

He also had a Mexted moment:

Look at them coming out of each other's backsides.​

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(You have to applaud safe sex on the field.)
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[Lee Grant]

Harlequins v. Northampton - Boxing Day

Scrummie Danny Care does a good job of picking up the ball from a mangled Harlequins' scrum and clears his line nicely.

Commentator Austin Healey, ex-England and Lions scrumhalf:

People at home don't understand what it's like when you're trying to pick the ball up, when everybody in front of you is trying to walk over your head.​

Sounds hard to do when he puts it like that.
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[Lee Grant]

Northampton v Racing Metro - ERCC

A scrum doesn't work for referee Nigel Owens so the main commentator brings in the scrum expert to earn his pay.

Alastair Eykyn

What's going on here Flats?​

David Flatman

All sorts of stuff in there Ali. I don't know, they don't know, Nige doesn't know; so just reset to get going forward.​

What hope do we punters have?


Talking about the visiting team in the above match, during another game:

Mark Robson

Racing Metro, scoring 32 points at Franklins Gardens … that wasn't a victory, that was a contract killing.​

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[USARugger]

Another classic from Flatman during the Racing v. Saints match:

Just wait for it..

 

[Lee Grant]

^^^^^^^^

The Racing Metro coach must fancy Szarzweski too.

He's 32 years old and he's just been signed for another 5 years.


No comment - only quotes?

I shouldn't have written that ……

and I felt sorry, and I felt bad about what happened.​

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Monica Lewinsky​

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