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Eugenius wrote: ↑Tue Sep 16, 2025 2:09 am Barrett’s lame chip kick against the flow when there were 6 players outside him was atrocious.

That was one of those Mils highlighted. When the normally placid Muliaina highlights your egregious play on national television, you know you've had a shocker.

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Letting RG lumber 25 metres to the line without even a fingernail being laid on him, summed up the AB 2nd half performance perfectly. Everyone must have been looking for someone else to tackle him. Ridiculous. Renowned defensive powerhouse Richie Mo’unga would have stopped him in his tracks. 19 all...

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I’d rather win and Barrett is our best 10 so pick him. The big issues in the abs leading to the loss are not because of the first five. Trial some new tens in the end of year tour. Mils Muliaina might disagree. Two plays he identified on The Breakdown as being critical factors in the game centred o...

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Who are the players that are currently not eligible for AB selection but would possibly come into the squad. I can only think of Mounga. Who else is there? Sorry, genuine question. Yeah Mounga is the obvious one. AC keeps beating this drum but when pressed for examples of other players that would b...

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How has Richie Mo suddenly become the answer to turning the ABs around when that never looked like happening for almost the entire time he actually played for them? There's no doubt Richie Mo'unga wouldn't have prevented the loss to the Boks on his own but Shirley even the most rabid anti-Crusaders...

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We have a bit of a halfway house of course with this sabbatical business. I've heard overseas players talk about what a sensible model it is so I assume it isn't regarded as a total waste of time. I dont mind talking of a decent threshold though if we were to open up to international based players. ...

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I gather, from second hand reports anyway, that he was generally regarded as a normal kid growing up. No signs of behaviour that would raise eyebrows. He then mixed with radical leftists and voila. Can you define a radical leftist because I have no clue what you actually mean when you and your ilk ...

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Schmidt in, Holland out.

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merlin the happy pig wrote: ↑Mon Sep 15, 2025 2:35 am
mrbrownstone wrote: ↑Sun Sep 14, 2025 9:11 am Phew. That was a hell of a shield challenge.
Brilliant game.
Ranfurly Shield still produces brilliant rugby.
If only it was given the limelight it deserves by the NZRU

Was a great game. I was hoping the Cantabs would win against the confected Dr Frankensteins Tasman.

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The green and golds minced the green and blacks. Watched some of the single camera coverage on YouTube (linked below). Although South's scrum was dominant, Mid's lineout went well and picked off some opposition ball. Had far more clues on attack as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRxlUhDrmMA ...

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Oh, go on. Let's. Moving along - you must be pleased to see Mid Canty at the top of the Heartland Championship? On points differential at least. I'm not sure of South Canty's staying power this year. The player pool must have shrunk with the closure of Smithfield University. Very pleased. Matt Wint...

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Oh, go on. Let's. Moving along - you must be pleased to see Mid Canty at the top of the Heartland Championship? On points differential at least. I'm not sure of South Canty's staying power this year. The player pool must have shrunk with the closure of Smithfield University. Very pleased. Matt Wint...

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What the frig happened in the second half of that Auckland Manawatu game !?

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Problem was the team Fozzie took to the RWC final were Robertson's boys at the Saders. He made Mounga. Robertson comes in when those top guys left. Now he's stuck with Christie and DMac. Mo'unga is a two time failure at the RWC, plus if DMac had got on the field earlier in 2023 we might have won th...

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Fat Old Git wrote: ↑Sun Sep 14, 2025 5:09 am I was sure we were going to try and line up a drop goal. But it appears it still not a very kiwi thing to do.

That would have been crazy considering how good your boys were looking on the carry. I felt it was only a matter of time before someone borrowed over
In the end it was Bell.

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P.S. bump.

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Memo to both teams: Force the fvcking ball on D!

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mrbrownstone wrote: ↑Sun Sep 14, 2025 1:42 am Will this be the impetus we need to finally try something different at 10?

It’s just becoming definition of insanity stuff with BB.

Unlikely. He seems locked in at 10, regardless of performance.

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That was a fvcking abject performance.

Give us a head on a stick. Make it Hollands (Jason that is).

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FB has outdone himself on this post. Credit where it's due. And still no one realises the whole posts premise is false. “Sticks and stones may break my bones and names can never hurt me” What horseshît... Tell that to every kid that has been the victim of cyberbullying or every wife who has been th...

