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- Tue Mar 19, 2024 12:07 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Shoulder Bursitis
- Replies: 68
- Views: 7911
Re: Shoulder Bursitis
After over a year of shoulder bursitis and nothing working my flatmate brought home a TENS machine. Most of my pain gone after a 10 minute session and full range of motion back after 3 days. Highly recommend it. Ps: dirt cheap too. The machine was under $50. That’s interesting!! Happy to hear you’r...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 12:03 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Wallabies 2024 (2023 never happened)
- Replies: 8918
- Views: 277596
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 12:02 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Sooo, I noticed this..
- Replies: 36
- Views: 465
Re: Sooo, I noticed this..
Everything I said about the NRL applies to AFL in Victoria, South and West Australia. Except the fun bit. The coverage of that game is dour, very serious “football is life” tone. No Kiwi sides remove the need for bias. This is replaced by all clubs claiming they are the ones hard done by. Channel 7...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 11:44 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Sooo, I noticed this..
- Replies: 36
- Views: 465
Re: Sooo, I noticed this..
Wasn't Union the more popular code back in the early 00s? No. AFL then league have always dominated. Rugby was more popular than it is today, but a lot of that is linked to the relative success Aus have had over the last 20 years (ie none). If we won a few world cups and retained the Bled for a few...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 11:42 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Sooo, I noticed this..
- Replies: 36
- Views: 465
Re: Sooo, I noticed this..
Caught some NRL highlights recently t, and I'm not much of a League guy. Won't go out my way to watch it, but will occasionally catch a game or highlights if it crops up. And the thing I noticed is... The games are packed compared to super rugby. Not wanting to get into the nuances of both codes, b...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 11:39 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Reds 2024 - can anyone stop us?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 394
Re: Reds 2024 - can anyone stop us?
If it’s any consolation I once said Dan Carter was overrated. Among the list of sportspeople I claimed were garbage were Shane Warne and Glen McGrath. On another occasion I actually bagged Kees Mews scrummaging immediately before he broke Ben Darwin’s neck. The whole pub had words with me that day.
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 7:24 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: LIons tickets on sale
- Replies: 57
- Views: 612
Re: LIons tickets on sale
I don't think the high price would be an issue for the travelling Lions fans as travel agents would package it with their deals. They'd just offset it with savings elsewhere. I do feel for us locals though. Sporting packages are ludicrously expensive. Nothing is discounted - the agents make 1+1=3 T...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 7:15 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: First bit of sh!t hits the fan for ARU - Daugunu refuses to play
- Replies: 49
- Views: 667
Re: First bit of sh!t hits the fan for ARU - Daugunu refuses to play
Legally I can understand why the aru did what they did. In my experience relocation fees wouldn’t typically sit inside an employment contract but a side letter. I’ve seen it done a couple of ways. 1) the company just does it all and you don’t lift a finger. Just be there when the movers rock up. 2)...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 7:08 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: First bit of sh!t hits the fan for ARU - Daugunu refuses to play
- Replies: 49
- Views: 667
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 6:53 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: First bit of sh!t hits the fan for ARU - Daugunu refuses to play
- Replies: 49
- Views: 667
Re: First bit of sh!t hits the fan for ARU - Daugunu refuses to play
Yeah that's more or less how I'd interpret things too. Whether or not RA/the Rebels are technically or legally in the right, morally I side with Daugunu. They owe him money, he aint getting it, so why risk his body and continue to provide his on-field services? Because he's being paid to? He's argu...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 6:52 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: First bit of sh!t hits the fan for ARU - Daugunu refuses to play
- Replies: 49
- Views: 667
Re: First bit of sh!t hits the fan for ARU - Daugunu refuses to play
Legally I can understand why the aru did what they did. In my experience relocation fees wouldn’t typically sit inside an employment contract but a side letter. I’ve seen it done a couple of ways. 1) the company just does it all and you don’t lift a finger. Just be there when the movers rock up. 2)...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 6:12 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Brisbane 2032 Olympics
- Replies: 108
- Views: 4864
Re: Brisbane 2032 Olympics
QSAC Nathan is about a 15 minute walk from my house. SEE YOU BOIS AT THE OLYMPICS! :lol: Tbh, why does the Olympics need a flashy big Athletics Stadium? It's an outdated relic of the past. The big spectator sports can't really use these facilitates post-Games so they are guaranteed white elephant w...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 6:12 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Brisbane 2032 Olympics
- Replies: 108
- Views: 4864
Re: Brisbane 2032 Olympics
