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Zakar wrote: ↑Thu Apr 15, 2021 3:26 am
shanky wrote: ↑Thu Apr 15, 2021 2:59 am Sean Maloney did a very funny ‘Redhead XV’ segment on RugbyHQ about 5 years ago.

Can’t find it though, if anyone else can?
Be hard with current players

Ready, HJH, that ex rebels 9 who dumbeldore loved, Edmund, Magnay, kellaway.

Do you mean Edmed?

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shanky wrote: ↑Thu Apr 15, 2021 1:04 am He was a true copperknob. The gingiest of the ginge

I remember him playing fullback for Gordon.

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A lot will depend on how the internal politics of it all works out. If both squads are genuinely the best available players, and the supporter base is onside, they will be a great addition. If.... That's never going to happen wamberal. The best PI players will still play in the NH because of the di...

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A lot will depend on how the internal politics of it all works out. If both squads are genuinely the best available players, and the supporter base is onside, they will be a great addition.

If....

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When I lived there the big rugby event was Tupou College vs Tupou High School. Packed ground.

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I am a bit worried about the style of play that Wilson is playing for the Reds...trucking it up head first into contact time after time will not work for us against the Darkness. That was his best game this year, but I agree. Against the ABs I think he should take on the wide running role that Samu...

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I am a bit worried about the style of play that Wilson is playing for the Reds...trucking it up head first into contact time after time will not work for us against the Darkness. That was his best game this year, but I agree. Against the ABs I think he should take on the wide running role that Samu...

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There’s a reason why Nick Bishop is an analyst and not a national coach. I like him though. A lot of those Roarers are just empty windbags... :uhoh: As opposed to the full windbags around these parts? No names, no packdrill. Hence the 3 dot thingo and the emoticon I swear, I’m fcking wasted around ...

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I am a bit worried about the style of play that Wilson is playing for the Reds...trucking it up head first into contact time after time will not work for us against the Darkness.

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shanky wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 10:49 pm There’s a reason why Nick Bishop is an analyst and not a national coach.

I like him though. A lot of those Roarers are just empty windbags...

As opposed to the full windbags around these parts? No names, no packdrill.

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trapper wrote: ↑Sat Apr 10, 2021 12:24 pm Pataia would have to be one of the most talented players but also the saddest player going around. Friggen smile a bit man.

His father died suddenly about a year ago. How long is he entitled to grieve? He's just a kid.

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We watched a bit of the Bond Uni v Norths game. Or, rather, we tried to (one of the Bond players is the son of some friends). The feed was terrible, verging on unwatchable. There will be some glitches. Let's hope they get sorted out bloody quickly. They’re leveraging Australia’s telecommunications ...

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We watched a bit of the Bond Uni v Norths game. Or, rather, we tried to (one of the Bond players is the son of some friends). The feed was terrible, verging on unwatchable.

There will be some glitches. Let's hope they get sorted out bloody quickly.

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Watching the Woodies against Western Sydney. Quite a good production. Dan Parks is commentator. Replays are a bit shonky.

The rugby is okay.

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My apologies to QLDers, the Hospital Cup is also being televised.

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Fell asleep after half time. Was a truly shit game up to then. Haven't watched it. Life is too short. Eastwood vs the Two Blues in the SS this arvo, now that is a different ball of wax. GO THE WOODIES!!! Yep wan=mberal, I know the feeling. Time I grabbed my hat and jacket, it rugby time here in Haw...

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Olo wrote: ↑Sat Apr 10, 2021 2:06 am Is Petaia playing 13 tonight? Hope he can bring his game back to where it was last year.
Ikatau has been excellent but it would be nice to have a bit more size at 13.

Hamish Stewart at 12, Paisami at 13. Petaia on the flank.

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First round today. At its best, it is worth watching. A lot will depend on the production quality, only one game each week will have the full treatment. All the others will be a bit bland. But it's Australian club rugby.

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Fell asleep after half time. Was a truly shit game up to then. Haven't watched it. Life is too short. Eastwood vs the Two Blues in the SS this arvo, now that is a different ball of wax. GO THE WOODIES!!! Did I read somewhere that Stan sport is covering the Shute Shield? Every match, apparently. Ama...

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The Optimist wrote: ↑Sat Apr 10, 2021 12:23 am Fell asleep after half time. Was a truly shit game up to then.

Haven't watched it. Life is too short. Eastwood vs the Two Blues in the SS this arvo, now that is a different ball of wax.

GO THE WOODIES!!!

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Isn’t all that stuff old testament Hebrew Religion anyway? I thought Jesus rebelled against that somewhat. I think it was more that Jesus rebelled against the hypocrisy of the religious leaders of the day. But anybody who approaches the gospels with an open mind would have to admit that Jesus cared...

