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Edinburgh 31Ulster 34
THERE WAS NO love lost between these sides. But a match was for Edinburgh- and in the most dramatic fashion.
With the clock in the red and the scores level, Ian Madigan stood over a penalty to win it for Ulster. What must have been going through his head then? Was it the memory of what happened here last September when he completed a stunning come-from-behind win with a similar last-gasp kick?
Or was it a thought of what-might-have-been? On 67 minutes, Ulster were 19 points clear; Edinburgh wiping that lead out in 10 breathless minutes. Controversial minutes too, Ulster having two men sent to the bin, Edinburgh escaping serious censure when Michael Lowry was hit with a tackle to the head.
None of this seemed to bother Madigan. The kick was from far out, near the sideline, a difficult angle.
He nailed it.
And Ulster had a win to sign off their season.
You wouldn’t have thought this after seven minutes – for by then Edinburgh were on top, opening up the Ulster defence twice to establish a 12-0 lead and there and then you were thumbing your way through the record books, figuring out when Ulster last lost five games in a row.
Duhan van der Merwe gets a try. Source: Craig Watson/INPHO
By half-time, we didn’t need the answer (it was the 2009/10 season by the way). A game which looked like being painful for Dan McFarland’s team ended up feeling joyous: five tries, some sumptuous passages of play, a spectacular last-minute penalty and a win. They needed it.
For Adam McBurney and Kyle McCall, this was a strange goodbye, McBurney signing off his days as an Ulster player with a try against the team who’ll employ him next season. McCall also had a fine game before clocking off just after half-time. Ulster will miss them both.
Adam McBurney scores a try for Ulster. Source: Craig Watson/INPHO
They won’t be sorry to see the end of this season, though. The truth is it ended in a meaningful sense back in April when their Challenge Cup semi-final was lost in harrowing circumstances against Leicester. Since then they’ve been playing solely for pride which took quite a bruising down in Limerick a month back. Tonight those wounds healed.
You wouldn’t have thought that at the start, Edinburgh playing with purpose and verve, attacking from the off, going in front when Duhan van der Merwe, their departing winger, got his 32nd try in 57 games for the club, surprisingly just his first for them this season.
By seven minutes, it was 12-0, Blair Kinghorn – relocated from full-back to out-half – finishing in the right corner after Rob Lyttle and Matt Faddes got their lines of communication muddled, leaving a gap for James Johnstone to break through, the centre delaying his pass perfectly until Kinghorn had lengthened his stride and arrived in the ’22. Try, Edinburgh.
There and then you simply wouldn’t have anticipated what was to follow, Ulster looking like they had one eye on the beach, Edinburgh playing with confidence and structure.
The change was sudden and dramatic. By 19 minutes Ulster were ahead, by half-time they had a bonus point, by the 48th minute they had a scored their 31st unanswered point. And they deserved every one of them.
Let’s begin with the first try, scored by James Hume but only after the ball had passed through the hands of Madigan, Stuart McCloskey, Alan O’Connor, Dave Shanahan, Alan O’Connor and Craig Gilroy. By the time winger Gilroy was hauled down, some 60 yards had been gained. Thirty seconds later, a try had been earned – Madigan and McCall spinning it wide from left to right, Hume having the strength to get across.
Soon it was 14-12 after Edinburgh had been reduced to 13 men temporarily, WP Nel dismissed for collapsing a maul, Hamish Watson binned just a minute earlier for a deliberate knock on. Ulster had a kickable penalty but instead went to the corner, setting up a maul there, providing the platform for Iain Henderson to squeeze over.
The next eight minutes crucial, Watson and Nel in the bin, Edinburgh trying to manage the clock. They did so reasonably well for a spell before Ulster rethought their tactics and realised they needed to play with a little more structure and patience. When they did this, they scored – McCloskey with the finish after Hume had made the initial break and Shanahan had delivered the final pop pass. 19-12, Ulster – 29 minutes played.
