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by Hardtackle
Sun Mar 13, 2022 1:26 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Reds v Drua, Saturday March 12
Replies: 43
Views: 1726

Re: Reds v Drua, Saturday March 12

Great game to watch apart from the yellow cardathon at the back end of the first half. Hard not to like watching the Drua run it and throw the ball around. They'll be plenty of people's second team. The replacement 9 played really well when he came on. Same with the replacement lock sprinting 70 for...
by Hardtackle
Wed Aug 11, 2021 8:35 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Wallabies 2021 OFFICIAL thread
Replies: 1980
Views: 106589

Re: Wallabies 2021 OFFICIAL thread

I'd give Hodge a go at fullback and take all the long-range shots available. We need to add early scoreboard pressure to our game plan.
by Hardtackle
Wed Aug 11, 2021 8:10 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Wallabies 2021 OFFICIAL thread
Replies: 1980
Views: 106589

Re: Wallabies 2021 OFFICIAL thread

towny wrote: Tue Aug 10, 2021 12:13 pm Maybe we could set up a ‘Premium’ forum or something? But who else would be in it? :uhoh:

A blog or podcast might be better mediums for me.
you're aiming a bit low, surely an hour show on both Stan and Sky would be more appropriate for one so humble and talented?
by Hardtackle
Sun Jul 25, 2021 12:19 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Wallabies 2021 OFFICIAL thread
Replies: 1980
Views: 106589

Re: Wallabies 2021 OFFICIAL thread

Quade Cooper has also joined the squad… :shock: WIll do anything for citizenship. Sickening. Give the poor guy his papers...I'm not sure if there's more value in having an OZ passport as opposed to a NZ passport though? He wants to study mathematics at university and that shit is expensive for a fo...
by Hardtackle
Sun Jul 18, 2021 10:20 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Wallabies v France July Tests
Replies: 2428
Views: 109936

Re: Wallabies v France July Tests

They should add a law to reverse the penalty or card for anyone being a lying pussy in attempt to gain advantage.
by Hardtackle
Thu Jul 15, 2021 10:48 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Wallabies v France July Tests
Replies: 2428
Views: 109936

Re: Wallabies v France July Tests

Tate was passing off the ground really well I thought. Clearly he's been working on that aspect of his game. He'll be our #9 in 2023 RWC.
by Hardtackle
Sat Jul 10, 2021 2:47 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Wallabies v France July Tests
Replies: 2428
Views: 109936

Re: Wallabies v France July Tests

The good money is on: 1. Slipper 2. BPA 3. Tupou 4. Philip 5. LSL 6. Valetini 7. Hooper 8. WIlson 9. McDermott 10. JOC/Lolesio 11. MK 12. Paisami 13. Ikitau 14. Wright 15. Anyone but Banks. Whomever in the squad is the dedicated 15 backup - Hodge or Kellaway 16. Bell 17. Lonergan 18. AAA 19. Swain ...
by Hardtackle
Fri Jul 09, 2021 7:23 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Wallabies v France July Tests
Replies: 2428
Views: 109936

Re: Wallabies v France July Tests

To get combination for now and the future I'd pick and stick with the QLD axis of

8 Wilson
9 Tate
10 JOC
12 Hunter
by Hardtackle
Fri Jul 09, 2021 3:47 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Wallabies v France July Tests
Replies: 2428
Views: 109936

Re: Wallabies v France July Tests

Valetini will be embarrassed by that performance. it'll be interesting to see if he come out firing or takes a conservative approach to improving. His best attribute is his physicality so he really only has one choice. That said, I wouldn't be surprised if he's quiet again. He should die trying to b...
by Hardtackle
Fri Jun 11, 2021 12:17 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Wallabies 2021 OFFICIAL thread
Replies: 1980
Views: 106589

Re: Wallabies 2021 OFFICIAL thread

What have the Romans ever done for us..........
by Hardtackle
Tue Jun 01, 2021 5:04 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: What is the best team song in world sport?
Replies: 70
Views: 4462

Re: What is the best team song in world sport?

Back in the day Keebra Park SHS year 12's were pretty keen on themselves.......

Give a cheer, give a cheer, for the Keebra boys are here
We have come here to drink all your piss, fudge your women!!
by Hardtackle
Sun Nov 08, 2020 6:43 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Wallabies 2020 thread
Replies: 2453
Views: 113813

Re: Wallabies 2020 thread

TT has such great impact at the back end of games. When he starts it is often negated by fresh legs and intent somewhat. I think Rennie has it right for now but could bring him in a little earlier. I think he should come at the 30 minute mark when the sting has gone out of the game and the starters...
by Hardtackle
Sun Nov 08, 2020 6:14 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Bledisloe 4 - Good v. Evil - Stolen Oz/NZ match thread
Replies: 542
Views: 25555

Re: Bledisloe 4 - Good v. Evil - Stolen Oz/NZ match thread

Eugenius wrote: Sun Nov 08, 2020 12:55 am
Wendigo7 wrote: Sat Nov 07, 2020 2:21 pm NZ look very beatable at the moment.