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Before the game I thought Razor had selected the best possible team. I’m not so sure of that now. The one player who more than anyone does not seem to belong is McAlister. That’s the second game he’s been part of an absolutely catastrophically malfunctioning lineout. The All Blacks are at their abs...

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I will say this.

Sky stadium is a windy, oval, god forsaken hole.

Burn it down and start again somewhere else.

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What a fvcking pathetic display of rugby from the All Blacks.

The nadir of recent seasons.

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Absolutely f**king pathetic.

Well done Boks.

Edit: Check out the "neutrals" dining out on the result. Anyone the ABs usually smash.

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Got to give it to Donny, the guy's a cold-blooded sociopath and he's not even going to try and pretend otherwise. https://x.com/atrupar/status/1966527303724278261?t=uRQYwT2ISY3wkvX62ZNrkA&s=19 Q: My condolences on the loss of your friend Charlie Kirk. How are you holding up? TRUMP: I think very goo...

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Yes it does look the strongest Otago side we've seen in years. Can we agree they are the smallest of the big dogs? Oh, go on. Let's. Moving along - you must be pleased to see Mid Canty at the top of the Heartland Championship? On points differential at least. I'm not sure of South Canty's staying p...

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Yes it does look the strongest Otago side we've seen in years.

Can we agree they are the smallest of the big dogs?

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Aside from the big dogs Canterbury and Otago, its good to see a few sides outside the Super cities enjoy their time in the sun, as is usually the case in the NPC. Northland 43 Wellington 26 A great example. Savea said after the game that,Northland wanted it more and I think that was evident to anyo...

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It is. I was having a beer in the Transcontinental Hotel just up from Roma Street station when drums, trumpets and flags announced the arrival of “The Regiment”, the organised face of touring UK RL supporters. Nek minit, much bullshit being spoken and much beer being drunk by locals and lads from t...

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It has taken a long time (As N.I. posters know, they are slow in the South Island) for the coach to pick a reasonable team, which should have been done a year ago. Would like to see Pat and Dalton a little closer to the team. 15, 13, 11, 9, 4, 3, 2, 1, 16, 20, 21, probably all deserve a start, but ...

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Like that Carter has been given a shot, Don't like that it should have been in one of the games against the French It has taken a long time (As N.I. posters know, they are slow in the South Island) for the coach to pick a reasonable team, which should have been done a year ago. Would like to see Pa...

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:lol: Glenn Beck and Megyn Kelly breaking down on air... thoughts and prayers. I think it comes from his daughter being 8-10 feet away from Kirk when he went down. It must have been traumatic for her, so he is freaking out. Still cant stand any of them. Beck and Kelly probably knew him personally, ...

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Plusses - backline has plenty of attacking potential. Downside - back three are all only average under the high ball and defensively lightweight. Forwards largely predictable, just a matter of who starts or is off the bench, though some picked Kirifi to be replaced DMac is pretty handy under the hi...

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Mean team. Looking forward to this test even more now.

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BokJock wrote: ↑Wed Sep 10, 2025 11:19 pm Nobody should be killed, and it is very sad for his family but what did Kirk do that is worthy of all the flags being lowered to have mast?

Easy. Provided heavyweight political support to Donald Trump.

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Please amend the thread title in the usual fashion.

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Remarkable amount of sympathy around for a guy who allegedly shot a cop in the head. I doubt that was a warning blast. Not condoning anything he did, but the family court system has been shitting on fathers for years. Mate of mine got screwed over big time by the lies his ex missus told, and any ev...

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Razors way seems to quite sensibly opt for the next cab off the rank, with the newcomer filling his spot. Cue Richard Knowler on Stuff... What if....we play some random at halfback? And and and...is Billy Proctor really the answer at centre? It's tempting to give Rieko Ioane the jersey. Quality NZ s...

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Remarkable amount of sympathy around for a guy who allegedly shot a cop in the head. I doubt that was a warning blast.

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I don't know all the details, but I don't see why they couldn't just have left him alone, seeing it as him living in his natural state like some of those uncontacted tribes. The government could have compensated shopkeepers who had merchandise stolen, etc. It's easy to see from some of the attitude...

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