McCloskey scores his try. Source: Craig Watson/INPHO
It’d get better. Having scored more maul tries than anyone else in this season’s Pro14, Ulster got another one here, McBurney scoring from this source, a minute before the half-time break. 26-12, Ulster.
By 48 minutes, it was a 19-point game, Shanahan, Billy Burns and Lowry passing the ball through their hands, Rob Lyttle touching down in the corner.
So how do you explain how Edinburgh levelled it from here? Well, the answer starts with Ulster’s discipline. Two yellow cards, one to Lowry which was harsh, the second to Nick Timoney for a no arms tackle, left Ulster with 13 men for six crucial minutes.
And Edinburgh kept scoring, Pierre Schoeman crashing over from close distance to make it 31-19 on 67 minutes, youngster Cammie Hutchison getting it to 31-26 seven minutes later after Edinburgh’s maul had set it up the chance. Three minutes later Eroni Sau finished well from half-way but when the conversion was missed, opportunity knocked.
Ulster would get one last chance. Crucially they had Madigan on the pitch to finish it.
Scorers
Edinburgh
Tries: van der Merwe, Kinghorn, P Schoeman, Hutchison, Sau
Conversions: Kinghorn (3/5)
Ulster
Tries: Hume, Henderson, McCloskey, McBurney, Lyttle
Conversions: Madigan (3/4), Burns (0/1)
Penalties: Madigan (1/1)
Edinburgh: H Paterson (N Chamberlain 70min); E Sau, J Johnstone, G Taylor, D van der Merwe (C Hutchison 56); B Kinghorn, C Shiel (H Pyrgos 67); B Venter (P Schoeman 47), P Harrison (M Willemse 47), WP Nel (S Berghan 47), M Sykes, B Toolis (M Kunavula 61), J Ritchie (capt), H Watson (H Morris 73), B Muncaster
Ulster: R Lyttle; M Faddes (M Lowry 41), J Hume, S McCloskey, C Gilroy; I Madigan (B Burns 41), D Shanahan (A Mathewson 66); K McCall (A Warwick 46), A McBurney (R Herring 46), M Moore (T O’Toole 46), A O’Connor (K Treadwell 61), I Henderson (capt), Matty Rae, Marcus Rae (G Jones 53), N Timoney
Ref: B Whitehouse (WRU)
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SCOTT FARDY REALISES how lucky he is. Not every rugby player gets to bow out on their own terms, and even fewer get to walk away from the game with no regrets.
Yet Fardy, who is set to play his last game as professional rugby player when Leinster take on Dragons tomorrow night, is totally at ease with his decision to call it a day.
Earlier this week he sat down for his final press conference as a Leinster player. One of the first questions he was asked was if he has experienced any doubts since announcing his plans to retire at the end of this season.
“No, none at all,” came the quick response. “I don’t wish to do another year, a long winter to be out on the pitch. Leo [Cullen] said to me a few times at this time of year you feel like you can go on forever, but you forget about November, December, January when the weather is awful and it’s raining sideways as you’re running onto the pitch.
“I was contemplating it (retiring) last year, but I thought I would keep going here because I was enjoying it and was enjoying every day I came into Leinster,” he continues.
“I never wake up and don’t want to come in. I think everyday I spring out of bed – well I don’t know if I spring out of bed, I’m pretty old – but I get out of bed ready to go, ready to come in.
“I have enjoyed every day here. There haven’t really been any tough days here for me. There is always a time… You don’t want to get to the point where your body can’t do anything when you stop playing and I’m still at a point now where I’ll be able to play golf and run with the kids and do things like that. I didn’t want to get to a point where I just completely destroyed the body, and the game is getting more and more physical. It starts to take a toll.”
That physical element is something Fardy has grown increasingly uncomfortable with in recent seasons. While the big Australian is known for his own physical edge on the pitch, he feels the sport is reaching a dangerous tipping point when it comes to the size of the men playing the game.
“Then obviously with substitutions and things like that…I t’s become less of an endurance game and more of a power game, over the last five years especially. With the bigger bodies, the game is getting more and more physical and I think that’s just the direction it’s going.
