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towny

Personal theory…….
It serves dictators to not have a designated successor as it enables subservient loyalty, often against logic & rationale, from the rest of the executive, who continue the aspirational jostling for favour and influence.

towny

Bloody hell, sometimes satire does fly over your head doesn't it? Is it too Meta for you that this is from the Wallabies Memes site? If they can self-deprecate..... :roll: I think the last sentence is the key here. Mat doesn’t have the typical rugby background so finds mirth in some aspects of the ...

towny

So the type of boots one wears puts them down as some rugby wannabe? What uniform is permissible? Bloody hell, sometimes satire does fly over your head doesn't it? Is it too Meta for you that this is from the Wallabies Memes site? If they can self-deprecate..... :roll: I think the last sentence is ...

towny

IMO the NRL will have more money than it knows what to do with it. The NRL is propping up an International competition at the of every year. It's putting new teams in Perth and PNG. Eventually it'll turn its attention to NZ. Tbf, it’s not the NRL money that’s being spent in PNG - that’s all govt co...

towny

It’s a poor side on paper; albeit with a smattering of decent players.

towny

CalypsoKing wrote: ↑Fri Jul 04, 2025 6:41 pm
towny wrote: ↑Fri Jul 04, 2025 6:25 pm
CalypsoKing wrote: ↑Fri Jul 04, 2025 6:10 pm
AFL has more money but they are saturation point and NRL could expand more it Queensland and New Zealand.
Where in Queensland?
Brisbane 3/Ipswich and the far future Sunshine Coast.

Right…….
All they need is a place to play.

Have you been to Ipswich or the Sunshine Coast?

towny

IMO the NRL will have more money than it knows what to do with it. The NRL is propping up an International competition at the of every year. It's putting new teams in Perth and PNG. Eventually it'll turn its attention to NZ. Tbf, it’s not the NRL money that’s being spent in PNG - that’s all govt co...

towny

However, NZR and SARU stopped Super Rugby from growing into a beast like the NRL The Crusaders deserve the majority of the blame for Soups demise. I imagine even their fans were bored. You know what I think. NZ should've had 6 teams to dilute the talent pool. Plus, a 20 game season. You’re on the r...

towny

The NRL is a beast and expanding. It'll soon put a second team in NZ. People have been saying this for 30 years since the Warriors inception :roll: IMO the NRL will have more money than it knows what to do with it. The NRL is propping up an International competition at the of every year. It's putti...

towny

It’s only the oldies in attendance at present. The younger poverty-stricken but noisier fans will arrive for the tests One thing at the game got a laugh out of me; a bunch of (not young) fellas with a big lions emblem flag talked two Qld coppers into standing behind it, beaming like fools, for a ph...

towny

Slim 293 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 04, 2025 9:11 am
Olo wrote: ↑Fri Jul 04, 2025 7:48 am What is the medium term outlook for Bobby V and Big Willie? Will they be right for the first test?

Valetini, Skelton and Gordon are apparently all, hopefully, expected to be right for next week…

Good to hear. Without Bobby I don’t have any optimism.

towny

Bindi wrote: ↑Fri Jul 04, 2025 8:52 am Sotutu, AJ Lam, Aiden Ross and JTL have joined the Aus/NZ team. It's starting to look solid.

But how much time to prepare?

towny

Pakia Pakia wrote: ↑Fri Jul 04, 2025 4:25 am Why is everyone getting calf injuries?

Excellent S&C programme?

towny

The player wants money from a rich NH union, and is prepared to sacrifice his identity to achieve this. I’m not sure it’s about money. I don’t believe French clubs actually want their players to play for France. They'd rather see them play for France than for any other country as it has an impact i...

towny

Zakar wrote: ↑Thu Jul 03, 2025 9:26 am
message #2527204 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 03, 2025 9:17 am No.
The player wants to be french.
The player wants money from a rich NH union, and is prepared to sacrifice his identity to achieve this.

I’m not sure it’s about money. I don’t believe French clubs actually want their players to play for France.

towny

MungoMan wrote: ↑Thu Jul 03, 2025 3:27 am
mojo wrote: ↑Thu Jul 03, 2025 3:09 am Was a bit disappointed with the atmosphere at the ground last night. None of the singing and carrying on from the Lions that I remember from the 2001 tour. Maybe it'll be different for the tests.
Shocked into relative silence by the price of local beer?

How much for a schooner?

towny

Th real deal, farmer wants a wife blokes. Muster during the week, play footy on sat, eat half a cow each day. It’d be great in one way but they’d be beaten by 200. I’m not kidding. Last tour they lost 64-0 thrown together a couple of days before. Be better than these give up at HT pro sides. The gu...

towny

15.16 Players must not: a. Pick the ball up with their legs. Sanction: Penalty. b. Intentionally collapse a ruck or jump on top of it. Sanction: Penalty. c. Intentionally step on another player. Sanction: Penalty. d. Fall onto, or over, the emerging ball while it is on the ground near to the ruck. ...

towny

Reintroduce the Oz country XV and start the squad 6thms earlier with two tours under its belt Amateurs or pros that were from the country (e.g. Harry Wilson, Darcy Swain, etc.)? Th real deal, farmer wants a wife blokes. Muster during the week, play footy on sat, eat half a cow each day. It’d be gre...

towny

grievous wrote: ↑Thu Jul 03, 2025 12:20 pm Reintroduce the Oz country XV and start the squad 6thms earlier with two tours under its belt