First I've felt that in about... 10-12 years or so.

You do realise that wasn’t nearly our best XV don’t ya ?
I thought the rhetoric is AB’s 3rd fifteen could beat any Wallabies side.
by Hardtackle
Sun Nov 08, 2020 5:48 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Bledisloe 4 - Good v. Evil - Stolen Oz/NZ match thread
Replies: 542
Views: 25555

Re: Bledisloe 4 - Good v. Evil - Stolen Oz/NZ match thread

shanky wrote: Sat Nov 07, 2020 11:49 am Biden wins, Wallabies win

Wow. What a weekend.

:D
4 more years
by Hardtackle
Wed Oct 28, 2020 10:12 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Wallabies 2020 thread
Replies: 2453
Views: 113813

Re: Wallabies 2020 thread

Lolesio will start, I reckon. JOC to 12 as a second playmaker After JOC has been in the media saying "I'm not a centre" 4D chess, bruz. Agreed, smokescreen to take pressure off Noah. Their first mantra is always I'll play anywhere our god like coach wants...... whateves best for the team.
by Hardtackle
Wed Jun 12, 2019 10:48 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Australian Rugby 2019 official thread
Replies: 229
Views: 17874

Re: Australian Rugby 2019 official thread

Brumbieman has nailed it. We still have little to no chance of winning, but that team should get us out of the pool.
by Hardtackle
Wed May 22, 2019 12:14 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Game of Thrones - Books/TV (Full of spoilers mark nothing)
Replies: 17147
Views: 1274317

Re: Game of Thrones - Books/TV (Full of spoilers mark nothin

Ed's still pissed. [quote] Why the Game of Thrones finale was so bad – and everything else that was wrong with the season Ed Power 21 May 2019 • 6:47pm Jon Snow mooched into a freezing sunset. Sansa smiled from her throne as her bannermen held aloft their swords (careful M’Lady – all that unsheathe...
by Hardtackle
Tue May 21, 2019 10:03 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Wallabies - road to the world cup
Replies: 62
Views: 4567

Re: Wallabies - road to the world cup

Same, I'm actually thinking threepeat.
by Hardtackle
Tue May 21, 2019 7:53 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Australian Politics Thread
Replies: 29273
Views: 2042023

Re: The Australian Politics Thread

Beetoota have spoken, "Labor Asks Freddy Fittler To Find A Team Of Young Blackfellas And Help Them Turn This Around"
by Hardtackle
Tue May 21, 2019 7:45 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Australian Politics Thread
Replies: 29273
Views: 2042023

Re: The Australian Politics Thread

I think Penny Wong is Australia's most effective political operator within the parliament but I don't think the country is mature enough to deal with her as opposition leader. I'd love to be wrong and see her crucify opponents... but I think she'd attract too much negative attention and besides, sh...
by Hardtackle
Tue May 21, 2019 7:38 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Australian Politics Thread
Replies: 29273
Views: 2042023

Re: The Australian Politics Thread

:lol: :lol: :thumbup: I'm like you I think.. I like some punchy in my pollie, so to speak. I'm guessing the ALP will go with yet another scripted performer and people will compare degrees of charisma gain measured in millisimpers. Howard stayed in for 9 years or whatever primarily because he was a ...
by Hardtackle
Tue May 21, 2019 5:56 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Australian Politics Thread
Replies: 29273
Views: 2042023

Re: The Australian Politics Thread

I stopped following politics closely a decade or two ago. I watched the ABC's coverage and thought Penny Wong's performance was underwhelming. Whilst there is very little doubt she is intelligent, she didn't come across as particularly convincing. Her predominant response is to bag the Libs rather t...
by Hardtackle
Sun May 19, 2019 8:39 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Australian Politics Thread
Replies: 29273
Views: 2042023

Re: The Australian Politics Thread

Quite amazing after the last 6 yrs of shit sandwich we’ve had, the electorate has gone back for 3 more :? Unemployment up last week, no wage growth, economic growth completely anemic, dollar down the toilet. Inflation in deflation and rba held off on a cut purely because of in mid election and thes...
by Hardtackle
Sun May 19, 2019 2:41 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Qld Out
Replies: 44
Views: 5096

Re: Qld Out

I thinks it's all about the hip pocket. Whilst I agree that's the case, the ALP was offering tax cuts to more people than the Coalition. The Coalition has just pulled off the mother of all scare campaigns. Good on them, if I was one of their supporters I'd be stoked. But it wasn't based on facts. M...
by Hardtackle
Sun May 19, 2019 2:35 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Qld Out
Replies: 44
Views: 5096

Re: Qld Out

I was very surprised that the Libs didn't push back against Getup going after Dutton, countering with the turf out the criminal immigrants policy. Maybe they did, but i didn't see it? Clearly Peter Dutton is a very unattractive man who'd made himself a big target. I heard the ALP and Getup were smas...
by Hardtackle
Sun May 19, 2019 2:24 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Qld Out
Replies: 44
Views: 5096