Don’t see why they can’t just do the Gabba up and keep it to the same footprint. Great public transport. Does it really have great public transport? How far is the nearest train station? Half hour walk? And it’s capacity is less than half of what Olympic cities generally have for the main stadium. ...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 6:10 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: LIons tickets on sale
- Replies: 57
- Views: 612
Re: LIons tickets on sale
I hope so. But there are tests this season too, hopefully punters have money left over. :thumbup: Wales won’t bring too many tourists; especially as the Lions are next year. RA needs to price (and market) the Wales and Georgia tests to get the maximum crowds possible. I'm not sure how much leeway R...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 10:50 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: South Africa overflow of rugby players
- Replies: 19
- Views: 573
Re: South Africa overflow of rugby players
the non-URC teams can join Super Rugby. Sam Warburton was saying on the 6N highlights show that the New Zealand players felt that they were missing the physicality of the South Africans That’s why they are bringing back tours and more engagement with SA teams and not just the boks. I can’t see how ...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 10:47 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Brisbane 2032 Olympics
- Replies: 108
- Views: 4864
Re: Brisbane 2032 Olympics
It's only for the athletics with temporary stands. Will be 14000 seats in the end. Suncorp will be the main one now. Total cost is about half of the new Vic park stadium plan. Fair. Long term the Gabba is gone after 2030, so in terms of creating a legacy asset it’s still a fail. Don’t see why they ...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 10:37 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: LIons tickets on sale
- Replies: 57
- Views: 612
Re: LIons tickets on sale
The tickets released thus far seem to be selling well. There is a 100% chance that the games will be all sold out, right? Ergo, the price is either correct or lower than market demand. This is how much elite sporting events cost - I don’t know what the whinging is about. There is always an "elite" ...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 10:35 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: LIons tickets on sale
- Replies: 57
- Views: 612
Re: LIons tickets on sale
This all has a whiff of buying tickets for Tay Tay without the demand. Hope the merch is cheaper. As the tickets appear to be selling very well, it might be that RA has got this one right. I hope so. But there are tests this season too, hopefully punters have money left over. :thumbup: Wales won’t ...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 5:54 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The best new and returning TV series of 2024?
- Replies: 11381
- Views: 1224409
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 3:46 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Waterboys crossing the line
- Replies: 40
- Views: 1071
Re: Waterboys crossing the line
Just don't allow them to 'warm up' at either end of the field, that would pretty much stop it I think. The French subs came over to congratulate while the ball was being grounded last night. Would be funny if it was chalked off for them obstructing England from attempting to stop the try being scor...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:56 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
- Replies: 27077
- Views: 1984837
Re: The Training Thread - all aspects of fitness and health
Week of 1RM testing coming up, have two weeks off with a wedding and then holiday, so pouring everything into this week. Absolutely smoked a 160kg squat this morning. f**king delighted. Body has been telling me it's time for a deload, so nice to get that this morning. Exactly a year since I last go...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:54 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: LIons tickets on sale
- Replies: 57
- Views: 612
Re: LIons tickets on sale
This all has a whiff of buying tickets for Tay Tay without the demand. Hope the merch is cheaper. As the tickets appear to be selling very well, it might be that RA has got this one right. The tickets released thus far seem to be selling well. There is a 100% chance that the games will be all sold ...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:48 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: LIons tickets on sale
- Replies: 57
- Views: 612
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:47 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Wallabies 2024 (2023 never happened)
- Replies: 8918
- Views: 277596
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:47 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Wallabies 2024 (2023 never happened)
- Replies: 8918
- Views: 277596
Re: Wallabies 2024 (2023 never happened)
Anyway, the way Eddie had the guy play was f**ked. This positionless rugby style he was trying to implement had the players confused and headless. Although it did work in brief spells. CG would have cleaned more rucks in pool play than Sexton did in an entire RWC cycle. Last year was a write off. B...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:46 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Wallabies 2024 (2023 never happened)
- Replies: 8918
- Views: 277596
Re: Wallabies 2024 (2023 never happened)
Nope. Unlike Gordon, they’ve actually played in winning test matches against tier one nations. Foley blew the Bled at Marvel and Coopers fumble with an unmarked man blew the Dunedin game. They’re both my age ffs. Gits is still playing, let’s have him? Johnny Sexton is older than both. We tried the ...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:27 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Wallabies 2024 (2023 never happened)
- Replies: 8918
- Views: 277596
Re: Wallabies 2024 (2023 never happened)