“I’d definitely like to see that change. I think with the people staying down for injuries, I don’t think we need to stop (the game). Obviously if a guy has got a concussion, we stop, but if they’ve got an injury, just walk to the sideline and get treated, and if you want to come back on you come back on.
“But I don’t see the value in stopping the game. You look at the game (against Glasgow) on the weekend, it was two hours long. I think people lose interest after a certain amount of time and the games are going on for way too long at the moment, with things like TMOs and all that stuff, I think people just switch off.”
Fardy arrived from the Brumbies in 2017. Source: Tom O’Hanlon/INPHO
A season which promised so much for Leinster has fizzled out since the club added another Pro14 title to their trophy cabinet back in March. A Champions Cup semi-final exit to La Rochelle has been followed by an underwhelming Rainbow Cup campaign, with Leinster heading into tomorrow’s final game of the season with nothing tangible to play for.
For Fardy, there is at least one final opportunity to run out in front of some supporters, and even if the RDS will be far from full, those in attendance will be keen to show their appreciation for a man who has contributed so much since arriving from the Brumbies back in 2017.
Fardy celebrates Leinster’s Champions Cup win in 2018. Source: Dan Sheridan/INPHO
The 36-year-old has racked up 79 appearances across four seasons in blue, and will travel back to Australia with four Pro14 winners medals and one Champions Cup medal in his suitcase.
His influence off the pitch has been just as important, with teammates and coaches alike often referencing the role Fardy has played in the dressing room and on the training pitch.
No surprise, so, that Fardy is hoping to make a swift move into coaching back.
“I’m trying to get some coaching role sorted, but all in the future,” he says.
“If you’re a coach, I think you’ve got to go straight into it. It’s something that I think I’ve learned a lot here off such great coaches I’ve had here in my time here at Leinster and back in Australia. So I’m grateful for the guys I’ve worked under and hopefully I can learn from my experiences in the game.”
His desire to see others improve and get the best out of themselves is clear, and comes across again when Fardy is asked to name his favourite thing about life at Leinster.
“Winning trophies. That’s something I have really enjoyed, really proud of. Then also seeing guys come through. I have seen some really good players come through in my time here. Some of the young boys have gone on to play for Ireland. Even the other two foreigners (Jamison Gibson-Park and James Lowe) who were originally non-Irish qualified when I got here.
“To see those go on and play for Ireland and play well has been fantastic.”
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FINEEN WYCHERLEY HAS been in and around Ireland camps before, Andy Farrell calling up the versatile Munster forward as part of his wider training squad in previous windows to give him a taste of the environment.
It makes a difference, and as a host of new faces arrived at Carton House last week, Wycherley at least felt like he had his bearings.
“I have only realised now when I’m up here,” Wycherley says.
“Even just knowing your way around the hotel, things like that. I know it’s only small things but knowing one of two different fellas who are here now, a few of the guys would have been here back in the Autumn internationals, some of them are gone to the Lions, some of them aren’t in the squad or whatever, but there is a good network of lads that are here from the last time I was here.
“It definitely makes it easier.”
Unlike his previous experiences with Ireland, this time Wycherley’s time on the training pitch is geared towards winning his first international cap. The 23-year-old comes into this international window on the back of a strong season with Munster, leaving him well-placed to hit another career milestone across the games against Japan and the USA.
With that in mind, Wycherley says he’s striving to roll up his sleeves and make the right impressions.
“I suppose just putting yourself out there, trying to interact with lads, get to know them, putting yourself in uncomfortable positions, chatting to different people or whatever,” he continues.
“But then it’s also the volume of information, different calls in the lineout and general play, kicking calls, where the ball is going to be played off the top or mauls or whatever. There is just a range of different things you have to take on board pretty quickly, but it’s a good challenge. It’s enjoyable.
Wycherley featured 21 times for Munster last season. Source: Laszlo Geczo/INPHO
“It’s me just challenging myself to try and be a bit more open to interactions to different people. I think that’s important for the team.