Amateurs or pros that were from the country (e.g. Harry Wilson, Darcy Swain, etc.)?

towny

Nic White is not the best if you compare to other countries' best halfbacks. If you compare vs Oz he has the best game. Ideally, someone younger would do it but they don't. You wouldn't put a rookie vs Lions, so its either Tate, Jake or Nic. Tate doesn't organise, Jake is slow. Nic is the best of a...

towny

Saint wrote: ↑Thu Jul 03, 2025 11:05 am So, we've selected a back row that is basically three sevens. And the player actually in the seven shirt is probably the slowest of the three. It seems like only yesterday everyone was playing two 6s and an 8

The ABs are the exception - they have been playing 2 x 7s for a few years.

towny

Smallest backrow ever? Also fast and exciting. Plus VdF. It suits the way the Lions are playing. There are still a few big dogs that can smash it in tight, however the Lions seem to want to attack the fringes and create space out wide - in defence they are looking to attack the ruck looking for the...

towny

message #2527204 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 03, 2025 11:00 am See what i mean?

It's like the English rugby thread

I heard an American sports/business dude's response to what rugby's biggest challenge was - the fans. He could think of no other sport where the fans trashed their own game to such a degree.

towny

Its the lack of game plan, poor errors no pressure by our teams on the Lions that is the concern....basically being competitive. ...which is the sort of things that happen when you have the reserves for province sides run out. How many were missing from the Reds? 10? The Force had a whole bunch of ...

towny

We shouldn't be suprised that games are so one side. On further note as I said before the Lions are about 3+ tries better than Wobs, at least. The best chance for the Wobs is to avoid having to defend for long periods. That means keeping possession, which means not kicking too much. This means that...

towny

Let's face it, a full strength Brumbies (best SR side in Oz) got done by 20 points by the Chiefs in the semis. A weakened SR side is no match for the Lions. It could be 70+ points thrashings if the Lions put the foot down. And? We shouldn't be suprised that games are so one side. On further note as...

towny

Some Lions' fans are really making some noise about..... it's not even a first world problem. It's akin to Jeff Bezos whining that the night-chef chose the wrong toast for his baluga caviar.

towny

CrazyIslander wrote: ↑Thu Jul 03, 2025 9:47 am Let's face it, a full strength Brumbies (best SR side in Oz) got done by 20 points by the Chiefs in the semis. A weakened SR side is no match for the Lions. It could be 70+ points thrashings if the Lions put the foot down.

And?

towny

...which is the sort of things that happen when you have the reserves for province sides run out. How many were missing from the Reds? 10? The Force had a whole bunch of ring ins too. A full Wallabies team will be much more competitive, play with a better game plan, and will do far fewer errors, th...

towny

It was a pretty weak Reds team though. I’d have expected that Reds team to get rolled by a similar score by the Crusaders or similar too. What is good to see is both the Reds and the Force games were close at half time before the Lions ran away with it. The Wobs won’t fall off the cliff depth wise ...

towny

Couldn't agree more. At 1.98 metres at lock, we just can't afford to give up 4-5 cm on most of the world's elite locks. However, at blindside, he is exactly what we need. Hopefully with Lord/Retallick at the Chiefs that will push him to 6 next year. At 21, he's still young enough to make the transi...

towny

Couldn't agree more. At 1.98 metres at lock, we just can't afford to give up 4-5 cm on most of the world's elite locks. However, at blindside, he is exactly what we need. Hopefully with Lord/Retallick at the Chiefs that will push him to 6 next year. At 21, he's still young enough to make the transi...

towny

Zakar wrote: ↑Thu Jul 03, 2025 5:57 am
Pat the Ex Mat wrote: ↑Thu Jul 03, 2025 5:43 am
Zakar wrote: ↑Thu Jul 03, 2025 5:40 am

I looked him up. AFL
And if he lived in Sydney, he'd have been a regular at the Cabana Bar
I get more Swans member vibes. Hasn't played rugby since the St Fuckwits 14Ds type.

towny

The acknowledgement of country is a bit overdone but it really only annoys white racists. I think the reality is that the vast majority of people who don't like it just find it boring and a bit of an eye-roll in the "more woke shit" sense, but aren't really racists and are just a bit too tone-deaf ...

towny

Hawk97 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 02, 2025 3:43 pm He plays 3 positions well. It’s not a mystery why he’s always in squads. Great solution to have

And that 55m boot comes in handy.

towny

Yes. But bizarrely he said it wasn't a maul until after he caught it..... It's Doleman ffs. :thumbup: Was afraid that I was losing my marbles. Law 16.19 does not cover restart kicks. If a maul is formed immediately after a player has directly caught an opponent’s kick in open play , a scrum that is...

towny

message #2527204 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 02, 2025 3:37 pm
Grandpa wrote: ↑Wed Jul 02, 2025 3:35 pm
message #2527204 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 02, 2025 2:53 pm

Wut?
Times and Telegraph are the right wing broadsheets - aren't they?
Times isn't left wing, but the telegraph is full on faragist

Now, let’s guess which paper is owned by Murdoch…..

towny

This Reds pack aren't much good, but Morgan has absolutely dominated today. Comms just said he was top tackler AND carrier for the Lions. He's been outstanding Really put his hand up for a test place He has been great! But Bin is ref in first test :uhoh: Morgan hasn’t played a bad game in his life....

towny

Kahu wrote: ↑Wed Jul 02, 2025 1:15 pm AOC is sexy asf. I'd vote for her

That’s how I see it.

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