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NZ lose therefore the laws need to be changed...Graceless and completely unfounded whinging from Hansen.

And kiwis wonder why everyone loves to see them lose (or draw even!).

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This is a fact. They are consistently the best team in the world and, as a consequence of this, they (along with most of their opposition and officials) have a sense that they should never be beaten. McCaw was the greatest cheat on a rugby pitch I have ever seen. He always stepped over the line when...

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Surely I'm not the only person that thinks Warburton is ordinary? How does he keep getting selected? In saying that, I think the French ref will help at scrum time for the Lions so I expect a tighter game. I didn't think the scrum was a real point of contention last week really no? Most were solid ...

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Re Teo's and the 'job' he did on SBW last week that I keep hearing about... Was SBW really the biggest threat and is Teo the the only one who can tackle in the Lions squad? Was Teo at fault perhaps for being asleep for the first try? Could he have got to Dagg quicker? Again completely flat-footed fo...

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Surely I'm not the only person that thinks Warburton is ordinary? How does he keep getting selected? In saying that, I think the French ref will help at scrum time for the Lions so I expect a tighter game. I didn't think the scrum was a real point of contention last week really no? Most were solid ...

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Nobody cares a whole heap about Exeter outside of Devon. Woohoo they won a premiership! Noone cares really though. They've never got nextdoor near anything in Europe and the only reason they exist in any business sense is because of the success of rugby as a global sport. England winning and hosting...

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Please note that B Barrett won't be playing. In the unlikely event he does make it onto the field for the first test, Gatland will have a plan for spearing him out of the series at the first ruck. Not normally something I would be so confident about but with a Kiwi in charge its hard to believe ther...

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So Hansen used the term underdog but clearly he doesn't believe it. Very arrogant selection by Hansen. Won't be adjusting the NZ style of play with Barrett selected at 10. It wasn't good enough in Chicago. Why would it be good enough in Dublin? Also selecting two half backs that are badly out of for...

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Has anyone mentioned it was Graham Henry who convinced the coaches at Leinster to throw him in? Not quite the proper story (well not the one mentioned previously). Henry convinced them not to bother with the others. Carberry was still going to get gametime but alongside the others in a sort of tria...

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Rumour on Jackson (and another Ulster player) is very unpleasant indeed.

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http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/h ... -1.2848417

Forgot about the dressing room Baka.

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Just checking, no mention of any tribute in Eden Park for Anthony Foley before their game with Australia. Nothing? The rugby world stopped for that tragedy. Cheika paid tribute as did many across the globe. All bar NZ and Hansen... Fair to say NZ proving themselves to be classless wit kant once agai...

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Cheating Kiwis.

Bitter salty? aftertaste to their record * number of wins now.

*Note Cyprus have actual record but not considered legit because they're not tier one. Note also NZ allowed to include non tier one wins in record. And wins where they cheat.

Congratulations NZ though.

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The disallowed try was not the difference despite what Burke and the rest of Australia will be saying :lol: Ha! Keep telling yourselves that. Australia the better team and would've won the game had there been anything close to common sense in that decision. Savea complaining about contact like an I...

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NZ very lucky with the call on Petty and the illegal Crckett turnover there. Owens making a habit of bailing out poor NZ performances...

Barrett not much of a 10 if he can't kick a goal.

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This is quite a nice 'f**k you' to the rest of the rugby world too. We've won two convincing victories over the Pumas and the Boks without Aaron Smith. Earlier in the year people like Stuart Barnes and Warren Gatland were talking Smith up as if he was the main reason for our success and we'd be a m...

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Any RDS objection relating to a change of use will be dismissed and anyone making that argument is wasting their time (and undermining any legitimate arguments about intensification of use). If the development required any undeclared change of use this would have resulted in the thing being invalida...

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Get them out, or get off the beach. http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/armed-french-police-make-woman-remove-burkini-on-nice-beach-1.2766882 Seems a bit insensitive wearing Muslim clothing within km’s from where 84 people were killed by a Muslim fanatic. The French public and authorities h...

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None of Georgia, Romania, Spain or Portugal's national teams are good enough (yet) to even be competitive in Europe or the Pro12. Italy's problem is that Treviso and Zebre can't compete (or get crowds) in the Pro12 (let alone Europe). The route should be the Pro12. If their unions are able, a 'provi...

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The 4 Welsh teams should join an expanded AP making a 16 team competition initially which should be then whittled down to 14 over a couple of years, would be a fantastic league Not sure how the Welsh teams would feel about the relegtion promotion aspect though In a nutshell. Plenty of Welsh rugby f...

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And not so long ago we had fans of some nations pissing themselves with glee that English teams were struggling and not making the playoffs. Its cyclical and I have no sympathy. Agree with the no sympathy per se for those types of fans but it's not cyclical. You will not see anything other than a E...

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Pleased with that. Finally played some nice rugby and took some risks. Even if it's a little too late for this championship I hope we see more of the same. Great to see Ryan stepping up. We was immense. Just needs to get some consistency now. Ryan got MOTM. A most bizarre decision I thought. Was he...

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McCarthy was there to ruck and scrum. I've no problem with calls for Dillane but McCarthy had a good innings. He was absolutely knackered 5 mins into the second half. You can't carry a player like on your squad, especially with a 6 day turnaround. Ryan and Toner with Dillane to come on. McCarthy wa...

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NZ won the world cup. It wasn't won by a 'hemisphere'. Loads of crap being spouted recently about semi finalists at the RWC all being southern hemisphere teams and the 6NS therefore being irrelevant because of this. When was it that having a semi (and then losing it!) became so important?... Austral...

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He has shown enough at fullback to demonstrate that it's his most natural position and where he offers the most threat in attack. None of this in any way refutes the point he's the best 13 we have. Possibly, but McCloskey 12, Henshaw 13, and Payne 15 is a lot better than the team mooted above. Mars...

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Well racism is alive and well on this bored . Racism towards the french who have the gall to publish cartoons that are ambiguous for our dear simplistic antipodeans,don't use anglo references and are way too complicated to understand without contexte and a bit, just a bit of brains. Tell you what A...

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Munster truly suffering for their sentimentality and loyalty. Bleyendaal should have been jettisoned after the injury. Instead Munster piled a huge amount of resources into an area that was unlikely to yield a big return. Net effect was pushing Hanrahan out of Irish rugby and wasting 10 or 15 HCup g...

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2 Cat C for Arg Aus. Face value £215.

Reply here if interested.

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Irish on the retreat. Truly that report is manner from heaven. Its got everything. Lies and skullduggery from the Irish, confirmation that Pape is a tough badtard playing through considerable pain, black and white evidence that Owens is a biased cvnt. Can you smell that, a faint smell of victory wi...

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Australia.

Reason. They are a pack of wit kant.

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I have 4 NZ France tickets (cat b 215 pond). In Dublin. Will be in centre of Cardiff on Sat afternoon.

Let me know if interested.

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Hawk97 wrote:No way are Ireland underdogs even with the 3 absentees. 6N champions does not equate to underdogs when facing anything other than "the big 3".

Who the fudge are the 'big 3'?

There is a 'big 1' and then there's a gap.

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Still sore from the arse gaping sexton gave your lot in 2013? And in RWC 2011?

Straya have Dean Mumm and Kane Douglas on their team and still think they're gonna win the World Cup because they won a fake quad nations this year. Got reamed in Eden park when it really counted.

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No citings for England.

Bullshit IMO. Organisers clearly doing all they can to ensure progress for the hosts.

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Not a hope ruddock starts. Straight onto the bench though. Joe has a lot of faith in Jordi Murphy and Id expect him to be just as ready as the rest that have come in.

Surprised Trimble not been called yet. He might be very unlucky with sexton injury and madigan no longer a centre option.

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Roof open or closed tmro?

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Apart from Moore, Australia actually look pretty weak from 1 to 6 IMO. Gatland will have a plan to attack their line out which Fiji managed to unsettle pretty easily. Do that and Moore might end up having a quiet game. Hooper not a huge loss given McMahon is coming in who has greater potential IMO. ...

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Forget the training and watch the games.... Kearney is a better player under a high ball. Also a better tackler. Also better in contact and ball presentation. Also better at offloading. Earls, although inferior on ALL of those aspects, is very very fast and a great finisher if presented with a chanc...

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How is Kearney coming along? As a horses for courses selection, Zebo against Italy at 15 excites me. He potentially could do more damage than Kearney on counter attack. I'm guessing that Italy won't have the tools to exploit any of his possible positioning inexperience WRT fielding. However Michela...

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Too late now for that.

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