“So just trying to put yourself out there and get to know the lads that you are actually playing with if you get a chance to play in any of those international games, knowing the guys around you makes you work harder.
“It will just mean more to you when you are on the pitch, so that’s what we are trying to achieve.”
It also provides Wycherley with another opportunity to work with Ireland forwards coach Paul O’Connell.
“I worked with him a small bit when I was in the Munster Academy. He was in with Munster for a bit and I was in second year of the Academy, I would have done a bit of lineout work and things with him, but not a whole pile.”
“It will be very interesting (to work with him) especially around the lineout for me, just trying to learn a lot from him around lineout calling and things like that.
“He loves information and passing it on. I’m just going to draw as much as I can over the short period that we have. I will try pick his brain and take all the benefits with it.”
Wycherley featured 21 times for Munster in the season just ended, including 12 starts, and while he can play in the back row or the second row, most of his rugby over the last year has come with either the number four or five on his back.
“There is different roles for each second-row,” he explains.
“For us (Munster), JK (Jean Kleyn) is playing lock, number four, for us. He a workhorse in fairness, he works incredibly hard and is incredibly dominant around the scrum.
“Looking at that four-lock, he is the guy doing a lot of the dirty work, getting to a lot of breakdowns, the hard yards and carries.
“For the five-lock, you go back down through the years, even Billy (Holland), he is that line-out operator, managing the forwards, very tactical kind of player more than maybe the dirty work as you might call it at the breakdowns. He is more of an organiser and a dictator around what we do in different parts the pitch and what we do at line-out. That’s the difference between four and five, that’s how I’d see it.”
And while Wycherley is aiming to win that first Test cap, he also feels that just being in the environment is beneficial to his game.
“I suppose (I am looking to) grow as a player and learn from the guys around me. You’re in with the best of the best. You’re very lucky to train with these guys for the next couple of weeks.
“Obviously I would be honoured to get a cap and to play if the opportunity comes. But other than that, it’s just training and gaining a lot from these guys and pull different information and tactics.”
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EX-IRELAND INTERNATIONAL David Meyler is The42′s football columnist for this season.
Every Friday, the former Hull City and Sunderland midfielder will give expert insight and his predictions ahead of the weekend’s action, alongside the latest William Hill prices.
In his latest column, Meyler gives us his thoughts and predictions for Euro 2020, which kicks off this evening.
I thought Ireland did well against Hungary in midweek. Stephen Kenny’s side put in a good performance and looked a lot more assured as a team.
It was encouraging to see Shane Duffy back playing and the displays of our two young goalkeepers — Gavin Bazunu and Caoimhin Kelleher — suggested that we should be well set in that position for many years to come.
Ultimately, however, the lads are off on holidays now while Hungary get ready for the Euros. Not qualifying will hurt them, especially when you consider the manner in which Ireland lost their play-off to Slovakia, but hopefully this young team are on the start of a journey that eventually takes them to a major tournament.
As a football fan, I’m looking forward to sitting down to watch the European Championship over this next month and my columns will be focusing on that.
Here are some predictions before a ball is kicked:
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I’m backing Italy. Source: SIPA USA/PA Images
I have a funny feeling that this could be Italy’s year.
Few people are looking past current world champions France, and that’s understandable, but you need a lot of things to go your way to win a competition like this.
England, along with Portugal, have one of the most stacked squads around but they will need Harry Kane to stay fit, while there are still questions marks over the defence — particularly with Harry Maguire initially missing. Then you also wonder if Gareth Southgate can get the best out of his array of attacking talent.
The Azzurri are on a 27-game unbeaten run stretching back to September 2018, when they lost to 1-0 to European champions Portugal in the Nations League. They haven’t conceded a single goal in their last eight matches.
Old heads Giorgio Chiellini and Leonardo Bonucci, with 209 international caps between them, are likely to be at the heart of their defence and let’s not forget Gianluigi Donnarumma in goal. Still only 22 years of age, he has already made 251 appearances for AC Milan and is set to join Paris Saint-Germain on a free transfer.