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It’s also funny that no one is screaming about people working on Sunday/Saturday - isn’t that one of the big sins?! Sunday observance is still the go in Tonga. When I was working there as a volunteer, I was asked what could be done to improve economic growth. I said that just lifting the Sunday obs...

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It is a beat up but unfortunately that’s largely irrelevant as I’ve had the unfortunate experience of being in a church when a passionate sermon on it was being delivered. It even got shouty, I took my daughter and walked out. Very sad business. The only thing I would say is that there are some con...

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Yeah, but we're musing on what they thought before the arrival of the missionaries. We all know that many of the PIs are currently big believers in the sky fairy. But less than 200 years ago most of them believed in multiple sky fairies. Did these multiple sky fairies hate the gays like the Abraham...

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Kefu and Izzy two great players. As a half Samoan and ex Mormon I understand their indoctrination into an ancient cult. As a christian and someone capable of logical thinking... fvck the bigots. Love Tongans, have to accept different cultures, that is what makes the world so interesting. What were ...

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Australian UFC star Tai Tuivasa has slammed Israel Folau for his hypocrisy, claiming he has seen the under-fire superstar "blind as a skunk" on a night out. The heavyweight fighter joined the chorus of athletes condemning Folau's homophobic comments, saying he needed "a hiding". "I know what I've s...

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kiwigreg369 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 07, 2021 8:16 am 7 I think (google search)

That would be hard to beat. Tonga might just have to settle for a worthy second. Incidentally, I worked in Tonga with a man who was heavily involved with the Free Wesleyan Church, he told me that King Tupou IV bitterly regretted allowing the Mormons into Tonga.

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kiwigreg369 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 07, 2021 4:11 am I was guessing the Vatican but it could be Tonga.

Mmmm. How many churches in the Vatican? According to Wiki, population is 825.

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Kefu and Izzy two great players. As a half Samoan and ex Mormon I understand their indoctrination into an ancient cult. As a christian and someone capable of logical thinking... fvck the bigots. Love Tongans, have to accept different cultures, that is what makes the world so interesting. Tonga must...

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Sounds as though Izzy is running out of options. The NRL do not want him from all accounts. From my perspective, the issue is not so much his views (as repugnant and theologically suspect as some of them are) but the fact that he apparently promised not to share them on social media, and then broke ...

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GPS always assumed they were the best comp (well, they offer the best not-a-scholarships) but they’ve been losing to lower class schools recently, and the rivalry has been intense. It’s been great for school footy despite the old buffers sputtering into their moustaches in disgust. Many years ago, ...

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That was the other favoured possibility, but I thought Craig Wing attended SBHS, not Newington. I didn't go to Newington. Btw the preferred acronym is 'SHS' Someone told me you went to Newington. Nope. It's not really a secret I went to High. Wamberal was mocking me about our old boy Scott Morrison...

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Re Kelly, Parcell and Beattie: growing up in Ipswich, the brief advent of an all-Ipswich Strayan front-row was seen as the highwater mark for local RL. (And may still be, altho' Langer + various Walters brothers would push it close). The only one I actually met was Dud Beattie, through our respecti...

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shanky wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03, 2021 11:33 pm You can’t call them ‘gals’ any more Wambers.

Wouldn't have happened in my day.

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Nothing to do with me, of course, but "Mitch Hunt" does not sound the sort of name an All Black would have.

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Technically, you’re correct, but it only gets penalised if you interfere with play. There’s plenty of examples of where the laws aren’t strictly enforced, in the interests of a flowing game Example - kick offs where the kicker steps over the line. I'm fine with little things like that being dismiss...

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shanky wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03, 2021 10:52 pm
Olo wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03, 2021 10:31 pm
Monk Zombie wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03, 2021 11:55 am REBels on the wrong side of a poor ref today
Ref has been fine, in this and her other games. Have a problem with a female ref do we MZ?
Lolwut?

You can’t criticise the ref because she’s a woman now?

You leave Amy alone, you big bully. She's a Woodies gal.

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Sydney University is now actually more powerful and influential than any of the genuine district clubs. Fixing that might achieve something. I was wondering when your obsession with Uni-hate would emerge. It is actually a great example of the sort of entrenched parochialism that is retarding the pr...

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Why did they play the game at the fcuking soulless SCG? There could have been 10k people there but you wouldn’t know. Why didn’t they play it at a community ground - to reflect community week. One possible reason is that the Tahs Board and Tahs Foundation had a combined event - so need a function s...

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The Tahs playing well would be worth a lot. Getting Gordon back is a good start. Now we have to find a functioning front row from somewhere. And get rid of Newsome. He got cooked alive for pace by Nic White. Why is he starting over Nawaqanitawase? Newsome is the captain, I suppose. Not with Gordon ...

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