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The Saracens players in the England team might have a new found appreciation of their medals now. Something to pawn off on Ebay to pay the bills.

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fatcat wrote:
obelixtim wrote:Itoje and Sinkler outed themselves at the weekend.
You can add Willi Heinz as well - he refused to wear his losing Super medal in 2014.

Just putting himself in contention for future England selection and 25k a game.

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I've loved the Haka for more than 40 years but the All Blacks are risking pissing off neutral supporters like me. The current bullshit version is too long and frankly inappropriate - use your brains please NZ! What's inappropriate about it? Frankly it's more appropriate than the previous one they u...

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Referee - Jerome Garces ARs - Romain Poite and Ben O'Keefe TMO - Ben Skeen 3/4 Play Off Referee - Wayne Barnes ARs - Jaco Peyper and Pascal Gauzere TMO - Marius Jonker England by 50. Early excuse? Start a thread like Saffer More of an advantage than an excuse, familiar with the way he referees so c...

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Shall we just hug and call it a draw? Maybe a boat race on halfway before retiring to the sheds for a combined court session and sing song. Seriously though I don’t understand the point of this fixture it’s not the Olympics where a bronze medal has some significance. Letting the losing teams head h...

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Re. the poaching angle. I lived in the UK during the "Peak Pom Poaching Piousness Period" i.e the mid 2000's. In the wake of their RWC success the game had attracted a few more casual fans who regarded the slanderous crap peddled in the rugby broadsheets as gospel. Any brown player in the All Blacks...

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NZ media are essentially fans with laptops... Aren't every country's sports media exactly that though? NZ are next level though. Possibly, in terms of print media I don't read enough of it to comment. Aussie cricket and rugby commentators are peerless though... Cycloptic sycophants with microphones...

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Trostan wrote:I think we Celts have been on our island for around 7500 years.
Whereas your white heritage goes back 250 years, so where is in-breeding more likely?

I’ll leave you to mull that one over after banjo practice.

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The thing about Irish fans is they cannot comprehend the intricacies and genius of the dual pivot system, the audacity and elegance of the 2-1-1-2-3-4 pod system, the subtle brilliance of the strict no dickheads policy, the imperceptible cunning of the various grabs, holds and elbows used by The Mo...

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The thing about Irish fans is they cannot comprehend the intricacies and genius of the dual pivot system, the audacity and elegance of the 2-1-1-2-3-4 pod system, the subtle brilliance of the strict no dickheads policy, the imperceptible cunning of the various grabs, holds and elbows used by The Mo...

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Had a scan of his twatter - seems like a attention whoring contrarian carnt who has a chip on his shoulder about rugby in general.

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The brave homegrown Magpies are down 14-19 to the cheque book Tasman Invitational XV. Makos scrum has crushed the Magpies, they definitely have dominance there - the Baabaas scored just on halftime. Mako (no s). Half the starting XV are Nelson College Old Boys with another NCOB playing for the ‘hom...

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eugenefraxby wrote:Show me these odds. Or are you just prancing around fluffing each other.

NZ TAB Odds were $2.10 for an NZ win vs. $1.65 for the rest of the field last time I checked a few days ago. Would probably be longer on non NZ betting agencies where there won’t be as much money being staked on NZ.

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eugenefraxby wrote:Show me these odds. Or are you just prancing around fluffing each other.

NZ TAB Odds were $2.10 for an NZ win vs. $1.65 for the rest of the field last time I checked a few days ago. Would probably be longer on non NZ betting agencies where there won’t be as much money being staked on NZ.

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Even the Boks managed to almost put 50 points on Italy. That tells me that Italy are a tier 2 nation at best. Great decision by the ABs if what Moore is saying is true. No point compromising their quarter final preparation to accommodate a tier 2 nation who are just there to make up the numbers. It...

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Why do England and France get a free pass in all of this ? Planet Rugby double standards at its peak. Normal service for this place I think. Selective outrage, is the fashion of the day. Well to start with both will have another game to play at this world cup. Others may have played their last? Tho...

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Couch wrote:It just sucks I won't get my All Blacks fix this week. Good for the team (Brodie especially) but still.

TBH I think they would've preferred a hit out to get some more reps with Bea'unga and the midfield. Plus B.R. could use some more game time.