In attack, Ciro Immobile and Lorenzo Insigne are are likely to start alongside either Sassuolo’s Domenico Berardi or exciting Juventus winger Federico Chiesa.
Roberto Mancini is arguably one of the top managers in the tournament, having had success at Inter Milan and Manchester City.
They may not have any superstars of past generations but his team looks like a tight-knit unit and I wouldn’t be shocked if they surprised a few by adding to their one European Championship victory in 1968.
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Denmark star Christian Eriksen. Source: SIPA USA/PA Images
It pains me to say it given my previous experiences facing the Danes, but they could make a significant impact.
Denmark have a really well-balanced squad that has been together for a number of years and there is loads of experience in there.
Christian Eriksen is still their main man, but you’ve got Kasper Schmeichel in goal, Simon Kjaer and Andreas Christensen at centre-half, hard-working midfielders in Thomas Delaney and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg and decent options up front such as Yussuf Poulsen and Martin Braithwaite.
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Benzema back in the French shirt. Source: Imago/PA Images
He’s far from an unknown rising star that I’m tipping to have a breakout tournament, but from a personal point of view, I am very excited to see what Karim Benzema can bring to the French team now his international exile has ended.
Didier Deschamps has decided to call up the Real Madrid forward, still one of the top finishers in world football, five years on from dropping him due to the sex tape blackmail allegations involving team-mate Mathieu Valbuena.
The French won the 2018 World Cup with Olivier Giroud leading the line, despite the fact that he didn’t score one goal in Russia. Benzema is undoubtedly an upgrade so it will be interesting to the progress of the pre-tournament favourites.
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Italy striker Ciro Immobile. Source: SIPA USA/PA Images
Having put my support behind Italy, I’m going to follow through by picking one of their players to finish as the tournament’s top goalscorer.
Ciro Immobile has 150 goals in 219 appearances for Lazio and the 31-year-old is coming into the Euros on the back of a season that saw him score 20 times in Serie A and five more in the Champions League.
13 goals in 46 international caps is not a remarkable return, but stranger things have happened.
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EX-IRELAND INTERNATIONAL David Meyler is The42′s football columnist for this season.
Every Friday, the former Hull City and Sunderland midfielder will give expert insight and his predictions ahead of the weekend’s action, alongside the latest William Hill prices.
In his latest column, Meyler looks at the rise of Scotland captain Andy Robertson before previewing their Euro 2020 showdown with England and giving his predictions ahead of meeting between defending champions Portugal and Germany.
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I watched Andy Robertson being interviewed by Eilidh Barbour on the BBC ahead of Scotland’s opening Euro 2020 group game against the Czech Republic and it got me thinking about just how far my old team-mate has come.
Released by Celtic’s youth academy as a boy over concerns about his size, Robbo wasn’t going to let that setback define him. He climbed the ranks at Queens Park and began plying his trade in the Scottish Third Division, before earning a move to Scotland’s top flight with Dundee United.
Hull City manager Steve Bruce took a shine to the young defender and, after one season, he joined us in 2014 for £2.85million.
It took Andy a few months to get settled in with the lads and learn how we worked. I’m sure it was a big change coming from Dundee United but he didn’t look back.
In the 2015/16 season — when we were promoted to the Premier League — he played 42 of the 46 league matches as well as the three play-off games.
That was the first time I thought ‘this boy has massive potential’. Now I’m not going to lie and say I thought he would reach the levels that he has in recent years. I knew Andy had more in him, but he has gone on to hit astounding heights at Liverpool — becoming a Champions League, Premier League and Club World Cup winner.
I had a pint with Andy after Liverpool’s European Cup win in 2019 and he is still the same old Robbo.
For me, he’s the best left-back in the world right now. There is likely to be mentions for veterans like Jordi Alba and Marcelo and the other one I’d pick out is Alphonso Davies of Bayern Munich.
