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Bladen’s voice is nostalgic and comforting in a waking up in the middle of the night to watch rugby through blurry eyes kind of way.

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Not mentioned before but very atmospheric and a slow burner, gritty : The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford So slow that I lost interest Yeah, you've got to hold in there. It's worth it Yeah atmospheric is right, it’s one of my favourites but more of a slow burning, tension fil...

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I’m feeling the burn for Vern.

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Wonder what the Reiko haters think of a classic distributing centre (Evans) stuck behind him.

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I think a couple of soft wins prior to the bye will do the Blues some good, they were looking really nervy in the earlier games, so will give them some confidence heading into quite a hard slog schedule in the back end of the season.

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Pakia Pakia wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 8:13 am Funaki has improved so much. Evans showing his promise.

Yes a good season so far Funaki, he’s enjoying himself and seems hungry.

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Pakia Pakia wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 8:27 am
trapper wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 8:24 am I’ve been impressed with Caleb Clarke the last few games, looks to be in top form.
Me too. Looks like he's lost some weight.

Yep and still one of the best kick receivers around.

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Papali’i is actually Mark Telea is disguise.

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8-3 to Harry @ HT

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Everything falls into place when the Plumber is in charge.

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While it's hard to put Weepu in the top three, his efforts during the 2011 RWC often go un-noticed. A great stabilising influence during the tournament when 10's were dropping like flies. He became a folk hero during that tournament. remember this? https://static3.stuff.co.nz/piri-e02889c4.jpg Yes ...

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I didn’t watch the clip but pleased do Harry Plummer next.

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Yup some silly mistakes but will take the win. Strong game from Tuipolotu was a happy positive. Two lovely breaks by Perofeta but both times he threw a silly pass that was intercepted by a Crusaders defender. Also that great break by Clarke should have lead to a try. We certainly lack creativity wh...

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Clarke has looked really good.

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Blues need to realise the pressure is on the Crusaders and stop being so rushed and panicky, they are playing like they are behind with 5 minutes left in the match. They need to realise with their personnel they’re better off boring teams to death like they did against the Highlanders. Maybe Christi...

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Any of you guys planning to start a match thread? Or has complacency set in, and games against bottom of the table sides aren't worth discussing? :(( It’s hard to get excited for this fixture these days due to Crusaders dominance, would be on-brand for the Blues to hand the Crusaders their first wi...

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Blues had an absolute shocker and the Canes generally played well but the Blues were still somewhat in it, so I suppose there are positives in that, if they can learn and improve from this result. I hope they go back to the more basic approach of the first two games and try and grind teams down. Can...

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Seems the Blues have set aside their more conservative game plan from the last two games, a lot of hurried passes and 50/50 offloads. Just need to hold onto the ball.

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Early days in the season but hopefully some seeds of doubt have been planted in the Crusaders minds to make them human and beatable.

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That’s a good win, happy.

Hope Darry is alright.

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Not minding this style from the Blues, keep it patient, keep relentless, just need to not get frustrated when inevitable errors occur.

Heem is an old man.

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Perofeta channeling the King with that breakout.

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I couldn’t give the game my full attention but the first half looked very patient and clinical from the Blues, more of that please.

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Tbf, Scott Hamilton was a very good player and was seriously underrated by know-nothing North Islanders. It's because he looked like a nerd, like a safe white boy. If he'd played exactly the same way that he did, but had full arm-sleeve tattoos and Kupu Vanisi dreadlocks, he'd have been widely hail...

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:yawn: Surely you just want the best team available selected? If that happens to lean heavily on the best side in the country who've won 7 consecutive titles, what's the issue? For people who think like this, I always wonder, would you prefer: - An All Black side comprised of 80% Crusaders, with a ...

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Enzedder wrote: ↑Mon Dec 04, 2023 6:45 am
Honour the treaty and bow to your King!
Do the first and they may do the second, don't you think?

Each must do their part.

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Interesting opinion piece from Chris Trotter today: the question of the Parliamentary Oath of Allegiance at this time.Tomorrow (5 December 2023) the 54th New Zealand Parliament will be sworn in. Before taking their seats, each and every one of the 123 members of the House of Representatives must, i...

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I hate the “coalition of chaos” label, that kind of thinking entrenches a two-party system. Broad coalitions and collaboration should be encouraged. It’s not like “broad church” parties can’t be equally chaotic internally.

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Please don’t forget to mention the prestigious Qatar airways cup.

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Not forward. Weird camera angle in the far corner.

I’ve seen passes that look forward on TV but were clearly backwards when watching at the ground in line with it. I trust the match officials on the ground made the right call.

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Let's start with a quick summary of the Treaty principles as viewed by the Courts, Waitangi Tribunal and Government. https://www.productivity.govt.nz/assets/Documents/8981330814/social-services-final-report.pdf Excellent but Parliamemt has not codified them meaning that they can be redefined. Let's...

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McCaw doesn't look good either. Why? He's not a politician, he's allowed to have an opinion and it's not exactly a left field opinion when a ref puts his whistle away for basically an entire half. As Barnes said, what calls should he have made? Easy for Richie to sit there and say that, I guess. Ki...

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Sour grapes aside, has anyone seen a try called back that far before? Fascinating, and in a World Cup final no less.

World Cup knockouts almost seem like a different sport.

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Marvellous honesty and openness from Henry, what a legend.

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What are you guys talking about? Struck down by whom?

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Perhaps, in his wisdom, Barnes saw that the slight fumble was caused by the illegal actions of the SA player and in the interest of “letting the game flow” and “letting the players decide it” he decided to let it slide and then Mr TMO, locked away in his cupboard, absent from the feel, the flow and ...

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We have one of the few truly proven “big match” players in the country in Tele’a, can someone remind me where he was born?

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If Barnes had such a great final why did the TMO seem to get involved so much more than usual? If I recall correctly he missed the Cane and Kolisi tackles, the knock on that called back the try etc. Was he letting things slide and the TMO wasn’t having it? He seemed to be calling things incorrectly ...

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They were saying boo-urns.

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The ABs are in trouble because the Super Rugby standard is really poor. Whereas before they could rely on the Saffer teams to filter out their rubbish, now those guys have to play international rugby before they are filtered out We really do miss the confidence boost of thrashing the South Africans...

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