Re: Qld Out

It's more complex than that though. I live in the sprawling electorate of Maranoa. The population in all the Outback towns in Maranosa is declining, because there is no work for anyone. Locals tell me that times have never been worse in terms of the economy. There is the palpable stench of death in ...
by Hardtackle
Sun May 19, 2019 2:03 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Qld Out
Replies: 44
Views: 5096

Re: Qld Out

I do not know what defines "Australia" any more. We are such a fragmented and divided nation now. Scummo ran an incredibly tight and disciplined campaign, in retrospect he worked out that his only chance was to appeal to the small "c" conservatives who proliferate not only in the big "c" Conservati...
by Hardtackle
Sun May 19, 2019 1:59 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Qld Out
Replies: 44
Views: 5096

Re: Qld Out

From Gympie north is a tough place to live. It's a vast area inhabited by mostly hands on workers - miners and farmers. They are exposed to cyclones, floods, droughts and cyclical local economies. They feel they are largely ignored by the rest of the country. North Queenslanders are desperate for em...
by Hardtackle
Sun May 19, 2019 1:39 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Tola Latu gooooooooooooooooooone
Replies: 21
Views: 1630

Re: Tola Latu gooooooooooooooooooone

I was surprised the NSWRU didn't stand him down pending an investigation. Blowing 0.135 a couple of days before a game is just not on. What's more he didn't face up and tell the coach etc. Fvcking clown.
by Hardtackle
Sat May 18, 2019 9:44 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Tola Latu gooooooooooooooooooone
Replies: 21
Views: 1630

Tola Latu gooooooooooooooooooone

Not great..

BREAKING NEWS

A miserable week for Australian rugby has got even worse after Wallabies and Waratahs hooker Tolu Latu was reportedly found slumped behind the wheel and charged with drink driving.
by Hardtackle
Sat May 18, 2019 1:39 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Random question: How many of you have drunk kava?
Replies: 54
Views: 2518

Re: Random question: How many of you have drunk kava?

I have a half a dozen times i guess. I prefer vonu.
by Hardtackle
Fri May 17, 2019 8:15 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Izzy, what the HELL!!
Replies: 8374
Views: 477243

Re: Izzy, what the HELL!!

It will impact his wife coz she's a professional netballer in Oz. She can't move overseas unless she quits her career. She might double down and post the same crap on her twatter. If they win, they're laughing. If they both lose they'll piss off together and play somewhere that doesn't give a crap.
by Hardtackle
Fri May 17, 2019 6:43 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Izzy, what the HELL!!
Replies: 8374
Views: 477243

Re: Izzy, what the HELL!!

Makes sense.
by Hardtackle
Fri May 17, 2019 6:36 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Izzy, what the HELL!!
Replies: 8374
Views: 477243

Re: Izzy, what the HELL!!

guy smiley wrote:What dilemma's that, m8?
Maybe dilemma was the incorrect word. Perhaps relationship would've been better. I have no issue with QANTAS and Emirates working together, though others do.

I would've just liked to see how she batted the topic. She handled the rest of the questions very well.
by Hardtackle
Fri May 17, 2019 6:22 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Izzy, what the HELL!!
Replies: 8374
Views: 477243

Re: Izzy, what the HELL!!

Pity no-one asked her about the QANTAS and Emirates dilema, just to see how she handled that.
by Hardtackle
Fri May 17, 2019 6:17 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Izzy, what the HELL!!
Replies: 8374
Views: 477243

Re: Izzy, what the HELL!!

mojo wrote:
Hardtackle wrote:Castle has to be wearing a wig, shirley.
Yes. She has alopecia apparently. She should just rock the bald look, although she might look a bit Uncle Festerish ...

Auntie Fester is going alright in the presser.
by Hardtackle
Fri May 17, 2019 6:08 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Izzy, what the HELL!!
Replies: 8374
Views: 477243

Re: Izzy, what the HELL!!

Castle has to be wearing a wig, shirley.
by Hardtackle
Fri May 17, 2019 5:57 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Izzy, what the HELL!!
Replies: 8374
Views: 477243

Re: Izzy, what the HELL!!

There's every chance he'll lose in any court battle and have to cough up costs from his own pocket. I'd like to see that.

FHHD.
by Hardtackle
Fri May 17, 2019 5:13 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Official Reds v Waratahs Match Thread
Replies: 55
Views: 2721

Re: Official Reds v Waratahs Match Thread

Another time on the gabba hill there was a tug of war using a fire hose. We all stretched it to about 150 metres long. I was 17 the first time i went there in 1979. I was gobsmacked. Everytime a burd was silly enough to walk past the front of the hill about 1000 yobs chanted ROOT ROOT ROOT ROOT. Cla...
by Hardtackle
Fri May 17, 2019 4:46 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Official Reds v Waratahs Match Thread
Replies: 55
Views: 2721

Re: Official Reds v Waratahs Match Thread

I reckon the Waratahs will win by 5-10. Thor is getting ahead of himself and will get carded.