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Pat the Ex Mat wrote: ↑Thu Aug 05, 2021 7:30 am True - they are a shit-show

Fix the heading, mate, the whole world needs to know!!! Let's hope some of this mud sticks to Scummo.

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TheFrog wrote: ↑Wed Aug 04, 2021 7:10 pm So after World Rugby went out of the way to requalify Koroibete for the All Blacks game, he goes heavy on the bottle and is sidelined by his coach....

Looks like the guilt got to him....

We only needed 14 men to beat you, loser.

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I was a casual contact at two points in Cairns so now self-quarantining awaiting results of tests. Drive through testing station took all of 15 min in and out. :thumbup: All the best, mate. Hope the boredom doesn't get to you.

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Home and work is surrounded by contact sites. Weird feeling - it's only a matter of time. Being very careful this time around even though I'm fully vaccinated. WIll do a grocery run at 7:30 am tomorrow to Covid Central - Indro Shopping Town. Big delays on deliveries. You live near Indooroopilly? St...

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Things are a bit quiet in Sydney at the moment. Lockdown time. No club rugby now or in the forseeable future, unfortunately. But just send an email to the club.

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What's the story? Randwick the suburb? Or Randwick the racecourse? Or, heaven forbid, Randwick Rugby Club?

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1958, 1969 flues. Whole world Shut down, ask anyone over 70 they’ll tell you how the troops were on the street. 1958 was my final year High School. The only troops on the street was during the annual ANZAC Day march. 1969 I had finished my CPA exams and was planning my obligatory trip to look for w...

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Pat the Ex Mat wrote: ↑Fri Jul 30, 2021 7:11 am
Zakar wrote: ↑Fri Jul 30, 2021 6:04 am Two key flags that indicate that someone probably doesn't know much about Australian law:

1. They mention the constitution;
2. They mention the human rights convention; and
3. They mention the bill of rights.

4. Mabo
5. The Vibe

6. Go woke go broke.

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Yeah, absolutely. Dumbledore sent me a Crikey article by Guy Rundle talking about the difference in approach that delves into an examination of the pysche a little too much for this place, it's an interesting take. https://www.crikey.com.au/2021/07/28/a-supreme-crisis-of-federalism-ineffectual-cent...

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I've heard Dutton is doing his numbers. He didn't get them right last time so I don't know if that might prompt him to do them properly for the next spill or not. At this point, I don't know who is worse. Have you also heard that Clive Palmer is likely to mount some sort of challenge to Mr Potatohe...

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towny wrote: ↑Tue Jul 27, 2021 1:14 pm
There is absolutely no doubt whatsoever that vaccinations aren’t effective.

Unintended double negative, shirley?

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It's great that it's going ahead but they better not feck this up. If the delta strain gets into NZ because of some gormless idjit the fecal matter will hit the wind turbine. It will, sooner or later: unless your economy can withstand being permanently shut to the outside world. Sure, but it’s dama...

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It's great that it's going ahead but they better not feck this up. If the delta strain gets into NZ because of some gormless idjit the fecal matter will hit the wind turbine. It will, sooner or later: unless your economy can withstand being permanently shut to the outside world.

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However, if the aim is to eliminate high shots, we should consider eliminating tackles above the waist. Why not? We eliminated shoulder charges, and the game did not suffer.

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I was being facetious. I was at the 1973 Grand Final, when John Nicholls, Carlton's captain coach was king hit in full view of 110,000 spectators. Great fun if you were a Richmond supporter. And of course they went on to win the flag.

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Far too rational Froggie. :thumbup: Rational? How about we try to find ways to maintain the equilibrium of the contest? 15 against 15? Tackle lower and there’s no risk. MK copped a bad call, and the 20 minute red card is a great approach that I hope is adopted, but players’ behaviour needs to chang...

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I don't know if any of you have experience with the Toronto blessing of the early 90s, but even as a 11 year old I was deeply cynical and frightened of it. Bugger, I had forgotten about that. When I lived in Hong Kong, I became a member of Union Church, which is a non-denominational reformed congre...

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Far too rational Froggie. :thumbup: Rational? How about we try to find ways to maintain the equilibrium of the contest? 15 against 15?

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Fark, my French friend. They are human beings, not machines. The margin between a legal tackle and one worth a yellow, or a red, can be pretty slender. We have been talking about 20 minute red cards for a long while, we have actually trialling them. The sky did not fall in. We need games to be compe...

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Ireland might have a chance (if their poaching is good enough).

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Not sure I agree. Clear and egregious foul play should always result in a player leaving the field. If its not clear, I agree let the judiciary sort it out. But if someone punches another in the head, they should leave the game and the team should suffer. Otherwise, I agree with the 20min rule. I a...

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Ellafan wrote: ↑Tue Jul 20, 2021 5:55 pm I wonder if we ask Jake nicely, could he put in one of those word filter things that turns "Jelonch" into "Zouzou"?

Edit for clarity.

I like "Plonker", myself.

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All I care about is that we won with 14 men.

Oh, and the farking rules have to be changed. 20 minutes for a red, unless there is an instance of deliberate foul play which could result in injury to a player.

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I though Noah and a great series. His first test was meh, but really was due to poor service. He was cool calm and collected for the next two, that intercept was really well read. Off the tee he was brilliant. I have to wonder if JOC would have kept us in it. JOC is so good at sparking up a backlin...

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In retrospect, we were probably lucky that a player of Hodge's experience was on the bench, given that we lost our two starting wingers in the first three minutes or so.

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Okay, let's have Amy Perrett. She played a lot of rugby as an Eastwood junior, before switching to refereeing.

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It was all because the TMO decided it should be a red. WTF?

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guy smiley wrote: ↑Sun Jul 18, 2021 1:53 am
Ali's Choice wrote: ↑Sun Jul 18, 2021 1:51 am
grievous wrote: ↑Sun Jul 18, 2021 1:49 am 64K dollar question, who is the ref?
I cannot see a neutral referee being able to be used, so there will be controversy regardless of who is appointed.

Angus Gardner would be a good pick.

Who else rates?

Glen Jackson. At least he has played the farking game.

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Allow me to be the first to say: may the better team win. As long as it us.

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Meanwhile, the weather forecast is not particularly promising. Very strong westerly winds. Guess which team will handle these conditions better? (Clue: it's not us).

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It's pretty obvious that none of you whingers played back when the referee was the sole judge of everything, the touch judges were supplied by the two teams and only adjudicated the sidelines and goal kicks. So anything that happened out of the referee's vision was okay.

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Thomas wrote: ↑Fri Jul 16, 2021 1:47 am I've always wanted to cheer for a Wallaby called Len.

Can't wait to see what he can do on the weekend. No Danty. He's been the main defensive weapon for the French.

Len Diett played 2 Tests in 1959, against the British and Irish Lions. He then switched to League and played for North Sydney.

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Olo wrote: ↑Thu Jul 15, 2021 6:35 am We shouldn’t have any issues with scrums at the back end

Lineouts might be where we will suffer. Uelese's throwing is a bit errr iffy.

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Thomas wrote: ↑Wed Jul 14, 2021 11:54 pm I wouldn't mind seeing Rennie bench BPA and Nella and unleash them with 25 to go.

Who's the starting hooker? I like Lonergan, but he is just not big enough yet.

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Wonder how both coaches will prepare for the last game now that the series are tied. Rotate players? Keep the same ones? I would expect the French to beef up their forwards a bit. For us it will come down to (a) who amongst the playing group are available and (b) what sort of game we want to play. ...

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Over both tests we have looked tactically naive. On the other hand the French have been astute. They changed up their pack and just rolled us last night. Their ability to score or progress on the back of our errors was AIGish. Lots of work to be done both on the paddock and in the coaching box for ...

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grievous wrote: ↑Wed Jul 14, 2021 12:21 am
Farva wrote: ↑Wed Jul 14, 2021 12:16 am Yeah, they didnt open the ground until very close to kick off, and that caused a huge disaster.
Well how stupid is that.
Sydney has one test left against SA in Sept, could still be in doubt you might get another one for them to sort their shit out.

Is anything good enough for you?

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Rennie is the head coach. The full coaching team looks as competent as we can hope for, IMHO. Do they all get sacked if Rennie goes?

Our domestic game is in a state of flux, changing coaches now or even in the next year or so would be totally idiotic.

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A couple of thoughts. Firstly, those who are telling us that this French team are all mostly second or third choices might be right, but these "lesser players" are all representing their nation in a full international. I would bet the Eiffel Tower to a brick that some of the new players will be in t...

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