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piquant wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 2:53 pm 2-4% doesn't sound absurd. Depends a bit how much one considers future debt.

Japan may have similar, and then the US Govt would be the biggest holder of US Govt debt.

It doesn’t sound absurd - it just doesn’t sound all that significant.

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Rugby Australia chairman Daniel Herbert has fired back at a dissident group of former players and officials who are agitating for the entire RA board to be sacked, and for the game to undergo major governance reform. A group called Supporters of Overdue Australian Rugby Reform (SOARR) this week wro...

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TheFrog wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2024 1:30 pm Looks like the US may have to live with inflation for the times to come. And the US$ may weaken considerably over time.

https://www.fxstreet.com/analysis/china ... 2404212302

Does China really own that much US debt? How much can it be? 2% or so?

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A substantial amount of pro sports people are messed up. Beale's antics are relatively innocuous on the sh*t kant spectrum. Beale's part in the Ewen Mckenzie thing was a more a symptom of the toxic player power culture that had infested the Wallabies as the time. I think it's a bit of reach to say ...

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Interesting Mog. So you don't pass judgement on anyone unless you know them personally? Does that apply to everyone? Even people you don't like? Anyway it's not just this incident. He's been involved in a number of off field incidents before. He's probably the main reason McKenzie left his job. We ...

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Good news plums! It seems are RA are going to hand control back to the new Investor group soon. Someone posted this on social media. Let me see if I can add a picture.. I guess this means they will be based in the back arse of nowhere from next year but it's better than having no rugby team. Hopefu...

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grievous wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2024 9:32 am
Pakia Pakia wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2024 5:55 am I thought KB was exonerated?
Not if you ask some in this thread. A few Ch7s running around.

Spot on.

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“He (KB) is a guy you just love. Everyone that plays with Kurtley absolutely enjoys it, loves it, he’s a team man.” Matt To’omua @8:20 https://open.spotify.com/episode/6zmP5IS9RZgRX3NHp3fPSc?si=zA8BD_8zTB-aEv7owNUJ1Q&context=spotify%3Ashow%3A0rJEdjaSp08XAn8Hvg6xOq I wonder if Ewen McKenzie thinks h...

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KB’s speech after the game.

https://westernforce.rugby/videos/watch ... ebut%20cap

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“He (KB) is a guy you just love. Everyone that plays with Kurtley absolutely enjoys it, loves it, he’s a team man.”

Matt To’omua

@8:20

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6zmP5I ... An8Hvg6xOq

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He was a toxic plum well before that and was well past his use by date. Lucky for him Farce only want to sign over the hill players. How was he a toxic plum? Genuine question FYI. I don't know. I remember a text messaging scandal which to be honest, seemed like a storm in a teacup. What else is the...

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That would be because state schools typically play during the week. 1. They still don’t get the crowds. I played high school league and there was never more watching than on tbe field. 2. There is no clash with arvo NRL games. So what? High school league, at least in Qld, was and AFAIK still is a g...

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mojo wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2024 10:58 am Sunday arvo matches are great for fans, rare as hens teeth these days though. Used to love a good Sunday arvo session at Ballymore.

I’m a fan.

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The respective equivalent games don't seem to clash with NRL or AFL games. SA used to play afternoon games. What's so special about NZ and Australian rugby that they can't have afternoon games. The Drua pack out their stadium with afternoon games. I was just asking the question. Arvo games in Austr...

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They don't care about families. If they did they'd have far more afternoon games. They don't care about crowds at all. Just TV rights. TV rights? I’m not so sure. Does Sky sell ads for SR games? Otherwise, I’m not sure why subscribers would bail if games weren’t on at night, though perhaps they wou...

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Updated based on the weekend. New players in bold. 1. Gibbon - not sure who else to go for here. Slipper was garbage on the weekend. 2. BPA 3. Talakai 4. Frost 5. LSL 6. Swinton 7. Wright 8. Valetini 9. White 10. Donaldson 11. Lancaster (smokey as Petaia injured) 12. Paisami 13. Ikitau 14. Kellaway...

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Updated based on the weekend. New players in bold. 1. Gibbon - not sure who else to go for here. Slipper was garbage on the weekend. 2. BPA 3. Talakai 4. Frost 5. LSL 6. Swinton 7. Wright 8. Valetini 9. White 10. Donaldson 11. Lancaster (smokey as Petaia injured) 12. Paisami 13. Ikitau 14. Kellaway...

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Yes but a lot of them are bandwagoning the situation. The only thing Rugby needs is a few more shot clocks to eliminate f**king around. Nah. There is still a lot of wasteful kicking in aerial ping pong. They still allow far too much obstructions on kicks. Aerial ping pong is boring af. They need to...

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There is a lot of truth in that. My fixes: - Free player movement between all Super rugby sides (even if it means players switch nationalities under residencey rules) - Salary cap - Someone start promoting the game FFS, there was absolutely no media (web/radio/TV/other) of the Blues-Brumbies game o...