You might disagree depending on who you support — Man United fans could talk of Luke Shaw’s current form, Chelsea supporters may point to Ben Chilwell and Arsenal really rate Kieran Tierney — but I think Andy is more of an all-rounder.
Liverpool had a disappointing year by their standards but his performances didn’t really drop. Andy was one of the more reliable players while others were going through hard times.
Robbo is the perfect example for any young boy or girl who is told at 14 or 15 that they’re not big enough, quick enough or good enough. He has proven that, with hard work and endeavour, you can reach the very top.
I remember Andy telling us stories that he used to work at Hampden Park, serving dinner and collecting plates and cutlery. On Monday, he captained his national team in the European Championship at that very ground.
23 years have passed since the Scots were last at a major tournament so there were bound to be nerves. It was just one of those days that no matter what they threw at the Czechs, they couldn’t score.
I’ve seen the argument made that Che Adams should have started up front ahead of Lyndon Dykes and that maybe he would have scored one of their chances. That is all ifs, buts and maybes now and Steve Clarke has been loyal to the lads who qualified them for the tournament.
Southampton forward Adams — a former England U20 international — only committed his allegiance to Scotland and joined up with the squad three months ago, but he will get his opportunity.
Some people have been very critical of David Marshall’s positioning for Patrik Schick’s second goal but most goalkeepers play that sweeper-keeper role nowadays and it is part and parcel of football.
When you break it down, Schick has scored with an incredible effort. The Bayer Leverkusen striker had some audacity to shoot from just inside the Scottish half, particularly when you see how far out the ball starts before curling in.
Scotland were very unfortunate as they were knocking on the door and there were some good performances.
I would like to see improvements from the forward players and a couple of the midfielders. John McGinn and Scott McTominay — two players who had good seasons at club level — have more in them than they showed.
They also have the highly-rated Billy Gilmour in their ranks. The 20-year-old Chelsea man is lacking in international experience but if you’re good enough you’re old enough.
England boss Gareth Southgate brought on Jude Bellingham against Croatia and, at 17 years and 349 days old, he is the youngest player to ever line out at a Euros.
Premier League clubs like Manchester United were sniffing around him but he left Birmingham City to join Borussia Dortmund last summer.
They are renowned for giving youngsters a chance and he has enjoyed a terrific first season — particularly in the Champions League.
Jude Bellingham became the youngest player to ever feature at the European Championship. Source: Laurence Griffiths
We don’t see Gilmour training on a daily basis, but if Steve Clarke is looking for a midfielder to be a bit more controlled and get on the ball, I wouldn’t be surprised to see him come in.
Clarke could make a few changes and they will get a massive boost if Tierney is fit to start after missing the first match.
The Scots had good possession against the Czechs and it was fairly balanced. Against England, they won’t have as much of the ball and will need to keep hold of it when they do.
I thought England put in a very professional display in the win over Croatia. Their best period was in the opening 20 or 30 minutes as they started very well and knocked the ball about. Phil Foden also rattled his shot off the post but I thought the game then passed him by and I was surprised he wasn’t substituted earlier.
Croatia were always going to grow into the match but they didn’t create a lot and England’s centre-half pairing of Tyrone Mings and John Stones were very solid.
It was a big call to play the right-sided Kieran Trippier at left full-back, especially after the seasons that Shaw and Chilwell had at Man United and Chelsea respectively.
Southgate clearly rates Trippier very highly and he has just won La Liga with Atletico Madrid.
There are question marks over the fitness of Jordan Henderson and Harry Maguire and those two would’ve certainly been starters in the first game, but I’m fascinated to see if Southgate picked that team to play Croatia or if he feels that side is his strongest XI.
England need to find a way to play football and not get drawn into a battle because their players are far superior to the Scotland’s.
The Scots must avoid defeat and hope they can get something out of it. I still expect England to win the game as they should have too much for their neighbours at Wembley. Let’s go with 3-1.
