Sunday Social: Adele, Dan Biggar and a prop chase
It is time for Planet Rugby’s Sunday Social, your quirky recap of the serious and not so serious talking points from the past week’s action.
We kick off with one of the game’s leading players in social media, Bristol Bears. How about this rendition of Adele’s Someone Like You?
🎹 What a way to sign off the tour! 🇫🇷
Hot prospect @ioanlloyd3 is an artist on and off the field 🎵@adele, need any backing vocals for your next gig? 🤷♂️ pic.twitter.com/v3J9H1fMbx
— Bristol Bears 🐻 (@BristolBears) August 16, 2019
Continuing off the field and a day before leading Wales to a win over England, Alun Wyn Jones made the year of this young Welsh supporter.
Alun Wyn Jones might just have made young Caleb Forster's day at our captain's run this morning 🙂 pic.twitter.com/MUMhKJycTC
— Welsh Rugby Union 🏴 (@WelshRugbyUnion) August 16, 2019
To the action and Dan Biggar was named man-of-the-match after a strong outing, this coming after he was criticised by a former Wales wing.
Remember that time JJ Williams questioned Dan Biggar’s quality going in to a World Cup pic.twitter.com/jRniL7l9ft
— Scott Baldwin (@scottbaldwin2) August 17, 2019
Death, taxes, Dan Biggar collecting high balls… 🤷♂️ https://t.co/7DPTDkwFG8
— BBC ScrumV (@BBCScrumV) August 18, 2019
Well deserved win for @WelshRugbyUnion Dan Biggar showing his mental strength and control at 10. Not that he needed to prove it to anyone.
— James William Hook (@hookjameshook) August 17, 2019
In Auckland there was a bit of needle from Air New Zealand to the Sydney Morning Herald before the All Blacks retained the Bledisloe Cup.
A lot’s happened in the last 17 years. Except for… @smh #CrazyAboutRugby #NZLvAUS pic.twitter.com/RS9pTn037F
— Air New Zealand (@FlyAirNZ) August 16, 2019
South Africa were also winners on Saturday as Sbu Nkosi’s impressive double helped them beat Argentina. This was out of the top drawer.
2⃣ stunning tries
🎖A player of the match awardA game to remember for Sbu Nkosi.#StrongerTogether pic.twitter.com/p8IRBsnsHk
— SuperSport 🏆 (@SuperSportTV) August 18, 2019
It wasn’t such a good night for Scotland in Nice, however, as they went down to France. Thistle Rugby Pod clearly found it a tough watch.
Well #fravsco pic.twitter.com/5NgjNP8RtD
— Thistle Scottish Rugby Podcast (@thistlerugbypod) August 17, 2019
Finally we go to South Africa’s schoolboy scene and this chase back from a prop that led to Franco Knoetze’s long-range try was excellent.
Unbelievable defence effort by Grade11 prop Tielman of @GreyKollege and then the ridiculously insane 90m counter attack by Knoetze full back pic.twitter.com/iPICiaGycL
— #SchoolRugby.co.za (@SchoolRugby) August 17, 2019