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Do the SR clubs get a cent from beer sales? Doesn’t the catering company that owns that contract make all of rhe beer money at SR games? No. Correct. They don't even want beer at games. They don't want any aggression from the crowd or even the players. They want profitable sanitized family friendly...

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They have to be poured into plastic cups at games which requires more labour. Super Rugby franchises are a business though not a community not for profit. Do the SR clubs get a cent from beer sales? Doesn’t the catering company that owns that contract make all of rhe beer money at SR games? No. Cor...

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Are you trying to tell me you can get $5 for a pint at a pub in NZ? $5 a bottle at my local golf clubs and RSA. Some beers are $6 or $7. Do they serve pints at Eden Park? They have to be poured into plastic cups at games which requires more labour. Super Rugby franchises are a business though not a...

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If there was a draft, I wouldn't want a full draft, you'd have like x number of protected players and the rest go into the draft. Bit shit if the star Queensland school boy never plays for the Reds etc. Imagine a teenager is sent to another country straight out of school? What problem is a draft th...

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A few weeks ago we had a whole heap of games within 10 points of each other and things were getting exciting. Now we seem to be lucky to get one close game and the rest of blowouts. This weekend was pretty dire and kind of deflates excitement for the comp Rugby is doomed with the fickleness of its ...

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If there was a draft, I wouldn't want a full draft, you'd have like x number of protected players and the rest go into the draft. Bit shit if the star Queensland school boy never plays for the Reds etc. Imagine a teenager is sent to another country straight out of school? What problem is a draft th...

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The problem is the business model. NZ’s SR teams are beholden to NZR, who give them an allowance and rules to abide by with. Their primary role is to produce All Blacks. There is a lot of truth in that. My fixes: - Free player movement between all Super rugby sides (even if it means players switch ...

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The problem is the business model.
NZ’s SR teams are beholden to NZR, who give them an allowance and rules to abide by with. Their primary role is to produce All Blacks.

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A few weeks ago we had a whole heap of games within 10 points of each other and things were getting exciting. Now we seem to be lucky to get one close game and the rest of blowouts. This weekend was pretty dire and kind of deflates excitement for the comp Rugby is doomed with the fickleness of its ...

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Calaborator’s Choice?

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According to rugby.com.au the Saders lost the penalty count 15-11 and the only YC was given to a Force player, so we’re not quite in Egon Seconds territory here. That won’t matter to AC. He’s only interested in being on the winning team He’s a supporter-of-convenience, an opportunist No doubt, in 1...

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According to rugby.com.au the Saders lost the penalty count 15-11 and the only YC was given to a Force player, so we’re not quite in Egon Seconds territory here.

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Total tackles

Crusaders: 70
Force: 206

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A specific retort to a more general point. Not that it perhaps means much, victims of sexual assault often get lots of facts wrong. Also I don't imagine the video os available to peruse, and I wouldn't look if it was. So on the specifics of this case I've no idea what happened, or even what was cla...

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RA remits dough from internationals to soup franchises and others. Where will monies remiited to the Brumbies be spent? Oh, so it’s all about business with you, eh? Are they participating in a professional sport? Yes. Yes, they are. They are also overly reliant on funding from a body - RA - that is...

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TranceNRG wrote: ↑Sat Apr 20, 2024 10:03 am
towny wrote: ↑Sat Apr 20, 2024 10:00 am
TranceNRG wrote: ↑Sat Apr 20, 2024 9:23 am Why didn't Frost and Hooper start?
Charlie Cale?
Cale plays 8. Frost plays lock and Hooper is usually a Blindside Flanker.

So you want to drop Bobby V or the specialist openside flanker? Who should Hooper be in the team for if it’s not Cale?

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TranceNRG wrote: ↑Sat Apr 20, 2024 9:23 am Why didn't Frost and Hooper start?

Charlie Cale?

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Yes, true. But there are countries where it's very hard to get rape convictions because the peers on the jury tend to judge the victim not the accused. I can't actually say I know either way whether Australia is one such, but I don't think ignorance is a reason not to be judgemental In the case of ...

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Straya's most unnecessary soup franchise is getting comprehensively bummed. I really do not understand this kind of talk from Australian rugby ‘supporters’. RA remits dough from internationals to soup franchises and others. Where will monies remiited to the Brumbies be spent? Oh, so it’s all about ...

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MungoMan wrote: ↑Sat Apr 20, 2024 8:54 am
Auckman wrote: ↑Sat Apr 20, 2024 8:53 am Nice half

Blues 24-0 Brumbies - HT
Straya's most unnecessary soup franchise is getting comprehensively bummed.

I really do not understand this kind of talk from Australian rugby ‘supporters’.

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There are times one might ponder the wisdom of the accused getting a jury of their peers What now? Who should make the decision then? Yes, true. But there are countries where it's very hard to get rape convictions because the peers on the jury tend to judge the victim not the accused. I can't actua...

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