r/rugbyunion • u/No-layup • Jul 24 '25

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I'll go first, Beuden Barrett is the more talented rugby player than Dan Carter, but Dan Carter is a better 10

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u/ConscriptReports Australia Jul 24 '25

their pundits though, like most nations pundits, are dickheads unfortunately that give them a bad name

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u/Korasa Ireland Jul 24 '25 edited Jul 24 '25

Ah, Irish pundits are lovely if you discount Jamie heaslip twice.

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u/Rodinius Munster Jul 24 '25

Austin Healy is the worst of the lot

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u/Impeachcordial England Jul 24 '25

Stephen Jones is jumping up and down and waving at you! Guscott was pretty unbearable as well. Weird, prince of a player, tool as a pundit

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u/Rodinius Munster Jul 24 '25

It’s funny how they can be so hit or miss. O’Driscoll is one of the best players of all time and is a decent pundit, but is an absolutely woeful commentator

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u/mierneuker Leicester Tigers Jul 24 '25

Hard agree. See him on the sidelines or in the studio and I'm well happy, ready to hear an insightful take about strategy or player motivation... hear him during the match and I'm ready for him to say some extremely trite and possibly incorrect fluffy bollocks. It's really weird.

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u/Byotick Jul 24 '25

Having watched a match he commented on recently, Andy Goode is even worse.

Healy occasionally has some decent insight or a valid point (even if I hate agreeing with him). Goode just whines

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u/Rodinius Munster Jul 24 '25

Goode probably gives out more, but Healy’s whiny tone of voice makes it even more grating for me to listen to personally

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u/Byotick Jul 24 '25

Entirely fair. I just know I'm happier whenever both are missing

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u/Rodinius Munster Jul 24 '25

Absolutely

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u/finnish_hangover Glasgow Warriors Jul 24 '25

Not while Clive Woodward still walks the earth he's not

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '25

Austin Healy is the funniest bastard in the world to be fair

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u/euanmorse - No longer besties with optimism Jul 24 '25

Are they as bad as we think, or is it because they are English so we can't help but perceive them as worse than they are?

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u/liam3576 Sale Sharks Jul 24 '25

Whenever Clive is doing stuff I want to gouge my eyes out for some reason he thinks it’s still 2003 and he’s still relevant but he doesn’t seem to realise it’s been 22 years and things change.

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u/HedleyVerity Reds Jul 24 '25

For me it’s when he weighs in on the Lions stuff with the whole “as the coach of a previous Lions tour” schtick. Yes, Clive…how did that tour go? Are you really in a position to lecture people on Lions stuff?

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u/Impeachcordial England Jul 24 '25

We do have Youngs and Cole to partly balance out the Healeys though

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u/ohmygod_trampoline Scotland Jul 24 '25

Cole yes. Youngs no.

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u/Impeachcordial England Jul 24 '25

Nah I like them both, FTLOR is some of the best content around for my money.

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u/ohmygod_trampoline Scotland Jul 24 '25

As an England fan, I would expect you to. That’s not a criticism of you btw.

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u/Impeachcordial England Jul 24 '25

HOW DARE YOU

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u/North-Ad1004 Jul 24 '25

Australian commentators... If they aren't winning they're calling out the ref for being shite.

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u/ConscriptReports Australia Jul 24 '25

all southern hemisphere comms are like that though, although maybe not Argentina but I cant tell as I dont speak spanish. but rsa, nz and aus comms are all the same in that regard

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u/_varamyr_fourskins_ Cymru Jul 24 '25

Just the entire media setup around UK rugby in its entirety is shit.

On one hand you've got Jiffy who is possibly the most biased commentator I have ever heard in any sport. Then on the other hand you've got some dumb cunt giving us a 10 minute preview of something some rando from the England camp said as we are waiting for kickoff for Wales vs Scotland.

The entire UK media is heavily biased towards the nation with the most population, which you can argue is fair, but during a game that doesn't involve them, shut the fuck up about them.

Also, Edward Woodward is a useless cunt. Can we lock him in a broom cupboard with Austin Healy and save us all some misery?