This is simply lazy analysis of a player. Lolesio has been overtaken by Lynagh and is already well behind Gordon. I’ve been pretty clear on my views on CG. He had a breakout season in Super then had to play in Eddie’s Wobs. The guy can tackle, run and move the ball around Better than any other “cur...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:22 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Wallabies 2024 (2023 never happened)
- Replies: 8918
- Views: 277596
Re: Wallabies 2024 (2023 never happened)
One of those Queensland lads has started one SR game at flyhalf - neither of them are near ready to play test rugby. Why do we insist on throwing promising players to in the deep end and then write them off when they fail? Australian rugby people used to be smart. I dont think they should be thrown...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:19 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: LIons tickets on sale
- Replies: 57
- Views: 612
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:17 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Waterboys crossing the line
- Replies: 40
- Views: 1071
Re: Waterboys crossing the line
I think it's just symptomatic of the mess the laws are in with particular areas of the game and the inconsistent application (or appearance thereof) of them. Huh? What are you talking about? It seems you want more arbitrary penalties that cancel tries for technicalities that had no bearing on play,...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 8:08 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: LIons tickets on sale
- Replies: 57
- Views: 612
Re: LIons tickets on sale
A presale of Lions Tickets go on sale in 20 minutes. Platinum tickets are $649!!! I paid more than that for a pool game in the recent World Cup. This is how much tickets to BIG events cost. But the flip side of supply & demand is that the ticket prices of SR games need to be slashed. But that was t...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:33 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Waterboys crossing the line
- Replies: 40
- Views: 1071
Re: Waterboys crossing the line
Happens all the time or do you not watch games? The disallowed tries for arbitrary reasons? Yes, I have seen this and I’m against it, but apparently some other people cannot get enough. I think it's just symptomatic of the mess the laws are in with particular areas of the game and the inconsistent ...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:18 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Waterboys crossing the line
- Replies: 40
- Views: 1071
Re: Waterboys crossing the line
Whilst I didn't see that incident. If indeed French reserves were in the in goal area BEFORE the try was scored the try should have been disallowed as that meant France had more than 15 players on the pitch. The pitch obviously include the in goal areas. Who gives a shit? Disallow tries because of ...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:18 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Waterboys crossing the line
- Replies: 40
- Views: 1071
Re: Waterboys crossing the line
Whilst I didn't see that incident. If indeed French reserves were in the in goal area BEFORE the try was scored the try should have been disallowed as that meant France had more than 15 players on the pitch. The pitch obviously include the in goal areas. Who gives a shit? Disallow tries because of ...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 6:53 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: LIons tickets on sale
- Replies: 57
- Views: 612
Re: LIons tickets on sale
I paid more than that for a pool game in the recent World Cup.Brumbie_Steve wrote: ↑Mon Mar 18, 2024 3:42 am A presale of Lions Tickets go on sale in 20 minutes. Platinum tickets are $649!!!
This is how much tickets to BIG events cost.
But the flip side of supply & demand is that the ticket prices of SR games need to be slashed.
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 6:52 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Police in NSW
- Replies: 16
- Views: 540
Re: Police in NSW
Scum.
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 6:49 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Waterboys crossing the line
- Replies: 40
- Views: 1071
Re: Waterboys crossing the line
Just don't allow them to 'warm up' at either end of the field, that would pretty much stop it I think. The French subs came over to congratulate while the ball was being grounded last night. Would be funny if it was chalked off for them obstructing England from attempting to stop the try being scor...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 6:45 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Wallabies 2024 (2023 never happened)
- Replies: 8918
- Views: 277596
Re: Wallabies 2024 (2023 never happened)
Lolesio is a wank stain.
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 6:45 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Wallabies 2024 (2023 never happened)
- Replies: 8918
- Views: 277596
Re: Wallabies 2024 (2023 never happened)
He still cannot kick. He must be well below the likes of Lolesio and the two Queensland lads. Some are pitching him as a 12 but I reckon we have far better. One of those Queensland lads has started one SR game at flyhalf - neither of them are near ready to play test rugby. Why do we insist on throw...
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:35 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Wallabies 2024 (2023 never happened)
- Replies: 8918
- Views: 277596
Re: Wallabies 2024 (2023 never happened)
Carter Gordon. I’m not sure who else could it be. He still cannot kick. He must be well below the likes of Lolesio and the two Queensland lads. Some are pitching him as a 12 but I reckon we have far better. We’re unbelievably short at 12. Not sure Gordon is the answer at 12 but I understand the log...