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Germany lost out 1-0 to pre-tournament favourites France on Tuesday, and I thought they lacked a focal point in attack. Joachim Loew must be wishing Miroslav Klose could come out of retirement and bag them a goal!
They created chances and did everything but score. Serge Gnabry occupied the striker’s role, while Timo Werner and Kevin Volland were also introduced before the end but it’s an issue that needs to be addressed.
Contrastingly, Portugal have one of the greatest of all time in Cristiano Ronaldo, who might not seem like he is having a great game and then he goes and scores twice.
Cristiano Ronaldo is still going strong at 36. Source: DPA/PA Images
Ronaldo now has 106 international goals, which is just three off the all-time record set by Ali Daei of Iran, and I wouldn’t be at all surprised if he broke that during this tournament.
At 36, people are starting to write him off but he remains so driven to be successful and has kept himself in great physical condition.
It has been said that Ronaldo didn’t have a brilliant season at Juventus but he still managed to score 36 goals in all competitions.
I’m going to say 2-1 to Portugal on Saturday.
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The Daily Star recently spoke to former WWE Universal champion Seth Rollins ahead of his Summerslam rematch with Brock Lesnar. Rollins discussed his thoughts on intergender wrestling and the problems with social media. Below are some highlights.
His thoughts on intergender wrestling: “There are places for it. But this full on independent style women vs. men match where the women are chokeslamming the men? Our business is based in realism a little bit, so let’s do that as best we can. I think let’s live in a reality a little bit here, I am not saying women aren’t as good as men because that is not the case. But there is a reason when you go to the Olympics there are men’s and women’s [sports], there is a reason you have men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and women’s basketball. It is not they aren’t as talented, or they are not as good as athletes, but you just need to break it up. There are women out there who are incredible. … Whether we are going to have full on intergender matches, we may get there – but it is going to take some doing.”
Rollins on Twitter being a cesspool of negativity: “Its funny because it’s not just wrestling, it’s not just WWE, that’s kind of how it is in the world. Twitter seems to be this cesspool of negativity where its so easy to focus on what you don’t like rather than what you do like. People seem to band around negativity, I don’t know if it’s one of those misery loves company type things. Before it used to be you would hang out with three or four of your friends and talk about how you don’t like things, now you hang out with three or four hundred of your friends and talk about how you don’t like things. I don’t know, maybe you get more responses on negative tweets or whatever. It is frustrating.”
Seth Rollins on not being able to wrap his head around social media: “I am coming from an era when we didn’t have social media, when I was a teenager it was before social media was a thing. It about is trying to adapt to that culture but not really understanding why we use it so much for negativity. Even things like petitioning for a Game of Thrones re-shoot on the final season, or complaining about The Little Mermaid being black. I just can’t wrap my head around it—maybe I am too old. I don’t think it’s a productive part of society when it’s so negative the whole time.”Click Here:
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WWE Superstars Lacey Evans and Dana Brooke had a bit of a heated interaction earlier today on Twitter. In response to a fan question on Dana Brooke, Evans wrote, “Because @DanaBrookeWWE wants another match hoping her career takes off. Meanwhile I want to eat my apple pie in piece in catering and be left the hell alone. I dont sweat for nothin sweetheart #LikeALady”
Dana later on responded with her own tweet, “Hun let’s learn proper spelling & grammar- it’s “peace” – learn & live ur gimmick cause we all know it’s put on .. ‘classless’ TRASH YA NAST.Y”
Because @DanaBrookeWWE wants another match hoping her career takes off. Meanwhile I want to eat my apple pie in piece in catering and be left the hell alone. I dont sweat for nothin sweetheart 💅👒 #LikeALady https://t.co/YxhzDpRl9s
— Lacey Evans ~ WWE Superstar (@LaceyEvansWWE) August 16, 2019
Hun let’s learn proper spelling & grammar- it’s “peace” – learn & live ur gimmick cause we all know it’s put on .. “classless” TRASH YA NASTY 💄💋
— Dana Brooke WWE (@DanaBrookeWWE) August 16Click Here: