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I enjoyed the second half all the same. Pressure got to SA with some of their decision making but defence was immense throughout.

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Da iawn diolch wrote: ↑Sat Oct 28, 2023 9:23 pm
crapbackrow wrote: ↑Sat Oct 28, 2023 9:22 pm Weak, that's also a red. All the mitigation bollocks when it's fundamentally the same conditions - you come steaming in above waist height you run the risk of contact with the head.
That's not how the Laws work.

Completely subjective application of judgement... nothing to do with The Laws

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Weak, that's also a red. All the mitigation bollocks when it's fundamentally the same conditions - you come steaming in above waist height you run the risk of contact with the head.

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I can maybe see an argument for making scrum infringements into free kicks only and not penalties , but any other claims to de-power the scrum / it’s only there to restart, does sound a bit whiney bitch from someone whose team doesn’t have a good scrum. It’s always been a big part of the game , and...

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South Africa are in the final because a short, slowish, hefty dude minced the England scrum. He was the most important player in that game. That’s a great thing. Proof that it’s a game for all shapes and sizes. This should be celebrated - it’s only boring because it’s difficult to appreciate how he...

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the "go watch league" comments are incredibly tedious. The reality is that the laws have always been fluid, at least in the memory of most fans, including of course at scrum time. The current scrum contest is a deliberate product of changes made by the IRB rather than the immortal essence of the gam...

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Reffing of the scrum has been excellent versus the usual penalty lottery.

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Perplexed by the final penalty to be honest. It's a reset

but I guess that wasn't the momentum call

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Samoa were fantastic though not error free... England could not handle the pressure after falling behind with some very slack play in the first 30 mins. Contrast with the line speed at the death. I don't really know what I'm talking about but struck me that England's kicking and game management were...

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get jones and price off.

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polyallstar wrote: ↑Sat Jul 24, 2021 5:33 pm How is that a pen? He won the ball yes was then taken to the floor held on to it and was given a pen?

it wasn't - it's play on from there

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why would any normal person in NI be interested in reunification when it would lower their standard of living? just look at the cross border differences in the fertility rate - young people in NI can reasonably expect to buy houses and start a family. It's a transfer economy though. There isn't muc...

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why would any normal person in NI be interested in reunification when it would lower their standard of living?

just look at the cross border differences in the fertility rate - young people in NI can reasonably expect to buy houses and start a family.

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how does this fit with the 'northern ireland as the miserable, backward relation' narrative repeated at every opportunity by the irish?

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The BBC carrying on with their nakedly political agenda. The live feed full of spurious BLM comparisons, some of which they didn't even bother to hide inside POV quotes. Already ageing badly following the fatalities. Contrasting shots of yesterday's disorder with carefully selected shots from long ...

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The BBC carrying on with their nakedly political agenda. The live feed full of spurious BLM comparisons, some of which they didn't even bother to hide inside POV quotes. Already ageing badly following the fatalities. Contrasting shots of yesterday's disorder with carefully selected shots from long r...

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Derwyn wrote: ↑Sat Nov 14, 2020 11:33 am Boris really is a gift to the independence movements. A clown, a charlatan and s worst ever Prime Minister.

there's more than one independence movement? which other independence movement exists that isn't a fringe laughing stock?

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Imagine being global capital's strumpet for decades to encourage economic growth, taking great pains to educate your workforce by sending them to "college" for half a decade, and you're still poorer than the backward brexiteering brits (including those on the same island).

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If we accept mr rashford's proposal, the obvious corollary is a program of state sponsored eugenics. If that's too much to stomach, then maybe we can just settle for forced adoption. If we believe there is a sizeable group of parents who lack the responsibility to look after their children, and we ...

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If we accept mr rashford's proposal, the obvious corollary is a program of state sponsored eugenics. If that's too much to stomach, then maybe we can just settle for forced adoption. If we believe there is a sizeable group of parents who lack the responsibility to look after their children, and we ...

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If we accept mr rashford's proposal, the obvious corollary is a program of state sponsored eugenics. If that's too much to stomach, then maybe we can just settle for forced adoption. If we believe there is a sizeable group of parents who lack the responsibility to look after their children, and we a...

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The Irish sneering at British institutions while managing to create a housing crisis even worse than London and the South East, thus ensuring existing landowners swallow almost all of the gains from their fiscal policy

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I remain unconvinced that surgical treatments are the right solution for body dysmorphia.

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One wonders what difference any of this will make to the life outcomes of black britains. The same goes for the protests stateside...

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This sort of tinkering won't have the desired impact. A meaningful change would be to change the refereeing of the ruck, and specifically the height and body angle at which players start the clear out, but that won't happen as it would be a major and unpredictable change to game dynamics. Also would...

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It's a political statement. Doctors can be politicised as much as anyone else. The question is why should we care what this one registrar thinks? Why should we care when a person in the direct line of fire calls out poor behaviour by government which - in the view of said medical expert - risks the...

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It's a political statement. Doctors can be politicised as much as anyone else.

The question is why should we care what this one registrar thinks?

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:lol: It's a simple idea: fostering identity politics inevitably leads to racial discord. The Black Lives Matters movement will do nothing for African Americans in the long term because it will not lead to any meaningful change in these communities. All the middle class white penitence in the world ...

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Every reply completely failing to engage with anything I've said. Look, your choice whether you use whatever reasoning ability possess or default to emotional response.

I also understand it's hard to accept that, like everyone else, you got hustled by Obama.

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Obama spent his two terms promoting identity politics. In fact, his entire meteoric career was built on identity politics. A half Kenyan prep school boy leveraging the legacy of slavery for personal gain, and yet people want to see him as a modern saint :lol: If you want to point the finger at any ...

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You would really have to think England's problem with excess deaths runs deeper than just covid? General health of the nation? Is his excess deaths compared to the norm in England for previous years. If so then the general health of the nation unless it got considerably worse in the last 12 months ...

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Obama spent his two terms promoting identity politics. In fact, his entire meteoric career was built on identity politics. A half Kenyan prep school boy leveraging the legacy of slavery for personal gain, and yet people want to see him as a modern saint :lol: If you want to point the finger at any p...

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I think diversity is a good thing. One of the best parts about living down south is the vibrancy of different cultures and having friends from across the world. It gives you new perspectives. I'm sure it helps with the economy, business, the food and drink scene definitely. I don't see the benefits...

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In the UK:

How many people (men) die in police custody every year?

How many of these are black?

How do patterns of criminality vary by race?

Why am I even bothering to inject reason or evidence into this debate?

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Left wing FOMO writ large as they can't miss out on this opportunity for what they think is their MLK moment, leading otherwise intelligent people to condone violent disorder. Excusable perhaps among students in their radical phase; embarrassing for supposedly educated adults.

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When did the British media go so downhill? Unprecedented civil disorder and all we get on the evening news is pearl clutching about Trump holding a Bible. As for morons taking up airtime on public radio stations to share their incoherent thoughts on events in another country with an entirely differe...

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Obama's legacy of racial division bearing fruit. Sad!

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Travelling in exceptional circumstances while carrying the virus? Let's call this for what it is. Two fingers to the people of the UK who followed the rules. Very wreckless and means the people of the UK could do what Cummings did in future if there is another lockdown. I doubt the man on the stree...

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ovalball wrote:https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... own-claims

if you'll believe that then... from a retired teacher no less

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brexit derangement syndrome:

symptoms include claiming cummings broke lockdown rules when the government guidelines clearly made allowances for those looking after children. even the BBC conceded this point

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