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HKCJ wrote:I had NZ to win 70-0 in my prediction league.. Barrett you fecking arsewipe wanker.

Me too, Barrett(s) - Scott butchered one as well - hands like Saudi thieves those Barrett’s...

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Big Karl and his mo wont see black again? That's disappointing. I think kiwigreg jumped the gun on him and Lomax. We could even see Karl T at the RWC depending on injuries. Agree. Karl T has had a tough time coming back to full fitness after an illness, but still has something to offer IMO. Lomax i...

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Just watched extended highlights -great performance by England. Really enjoyed watching their attack patterns and running lines, seem to have the balance right between distributors, strike runners, and pacy outside finishers. The fact that have tight five forwards that can deliver passes and acceler...

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Excellent performance by the Wallabies. White. Kerevi, and O'Connor outstanding. Forwards carried well off White and made good ground post contact.

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Just caught the highlights some quality bowling by Lyon to exploit the conditions. Excellent test match pitch with seamers getting a crack on Day 1, decent batting conditions through the middle days, and some turn and variable bounce on Day 5.

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Hmmm no Frizzell...8 Savea 7 Cane 6 Savea going to get a run?

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What's all the fuss about moving the ball slightly closer to the posts - players have been doing that for years. I remember watching Tank Gordon blatantly moving the ball in a bit while Colin Meads distracted the ref for King Country vs Bay of Plenty at the Tauranga Domain back in the early 1970s! ...

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At Crusaders home games they have a promo where the punters win sausages if they catch a ball that’s kicked into the crowd. Maybe something for Ireland to consider.

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Disappointing effort from the OP he forgot to mention stealing and fraudulently using Kiwi identities for his multies...

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so I hear some Irish lad that couldn't make it at the hurling won something this weekend ? Yes, he along with a ginger bloke from NZ who was too skinny for rugby and a young lad from Barbados, combined with a frazzled Sri Lankan umpire, and a few gin sozzled ICC officials to have a pretty big impac...

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Ball is dead the moment it hits batter or wicket after thrown in by a fielder. Can we agree on that? I think the best thing to do in this particular instance would have been to just give Stokes out. Agree, obstructing the field, hope the traitorous daywalker gets severely sunburnt next time he’s ho...

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Fat Old Git wrote:I'm leaning towards the dance off option.

Razor Ray’s next gig dance coach for the Blackcaps.

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Another umpiring error Stokes deflection should’ve only counted as 5 and not 6 according to former CWC umpire Simon Taufel. This incident should probably be the catalyst to change that rule which is ridiculous in its current form.

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The most farcical result in the history of sport. A kiwi batting for England deflects a boundary off his bay while taking a run to tie the scores. NZ bowls England out. NZ ties with England in super over. England are crowned World Champions :roll: I was enjoying the epic and amazing finish to one o...

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The most farcical result in the history of sport. A kiwi batting for England deflects a boundary off his bay while taking a run to tie the scores. NZ bowls England out. NZ ties with England in super over. England are crowned World Champions :roll: I was enjoying the epic and amazing finish to one o...

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The most farcical result in the history of sport. A kiwi batting for England deflects a boundary off his bay while taking a run to tie the scores. NZ bowls England out. NZ ties with England in super over. England are crowned World Champions

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Gutted, but incredibly proud of the Kiwis (on both sides) who played their guts out.

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JB1981 wrote:What’s up with Ferguson? Will he just be out for this game or potentially longer?

Time to throw caution to the wind and chuck Sodhi the new ball.

Tight hamstring apparently.

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Ferguson out - we’re farked

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Surely a guy who’s that big with some athletic ability could put his talents to better/more lucrative uses?

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"After we’d all talked, I told Raelene if she felt the situation had become untenable – that I was hurting Rugby Australia, its sponsors and the Australian rugby community to such a degree that things couldn’t be worked through – I would walk away from my contract, immediately." Time for Izzy to rep...

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Dark wrote:$663,000

Maybe he is taking advantage of filling the gap from Fred Phelps carking it

Perhaps he’s smarter than I’ve given him credit for - being a professional beggar seems to be quite lucrative without all the hard work and sacrifice being a professional athlete requires.

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I think Adam Tampa’s flagrant cheating is probably indicative of how anaemic the sentences given to Warner and Smith were. CA needs to get Raelene Castle in there to take a hard line on this.

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