Huwipulotu has to start the first Test surely

France have been absolutely ridiculous at the ruck - scramble defence at it's absolute finest

French 16 getting out of that ruck is my new favourite thing - practically trying to start a mexican wave he kept his arms up for so long 😂

Real talk: A Kiwi team as weak as this French one would lose by 50+ to a full-strength French side

That is an absolutely vintage Genge carry, just charging his way up the middle 🦏

Ladies and gentlemen, it's Pollock time

Well the ideas are there for the Lions, just the usual clunkiness and lack of cohesion for a first outing

Genge and Bealham absolutely flying into tackles already. Some massive shots going in

Nothing like getting a message to let you know you've lost every single day of commentary work you had booked in for the rest of the calendar year... I guess I'm a former CS commentator now? 🙃

Back row is stacked but surely Pollock is walking into at least the midweek Lions squad now? The rate at which he has ascended needs to be studied, it's genuinely ridiculous

Too on the nose?

Generational

Of course Pollock picks up a try in his first senior start. Of course he does 😂

What a half that is from England. Absolutely ruthless. If we can keep that up for 80 minutes it'll have been a real statement performance

Having digested it, here's my probably naive and ill-informed view: Finn Smith works at 10 because he fits a classical interpretation of a fly half - involved in everything, selecting runners, hands on the ball. He's great at that. M. Smith suits a 9 centric style (this is gonna be a thread ⬇️⬇️)

Gonna be one of those days for England, just got to play our own game

Shaun Edwards is going to be steaming out of his ears here, what on Earth has happened to France's defence

Welcome back Wales!

Rode our luck but you saw the blueprint there. Attack clicking, defence ferocious. Fucking brilliant

What a way to get Twickenham bouncing again

The Menoncello differential captain pick backfiring epically so far 🙃

It's the hope that kills you

England are properly up for this. Defending ferociously but with an added intelligence that was missing previously, attack looking promising Think the last 15/20 minutes will be where it swings, tiring players and bench impact going to be critical

And there it is. Likely a ban and I could see it being a few games as well. Just back in and could be straight on the way out

What a brain fade from Ntamack - arm tucked, no need to go anywhere near that and contact to the head. If you ask me that's a red

Well if they were trying to protect Dan Edwards and ease him in gently that's gone out the window

Merry Sixmas to all who celebrate - a little palate cleanser before the festivities begin

One afternoon and much swearing later it's up on the wall - now just to pray it's strong enough 😅

Even with these kinda ratings the universe is conspiring to get ARCRED the W and take us to map 3

Pulling myself out the retirement home for my monthly CS cast with Affinity - B8 Vs ARCRED over on the B stream Bonus points for anyone who can identity which disembodied voice is which while we chat over flyovers

Not saying I peer pressured them but......

Gotta love a good shock roster move, no leaks just a random tweet and everyone losing their collective minds

BLAST really bottling the bounty picks is such a shame. From a TO that was so proud of pushing the boundaries of broadcasts and trying new things, to 5 hours of tweeting "X picked Y!" So much potential to make something cool squandered

Good riddance. The bones of Train are already better than Vertigo was ever going to get realistically

Being brutally honest, CS wise 2024 was shit. Personally was the polar opposite - moved to a new city, bought a house and started a fantastic new job Fingers crossed 2025 can translate the personal wins to CS as well 🍻

Not quite been the 2024 I was hoping for in all honesty, extra driven and motivated to get behind the mic as much as possible in 2025 🎙️ Been around the block a few times at this point, "CV" below - let's make some cool stuff!

Been a while since I've just sat down and grinded a game that isn't CS2. PoE2 has got me in a vice grip right now, such a satisfying experience

Turns out buying a house is expensive so won't be making the HLTV Awards this year - gutted to be unable to attend, sure it'll be a great show and fingers crossed I'm less broke for the next one 😄

Donk the prodigal son but dear lord what a series from Magixx. Stepped up to a career defining level to support the young blood

Russian kids and D2 man. Just built different

Round 2 and FaZe already get Donked. Could be a veryyyyyy long afternoon if they can't shut it down and trade him out more effectively

A site take, pistol round of the Major Final - YouTube throws up an NBA ad. FFS 😂

Anyone else's brain confused by the audio mix for the Major? Feels like they've taken a random section of the mids and dialed them up to 11

Nothing worse than taking time off work then catching a savage man flu case 🤢 wasting holiday and feeling miserable, some combo

Liquid do all the hard work, get past the seemingly endless rifle buys of Spirit and then fall at the final hurdle. Heartbreaking

Ok I'm officially addicted to PoE2 🙃

Just get it over with and rename Spirit to Donk & Co now, good lord the carry is unreal

Mongolz bringing a consistency to Tier 1 that seems to be sorely lacking at the minute

Dead Poet Society doing very well but they do make some 11/10 rowing music so I shouldn't be surprised Arcane Roots with the honorary #6 cause I have them on CD in my shitbox car basically daily Other than that yeah, that's me 😅

This aged extremely poorly 🙃 at least the silver coin looks insane I suppose!